Increased rate of tuberculin skin test conversion among workers at a university hospital.

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Published in Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol on October 01, 1992

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J A Ramirez1, P Anderson, S Herp, M J Raff

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1: Section of Infectious Diseases, University of Louisville School of Medicine, KY 40292.

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