Tuberculosis among healthcare workers in a tertiary-care hospital in South India.

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Published in J Hosp Infect on August 01, 2004

Authors

K G Gopinath1, S Siddique, H Kirubakaran, A Shanmugam, E Mathai, G M Chandy

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Microbiology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India 632004.

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