Using GIS technology to identify areas of tuberculosis transmission and incidence.

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Published in Int J Health Geogr on October 13, 2004

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Patrick K Moonan, Manuel Bayona, Teresa N Quitugua, Joseph Oppong, Denise Dunbar, Kenneth C Jost, Gerry Burgess, Karan P Singh, Stephen E Weis

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