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Childhood TB: Care and treatment in the clinic

First published in 2010 by Bettercare. Updated: May 2011, February 2015 (layout), May 2017 (significant changes), February 2021. This version produced on 26 February 2025.

Text © David Woods and Robert Gie 2010

ISBN (print edition): 978-1-920218-46-1
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