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The authors reply

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 June 2016

Samuel W. Dooley  and
Kenneth G. Castro
Samuel W. Dooley
Affiliation:
Division of Tuberculosis Elimination National Center for Prevention Services Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Atlanta, Georgia
Kenneth G. Castro
Affiliation:
Division of Tuberculosis Elimination National Center for Prevention Services Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Atlanta, Georgia
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 14 , Issue 8 , August 1993 , pp. 454 - 456
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