Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease
Volume 8, Issue 2 , Pages 84-89 , March 2010

Guidance from WHO on the prevention and control of TB during air travel

  • Lindsay Martinez

      Affiliations

    • Stop TB Department, World Health Organization, Avenue Appia, Geneva, Switzerland
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. 13 Chemin Maurice-Ravel, CH-1290 Versoix, Geneva, Switzerland.
    • ,
  • Kathrin Thomas

      Affiliations

    • Stop TB Department, World Health Organization, Avenue Appia 20, Geneva, Switzerland
    • Present address: National Public Health Service for Wales, Temple of Peace and Health, Cardiff CF10 3NW, UK.
    • ,
  • José Figueroa

      Affiliations

    • City and Hackney Teaching PCT, London, UK

Received 24 February 2009 ,Accepted 26 February 2009.

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PII: S1477-8939(09)00050-7

doi: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2009.02.005

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