Descriptive study of tuberculosis trend at a tertiary care centre in Marathwada region

 

Avinash Ramrao Lamb¹, Vijaykumar Ramappa Kapse^2*

 

¹Associate Professor, Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Government Medical College, Aurangabad, Maharashtra, INDIA.

 

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