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Screening 'misses 70% of TB cases'

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Britain's system of screening new immigrants for tuberculosis is not effective and misses three quarters of cases of latent infection, according to researchers.

Professor Ajit Lalvani of Imperial College London explains why a new screening test is necessary.


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