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World TB Day 2024: Clinical and Public Health Approaches to Pediatric TB

This PHO Rounds will provide a brief summary of the recent epidemiology of TB in Ontario, with a focus on the epidemiology of pediatric TB. It will then provide an overview of the clinical presentation, diagnosis, and treatment of pediatric TB, including latent TB infection (LTBI).

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Updated 14 March 2024