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[6] Online document at: http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs104/en/
 
[7] Online document at: http://www.cdc.gov/nchstp/tb/surv/surv2003/default.htm
 
[8] Online document at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuberculosis
 
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