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Neurological Sciences
Published in: Neurological Sciences 3/2021

01-03-2021 | Tuberculosis | Letter to the Editor

Infectious disease in asylums: a fact-finding investigation to prevent tuberculosis contagion in the early twentieth century in Italy

Authors: Marta Licata, Omar Larentis, Chiara Tesi, Rosagemma Ciliberti

Published in: Neurological Sciences | Issue 3/2021

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Nowadays, infectious diseases are a topic of great interest in the scientific community. One of the main issues concerns the spread of infections within hospitals. This is not a new fact. Indeed, doctors and health facilities have always fought against the spread of infections adopting new models, especially during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. One of the most emblematic infectious diseases in Europe during the last centuries was tuberculosis (TB). …
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Title
Infectious disease in asylums: a fact-finding investigation to prevent tuberculosis contagion in the early twentieth century in Italy
Authors
Marta Licata
Omar Larentis
Chiara Tesi
Rosagemma Ciliberti
Publication date
01-03-2021
Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Published in
Neurological Sciences / Issue 3/2021
Print ISSN: 1590-1874
Electronic ISSN: 1590-3478
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-020-04744-4

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