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Diagnosis of tuberculosis in a high burden resource limited setting
2012-01-01
Abstract excerpt
It is estimated that over nine million new tuberculosis (TB) cases worldwide occurred in 2009. However, only 63% of these cases were notified, which is lower than the 75% target set by the DOTS strategy. The lack of ideal diagnostic tests is one of the major barriers to effective TB reduction. The aim of this thesis is to evaluate the efficiency of a novel liquid culture based technique (Microscopic Observation Dr...
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- 3c192970-fe79-5497-a5a2-2bdbc7c40ab4
- DOI
- 10.21954/ou.ro.0000ee27