Reproducibility of African giant pouched rats detecting Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Reproducibility of African giant pouched rats detecting Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Abstract Background African pouched rats sniffing sputum samples provided by local clinics have significantly increased tuberculosis case findings in Tanzania and Mozambique. The objective of this study was to determine the reproducibility of rat results. Methods Over an 18-month period 11,869 sampl...

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Main Authors: Haylee Ellis, Christiaan Mulder, Emilio Valverde, Alan Poling, Timothy Edwards
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-04-01
Series:BMC Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Tuberculosis
Diagnosis
Reproducibility
Detection rats
Inter-rater reliability
Intra-rater reliability
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12879-017-2347-3

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