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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2017-04-01
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Series: | BMC Infectious Diseases |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12879-017-2347-3 |