Improving tuberculosis diagnosis: Better tests or better healthcare?
In a Perspective accompanying Sylvia and colleagues, Carlton Evans and colleagues discuss the challenge of squaring policies around tuberculosis diagnosis with the realities of clinical practice in small villages and low-resource settings.
Main Authors: | Sumona Datta, Matthew J Saunders, Marco A Tovar, Carlton A Evans |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2017-10-01
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Series: | PLoS Medicine |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002406 |
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