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Field test of a novel detection device for Mycobacterium tuberculosis antigen in cough

BACKGROUND: Tuberculosis is a highly infectious disease that is spread from person to person by infected aerosols emitted by patients with respiratory forms of the disease. We describe a novel device that utilizes immunosensor and bio-optical technology to detect M. tuberculosis antigen (Ag85B) in c...

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Autores principales: McNerney, Ruth, Wondafrash, Beyene A, Amena, Kebede, Tesfaye, Ato, McCash, Elaine M, Murray, Nicol J
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2891759/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20529335
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-10-161