Pouched Rats' Detection of Tuberculosis in Human Sputum: Comparison to Culturing and Polymerase Chain Reaction

Setting. Tanzania. Objective. To compare microscopy as conducted in direct observation of treatment, short course centers to pouched rats as detectors of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Design. Ten pouched rats were trained to detect tuberculosis in sputum using operant conditioning techniques. The rats...

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Autores principales: Mahoney, Amanda, Weetjens, Bart J., Cox, Christophe, Beyene, Negussie, Reither, Klaus, Makingi, George, Jubitana, Maureen, Kazwala, Rudovick, Mfinanga, Godfrey S., Kahwa, Amos, Durgin, Amy, Poling, Alan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012
Materias:
Clinical Study
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3400328/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22848808
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/716989

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3400328/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22848808
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/716989

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