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Comparison of laboratory costs of rapid molecular tests and conventional diagnostics for detection of tuberculosis and drug-resistant tuberculosis in South Africa
BACKGROUND: The World Health Organization has endorsed the use of molecular methods for the detection of TB and drug-resistant TB as a rapid alternative to culture-based systems. In South Africa, the Xpert MTB/Rif assay and the GenoType MTBDRplus have been implemented into reference laboratories for...
Autores principales: | Shah, Maunank, Chihota, Violet, Coetzee, Gerrit, Churchyard, Gavin, Dorman, Susan E |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2013
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3733609/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23895665 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-13-352 |
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