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Development of a quantitative rapid diagnostic test for multibacillary leprosy using smart phone technology
BACKGROUND: Despite efforts to eliminate leprosy as public health problem, delayed diagnosis and disabilities still occur in many countries. Leprosy diagnosis remains based on clinical manifestations and the number of clinicians with expertise in leprosy diagnosis is in decline. We have developed a...
Autores principales: | Paula Vaz Cardoso, Ludimila, Dias, Ronaldo Ferreira, Freitas, Aline Araújo, Hungria, Emerith Mayra, Oliveira, Regiane Morillas, Collovati, Marco, Reed, Steven G, Duthie, Malcolm S, Martins Araújo Stefani, Mariane |
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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/PMC3870957/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24152601 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-13-497 |
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