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What if They Don’t Have Tuberculosis? The Consequences and Trade-offs Involved in False-positive Diagnoses of Tuberculosis
To find the millions of missed tuberculosis (TB) cases, national TB programs are under pressure to expand TB disease screening and to target populations with lower disease prevalence. Together with imperfect performance and application of existing diagnostic tools, including empirical diagnosis, bro...
Autores principales: | Houben, Rein M G J, Lalli, Marek, Kranzer, Katharina, Menzies, Nick A, Schumacher, Samuel G, Dowdy, David W |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2019
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6293007/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29982375 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciy544 |
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