Performance of diagnostic tests for pulmonary tuberculosis in indigenous populations in Brazil: the contribution of Rapid Molecular Testing

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the accuracy of rapid molecular testing as a diagnostic tool and estimate the incidence of smear-positive pulmonary tuberculosis among the indigenous population. METHODS: This is an epidemiological study based on secondary data. We calculated the incidence of smear-positive pu...

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Autores principales: Malacarne, Jocieli, Heirich, Alexsandro Santos, Cunha, Eunice Atsuko Totumi, Kolte, Ida Viktoria, Souza-Santos, Reinaldo, Basta, Paulo Cesar
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisiologia 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6733740/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31017227
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1806-3713/e20180185

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6733740/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31017227
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1806-3713/e20180185

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