Improving tuberculosis diagnosis: Better tests or better healthcare?

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In a Perspective accompanying Sylvia and colleagues, Carlton Evans and colleagues discuss the challenge of squaring policies around tuberculosis diagnosis with the realities of clinical practice in small villages and low-resource settings.

Vyšlo v časopise: Improving tuberculosis diagnosis: Better tests or better healthcare?. PLoS Med 14(10): e32767. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1002406
Kategorie: Perspective
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