Point-of-care diagnostics for tuberculosis elimination?

Affiliations

¹ GloHAU, Center for Global Health, Department of Public Health, Aarhus University, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark; Bandim Health Project, INDEPTH Network, Guinea Bissau; Department of Infectious Diseases, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark. Electronic address: wejse@dadlnet.dk.

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Christian Wejse. Lancet. 2014.

. 2014 Feb 1;383(9915):388-90.

doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(13)62003-6. Epub 2013 Oct 28.

¹ GloHAU, Center for Global Health, Department of Public Health, Aarhus University, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark; Bandim Health Project, INDEPTH Network, Guinea Bissau; Department of Infectious Diseases, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark. Electronic address: wejse@dadlnet.dk.

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Feasibility, accuracy, and clinical effect of point-of-care Xpert MTB/RIF testing for tuberculosis in primary-care settings in Africa: a multicentre, randomised, controlled trial.
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