Diagnostic approaches for paediatric tuberculosis by use of different specimen types, culture methods, and PCR: a prospective case-control study
- 26 July 2010
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier in The Lancet Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 10 (9) , 612-620
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s1473-3099(10)70141-9
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