Novel and Improved Technologies for Tuberculosis Diagnosis: Progress and Challenges
- 17 November 2009
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier in Clinics in Chest Medicine
- Vol. 30 (4) , 701-716
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ccm.2009.08.016
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