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Sputum concentration improves diagnosis of tuberculosis in a setting with a high prevalence of HIV

✍ Scribed by Judith Bruchfeld; Getachew Aderaye; Ingela Berggren Palme; Bjarne Bjorvatn; Gunilla Källenius; Lars Lindquist

Book ID
108367490
Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
2000
Tongue
English
Weight
593 KB
Volume
94
Category
Article
ISSN
0035-9203

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