Using Giant African Pouched Rats to Detect Tuberculosis in Human Sputum Samples: 2009 Findings

In 2009, giant African pouched rats trained to detect tuberculosis (TB) evaluated sputum samples from 10,523 patients whose sputum had previously been evaluated by smear microscopy. Microscopists found 13.3% of the patients to be TB-positive. Simulated second-line screening by the rats revealed 620...

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Main Authors: Poling, Alan, Weetjens, Bart J., Cox, Christophe, Mgode, Georgies, Jubitana, Maureen, Kazwala, Rudovic, Mfinanga, Godfrey S., Huis in ‘t Veld, Diana
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Idioma:Inglês
Publicado: The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2010
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Acceso en liña:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2990050/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21118940
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.2010.10-0180
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