Poor performance of a novel serological test for diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis in Bangui, Central African Republic

Clinical and Vaccine Immunology

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 702-703

  Kassa Kelembho, Eric ^a   Kassa, Edith ^a   Zandanga, Germain ^a   Service, Yves Brillant ^b   Ignaleamoko, Albert ^c   Talarmin, Antoine ^a,d  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR DE BANGUI   (Central African Republic)

^b Hopital Communautaire   (Central African Republic)

^c National Teaching Hospital   (Central African Republic)

^d INSTITUT PASTEUR DE MADAGASCAR   (Madagascar)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICA; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROLOGY; SPUTUM SMEAR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEROLOGIC TESTS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 33745815148     PISSN: 15566811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CVI.00194-05     Document Type: Article

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