Evaluation of a microcolony detection method and phage assay for rapid detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in sputum samples

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1187-1195

  Irfan, Seema ^a   Hasan, Rumina ^a   Kanji, Akber ^a   Hassan, Qaiser ^a   Azam, Iqbal ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

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EID: 33846811448     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
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