Can the power of mobile phones be used to improve tuberculosis diagnosis in developing countries?

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 103, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 638-640

  Zimic, Mirko ^a   Coronel, Jorge ^a   Gilman, Robert H ^a,b,c   Luna, Carmen Giannina ^a   Curioso, Walter H ^a   Moore, David A J ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Mobile phone; Mycobacteria; Technology; Telemedicine; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIUM; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; LEARNING; MICROSCOPE; MOBILE PHONE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; QUALITY CONTROL; TUBERCULOSIS;

CELLULAR PHONE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; MICROSCOPY; TELEMEDICINE; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT;

CORYNEBACTERINEAE;

EID: 67349277002     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2008.10.015     Document Type: Article

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