Biosafety and tuberculosis laboratories in Africa

The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 582-583

  Hänscheid, Thomas ^a   Grobusch, Martin Peter ^a,b,c  

^a Hopital Albert Schweitzer   (Gabon)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; BIOSAFETY; DRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS; LABORATORY; LETTER; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AIR CONDITIONING; HUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; SAFETY; STANDARDS; TRANSMISSION; TUBERCULOSIS;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; HUMANS; LABORATORIES; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; SAFETY; TUBERCULOSIS; VENTILATION;

EID: 77955860260     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(10)70158-4     Document Type: Letter

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