The TDR Tuberculosis Specimen Bank: A resource for diagnostic test developers

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1461-1467

  Nathanson, C M ^a   Cuevas, L E ^a   Cunningham, J ^a   Perkins, M D ^b   Peeling, R W ^a,c   Guillerm, Martine ^a   Moussy, F ^a   Ramsay, A ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b FOUNDATION FOR INNOVATIVE NEW DIAGNOSTICS   (Switzerland)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical specimens; Diagnostics development; Diagnostics evaluation; Specimen bank; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; NONHUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULOSIS; URINALYSIS;

BIOLOGICAL SPECIMEN BANKS; HUMANS; SPECIMEN HANDLING; SPUTUM; TROPICAL MEDICINE; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 78049441518     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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