Can sputum collection practices for tuberculosis improve laboratory diagnosis of pneumonic plague in developing countries?

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 231-234

  Boothby, E ^a   Shako, J C ^b   Bertherat, E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Plague Reference Laboratory   (Democratic Republic Congo)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

frica; Africa; Afrique; Manejo de espec menes; Manipulation des chantillons; Peste; Plaga; Plague; Specimen handling

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; BACTERIAL DISEASE; DEVELOPING WORLD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GUIDELINE; HEALTH IMPACT; LABORATORY METHOD; PUBLIC HEALTH; TUBERCULOSIS;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; GOOD LABORATORY PRACTICE; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; PLAGUE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; SAFETY; SPUTUM; SPUTUM COLLECTION;

AFRICA; HUMANS; PLAGUE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREVALENCE; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SPECIMEN HANDLING; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS; YERSINIA PESTIS;

AFRICA;

EID: 84855968699     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2011.02905.x     Document Type: Article

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