The potential impact of new diagnostic tests on tuberculosis epidemics

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 135, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 737-744

  Dye, Christopher ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Health system delay; India; Mathematical model; Patient delay; Transmission dynamics; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL;

EPIDEMICS; HUMANS; INDIA; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84863322308     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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