Assessing new strategies for TB diagnosis in low- and middle-income countries

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 211-217

  Kritski, Afrânio ^a,b   Fujiwara, Paula I ^c   Vieira, Maria Armanda ^b   Netto, Antonio Ruffino ^d   Oliveira, Martha Maria ^a,b   Huf, Gisele ^b,e   Bertel Squire, S ^f  

^a Rede TB (TB Network Brazil)   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c INTERNATIONAL UNION AGAINST TUBERCULOSIS AND LUNG DISEASE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^e LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^f INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Diagnostics; Evidence; Impact; Innovation; Policy; Regulatory agency; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST APPROVAL; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LIQUID CULTURE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MIXED INFECTION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; SPUTUM SMEAR; STANDARDIZATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC; TUBERCULOSIS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84876703723     PISSN: 14138670     EISSN: 16784391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjid.2013.01.004     Document Type: Article

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