Led fluorescence microscopy for diagnosis of tuberculosis in countries with high disease burden

Current Science

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 441-442

  Tripathy, Jaya Prasad ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

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