The quality of sputum smear microscopy in public-private mix directly observed treatment laboratories in West Amhara Region, Ethiopia

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2015, Pages

  Manalebh, Almaw ^a   Demissie, Meaza ^b   Mekonnen, Daniel ^c   Abera, Bayeh ^c  

^a USAID Ethiopia Private Health Sector Programme   (Ethiopia)

^b ADDIS CONTINENTAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Ethiopia)

^c BAHIR DAR UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHIOPIA; GOOD LABORATORY PRACTICE; HUMAN; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; MEDICAL ETHICS; QUALITY CONTROL PROCEDURES; SAMPLE SIZE; SPUTUM SMEAR; STAINING; TUBERCULOSIS; CHEMISTRY; CYTODIAGNOSIS; LABORATORY; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PATHOGENICITY; SPUTUM; STANDARDS;

BACILLI (CLASS);

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CYTODIAGNOSIS; ETHIOPIA; HUMANS; LABORATORIES; MICROSCOPY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84927623568     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0123749     Document Type: Article

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