Escaping the Plato's cave of latent tuberculosis testing: a path for developers of predictive tests for risk of tuberculosis

Morten Ruhwald, Roland Diel

Source: Eur Respir J, 52 (4) 1801616; 10.1183/13993003.01616-2018
Journal Issue: October
Disease area: Respiratory infections

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