Source: ERJ Open Res, 5 (1) 00165-2018; 10.1183/23120541.00165-2018
Disease area: Respiratory infections



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Harriet D. Gliddon, Robert J. Shorten, Andrew C. Hayward, Alistair Story. A sputum sample processing method for community and mobile tuberculosis diagnosis using the Xpert MTB/RIF assay. ERJ Open Res, 5 (1) 00165-2018; 10.1183/23120541.00165-2018

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