Community use of digital auscultation to improve diagnosis of childhood pneumonia in low resource setting

S. Ahmed (Edinburgh, United Kingdom), E. Mccollum (Baltimore, United States of America), H. Nair (Edinburgh, United Kingdom), S. Cunningham (Edinburgh, United Kingdom), A. Baqui (Baltimore, United States of America)

Source: Virtual Congress 2020 – Aspects of acute and chronic airway infections in children
Session: Aspects of acute and chronic airway infections in children
Session type: Oral Presentation
Number: 4653
Disease area: Paediatric lung diseases

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