Performance outcomes of a standardized LAM antigen-detected test in TB suspects recruited in Cape Town, South Africa
K. Dheda, R. van Zyl-Smit, R. Meldau, A. Whitelaw, D. Singanga, H. Chordnum, M. Isaacs, S. Isaacs, R. Dawson, E. Bateman, A. Zumla (Cape Town, South Africa; London, United Kingdom)
Source: Annual Congress 2008 - Clinical epidemiology of tuberculosis
Session: Clinical epidemiology of tuberculosis
Session type: Oral Presentation
Number: 1600
Disease area: Respiratory infections
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