Evaluation of diagnostic tests for infectious diseases: general principles.

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Published in Nat Rev Microbiol on December 01, 2006

Authors

Shabir Banoo1, David Bell, Patrick Bossuyt, Alan Herring, David Mabey, Freddie Poole, Peter G Smith, N Sriram, Chansuda Wongsrichanalai, Ralf Linke, Rick O'Brien, Mark Perkins, Jane Cunningham, Precious Matsoso, Carl Michael Nathanson, Piero Olliaro, Rosanna W Peeling, Andy Ramsay, TDR Diagnostics Evaluation Expert Panel

Author Affiliations

1: Medicines Control Council of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa.

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