Performance of the Xpert® MTB/RIF assay in an active case-finding strategy: a pilot study from Tanzania.

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Published in Int J Tuberc Lung Dis on September 07, 2012

Authors

E N Ntinginya1, S B Squire, K A Millington, B Mtafya, E Saathoff, N Heinrich, G Rojas-Ponce, D Kowuor, L Maboko, K Reither, P Clowes, M Hoelscher, A Rachow

Author Affiliations

1: National Institute for Medical Research, Mbeya Medical Research Programme, Mbeya, Tanzania. nelias@mmrp.org

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