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Study protocol: diagnostic accuracy study comparing Cy-Tb and STANDARD F TB-Feron FIA tests for tuberculosis

Han Thi Nguyen1,2, Luan Nguyen Quang Vo3,4, Andrew Codlin3,4

  • 1Department of Medicine, Unit of Infectious Disease, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden han.nguyen.2@ki.se.

BMJ Open
|August 9, 2024
PubMed
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Keywords:
Diagnostic microbiologyEpidemiologyPublic healthRespiratory infectionsTropical medicineTuberculosis

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