Journal article
Sensitive and feasible specimen collection and testing strategies for diagnosing tuberculosis in young children
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Importance Criterion-standard specimens for tuberculosis diagnosis in young children, gastric aspirate (GA) and induced sputum, are invasive and rarely collected in resource-limited settings. A far less invasive approach to tuberculosis diagnostic testing in children younger than 5 years as sensitive as current reference standards is important to identify.
ObjectiveTo characterize the sensitivity of preferably minimally invasive specimen and assay ...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher:
- American Medical Association
- Journal:
- JAMA Pediatrics More from this journal
- Volume:
- 175
- Issue:
- 5
- Article number:
- e206069
- Publication date:
- 2021-02-22
- Acceptance date:
- 2020-09-23
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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2168-6211
- ISSN:
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2168-6203
- Language:
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English
- Pubs id:
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1110065
- Local pid:
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pubs:1110065
- Deposit date:
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2020-06-07
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- American Medical Association
- Copyright date:
- 2021
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