Improving tuberculosis diagnosis: Better tests or better healthcare?

Sumona Datta; Matthew J. Saunders; Marco A. Tovar; Carlton A. Evans

doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1002406

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Improving tuberculosis diagnosis: Better tests or better healthcare?

Sumona Datta,

Affiliations Infectious Diseases & Immunity, Imperial College London, and Wellcome Trust Imperial College Centre for Global Health Research, London, United Kingdom, Innovación Por la Salud Y Desarrollo (IPSYD), Asociación Benéfica PRISMA, Lima, Perú, Innovation For Health And Development (IFHAD), Laboratory of Research and Development, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Perú
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Matthew J. Saunders,

Affiliations Infectious Diseases & Immunity, Imperial College London, and Wellcome Trust Imperial College Centre for Global Health Research, London, United Kingdom, Innovación Por la Salud Y Desarrollo (IPSYD), Asociación Benéfica PRISMA, Lima, Perú, Innovation For Health And Development (IFHAD), Laboratory of Research and Development, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Perú
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Marco A. Tovar,

Affiliations Infectious Diseases & Immunity, Imperial College London, and Wellcome Trust Imperial College Centre for Global Health Research, London, United Kingdom, Innovación Por la Salud Y Desarrollo (IPSYD), Asociación Benéfica PRISMA, Lima, Perú, Innovation For Health And Development (IFHAD), Laboratory of Research and Development, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Perú
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Carlton A. Evans

* E-mail: carlton.evans@ifhad.org

Affiliations Infectious Diseases & Immunity, Imperial College London, and Wellcome Trust Imperial College Centre for Global Health Research, London, United Kingdom, Innovación Por la Salud Y Desarrollo (IPSYD), Asociación Benéfica PRISMA, Lima, Perú, Innovation For Health And Development (IFHAD), Laboratory of Research and Development, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Perú

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6873-5447

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Improving tuberculosis diagnosis: Better tests or better healthcare?

Sumona Datta,
Matthew J. Saunders,
Marco A. Tovar,
Carlton A. Evans

Published: October 17, 2017
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002406

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