Diagnosis of extrapulmonary tuberculosis by PCR
Open Access
- 29 June 2012
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in FEMS Immunology & Medical Microbiology
- Vol. 66 (1) , 20-36
Abstract
During the last two decades, the resurgence of tuberculosis (TB) has been documented in both developed and developing nations, and much of this increKeywords
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