Use of Lot Quality Assurance Sampling to Ascertain Levels of Drug Resistant Tuberculosis in Western Kenya.
OBJECTIVE:To classify the prevalence of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) in two different geographic settings in western Kenya using the Lot Quality Assurance Sampling (LQAS) methodology. DESIGN:The prevalence of drug resistance was classified among treatment-naïve smear positive TB patien...
Main Authors: | Julia Jezmir, Ted Cohen, Matteo Zignol, Edwin Nyakan, Bethany L Hedt-Gauthier, Adrian Gardner, Lydia Kamle, Wilfred Injera, E Jane Carter |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2016-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4864281?pdf=render |
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