| dc.creator |
Poling, Alan |
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| dc.creator |
Weetjens, Bart J. |
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| dc.creator |
Cox, Christophe |
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| dc.creator |
Mgode, Georgies |
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| dc.creator |
Jubitana, Maureen |
|
| dc.creator |
Kazwala, Rudovic |
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| dc.creator |
Mfinanga, Godfrey S. |
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| dc.creator |
Huis, Diana |
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| dc.date |
2016-11-17T12:18:13Z |
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| dc.date |
2016-11-17T12:18:13Z |
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| dc.date |
2010 |
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| dc.date.accessioned |
2022-10-25T08:50:52Z |
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| dc.date.available |
2022-10-25T08:50:52Z |
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| dc.identifier |
https://www.suaire.sua.ac.tz/handle/123456789/930 |
|
| dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/90736 |
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| dc.description |
American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, 83 (6)), 2010: 1308-1310 |
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| dc.description |
In 2009, giant African pouched rats trained to detect tuberculosis (TB) evaluated sputum samples from
10,523 patients whose sputum had previously been evaluated by smear microscopy. Microscopists found 13.3% of the
patients to be TB-positive. Simulated second-line screening by the rats revealed 620 new TB-positive patients, increasing
the case detection rate by 44%. These data suggest that the rats may be useful for TB detection in developing countries,
although further research is needed. |
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| dc.format |
application/pdf |
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| dc.language |
en |
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| dc.publisher |
The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygien |
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| dc.subject |
Giant African Pouched |
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| dc.subject |
Rats |
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| dc.subject |
Human Sputum Samples |
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| dc.subject |
detect tuberculosis |
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| dc.subject |
Smear microscopy |
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| dc.title |
Short report: using giant African pouched rats to detect tuberculosis in human sputum samples: 2009 finding |
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| dc.type |
Article |
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