Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis DNA in respiratory and nonrespiratory specimens by the Amplicor® MTB PCR
- 28 February 2006
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier in Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease
- Vol. 54 (2), 121-126
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2005.09.002
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