Diagnosis of Smear-Negative Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Low-Income Countries: Current Evidence in Sub-Saharan Africa with Special Focus on HIV Infection or AIDS
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Claude Mambo Muvunyi1,2 and Florence Masaisa1,3 1Department of Clinical Chemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, Ghent University Hospital, De Pintelaan, Ghent, 2Department of Clinical Biology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire-Butare, National University of Rwanda, Butare, Rwanda; 3Department of Internal Medicine, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire-Butare, National University of Rwanda, Butare, 1Belgium 2,3Rwanda
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