Blood-based host biomarker diagnostics in active case finding for pulmonary tuberculosis: A diagnostic case-control study
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: EClinicalMedicine
سال: 2021
ISSN: 2589-5370
DOI: 10.1016/j.eclinm.2021.100776