Improvement of tuberculosis laboratory capacity on Pemba Island, Zanzibar: a health cooperation project.

Improvement of tuberculosis laboratory capacity on Pemba Island, Zanzibar: a health cooperation project.

Low-income countries with high Tuberculosis burden have few reference laboratories able to perform TB culture. In 2006, the Zanzibar National TB Control Programme planned to decentralize TB diagnostics. The Italian Cooperation Agency with the scientific support of the "L. Spallanzani" Nati...

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Main Authors: Maria G Paglia, Nazario Bevilacqua, Haji Said Haji, Francesco Vairo, Enrico Girardi, Emanuele Nicastri, Juma Muhsin, Vincenzo Racalbuto, Mohammed S Jiddawi, Giuseppe Ippolito
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3428332?pdf=render

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