The use of decentralized GeneXpert by trained non-laboratory technicians in rural clinics in South Africa.

Tuberculosis (Edinb)

Perinatal HIV Research Unit, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa; Johns Hopkins University Center for TB Research, Baltimore, MD, USA; DST/NRF Centre of Excellence for Biomedical TB Research, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. Electronic address:

Published: September 2015

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