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Original Research

The Diagnostic Performance of Chest-X-Ray and Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate in Comparison with GeneXpert® for Tuberculosis Case Notification Among Patients Living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus in a Resource-Limited Setting: A Cross-Sectional Study

Abebe SorsaArsi University College of Health Science, Assela, EthiopiaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 1639-1646 | Published online: 21 Sep 2020

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