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Editorial

Diagnostics for tuberculosis: what test developers want to know

Madhukar Pai McGill International TB Centre and Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, McGill University, 1020 Pine Avenue West, Montreal, QC, H3A 1A2, Canada. [email protected].
Pages 311-314 | Published online: 09 Jan 2014

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