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GeneXpert—A Game-Changer for Tuberculosis Control?

Carlton A. Evans

PLoS Medicine · 2011 · 180 citations · 23 references

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Carlton Evans considers whether the new tuberculosis diagnostic test, GeneXpert, is the solution for TB control that it's said to be.

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