Rats sniff out pulmonary tuberculosis from sputum: a diagnostic accuracy meta-analysis
Rats sniff out pulmonary tuberculosis from sputum: a diagnostic accuracy meta-analysis
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London: Nature Publishing Group UK
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In Sub-Saharan Africa, African giant pouched rats (
Cricetomys gambianus
) are trained to identify TB patients by smelling sputum. We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of the data to see if this novel method is comparable to traditional laboratory screening and detection methods like Ziehl–Neelsen stain-based assays (ZN) and bac...
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Rats sniff out pulmonary tuberculosis from sputum: a diagnostic accuracy meta-analysis
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2045-2322
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2045-2322
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10.1038/s41598-021-81086-x
