Commercial serological antibody detection tests for the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis: a systematic review.

BACKGROUND: The global tuberculosis epidemic results in nearly 2 million deaths and 9 million new cases of the disease a year.The vast majority of tuberculosis patients live in developing countries, where the diagnosis of tuberculosis relies on the identification of acid-fast bacilli on unprocessed sputum smears using conventional light microscopy.

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Provocative poliomyelitis causing postpolio residual paralysis among select communities of two remote villages of North Karnataka in India: A community survey

Intramuscular injections can provoke muscular paralysis especially, if the child Soapstone Carvings has had exposure to polio virus.The purpose of the study was to determine the association with known risk factors for motor disabilities in two remote villages of North Karnataka (India), where an increased number of disabled people among select comm

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