The use of dried cerebrospinal fluid filter paper spots as a substrate for PCR diagnosis of the aetiology of bacterial meningitis in the Lao PDR
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- 1 October 2013
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier BV in Clinical Microbiology & Infection
- Vol. 19 (10), E466-E472
- https://doi.org/10.1111/1469-0691.12260
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