Comparative Effectiveness of Chest Ultrasound, Chest X-ray and Computer-aided Diagnostic (CAD) for Tuberculosis Diagnosis in Low-resource Setting: Study Protocol for a Cross-sectional Study from Ethiopia

Overview

Journal Front Public Health

Specialty Public Health

Date 2024 Dec 18

PMID 39691654

Authors

Giacomo Guido

Worku Nigussa

Sergio Cotugno

Birhanu Kenate Sori

Flavio Antonio Bobbio

Berhanu Gulo

Luigi Pisani

Fabio Manenti

Mulugeta Miressa

Francesco Cavallin

Surra Abata

Francesco Vladimiro Segala

Abdi Reta

Ottavia Tulome

Giovanni Putoto

Roberta Iatta

Antonino Tuttolomondo

Nicola Veronese

Mario Barbagallo

Annalisa Saracino

Francesco Di Gennaro

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