MISHAL KHAN, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
REFERENCE: The Lancet 2007; 369:1955-1960
Giving comprehensive instructions to women before they produce a sputum sample can make tuberculosis detection more effective – that’s the conclusion of a study published in the Lancet. A team from the UK and Pakistan carried out a large randomised trial in both men and women, and Derek Thorne got the details from Mishal Khan, of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
Giving comprehensive instructions to women before they produce a sputum sample can make tuberculosis detection more effective – that’s the conclusion of a study published in the Lancet. A team from the UK and Pakistan carried out a large randomised trial in both men and women, and Derek Thorne got the details from Mishal Khan, of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
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