Evaluation of diagnostic tests for plague in Madagascar

Randriamampionona L. B.
Department of Public Health, Directorate of Health and Epidemiological Surveillance, Ministry of Public Health, Antananarivo, Madagascar.
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Randriamboavonjy R.

Randriamboavonjy R.
Research and Information and Communication Technology Support Laboratory, CHU Antananarivo, Antananarivo, Madagascar
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Randriamanantany Z. A.

Randriamanantany Z. A.
Department of Medical Biology, Faculty of Medicine of Antananarivo, Madagascar.
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Rasamindrakotroka A.

Rasamindrakotroka A.
Department of Medical Biology, Faculty of Medicine of Antananarivo, Madagascar.
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Article Number - A6D36E070219
Vol.17(1), pp. 8-13 , January 2023
https://doi.org/10.5897/AJMR2021.9571

Received: 10 August 2021
Accepted: 24 August 2022
Published: 31 January 2023

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