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Background
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Requirements
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Diagnostic technique: issues
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The Cost of Low Sensitivity
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More issues…
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Review of Diagnostic Techniques
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Real-time Taqman PCR on toe-clips (Boyle et al. 2004)
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Real-time Taqman PCR on toe-clips
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Real-time Taqman PCR on swabs
Works in the lab… (Hyatt unpub.)
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Taqman PCR/Swabs vs. Histology/Toe-Clips
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Taqman PCR/Swabs vs. Histology/Toe-Clips
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"Histology"
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"Histology"
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"Swabs/Taqman PCR Method"
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"How long can a swab..."
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