About the Authors
- Doris Hillemann
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* E-mail: dhillemann@fz-borstel.de
Affiliation National Reference Laboratory for Mycobacteria, Forschungszentrum Borstel, Borstel, Germany
- Sven Hoffner
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Affiliation Supranational Reference TB Laboratory, Swedish Institute for Communicable Disease Control, Solna, Sweden
- Daniela Cirillo
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Affiliation Emerging Bacterial Pathogens, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy
- Francis Drobniewski
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Affiliation National Mycobacterial Reference Laboratory, Public Health England, London, United Kingdom
- Elvira Richter
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Affiliation National Reference Laboratory for Mycobacteria, Forschungszentrum Borstel, Borstel, Germany
- Sabine Rüsch-Gerdes
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Affiliation National Reference Laboratory for Mycobacteria, Forschungszentrum Borstel, Borstel, Germany
- the Baltic-Nordic TB- Laboratory Network
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¶Membership of the Baltic-Nordic TB- Laboratory Network, TB PAN-NET, and ECDC ERLN-TB Networks is provided in the Acknowledgments.
- TB PAN-NET
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¶Membership of the Baltic-Nordic TB- Laboratory Network, TB PAN-NET, and ECDC ERLN-TB Networks is provided in the Acknowledgments.
- ECDC ERLN-TB Networks
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¶Membership of the Baltic-Nordic TB- Laboratory Network, TB PAN-NET, and ECDC ERLN-TB Networks is provided in the Acknowledgments.
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: DH SH DMC FD ER SRG. Performed the experiments: DH SH DMC FD ER SRG. Analyzed the data: DH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DH SH DMC FD ER SRG. Wrote the paper: DH SH DMC FD.