About the Authors
- Lisa Natoli
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* E-mail: lisan@burnet.edu.au
Affiliations The Kirby Institute, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, The Burnet Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Lisa Maher
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Affiliation The Kirby Institute, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Mark Shephard
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Affiliation Flinders University International Centre for Point of-Care Testing, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
- Belinda Hengel
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Affiliation Apunipima Cape York Health Council, Cairns, Queensland, Australia
- Annie Tangey
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Affiliation Ngaanyatjarra Health Service, Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia
- Steven G. Badman
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Affiliation The Kirby Institute, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- James Ward
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Affiliation Baker IDI, Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia
- Rebecca J. Guy
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Affiliation The Kirby Institute, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- on behalf of the TTANGO Investigators
Competing Interests
No financial support was received by Cepheid. Cepheid has provided GeneXpert machines on loan for the duration of TTANGO. The declared competing interest does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: LN RG LM. Performed the experiments: LN. Analyzed the data: LN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RG LM. Wrote the paper: LN RG LM MS BH AT. Additional technical, clinical and/or remote area expertise: MS AT BH JW SB.