Development of Low-Cost Inverted Microscope to Detect Early Growth of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in MODS Culture

Mirko Zimic; Abner Velazco; Germán Comina; Jorge Coronel; Patricia Fuentes; Carmen G. Luna; Patricia Sheen; Robert H. Gilman; David A. J. Moore

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0009577

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Development of Low-Cost Inverted Microscope to Detect Early Growth of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in MODS Culture

Mirko Zimic ,

* E-mail: mzimic@jhsph.edu

Affiliation Unidad de Bioinformática y Laboratorio de Enfermedades Infecciosas, Laboratorios de Investigación y Desarrollo, Facultad de Ciencias y Filosofía, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, San Martín de Porras, Lima, Perú
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Abner Velazco,

Affiliation Laboratorio de Películas Delgadas, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería, Rimac, Lima, Perú
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Germán Comina,

Affiliation Laboratorio de Películas Delgadas, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería, Rimac, Lima, Perú
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Jorge Coronel,

Affiliation Unidad de Bioinformática y Laboratorio de Enfermedades Infecciosas, Laboratorios de Investigación y Desarrollo, Facultad de Ciencias y Filosofía, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, San Martín de Porras, Lima, Perú
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Patricia Fuentes,

Affiliation Unidad de Bioinformática y Laboratorio de Enfermedades Infecciosas, Laboratorios de Investigación y Desarrollo, Facultad de Ciencias y Filosofía, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, San Martín de Porras, Lima, Perú
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Carmen G. Luna,

Affiliation Unidad de Bioinformática y Laboratorio de Enfermedades Infecciosas, Laboratorios de Investigación y Desarrollo, Facultad de Ciencias y Filosofía, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, San Martín de Porras, Lima, Perú
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Patricia Sheen,

Affiliation Unidad de Bioinformática y Laboratorio de Enfermedades Infecciosas, Laboratorios de Investigación y Desarrollo, Facultad de Ciencias y Filosofía, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, San Martín de Porras, Lima, Perú
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Robert H. Gilman,

Affiliations Unidad de Bioinformática y Laboratorio de Enfermedades Infecciosas, Laboratorios de Investigación y Desarrollo, Facultad de Ciencias y Filosofía, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, San Martín de Porras, Lima, Perú, Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Department of Infectious Diseases and Immunity, Faculty of Medicine, Wellcome Centre for Clinical Tropical Medicine, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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David A. J. Moore

Affiliations Unidad de Bioinformática y Laboratorio de Enfermedades Infecciosas, Laboratorios de Investigación y Desarrollo, Facultad de Ciencias y Filosofía, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, San Martín de Porras, Lima, Perú, Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Department of Infectious Diseases and Immunity, Faculty of Medicine, Wellcome Centre for Clinical Tropical Medicine, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom, Clinical Research Unit, Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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Development of Low-Cost Inverted Microscope to Detect Early Growth of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in MODS Culture

Mirko Zimic,
Abner Velazco,
Germán Comina,
Jorge Coronel,
Patricia Fuentes,
Carmen G. Luna,
Patricia Sheen,
Robert H. Gilman,
David A. J. Moore

Published: March 23, 2010
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0009577

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