Evaluation of Giant African Pouched Rats for Detection of Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Patients from a High-Endemic Setting

Klaus Reither; Levan Jugheli; Tracy R. Glass; Mohamed Sasamalo; Francis A. Mhimbira; Bart J. Weetjens; Christophe Cox; Timothy L. Edwards; Christiaan Mulder; Negussie W. Beyene; Amanda Mahoney

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0135877

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Evaluation of Giant African Pouched Rats for Detection of Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Patients from a High-Endemic Setting

Klaus Reither ,

* E-mail: Klaus.Reither@unibas.ch

Affiliations Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland, Ifakara Health Institute, Bagamoyo, Tanzania
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Levan Jugheli,

Affiliations Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland, Ifakara Health Institute, Bagamoyo, Tanzania
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Tracy R. Glass,

Affiliations Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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Mohamed Sasamalo,

Affiliation Ifakara Health Institute, Bagamoyo, Tanzania
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Francis A. Mhimbira,

Affiliation Ifakara Health Institute, Bagamoyo, Tanzania
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Bart J. Weetjens,

Affiliation Anti-Persoonsmijnen Ontmijnende Product Ontwikkeling (APOPO), Morogoro, Tanzania
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Christophe Cox,

Affiliation Anti-Persoonsmijnen Ontmijnende Product Ontwikkeling (APOPO), Morogoro, Tanzania
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Timothy L. Edwards,

Affiliations Anti-Persoonsmijnen Ontmijnende Product Ontwikkeling (APOPO), Morogoro, Tanzania, Department of Psychology, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States of America
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Christiaan Mulder,

Affiliations Anti-Persoonsmijnen Ontmijnende Product Ontwikkeling (APOPO), Morogoro, Tanzania, Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Negussie W. Beyene,

Affiliation Anti-Persoonsmijnen Ontmijnende Product Ontwikkeling (APOPO), Morogoro, Tanzania
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Amanda Mahoney

Affiliations Anti-Persoonsmijnen Ontmijnende Product Ontwikkeling (APOPO), Morogoro, Tanzania, Department of Psychology, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States of America
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Evaluation of Giant African Pouched Rats for Detection of Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Patients from a High-Endemic Setting

Klaus Reither,
Levan Jugheli,
Tracy R. Glass,
Mohamed Sasamalo,
Francis A. Mhimbira,
Bart J. Weetjens,
Christophe Cox,
Timothy L. Edwards,
Christiaan Mulder,
Negussie W. Beyene

Published: October 7, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0135877

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