Cough Aerosol Cultures of Mycobacterium tuberculosis: Insights on TST / IGRA Discordance and Transmission Dynamics

• Edward C. Jones-López ,

  * E-mail: edward.jones@bmc.org

  Affiliations Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Boston Medical Center and Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Makerere University–Boston Medical Center Research Collaboration, Kampala, Uganda

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• Laura F. White,

  Affiliation Department of Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

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• Bruce Kirenga,

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Kampala, Uganda

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• Francis Mumbowa,

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Kampala, Uganda

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• Martin Ssebidandi,

  Affiliation Makerere University–Boston Medical Center Research Collaboration, Kampala, Uganda

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• Stephanie Moine,

  Affiliation Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Boston Medical Center and Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

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• Olive Mbabazi,

  Affiliation Infectious Diseases Institute, Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Kampala, Uganda

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• Gerald Mboowa,

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Kampala, Uganda

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• Irene Ayakaka,

  Affiliation Makerere University–Boston Medical Center Research Collaboration, Kampala, Uganda

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• Soyeon Kim,

  Affiliation Department of Preventive Medicine and Community Health, New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America

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• Christina S. Thornton,

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada

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• Alphonse Okwera,

  Affiliations Mulago Hospital Tuberculosis Clinic, Mulago Hospital, Kampala, Uganda, Department of Microbiology, Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Kampala, Uganda

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• Moses Joloba,

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Kampala, Uganda

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• Kevin P. Fennelly

  Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases and Global Medicine, Department of Medicine and Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

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