Detection and Quantification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in the Sputum of Culture-Negative HIV-infected Pulmonary Tuberculosis Suspects: A Proof-of-Concept Study

• Guillermo Madico,

  Affiliations Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Boston Medical Center and Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Thisis Diagnostics Inc., Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

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• Moses Mpeirwe,

  Affiliations Epicentre, Médecins sans Frontières, Mbarara, Uganda, Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Mbarara, Uganda

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• Laura White,

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

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• Solange Vinhas,

  Affiliation Núcleo de Doenças Infecciosas, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Vitória, Brazil

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• Beverley Orr,

  Affiliation Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, Boston Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

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• Patrick Orikiriza,

  Affiliation Epicentre, Médecins sans Frontières, Mbarara, Uganda

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• Nancy S. Miller,

  Affiliations Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, Boston Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

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• Mary Gaeddert,

  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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• Juliet Mwanga-Amumpaire,

  Affiliation Epicentre, Médecins sans Frontières, Mbarara, Uganda

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• Moises Palaci,

  Affiliation Núcleo de Doenças Infecciosas, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Vitória, Brazil

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• Barry Kreiswirth,

  Affiliation Public Health Research Institute (PHRI) – Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America

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• Joe Straight,

  Affiliation Thisis Diagnostics Inc., Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

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• Reynaldo Dietze,

  Affiliation Núcleo de Doenças Infecciosas, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Vitória, Brazil

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• Yap Boum II,

  Affiliation Epicentre, Médecins sans Frontières, Mbarara, Uganda

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• 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, Thisis Diagnostics Inc., Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

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