Dual color fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) assays for detecting Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Mycobacterium avium complexes and related pathogens in cultures

Jyotsna Shah; Helena Weltman; Patricia Narciso; Christina Murphy; Akhila Poruri; Shrikala Baliga; Leesha Sharon; Mary York; Gail Cunningham; Steve Miller; Luz Caviedes; Robert Gilman; Edward Desmond; Ranjan Ramasamy

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0174989

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Dual color fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) assays for detecting Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Mycobacterium avium complexes and related pathogens in cultures

Jyotsna Shah ,

* E-mail: jyotsna@aol.com

Affiliation ID-FISH Technology Inc., Palo Alto, California, United States of America

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9890-366X

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Helena Weltman,

Affiliation ID-FISH Technology Inc., Palo Alto, California, United States of America
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Patricia Narciso,

Affiliation ID-FISH Technology Inc., Palo Alto, California, United States of America
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Christina Murphy,

Affiliation ID-FISH Technology Inc., Palo Alto, California, United States of America
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Akhila Poruri,

Affiliation ID-FISH Technology Inc., Palo Alto, California, United States of America
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Shrikala Baliga,

Affiliation Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, Manipal University, India
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Leesha Sharon,

Affiliation Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, Manipal University, India
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Mary York,

Affiliation ID-FISH Technology Inc., Palo Alto, California, United States of America
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Gail Cunningham,

Affiliation University of California, San Francisco, California, United States of America
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Steve Miller,

Affiliation University of California, San Francisco, California, United States of America
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Luz Caviedes,

Affiliation Labotorio de Investigación en Enfermedades Infecciosas of the Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Iquitos, Peru
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Robert Gilman,

Affiliations Labotorio de Investigación en Enfermedades Infecciosas of the Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Iquitos, Peru, John Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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Edward Desmond,

Affiliation Microbial Disease Laboratory, California Department of Public Health, Richmond, California, United States of America
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Ranjan Ramasamy

Affiliation ID-FISH Technology Inc., Palo Alto, California, United States of America
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Dual color fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) assays for detecting Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Mycobacterium avium complexes and related pathogens in cultures

Jyotsna Shah,
Helena Weltman,
Patricia Narciso,
Christina Murphy,
Akhila Poruri,
Shrikala Baliga,
Leesha Sharon,
Mary York,
Gail Cunningham,
Steve Miller

Published: April 11, 2017
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0174989

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