Variability and cost implications of three generations of the Roche LightCycler® 480

• Maria Dullaert-de Boer ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: m.deboer@labmicta.nl

  Affiliation Laboratory for Medical Microbiology and Public Health, Hengelo, The Netherlands

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3985-1203

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• Onno W. Akkerman,

  Roles Writing – original draft

  Affiliation University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Pulmonary diseases and Tuberculosis, Groningen, The Netherlands

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• Marloes Vermeer,

  Roles Data curation

  Affiliation ZGT Academy, ZGT, Almelo The Netherlands

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• Dorine L. J. Hess,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Laboratory for Medical Microbiology and Public Health, Hengelo, The Netherlands

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• Huib A. M. Kerstjens,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Pulmonary diseases and Tuberculosis, Groningen, The Netherlands

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• Richard M. Anthony,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Tuberculosis reference laboratory, Center for Infectious Disease Research, Diagnostics and Perinatal Screening (IDS), National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, The Netherlands

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• Tjip S. van der Werf,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Pulmonary diseases and Tuberculosis, Groningen, The Netherlands, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Internal Medicine, Groningen, The Netherlands

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• Dick van Soolingen,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Tuberculosis reference laboratory, Center for Infectious Disease Research, Diagnostics and Perinatal Screening (IDS), National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, The Netherlands

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• Adri G. M. van der Zanden

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Laboratory for Medical Microbiology and Public Health, Hengelo, The Netherlands

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