Utility of circulating cell-free Mycobacterium tuberculosis DNA for the improved diagnosis of abdominal tuberculosis

Pratibha Sharma; Divya Anthwal; Pooja Kumari; Rakesh Kumar Gupta; Surabhi Lavania; Neera Sharma; Lokesh Kumar Sharma; Deepak Rath; Pavan Kumar Soraganvi; Ashish Sharma; A. K. Gadpayle; R. S. Taneja; Jaya Sivaswami Tyagi; Sagarika Haldar

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0238119

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Utility of circulating cell-free Mycobacterium tuberculosis DNA for the improved diagnosis of abdominal tuberculosis

Pratibha Sharma,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Experimental Medicine and Biotechnology, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India, Translational Health Science and Technology Institute, NCR Biotech Science Cluster, Faridabad, India
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Divya Anthwal,

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology

Affiliations Department of Experimental Medicine and Biotechnology, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India, Translational Health Science and Technology Institute, NCR Biotech Science Cluster, Faridabad, India
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Pooja Kumari,

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Department of Biotechnology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi, India
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Rakesh Kumar Gupta,

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Validation

Affiliations Department of Experimental Medicine and Biotechnology, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India, Translational Health Science and Technology Institute, NCR Biotech Science Cluster, Faridabad, India
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Surabhi Lavania,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology

Current address: TB Research Laboratory, Translational Health Science and Technology Institute, NCR Biotech Science Cluster, Faridabad, India

Affiliation Department of Biotechnology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi, India
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Neera Sharma,

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Project administration, Supervision

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, New Delhi, India
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Lokesh Kumar Sharma,

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, New Delhi, India
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Deepak Rath,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology

Current address: Department of Rheumatology, IPGMER, and SSKM Hospital, Kolkata, India

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, New Delhi, India

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8787-7582

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Pavan Kumar Soraganvi,

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, New Delhi, India
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Ashish Sharma,

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, New Delhi, India
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A. K. Gadpayle,

Roles Project administration, Resources, Supervision

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, New Delhi, India
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R. S. Taneja,

Roles Formal analysis, Project administration, Supervision

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, New Delhi, India
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Jaya Sivaswami Tyagi,

Roles Funding acquisition, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Translational Health Science and Technology Institute, NCR Biotech Science Cluster, Faridabad, India, Department of Biotechnology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi, India

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6052-1137

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Sagarika Haldar

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: sagarikahaldar.pgimer@gmail.com

Affiliations Department of Experimental Medicine and Biotechnology, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India, Translational Health Science and Technology Institute, NCR Biotech Science Cluster, Faridabad, India

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8276-4458

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Utility of circulating cell-free Mycobacterium tuberculosis DNA for the improved diagnosis of abdominal tuberculosis

Pratibha Sharma,
Divya Anthwal,
Pooja Kumari,
Rakesh Kumar Gupta,
Surabhi Lavania,
Neera Sharma,
Lokesh Kumar Sharma,
Deepak Rath,
Pavan Kumar Soraganvi,
Ashish Sharma

Published: August 26, 2020
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0238119

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