Diagnostic performance of oral swabs for non-sputum based TB diagnosis in a TB/HIV endemic setting

• Sylvia M. LaCourse ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: sylvial2@uw.edu

  Affiliations Division of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States of America, Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9809-5997

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• Evans Seko,

  Roles Investigation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), Kisumu, Kenya

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• Rachel Wood,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Environmental & Occupational Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States of America

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• Wilfred Bundi,

  Roles Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), Kisumu, Kenya

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• Gregory S. Ouma,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), Kisumu, Kenya

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• Janet Agaya,

  Roles Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), Kisumu, Kenya

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• Barbra A. Richardson,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States of America, Department of Biostatistics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States of America

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• Grace John-Stewart,

  Roles Conceptualization, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Division of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States of America, Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States of America, Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States of America, Department Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States of America

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• Steve Wandiga,

  Roles Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), Kisumu, Kenya

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• Gerard A. Cangelosi

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States of America, Department of Environmental & Occupational Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States of America, Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States of America

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