Diagnostic accuracy of the TrueNat™ MTB plus assay for detecting pulmonary tuberculosis in adults

• Sarapia P. Mallya,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Public Health Laboratory and Disease Surveillance Directorate, Kibong’oto Infectious Diseases Hospital, Siha, Kilimanjaro, Tanzania, Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Mbarara University of Science and Technology (MUST), Mbarara, Uganda

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9436-1098

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• Peter M. Mbelele ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Peter M. Mbelele, Kennedy Kassaza

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

  * E-mail: mbelelepeter@yahoo.com

  Affiliations Public Health Laboratory and Disease Surveillance Directorate, Kibong’oto Infectious Diseases Hospital, Siha, Kilimanjaro, Tanzania, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Science (MUHAS), Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2693-187X

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• Riziki M. Kisonga,

  Roles Conceptualization, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation National Tuberculosis and Leprosy program, Ministry of Health, Dodoma, Tanzania

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• Daphine D. Mtunga,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation National Tuberculosis and Leprosy program, Ministry of Health, Dodoma, Tanzania

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• Haroun H. Banzi,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Karume Health Centre, Rombo District, Kilimanjaro, Tanzania

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• Stephen S. Mpiima,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Mbarara University of Science and Technology (MUST), Mbarara, Uganda

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• Muzafaru Twinomujuni,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Mbarara University of Science and Technology (MUST), Mbarara, Uganda

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• Joel Bazira,

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

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Mbarara University of Science and Technology (MUST), Mbarara, Uganda

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• Kennedy Kassaza

  Contributed equally to this work with: Peter M. Mbelele, Kennedy Kassaza

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Mbarara University of Science and Technology (MUST), Mbarara, Uganda

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