A high centrifugal force-enhanced Ziehl–Neelsen method for improved detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

• Godlove T. Chaula,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Mbeya Medical Research Centre, National Institute for Medical Research, Mbeya, Tanzania

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• Lucy Namkinga,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Pharmacology, Mbeya Collage of Health and Allied Sciences, University of Dar es Salaam, Mbeya, Tanzania

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• Wilber Sabiiti,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Medicine, University of St Andrews, St. Andrews, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4742-2791

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• Nyanda E. Ntiningya,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Mbeya Medical Research Centre, National Institute for Medical Research, Mbeya, Tanzania

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• Bariki Mtafya,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Mbeya Medical Research Centre, National Institute for Medical Research, Mbeya, Tanzania

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• Ally Mahadhy

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: allymahadhy@gmail.com

  Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, College of Natural and Applied Sciences, University of Dar es Salaam, Dar es salaam, Tanzania

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5586-7088

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