Detection and quantification of viable Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacilli in saline-processed stool samples by Tuberculosis Molecular Bacterial Load Assay : a potential alternative for processing stool
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Musisi , E , Ssesolo , A , Sloan , D J , Gillespie , S H & Sabiiti , W 2022 , ' Detection and quantification of viable Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacilli in saline-processed stool samples by Tuberculosis Molecular Bacterial Load Assay : a potential alternative for processing stool ' , Microbiology Spectrum , vol. 10 , no. 3 , 00274-22 . https://doi.org/10.1128/spectrum.00274-22
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Microbiology Spectrum
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Peer reviewed
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Copyright © 2022 Musisi et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license.
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Funding: Funding from European Developing Clinical Trials Partnership through PanACEA II Consortium (grant TRIA2015-1102), University of St Andrews St Leonards scholarship, Scottish Funding Council-Global Challenges Research Fund, Infectious Diseases Institute Makerere University, Lung MicroCHIP (NIH grant U01 HL098964) and K24 (NIH grant K24 HL087713) is acknowledged.Collections
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