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Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacilli in bio-aerosols from untreated TB patients

Background: Tuberculosis (TB) is predominantly an airborne disease. However, quantitative and qualitative analysis of bio-aerosols containing the aetiological agent, Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), has proven very challenging. Our objective is to sample bio-aerosols from newly diagnosed TB patient...

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Autores principales: Patterson, Benjamin, Morrow, Carl, Singh, Vinayak, Moosa, Atica, Gqada, Melitta, Woodward, Jeremy, Mizrahi, Valerie, Bryden, Wayne, Call, Charles, Patel, Shwetak, Warner, Digby, Wood, Robin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: F1000 Research Limited 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5757796/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29355225
http://dx.doi.org/10.12688/gatesopenres.12758.2