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A novel blood test for tuberculosis prevention and treatment

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A Penn-Nicholson, T J Scriba, M Hatherill, R G White, T Sumner

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A Penn-Nicholson, South African Tuberculosis Vaccine Initiative, Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, and Division of Immunology, Department of Pathology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, South Africa

T J Scriba, South African Tuberculosis Vaccine IInitiative, Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, and Division of Immunology, Department of Pathology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, South Africa

M Hatherill, South African Tuberculosis Vaccine Initiative, Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, and Division of Immunology, Department of Pathology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, South Africa

R G White, TB Modelling Group, TB Centre, Faculty of Epidemiology and Public Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK

T Sumner, TB Modelling Group, TB Centre, Faculty of Epidemiology and Public Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK

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Keywords

Blood test; Tuberculosis prevention and treatment

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South African Medical Journal 2017;107(1):4-5. DOI:10.7196/SAMJ.2017.v107i1.12230

Article History

Date submitted: 2016-12-21
Date published: 2016-12-21

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