Novel biomarkers for paediatric tuberculosis

Affiliations

¹ University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7435, USA. Electronic address: vanrie@email.unc.edu.
² Wits Reproductive Health and HIV Institute, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.

Comment

Annelies Van Rie et al. Lancet Infect Dis. 2014 Oct.

. 2014 Oct;14(10):900-1.

doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(14)70898-9. Epub 2014 Aug 31.

¹ University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7435, USA. Electronic address: vanrie@email.unc.edu.
² Wits Reproductive Health and HIV Institute, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.

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