Tuberculosis control

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¹ National Mycobacterium Reference Laboratory, Research Centre Borstel, Germany; Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK. Electronic address: katharina.kranzer@lshtm.ac.uk.
² Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK; Department of Infection and Immunity, Royal London Hospital, Barts Health NHS Trust, London, UK.
³ Department of Clinical Research, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
⁴ Department of Clinical Research, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK; Zambart, Lusaka, Zambia.
⁵ Global TB Programme, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.

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Katharina Kranzer et al. Lancet. 2016.

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. 2016 Mar 19;387(10024):1159-60.

doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(16)00710-8.

¹ National Mycobacterium Reference Laboratory, Research Centre Borstel, Germany; Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK. Electronic address: katharina.kranzer@lshtm.ac.uk.
² Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK; Department of Infection and Immunity, Royal London Hospital, Barts Health NHS Trust, London, UK.
³ Department of Clinical Research, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
⁴ Department of Clinical Research, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK; Zambart, Lusaka, Zambia.
⁵ Global TB Programme, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.

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