A precise and objective tool for tuberculosis detection - Author's reply

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¹ Woolcock Institute of Medical Research and Centre for Research Excellence in Tuberculosis (TB-CRE), University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2037, Australia; South Western Sydney Clinical School, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia. Electronic address: jennifer.ho@sydney.edu.au.
² Woolcock Institute of Medical Research and Centre for Research Excellence in Tuberculosis (TB-CRE), University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2037, Australia; South Western Sydney Clinical School, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

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Jennifer Ho et al. Lancet Infect Dis. 2016 Dec.

. 2016 Dec;16(12):1328.

doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(16)30455-8. Epub 2016 Nov 15.

¹ Woolcock Institute of Medical Research and Centre for Research Excellence in Tuberculosis (TB-CRE), University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2037, Australia; South Western Sydney Clinical School, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia. Electronic address: jennifer.ho@sydney.edu.au.
² Woolcock Institute of Medical Research and Centre for Research Excellence in Tuberculosis (TB-CRE), University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2037, Australia; South Western Sydney Clinical School, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

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