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. 2020 Apr;8(4):328-330.
doi: 10.1016/S2213-2600(19)30355-8. Epub 2020 Jan 17.

Headway made towards biosignatures for incipient tuberculosis

Thomas J Scriba  1 , Simon C Mendelsohn  2
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Headway made towards biosignatures for incipient tuberculosis

Thomas J Scriba et al. Lancet Respir Med. 2020 Apr.
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Conflict of interest statement

TJS is co-inventor of patents pending on the Zak16 and Suliman4 signatures that were assessed in the paper by Gupta and colleagues. SCM declares no competing interests.

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