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. 2021 May;2(5):e169-e170.
doi: 10.1016/S2666-5247(21)00057-4. Epub 2021 Mar 19.

Learning from COVID-19 to reimagine tuberculosis diagnosis

Morten Ruhwald  1 , Sergio Carmona  1 , Madhukar Pai  2
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Learning from COVID-19 to reimagine tuberculosis diagnosis

Morten Ruhwald et al. Lancet Microbe. 2021 May.
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Conflict of interest statement

MR and SC are employees of Foundation of Innovative New Diagnostics (FIND). MP is an advisor to FIND. FIND is a not-for-profit foundation that supports the development, evaluation, and implementation of several diagnostics, including tuberculosis and COVID-19. FIND has product evaluation agreements with several private sector companies that design diagnostics for global health. These agreements strictly define FIND's independence and neutrality regarding the companies whose products get evaluated and describe roles and responsibilities. FIND is co-convener of the Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator, a partnership to accelerate access to the diagnostics tools needed in the COVID-19 response.

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