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Editorial
. 2023 Feb 24:14:1092651.
doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2023.1092651. eCollection 2023.

Editorial: Immuno-diagnosis of active tuberculosis; are we making progress?

Harriet Mayanja-Kizza  1   2 , Pere-Joan Cardona  3   4   5   6 , Novel N Chegou  7   8
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Editorial

Editorial: Immuno-diagnosis of active tuberculosis; are we making progress?

Harriet Mayanja-Kizza et al. Front Immunol. .

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Keywords: current trends; future directions; immuno-diagnosis; potential markers; tuberculosis.

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The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.

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