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ArticleJournal of clinical microbiology2019

Molecular Bacterial Load Assay Concurs with Culture on NaOH-Induced Loss of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Viability.

Bariki Mtafya, Wilber Sabiiti, Issa Sabi, Joseph John, Emanuel Sichone, Nyanda E Ntinginya, Stephen H Gillespie

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Article in Journal of clinical microbiology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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23 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Bariki MtafyaNational Institute for Medical Research, Mbeya Medical Research Centre, Mbeya, Tanzania.
Wilber SabiitiUniversity of St. Andrews School of Medicine, St. Andrews, United Kingdom.
Issa SabiNational Institute for Medical Research, Mbeya Medical Research Centre, Mbeya, Tanzania.
Joseph JohnNational Institute for Medical Research, Mbeya Medical Research Centre, Mbeya, Tanzania.
Emanuel SichoneNational Institute for Medical Research, Mbeya Medical Research Centre, Mbeya, Tanzania.
Nyanda E NtinginyaNational Institute for Medical Research, Mbeya Medical Research Centre, Mbeya, Tanzania.
Stephen H GillespieUniversity of St. Andrews School of Medicine, St. Andrews, United Kingdom shg3@st-andrews.ac.uk.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Effective methods to detect viable

Indexed as

Bacterial LoadColony Count, MicrobialDiagnostic Tests, RoutineDNA, BacterialMicrobial ViabilityMolecular Diagnostic TechniquesMycobacterium tuberculosisRNA, Ribosomal, 16SSodium HydroxideSpecimen HandlingSputumTemperatureTime FactorsTuberculosisDNA, BacterialRNA, Ribosomal, 16SSodium Hydroxideculturedecontaminationmolecular bacterial load assayMycobacterium tuberculosisNALC-NaOHsputum

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PMID31018981
PMCPMC6595441

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