Potential Application of Digitally Linked Tuberculosis Diagnostics for Real-Time Surveillance of Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis Transmission: Validation and Analysis of Test Results
Potential Application of Digitally Linked Tuberculosis Diagnostics for Real-Time Surveillance of Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis Transmission: Validation and Analysis of Test Results
Kamela Charmaine Ng
1
, MSc ;
Conor Joseph Meehan
1
, PhD ;
Gabriela Torrea
1
, PhD ;
Léonie Goeminne
2
, BSc ;
Maren Diels
1
, BSc ;
Leen Rigouts
1, 3
, MSc, PhD ;
Bouke Catherine de Jong
1
, MD, MSc, PhD ;
Emmanuel André
2, 4
, MD, MSc, PhD
1
Mycobacteriology Unit, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium
2
Pôle de Microbiologie Médicale, Institut de Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique, Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium
3
Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
4
Laboratory of Clinical Bacteriology and Mycology, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
Corresponding Author:
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Kamela Charmaine Ng, MSc
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Mycobacteriology Unit
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Department of Biomedical Sciences
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Institute of Tropical Medicine
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Nationalestraat 155
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Antwerp, 2000
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Belgium
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Phone:
32 (0)33455345
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Fax: 32 (0)32476333
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Email: kng@itg.be