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
,
BE
2
Pôle de Microbiologie Médicale
,
Institut de Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique
,
Université Catholique de Louvain
,
Brussels
,
BE
3
Department of Biomedical Sciences
,
University of Antwerp
,
Antwerp
,
BE
4
Laboratory of Clinical Bacteriology and Mycology
,
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
,
Leuven
,
BE
Corresponding Author:
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Kamela Charmaine Ng, MSc
-
Mycobacteriology Unit
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Department of Biomedical Sciences
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Institute of Tropical Medicine
-
Nationalestraat 155
-
Antwerp
-
BE
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Phone:
32 (0)33455345
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Email: kng@itg.be