OMNIgene.SPUTUM suppresses contaminants while maintaining Mycobacterium tuberculosis viability and obviates cold-chain transport

Khalide Azam, Nureisha Cadir, Carla Madeira, Stephen H. Gillespie, Wilber Sabiiti

Source: ERJ Open Res, 4 (1) 00074-2017; 10.1183/23120541.00074-2017
Journal Issue: January
Disease area: Respiratory infections

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