Use of a molecular bacterial load assay to distinguish between active TB and post-TB lung disease

Affiliations

• ¹ Kibong´oto Infectious Diseases Hospital, Sanya Juu, Siha, Kilimanjaro, Tanzania, Department of Global Health and Biomedical Sciences, School of Life Sciences and Bioengineering, Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology (NM-AIST), Arusha, Tanzania.
• ² Division of Infection and Global Health, School of Medicine, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, Scotland, UK.
• ³ Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA.
• ⁴ Department of Global Health and Biomedical Sciences, School of Life Sciences and Bioengineering, Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology (NM-AIST), Arusha, Tanzania.
• ⁵ Department of Global Health and Biomedical Sciences, School of Life Sciences and Bioengineering, Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology (NM-AIST), Arusha, Tanzania, National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR), Muhimbili Center, Dar es salaam, Tanzania.
• ⁶ Department of Bacteriology, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana.
• ⁷ Kibong´oto Infectious Diseases Hospital, Sanya Juu, Siha, Kilimanjaro, Tanzania, East African Health Research Commission (EAHRC), Bujumbura, Burundi.