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Tomoko Kato1, Kennedy Kwasi Addo2, Naomi Nartey2

  • 1Department of Mycobacterium Reference and Research, The Research Institute of Tuberculosis, Japan Anti-tuberculosis Association, Tokyo, Japan.

Tropical Medicine and Health
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