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Whole-genome sequencing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis for rapid diagnostics: feasibility of a decentralised model
Elena Martinez1, Andrea Bustamante1, Ranjeeta Menon1
1Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Pathology West and Marie Bashir Institute of Infectious Diseases and Biosecurity, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
The Lancet. Respiratory Medicine
|June 16, 2016
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