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Enoch Aninagyei1, Reuben Ayivor-Djanie1, Juliana Attoh2

  • 1Department of Biomedical Sciences, School of Basic and Biomedical Sciences, University of Health and Allied Sciences, Ho, Volta Region, Ghana.

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease
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Blood spiked sputumGeneXpert assayMycobacterium tuberculosisblood lysing agentprotein denaturant

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