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This work was supported by the Wellcome Trust (UK) and Azienda Ospedaliera Policlinico di Modena (Italy). We thank Roslyn Kemp, Tim Hinks, Oni Chowdhury and Sarah Gooding for their helpful comments.
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Richeldi, L., Luppi, M., Losi, M. et al. Diagnosis of occult tuberculosis in hematological malignancy by enumeration of antigen-specific T cells. Leukemia 20, 379–381 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.leu.2404053
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