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With the rise of drug–resistant strains of TB, quicker, more accurate, diagnostics are emerging
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Yule, A. Amplification–Based Diagnostics Target TB. Nat Biotechnol 12, 1335–1337 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt1294-1335
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