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Reasons for false-positive lipoarabinomannan ELISA results in a Tanzanian population

Inge Kroidl From the Division of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Medical Centre of the University of Munich, Munich, Germany;NIMR – Mbeya Medical Research Centre, Mbeya, TanzaniaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Petra ClowesNIMR – Mbeya Medical Research Centre, Mbeya, Tanzania
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Joshua MwakyeluNIMR – Mbeya Medical Research Centre, Mbeya, Tanzania
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Leonard MabokoNIMR – Mbeya Medical Research Centre, Mbeya, Tanzania
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Abubakary KiangiMbeya Referral Hospital Laboratory, Mbeya, Tanzania
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Andrea Rachow From the Division of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Medical Centre of the University of Munich, Munich, Germany;NIMR – Mbeya Medical Research Centre, Mbeya, Tanzania;German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF), Partnersite Munich, Germany
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Klaus ReitherNIMR – Mbeya Medical Research Centre, Mbeya, Tanzania;Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland
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Jutta JungNIMR – Mbeya Medical Research Centre, Mbeya, Tanzania
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Anthony NsojoNIMR – Mbeya Medical Research Centre, Mbeya, Tanzania
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Elmar Saathoff From the Division of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Medical Centre of the University of Munich, Munich, Germany;NIMR – Mbeya Medical Research Centre, Mbeya, Tanzania;German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF), Partnersite Munich, Germany
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Michael Hoelscher From the Division of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Medical Centre of the University of Munich, Munich, Germany;NIMR – Mbeya Medical Research Centre, Mbeya, Tanzania;German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF), Partnersite Munich, Germany
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Pages 144-148 | Received 07 Aug 2013, Accepted 01 Oct 2013, Published online: 25 Nov 2013

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