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Meeting Report

TB diagnostics in India: creating an ecosystem for innovation

Nora Engel Department of Health, Ethics and Society Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht University, PO Box 616, NL - 6200 MD, Maastricht, The Netherlands; Department of Health, Ethics and Society Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht University, PO Box 616, NL - 6200 MD, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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John Kenneth Division of Infectious Diseases, St. Johns Research Institute, St. Johns National Academy of Health Sciences Koramangala Bangalore, India; Division of Infectious Diseases, St. Johns Research Institute, St. Johns National Academy of Health Sciences Koramangala Bangalore, India
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Madhukar Pai Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, McGill University, Montreal, 1020 Pine Ave West, QC, H3A 1A2, Canada. [email protected]; Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, McGill University, Montreal, 1020 Pine Ave West, QC, H3A 1A2, Canada. [email protected]
Pages 21-24 | Published online: 09 Jan 2014

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