Optimizing sputum smear microscopy for the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis

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Acknowledgements

The authors would like to thank Mohamed Abdel Aziz (Stop TB Department, WHO, Geneva, Switzerland), Jane Cunningham (UNICEF/UNDP/World Bank/WHO Special Programme for Research and TDR, Geneva, Switzerland), Megan Henry (County of Sacramento Department of Health and Human Services, CA, USA), Philip C Hopewell (University of California, CA, USA), Sundari R Mase (Santa Clara County Public Health Department, CA, USA), Vivienne Ng (Albany Medical College, NY, USA), Mark D Perkins (Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics, Geneva, Switzerland) and Richard Urbanczik (WHO Tuberculosis Laboratory Consultants Group, Schoemberg, Germany) for their participation in conducting the systematic reviews on microscopy.