About the Authors
- Morten Ruhwald
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* E-mail: mruhwald@mail.dk
Affiliations Department of Infectious Diseases 144, Copenhagen University, Hvidovre Hospital, Hvidovre, Denmark, Clinical Research Centre 136, Copenhagen University, Hvidovre Hospital, Hvidovre, Denmark
- Janne Petersen
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Affiliation Clinical Research Centre 136, Copenhagen University, Hvidovre Hospital, Hvidovre, Denmark
- Kristian Kofoed
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Affiliation Clinical Research Centre 136, Copenhagen University, Hvidovre Hospital, Hvidovre, Denmark
- Hiroshi Nakaoka
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Affiliation Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom
- Luis Eduardo Cuevas
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Affiliation Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom
- Lovett Lawson
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Affiliation Zankli Medical Centre, Abuja, Nigeria
- Stephen Bertil Squire
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Affiliation Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom
- Jesper Eugen-Olsen
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Affiliation Clinical Research Centre 136, Copenhagen University, Hvidovre Hospital, Hvidovre, Denmark
- Pernille Ravn
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Affiliations Clinical Research Centre 136, Copenhagen University, Hvidovre Hospital, Hvidovre, Denmark, Infectious Disease Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, Copenhagen University, Herlev Hospital, Herlev, Denmark
Competing Interests
Copenhagen University, Hvidovre Hospital has applied for a patent disclosing IP-10 as marker for M tuberculosis infection. Morten Ruhwald is registered as inventor on a patent application disclosing IP-10 as marker for M. tuberculosis infection. Pernille Ravn is registered as inventor on a patent application disclosing IP-10 as marker for M. tuberculosis infection and was a consultant for Cellestis Ltd. in 2006 to develop their clinical guidelines and received a single payment of €2000. Jesper Eugen-Olsen is registered as inventor on a patent application disclosing IP-10 as marker for M. tuberculosis infection. The other authors have no conflicts of interest to disclose.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: MR HN LEC LL SBS PR. Performed the experiments: MR KK HN. Analyzed the data: MR JP KK JEO PR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JP JEO. Wrote the paper: MR.