Solar Disinfection of MODS Mycobacterial Cultures in Resource-Poor Settings

Ruvandhi Nathavitharana; Jorge Coronel; David A. J. Moore

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0001100

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Solar Disinfection of MODS Mycobacterial Cultures in Resource-Poor Settings

Ruvandhi Nathavitharana ,

*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: rrn01@imperial.ac.uk

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases and Immunity and Wellcome Centre for Clinical Tropical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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Jorge Coronel,

Affiliation Laboratorio de Investigación de Enfermedades Infecciosas, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, San Martín de Porras, Lima, Perú
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David A. J. Moore

Affiliations Department of Infectious Diseases and Immunity and Wellcome Centre for Clinical Tropical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom, Laboratorio de Investigación de Enfermedades Infecciosas, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, San Martín de Porras, Lima, Perú, Asociación Benéfica PRISMA, San Miguel, Lima, Perú
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Solar Disinfection of MODS Mycobacterial Cultures in Resource-Poor Settings

Ruvandhi Nathavitharana,
Jorge Coronel,
David A. J. Moore

Published: October 31, 2007
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0001100

About the Authors

Ruvandhi Nathavitharana

*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: rrn01@imperial.ac.uk

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases and Immunity and Wellcome Centre for Clinical Tropical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

Jorge Coronel

Affiliation Laboratorio de Investigación de Enfermedades Infecciosas, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, San Martín de Porras, Lima, Perú

David A. J. Moore

Affiliations Department of Infectious Diseases and Immunity and Wellcome Centre for Clinical Tropical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom, Laboratorio de Investigación de Enfermedades Infecciosas, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, San Martín de Porras, Lima, Perú, Asociación Benéfica PRISMA, San Miguel, Lima, Perú

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DM RN. Performed the experiments: JC RN. Analyzed the data: DM RN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JC RN. Wrote the paper: DM RN.

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