Challenges in the Development of an Immunochromatographic Interferon-Gamma Test for Diagnosis of Pleural Tuberculosis

• Claudia M. Denkinger ,

  * Email: claudia.denkinger@mail.mcgill.ca

  Affiliations Division of Infectious Diseases, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, McGill International TB Centre & Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Occupational Health, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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• Yatiraj Kalantri,

  Affiliation Tulip Diagnostics, Goa, India

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• Samuel G. Schumacher,

  Affiliation McGill International TB Centre & Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Occupational Health, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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• Joy S. Michael,

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India

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• Deepa Shankar,

  Affiliation Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India

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• Arvind Saxena,

  Affiliation Tulip Diagnostics, Goa, India

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• Natarajan Sriram,

  Affiliation Tulip Diagnostics, Goa, India

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• Thangakunam Balamugesh,

  Affiliation Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India

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• Robert Luo,

  Affiliation Department of Pathology, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America

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• Nira R. Pollock,

  Affiliations Division of Infectious Diseases, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

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• Madhukar Pai,

  Affiliation McGill International TB Centre & Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Occupational Health, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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• Devasahayam J. Christopher

  Affiliation Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India

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