Medium matters: modeling the impact of solid medium performance on tuberculosis trial sample size requirements.

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Published in Int J Tuberc Lung Dis on May 01, 2016

Authors

M G Johnson1, J E Stout1, D A Benator2, W C Whitworth3, D P Holland4

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
2: Infectious Diseases Section, Veterans Affairs Medical Center and the George Washington University Medical Center, Washington DC, USA.
3: Clinical Research Branch, Division of Tuberculosis Elimination, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, USA.
4: Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA; Division of Infectious Diseases, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

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