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ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Discriminatory power of multiplex PCR for detection of mycobacterial co-infection
1 Central Tuberculosis Research Institute, Moscow, Russia
2 Yevdokimov Moscow State University of Medicine and Dentistry, Moscow, Russia
Correspondence should be addressed: Tatiana G. Smirnova
Yauza alley, 2, str. 1A, Moscow, 107564, Russia; ur.liam@aktat_s
Funding: the study was conducted within the framework of the State Assignment of the Central Tuberculosis Research Institute, R&D project No. 122041100246-3 "Interspecific and intraspecific polymorphism of mycobacteria in patients with tuberculosis and mycobacteriosis receiving specific therapy"
Author contribution: Smirnova TG — experimental procedure (real-time PCR), data analysis, manuscript draft; Andreevskaya SN — literature review, data interpretation, review of publications on the issue; Ustinova VV — PCR; Larionova EE — data analysis; Kiseleva EA — model sample preparation; Chernousova LN, Ergeshov A — developing the study design; all authors contributed to discussion