Reviewer’s report Title: Genotyping and Drug Susceptibility Testing of Mycobacterial Isolates from Population based Tuberculosis Prevalence Survey in Ghana
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Author’s response to reviews Title: Genotyping and Drug Susceptibility Testing of Mycobacterial Isolates from Population based Tuberculosis Prevalence Survey in Ghana Authors:
Title: Genotyping and Drug Susceptibility Testing of Mycobacterial Isolates from Population based Tuberculosis Prevalence Survey in Ghana Authors: Kennedy Addo ([email protected]) Samuel Addo ([email protected]) Gloria Mensah ([email protected]) Lydia Mosi ([email protected]) Frank Bonsu ([email protected]) Version: 2 Date: 03 Oct 2017 Author’s response to reviews: THE EDITOR...
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