Document Type : Letter(s) to the Editor
Authors
- Roya Abkar 1
- Mohammad Reza Zolfaghari 1
- Mohammad Arjomandzadegan 2
- Azam Ahmadi 2
- Maryam Sadrnia 3
- Manijeh Kahbazi 2
- Hossein Sarmadian 2
- Reza Moaddab 4
1 Department of Microbiology, Qom Branch, Islamic Azad University, Qom, Iran
2 Tuberculosis and Pediatric Infectious Research Center, Arak University of Medical Sciences, Arak, Iran
3 Department of Biology, Payame Noor University, Iran
4 Medical Laboratory Sciences and Research Center for TB and Pulmonary Diseases, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
Keywords
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