Detection and Quantification of Viable Mycobacterium tuberculosis Bacilli in Saline-Processed Stool Samples by Tuberculosis Molecular Bacterial Load Assay: a Potential Alternative for Processing Stool

Funding: Funding from European Developing Clinical Trials Partnership through PanACEA II Consortium (grant TRIA2015-1102), University of St Andrews St Leonards scholarship, Scottish Funding Council-Global Challenges Research Fund, Infectious Diseases Institute Makerere University, Lung MicroCHIP (NIH grant U01 HL098964) and K24 (NIH grant K24 HL087713) is acknowledged.