title: Response.
authors.affiliation: Mycobacteriology Research Centre, National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (NRITLD), Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Ali Akbar
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Velayati
authors.affiliation: Mycobacteriology Research Centre, National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (NRITLD), Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Parissa
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Farnia
authors.affiliation: Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL. Electronic address: mmirsae@uic.edu.
authors.forename: Mehdi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mirsaeidi
mesh_terms: D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012988:Soil Microbiology / Q000592:standards*; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D014871:Water Microbiology / Q000592:standards*
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial
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