About the Authors
- Mulualem Tadesse
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Affiliation Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences and Pathology, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia
- Gemeda Abebe
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* E-mail: gemeda.abebe@ju.edu.et
Affiliation Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences and Pathology, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia
- Ketema Abdissa
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Affiliation Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences and Pathology, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia
- Alemayehu Bekele
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Affiliation Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences and Pathology, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia
- Mesele Bezabih
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Affiliation Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences and Pathology, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia
- Ludwig Apers
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Affiliation Department of Clinical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium
- Robert Colebunders
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Affiliations Department of Clinical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium, Department of Epidemiology and Social Medicine, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
- Leen Rigouts
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Affiliation Mycobacteriology Unit, Department of Microbiology, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: MT GA KA. Performed the experiments: MT AB MB. Analyzed the data: MT GA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GA KA. Wrote the paper: LA RC LR.