About the Authors

Mulualem Tadesse

Affiliation Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences and Pathology, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia

Gemeda Abebe

gemeda.abebe@ju.edu.et

Affiliation Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences and Pathology, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia

Ketema Abdissa

Affiliation Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences and Pathology, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia

Alemayehu Bekele

Affiliation Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences and Pathology, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia

Mesele Bezabih

Affiliation Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences and Pathology, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia

Ludwig Apers

Affiliation Department of Clinical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium

Robert Colebunders

Affiliations Department of Clinical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium, Department of Epidemiology and Social Medicine, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

Leen Rigouts

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.