About the Authors
- Larissa Kamgue Sidze
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Contributed equally to this work with: Larissa Kamgue Sidze, Emmanuel Mouafo Tekwu
Affiliations Laboratory for Tuberculosis Research (LTR), Biotechnology Center (BTC), University of Yaoundé I, Yaoundé, Cameroon, Institute of Tropical Medicine, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany, Central African Network for Tuberculosis, AIDS/HIV and Malaria (CANTAM), Brazzaville, Congo
- Emmanuel Mouafo Tekwu
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Contributed equally to this work with: Larissa Kamgue Sidze, Emmanuel Mouafo Tekwu
Affiliations Laboratory for Tuberculosis Research (LTR), Biotechnology Center (BTC), University of Yaoundé I, Yaoundé, Cameroon, Institute of Tropical Medicine, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany, Central African Network for Tuberculosis, AIDS/HIV and Malaria (CANTAM), Brazzaville, Congo
- Christopher Kuaban
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Affiliation Pneumology Unit, Jamot Hospital, Yaoundé, Cameroon
- Jean-Paul Assam Assam
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Affiliations Laboratory for Tuberculosis Research (LTR), Biotechnology Center (BTC), University of Yaoundé I, Yaoundé, Cameroon, Central African Network for Tuberculosis, AIDS/HIV and Malaria (CANTAM), Brazzaville, Congo
- Jean-Claude Tedom
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Affiliations Laboratory for Tuberculosis Research (LTR), Biotechnology Center (BTC), University of Yaoundé I, Yaoundé, Cameroon, Central African Network for Tuberculosis, AIDS/HIV and Malaria (CANTAM), Brazzaville, Congo
- Sara Eyangoh
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Affiliation Mycobacteriology Service, Reference laboratory of NTP, Centre Pasteur of Cameroon-Pasteur Institute International Network, Yaoundé, Cameroon
- François-Xavier Fouda
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Affiliation Mbalmayo District Hospital, Mbalmayo, Cameroon
- Désiré Nolna
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Affiliation National Tuberculosis Control Program (NTCP), Yaoundé, Cameroon
- Francine Ntoumi
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Affiliations Fondation Congolaise pour la Recherche Médicale, Université Marien Ngouabi, Brazzaville, Congo, Institute of Tropical Medicine, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany, Central African Network for Tuberculosis, AIDS/HIV and Malaria (CANTAM), Brazzaville, Congo
- Matthias Frank
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* E-mail: Matthias.Frank@uni-tuebingen.de (MF); v.penlap@yahoo.fr (VPB)
Affiliations Institute of Tropical Medicine, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany, Deutsches Zentrum für Infektionsforschung (DZIF), Tübingen, Germany, Central African Network for Tuberculosis, AIDS/HIV and Malaria (CANTAM), Brazzaville, Congo
- Véronique N. Penlap Beng
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* E-mail: Matthias.Frank@uni-tuebingen.de (MF); v.penlap@yahoo.fr (VPB)
Affiliations Laboratory for Tuberculosis Research (LTR), Biotechnology Center (BTC), University of Yaoundé I, Yaoundé, Cameroon, Central African Network for Tuberculosis, AIDS/HIV and Malaria (CANTAM), Brazzaville, Congo
Competing Interests
The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: CK FXF MF VPB. Performed the experiments: LKS EMT JPAA JCT. Analyzed the data: LKS EMT. Wrote the paper: LKS EMT. Participated in fiel work: LKS EMT JPAA. Coordinator and project manager of the CANTAM network: FN. Workpackage leader of the CANTAM-TB project: VPB MF. Critically revised the manuscript: FN MF VPB. Supervised laboratory analysis: SE. Supervision of field work: CK. Overall supervisor and chief designer of the project: VPB. Co-designed the overall project and provided conceptual advice: MF. Provided critically important information on the National Tuberculosis Control Program: DN.