About the Authors

Irfan Ullah

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Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan, Programmatic Management of Drug Resistant TB Pulmonology, Lady Reading Hospital Peshawar, Pakistan

Arshad Javaid

Affiliation Programmatic Management of Drug Resistant TB Pulmonology, Lady Reading Hospital Peshawar, Pakistan

Zarfishan Tahir

Affiliation Department of Bacteriology, Institute of Public Health, Jail Road Lahore, Pakistan

Obaid Ullah

Affiliation Department of Bacteriology, Institute of Public Health, Jail Road Lahore, Pakistan

Aamer Ali Shah

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan

Fariha Hasan

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan

Najma Ayub

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: IU NA FH. Performed the experiments: IU. Analyzed the data: AJ IU AAS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ZT OU IU. Wrote the paper: IU FH.