Molecular epidemiology and drug sensitivity pattern of Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains isolated from pulmonary tuberculosis patients in and around Ambo Town, Central Ethiopia

• Melaku Tilahun ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: melatila@yahoo.com

  Affiliations Armauer Hansen Research Institute (AHRI), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Department of Medical Laboratory Science, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3101-3926

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• Gobena Ameni ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Gobena Ameni, Abraham Aseffa

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Aklilu Lemma Institute of Pathobiology, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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• Kassu Desta ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Medical Laboratory Science, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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• Aboma Zewude ,

  Roles Methodology, Project administration

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Armauer Hansen Research Institute (AHRI), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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• Lawrence Yamuah ,

  Roles Data curation, Software, Validation

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Armauer Hansen Research Institute (AHRI), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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• Markos Abebe ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Armauer Hansen Research Institute (AHRI), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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• Abraham Aseffa

  Contributed equally to this work with: Gobena Ameni, Abraham Aseffa

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Armauer Hansen Research Institute (AHRI), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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