Molecular epidemiology and drug resistance patterns of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex isolates from university students and the local community in Eastern Ethiopia

• Abiyu Mekonnen ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: abiyumg@yahoo.com

  Affiliation Department of Microbial, Cellular and Molecular Biology, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4912-4595

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• Matthias Merker,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Resources, Software, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Molecular and Experimental Mycobacteriology, Research Center Borstel, Borstel, Germany

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• Jeffrey M. Collins,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

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• Desalegn Addise,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Resources, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Ethiopian National Tuberculosis Reference laboratory, Ethiopian Public Health Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1633-8623

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• Abraham Aseffa,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Armauer Hansen Research Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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• Beyene Petros,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Microbial, Cellular and Molecular Biology, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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• Gobena Ameni,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

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

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• Stefan Niemann

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Resources, Software, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Molecular and Experimental Mycobacteriology, Research Center Borstel, Borstel, Germany, German Center for Infection Research, Partner Site Borstel, Borstel, Germany

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