Genetic diversity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains circulating in Botswana

• Tuelo Mogashoa,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Botswana, Gaborone, Botswana, Botswana Harvard AIDS Institute Partnership, Gaborone, Botswana

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4156-8746

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• Pinkie Melamu,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Botswana Harvard AIDS Institute Partnership, Gaborone, Botswana

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• Serej D. Ley,

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

  Affiliations DST-NRF Centre of Excellence in Biomedical Tuberculosis Research, South African Medical Research Council Centre for Tuberculosis Research, Division of Molecular Biology and Human Genetics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland

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• Elizabeth M. Streicher,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation DST-NRF Centre of Excellence in Biomedical Tuberculosis Research, South African Medical Research Council Centre for Tuberculosis Research, Division of Molecular Biology and Human Genetics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa

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• Thato Iketleng,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Botswana Harvard AIDS Institute Partnership, Gaborone, Botswana, College of Health Sciences, School of Laboratory Medicine and Medical Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5725-295X

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• Nametso Kelentse,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Botswana Harvard AIDS Institute Partnership, Gaborone, Botswana

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• Lucy Mupfumi,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Botswana, Gaborone, Botswana, Botswana Harvard AIDS Institute Partnership, Gaborone, Botswana

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• Margaret Mokomane,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation National Tuberculosis Reference Laboratory, Ministry of Health and Wellness, Gaborone, Botswana

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• Botshelo Kgwaadira,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation National Tuberculosis Reference Laboratory, Ministry of Health and Wellness, Gaborone, Botswana

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• Vladimir Novitsky,

  Roles Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Botswana Harvard AIDS Institute Partnership, Gaborone, Botswana, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

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• Ishmael Kasvosve,

  Roles Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Botswana, Gaborone, Botswana

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• Sikhulile Moyo,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Botswana Harvard AIDS Institute Partnership, Gaborone, Botswana, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

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• Robin M. Warren,

  Roles Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation DST-NRF Centre of Excellence in Biomedical Tuberculosis Research, South African Medical Research Council Centre for Tuberculosis Research, Division of Molecular Biology and Human Genetics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa

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• Simani Gaseitsiwe

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: sgaseitsiwe@gmail.com, sgaseitsiwe@bhp.org.bw

  Affiliations Botswana Harvard AIDS Institute Partnership, Gaborone, Botswana, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

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