Genetic diversity and drug resistance pattern of Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains isolated from pulmonary tuberculosis patients in the Benishangul Gumuz region and its surroundings, Northwest Ethiopia

• Tekle Airgecho Lobie ,

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

  * E-mail: teklemicro@gmail.com

  Current address: Department of Microbiology, Oslo University Hospital and University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

  Affiliations Armauer Hansen Research Institute (AHRI), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Parasitology (DMIP), Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Department of Microbiology, Oslo University Hospital and University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4421-6383

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• Yimtubezinash Woldeamanuel,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Parasitology (DMIP), Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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• Daniel Asrat,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Parasitology (DMIP), Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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• Demissew Beyene,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

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

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• Magnar Bjørås,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Oslo University Hospital and University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway, Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway

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• Abraham Aseffa

  Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

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

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8028-1150

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