Molecular detection of multidrug resistance pattern and associated gene mutations in M. tuberculosis isolates from newly diagnosed pulmonary tuberculosis patients in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

• Melaku Tilahun ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Melaku Tilahun, Ezra Shimelis

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: mtilahun600@gmail.com (MT); ezrashimelis@yahoo.com (ES)

  Affiliations Armauer Hansen Research Institute (AHRI), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Department of Biology, Arba Minch University (AMU), College of Natural Sciences, Arba Minch, Ethiopia

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

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• Ezra Shimelis ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Melaku Tilahun, Ezra Shimelis

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: mtilahun600@gmail.com (MT); ezrashimelis@yahoo.com (ES)

  Affiliations Armauer Hansen Research Institute (AHRI), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, School of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, Addis Ababa University (AAU), Black Lion Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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• Teklu Wogayehu ,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Biology, Arba Minch University (AMU), College of Natural Sciences, Arba Minch, Ethiopia

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• Gebeyehu Assefa,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Project administration

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

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• Getachew Wondimagegn,

  Roles Project administration, Supervision

  Affiliation KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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• Alemayehu Mekonnen,

  Roles Methodology, Supervision, Validation

  Affiliation Ethiopian Public Health Association, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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• Tsegaye Hailu,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Software, Validation

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

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• Kidist Bobosha,

  Roles Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

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

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• Abraham Aseffa

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, 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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