Performance of the Abbott RealTime MTB and RIF/INH resistance assays for the detection of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis and resistance markers in sputum specimens

• Bezalem Tesfaye Araya ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: tesbez45@yahoo.com

  Affiliation Department of Immunology, Armaur Hanson Research Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5152-5614

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• Kirubel Eshetu Ali,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Ethiopian Public Health Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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• Dereje Assefa Geleta,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation International Organization for Migration, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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• Saba Gebremichael Tekele,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, College of Health Sciences, Wollo University, Dessie, Ethiopia

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• Kassu Desta Tulu

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, College of Health Sciences, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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