Akalu, Temesgen Yihunie
Clements, Archie C. A.
Xu, Zuhui
Bai, Liqiong
Alene, Kefyalew Addis
Article History
Received: 24 April 2023
Accepted: 6 February 2024
First Online: 13 February 2024
Declaration
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: Ethical approval was obtained from Curtin University Human Research Ethics Committee (HRE2019-0581), and Hunan Province TB Control Institute granted written permission to access the data. Informed consent was waived by Hunan Tuberculosis Control Institute due to the retrospective nature of the data. All methodologies were carried out in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. Medical records of study subjects were de-identified to secure participants’ confidentiality. Besides, the soft copy was password protected to keep the patient’s confidentiality.
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: The authors declare no competing interests.