Santos, João Almeida https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8564-1098
Leite, Andreia https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0843-0630
Soares, Patrícia https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5033-9115
Duarte, Raquel https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2257-3099
Nunes, Carla https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4562-1057
Funding for this research was provided by:
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (PTDC/SAU-PUB/31346/2017)
Article History
Received: 30 October 2020
Accepted: 16 November 2021
First Online: 27 November 2021
Declarations
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: This study corresponds to a secondary data analysis of the Portuguese National Tuberculosis Surveillance System (SVIG-TB) dataset, which is supervised by the Directorate General of Health (Direção Geral da Saúde, DGS). The DGS provides anonymized data for epidemiological research, which implies the removal of any personal data, therefore informed consent was not required. The study received approval from the research ethics committee of the Administração Regional de Lisboa e Vale do Tejo (Reference 3514/CES/2019).
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.