Navya, Nagendra https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6744-4632
Jeyashree, Kathiresan
Madhukeshwar, Akshaya Kibballi
Anand, Tanu
Nirgude, Abhay Subashrao
Nayarmoole, Badarudeen Mohammad
Isaakidis, Petros
Article History
Received: 8 November 2018
Accepted: 17 January 2019
First Online: 1 February 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Ethics approval was obtained from the Institutional Ethics Committee of Yenepoya University, Mangalore, Dakshina Kannada, India, (YUEC512/2017) and the Ethics Advisory Group of the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, Paris, France. The quantitative component of the study, involved review of TB patient treatment cards, hence a waiver for informed consent was obtained from the ethics committees. Written informed consent was obtained from the key informants and patients with TB as described above.
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