Klopper, Marisa http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9318-8289
Heupink, Tim Hermanus
Hill-Cawthorne, Grant
Streicher, Elizabeth Maria
Dippenaar, Anzaan
de Vos, Margaretha
Abdallah, Abdallah Musa
Limberis, Jason
Merker, Matthias
Burns, Scott
Niemann, Stefan
Dheda, Keertan
Posey, James
Pain, Arnab
Warren, Robin Mark
Funding for this research was provided by:
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (EXC 22167-390884018)
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology ((BAS/1/1020-01-01))
South African Medical Research Council (N/A)
National Research Foundataion (N/A)
FWO (G0F8316N)
Leibniz Science Campus EvoLUNG (N/A)
Article History
Received: 19 August 2019
Accepted: 24 December 2019
First Online: 21 February 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Ethical approval was obtained from the Health Research Ethics Committee of Stellenbosch University (N09-11-296) and the CDC Institutional Review Board (protocol 5411). A waiver of consent was granted. All <i>M. tuberculosis</i> isolates were routinely collected and were de-identified by assigning a study number.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.