Juma, Saumu Pazia
Maro, Athanasia
Pholwat, Suporn
Mpagama, Stellah G.
Gratz, Jean
Liyoyo, Alphonse
Houpt, Eric R.
Kibiki, Gibson S.
Mmbaga, Blandina T.
Heysell, Scott K.
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Institutes of Health/Fogarty training grant (K23AI099019)
National Institutes of Health/Fogarty training grant (R01AI093358, D43 TW008270)
Article History
Received: 21 October 2017
Accepted: 29 January 2019
First Online: 7 February 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The protocol was approved by the Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College research ethics review committee with certificate number 661. Written consent was provided by all MDR-TB and drug-susceptible TB patients for whom clinical and demographic data were extracted.
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