Funding for this research was provided by:
Tunisian Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research (LR16IPT01)
Article History
Received: 21 May 2019
Accepted: 4 September 2019
First Online: 18 September 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: No interventions were performed in this study. Only fully anonymized data were processed, ensuring the privacy for the individuals whose samples were analyzed. Therefore, no further ethical clearance was required. Furthermore, the samples used in this study have been collected as part of the routine diagnostic activity of the laboratory of Mycobacteria of the Institut Pasteur de Tunis, which is authorized by the Tunisian Ministry of Public Health, as part of the National TB program. Therefore, no administrative permissions were required to access the raw data.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interest.