Darisheva, Meruyert
Tracy, Melissa
Terlikbayeva, Assel
Zhussupov, Baurzhan
Schluger, Neil
McCrimmon, Tara
Funding for this research was provided by:
Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Article History
Received: 27 January 2020
Accepted: 9 June 2020
First Online: 22 June 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The study was approved by Columbia University Institutional Review Boards (Protocol AAAJ8510), the National Scientific Center of Phthisiopulmonology (March 19, 2012) and the Center for Life Sciences of Nazarbayev University (Protocol 2–24 by April 17, 2012). Written informed consent was obtained from each study participant.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.