Pelissari, Daniele M.
Diaz-Quijano, Fredi A.
Article History
Received: 12 February 2018
Accepted: 15 June 2018
First Online: 12 July 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Data used in this study do not include personal identification of TB patients. Additionally, all data analysed are publicly available in Brazil. According to local legislation (Resolution No. 510 of the National Health Council of Brazil), research conducted exclusively with publicly data is not evaluated by an institutional review board. However, this study was conducted according to guidelines and standards for research involving human subjects.
: Not applicable. This study used retrospective surveillance routine database.
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