About the Authors
- Sofia O. Viegas
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* E-mail: viegas_sofia@hotmail.com
Affiliations National Institute of Health, Ministry of Health, Maputo, Mozambique, Faculty of Veterinary, Eduardo Mondlane University, Maputo, Mozambique, Department of Clinical Science and Education, Södersjukhuset-Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
- Adelina Machado
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Affiliation Faculty of Veterinary, Eduardo Mondlane University, Maputo, Mozambique
- Ramona Groenheit
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Affiliation Department of Preparedness, Swedish Institute for Communicable Disease Control, Solna, Sweden
- Solomon Ghebremichael
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Affiliation Department of Preparedness, Swedish Institute for Communicable Disease Control, Solna, Sweden
- Alexandra Pennhag
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Affiliation Department of Preparedness, Swedish Institute for Communicable Disease Control, Solna, Sweden
- Paula S. Gudo
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Affiliation Tuberculosis National Control Program, Ministry of Health, Maputo, Mozambique
- Zaina Cuna
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Affiliation Jhpiego Mozambique, an affiliate of Johns Hopkins University, Maputo, Mozambique
- Egídio Langa
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Affiliation Tuberculosis National Control Program, Ministry of Health, Maputo, Mozambique
- Paolo Miotto
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Affiliation Emerging Bacterial Pathogens Unit, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
- Daniela M. Cirillo
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Affiliation Emerging Bacterial Pathogens Unit, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
- Nalin Rastogi
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Affiliation WHO Supranational TB Reference Laboratory, Tuberculosis & Mycobacteria Unit, Institut Pasteur de la Guadeloupe, Guadeloupe, France
- Rob M. Warren
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Affiliation DST/NRF Centre of Excellence for Biomedical Tuberculosis Research/MRC Centre for Molecular and Cellular Biology, Division of Molecular Biology and Human Genetics, Faculty of Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Tygerberg, Western Cape, South Africa
- Paul D. van Helden
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Affiliation DST/NRF Centre of Excellence for Biomedical Tuberculosis Research/MRC Centre for Molecular and Cellular Biology, Division of Molecular Biology and Human Genetics, Faculty of Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Tygerberg, Western Cape, South Africa
- Tuija Koivula
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Affiliations Department of Clinical Science and Education, Södersjukhuset-Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, Department of Preparedness, Swedish Institute for Communicable Disease Control, Solna, Sweden
- Gunilla Källenius
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Affiliation Department of Clinical Science and Education, Södersjukhuset-Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: SOV PDvH TK GK. Performed the experiments: SOV AM SG AP RG RMW. Analyzed the data: SOV NR RMW RG TK GK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PSG ZC EL PM DMC RMW. Wrote the manuscript: SOV RMW NR RG TK GK. Participated in the drug resistance survey and rechecking of strains: PSG ZC EL PM DMC. General supervision of the research: RG GK TK. Critically reviewed de manuscript, read and approved the final version: SOV AM RG SG AP PSG ZC EL PM DMC NR RMW PDvH TK GK.