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Letter to the Editor

Association between anti-tuberculosis drug resistance-conferring mutations and treatment outcomes in Myanmar

Htin Lin AungDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand; Correspondence[email protected]
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Thanda TunNational Health Laboratory, Ministry of Health and Sports, Yangon, Myanmar; View further author information
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Wint Wint NyuntNational Tuberculosis Reference Laboratory, Ministry of Health and Sports, Yangon, Myanmar; View further author information
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Yang FongMassey Genome Service, Institute of Fundamental Science, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand; View further author information
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John A. CrumpCentre for International Health, Dunedin School of Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand; ORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0002-4529-102XView further author information
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Kyi Kyi ThinnDepartment of Microbiology, University of Medicine 1, Yangon, Myanmar; View further author information
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Si Thu AungNational Tuberculosis Programme, Ministry of Health and Sports, Naypyitaw, MyanmarView further author information
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Gregory M. CookDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand; View further author information
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Pages 388-390 | Received 15 Oct 2017, Accepted 06 Nov 2017, Published online: 01 Dec 2017
 
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Acknowledgements

We thank the staff from the National TB Reference Laboratory and Yangon Regional TB Centre, Yangon, Myanmar and Massey Genome Service for technical support.

Disclosure statement

The authors declared no conflicts of interest.

Ethical approval

Ethical approval for this study was given by the Research and Ethical Committee of the University of Medicine 1, Yangon, Myanmar.

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Funding

This work was supported by the New Zealand Health Research Council (grant number 15/648).

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