Acknowledgements
Participation of several scientists, research scholars, laboratory and field staff of the Drug Resistance Study Group of the National JALMA Institute for Leprosy & Other Mycobacterial Diseases, Agra & MRHRU, Ghatampur, collaborators from AIIMS, CDFD as well as State Health Services of UP (Directors and staff of STBDC, Agra, State TB Officers, District TB Officers and Medical Officers of TB Centres) is gratefully acknowledged.
Financial & competing interests disclosure
Studies cited from NJILOMD, Agra have been financially supported by the Department of Biotechnology, Indian Council of Medical Research and Central TB Division, Govt. of India. The author has no other relevant affiliations or financial involvement with any organization or entity with a financial interest in or financial conflict with the subject matter or materials discussed in the manuscript apart from those disclosed.
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