1 Department of Pneumology and Allergology, Nicolae Testemitanu State University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova, Clinical Infectious Diseases, Research Center Borstel, Borstel, Germany.
2 National TB Reference Laboratory, Chiril Draganiuc Institute of Phthisiopneumology, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova.
3 Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK.
4 Consultask Ltd., Budapest, Hungary.
5 Roche Molecular Systems Inc, Pleasanton, CA, USA, <email></email>, Email: dumitru.chesov@usmf.md.