Anemia at the Initiation of Tuberculosis Therapy Is Associated with Delayed Sputum Conversion among Pulmonary Tuberculosis Patients in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania

• Tumaini J. Nagu ,

  * E-mail: jtjoyce20@hotmail.com

  Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS), Dar- es- Salaam, Tanzania, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Karolinska Institutet (KI), Stockholm, Sweden

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• Donna Spiegelman,

  Affiliations Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH), Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Biostatistics, Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH), Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

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• Ellen Hertzmark,

  Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH), Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

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• Said Aboud,

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS), Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

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• Julie Makani,

  Affiliation Department of Hematology, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS), Dar- es- Salaam, Tanzania

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• Mecky I. Matee,

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS), Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

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• Wafaie Fawzi,

  Affiliation Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH), Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

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• Ferdinand Mugusi

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS), Dar- es- Salaam, Tanzania

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