Polymorphisms in the vitamin D receptor gene are associated with reduced rate of sputum culture conversion in multidrug-resistant tuberculosis patients in South Africa

• Matthew J. Magee ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: mjmagee@gsu.edu

  Affiliation Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Georgia State University, Atlanta, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8068-5796

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• Yan V. Sun,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, United States of America

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• James C. M. Brust,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Divisions of General Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, United States of America

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• N. Sarita Shah,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, United States of America

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• Yuming Ning,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Divisions of General Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, United States of America

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• Salim Allana,

  Roles Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, United States of America

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• Angela Campbell,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, United States of America

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• Qin Hui,

  Roles Formal analysis, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, United States of America

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• Koleka Mlisana,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Laboratory Medicine and Medical Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa

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• Pravi Moodley,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Laboratory Medicine and Medical Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa

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• Neel R. Gandhi

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, United States of America, Division of Infectious Diseases, Emory School of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, United States of America, Department of Global Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, United States of America

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