Risk factors for mortality among adults registered on the routine drug resistant tuberculosis reporting database in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa, 2011 to 2013

Ruvimbo Chingonzoh; Mohamed R. Manesen; Mncedisi J. Madlavu; Nokuthula Sopiseka; Miyakazi Nokwe; Martin Emwerem; Alfred Musekiwa; Lazarus R. Kuonza

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0202469

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Risk factors for mortality among adults registered on the routine drug resistant tuberculosis reporting database in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa, 2011 to 2013

Ruvimbo Chingonzoh ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: chingonzoh.ruvimbo@gmail.com

Affiliations School of Health Systems and Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa, South African Field Epidemiology Training Programme, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, National Health Laboratory Service, Johannesburg, South Africa

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8454-8812

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Mohamed R. Manesen,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations South African Field Epidemiology Training Programme, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, National Health Laboratory Service, Johannesburg, South Africa, Provincial Epidemiology Team, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, National Health Laboratory Service, Johannesburg, South Africa
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Mncedisi J. Madlavu,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation HIV and AIDS, STIs and TB (HAST) Programme, Eastern Cape Department of Health, King Williams Town, South Africa
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Nokuthula Sopiseka,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation HIV and AIDS, STIs and TB (HAST) Programme, Eastern Cape Department of Health, King Williams Town, South Africa
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Miyakazi Nokwe,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation HIV and AIDS, STIs and TB (HAST) Programme, Eastern Cape Department of Health, King Williams Town, South Africa
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Martin Emwerem,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Amity Health Consortium, Johannesburg, South Africa
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Alfred Musekiwa,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations School of Health Systems and Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa, South African Field Epidemiology Training Programme, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, National Health Laboratory Service, Johannesburg, South Africa
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Lazarus R. Kuonza

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations School of Health Systems and Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa, South African Field Epidemiology Training Programme, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, National Health Laboratory Service, Johannesburg, South Africa
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Risk factors for mortality among adults registered on the routine drug resistant tuberculosis reporting database in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa, 2011 to 2013

Ruvimbo Chingonzoh,
Mohamed R. Manesen,
Mncedisi J. Madlavu,
Nokuthula Sopiseka,
Miyakazi Nokwe,
Martin Emwerem,
Alfred Musekiwa,
Lazarus R. Kuonza

Published: August 22, 2018
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0202469

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