Seasonal patterns of tuberculosis case notification in the tropics of Africa: A six-year trend analysis in Ethiopia

Z. Gashu; D. Jerene; D. G. Datiko; N. Hiruy; S. Negash; K. Melkieneh; D. Bekele; G. Nigussie; P. G. Suarez; A. Hadgu

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0207552

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Seasonal patterns of tuberculosis case notification in the tropics of Africa: A six-year trend analysis in Ethiopia

Z. Gashu ,

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: zgashu@msh.org

¶‡ ZG and DJ are joint senior authors on this work.

Affiliation Management Sciences for Health, USAID Challenge TB Project, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2774-7628

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D. Jerene ,

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Visualization

¶‡ ZG and DJ are joint senior authors on this work.

Affiliation Management Sciences for Health, USAID Challenge TB Project, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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D. G. Datiko ,

Contributed equally to this work with: D. G. Datiko, N. Hiruy, A. Hadgu

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

Affiliation Management Sciences for Health, USAID Challenge TB Project, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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N. Hiruy ,

Contributed equally to this work with: D. G. Datiko, N. Hiruy, A. Hadgu

Roles Data curation, Investigation

Affiliation Management Sciences for Health, USAID Challenge TB Project, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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S. Negash,

Roles Project administration, Supervision

Affiliation Management Sciences for Health, USAID Challenge TB Project, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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K. Melkieneh,

Roles Investigation, Project administration

Affiliation Management Sciences for Health, USAID Challenge TB Project, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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D. Bekele,

Roles Project administration, Supervision

Affiliation Oromia Regional Health Bureau, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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G. Nigussie,

Roles Project administration, Supervision

Affiliation Amhara Regional Health Bureau, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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P. G. Suarez,

Roles Project administration, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Management Sciences for Health, Arlington, Virginia, United States of America
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A. Hadgu

Contributed equally to this work with: D. G. Datiko, N. Hiruy, A. Hadgu

Roles Data curation, Software

Affiliation Management Sciences for Health, USAID Challenge TB Project, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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Seasonal patterns of tuberculosis case notification in the tropics of Africa: A six-year trend analysis in Ethiopia

Z. Gashu,
D. Jerene,
D. G. Datiko,
N. Hiruy,
S. Negash,
K. Melkieneh,
D. Bekele,
G. Nigussie,
P. G. Suarez,
A. Hadgu

Published: November 26, 2018
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0207552

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