Health seeking behavior among individuals presenting with chronic cough at referral hospitals in Uganda; Missed opportunity for early tuberculosis diagnosis

• Winters Muttamba ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Winters Muttamba, Willy Ssengooba

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: muttamba@gmail.com (WM); willyssengooba@gmail.com (WS)

  Affiliations Makerere University Lung Institute, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda, Department of Medical Microbiology, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7154-2964

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• Willy Ssengooba ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Winters Muttamba, Willy Ssengooba

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: muttamba@gmail.com (WM); willyssengooba@gmail.com (WS)

  Affiliations Makerere University Lung Institute, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda, Department of Medical Microbiology, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

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• Bruce Kirenga,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Makerere University Lung Institute, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

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• Rogers Sekibira,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis

  Affiliation Makerere University Lung Institute, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

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• Simon Walusimbi,

  Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Makerere University Lung Institute, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

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• Achilles Katamba,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

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• Moses Joloba

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

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