Sex-related differences in smear-positive pulmonary tuberculosis patients in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: Prevalence and associated factors

• Norfazilah Ahmad ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Norfazilah Ahmad, Mazni Baharom

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

  Affiliation Department of Community Health, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bandar Tun Razak, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4964-8652

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• Mazni Baharom ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Norfazilah Ahmad, Mazni Baharom

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

  * E-mail: mazni_baharom@yahoo.com

  Affiliation Department of Community Health, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bandar Tun Razak, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3850-7555

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• Azimatun Noor Aizuddin ,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Community Health, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bandar Tun Razak, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8050-4150

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• Rohaya Ramli

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Tuberculosis and Leprosy Unit, Health Department of Federal Territory Kuala Lumpur & Putrajaya, Ministry of Health Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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