Predictors of antiretroviral therapy initiation in eThekwini (Durban), South Africa: Findings from a prospective cohort study

• Karla Therese L. Sy ,

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

  * E-mail: rsy@bu.edu

  Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0608-9811

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• Shema Tariq,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute for Global Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom

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• Gita Ramjee †,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Gita Ramjee, Kelly Blanchard

  † Deceased.

  Roles Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation South African Medical Research Council, HIV Prevention Research Unit, Durban, South Africa

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• Kelly Blanchard ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Gita Ramjee, Kelly Blanchard

  Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Ibis Reproductive Health, Cambridge, Massachusetts and Johannesburg, South Africa

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• Cheng-Shiun Leu,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Division of Gender, Sexuality, and Health, HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, New York State Psychiatric Institute and Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America, Department of Biostatistics, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America

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• Elizabeth A. Kelvin,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy, City University of New York, New York, New York, United States of America, CUNY Institute for Implementation Science in Population Health, City University of New York, New York, New York, United States of America

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• Theresa M. Exner,

  Roles Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Gender, Sexuality, and Health, HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, New York State Psychiatric Institute and Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America

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• Anisha D. Gandhi,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Gender, Sexuality, and Health, HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, New York State Psychiatric Institute and Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America

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• Naomi Lince-Deroche,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Ibis Reproductive Health, Cambridge, Massachusetts and Johannesburg, South Africa

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• Joanne E. Mantell,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Gender, Sexuality, and Health, HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, New York State Psychiatric Institute and Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America

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• Lucia F. O’Sullivan,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Psychology, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, Canada

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• Susie Hoffman

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

  Affiliations Division of Gender, Sexuality, and Health, HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, New York State Psychiatric Institute and Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America, Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America

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