Factors influencing TB treatment interruption and treatment outcomes among patients in Kiambu County, 2016-2019

Evelyn Kimani; Samuel Muhula; Titus Kiptai; James Orwa; Theresa Odero; Onesmus Gachuno

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0248820

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Factors influencing TB treatment interruption and treatment outcomes among patients in Kiambu County, 2016-2019

Evelyn Kimani ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Evelyn Kimani, Samuel Muhula, Titus Kiptai, James Orwa, Theresa Odero, Onesmus Gachuno

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

* E-mail: drevelyne@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Health, Tuberculosis, Leprosy and Lung Disease Program-Kiambu County, Kiambu, Kenya

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1071-3843

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Samuel Muhula ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Evelyn Kimani, Samuel Muhula, Titus Kiptai, James Orwa, Theresa Odero, Onesmus Gachuno

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation AMREF Health Africa in Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya
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Titus Kiptai ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Evelyn Kimani, Samuel Muhula, Titus Kiptai, James Orwa, Theresa Odero, Onesmus Gachuno

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation AMREF Health Africa in Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya
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James Orwa ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Evelyn Kimani, Samuel Muhula, Titus Kiptai, James Orwa, Theresa Odero, Onesmus Gachuno

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

Affiliation University of Nairobi – School of Medicine, Nairobi, Kenya
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Theresa Odero ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Evelyn Kimani, Samuel Muhula, Titus Kiptai, James Orwa, Theresa Odero, Onesmus Gachuno

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation University of Nairobi – School of Medicine, Nairobi, Kenya
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Onesmus Gachuno

Contributed equally to this work with: Evelyn Kimani, Samuel Muhula, Titus Kiptai, James Orwa, Theresa Odero, Onesmus Gachuno

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation University of Nairobi – School of Medicine, Nairobi, Kenya
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Factors influencing TB treatment interruption and treatment outcomes among patients in Kiambu County, 2016-2019

Evelyn Kimani,
Samuel Muhula,
Titus Kiptai,
James Orwa,
Theresa Odero,
Onesmus Gachuno

Published: April 6, 2021
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0248820

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