Health care seeking patterns of rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis patients in Harare, Zimbabwe: A prospective cohort study

• Rebecca Tadokera,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Molecular Biology and Human Genetics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, NRF/DST Centre of Excellence for Biomedical Tuberculosis Research, South African Medical Research Council Centre for Tuberculosis Research, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5195-2376

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• Stella Huo,

  Roles Formal analysis, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, San Francisco General Hospital, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

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• Grant Theron,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Molecular Biology and Human Genetics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, NRF/DST Centre of Excellence for Biomedical Tuberculosis Research, South African Medical Research Council Centre for Tuberculosis Research, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa

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• Collins Timire,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Ministry of Health and Child Care, National Tuberculosis Control Programme, Harare, Zimbabwe, International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease Zimbabwe Office, Centre for Operational Research, Harare, Zimbabwe

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• Salome Manyau-Makumbirofa ,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors are joint senior authors on this work.

  Affiliation Department of Global Health and Development, Faculty of Public Health and Policy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

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• John Z. Metcalfe

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: John.Metcalfe@ucsf.edu

  ¶‡ These authors are joint senior authors on this work.

  Affiliation Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, San Francisco General Hospital, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

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