Predictors of tuberculosis incidence and the effects of multiple deprivation indices on tuberculosis management in OR Tambo district over a 5-year period

• Ntandazo Dlatu,

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

  Affiliation Department of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, Walter Sisulu University, Mthatha, South Africa

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• Benjamin Longo-Mbenza,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Supervision

  Affiliation Research Champion, Walter Sisulu University, Mthatha, South Africa

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• Teke Apalata

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

  * E-mail: ruffinapalata@gmail.com

  Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Faculty of Health Sciences and National Health Laboratory Services (NHLS), Walter Sisulu University, Mthatha, South Africa

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1329-3864

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