Selection bias in multidrug-resistant tuberculosis cohort studies assessing sputum culture conversion

• Carly A. Rodriguez ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: Car08@bu.edu

  Affiliations Department of Epidemiology, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0023-2111

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• Sara Lodi,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

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• C. Robert Horsburgh,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

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

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• Mathieu Bastard,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Epicentre, Paris, France

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• Cathy Hewison,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Médecins Sans Frontières, Paris, France

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• Helena Huerga,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Epicentre, Paris, France

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0302-9063

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• Munira Khan,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation THINK TB & HIV Investigative Network, Durban, South Africa

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2083-2106

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• Palwasha Y. Khan,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Interactive Research and Development Global, Singapore, Singapore, Department of Clinical Research, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

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• Uzma Khan,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Interactive Research and Development Global, Singapore, Singapore

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• Lawrence Oyewusi,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Partners In Health, Maseru, Lesotho

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• Shrivani Padayachee,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation THINK TB & HIV Investigative Network, Durban, South Africa

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• Carole D. Mitnick,

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

  Affiliation Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

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• Molly F. Franke

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

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