A qualitative exploration of tuberculosis patients who were lost to follow-up in Malaysia

• Peter Seah Keng Tok,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Institute for Clinical Research, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Ministry of Health Malaysia, Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3663-450X

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• Li Ping Wong,

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

  Affiliation Centre for Epidemiology and Evidence-Based Practice, Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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• Su May Liew,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Primary Care Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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• Asmah Razali,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Sector of TB/Leprosy, Disease Control Division, Ministry of Health Malaysia, Putrajaya, Malaysia

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• Mohd Ihsani Mahmood,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Sector of TB/Leprosy, Disease Control Division, Ministry of Health Malaysia, Putrajaya, Malaysia

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• Thilaka Chinnayah,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Sector of TB/Leprosy, Disease Control Division, Ministry of Health Malaysia, Putrajaya, Malaysia

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• Lisa Kawatsu,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Clinical Research, the Research Institute of Tuberculosis, Japan Anti-tuberculosis Association (RIT/JATA), Tokyo, Japan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2666-844X

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• Haidar Rizal Toha,

  Roles Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Johor State Health Department, Ministry of Health Malaysia, Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia

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• Khalijah Mohd Yusof,

  Roles Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Johor State Health Department, Ministry of Health Malaysia, Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia

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• Rozanah Abd Rahman,

  Roles Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Respiratory Medicine Department, Hospital Sultanah Aminah, Ministry of Health Malaysia, Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia

  https://orcid.org/0009-0003-3459-0643

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• Shaharom Nor Azian Che Mat Din,

  Roles Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Johor State Health Department, Ministry of Health Malaysia, Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia

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• Tharani Loganathan

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

  * E-mail: drtharani@ummc.edu.my

  Affiliation Centre for Epidemiology and Evidence-Based Practice, Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6690-000X

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