Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio as a prognostic indicator in COVID-19: Evidence from a northern tanzanian cohort

Norman Jonas Kyala; Innocent Mboya; Elichilia Shao; Francis Sakita; Kajiru Gadiel Kilonzo; Laura Shirima; Abid Sadiq; Elifuraha Mkwizu; Nyasatu Chamba; Annette Marandu; Sophia Muhali; Faryal Raza; Eliasa Ndale; Damas Bayo; Daniel Mujuni; Furaha Lyamuya

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0300231

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Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio as a prognostic indicator in COVID-19: Evidence from a northern tanzanian cohort

Norman Jonas Kyala ,

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

* E-mail: normanjonasmd@gmail.com

Affiliations Faculty of Medicine, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College, Moshi, Tanzania, Department of Internal Medicine, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre, Moshi, Tanzania

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6392-8947

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Innocent Mboya ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Innocent Mboya, Elichilia Shao, Francis Sakita, Kajiru Gadiel Kilonzo, Laura Shirima, Abid Sadiq, Elifuraha Mkwizu, Nyasatu Chamba, Annette Marandu, Sophia Muhali, Faryal Raza, Eliasa Ndale, Damas Bayo, Daniel Mujuni, Furaha Lyamuya

Roles Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Public Health, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College, Moshi, Tanzania, Department of Translational Medicine, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9861-5879

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Elichilia Shao ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Innocent Mboya, Elichilia Shao, Francis Sakita, Kajiru Gadiel Kilonzo, Laura Shirima, Abid Sadiq, Elifuraha Mkwizu, Nyasatu Chamba, Annette Marandu, Sophia Muhali, Faryal Raza, Eliasa Ndale, Damas Bayo, Daniel Mujuni, Furaha Lyamuya

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft

Affiliations Faculty of Medicine, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College, Moshi, Tanzania, Department of Internal Medicine, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre, Moshi, Tanzania
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Francis Sakita ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Innocent Mboya, Elichilia Shao, Francis Sakita, Kajiru Gadiel Kilonzo, Laura Shirima, Abid Sadiq, Elifuraha Mkwizu, Nyasatu Chamba, Annette Marandu, Sophia Muhali, Faryal Raza, Eliasa Ndale, Damas Bayo, Daniel Mujuni, Furaha Lyamuya

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Faculty of Medicine, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College, Moshi, Tanzania, Department of Emergency Medicine, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre, Moshi, Tanzania
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Kajiru Gadiel Kilonzo ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Innocent Mboya, Elichilia Shao, Francis Sakita, Kajiru Gadiel Kilonzo, Laura Shirima, Abid Sadiq, Elifuraha Mkwizu, Nyasatu Chamba, Annette Marandu, Sophia Muhali, Faryal Raza, Eliasa Ndale, Damas Bayo, Daniel Mujuni, Furaha Lyamuya

Roles Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft

Affiliations Faculty of Medicine, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College, Moshi, Tanzania, Department of Internal Medicine, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre, Moshi, Tanzania
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Laura Shirima ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Innocent Mboya, Elichilia Shao, Francis Sakita, Kajiru Gadiel Kilonzo, Laura Shirima, Abid Sadiq, Elifuraha Mkwizu, Nyasatu Chamba, Annette Marandu, Sophia Muhali, Faryal Raza, Eliasa Ndale, Damas Bayo, Daniel Mujuni, Furaha Lyamuya

Roles Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Public Health, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College, Moshi, Tanzania
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Abid Sadiq ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Innocent Mboya, Elichilia Shao, Francis Sakita, Kajiru Gadiel Kilonzo, Laura Shirima, Abid Sadiq, Elifuraha Mkwizu, Nyasatu Chamba, Annette Marandu, Sophia Muhali, Faryal Raza, Eliasa Ndale, Damas Bayo, Daniel Mujuni, Furaha Lyamuya

Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Faculty of Medicine, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College, Moshi, Tanzania, Department of Internal Medicine, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre, Moshi, Tanzania

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7812-8042

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Elifuraha Mkwizu ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Innocent Mboya, Elichilia Shao, Francis Sakita, Kajiru Gadiel Kilonzo, Laura Shirima, Abid Sadiq, Elifuraha Mkwizu, Nyasatu Chamba, Annette Marandu, Sophia Muhali, Faryal Raza, Eliasa Ndale, Damas Bayo, Daniel Mujuni, Furaha Lyamuya

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Faculty of Medicine, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College, Moshi, Tanzania, Department of Internal Medicine, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre, Moshi, Tanzania
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Nyasatu Chamba ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Innocent Mboya, Elichilia Shao, Francis Sakita, Kajiru Gadiel Kilonzo, Laura Shirima, Abid Sadiq, Elifuraha Mkwizu, Nyasatu Chamba, Annette Marandu, Sophia Muhali, Faryal Raza, Eliasa Ndale, Damas Bayo, Daniel Mujuni, Furaha Lyamuya

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Faculty of Medicine, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College, Moshi, Tanzania, Department of Internal Medicine, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre, Moshi, Tanzania
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Annette Marandu ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Innocent Mboya, Elichilia Shao, Francis Sakita, Kajiru Gadiel Kilonzo, Laura Shirima, Abid Sadiq, Elifuraha Mkwizu, Nyasatu Chamba, Annette Marandu, Sophia Muhali, Faryal Raza, Eliasa Ndale, Damas Bayo, Daniel Mujuni, Furaha Lyamuya

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Faculty of Medicine, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College, Moshi, Tanzania, Department of Internal Medicine, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre, Moshi, Tanzania
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Sophia Muhali ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Innocent Mboya, Elichilia Shao, Francis Sakita, Kajiru Gadiel Kilonzo, Laura Shirima, Abid Sadiq, Elifuraha Mkwizu, Nyasatu Chamba, Annette Marandu, Sophia Muhali, Faryal Raza, Eliasa Ndale, Damas Bayo, Daniel Mujuni, Furaha Lyamuya

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Faculty of Medicine, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College, Moshi, Tanzania, Department of Internal Medicine, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre, Moshi, Tanzania
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Faryal Raza ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Innocent Mboya, Elichilia Shao, Francis Sakita, Kajiru Gadiel Kilonzo, Laura Shirima, Abid Sadiq, Elifuraha Mkwizu, Nyasatu Chamba, Annette Marandu, Sophia Muhali, Faryal Raza, Eliasa Ndale, Damas Bayo, Daniel Mujuni, Furaha Lyamuya

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Faculty of Medicine, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College, Moshi, Tanzania, Department of Internal Medicine, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre, Moshi, Tanzania
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Eliasa Ndale ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Innocent Mboya, Elichilia Shao, Francis Sakita, Kajiru Gadiel Kilonzo, Laura Shirima, Abid Sadiq, Elifuraha Mkwizu, Nyasatu Chamba, Annette Marandu, Sophia Muhali, Faryal Raza, Eliasa Ndale, Damas Bayo, Daniel Mujuni, Furaha Lyamuya

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Faculty of Medicine, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College, Moshi, Tanzania, Department of Internal Medicine, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre, Moshi, Tanzania
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Damas Bayo ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Innocent Mboya, Elichilia Shao, Francis Sakita, Kajiru Gadiel Kilonzo, Laura Shirima, Abid Sadiq, Elifuraha Mkwizu, Nyasatu Chamba, Annette Marandu, Sophia Muhali, Faryal Raza, Eliasa Ndale, Damas Bayo, Daniel Mujuni, Furaha Lyamuya

Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Faculty of Medicine, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College, Moshi, Tanzania, Department of Internal Medicine, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre, Moshi, Tanzania
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Daniel Mujuni ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Innocent Mboya, Elichilia Shao, Francis Sakita, Kajiru Gadiel Kilonzo, Laura Shirima, Abid Sadiq, Elifuraha Mkwizu, Nyasatu Chamba, Annette Marandu, Sophia Muhali, Faryal Raza, Eliasa Ndale, Damas Bayo, Daniel Mujuni, Furaha Lyamuya

Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Faculty of Medicine, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College, Moshi, Tanzania, Department of Internal Medicine, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre, Moshi, Tanzania

https://orcid.org/0009-0007-7763-9346

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Furaha Lyamuya

Contributed equally to this work with: Innocent Mboya, Elichilia Shao, Francis Sakita, Kajiru Gadiel Kilonzo, Laura Shirima, Abid Sadiq, Elifuraha Mkwizu, Nyasatu Chamba, Annette Marandu, Sophia Muhali, Faryal Raza, Eliasa Ndale, Damas Bayo, Daniel Mujuni, Furaha Lyamuya

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Faculty of Medicine, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College, Moshi, Tanzania, Department of Internal Medicine, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre, Moshi, Tanzania
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Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio as a prognostic indicator in COVID-19: Evidence from a northern tanzanian cohort

Norman Jonas Kyala,
Innocent Mboya,
Elichilia Shao,
Francis Sakita,
Kajiru Gadiel Kilonzo,
Laura Shirima,
Abid Sadiq,
Elifuraha Mkwizu,
Nyasatu Chamba,
Annette Marandu

Published: January 31, 2025
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0300231

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