Effectiveness of the standard WHO recommended retreatment regimen (category II) for tuberculosis in Kampala, Uganda: a prospective cohort study.

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Published in PLoS Med on March 15, 2011

Authors

Edward C Jones-López1, Irene Ayakaka, Jonathan Levin, Nancy Reilly, Francis Mumbowa, Scott Dryden-Peterson, Grace Nyakoojo, Kevin Fennelly, Beth Temple, Susan Nakubulwa, Moses L Joloba, Alphonse Okwera, Kathleen D Eisenach, Ruth McNerney, Alison M Elliott, Jerrold J Ellner, Peter G Smith, Roy D Mugerwa

Author Affiliations

1: Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Boston Medical Center, Boston University Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. edward.jones@bmc.org

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