Tuberculosis treatment default among HIV-TB co-infected patients in urban Uganda.

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Published in Trop Med Int Health on May 18, 2011

Authors

Sawsan Elbireer1, David Guwatudde, Peter Mudiope, Juliet Nabbuye-Sekandi, Yukari C Manabe

Author Affiliations

1: Makerere University - Johns Hopkins University Research Collaboration, Kampala, Uganda. sosman@mujhu.org

Associated clinical trials:

DOT Selfie: A Mobile Technology Intervention to Evaluate Treatment Adherence Among Tuberculosis Patients | NCT04134689

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