Implementation and Operational Research: Risk Factors of Loss to Follow-up Among HIV-Positive Pediatric Patients in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

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Published in J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr on November 01, 2015

Authors

Nora M McCormick1, Nan Li, David Sando, Aisa Muya, Karim P Manji, Rodrick Kisenge, Christopher Duggan, Guerino Chalamilla, Wafaie W Fawzi, Donna Spiegelman

Author Affiliations

1: Departments of *Epidemiology; †Global Health and Population, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA; ‡Management and Development for Health, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania; §Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania; ‖Division of GI/Nutrition, Clinical Nutrition Service, Children's Hospital, Boston, MA; ¶Departments of Global Health and Population, Epidemiology, and Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA; and #Departments of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, Global Health and Population, and Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA.

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