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Delay in treatment initiation and its association with clinical severity and infectiousness among new adult pulmonary tuberculosis patients in Tigray, northern Ethiopia

Crossref DOI link: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-020-05191-4

Published Online: 2020-06-29

Published Print: 2020-12

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Tedla, Kiros http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1566-7038
Medhin, Girmay

Berhe, Gebretsadik

Mulugeta, Afework

Berhe, Nega
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Article History

Received: 20 February 2020

Accepted: 22 June 2020

First Online: 29 June 2020

Ethics approval and consent to participate

: Ethical approval for this study was obtained from the Research and Ethical Committee of Addis Ababa University, Aklillu Lemma Institute of Pathobiology. A formal permission letter was also obtained from the regional health bureau of Tigray to the selected district health office. Each health facility selected for the study was contacted with a permission letter from the district health office. Each case diagnosed as TB according to the national guideline was consented in a written form before the interview. To assure confidentiality interview with TB case was held in a private room and the information collected was recorded anonymously.

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: There is no financial and non-financial conflict among the authors.

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