Journal of
Public Health and Epidemiology

  • Abbreviation: J. Public Health Epidemiol.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 2141-2316
  • DOI: 10.5897/JPHE
  • Start Year: 2009
  • Published Articles: 655

Full Length Research Paper

Survival and predictors of mortality from multidrug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) among patients treated at MDR-TB Referal Hospitals in Ethiopia: A retrospective cohort study

Mulugeta Shegaze Shimbre
  • Mulugeta Shegaze Shimbre
  • Department of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Arba Minch University, Ethiopia.
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Tamiru Shibru Degaga
  • Tamiru Shibru Degaga
  • Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine Health Sciences, Arba Minch University, Ethiopia.
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Sultan Hussen Hebo
  • Sultan Hussen Hebo
  • Department of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Arba Minch University, Ethiopia.
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Zerihun Zerdo
  • Zerihun Zerdo
  • Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, College of Medicine Health Sciences, Arba Minch University, Ethiopia.
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Tadele Girum
  • Tadele Girum
  • Department of Public health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Wolkite University, Wolkite, Ethiopia.
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Teklu Teshome
  • Teklu Teshome
  • Department of Biomedical Sciences, School of Medicine, Arba Minch University, Arba Minch Ethiopia.
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  •  Received: 01 March 2019
  •  Accepted: 05 July 2019
  •  Published: 31 January 2020

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