A positive COVID-19 test is associated with high mortality in RR-TB-HIV patients

Affiliations

¹ Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), Khayelitsha, Cape Town, South Africa, MSF Southern Africa Medical Unit, Observatory, Cape Town, South Africa.
² Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), Khayelitsha, Cape Town, South Africa.
³ City of Cape Town Health Department, Khayelitsha, Cape Town, South Africa.
⁴ Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
⁵ MSF Southern Africa Medical Unit, Observatory, Cape Town, South Africa.

E Mohr-Holland et al. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2021.

. 2021 May 1;25(5):409-412.

doi: 10.5588/ijtld.21.0010.

¹ Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), Khayelitsha, Cape Town, South Africa, MSF Southern Africa Medical Unit, Observatory, Cape Town, South Africa.
² Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), Khayelitsha, Cape Town, South Africa.
³ City of Cape Town Health Department, Khayelitsha, Cape Town, South Africa.
⁴ Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
⁵ MSF Southern Africa Medical Unit, Observatory, Cape Town, South Africa.

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