Cohort Profile: The Vukuzazi ('Wake Up and Know Yourself' in isiZulu) population science programme

Resign Gunda^{1

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3}, Olivier Koole^{1

4}, Dickman Gareta¹, Stephen Olivier¹, Ashmika Surujdeen¹, Theresa Smit¹, Tshwaraganang Modise¹, Jaco Dreyer¹, Gregory Ording-Jespersen¹, Day Munatsi¹, Siyabonga Nxumalo¹, Thandeka Khoza¹, Ngcebo Mhlongo¹, Kathy Baisley^{1

4}, Janet Seeley^{1

4}, Alison D Grant^{1

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6}, Kobus Herbst^{1

7}, Thumbi Ndung'u^{1

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10}, Willem A Hanekom^{1

2}, Mark J Siedner^{1

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12}, Deenan Pillay^{1

2}, Emily B Wong^{1

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13}; Vukuzazi Study Team

Affiliations

¹ Africa Health Research Institute, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
² Division of Infection and Immunity, University College London, London, UK.
³ School of Nursing and Public Health, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa.
⁴ London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
⁵ School of Laboratory Medicine and Medical Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa.
⁶ School of Clinical Medicine, College of Health Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
⁷ DSI-MRC South African Population Research Infrastructure Network, South African Medical Research Council, Durban, South Africa.
⁸ HIV Pathogenesis Programme, Doris Duke Medical Research Institute, Nelson R. Mandela School of Medicine, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa.
⁹ Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT, and Harvard, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA, USA.
¹⁰ Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology, Berlin, Germany.
¹¹ Division of Infectious Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
¹² Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
¹³ Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.

Resign Gunda et al. Int J Epidemiol. 2022.

. 2022 Jun 13;51(3):e131-e142.

doi: 10.1093/ije/dyab229.

¹ Africa Health Research Institute, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
² Division of Infection and Immunity, University College London, London, UK.
³ School of Nursing and Public Health, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa.
⁴ London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
⁵ School of Laboratory Medicine and Medical Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa.
⁶ School of Clinical Medicine, College of Health Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
⁷ DSI-MRC South African Population Research Infrastructure Network, South African Medical Research Council, Durban, South Africa.
⁸ HIV Pathogenesis Programme, Doris Duke Medical Research Institute, Nelson R. Mandela School of Medicine, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa.
⁹ Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT, and Harvard, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA, USA.
¹⁰ Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology, Berlin, Germany.
¹¹ Division of Infectious Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
¹² Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
¹³ Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.

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