Pius G. Horumpende:
ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1241-6997
Role: ConceptualizationRole: Data curationRole: Formal analysisRole: MethodologyRole:
ResourcesRole: Writing – original draft
Sophia H. Said: Role: ConceptualizationRole: Data curationRole: Writing – review & editing
Festo S. Mazuguni: Role: Formal analysisRole: Writing – review & editing
Magreth L. Antony: Role: ConceptualizationRole: Writing – review & editing
Happiness H. Kumburu: Role: ConceptualizationRole: Writing – review & editing
Tolbert B. Sonda: Role: ConceptualizationRole: Writing – review & editing
Charles E. Mwanziva: Role: ConceptualizationRole: MethodologyRole: Writing – review & editing
Stephen E. Mshana: Role: ConceptualizationRole: Writing – review & editing
Blandina T. Mmbaga: Role: ConceptualizationRole: Writing – review & editing
Debora C. Kajeguka: Role: ConceptualizationRole: MethodologyRole: Writing – review & editing
Jaffu O. Chilongola: Role: ConceptualizationRole: MethodologyRole: Writing – review & editing
Andrew C. Singer: Role: Editor
Journal ID (nlm-ta): PLoS One
Journal ID (iso-abbrev): PLoS ONE
Journal ID (publisher-id): plos
Journal ID (pmc): plosone
Title:
PLoS ONE
Publisher:
Public Library of Science
(San Francisco, CA USA
)
ISSN
(Electronic):
1932-6203
Publication date
(Electronic):
31
October
2018
Publication date Collection: 2018
Volume: 13
Issue: 10
Electronic Location Identifier: e0206623
Affiliations
[1
]
Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Biology, Kilimanjaro Christian
Medical University College, Moshi, Kilimanjaro, Tanzania
[2
]
Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Biology, Kilimanjaro Clinical
Research Institute, Moshi, Kilimanjaro, Tanzania
[3
]
Department of Preventive Medicine and Research, Lugalo General Military Hospital,
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
[4
]
Department of Public Health and Research, Ifakara Health Institute, Dar es Salaam,
Tanzania
[5
]
Department of Parasitology and Entomology, National Health Laboratory Quality Assurance
and Training Centre, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
[6
]
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Catholic University of Health and Allied
Sciences, Mwanza, Tanzania
[7
]
Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre,
Moshi, Kilimanjaro, Tanzania
Natural Environment Research Council, UNITED KINGDOM
Author notes
Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
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Article
Publisher ID:
PONE-D-18-16291
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0206623
PMC ID: 6209340
PubMed ID: 30379961
SO-VID: a682e6d2-c330-4a72-84c3-af190f46e456
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Research Article
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Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Pharmacology
Subject:
Drugs
Subject:
Antimicrobials
Subject:
Antibiotics
Subject:
Biology and Life Sciences
Subject:
Microbiology
Subject:
Microbial Control
Subject:
Antimicrobials
Subject:
Antibiotics
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Biology and Life Sciences
Subject:
Microbiology
Subject:
Microbial Control
Subject:
Antimicrobial Resistance
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Antibiotic Resistance
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Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Pharmacology
Subject:
Antimicrobial Resistance
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Antibiotic Resistance
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Biology and Life Sciences
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Microbiology
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Microbial Control
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Antimicrobial Resistance
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Medicine and Health Sciences
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Pharmacology
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Antimicrobial Resistance
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Medicine and Health Sciences
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Gastroenterology and Hepatology
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Diarrhea
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Diagnostic Medicine
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Signs and Symptoms
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Diarrhea
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Medicine and Health Sciences
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Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
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Signs and Symptoms
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Diarrhea
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People and Places
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Geographical Locations
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Africa
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Tanzania
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Medicine and Health Sciences
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Critical Care and Emergency Medicine
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Biology and Life Sciences
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Physiology
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Physiological Processes
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Coughing
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Physiology
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Physiological Processes
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Coughing
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Diagnostic Medicine
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Signs and Symptoms
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Coughing
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Medicine and Health Sciences
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Coughing
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