Abstract:
Background: Although, death due to tuberculosis has been on the decline. In 2016, 124 000 people died of tuberculosis in South Africa and the disease was declared the leading cause of death by Statistics South Africa. Continued efforts to use research to create a nation free of tuberculosis are underway.
Methods: A repeated measures investigation was performed with the aim of identifying the persistent predictors and the long-term patterns of tuberculosis infection in South Africa for the period … Show more
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