Epidemiological characteristics of cryptococcal meningoencephalitis associated with Cryptococcus neoformans var. grubii from HIV-infected patients in Madagascar: A cross-sectional study

• Rivonirina Andry Rakotoarivelo ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Rivonirina Andry Rakotoarivelo, Mihaja Raberahona

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Service des Maladies Infectieuses, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Tambohobe, Faculté de Médecine, Université de Fianarantsoa, Fianarantsoa, Madagascar

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3438-8624

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• Mihaja Raberahona ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Rivonirina Andry Rakotoarivelo, Mihaja Raberahona

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: raberahona@gmail.com

  Affiliation Service des Maladies Infectieuses, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Joseph Raseta Befelatanana, Antananarivo, Madagascar

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8857-5834

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• Tahinamandranto Rasamoelina,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation

  Affiliation Centre d’Infectiologie Charles Mérieux, Université d’Antananarivo, Antananarivo, Madagascar

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• Andriamihaja Rabezanahary,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Service de Pneumologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Analakininina, Toamasina, Madagascar

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• Fetra Angelot Rakotomalala,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Centre d’Infectiologie Charles Mérieux, Université d’Antananarivo, Antananarivo, Madagascar

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• Tiana Razafinambinintsoa,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Service des Maladies Infectieuses, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Joseph Raseta Befelatanana, Antananarivo, Madagascar

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• Thomas Bénet,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: Global Medical Affairs, BioMérieux, Marcy l’Etoile, France

  Affiliation Service d’Hygiène, Epidémiologie et Prévention, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon, France

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• Philippe Vanhems,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Service d’Hygiène, Epidémiologie et Prévention, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon, France, Laboratoire des Pathogènes Emergents, Fondation Mérieux, Centre International de Recherche en Infectiologie, INSERM U1111, CNRS UMR5308, ENS de Lyon, UCBL1, Lyon, France

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• Mamy Jean de Dieu Randria,

  Roles Methodology

  Affiliation Service des Maladies Infectieuses, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Joseph Raseta Befelatanana, Antananarivo, Madagascar

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• Luisa Romanò,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Laboratorio di Micologia Medica, Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche per la Salute, Universita degli Studi di Milano, Milano, Italy

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• Massimo Cogliati,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Laboratorio di Micologia Medica, Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche per la Salute, Universita degli Studi di Milano, Milano, Italy

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• Muriel Cornet,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, CHU Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble I NP, TIMC-IMAG, Grenoble, France

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• Mala Rakoto Andrianarivelo

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Centre d’Infectiologie Charles Mérieux, Université d’Antananarivo, Antananarivo, Madagascar

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