Use of sequential lateral flow assays to diagnose cryptococcal infection among people living with HIV in Monrovia, Liberia

Yassah M. Barclay-Korboi; Alina Adeel; Ibrahim Ajami; Flinhway Hessou Dickson; Ian Wachekwa; Nyenyakar A. F. Vaye; Stuart M. Levitz

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0013008

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Use of sequential lateral flow assays to diagnose cryptococcal infection among people living with HIV in Monrovia, Liberia

Yassah M. Barclay-Korboi,

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

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, John F. Kennedy Memorial Hospital, Monrovia, Liberia, Faculty of Internal Medicine, A. M. Dogliotti College of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, University of Liberia, Monrovia, Liberia
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Alina Adeel,

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Ibrahim Ajami,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, John F. Kennedy Memorial Hospital, Monrovia, Liberia
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Flinhway Hessou Dickson,

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, John F. Kennedy Memorial Hospital, Monrovia, Liberia
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Ian Wachekwa,

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

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, John F. Kennedy Memorial Hospital, Monrovia, Liberia, Faculty of Internal Medicine, A. M. Dogliotti College of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, University of Liberia, Monrovia, Liberia
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Nyenyakar A. F. Vaye,

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

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, John F. Kennedy Memorial Hospital, Monrovia, Liberia
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Stuart M. Levitz

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: Stuart.Levitz@umassmed.edu

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3799-3064

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Use of sequential lateral flow assays to diagnose cryptococcal infection among people living with HIV in Monrovia, Liberia

Yassah M. Barclay-Korboi,
Alina Adeel,
Ibrahim Ajami,
Flinhway Hessou Dickson,
Ian Wachekwa,
Nyenyakar A. F. Vaye,
Stuart M. Levitz

Published: April 8, 2025
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0013008

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