Characteristics, treatment outcomes and factors associated with death among patients with Visceral Leishmaniasis, Uganda, 2019–2024

Benigna Gabriela Namara; Ivan Ankunda; Richard Migisha; Benon Kwesiga; Lilian Bulage; Sandra Nabatanzi; Alex Riolexus Ario; Alfred Mubangizi; Daniel Kadobera

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0014032

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Characteristics, treatment outcomes and factors associated with death among patients with Visceral Leishmaniasis, Uganda, 2019–2024

Benigna Gabriela Namara ,

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

* E-mail: benignamara@uniph.go.ug

Affiliation Uganda Public Health Fellowship Program, Uganda National Institute of Public Health, Kampala, Uganda

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0488-2891

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Ivan Ankunda,

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision

Affiliation Vector Borne and Neglected Tropical Diseases Division, Ministry of Health, Kampala, Uganda
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Richard Migisha,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Uganda Public Health Fellowship Program, Uganda National Institute of Public Health, Kampala, Uganda
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Benon Kwesiga,

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Uganda Public Health Fellowship Program, Uganda National Institute of Public Health, Kampala, Uganda
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Lilian Bulage,

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Uganda Public Health Fellowship Program, Uganda National Institute of Public Health, Kampala, Uganda
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Sandra Nabatanzi,

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation United States of America Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Kampala, Uganda
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Alex Riolexus Ario,

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Software, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Uganda Public Health Fellowship Program, Uganda National Institute of Public Health, Kampala, Uganda
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Alfred Mubangizi,

Roles Conceptualization, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Vector Borne and Neglected Tropical Diseases Division, Ministry of Health, Kampala, Uganda
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Daniel Kadobera

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation United States of America Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Kampala, Uganda
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Characteristics, treatment outcomes and factors associated with death among patients with Visceral Leishmaniasis, Uganda, 2019–2024

Benigna Gabriela Namara,
Ivan Ankunda,
Richard Migisha,
Benon Kwesiga,
Lilian Bulage,
Sandra Nabatanzi,
Alex Riolexus Ario,
Alfred Mubangizi,
Daniel Kadobera

Published: February 26, 2026
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0014032

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