Table 1.
Search terms and date of search in the different electronic databases.
Fig 1.
Flow diagram of the studies identified, screened, reviewed, and included in the systematic review and meta-analysis.
Fig 2.
Risk of bias assessment according to the six domains of the Quality in Prognostic Studies (QUIPS) tool for 25 observational studies included in the meta-analysis.
Table 2.
Overview of all prognostic factors evaluated.
Table 3.
Overview of prognostic factors submitted to meta-analysis.
Table 4.
Overview of studies reporting multivariable analysis of factors associated with mortality in VL patients in East Africa.