Clinical Utility of a Novel Molecular Assay in Various Combination Strategies with Existing Methods for Diagnosis of HIV-Related Tuberculosis in Uganda

• Willy Ssengooba ,

  * E-mail: willyssengooba@gmail.com

  Affiliations Department of Medical Microbiology, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda, Infectious Diseases Institute, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda, Department of Global Health and Amsterdam Institute of Global Health and Development, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands

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• Lydia Nakiyingi,

  Affiliation Infectious Diseases Institute, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

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• Derek T. Armstrong,

  Affiliation Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

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• Frank G. Cobelens,

  Affiliations Department of Global Health and Amsterdam Institute of Global Health and Development, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands, KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation, The Hague, Netherlands

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• David Alland,

  Affiliation Boston Medical Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

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• Yukari C. Manabe,

  Affiliations Infectious Diseases Institute, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

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• Susan E. Dorman,

  Affiliation Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

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• Jerrold J. Ellner,

  Affiliation Boston Medical Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

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• Moses L. Joloba

  Affiliations Department of Medical Microbiology, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda, Infectious Diseases Institute, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

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