Factors affecting mortality among HIV positive patients two years after completing recommended therapy for Cryptococcal meningitis in Uganda

Jonathan Kitonsa; Yunia Mayanja; Emmanuel Aling; Julius Kiwanuka; Juliana Namutundu; Zacchaeus Anywaine; Abu-Baker Ggayi; Freddie Kibengo; Noah Kiwanuka; Pontiano Kaleebu

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0210287

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Factors affecting mortality among HIV positive patients two years after completing recommended therapy for Cryptococcal meningitis in Uganda

Jonathan Kitonsa ,

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

* E-mail: Jonathan.Kitonsa@mrcuganda.org, jonathankitonsa@yahoo.com

Affiliation Medical Research Council / Uganda Virus Research Institute & London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Uganda Research Unit, Entebbe, Uganda

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2467-4037

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Yunia Mayanja,

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Medical Research Council / Uganda Virus Research Institute & London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Uganda Research Unit, Entebbe, Uganda

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0414-1818

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Emmanuel Aling,

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Medical Research Council / Uganda Virus Research Institute & London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Uganda Research Unit, Entebbe, Uganda
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Julius Kiwanuka,

Roles Formal analysis

Affiliation AIDS Healthcare Foundation, Kampala, Uganda

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9442-1719

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Juliana Namutundu,

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Kampala, Uganda
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Zacchaeus Anywaine,

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Medical Research Council / Uganda Virus Research Institute & London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Uganda Research Unit, Entebbe, Uganda
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Abu-Baker Ggayi,

Roles Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Medical Research Council / Uganda Virus Research Institute & London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Uganda Research Unit, Entebbe, Uganda
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Freddie Kibengo,

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Medical Research Council / Uganda Virus Research Institute & London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Uganda Research Unit, Entebbe, Uganda

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9512-1571

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Noah Kiwanuka,

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Kampala, Uganda
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Pontiano Kaleebu

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Medical Research Council / Uganda Virus Research Institute & London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Uganda Research Unit, Entebbe, Uganda
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Factors affecting mortality among HIV positive patients two years after completing recommended therapy for Cryptococcal meningitis in Uganda

Jonathan Kitonsa,
Yunia Mayanja,
Emmanuel Aling,
Julius Kiwanuka,
Juliana Namutundu,
Zacchaeus Anywaine,
Abu-Baker Ggayi,
Freddie Kibengo,
Noah Kiwanuka,
Pontiano Kaleebu

Published: January 30, 2019
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0210287

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