Burden of fungal asthma in Africa: A systematic review and meta-analysis

• Richard Kwizera ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Richard Kwizera, Joseph Musaazi

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: kwizerarichard@ymail.com

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

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5270-3539

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• Joseph Musaazi ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Richard Kwizera, Joseph Musaazi

  Roles Formal analysis, Software, Writing – review & editing

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

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• David B. Meya,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Infectious Diseases Institute, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

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• William Worodria,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda, Mulago National Referral Hospital, Kampala, Uganda

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• Freddie Bwanga,

  Roles Supervision

  Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, School of Biomedical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

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• Henry Kajumbula,

  Roles Supervision

  Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, School of Biomedical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

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• Stephen J. Fowler,

  Roles Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Infection, Immunity and Respiratory Medicine, School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester; NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, United Kingdom

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• Bruce J. Kirenga,

  Roles Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Makerere University Lung Institute, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda, Mulago National Referral Hospital, Kampala, Uganda

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• Robin Gore,

  Roles Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, United Kingdom

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• David W. Denning

  Roles Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation The National Aspergillosis Centre, Wythenshawe Hospital, The University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, United Kingdom

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