Comparison of GeneXpert cycle threshold values with smear microscopy and culture as a measure of mycobacterial burden in five regional referral hospitals of Uganda- A cross-sectional study

• Irene Najjingo ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: irenenajjingo@gmail.com (IN); willyssengooba@gmail.com (WS)

  Affiliations Clinical Epidemiology Unit, School of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda, Lung Institute Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1583-1873

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• Winters Muttamba,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Lung Institute Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

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• Bruce J. Kirenga,

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

  Affiliation Lung Institute Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

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• Joanitah Nalunjogi,

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

  Affiliation Clinical Epidemiology Unit, School of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

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• Ritah Bakesiima,

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

  Affiliation Clinical Epidemiology Unit, School of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

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• Francis Olweny,

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

  Affiliation Clinical Epidemiology Unit, School of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

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• Pastan Lusiba,

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

  Affiliation Clinical Epidemiology Unit, School of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2442-0598

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• Achilles Katamba,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Clinical Epidemiology Unit, School of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

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• Moses Joloba,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft

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

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• Willy Ssengooba

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: irenenajjingo@gmail.com (IN); willyssengooba@gmail.com (WS)

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

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