Evaluation of an Aspergillus IgG/IgM lateral flow assay for serodiagnosis of fungal asthma in Uganda

• Richard Kwizera ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, 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

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

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• Felix Bongomin,

  Roles Resources, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Gulu University, Gulu, Uganda, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

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• Ronald Olum,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Software, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1289-0111

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• William Worodria,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

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

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• Freddie Bwanga,

  Roles Methodology, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

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

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• David B. Meya,

  Roles Project administration, Supervision, Visualization, 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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• Bruce J. Kirenga,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Visualization, 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, Division of Pulmonology, Mulago National Referral Hospital, Kampala, Uganda

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• Robin Gore,

  Roles Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

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

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• David W. Denning,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Methodology, Resources, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

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

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5626-2251

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• Stephen J. Fowler

  Roles Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

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

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