Impact of vitamin D status and cathelicidin antimicrobial peptide on adults with active pulmonary TB globally: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Ester Lilian Acen; Irene Andia Biraro; William Worodria; Moses L. Joloba; Bill Nkeeto; Joseph Musaazi; David Patrick Kateete

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0252762

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Impact of vitamin D status and cathelicidin antimicrobial peptide on adults with active pulmonary TB globally: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Ester Lilian Acen ,

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

* E-mail: mulamester82@gmail.com

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

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7048-4643

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Irene Andia Biraro,

Roles Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, College of Health Sciences Unit Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda, Medical Research Council/Uganda Virus Research Institute and London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Uganda Research Unit, Entebbe, Uganda
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William Worodria,

Roles Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Pulmonary Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Mulago National Referral Hospital, Kampala, Uganda
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Moses L. Joloba,

Roles Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Immunology and Molecular Biology, School of Biomedical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University Kampala, Uganda
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Bill Nkeeto,

Roles Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Department of Policy and Development Economics, School of Economics, College of Business and Management Sciences Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
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Joseph Musaazi,

Roles Formal analysis, Software

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

Roles Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Immunology and Molecular Biology, School of Biomedical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University Kampala, Uganda
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Impact of vitamin D status and cathelicidin antimicrobial peptide on adults with active pulmonary TB globally: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Ester Lilian Acen,
Irene Andia Biraro,
William Worodria,
Moses L. Joloba,
Bill Nkeeto,
Joseph Musaazi,
David Patrick Kateete

Published: June 11, 2021
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0252762

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