A pilot phase Ib/II study of whole-lung low dose radiation therapy (LDRT) for the treatment of severe COVID-19 pneumonia: First experience from Africa

• Mansoor Saleh ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: mansoor.saleh@aku.edu

  Affiliations Clinical Research Unit, Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya, Department of Haematology and Oncology, Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0209-8630

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• Karishma Sharma,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Clinical Research Unit, Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0798-0745

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• Jasmit Shah,

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

  Affiliations Clinical Research Unit, Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya, Department of Medicine, Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7957-5426

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• Farrok Karsan,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Haematology and Oncology, Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya

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• Angela Waweru,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Haematology and Oncology, Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya

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• Martin Musumbi,

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

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya

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• Reena Shah,

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

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1729-5012

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• Shahin Sayed,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Pathology, Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya

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• Innocent Abayo,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Clinical Research Unit, Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya

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• Noureen Karimi,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Clinical Research Unit, Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya

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• Stacey Gondi,

  Roles Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Clinical Research Unit, Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya

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• Sehrish Rupani,

  Roles Investigation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Clinical Research Unit, Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya

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• Grace Kirathe,

  Roles Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Clinical Research Unit, Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya

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• Heldah Amariati

  Roles Data curation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Clinical Research Unit, Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya

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