Herbal medicine use and renal dysfunction among persons living with HIV on Tenofovir-based ART in Kampala, Uganda

• Stuart Niwagaba ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: stuartniwagaba@gmail.com

  Affiliations Department of Biochemistry, School of Biosciences, College of Natural Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda, Infectious Diseases Research Collaboration, Kampala, Uganda

  https://orcid.org/0009-0004-6774-5995

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• Anthony Muyunga,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Resources, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda, Reach Out Mbuya Community Health Initiative, Kampala, Uganda

  https://orcid.org/0009-0001-8761-0359

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• Douglas Bulafu,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Disease Control and Environmental Health, School of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

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• Joslyline Lydia Nakanwagi,

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

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

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• Sandra Lunkuse,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation MRC/UVRI and LSHTM Uganda Research Unit, Entebbe, Uganda

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• Faizo Kiberu,

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

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

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• Shivan Nuwasiima,

  Roles Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

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

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• Elizabeth Nagawa,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Writing – review & editing

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

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• Irene Karungi,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Imperial Centre for cardiovascular disease prevention, Department of Primary care and Public Health, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0009-0001-3832-0734

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• Vella Ayugi,

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

  Affiliation Department of Disease Control and Environmental Health, School of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

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• Patience Muwanguzi,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

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

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• Henry Kyeyune,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

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

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• Caroline Birungi

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

  Affiliations Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda, Mulago Immune Suppression Syndrome Clinic, Mulago National Referral Hospital, Kampala, Uganda

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