Prevalence of fungal infections in a patient cohort in The Gambia: Identification and characterization of three priority fungal species in patients with symptoms suggestive of TB

• Zackary Salem-Bango ,

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

  * E-mail: zsbango@uw.edu

  Affiliations Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8875-4426

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• Mary Basiru Njai,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory, MRC Unit The Gambia at LSHTM, Fajara, The Gambia

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• Zainab Tambajang,

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

  Affiliation Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory, MRC Unit The Gambia at LSHTM, Fajara, The Gambia

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• Tessa Rose Cornell,

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

  Affiliation Institute of Infection, Veterinary and Ecological Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2304-8555

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• Jayne Sutherland,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation

  Affiliation Vaccines and Immunity Theme, MRC Unit The Gambia at LSHTM, Fajara, The Gambia

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• Karen Forrest,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Resources, Supervision

  Affiliation Clinical Services Department, MRC Unit The Gambia at LSHTM, Fajara, The Gambia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9484-0830

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• Omai Garner,

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

  Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

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• Behzad Nadjm,

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

  Affiliation Clinical Services Department, MRC Unit The Gambia at LSHTM, Fajara, The Gambia

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• Saffiatou Darboe,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Resources

  Affiliation Tuberculosis Laboratory, MRC Unit The Gambia at LSHTM, Fajara, The Gambia

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• Basil Sambou,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Tuberculosis Laboratory, MRC Unit The Gambia at LSHTM, Fajara, The Gambia

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• Sheikh Jarju

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

  Affiliation Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory, MRC Unit The Gambia at LSHTM, Fajara, The Gambia

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