Journal article
Prevalence of cryptococcal antigen (CrAg) among HIV-positive patients in Eswatini, 2014–2015
- Abstract:
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Background:
Expand abstract
Cryptococcal meningitis is a leading cause of death amongst people living with HIV. However, routine cryptococcal antigen (CrAg) screening was not in the national guidelines in Eswatini.
Objectives:
A cross-sectional study was conducted between August 2014 and March 2015 to examine CrAg prevalence at Mbabane Government Hospital in Eswatini.
Methods:
We collected urine and whole blood from antiretroviral-therapy-naïve patients with HIV and a cluster of...
- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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Bibliographic Details
- Publisher:
- AOSIS Publisher's website
- Journal:
- African Journal of Laboratory Medicine Journal website
- Volume:
- 9
- Issue:
- 1
- Publication date:
- 2020-07-29
- Acceptance date:
- 2020-04-07
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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2225-2010
- ISSN:
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2225-2002
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- Language:
- English
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- Pubs id:
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1146850
- Local pid:
- pubs:1146850
- Deposit date:
- 2020-12-04
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- Copyright holder:
- Haumba et al.
- Copyright date:
- 2020
- Rights statement:
- ©2020 The Author(s). Licensee: AOSIS. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License
- Licence:
- CC Attribution (CC BY)
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