Incidence and risk factors for tuberculosis at a rural HIV clinic in Uganda, 2012–2019; A retrospective cohort study

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ID15379081
AuthorsIbrahim Sendagire (corresponding author), Victor Ssempijja (0000-0003-2609-6525, Rakai Health Sciences Program), Anthony Ndyanabo (0000-0002-0087-9292, Rakai Health Sciences Program), Absalom Ssettuba (Rakai Health Sciences Program), Annie N Mawanda (Rakai Health Sciences Program), Gertrude Nakigozi (0000-0001-6193-2790, Rakai Health Sciences Program), Deus Lukoye (0000-0002-5362-9924, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention), Arthur G Fitzmaurice (0000-0002-1509-3831, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention), Richard Muhindo (0000-0002-3249-117X, Makerere University), Stella Zawedde‐Muyanja (0000-0002-8823-7082, Infectious Diseases Institute), Stella Zawedde-Muyanja, Steven J Reynolds (0000-0002-5403-2759, Johns Hopkins University)
Year2025
Volume25
Issue1
Pages1882-1882
Publication date2025-05-22
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueBMC Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1471-2458 • E-ISSN: 1471-2458
PublisherBioMed Central (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1186/s12889-025-23090-8
PMID40405106
OpenAlexW4410586888
LanguageEN
References cited48

Incidence of TB among PLHIV on ART was low in this rural population. Clinicians offering care to people with HIV in the rural setting should have a heightened index of suspicion for TB disease

Biostatistics · Cohort study · Environmental health · Family medicine · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV · Incidence (geometry · Pathology · Public health · Retrospective cohort study · Tuberculosis · Diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis · Medicine · Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment · Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology · Epidemiology · Internal Medicine · Pediatrics · Surgery