Change in plasma cryptococcal antigen titers in Uganda among outpatients with advanced HIV disease from 2017 to 2022 with rollout of national cryptococcal screening
Alexandra Poeschla, Abduljewad Wele, Elizabeth Nalintya, Biyue Dai, David B Meya, David R Boulware, Radha Rajasingham · 2026
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Alexandra Poeschla and co-authors tracked a fungal infection marker in Ugandan outpatients with advanced HIV from 2017 to 2022 in work published in 2026. Cryptococcal disease kills many such patients, and a blood antigen test can catch it before symptoms, as national screening expanded.
More than four hundred adults tested positive. Their immune counts were very low, and the median marker level sat at a mid range tied to risk. Over the years the share already on HIV treatment at screening fell, while marker levels drifted up without a clear trend. The data show screening reaching people later, a gap programs must close.
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| CREATOR | Alexandra Poeschla, Abduljewad Wele, Elizabeth Nalintya, Biyue Dai, David B Meya, David R Boulware, Radha Rajasingham |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 16414 |
| LICENSE | CC_BY |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | PLOS |