Sex differences in systematic screening for tuberculosis among antiretroviral therapy naïve people with HIV in Kampala, Uganda
Although ART-naïve males undergoing systematic screening had more advanced HIV and TB than females, days-to-TB treatment initiation and early TB mortality were similar, suggesting that systematic TB screening has the potential to reduce sex-based disparities in TB outcomes.
Authors
- Eileen P. Scully (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6687-6051)
- Alfred Andama (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0526-0007)
- Christina Yoon (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0865-4108)
- Adithya Cattamanchi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6553-2601)
- Lucy Asege (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6591-3180)
- Sandra Mwebe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0184-3598)
- Martha Nakaye
- Lelia H. Chaisson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6103-9089)
- Fred Collins Semitala (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0624-7640)
- Jane Katende
Institutions
- San Francisco General Hospital (US)
- Johns Hopkins University (US)
- University of California, San Francisco (US)
- University of California, Irvine (US)
- Johns Hopkins Medicine (US)
- Infectious Diseases Research Collaboration (UG)
- Global Brain Health Institute (US)
- Makerere University (UG)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Infectious Diseases
- Published
- 2025-04-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-025-10835-4
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.40