Personal PM2.5 exposure and lung function among adults with and without HIV who have recovered from pneumonia in Kampala, Uganda
Among adults who had recovered from pneumonia in Kampala, PM2.5 was associated with reduced lung function, highlighting the importance of air pollution exposure mitigation in improving chronic lung health among vulnerable populations in resource-limited settings. Future work must differentiate PM2.5 sources in these settings to inform regionally appropriate mitigation efforts.
Authors
- Rebecca Abelman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3040-1879)
- Petros Koutrakis
- Jack M. Wolfson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2802-4659)
- Josephine Zawedde
- Crystal M. North (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6615-5385)
- Sylvia Kaswabuli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1133-7349)
- William O. Worodria (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8531-5567)
- Rejani Lalitha (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0073-9879)
- Abdulwahab Sessolo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1793-5251)
- Patrick Byanyima (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5456-3739)
- Laurence Huang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3888-2195)
- Katerina L. Byanova (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6739-1120)
- Jessica Fitzpatrick (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2686-7628)
- Ingvar Sanyu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5324-5448)
- Shruti Sagar
- Chase B. Mandell
Institutions
- Harvard University (US)
- University of California, San Francisco (US)
- Massachusetts General Hospital (US)
- Infectious Diseases Research Collaboration (UG)
- Makerere University (UG)
- University of San Francisco (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Annals of the American Thoracic Society
- Published
- 2025-10-15
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1513/annalsats.202411-1226oc
- Primary Topic
- Global Health Care Issues
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00