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HIV Infection, Pulmonary Tuberculosis, and COPD in Rural Uganda: A Cross-Sectional Study
(Lung, 2018)
Purpose HIV is associated with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in high resource settings. Similar relationships are less understood in low resource settings. We aimed to estimate the association between HIV ...
Systemic Inflammation, Immune Activation and Impaired Lung Function among People Living with HIV in Rural Uganda
(Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes, 2018-08-15)
Background—Although both chronic lung disease and HIV are inflammatory diseases common in sub-Saharan Africa, the relationship between systemic inflammation and lung function among people living with HIV (PLWH) in sub-Saharan ...
Smoking cessation after engagement in HIV care in rural Uganda
(AIDS care, 2018)
People living with HIV (PLWH) are more likely to smoke compared to HIV-uninfected counterparts, but little is known about smoking behaviors in sub-Saharan Africa. To address this gap in knowledge, we characterized smoking ...
Personal carbon monoxide exposure, respiratory symptoms, and the potentially modifying roles of sex and HIV infection in rural Uganda
(Environmental Health, 2019-08-20)
Background: Most of the global burden of pollution-related morbidity and mortality is believed to occur in resource-limited settings, where HIV serostatus and sex may influence the relationship between air pollution exposure ...