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Southern african HIV clinicians society guideline for the prevention, diagnosis and management of cryptococcal disease among HIV-infected persons: 2019 update

Govender NP, Meintjes GA, Mangena PM, Nel J, Potgieter S,  et al.
2019-11-08 • Southern African Journal of HIV medicine
2019-11-08 • Southern African Journal of HIV medicine
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Cryptococcal antigen screening by lay cadres using a rapid test at the point of care: A feasibility study in rural Lesotho

Rick F, Niyibizi AA, Shroufi A, Onami K, Steele SJ,  et al.
2017-09-06 • PLOS One
2017-09-06 • PLOS One
Cryptococcal meningitis is one of the leading causes of death among people with HIV in Africa, primarily due to delayed presentation, poor availability and high cost of treatment. Routin...
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Leave no one behind: response to new evidence and guidelines for the management of cryptococcal meningitis in low-income and middle-income countries

Loyse A, Burry J, Cohn J, Ford NP, Chiller T,  et al.
2018-10-18 • Lancet Infectious Diseases
2018-10-18 • Lancet Infectious Diseases
In 2018, WHO issued guidelines for the diagnosis, prevention, and management of HIV-related cryptococcal disease. Two strategies are recommended to reduce the high mortality associated w...
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Cryptococcal meningitis: A neglected NTD?

Molloy SF, Chiller T, Greene GS, Burry J, Govender NP,  et al.
2017-06-29 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
2017-06-29 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
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Cryptococcal meningitis: improving access to essential antifungal medicines in resource-poor countries

Loyse A, Thangaraj H, Easterbrook PJ, Ford NP, Roy M,  et al.
2013-05-31 • Lancet Infectious Diseases
2013-05-31 • Lancet Infectious Diseases
Cryptococcal meningitis is the leading cause of adult meningitis in sub-Saharan Africa, and contributes up to 20% of AIDS-related mortality in low-income and middle-income countries ever...
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Managing advanced HIV disease in a public health approach

Ford NP, Meintjes GA, Calmy A, Bygrave H, Migone C,  et al.
2018-03-04 • Clinical Infectious Diseases
2018-03-04 • Clinical Infectious Diseases
In 2017, the World Health Organization (WHO) published guidelines for the management of advanced human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease within a public health approach. Recent data s...
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Ending deaths from HIV-related cryptococcal meningitis by 2030

Shroufi A, Chiller T, Jordan A, Denning DW, Harrison TS,  et al.
2021-01-01 • Lancet Infectious Diseases
2021-01-01 • Lancet Infectious Diseases
The UNAIDS target to reduce HIV-related death to fewer than 500 000 deaths per year by 2020 will not be met. 1 This statement might not be headline grabbing as this target was never as p...