Published in
American Society for Microbiology, Microbiology Spectrum, 2023
DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.02139-21
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Sputum Microbiome and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in a Rural Ugandan Cohort of Well-Controlled HIV Infection
Journal article published in 2023 by
Alex Kayongo 
,
Theda Ulrike Patricia Bartolomaeus,
Till Birkner,
Lajos Markó,
Ulrike Löber,
Edgar Kigozi,
Carolyne Atugonza,
Richard Munana,
Denis Mawanda,
Rogers Sekibira,
Esther Uwimaana,
Patricia Alupo,
Robert Kalyesubula,
Felix Knauf ,
Trishul Siddharthan
and other authors.
,
Theda Ulrike Patricia Bartolomaeus,
Till Birkner,
Lajos Markó,
Ulrike Löber,
Edgar Kigozi,
Carolyne Atugonza,
Richard Munana,
Denis Mawanda,
Rogers Sekibira,
Esther Uwimaana,
Patricia Alupo,
Robert Kalyesubula,
Felix Knauf ,
Trishul Siddharthan
and other authors.
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.
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Abstract
Even with ART available, HIV-infected individuals are at high risk of suffering comorbidities, as shown by the high prevalence of noninfectious lung diseases in the HIV population. Recent studies have suggested a role for the respiratory microbiota in driving chronic lung inflammation.