Causes of death in a rural, population-based human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) natural history cohort in Uganda

Abstract

Our results represent an unbiased selection of deaths in a rural area. The HIV-positive cases have high death rates and die of HIV-related pathologies. The main causes of death reflect the WHO clinical case definition of AIDS. Cryptococcal meningitis is also a common cause of death in this population.