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Depression and PrEP uptake, interruption, and adherence among young women in Uganda

Yasaman Ziaa Departments of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA;b Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-6049-3706View further author information
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Lydia Nambalac Infectious Diseases Institute, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda;d Sacramento City College, Sacramento, CA, USAView further author information
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Randy M. Staltera Departments of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA;b Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-2619-7721View further author information
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Timothy R. Muwongec Infectious Diseases Institute, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, UgandaView further author information
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Timothy Ssebulibac Infectious Diseases Institute, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, UgandaView further author information
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Agnes Nakyanzic Infectious Diseases Institute, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, UgandaView further author information
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Olivia Nampewoc Infectious Diseases Institute, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, UgandaView further author information
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Jade Boyerb Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USAView further author information
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Susan Morrisonb Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USAView further author information
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Rogers Nsubugac Infectious Diseases Institute, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, UgandaView further author information
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Monica Bagayac Infectious Diseases Institute, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, UgandaView further author information
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Robert Nyanzic Infectious Diseases Institute, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, UgandaView further author information
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Flavia Matovue Makerere University-Johns Hopkins University Research Collaboration, Kampala, UgandaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-0046-4353View further author information
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Michael Yinf Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-9346-9056View further author information
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Christina Wyattg Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USAView further author information
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Andrew Mujugirab Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA;c Infectious Diseases Institute, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, UgandaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-6646-6733View further author information
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Renee Heffron for the Kampala Women’s Bone Studya Departments of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA;b Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA;h Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 1365-1374 | Received 19 Aug 2022, Accepted 13 Jan 2023, Published online: 09 Mar 2023

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