Internal medicine

Sociology

Pediatrics

Young adult

Cryptococcus neoformans

Disease

Population

Biology

Demography

Sida

Immunology

Viral disease

Meningitis

Cryptococcosis

Cryptococcal meningitis

AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)

Genetics

Medicine

Environmental health

The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Despite a reduction in the estimated absolute global burden of HIV-associated cryptococcal meningitis compared with 2014, likely to be due to antiretroviral therapy expansion, cryptococcal disease still accounts for 19% of AIDS-related deaths, similar to 2014 estimates. To end cryptococcal meningitis deaths by 2030, cryptococcal diagnostics, meningitis treatments, and implementation of preventive screening are urgently needed.

The global burden of HIV-associated cryptococcal infection in adults in 2020: a modelling analysis