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. 2025 Jun 13;15(6):e095280. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-095280

Table 2. Search strategy developed for PubMed (to be adapted for the other databases).

Search Query Results
#1 (((((Human Immunodeficiency Virus(Title/Abstract)) OR (HIV(Title/Abstract))) OR (Human Immune Virus(Title/Abstract))) OR (AIDS(Title/Abstract))) OR (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome(Title/Abstract))) OR (Immunocompromised(Title/Abstract))
#2 ((TB) OR (Tuberculosis)) OR (Mycobacterium tuberculosis)
#3 (#1) AND (#2)
#4 ((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((Mental Health Problems(Title/Abstract)) OR (Mental health conditions(Title/Abstract))) OR (Mental health(Title/Abstract))) OR (Mental wellbeing(Title/Abstract))) OR (Psychological problems (Title/Abstract))) OR (Psychosocial problems(Title/Abstract))) OR (Obsessive compulsive disorder(Title/Abstract))) OR (Posttraumatic Stress disorder(Title/Abstract))) OR (Schizophrenia(Title/Abstract))) OR (Substance abuse(Title/Abstract))) OR (Suicidal ideation(Title/Abstract))) OR (Psychopathy(Title/Abstract))) OR (Bulimia Nervosa(Title/Abstract))) OR (Disruptive Behaviour(Title/Abstract))) OR (Dissocial Disorder(Title/Abstract))) OR (Cognitive Disorder(Title/Abstract))) OR (Alzheimer Disease(Title/Abstract))) OR (Personality Disorder(Title/Abstract))) OR (Attention Deficit Hyperplasia Disorder(Title/Abstract))) OR (Dysmorphic Body Disorders(Title/Abstract))) OR (Mania(Title/Abstract))) OR (Anxiety(Title/Abstract))) OR (Psychosis(Title/Abstract))) OR (Dysthymia(Title/Abstract))) OR (Paranoia(Title/Abstract))) OR (Depression(Title/Abstract))) OR (Self-harm(Title/Abstract))) OR (Neurosis(Title/Abstract))) OR (Bipolar(Title/Abstract))) OR (Stress(Title/Abstract))) OR (Phobia(Title/Abstract))) OR (Dementia(Title/Abstract))) OR (Autism(Title/Abstract))) OR (Amnesia(Title/Abstract))) OR (Sociopathy(Title/Abstract))
#5 (((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((Sub-Saharan Africa) OR (Angola)) OR (Benin)) OR (Botswana)) OR (Burkina Faso)) OR (Burundi)) OR (Cameroon)) OR (Cape Verde))) OR (Central African Republic)) OR (Equatorial Guinea)) OR (Ethiopia)) OR (Gabon)) OR (The Gambia)) OR (Ghana)) OR (Guinea)) OR (Guinea-Bissau)) OR (Kenya)) OR (Lesotho)) OR (Liberia)) OR (Madagascar)) OR (Malawi)) OR (Mali)) OR (Mauritania)) OR (Mauritius)) OR (Mozambique)) OR (Namibia)) OR (Niger)) OR (Nigeria)) OR (Rwanda)) OR (Sao Tome and Principe)) OR (Senegal)) OR (Seychelles)) OR (Sierra Leone)) OR (Somalia)) OR (South Africa)) OR (Sudan)) OR (Swaziland)) OR (Tanzania)) OR (Togo)) OR (Uganda)) OR (Zaire)) OR (Zambia)) OR (Zimbabwe)
#6 ((#3) AND (#4)) AND (#5)