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Drug Interactions Between Dolutegravir and Artemether-Lumefantrine or Artesunate-Amodiaquine

Stephen Walimbwa • Mohammed Lamorde • Catriona Waitt • Julian Kaboggoza • Laura Else • Pauline Byakika-Kibwika • Alieu Amara • Joshua Gini • Markus Winterberg • Justin Chiong • Joel Tarning • Saye Khoo (2018)

ABSTRACT Across sub-Saharan Africa, patients with HIV on antiretrovirals often get malaria and need cotreatment with artemisinin-containing therapies. We undertook two pharmacokinetic studies in healthy volunteers, using ...
Impact of vector control on effective population sizes; empirical evidence for a control- based genetic bottleneck in the tsetse fly Glossina fuscipes

Allan Muhwezi • Lucas J. Cunningham • Johan Esterhuizen • Inaki Tirados • Enock Matovu • Martin J. Donnelly • Stephen J. Torr (2020)

We investigated genetic variation at 37 newly-developed microsatellite loci in populations of the tsetse fly Glossina fuscipes fuscipes captured from the upper and lower reaches of a single hydrographical network within ...
Blood signatures for second stage Human African Trypanosomiasis: A transcriptomic approach.

Julius Mulindwa • Enock Matovu • John Enyaru • Christine Clayton (2020)

Abstract; Background: Rhodesiense sleeping sickness is caused by infection with T. b rhodesiense parasites resulting in an acute disease that is fatal if not treated in time. The global impact of active T. b ...
Mortality among children under five years admitted for routine care of severe acute malnutrition: a prospective study from Kampala, Uganda

Damalie Nalwanga • Victor Musiime • Samuel Kizito • John Baptist Kiggundu • Philippa Musoke • James K Tumwine (2019)

Abstract; Background:; Mortality among children under five years of age admitted to malnutrition units in sub-Saharan Africa remains high. The burden of HIV infection, a major risk factor for mortality among patients ...
Do sexual expectancies and inhibitions predict high-risk sexual behaviours? Evidence from a cross-sectional survey among young psychoactive substance users in the informal settlements of Kampala, Uganda

Tonny Ssekamatte • Simon P.S. Kibira • Moses Tetui • John Bosco Isunju • Richard K. Mugambe • Solomon Tsebeni Wafula • Esther Buregyeya • Christine Kayemba Nalwadda • Justine Nnakate Bukenya • Rhoda K. Wanyenze (2020)

Abstract; Background The use of psychoactive substances is a public health challenge among young people in informal settlements. Though rarely examined, the use of psychoactive substances is linked to sexual ...
Pan-resistome characterization of uropathogenic Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae strains circulating in Uganda and Kenya isolated from 2017-2018

Arun Gonzales Decano • Kerry A. Pettigrew • Wilber Sabiiti • Derek J. Sloan • Stella Neema • Joel Bazira • John Kiiru • Hellen Atieno Onyango • Benon B. Asiimwe • Matthew T. G. Holden (2020)

Background: Urinary tract infection (UTI) develops after a pathogen adhered to the inner lining of the urinary tract. Cases of UTIs are predominantly caused by several Gram-negative bacteria and account for high morbidity ...
Genome-wide patterns of gene expression in a wild primate indicate species-specific mechanisms associated with tolerance to natural simian immunodeficiency virus infection

Noah D. Simons • Geeta N. Eick • Maria Jose Ruiz-Lopez • David Hyeroba • Patrick A. Omeja • Geoffrey Weny • Colin A. Chapman • Tony L. Goldberg • HaoQiang Zheng • Anupama Shankar • William M. Switzer • Simon D. W. Frost • James Holland Jones • Kirstin N. Sterner • Nelson Ting (2018)

Over 40 species of nonhuman primates host simian immunodeficiency viruses (SIVs). In natural hosts, infection is generally assumed to be nonpathogenic due to a long coevolutionary history between host and virus, although ...
Deletions of pfhrp2 and pfhrp3 genes in rapid diagnostic test-negative Plasmodium falciparum isolates from Uganda

Sam L Nsobya • Andrew Walakira • Elizabeth Namirembe • Moses Kiggundu • Joaniter I Nankabirwa • Emmanuel Ruhamyankaka • Emmanuel Arinaitwe • Melissa D Conrad • Moses R Kamya • Grant Dorsey • Philip J Rosenthal (2020)

Abstract; Background: Rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) play a key role in malaria case management. The most widely used RDT identifies Plasmodium falciparum based on immunochromatographic recognition of P. falciparum ...
Household Preferences and Willingness to Pay for Health Insurance in Kampala City: A Discrete Choice Experiment

Edward Kalyango • Rornald Muhumuza Kananura • Elizabeth Ekirapa Kiracho (2020)

Abstract; Introduction: Uganda is in discussions to introduce a national health insurance scheme. However, there is a paucity of information on household preferences and willingness to pay for health insurance ...
Invasive cattle ticks in East Africa: morphological and molecular confirmation of the presence of Rhipicephalus microplus in south-eastern Uganda

Dennis Muhanguzi • Joseph Byaruhanga • Wilson Amanyire • Christian Ndekezi • Sylvester Ochwo • Joseph Nkamwesiga • Frank Nobert Mwiine • Robert Tweyongyere • Josephus Fourie • Maxime Madder • Theo Schetters • Ivan Ivan • Nick Juleff • Frans Jongejan (2019)

Abstract; Background: Rhipicephalus microplus; an invasive tick species of Asian origin and the main vector of Babesia species, is considered one of the most widespread ectoparasites of livestock. The tick has ...
Correlates of family planning knowledge among people in fishing communities of Lake Victoria in Uganda

Annet Nanvubya • R.K. Wanyenze • T. Nakaweesa • J. Mpendo • B. Kawoozo • F. Matovu • S. Nabukalu • G. Omoding • J. Kaweesi • J. Ndugga • O. Kamacooko • K. Chinyenze • M. A. Price • J.P. Van Geertruyden (2020)

Abstract; BackgroundFamily planning (FP) is a key component in the conduct of HIV prevention trials and FP knowledge is a determinant of modern contraceptive use. Although fishing communities (FCs) participate in ...
Prevalence and Antifungal Susceptibility patterns of Candida isolated on CHROMagarTMCandida at a tertiary referral hospital, Eastern Uganda.

Juliet Watsemwa • Jacob Iramiot • JOHN BOSCO KALULE (2019)

Abstract; Background; Pregnant women are susceptible to vaginal candidiasis and maternal vulvovaginal candidiasis is a major risk factor for colonization and/or infection of the infant. The purpose of this study ...
Transdisciplinary approach to solving conservation challenges: A case of Budongo Conservation Field Station, Uganda

Caroline Asiimwe • Geoffrey Muhanguzi • Eric Okwir • Paul Okimat • Andrew W Bugenyi • Timothy Mugabe • Fred Babweteera (2016)

The conservation of chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) faces complex and dynamic threats, deriving mostly from anthropogenic factors such as high density and poverty in local human populations. One specific threat is poaching, ...
Stakeholders’ Perceptions of the Nutrition and Dietetics Needs and the Requisite Professional Competencies in Uganda: A Cross-Sectional Mixed Methods Study

Peterson Kato Kikomeko • Sophie Ochola • Archileo N. Kaaya • Irene Ogada • Tracy Lukiya Birungi • Peace Nakitto (2020)

Abstract; Background: Effective implementation of nutrition and dietetics interventions necessitates professionals in these fields to possess the requisite competencies for health systems performance. This study ...
Epidemiology and Antibiotic Susceptibility of Vibrio cholerae Associated with the 2017 Outbreak in Kasese district

Jacob Stanley Iramiot • Innocent B. Rwego • Catherine Kansiime • Benon B Asiimwe (2019)

Abstract; Background Cholera has continued to be a global threat to public health and a key indicator of lack of social development in developing countries. This report summarizes findings from the epidemiologic ...
Application of refrigerated and frozen sorghum malt slurries in preservation of starter cultures of traditional fermented cereal-based beverages - a case of Obushera from Uganda

Ivan Muzira Mukisa • Arnold Serwanga • Stellah Byakika (2020)

Abstract; Objective; ; Industrial production of traditional fermented beverages in developing countries is limited by lack of commercial starter cultures. Saccharomyces (S.) cerevisiae MNC 21Y and Lactobacillus ...
Effect of a nurse-led lifestyle choice and coaching intervention on systolic blood pressure among Type 2 diabetic patients with a high atherosclerotic cardiovascular risk: study protocol for a cluster randomized trial

William Lumu • Davis Kibirige • Ronald Wesonga • Silver Bahendeka (2020)

Abstract; Background:More than 50% of patients with type 2 diabetes have hypertension in Uganda. Diabetic patients with elevated systolic blood pressure experience higher all-cause mortality and cardiovascular ...
‘I know those people will be approachable and not mistreat us’: a qualitative study of inspectors and private drug sellers’ views on peer supervision in rural Uganda

Arthur Bagonza • Stefan Peterson • Andreas Mårtensson • Milton Mutto • Phllis Awor • Freddy Eric Kitutu • Linda Gibson • Henry Wamani (2020)

Abstract; BackgroundPeer supervision improves health care delivery by health workers. However, in rural Uganda, self-supervision is what is prescribed for licensed private drug sellers by statutory guidelines. ...
Correlates of knowledge of family planning among people living in fishing communities of Lake Victoria, Uganda

Annet Nanvubya • R.K. Wanyenze • T. Nakaweesa • J. Mpendo • B. Kawoozo • F. Matovu • S. Nabukalu • G. Omoding • J. Kaweesi • J. Ndugga • O. Kamacooko • K. Chinyenze • M. A. Price • J.P. Van Geertruyden (2020)

Abstract; BackgroundKnowledge of family planning (FP) is a key determinant of contraceptive use which ultimately plays a role in attainment of good health and in conduct of clinical research. People living in fishing ...
Anthropometric surrogates of Birth weight reproducible by Community Health Workers: A hospital-based cross sectional study at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital, South Western Uganda

Savino Ayesiga • Catherine Abaasa • David Ayebare • Gakenia Wamuyu-Maina (2019)

Abstract; Background; ; In many resource constrained countries Uganda inclusive, women continue to give birth from home/in the community where there are no weighing scales to measure and record birth weight. There ...

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