Morphometric study of suprascapular notch and scapular dimensions in Ugandan dry scapulae with specific reference to the incidence of completely ossified superior transverse scapular ligament

Background: Understanding of suprascapular notch (SSN) anatomy and relationship with scapular dimensions arevital in diagnosis, prevention, and assessment of suprascapular nerve entrapment syndrome. The study aimed toassess morphometry of suprascapular …

Occupational Asthma: a Review of Current Concept

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Integration of non-communicable disease and HIV/AIDS management: a review of healthcare policies and plans in East Africa

Background Low-income and middle-income countries are struggling to manage growing numbers of patients with chronic non-communicable diseases (NCDs), while services for patients with HIV infection are well established. There have …

Responsible use of polygenic risk scores in the clinic: potential benefits, risks and gaps

Polygenic risk scores (PRSs) aggregate the many small effects of alleles across the human genome to estimate the risk of a disease or disease-related trait for an individual. The potential …

Clinical neglect of aspergillosis in pulmonary tuberculosis co-infection: a case report of avoidable mortality in a resource-constrained setting

Background: Pulmonary aspergillosis (PA) is common among patients with tuberculosis (TB). With both infections presenting with similar clinical and radiologic features, diagnosis of PA is often made too late or …

Deep Learning to Predict Traumatic Brain Injury Outcomes in the Low-Resource Setting

ObjectiveTraumatic brain injury (TBI) disproportionately affects low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). In these settings, accurate patient prognostication is both difficult and essential for high-quality patient care. With the ultimate goal …

Oral Amelanotic Melanoma

Malignant melanomas of the mucosal regions of the head and neck are extremely rare neoplasms accounting for less than 1of all melanomas. Approximately half of all head and neck melanomas …

Outbreak of Marburg Hemorrhagic Fever Among Miners in Kamwenge and Ibanda Districts, Uganda, 2007

Marburg hemorrhagic fever was detected among 4 miners in Ibanda District, Uganda, from June through September, 2007. Infection was likely acquired through exposure to bats or bat secretions in a …

Symptomatic Cryptococcal Antigenemia Presenting as Early Cryptococcal Meningitis With Negative Cerebral Spinal Fluid Analysis

Background. Individuals with cryptococcal antigenemia are at high risk of developing cryptococcal meningitis if untreated. The progression and timing from asymptomatic infection to cryptococcal meningitis is unclear. We describe a …

Commentary - The Need to Implement Population Based Cervical Cancer Screening in Limited Resource Settings Using Aided Visual Inspection of the Cervix