Background: Uganda has suffered from a series of epidemics of Human African Trypanosomiasis (HAT), a tsetse transmitted disease, also known as sleeping sickness. The area affected by acute Trypanosoma brucei …
MEDLINE Abstract: Road traffic crashes have been an increasing threat to the wellbeing of road users worldwide; an unacceptably high number of people die or become disabled from them. While …
MEDLINE Abstract: INTRODUCTION:<BR>Community engagement has been considered a fundamental component of past outbreaks, such as Ebola. However, there is concern over the lack of involvement of communities and 'bottom-up' approaches …
A 75-year-old man complained of sputum and was referred to our department. His sputum cytology was class III. Chest X-ray and computed tomography showed no abnormalities, but bronchoscopy revealed an …
Objectives: To determine differences in CYP2B6 loss of function (LoF) single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs)and haplotypes between Zimbabweans and Ugandans, and within Ugandan populations (Bantu and Nilotic).Methods: Genetic epidemiological study enrolling …
Background: Cryptococcal meningitis is a leading cause of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)- related death in sub-Saharan Africa. Whether a treatment regimen that includes a single high dose of liposomal amphotericin …
Introduction: Cardiovascular disease is the most common cause of morbidity and premature mortality in patients on chronic haemodialysis. There is limited data on cardiac abnormalities among these patients in sub-Saharan …
BACKGROUND: The two recent simultaneous developments of high-throughput sequencing and increased computational power have brought bioinformatics to the forefront as an important tool for effective and efficient biomedical research. Consequently, …
An introduction is presented which discusses various topics within the issue including malnutrition in children with cerebral palsy in Uganda, hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy (HIE) as a health problem worldwide and …
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Major adverse cardiac events (MACE) remain a leading cause of mortality in chronic kidney disease (CKD). Apabetalone is an orally available inhibitor of bromodomain & extraterminal (BET) …