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Factors associated with pastoral community knowledge and occurrence of mycobacterial infections in Human-Animal Interface areas of Nakasongola and Mubende districts, Uganda
Skjerve E, Muwonge A, Kankya C, Olet S, Munyeme M, Biffa D, Opuda-Asibo J, Oloya J
2010
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-10-471

Background: Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are emerging opportunistic pathogens whose role in human and animal disease is increasingly being recognized. Major concerns are their role as opportunistic pathogens in HIV/AIDS infections. …

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Isolation of non-tuberculous mycobacteria from pastoral ecosystems of Uganda: Public Health significance
Skjerve E, Muwonge A, Kankya C, Munyeme M, Opuda-Asibo J, Oloya J, Djonne B, Edvardsen V, Johansen TB
2011
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-320

Background: The importance of non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) infections in humans and animals in sub-Saharan Africa at the human-environment-livestock-wildlife interface has recently received increased attention. NTM are environmental opportunistic pathogens of …

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Systematic review and bibliometric analysis of African anesthesia and critical care medicine research part II: a scientometric analysis of the 116 most cited articles
Kanmounye US, Tochie JN, Mbonda A, Wafo CK, Daya L, Atem TH, Nyalundja AD, Eyaman DC
2021
DOI: 10.1186/s12871-021-01246-4

Background: Scientometrics is used to assess the impact of research in several health fields, including Anesthesia and Critical Care Medicine. The purpose of this study was to identify contributors to …

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Antibody profiles to wheat germ cell-free system synthesized Plasmodium falciparum proteins correlate with protection from symptomatic malaria in Uganda
Yeka A, Egwang TG, Kanoi BN, Takashima E, Morita M, White MT, Palacpac NMQ, Ntege EH, Balikagala B, Horii T, Tsuboi T
2017
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2017.01.001

The key targets of protective antibodies against Plasmodium falciparum remain largely unknown. In this study, we determined immunoreactivity to 1827 recombinant proteins derived from 1565 genes representing similar to 30% …

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Sex differences in concentrations of HMGB1 and numbers of pigmented monocytes in infants and young children with malaria
Egwang TG, Kanoi BN
2021
DOI: 10.1016/j.parint.2021.102387

Sex remains a key biological variable affecting human innate and adaptive immune responses to infection and in pathogenesis of diseases. In malaria, females demonstrate higher concentrations of antibodies and rates …

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Health service delay among pulmonary tuberculosis patients presenting to a National Referral Hospital, Kampala, Uganda: A cross sectional study
Levi M., Katamba A., Kansiime C., Kiwuwa S.M., Asiimwe B.B.
2013
DOI: 10.11604/pamj.2013.15.84.2692
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Knowledge and perceptions of brucellosis in the pastoral communities adjacent to Lake Mburo National Park, Uganda
Asiimwe BB, Kiwanuka SN, Rutebemberwa E, Makumbi F, Mugisha S, Kansiime C, Mugisha A, Rwego IB, Sempa J
2014
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-242

Background: Brucellosis is one of the most common zoonotic infections globally. Lack of knowledge about brucellosis may affect the health-seeking behavior of patients, thus leading to sustained transmission in these …

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Annual trends of human brucellosis in pastoralist communities of south-western Uganda: a retrospective ten-year study
Bazira J, Asiimwe BB, Rutebemberwa E, Makumbi F, Kansiime C, Mugisha A
2015
DOI: 10.1186/s40249-015-0072-y

Background: Human brucellosis is prevalent in both rural and urban Uganda, yet most cases of the disease in humans go unnoticed and untreated because of inaccurate diagnosis, which is often …

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Barriers and facilitators to physical and mental health help-seeking among Congolese male refugee survivors of conflict-related sexual violence living in Kampala
Kansiime P, Van Der Westhuizen C, Kagee A
2017
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1921/swssr.v19i3.1196

In Uganda, over 1.3 million refugees have fled armed conflicts from neighbouring countries, with about 251 730 refugees from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) alone. In this article we …

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A multicentre, randomised, non-inferiority clinical trial comparing a nifurtimox-eflornithine combination to standard eflornithine monotherapy for late stage Trypanosoma brucei gambiense human African trypanosomiasis in Uganda
Kato CD, Matovu E, Kansiime F, Adibaku S, Wamboga C, Idi F, Yamuah L, Vaillant M, Kioy D, Olliaro P
2018
DOI: 10.1186/s13071-018-2634-x

Background: While the combination of nifurtimox and eflornithine (NECT) is currently recommended for the treatment of the late stage human African trypansomiasis (HAT), single-agent eflornithine was still the treatment of …

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