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Comparison of Capillary Versus Venous Blood for the Diagnosis of Plasmodium falciparum Malaria Using Rapid Diagnostic Tests
Nyehangane D, Mulogo EM, Gorret AM, Muhindo R, Baguma E, Ntaro M, Deutsch-Feldman M, Juliano JJ, Boyce RM
2021
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jiab032

We enrolled 250 febrile children in western Uganda to compare the results of malaria rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) when using capillary vs venous blood. Participants were tested with 4 different …

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Urinary Sodium and Potassium, and Risk of Ischemic and Hemorrhagic Stroke (INTERSTROKE): A Case-Control Study
Hankey G.J., Rosengren A., Wang X., Zhang H., Damasceno A., Judge C., O'Donnell M.J., Rangarajan S., Chin S.L., Rao-Melacini P., Ferguson J., Smyth A., Xavier D., Lisheng L., Lopez-Jaramillo P., Langhorne P., Dans A.L., Elsayed A., Avezum A., Mondo C., Ryglewicz D., Czlonkowska A., Pogosova N., Weimar C., Diaz R., Yusoff K., Yusufali A., Oguz A., Lanas F., Ogah O.S., Ogunniyi A., Iversen H.K., Malaga G., Rumboldt Z., Oveisgharan S., Al Hussain F., Yusuf S.
2021
DOI: 10.1093/ajh/hpaa176

Although low sodium intake (<2 g/day) and high potassium intake (>3.5 g/day) are proposed as public health interventions to reduce stroke risk, there is uncertainty about the benefit and feasibility …

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Alcohol misuse, policy and treatment responses in Sub-Saharan Africa: The case of Uganda
Kalema D, Vindevogel S, Baguma PK, Derluyn I, Vanderplasschen W
2015
DOI: 10.3109/09687637.2015.1006180

Alcohol has become an important feature in the lives of many inhabitants of Sub-Saharan Africa and is increasingly associated with excessive consumption and negative personal and social consequences. Uganda is …

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Retention outcomes and drivers of loss among HIV-exposed and infected infants in Uganda: a retrospective cohort study
Price M, Kekitiinwa A, Elyanu P, Kiyaga C, Grosz J, McConnell I, Narayan V, Kisaakye LN
2018
DOI: 10.1186/s12879-018-3275-6

Background: Uganda's HIV Early Infant Diagnosis (EID) program rapidly scaled up testing of HIV-exposed infants (HEI) in its early years. However, little was known about retention outcomes of HEI after …

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Comparing antiretroviral treatment outcomes between a prospective community-based and hospital-based cohort of HIV patients in rural Uganda
Konde-Lule J, Alibhai A, Rubaale T, Kipp W, Okech-Ojony J, Saunders DL
2011
DOI: 10.1186/1472-698X-11-S2-S12

Background: Improved availability of antiretroviral therapy in sub-Saharan Africa is intended to benefit all eligible HIV-infected patients; however in reality antiretroviral services are mainly offered in urban hospitals. Poor rural …

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Alcohol Use and HIV Disease Progression in an Antiretroviral Naive Cohort
Adong J, Fatch R, Emenyonu NI, Muyindike WR, Ngabirano C, Lloyd-Travaglini C, Samet JH, Cheng DM, Hahn JA, Bryant K, Shade SB
2018
DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000001624

Background: Alcohol use has been shown to accelerate disease progression in experimental studies of simian immunodeficiency virus in macaques, but the results in observational studies of HIV have been conflicting.Methods: …

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An evaluation of the benefits to a UK Health Care Trust working in a partnership with a hospital in Northern Uganda: International partnership working in mental health
Hague B, Sills J, Thompson AR
2015
DOI: 10.1186/s12992-015-0134-8

Background: Despite the worthy intentions of international health partnerships between high-income countries and countries with developing economies, the tangible benefits are rarely evaluated, limiting the assessment of the achievements of …

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Assessing the quality of informed consent in a resource-limited setting: A cross-sectional study
Katabira E., Kiguba R., Sewankambo N.K., Kutyabami P., Kiwuwa S.
2012
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6939-13-21
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Apabetalone downregulates fibrotic, inflammatory and calcific processes in renal mesangial cells which may contribute to reduced cardiac events observed in ckd patients
Gilham D., Fu L., Rakai B., Wasiak S., Tsujikawa L., Halliday C., Sarsons C., Stotz S., Jahagirdar R., Johansson J., Sweeney M., Wong N., Kalantar-Zadeh K., Kulikowski E.
2021
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfab078.008

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) …

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