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THRiVE Fellows and Alumni Publications

 

THRiVE

2021

  1. Faust CL, Brunker K, Ajambo D, Ryan M, Moses A, Rowel C, Wangoola RM, Wampande EM, Guma A, Adriko M, Lamberton PHL, Tukahebwa EM, Mugenyi A, Waiswa C. Harnessing technology and portability to conduct molecular epidemiology of endemic pathogens in resource-limited settings. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2021 Jan 7;115(1):3-5. doi: 10.1093/trstmh/traa086.PMID: 32945867 
  2. Mboowa G Sserwadda I, Aruhomukama D.  Genomics and bioinformatics capacity in Africa: no continent is left behind. Genome. 2021 Jan 12:1-11. doi: 10.1139/gen-2020-0013. Online ahead of print.PMID: 33433259
  3. Foerster M, McKenzie F, Zietsman A, Galukande M, Anele A, Adisa C, Parham G, Pinder L, Schüz J, McCormack V, Dos-Santos-Silva I Dissecting the journey to breast cancer diagnosis in sub-Saharan Africa: Findings from the multicountry ABC-DO cohort study.  Int J Cancer. 2021 Jan 15;148(2):340-351. doi: 10.1002/ijc.33209. Epub 2020 Aug 4.PMID: 32663320 
  4. Wampande E, Waiswa P, Allen D, Hewson R, Frost S, Stubbs S  Phylogenetic Characterization of Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic

    Fever Virus Detected in African Blue Ticks Feeding on Cattle ina Ugandan Abattoir Microorganisms 2021, 9(2), 438; https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms9020438

  5. Bagasha P,  Namukwaya E,  Leng M ,  Kalyesubula  R,  Mutebi E, Naitala R,  Katabira E and Petrova M  Comparison of the health-related quality of life of end stage kidney disease patients on hemodialysis and non-hemodialysis management in Uganda (2021) 20:52 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12904-021-00743-0

 

2020

  1. Amone-P’Olak, K., & Omech, B.O. (2020). Predictors of somatic symptomatology in war-affected youth in Northern Uganda - findings from the WAYS study. Psychological Studies (In Press: Published online on February 14, 2020), 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12646-020-00551-1
  2. Amone-P’Olak, K., & Omech, B.O. (2020)Coping with post-war mental health problems among survivors of violence in Northern Uganda: Findings from the WAYS study. Journal of Health Psychology. 22(12) 1857-1870, DOI: 10.1177/1359105318775185 
  3.  Kwizera A, Urayeneza O, Mujyarugamba P, Meier J, Patterson AJ, Harmon L, Farmer JC, Dünser MW  The inability to walk unassisted at hospital admission as a valuable triage tool to predict hospital mortality in Rwandese patients with suspected infection. “Sepsis in Resource-Limited Nations”  Task Force of the Surviving Sepsis Campaign.  PLoS One. 2020 Feb 21;15(2):e0228966. doi10.1371/journal.pone.0228966. eCollection 2020.PMID:3208416
  4. Ullrich SJ, Kilyewala C, Lipnick MS, Cheung M, Namugga M, Muwanguzi P, DeWane MP, Muzira A, Tumukunde J, Kabagambe M, Kebba N, Galukande M, Mabweijano J, Ozgediz D.Design, implementation and long-term follow-up of a context specific trauma training course in Uganda: Lessons learned and future directions.Am J Surg. 2020 Feb;219(2):263-268. doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2019.10.048. Epub 2019 Nov 6 .PMID:31732117
  5. Kwizera R, Katende A, Teu A, Apolot D, Worodria W, Kirenga BJ, Bongomin F. Algorithm-aided diagnosis of chronic pulmonary aspergillosis in low- and middle-income countries by use of a lateral flow device. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 2020 Jan;39(1):1-3. doi: 10.1007/s10096-019-03782-x. Epub 2019 Dec 6. No abstract available. PMID: 31811506
  6. Mayito J, Meya DB, Rhein J, Sekaggya-Wiltshire C (2020) Utility of the monocyte to lymphocyte ratio in diagnosing latent tuberculosis among HIV-infected individuals with a negative tuberculosis symptom screen. PLoS ONE 15(11): e0241786. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal. https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0241786.
  7. Mboowa G. Current and emerging diagnostic tests available for the novel COVID-19 global pandemic [version 1; peer review: 2 approved]. AAS Open Res 2020, 3:8 (https://doi.org/10.12688/aasopenres.13059.1
  8. Atumanya P, Sendagire C, Wabule A, Mukisa J, Ssemogerere L, Kwizera A, Agaba PK. Assessment of the current capacity of intensive care units in Uganda; A descriptive studyJ Crit Care. 2020 Feb;55:95-99. doi: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2019.10.019. Epub 2019 Nov 4.  PMID  31715537
  9. Mayito J, Andia Biraro I, T. Reece S et al.Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis DNA in CD34+peripheral blood mononuclear cells of Ugandan adults with latent infection: a cross-sectional and nested prospective study [version 1; peer review: 2 approved]. AAS Open Res 2020, 3:34 (https://doi.org/10.12688/aasopenres.13108.1)
  10. Nansubuga P, Kavuma Mwanje A, Kizito S, Obua D,  Sendagire C,  Kwizera A. The prevalence, incidence and mortality associated with intra-abdominal hypertension among patients in intensive care units of a low-income country: a cohort study [version 1; peer review: awaiting peer review]. AAS Open Res 2020, 3:53 (https://doi.org/10.12688/aasopenres.13101.1)
  11. Clara Wekesa, Gregory D Kirk,  Jim Aizire,  Eve-Marie Benson,  Alex Karabarinde, Rosalind Parkes-Ratanshi,  Ponsiano Ocama. Prevalence and Factors Associated with Liver Fibrosis Among Adult Hiv-Infected Patients Attending Urban and Rural Care Clinics in Uganda. Open Forum Infectious Diseases, ofaa483, https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofaa483
  12. Moses Galukande, Leonard Francis Were, Joanita Kigozi, Carol Kahendeke, Alex Muganzi, and Andrew Kambugu. Closing the Gap Toward Zero Tetanus Infection for Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision: Seven Case Reports and a Review of the Literature. Surgical Infections Volume 21, Number X, 2020 DOI: 10.1089/sur.2020.103
  13. Richard Kwizera, Alisat Sadiq, Jane Frances Ndyetukira, Elizabeth Nalintya, Darlisha Williams, Joshua Rhein, David R. Boulware, David B. Meya and on behalf of the COAT and ASTRO trial teams Impact of community engagement and social support on the outcomes of HIV related meningitis clinical trials in a resource-limited setting Research Involvement and Engagement (2020) 6:49 https://doi.org/10.1186/s40900-020-00228-z
  14. Kwizera A, Kissoon N, Musa N, Urayeneza O, Mujyarugamba P, Patterson AJ, Harmon L, Farmer JC, Dünser MW, Meier J; Sepsis in Resource-Limited Nations Task Force of the Surviving Sepsis Campaign. A Machine Learning-Based Triage Tool for Children With Acute Infection in a Low Resource Setting. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2019 Dec;20(12):e524-e530. doi: 10.1097/PCC.0000000000002121.PMID: 31805020
  15. Merid N. Getahun, Jandouwe Villinger, J L. Bargul, Abel Orone, John Ngiela, Peter O. Ahuya, Jackson M. Muema, Rajinder K. Saini, Baldwyn Torto, Daniel K. Masiga. Molecular characterization of pathogenic African trypanosomes in biting flies and camels in surra-endemic areas outside the tsetse fly belt in Kenya doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.06.18.156869 
  16. Enock Kagimu, Emily Martyn, Jane Gakuru, John Kasibante, Morris K Rutakingirwa, Richard Kwizera, Kenneth Ssebambulidde, Darlisha Williams, Jayne Ellis, Fiona V Cresswell, David B. Meya. Covid-19 and the HIV care continuum in Uganda: minimising collateral damage AAS Open Res 2020, 3:28  https://doi.org/10.12688/aasopenres.13099.1
  17. *R Kwizera, V Wadda, L Mugenyi, H Aanyu-tukamuhebwa, G Nyale, G Yimer, Jeremiah Chakaya, C De jon, Thys Van der molen, D W. Denning, Robin Gore and BJ. Kirenga. Skin prick reactivity among asthmatics in East Africa World Allergy Organization Journal (2020) 13:100130 http://doi.org/10.1016/j.waojou.2020.100130
  18. R Kwizera, F Bongomin, R Lukande. Deep fungal infections diagnosed by histology in Uganda: a 70-year retrospective study. Medical Mycology, myaa018, https://doi.org/10.1093/mmy/myaa018
  19. Isebe TI, Bargul JL, Gichuki BM et al. Molecular characterization of Plasmodium falciparum PHISTb proteins as potential targets of naturally-acquired immunity against malaria [version 1; peer review: awaiting peer review] Wellcome Open Research 2020, 5:136 https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.15919.1 10 Jun 2020, 5:136 
  20. B Achan., E Nakakawa, E. Katagirya and  G. Mboowa. An Update of COVID-19: Epidemiology, Pathogenesis and Laboratory Diagnosis. EC Microbiology 16.6 (2020): 129-135.
  21. Mburu H, Cortada L, Haukeland S, Ronno W, Nyongesa M, Kinyua Z, Bargul JL and Coyne D (2020) Potato Cyst Nematodes: A New Threat to Potato Production in East Africa. Front. Plant Sci. 11:670. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2020.00670
  22. DO Ouso, MY Otiende, MM Jeneby, JW Oundo, JL Bargul, SE Miller, L Wambua & J Villinger (2020). Three-gene PCR and high resolution melting analysis for differentiating vertebrate speciesmitochondrial DNA for biodiversityresearch and complementing forensic surveillance Reliable molecular 10:4741 | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-61600-3 2
  23. Kalyango, N., Kwizera, R., Baluku, J.B. and Bongomin, F. (2020). Intra-cavitary pulmonary cryptococcoma in poorly controlled diabetes mellitus. Accepted for publication in Accepted for puplication in Medical Mycology Case Reports
  24. Bongomin, F., Erima, B., Kwizera.R., (2020). Online Learning Resources Enhanced Teaching and Learning of Medical Mycology among Medical Students in Gulu University, Uganda Hindawi Education Research International Volume Article ID 9468241, 5 pages https://doi.org/10.1155/2020/9468241 
  25. Kwizera, R., Katende, A., Teu, A., Apolot, D., Worodria, W., Kirenga, B.J., Bongomin, F., (2020). Algorithm-aided diagnosis of chronic pulmonary aspergillosis in low- and middle-income countries by use of a lateral flow device. European  Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis (2020) 39: 1. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10096-019-03782-x https://doi.org/10.1007/s10096-019-03782-x
  26.  Beaton A, Okello E, Scheel A, DeWyer A, Ssembatya R, Baaka O, Namisanvu H, Njeri A, Matovu A, Namagembe I, Mccarter R, Carapetis J, DeStigter K, Sable C. Impact of heart disease on maternal, fetal and neonatal outcomes in a low-resource setting.Heart. 2019 May;105(10):755-760. doi: 10.1136/heartjnl-2018-313810. Epub 2018 Nov 10.PMID: 30415203

  27. Bagasha P, Leng M, Katabira E, Petrova MHealth-related quality of life, palliative care needs and 12-month survival among patients with end stage renal disease in Uganda: protocol for a mixed methods longitudinal studyBMC Nephrol. 2020 Dec 7;21(1):531. doi: 10.1186/s12882-020-02197-7.PMID: 33287725
  28. Rochwerg B, Agarwal A, Zeng L, Leo YS, Appiah JA, Agoritsas T, Bartoszko J, Brignardello-Petersen R, Ergan B, Ge L, Geduld H, Gershengorn HB, Manai H, Huang M, Lamontagne F, Kanda S, Kawano-Dourado L, Kurian L, Kwizera A, Murthy S, Qadir N, Siemieniuk R, Silvestre MA, Vandvik PO, Ye Z, Zeraatkar D, Guyatt G Remdesivir for severe covid-19: a clinical practice guideline. BMJ. 2020 Jul 30;370:m2924. doi: 10.1136/bmj.m2924.PMID: 32732352
  29. Atumanya P, Sendagire C, Wabule A, Mukisa J, Ssemogerere L, Kwizera A, Agaba PK.Assessment of the current capacity of intensive care units in Uganda; A descriptive study. J Crit Care. 2020 Feb;55:95-99. doi: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2019.10.019.  Epub 2019 Nov 4.PMID: 31715537
  30. *Kwizera A, Nakibuuka J, Nakiyingi L, Sendagire C, Tumukunde J, Katabira C, Ssenyonga R, Kiwanuka N, Kateete DP, Joloba M, Kabatoro D, Atwine D, Summers C  Acute hypoxaemic respiratory failure in a low-income country: a prospective observational study of hospital prevalence and mortality. BMJ Open Respir Res. 2020 Nov;7(1):e000719. doi: 10.1136/bmjresp-2020-000719. PMID: 33148779 
  31. Bongomin F, Olum R, Nsenga L, Namusobya M, Russell L, de Sousa E, Osaigbovo II, Kwizera R, Baluku JB. Mycetoma in Uganda: A neglected tropical disease. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2020 Apr 29;14(4):e0008240. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0008240. eCollection 2020 Apr.PMID: 32348300 
  32. Bongomin F, Olum R, Nsenga L, Namusobya M, Russell L, de Sousa E, Osaigbovo II Kwizera R, Baluku JB Estimation of the burden of tinea capitis among children in AfricaMycoses. 2020 Nov 29. doi: 10.1111/myc.13221. Online ahead of print
  33. Bongomin F, Asio LG, Baluku JB, Kwizera R, Denning DW. Chronic Pulmonary Aspergillosis: Notes for a Clinician in a Resource-Limited Setting Where There Is No Mycologist J Fungi (Basel). 2020 Jun 2;6(2):75. doi: 10.3390/jof6020075.PMID: 32498415
  34. Rutakingirwa MK, Cresswell FV, Kwizera R, Ssebambulidde K, Kagimu E, Nuwagira E, Tugume L, Mpoza E, Dobbin J, Williams DA, Muzoora C, Meya DB, Boulware DR, Hullsiek KH, Rhein J Tuberculosis in HIV-Associated Cryptococcal Meningitis is Associated with an Increased Risk of Death. J Clin Med. 2020 Mar 13;9(3):781. doi: 10.3390/jcm9030781.PMID: 32183112
  35. Kwizera R, Omali D, Tadeo K, Kasibante J, Rutakingirwa MK, Kagimu E, Ssebambulidde K, Williams DA, Rhein J, Boulware D, Meya DB Evaluation of the Dynamiker Cryptococcal Antigen Lateral Flow Assay for the Diagnosis of HIV-Associated CryptococcosisJ Clin Microbiol. 2020 Dec 2:JCM.02421-20. doi: 10.1128/JCM.02421-20. Online ahead of print.PMID: 33268538
  36. Cresswell FV, Tugume L, Bahr NC, Kwizera R, Bangdiwala AS, Musubire AK, Rutakingirwa M, Kagimu E, Nuwagira E, Mpoza E, Rhein J, Williams DA, Muzoora C, Grint D, Elliott AM, Meya DB, Boulware DR; ASTRO-CM team. Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra for the diagnosis of HIV-associated tuberculous meningitis: a prospective validation study. Lancet Infect Dis. 2020 Mar;20(3):308-317. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(19)30550-X. Epub 2020 Jan 7.PMID: 31924549
  37. de Vries EL, van Tetering AAC, van der Hout MB, Derijks LJJ, Sseguya SP, Namagembe I, Byamugisha J, Oei SG. Storage conditions of oxytocin in a tropical climate in a low-income country. Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2020 Nov 29. doi: 10.1002/ijgo.13505. Online ahead of print.PMID: 33251616
  38. *Hughes NJ, Namagembe I, Nakimuli A, Sekikubo M, Moffett A, Patient CJ, Aiken CEDecision-to-delivery interval of emergency cesarean section in Uganda: a retrospective cohort study. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2020 May 27;20(1):324. doi: 10.1186/s12884-020-03010-x.PMID: 32460720 
  39. *Nakimuli A, Starling JE, Nakubulwa S, Namagembe I, Sekikubo M, Nakabembe E, Scott JG, Moffett A, Aiken CE Relative impact of pre-eclampsia on birth weight in a low resource setting: A prospective cohort study. Pregnancy Hypertens. 2020 Jul;21:1-6. doi: 10.1016/j.preghy.2020.04.002. Epub 2020 Apr 7.PMID: 32330863
  40. McHenry ML, Bartlett J, Igo RP Jr, Wampande EM, Benchek P, Mayanja-Kizza H, Fluegge K, Hall NB, Gagneux S, Tishkoff SA, Wejse C, Sirugo G, Boom WH, Joloba M, Williams SM, Stein CM. Interaction between host genes and Mycobacterium tuberculosis lineage can affect tuberculosis severity: Evidence for coevolution? PLoS Genet. 2020 Apr 30;16(4):e1008728. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1008728. eCollection 2020 Apr.PMID: 32352966 
  41. Mboowa G, Musoke D, Bulafu D, Aruhomukama D. Face-Masking, an Acceptable Protective Measure against COVID-19 in Ugandan High-Risk Groups. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2020 Dec 14 doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.20-1174. Online ahead of print.PMID: 33319741
  42. Naluyange R, Mboowa G, Komakech K, Semugenze D, Kateete DP, Ssengooba W High prevalence of phenotypic pyrazinamide resistance and its association with pncA gene mutations in Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from Uganda PLoS One. 2020 May 15;15(5):e0232543. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0232543. eCollection 2020.PMID: 32413052
  43. Amanya SB, Nyiro B, Waswa F, Obura B, Nakaziba R, Nabulime E, Katabazi AF, Nabatanzi R, Bayiyana A, Mboowa G, Kayongo A, Wayengera M, Sande O Variations in Trim5α and Cyclophilin A genes among HIV-1 elite controllers and non controllers in Uganda: a laboratory-based cross-sectional study.  Genome. 2021 Jan 12:1-11. doi: 10.1139/gen-2020-0013. Online ahead of print.PMID: 33433259
  44. Okal MN, Odhiambo BK, Otieno P, Bargul JL, Masiga D, Villinger J, Kalayou S Anaplasma and Theileria Pathogens in Cattle of Lambwe Valley, Kenya: A Case for Pro-Active Surveillance in the Wildlife-Livestock Interface. S. Microorganisms. 2020 Nov 20;8(11):1830. doi: 10.3390/microorganisms 8111830. PMID: 33233713 
  45. *Kidambasi KO, Masiga DK, Villinger J, Carrington M, Bargul JL Detection of blood pathogens in camels and their associated ectoparasitic camel biting keds, Hippobosca camelina: the potential application of keds in xenodiagnosis of camel haemopathogens. AAS Open Res. 2020 May 20;2:164. doi: 10.12688/aasopenres.13021.2. eCollection 2019.PMID: 32510036  
  46. Ademuyiwa AO, Bekele A, Berhea AB, Borgstein E, Capo-Chichi N, Derbew M, Evans FM, Feyssa MD, Galukande M, Gawande AA, Gueye SM, Harrison E, Jani P, Kaseje N, Litswa L, Mammo TN, Mellin-Olsen J, Muguti G, Nabukenya MT, Ngoga E, Ntirenganya F, Rulisa S, Starr N, Tabiri S, Tadesse M, Walker I, Weiser TG, Wren SM.  COVID-19 Preparedness Within the Surgical, Obstetric, and Anesthetic Ecosystem in Sub-Saharan Africa.Ann Surg. 2020 Jul;272(1):e9-e13. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000003964.PMID: 32301806  
  47. Ullrich SJ, DeWane MP, Cheung M, Fleming M, Namugga MM, Fu W, Kurigamba G, Kabuye R, Mabweijano J, Galukande M, Ozgediz D, Pei KY Development of an Operative Trauma Course in Uganda-A Report of a Three-Year Experience.  J Surg Res. 2020 Aug 13;256:520-527. doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2020.07.024. Online ahead of print.PMID: 32799000
  48. Scheel JR, Giglou MJ, Segel S, Orem J, Tsu V, Galukande M, Okello J, Nakigudde G, Mugisha N, Muyinda Z, Anderson BO, Duggan C Breast cancer early detection and diagnostic capacity in Uganda.  Cancer. 2020 May 15;126 Suppl 10(Suppl 10):2469-2480. doi: 10.1002/cncr.32890.PMID: 32348563 
  49. Galukande M, Schüz J, Anderson BO, Zietsman A, Adisa C, Anele A, Parham G, Pinder LF, Mutumba S, Lombe D, Cabanes A, Foerster M, Dos-Santos-Silva I, McCormack V Maternally Orphaned Children and Intergenerational Concerns Associated With Breast Cancer Deaths Among Women in Sub-Saharan Africa. JAMA Oncol. 2020 Dec 23:e206583. doi: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2020.6583. Online ahead of print.PMID: 33355599 
  50. Ogwal A, Oyania F, Nkonge E, Makumbi T, Galukande MPrevalence and Predictors of Cancellation of Elective Surgical Procedures at a Tertiary Hospital in Uganda: A Cross-Sectional Study Surg Res Pract. 2020 Mar 19;2020:1464098. doi: 10.1155/2020/1464098. eCollection 2020.PMID: 32258365 
  51. Foerster M, Anele A, Adisa C, Galukande M, Parham G, Zietsman A, Oyamienlen CS, Iwuoha KC, Ezeigbo E, Bakengesa E, Kaggwa A, Naamala A, Nteziryayo A, Nakazibwe T, Pinder LF, Walubita E, Pontac J, Anderson BO, McKenzie F, Schüz J, Dos Santos Silva I, McCormack V Few Losses to Follow-up in a Sub-Saharan African Cancer Cohort via Active Mobile Health Follow-upAm J Epidemiol. 2020 Oct 1;189(10):1185-1196. doi: 10.1093/aje/kwaa070.PMID: 32383449 
  52. Ayeni OA, Norris SA, Joffe M, Cubasch H, Galukande M, Zietsman A, Parham G, Adisa C, Anele A, Schüz J, Anderson BO, Foerster M, Dos Santos Silva I, McCormack VA Preexisting morbidity profile of women newly diagnosed with breast cancer in sub-Saharan Africa: African Breast Cancer-Disparities in Outcomes study.  Int J Cancer. 2020 Nov 12. doi: 10.1002/ijc.33387. Online ahead of print.PMID: 33180326
  53. Togawa K, Anderson BO, Foerster M, Galukande M, Zietsman A, Pontac J, Anele A, Adisa C, Parham G, Pinder LF, McKenzie F, Schüz J, Dos-Santos-Silva I, McCormack V Geospatial barriers to health care access for breast cancer diagnosis in sub-Saharan African settings: the African Breast Cancer - Disparities in Outcomes (ABC-DO) Cohort Study.  Int J Cancer. 2020 Nov 16. doi: 10.1002/ijc.33400. Online ahead of print.PMID: 33197280
  54. Long KL, Galukande M, Kyamanywa P, Tarpley MJ, Dodgion C; Global Affairs Committee of the Association for Academic Surgery Developing Research Potential and Building Partnerships: A Report of the Fundamentals of Surgical Research Course at the College of Surgeons of East, Central, and Southern Africa. J Surg Res. 2020 Dec 2;259:34-38.        10.1016/j.jss.2020.11.020     11.020. Online ahead of print.PMID: 33278795
  55. Rogawski McQuade ET, Liu J, Kang G, Kosek MN, Lima AAM, Bessong PO, Samie A, Haque R, Mduma ER, Shrestha S, Leite JP, Bodhidatta L, Iqbal N, Page N, Kiwelu I, Bhutta Z, Ahmed T, Houpt ER, Platts-Mills JA Protection From Natural Immunity Against Enteric Infections and Etiology-Specific Diarrhea in a Longitudinal Birth Cohort. J Infect Dis. 2020 Nov 9;222(11):1858-1868. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiaa031.PMID: 31984416 
  56. McMurry TL, McQuade ETR, Liu J, Kang G, Kosek MN, Lima AAM, Bessong PO, Samie A, Haque R, Mduma ER, Leite JP, Bodhidatta L, Iqbal N, Page N, Kiwelu I, Bhutta ZA, Ahmed T, Houpt ER, Platts-Mills JA  Patterns of acquired HIV-1 drug resistance mutations and predictors of virological failure in Moshi, Northern Tanzania. PLoS One. 2020 Sep 28;15(9):e0232649. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0232649. eCollection 2020.PMID: 32986709 
  57. McMurry TL, McQuade ETR, Liu J, Kang G, Kosek MN, Lima AAM, Bessong PO, Samie A, Haque R, Mduma ER, Leite JP, Bodhidatta L, Iqbal N, Page N, Kiwelu I, Bhutta ZA, Ahmed T, Houpt ER, Platts-Mills JA Duration of post-diarrheal enteric pathogen carriage in young children in low-resource settings. Clin Infect Dis. 2020 Oct 9:ciaa1528. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa1528.  Online ahead of print.PMID: 33033835
  58. Madebe R, Kiwelu I, Ndaro A, Francis F, Baraka V, Theilgaard Z, Katzenstein  Herpes Simplex virus type 2 seroprevalence and risk factors among adolescents and youth with HIV-1 in Northern, Tanzania.  J Infect Dev Ctries. 2020 Apr 30;14(4):398-403. doi: 10.3855/jidc.11599.PMID: 32379718 
  59. Namusobya M, Russell L, de Sousa E, Osaigbovo II, Kwizera R, Baluku JB. Estimation of the burden of tinea capitis among children in Africa. Bongomin F, Olum R, Nsenga L, Mycoses. 2020 Nov 29. doi: 10.1111/myc.13221 

 Book chapter

Amone-P’Olak, K. (2020: In Press). Harnessing the human capital of the youth through education and work in the aftermath of the LRA war in northern Uganda. In Zeelen, J., & vd Lindern J. (Eds). Youth, Education and Work in Post-conflict Areas. Sense Publishers. 

2019

  1. Mboowa G and Sserwadda I Role of genomics literacy in reducing the burden of common genetic diseases in Africa Molecular Genetics and Genetic Medicine 2019 DOI: 10.1002/mgg3.776
  2. Richard Kwizera, Fiona V. Cresswell, Enock Kagimu, Ananta S. Bangdiwala, Darlisha A. Williams, Joshua Rhein, David R. Boulware, David B. Meya. Performance of Lipoarabinomannan Assay using Cerebrospinal fluid for the diagnosis of Tuberculous meningitis among HIV patients. Wellcome Open Research 2019, 4:123 Last updated: 09 SEP 2019
  3. Felix Bongomin, Richard Kwizera, Angella Atukunda, Bruce J. Kirenga. Cor pulmonale complicating chronic pulmonary aspergillosis with fatal consequences: Experience from Uganda. Medical Mycology Case Reports 25 (2019) 22–24
  4. Ahimbisibwe, R Kwizera, JF Ndyetukira, F Kugonza, A Sadiq, KH Hullsiek, DA. Williams, J Rhein, DR Boulware, DB Meya. Management of amphotericin-inducedphlebitis among HIV patients with cryptococcal meningitis in a resource-limited setting: a prospective cohort study. BMC Infectious Diseases (2019) 19:558 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-019-4209-7
  5. MA Awale, T Makumbi, G Rukundo, GK Kurigamba, G Kisuze, D Semakula, M Galukande. Postoperative Sepsis Among HIV-Positive Patients with Acute Abdomen at Tertiary Hospital in Sub-Saharan Africa: a Prospective Study SN Comprehensive Clinical Medicine https://doi.org/10.1007/s42399-019-00061-w
  6. *Kwizera R, R, Musaazi J, Meya DB, Worodria W, Bwanga F, Kajumbula H, Fowler SJ, Kirenga BJ, Gore R, Denning DW. (2019) Burden of fungal asthma in Africa: A systematic review and meta-analysis. PLoS ONE 14(5): e0216568.
  7. Makanda M, Kemunto G, Wamuyu L, Bargul JL, Muema J,  Mutunga J. Diversity and Molecular Characterization of Mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) in selected ecological regions in Kenya. [version 1; referees: awaiting peer review]. F1000Research 2019, 8:262 (https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.18262.1)
  8. *Mayito J, Andia I, Belay M, Jolliffe DA, Kateete DP, Reece ST, and Martineau AR. Anatomic and Cellular Niches for Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Latent Tuberculosis Infection. The Journal of Infectious Diseases, jiy579, https://doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jiy579
  9. Bongomin F, Kwizera R, Denning DWGetting Histoplasmosis on the Map of International Recommendations for Patients with Advanced HIV Disease.J Fungi (Basel). 2019 Sep 2;5(3). pii: E80. doi: 10.3390/jof5030080.
  10. Amone-P Olak, K., Boitumelo, V. & Mberengwa, D.S. (2019). Cognitive emotion regulation strategies and mental health problems in war-affected youth in Northern Uganda: findings from the WAYS study. Journal of Mental Health, 28(2):125-131. https://doi.org/10.1080/09638237.2017.1385745 

  11. Aruhomukama D, Sserwadda I, Mboowa G.   Investigating colistin drug resistance: The role of high-throughput sequencing and bioinformatics Version 2. F1000Res. 2019 Feb 4 [revised 2019 Jan 1];8:150. doi: 10.12688/f1000research.18081.2. eCollection 2019. Review.

  12. Ragazzoni L, Kwizera A, Caviglia M, Bodas M, Franc JM, Ssemmanda H, Ripoll-Gallardo A, Della-Corte F, Alenyo-Ngabirano A. Intra-operative low-dose ketamine does not reduce the cost of post-operative pain management after surgery: a randomized controlled trial in a low-income country.  Afr Health Sci. 2019 Dec;19(4):3127-3135. doi: 10.4314/ahs.v19i4.35.

  13.  Kwizera A, Kissoon N, Musa N, Urayeneza O, Mujyarugamba P, Patterson AJ, Harmon L, Farmer JC, Dünser MW, Meier J;  A Machine Learning-Based Triage Tool for Children With Acute Infection in a Low Resource Setting. “Sepsis in Resource-Limited Nations” Task Force of the Surviving Sepsis Campaign.  Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2019 Dec;20(12):e524-e530. doi: 10.1097/PCC.0000000000002121.

  14. Ssemogerere L, Sendagire C, Mbabazi C, Namungoma Y, Oketayot AN, Namuyonga J, Mijumbi C, Nkwine R, Othin M, Oketcho M, Magala JP, Lwabi P, Kwizera A, Dünser MW, Najjuka CF.  Hand Colonization with Gram-Negative Organisms of Healthcare Workers Accessing the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit: A Cross-Sectional Study at the Uganda Heart Institute. Crit Care Res Pract. 2019 Oct 9;2019:6081954. doi: 10.1155/2019/6081954. eCollection 2019  PMID: 31687206

  15. Kavuma Mwanje A, Ejoku J, Ssemogerere L, Lubulwa C, Namata C, Kwizera A, Wabule A, Okello E, Kizito S, Lubikire A, Sendagire C, Andia Biraro I.  Association between CD4 T cell counts and the immune status among adult critically ill HIV-negative patients in intensive care units in Uganda.  AAS Open Res. 2019 Jan 8;2:2. doi: 10.12688/aasopenres.12925.1. PMID:31517248 

  16. Tino S, Wekesa C, Kamacooko O, Makhoba A, Mwebaze R, Bengo S, Nabwato R, Kigongo A, Ddumba E, Mayanja BN, Kaleebu P, Newton R, Nyerinda M.Predictors of loss to follow up among patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus attending a private not for profit urban diabetes clinic in Uganda - a descriptive retrospective study.BMC Health Serv Res. 2019 Aug 23;19(1):598. doi: 10.1186/s12913-019-4415-4. PMID:31443649 Free PMC Article

  17. Davis C, Mgomella GS, da Silva Filipe A, Frost EH, Giroux G, Hughes J, Hogan C, Kaleebu P, Asiki G, McLauchlan J, Niebel M, Ocama P, Pomila C, Pybus OG, Pépin J, Simmonds P, Singer JB, Sreenu VB, Wekesa C, Young EH, Murphy DG, Sandhu M, Thomson EC. Highly Diverse Hepatitis C Strains Detected in Sub-Saharan Africa Have Unknown Susceptibility to Direct-Acting Antiviral Treatments. Hepatology. 2019 Apr;69(4):1426-1441. doi: 10.1002/hep.30342. Epub 2019 Mar 22. PMID:30387174 Free PMC Article
  18. Foerster M, Anderson BO, McKenzie F, Galukande M, Anele A, Adisa C, Zietsman A, Schuz J, Dos Santos Silva I, McCormack V. Inequities in breast cancer treatment in sub-Saharan Africa: findings from a prospective multi-country observational study.Breast Cancer Res. 2019 Aug 13;21(1):93. doi: 10.1186/s13058-019-1174-4. PMID: 31409419Free PMC Article 
  19. Tran TM, Fuller AT, Butler EK, Muhumuza C, Ssennono VF, Vissoci JR, Makumbi F, Chipman JG, Galukande M, Haglund MM, Luboga S. Surgical need among the ageing population of Uganda. Afr Health Sci. 2019 Mar;19(1):1778-1788. doi: 10.4314/ahs.v19i1.54. PMID: 31149008 Free PMC Article 

  20. Butler EK, Tran TM, Fuller AT, Muhumuza C, Williams S, Vissoci JRN, Luboga S, Haglund MM, Makumbi F, Galukande M, Chipman JG. Optimizing Care for Ugandans with Untreated Abdominal Surgical Conditions.Ann Glob Health. 2019 Apr 1;85(1). pii: 50. doi: 10.5334/aogh.2427. PMID:30951271 Free PMC Article

  21. *Kidambasi KO, Masiga DK, Villinger, Carrington J. Bargul JLDetection of blood pathogens in camels and their associated ectoparasitic camel biting keds, Hippobosca camelina: the potential application of keds in xenodiagnosis of camel haemopathogens [version 1; peer review: awaiting peer review]. AAS Open Res 2019, 2:164 (https://doi.org/10.12688/aasopenres.13021.1)
  22. Wampande EM, Naniima P, Mupere E, Kateete DP, Malone LL, Stein CM, Mayanja-Kizza H, Gagneux S, Boom H, Joloba ML. Genetic variability and consequence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis lineage 3 in Kampala-Uganda. PLoSONE 2019: 14(9): e0221644. https://doi. org/10.1371/journal.pone.0221644
  23. Chesdachai S, Rajasingham R, Nicol MR, Meya DB, Bongomin F, Abassi M, Skipper C, Kwizera R, Rhein J, Boulware DR. Minimum Inhibitory Concentration Distribution of Fluconazole against Cryptococcus Species and the Fluconazole Exposure Prediction Model. .Open Forum Infect Dis. 2019 Oct 1;6(10):ofz369. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofz369.PMID: 31420668 Free PMC article.
  24. Cresswell FV, Tugume L, Bahr NC, Kwizera R, Bangdiwala AS, Musubire AK, Rutakingirwa M, Kagimu E, Nuwagira E, Mpoza E, Rhein J, Williams DA, Muzoora C, Grint D, Elliott AM, Meya DB, Boulware DR; ASTRO-CM team Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra for the diagnosis of HIV-associated tuberculous meningitis: a prospective validation study. Lancet Infect Dis. 2020 Mar;20(3):308-317. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(19)30550-X. Epub 2020 Jan 7.PMID: 31924549
  25. Ssebambulidde K, Bangdiwala AS, Kwizera R, Kandole TK, Tugume L, Kiggundu R, Mpoza E, Nuwagira E, Williams DA, Lofgren SM, Abassi M, Musubire AK, Cresswell FV, Rhein J, Muzoora C, Hullsiek KH, Boulware DR, Meya DB; Adjunctive Sertraline for Treatment of HIV-associated Cryptococcal Meningitis Team.  Symptomatic Cryptococcal Antigenemia Presenting as Early Cryptococcal Meningitis With Negative Cerebral Spinal Fluid Analysis. Clin Infect Dis. 2019 May 30;68(12):2094-2098. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciy817.PMID: 30256903 Free PMC article.
  26. Zaake D, Kayiira A, Namagembe IPerceptions, expectations and challenges among men during in vitro fertilization treatment in a low resource setting: a qualitative studyFertil Res Pract. 2019 Jul 4;5:6. doi: 10.1186/s40738-019-0058-8. eCollection 2019.PMID: 31312510 Free PMC article.
  27. Davis C, Mgomella GS, da Silva Filipe A, Frost EH, Giroux G, Hughes J, Hogan C, Kaleebu P, Asiki G, McLauchlan J, Niebel M, Ocama P, Pomila C, Pybus OG, Pépin J, Simmonds P, Singer JB, Sreenu VB, Wekesa C, Young EH, Murphy DG, Sandhu M, Thomson EC.  Highly Diverse Hepatitis C Strains Detected in Sub-Saharan Africa Have Unknown Susceptibility to Direct-Acting Antiviral Treatments Hepatology. 2019 Apr;69(4):1426-1441. doi: 10.1002/hep.30342. Epub 2019 Mar 22.PMID: 30387174
  28. McHenry ML, Bartlett J, Igo RP Jr, Wampande EM, Benchek P, Mayanja-Kizza H, Fluegge K, Hall NB, Gagneux S, Tishkoff SA, Wejse C, Sirugo G, Boom WH, Joloba M, Williams SM, Stein CM.Interaction between host genes and Mycobacterium tuberculosis lineage can affect tuberculosis severity: Evidence for coevolution?PLoS Genet. 2020 Apr 30;16(4):e1008728. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1008728. eCollection 2020 Apr.PMID: 32352966
  29. Namagembe I, Jackson LW, Zullo MD, Frank SH, Byamugisha JK, Sethi AK. 
    Consumption of alcoholic beverages among pregnant urban Ugandan women Matern Child Health J. 2010 Jul;14(4):492-500. doi: 10.1007/s10995-009-0500-3. Epub 2009 Jul 23.PMID: 19629663 Free PMC article.

 

Book Chapter

Schultz MJ,   MW, Dondorp AM, Adhikari NKJ, Iyer S, Kwizera A, Lubell Y, Papali A, Pisani L, Riviello ED, Angus DC, Azevedo LC, Baker T, Diaz JV, Festic E, Haniffa R, Jawa R, Jacob ST, Kissoon N, Lodha R, Martin-Loeches I, Lundeg G, Misango D, Mer M, Mohanty S, Murthy S, Musa N, Nakibuuka J, Neto AS, Mai NTH, Thien BN, Pattnaik R, Phua J, Preller J, Povoa P, Ranjit S, Talmor D, Thevanayagam J, Thwaites CL.  Current Challenges in the Management of Sepsis in ICUs in Resource-Poor Settings and Suggestions for the Future.  In: Dondorp AM, Dünser MW, Schultz MJ, editors. Sepsis Management in Resource-limited Settings [Internet]. Cham (CH): Springer; 2019. Chapter 1.  2019 Feb 9.

Thwaites CL, Lundeg G, Dondorp AM, Adhikari NKJ, Nakibuuka J, Jawa R, Mer M, Murthy S, Schultz MJ, Thien BN, Kwizera AInfection Management in Patients with Sepsis and Septic Shock in Resource-Limited Settings. In: Dondorp AM, Dünser MW, Schultz MJ, editors. Sepsis Management in Resource-limited Settings [Internet]. Cham (CH): Springer; 2019. Chapter 8. 2019 Feb 9

Mer M, Schultz MJ, Adhikari NKJ, Kwizera A, Mohanty S, Dondorp AM, Neto AS, Preller J.  Core Elements of General Supportive Care for Patients with Sepsis and Septic Shock in Resource-Limited Settings.  In: Dondorp AM, Dünser MW, Schultz MJ, editors. Sepsis Management in Resource-limited Settings [Internet]. Cham (CH): Springer; 2019. Chapter 5.  2019 Feb 9.

Kwizera A, Adhikari NKJ, Angus DC, Dondorp AM, Dünser MW, Festic E, Haniffa R, Kissoon N, Martin-Loeches I, Lundeg G.Mer M, Schultz MJ, Adhikari NKJ, Kwizera A, Mohanty S, Dondorp AM, Neto AS, Preller J. Sepsis Management in Resource-limited Settings [Internet]  In: Dondorp AM, Dünser MW, Schultz MJ, editors. Sepsis Management in Resource-limited Settings [Internet]. Cham (CH): Springer; 2019. Chapter 4. 2019 Feb 9.

 

2018

  1. G. Mboowa, I. Sserwadda, M. Amujal, N. Namatovu. Human Genomic Loci Important in Common Infectious Diseases: Role of High-Throughput Sequencing and Genome-Wide Association Studies. Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology Volume 2018 , Article ID 1875217 https://doi.org/10.1155/2018/1875217
  2. Retshabile G, Mlotshwa BC, Williams L, Mwesigwa S, Mboowa G, Huang Z, Rustagi N, Swaminathan S, Katagirya E, Kyobe S, Wayengera M, Kisitu GP, Kateete DP, Wampande EM, Maplanka K, Kasvosve I, Pettitt ED, Matshaba M, Nsangi B, Marape M, Tsimako-Johnstone M, Brown CW, Yu F, Kekitiinwa A, Joloba M, Mpoloka SW, Mardon G, Anabwani G, Hanchard NA; (2018) Whole-Exome Sequencing Reveals Uncaptured Variation and Distinct Ancestry in the Southern African Population of Botswana.  May 3;102(5):731-743. doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2018.03.010. Epub 2018 Apr 26.
  3. Amone-P’Olak, K., & Elklit, A. (2018, April 26). Interpersonal Sensitivity as Mediator of the Relations Between War Experiences and Mental Illness in War-Affected Youth in Northern Uganda: Findings from the WAYS Study. Traumatology. Advance online publication. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/trm0000145.
  4. Igaga EN, Sendagire C, Kizito S, Obua D, Kwizera A.World Health Organization Surgical Safety Checklist: Compliance and Associated Surgical Outcomes in Uganda's Referral Hospitals. Analg. 2018 Jul 27. doi: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000003672. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 30059396
  5. Otu A, Hashmi M, Mukhtar AM, Kwizera ATiberi S, Macrae B, Zumla A, Dünser MW, Mer M.  The Critically Ill patient with Tuberculosis in intensive care: clinical presentations, management and infection control   J Crit Care. 2018 Jun;45:184-196. doi: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2018.03.015. Epub 2018 Mar 13. Review.
  6. Kwizera A, Baelani I, Mer M, Kissoon N, Schultz MJ, Patterson AJ, Musa N, Farmer JC, Dünser MW; The long sepsis journey in low- and middle-income countries begins with a first step...but on which road?Sepsis in Resource-Limited Settings Workgroup of the Surviving Sepsis Campaign. Crit Care. 2018 Mar 9;22(1):64. doi: 10.1186/s13054-018-1987-z. No abstract available. PMID: 29523184
  7.  Mboowa G, Mwesigwa S, Katagirya E et al. The Collaborative African Genomics Network (CAfGEN): Applying Genomic technologies to probe host factors important to the progression of HIV and HIV-tuberculosis infection in sub-Saharan Africa [version 2; peer review: 2 approved]. AAS Open Res 2018, 1:3(https://doi.org/10.12688/aasopenres.12832.2)
  8. Kwizera R, Akampurira AKandole TKNabaggala MSWilliams DAKambugu AMeya DBRhein JBoulware DRASTRO Team. Evaluation of trypan blue stain in the TC20 automated cell counter as a point-of-care for the enumeration of viable cryptococcal cells in cerebrospinal fluid. Med Mycol. 2018 Jul 1;56(5):559-564. doi: 10.1093/mmy/myx076.
  9. Ssebambulidde K, Bangdiwala AS, Kwizera R, Kandole TK, Tugume L, Kiggundu R, Mpoza E, Nuwagira E, Williams DA, Lofgren SM, Abassi M, Musubire AK, Cresswell FV, Rhein J, Muzoora C, Hullsiek KH, Boulware DR, Meya DB; ASTRO-CM team. Symptomatic cryptococcal antigenemia presenting as early cryptococcal meningitis with negative CSF analysis. Clin Infect Dis. 2018 Sep 25. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciy817. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 30256903
  10. Kakooza-Mwesige A, Tshala-Katumbay D, Juliano SL. Viral infections of the central nervous system in Africa. Brain Res Bull. 2019 Jan 15. pii: S0361-9230(18)30341-1. doi: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2018.12.019 PMID: 306581292.         
  11. Okubo T, Yossapol M, Maruyama F, Wampande EM, Kakooza S, Ohya K,  Tsuchida S,  Asai T,  Kabasa JD, Ushida K. Phenotypic and genotypic analyses of antimicrobial resistant bacteria in livestock in Uganda. Transbound Emerg Dis, 2018.
  12. Ssekatawa K, Byarugaba DK, Wampande E, Ejobi F.A systematic review: the current status of carbapenem resistance in East Africa.BMC Res Notes. 2018 Aug 31;11(1):629. doi: 10.1186/s13104-018-3738-2. PMID:30170613 Free PMC Article

  13. Mugisa GA, Kiondo P and Namagembe ISingle dose ceftriaxone and metronidazole versus multiple doses for antibiotic prophylaxis at elective caesarean section in Mulago hospital: A randomized clinical trial AAS Open Research 2018, 1:11 (doi: 10.12688/aasopenres.12849.1)
  14. Olusanya BO, Davis AC, Wertlieb D, Nem-Yun Boo, Nair MKC, Halpern R, Kuper H, Breinbauer C, Petrus J de Vries, Gladstone M, Halfon N, Kancherla V, Mulaudzi MC, Kakooza-Mwesige A et al.  Developmental disabilities among children younger than 5 years in 195 countries and territories, 1990– 2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016. Lancet Glob Health 2018 Published Online August 29, 2018 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/ S2214-109X(18)30309-7
  15. Amone-P’Olak, K., Elklit, A., & Dokkedahl, S. B. (2018). PTSD, Mental Illness, and Care Among Survivors of Sexual Violence in Northern Uganda: Findings From the WAYS Study. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 10(3):282-289. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/tra0000295.
  16. Sserwadda I, Lukenge M, Mwambi B, Mboowa G, Walusimbi A, Segujja F. Microbial contaminants isolated from items and work surfaces in the post- operative ward at Kawolo general hospital, Uganda. BMC Infect Dis. 2018 Feb 6;18(1):68. doi: 10.1186/s12879-018-2980-5.

  17. Urayeneza O, Mujyarugamba P, Rukemba Z, Nyiringabo V, Ntihinyurwa P, Baelani JI, Kwizera A, Bagenda D, Mer M, Musa N, Hoffman JT, Mudgapalli A, Porter AM, Kissoon N, Ulmer H, Harmon LA, Farmer JC, Dünser MW, Patterson AJ  Increasing evidence-based interventions in patients with acute infections in a resource-limited setting: a before-and-after feasibility trial in Gitwe, Rwanda. Sepsis in Resource-Limited Nations Workgroup of the Surviving Sepsis Campaign. Intensive Care Med. 2018 Sep;44(9):1436-1446. doi: 10.1007/s00134-018-5266-x. Epub 2018 Jun 28.PMID:29955924

  18. Facciorusso A, Roy S, Livadas S, Fevrier-Paul A, Wekesa C, Kilic ID, Chaurasia AK, Sadeq M, Muscatiello N.Nonselective Beta-Blockers Do Not Affect Survival in Cirrhotic Patients with Ascites.Dig Dis Sci. 2018 Jul;63(7):1737-1746. doi: 10.1007/s10620-018-5092-6. Epub 2018 May 3. Review. PMID:29725793

  19. Bearden A, Fuller AT, Butler EK, Tran T, Makumbi F, Luboga S, Muhumuza C, Ssennono V, Galukande M, Haglund M, Smith ER. Rural and urban differences in treatment status among children with surgical conditions in Uganda. PLoS One. 2018 Nov 1;13(11):e0205132. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0205132. eCollection 2018.PMID: 30383756 Free PMC Article

  20. McKenzie F, Zietsman A, Galukande M, Anele A, Adisa C, Parham G, Pinder L, Dos Santos Silva I, McCormack V. Breast cancer awareness in the sub-Saharan African ABC-DO cohort: African Breast Cancer-Disparities in Outcomes study. Cancer Causes Control. 2018 Aug;29(8):721-730. doi: 10.1007/s10552-018-1047-7. Epub 2018 Jul 6. PMID:29980984

  21. McKenzie F, Zietsman A, Galukande M, Anele A, Adisa C, Parham G, Pinder L, Cubasch H, Joffe M, Kidaaga F, Lukande R, Offiah AU, Egejuru RO, Shibemba A, Schuz J, Anderson BO, Dos Santos Silva I, McCormack V. Drivers of advanced stage at breast cancer diagnosis in the multicountry African breast cancer - disparities in outcomes (ABC-DO) study. Int J Cancer. 2018 Apr 15;142(8):1568-1579. doi: 10.1002/ijc.31187. Epub 2017 Dec 23. PMID:29197068Free PMC Article

  22. Ahmadzia H, Cigna S, Namagembe I, Macri C, Galerneau F, Magriples U.  Teaching obstetric ultrasound at Mulago Hospital - Kampala, Uganda Afr Health Sci. 2018 Mar;18(1):166-171. doi: 10.4314/ahs.v18i1.21.PMID: 29977270

Published Book Chapter

24. Amone-P’Olak, K. (2018). Burning the bridge: recruitment and indoctrination of children in Northern Uganda by the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA). In Overland, G.; Andersen, A.; Førde, K. E.; Grødum, K.; and Salomonsen, J. (eds). Violent Extremism in the 21st Century: International Perspectives. Cambridge Scholars Publishing: Newcastle. pp. 159-182. ISBN-13:978-1-5275-1580-2 and ISBN-10:1-5275-1580-X. 

2017

  1. A Kakooza-Mwesige, D Ndyomugyenyi, G Pariyo, SS Peterson, PM Waiswa, E Galiwango, E Chengo, R Odhiambo, D Ssewanyana, C Bottomley, AK Ngugi, C RJC Newton, and a on behalf of the SEEDS Writing Group Epilepsia. Adverse perinatal events, treatment gap, and positive family history linked to the high burden of active convulsive epilepsy in Uganda: A population-based study Open, **(*):1–11, 2017 doi: 10.1002/epi4.12048
  2.  Kwizera R, Akampurira A, Kandole TK, Nielsen K, Kambugu A, Meya DB, Boulware DR, Rhein J and on behalf of the ASTRO-CM Study Team. Evaluation of Trypan Blue stain in a Haemocytometer for rapid detection of Cerebrospinal fluid sterility in HIV patients with Cryptococcal Meningitis. BMC Microbiology (2017) 17:182 DOI 10.1186/s12866-017-1093-4. Kwizera R, Akampurira A, Kambugu A, Boulware R, Meya DB. Acridine orange fluorescent microscopy is more sensitive than India ink light microscopy in the rapid detection of cryptococcosis among CrAg positive HIV patients. PLOS One 2017 (In Press).
  3. Mlotshwa, B. C., Mwesigwa, S., Mboowa, G., Williams, L., Retshabile, G., Kekitiinwa, A., ... & Mardon, G. (2017). The collaborative African genomics network training program: a trainee perspective on training the next generation of African scientists. Genet Med. 2017 Jul; 19(7): 826–833
  4. Smith ER, Vissoci RJ, Hernandes Rocha AT, Tran MT , Anthony T. Fuller, Elissa K. Butler, Luciano de Andrade, Makumbi F , Luboga S, Muhumuza C , Namanya BD , Chipman JG, Galukande M, Haglund MM. Geospatial analysis of unmet pediatric surgical need in Uganda. J Pediatr Surg , June 2017 http://dx.doi.org/ 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2017.03.045.
  5. Galukande M, Nakaggwa F, Busisa E, Bbaale Sekavuga D, Nagaddya T, Coutinho A. Long term post PrePex male circumcision outcomes in an urban population in Uganda: a cohort study. BMC Research Notes Oct 2017; 10:522 https://doi.org/10.1186/s13104-017-2845-9  
  6. Mbiine R, Alenyo R, Kobusingye O, Kuteesa J, Nakanwagi C, HM Lekuya , Kituuka O, Galukande M. Intra-abdominal hypertension in severe burns: prevalence, incidence and mortality in a sub-Saharan African hospital. Int J Burn Trauma Oct 2017;7(6):80-87 PMC5665839
  7. Kwizera R, Parkes-Ratanshi R, Page ID, Sekaggya-Wiltshire C, Musaazi J, Fehr J, Castelnuovo B, Kambugu A, Denning DW: Elevated Aspergillus-specific antibody levels among HIV infected Ugandans with pulmonary tuberculosis. BMC Pulmonary Medicine 2017, 17(1):149.
  8. *Kinung’hi, S. M., Mazigo, H. D., Dunne, D. W., Kepha, S., Kaatano, G., Kishamawe, C., Nuwaha, F. (2017). Coinfection of intestinal schistosomiasis and malaria and association with haemoglobin levels and nutritional status in school children in Mara region, Northwestern Tanzania: a cross-sectional exploratory study. BMC Research Notes, 10, 583. http://doi.org/10.1186/s13104-017-2904-2
  9. *Mazigo, H. D., Nuwaha, F., Dunne, D. W., Kaatano, G. M., Angelo, T., Kepha, S., & Kinung’hi, S. M. (2017). Schistosoma mansoni Infection and Its Related Morbidity among Adults Living in Selected Villages of Mara Region, North-Western Tanzania: A Cross-Sectional Exploratory Study. The Korean Journal of Parasitology, 55(5), 533–540. http://doi.org/10.3347/kjp.2017.55.5.53
  10. Mazigo, H. D., Kepha, S., Kaatano, G. M., & Kinung’hi, S. M. (2017). Co-infection of Schistosoma mansoni/hepatitis C virus and their associated factors among adult individuals living in fishing villages, north-western Tanzania. BMC Infectious Diseases, 17, 668. http://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-017-2780-3
  11. Amone-P'Olak and Ovuga E The influence of types of war experiences on conduct problems in war-affected youth in Northern Ugandan: Findings from the WAYS study. Psychiatry Res 2017 Feb 3; 251:14-19 doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2017.01.092. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2017.01.092
  12. *Ronald Kiguba, Charles Karamagi, Sheila M Bird Incidence, risk factors and risk prediction of hospital-acquired suspected adverse drug reactions: a prospective cohort of Ugandan inpatients  BMJ Open. 2017; 7(1): e010568. Published online 2017 Jan 20. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-010568 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5253535/
  13. *Kiguba R, Karamagi C, Bird SM.Antibiotic -associated suspected adverse drug reactions among hospitalized patients in Uganda: a prospective cohort study. Pharmacol Res Perspect. 2017 Feb 17;5(2):e00298. doi: 10.1002/prp2.298. eCollection 2017 Apr.PMID: 28357124 Free PMC Article
  14. Amone-P’Olak, K., Elklit, A., & Dokkedahl, S. B. (2017, July 31). PTSD, Mental Illness, and Care Among Survivors of Sexual Violence in Northern Uganda: Findings From the WAYS Study. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy. Advance online publication. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/tra0000295
  15. Rujeni N, Morona D, Ruberanziza E, Mazigo H Schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiasis in Rwanda: an update on their epidemiology and control Infect Dis Poverty. 2017; 6: 8. Published online 2017 Mar 1. doi: 10.1186/s40249-016-0212-z https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5331630/?report=classic
  16. Amone-P’Olak, K., Dokkedahl, S. B., & Elklit, A. (2017). Post-traumatic Stress Disorder among child perpetrators and victims of violence from the Northern Uganda civil war: Findings from the WAYS study. Journal of Psychology in Africa, 27(3), 235-242. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14330237.2017.1321849.
  17. *Bwogi J, Jere KC, Karamagi C, Byarugaba DK, Namuwulya P, Baliraine FN, Desselberger U, Iturriza-Gomara M. Whole genome analysis of selected human and animal rotaviruses identified in Uganda from 2012 to 2014 reveals complex genome reassortment events between human, bovine, caprine and porcine strains. PLoS One. 2017 Jun 22;12(6):e0178855. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0178855. eCollection 2017.  https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28640820
  18. *Kinung'hi SM, Mazigo HD, Dunne DW, Kepha S, Kaatano G, Kishamawe C, Ndokeji S, Angelo T, Nuwaha F Coinfection of intestinal schistosomiasis and malaria and association with haemoglobin levels and nutritional status in school children in Mara region, Northwestern Tanzania: a cross-sectional exploratory study.BMC Res Notes. 2017 Nov 9;10(1):583. doi: 10.1186/s13104-017-2904-2.
  19. * Mazigo HD, Nuwaha F, Dunne DW, Kaatano GM, Angelo T, Kepha S, Kinung'hi SM. Schistosoma mansoni Infection and Its Related Morbidity among Adults Living in Selected Villages of Mara Region, North-Western Tanzania: A Cross-Sectional Exploratory Study.Korean J Parasitol. 2017 Oct;55(5):533-540. doi: 10.3347/kjp.2017.55.5.533. Epub 2017 Oct 31.
  20. Mazigo HD, Kepha S, Kaatano GM, Kinung'hi SM. Co-infection of Schistosoma mansoni/hepatitis C virus and their associated factors among adult individuals living in fishing villages, north-western Tanzania. BMC Infect Dis. 2017 Oct 10;17(1):668. doi: 10.1186/s12879-017-2780-3.
  21. Mazigo HD, Rumisha SF, Chiduo MG, Bwana VM, Mboera LE  Malaria among rice farming communities in Kilangali village, Kilosa district, Central Tanzania: prevalence, intensity and associated factors. Infect Dis Poverty. 2017 Jul 5;6(1):101. doi: 10.1186/s40249-017-0315-1
  22. Bulamba F, Kintu A, Ayupo N, Kojjo C, Ssemogerere L, Wabule A, Kwizera A. Achieving the Recommended Endotracheal Tube Cuff Pressure: A Randomized Control Study Comparing Loss of Resistance Syringe to Pilot Balloon Palpation.Anesthesiol Res Pract. 2017;2017:2032748. doi: 10.1155/2017/2032748. Epub 2017 Dec 31.

  23. Luggya TS, Roche T, Ssemogerere L, Kintu A, Kasumba JM, Kwizera A, Tindimwebwa JV. Effect of low-dose ketamine on post-operative serum IL-6 production among elective surgical patients: a randomized clinical trial.Afr Health Sci. 2017 Jun;17(2):500-507. doi: 10.4314/ahs.v17i2.25 PMID: 29062346 Free PMC Article

  24. Shrestha GS, Kwizera A, Lundeg G, Baelani JI, Azevedo LCP, Pattnaik R, Haniffa R, Gavrilovic S, Mai NTH, Kissoon N, Lodha R, Misango D, Neto AS, Schultz MJ, Dondorp AM, Thevanayagam J, Dünser MW, Alam AKMS, Mukhtar AM, Hashmi M, Ranjit S, Otu A, Gomersall C, Amito J, Vaeza NN, Nakibuuka J, Mujyarugamba P, Estenssoro E, Ospina-Tascón GA, Mohanty S, Mer M. International Surviving Sepsis Campaign guidelines 2016: the perspective from low-income and middle-income countries.Lancet Infect Dis. 2017 Sep;17(9):893-895. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(17)30453-X. No abstract available. PMID:28845789

  25. Agaba P, Tumukunde J, Tindimwebwa JVB, Kwizera ANosocomial bacterial infections and their antimicrobial susceptibility patterns among patients in Ugandan intensive care units: a cross sectional study. BMC Res Notes. 2017 Jul 28;10(1):349. doi: 10.1186/s13104-017-2695-5. PMID: 28754148 Free PMC Article

  26. Ayebale ET, Kwizera A, Mijumbi C, Kizito S, Roche AM.  Ayebale ET, Kwizera A, Mijumbi C, Kizito S, Roche AM. Ringer's Lactate Versus Normal Saline in Urgent Cesarean Delivery in a Resource-Limited Setting: A Pragmatic Clinical Trial. Anesth Analg. 2017 Aug;125(2):533-539. doi:10.1213/ANE.0000000000002229. PMID: 28682955

  27.  Schultz MJ, Dunser MW, Dondorp AM, Adhikari NK, Iyer S, Kwizera A, Lubell Y, Papali A, Pisani L, Riviello BD, Angus DC, Azevedo LC, Baker T, Diaz JV, Festic E, Haniffa R, Jawa R, Jacob ST, Kissoon N, Lodha R, Martin-Loeches I, Lundeg G, Misango D, Mer M, Mohanty S, Murthy S, Musa N, Nakibuuka J, Serpa Neto A, Nguyen Thi Hoang M, Nguyen Thien B, Pattnaik R, Phua J, Preller J, Povoa P, Ranjit S, Talmor D, Thevanayagam J, Thwaites CL; Global Intensive Care Working Group of the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine. Current challenges in the management of sepsis in ICUs in resource-poor settings and suggestions for the future. Intensive Care Med. 2017 May;43(5):612-624. doi: 10.1007/s00134-017-4750-z. Epub 2017 Mar 27. Review. PMID:2834917

  28. Mehta S, Burns KEA, Machado FR, Fox-Robichaud AE, Cook DJ, Calfee CS, Ware LB, Burnham EL, Kissoon N, Marshall JC, Mancebo J, Finfer S, Hartog C, Reinhart K, Maitland K, Stapleton RD, Kwizera A, Amin P, Abroug F, Smith O, Laake JH, Shrestha GS, Herridge MS. Gender Parity in Critical Care Medicine. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2017 Aug 15;196(4):425-429. doi: 10.1164/rccm.201701-0076CP. Review. PMID:28240961 Free PMC Article
  29. Sendagire C, Lipnick MS, Kizito S, Kruisselbrink R, Obua D, Ejoku J, Ssemogerere L, Nakibuuka J, Kwizera A.Feasibility of the modified sequential organ function assessment score in a resource-constrained setting: a prospective observational study PMID:28122489 Free PMC Article 
  30. Vudriko P, Okwee-Acai J, Tayebwa DS, Byaruhanga J, Kakooza S, Wampande E, Omara R, Muhindo JB, Tweyongyere R, Owiny DO, Hatta T, Tsuji N, Umemiya-Shirafuji R, Xuan X, Kanameda M, Fujisaki K, Suzuki H.Emergence of multi-acaricide resistant Rhipicephalus ticks and its implication on chemical tick control in Uganda. Parasit Vectors. 2016 Jan 4;9:4. doi: 10.1186/s13071-015-1278-3. PMID:26727991

  31. Wamulugwa J, Kakooza A, Kitaka SB, Nalugya J, Kaddumukasa M, Moore S, Sajatovic M, Katabira E. Prevalence and associated factors of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) among Ugandan children; a cross-sectional study.Child Adolesc Psychiatry Ment Health. 2017 Apr 14;11:18. doi: 10.1186/s13034-017-0155-6. eCollection 2017.PMID:28413441

  32. Tran TM, Fuller AT, Butler EK, Makumbi F, Luboga S, Muhumuza C, Ssennono VF, Chipman JG, Galukande M, Haglund MM. Burden of Surgical Conditions in Uganda: A Cross-sectional Nationwide Household Survey. Ann Surg. 2017 Aug;266(2):389-399. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000001970. PMID:27611619

  33. Farber SH, Vissoci JR, Tran TM, Fuller AT, Butler EK, Andrade L, Staton C, Makumbi F, Luboga S, Muhumuza C, Namanya DB, Chipman JG, Galukande M, Haglund MM.Geospatial Analysis of Unmet Surgical Need in Uganda: An Analysis of SOSAS Survey DataWorld J Surg. 2017 Feb;41(2):353-363. doi: 10.1007/s00268-016-3689-5.

2016

  1. *Josephine Bwogi, Samuel Malamba, Brian Kigozi, Prossy Namuwulya, Phionah Tushabe, Sarah Kiguli, Denis Karuhize Byarugaba, Ulrich Desselberger, Miren Iturriza-Gomara, Charles Karamagi. The epidemiology of rotavirus disease in under-five-year-old children hospitalized with acute diarrhea in central Uganda, 2012-2013. Archives of Virology (), 1-5. DOI 10.1007/s00705-015-2742-2. http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00705-015-2742-2.
  2. *Mwaka AD, Garimoi CO, Were EM, Roland M, Wabinga H, Lyratzopoulos G Social, demographic and healthcare factors associated with stage at diagnosis of cervical cancer: cross-sectional study in a tertiary hospital in Northern Uganda.BMJ Open. 2016 Jan 21;6(1):e007690. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-007690. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26801459 PMID: 26801459
  3. *Amone-P'Olak K, Lekhutlile TM, Ovuga E, Abbott RA, Meiser-Stedman R, Stewart DG, Jones PB Sexual violence and general functioning among formerly abducted girls in Northern Uganda: the mediating roles of stigma and community relations--the WAYS study.BMC Public Health. 2016 Jan 22;16:64. doi: 10.1186/s12889-016-2735-https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4722696/ PMID: 26801899
  4. *Kiguba R, Ononge S, Karamagi C, Bird SMHerbal medicine use and linked suspected adverse drug reactions in a prospective cohort of Ugandan inpatients.BMC Complement Altern Med. 2016 May 26;16:145. doi: 10.1186/s12906-016-1125-x. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/ PMC4881043/PMID: 27229463
  5. *Kiguba R, Karamagi C, Bird SM.Extensive antibiotic prescription rate among hospitalized patients in Uganda: but with frequent missed-dose days.J Antimicrob Chemother. 2016 Jun;71(6):1697-706. doi: 10.1093/jac/dkw025. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4867101/ : 269457122015
  6. *Mwaka AD, Orach CG, Were EM, Lyratzopoulos G, Wabinga H, Roland MAwareness of cervical cancer risk factors and symptoms: cross-sectional community survey in post-conflict northern Uganda.Health Expect. 2016 Aug;19(4):854-67. doi: 10.1111/hex.12382. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/ PMC4957614/ PMID: 2620547
  7. Galukande M, Wabinga H, Mirembe F, Karamagi C, Asea A. Breast Cancer Risk Factors among Ugandan Women at a Tertiary Hospital: A Case-Control Study. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4948678/ (6):356-62. doi: 10.1159/000445379.
  8. Smart LR, Orgenes N, Mazigo HD, Minde M, Hokororo A, Shakir M, Verweij JJ, Downs JA, Peck RN  Malaria and HIV among pediatric inpatients in two Tanzanian referral hospitals: A prospective study.  Acta Trop. 2016 Jul;159:36-43. doi: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2016.03.019. Epub 2016 Mar 18.
  9. *Kabagenyi A, Reid A, Ntozi J, Atuyambe L. Socio-cultural inhibitors to use of modern contraceptive techniques in rural Uganda: a qualitative study. Pan Afr Med J. 2016 Oct 17;25:78. doi: 10.11604/pamj.2016.25.78.6613. eCollection 2016.
    PMID: 28292041 Free PMC Article
  10. Kwizera ANabukenya M, Peter A, Semogerere L, Ayebale E, Katabira C, Kizito S, Nantume C, Clarke I, Nakibuuka J.
     Clinical Characteristics and Short-Term Outcomes of HIV Patients Admitted to an African Intensive Care Unit. Crit Care Res Pract. 2016;2016:2610873. Epub 2016 Oct 9 PMID:27800179 Free PMC Article
  11. Nakibuuka J, Sajatovic M, Nankabirwa J, Ssendikadiwa C, Kalema N, Kwizera A, Byakika-Tusiime J, Furlan AJ, Kayima J, Ddumba E, Katabira E. Effect of a 72 Hour Stroke Care Bundle on Early Outcomes after Acute Stroke: A Non Randomised Controlled Study. PLoS One. 2016 May 4;11(5):e0154333. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0154333. eCollection 2016. PMID: 27145035
  12. Kwizera A, Festic E, Dünser MW. What's new in sepsis recognition in resource-limited settings? Intensive Care Med. 2016 Dec;42(12):2030-2033. doi: 10.1007/s00134-016-4222-x. Epub 2016 Jan 29. No abstract available PMID: 26825954 Free PMC Article
  13. Kwizera A, Dünser MW.  A Global Perspective on Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome and the Truth about Hypoxia in Resource-limited Settings.Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2016 Jan 1;193(1):5-7. doi: 10.1164/rccm.201509-1819ED. No abstract available. PMID: 26720784
  14. Wekesa C, Asiki G, Kasamba I, Waswa L, Reynolds SJ, Nsubuga RN, Newton R, Kamali A.Atherogenic Risk Assessment among Persons Living in Rural Uganda. J Trop Med. 2016;2016:7073894. doi: 10.1155/2016/7073894. Epub 2016 Jun 22. PMID: 27418933 Free PMC Article
  15. Kruisselbrink R, Kwizera A, Crowther M, Fox-Robichaud A, O'Shea T, Nakibuuka J, Ssinabulya I, Nalyazi J, Bonner A, Devji T, Wong J, Cook D. Modified Early Warning Score (MEWS) Identifies Critical Illness among Ward Patients in a Resource Restricted Setting in Kampala, Uganda: A Prospective Observational Study. PLoS One. 2016 Mar 17;11(3):e0151408. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0151408. eCollection 2016 PMID:26986466 Free PMC Article  
  16. Kaddumukasa M, Kakooza A, Kayima J, Kaddumukasa MN, Ddumba E, Mugenyi L, Furlan A, Lhatoo S, Sajatovic M, Katabira E.Community knowledge of and attitudes toward epilepsy in rural and urban Mukono district, Uganda: A cross-sectional study.Epilepsy Behav. 2016 Jan;54:7-11. doi: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2015.10.023. Epub 2015 Nov 25.PMID:2661009
  17. Galukande M, Katamba A, Nakasujja N, Baingana R, Bateganya M, Hagopian A, Tavrow P, Barnhart S, Luboga S.Developing hospital accreditation standards in UgandaInt J Health Plann Manage. 2016 Jul;31(3):e204-18. doi: 10.1002/hpm.2317. Epub 2015 Oct 6. PMID:26439459
  18. McKenzie F, Zietsman A, Galukande M, Anele A, Adisa C, Cubasch H, Parham G, Anderson BO, Abedi-Ardekani B, Schuz J, Dos Santos Silva I, McCormack V. African Breast Cancer-Disparities in Outcomes (ABC-DO): protocol of a multicountry mobile health prospective study of breast cancer survival in sub-Saharan Africa. BMJ Open. 2016 Aug 23;6(8):e011390. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-011390. PMID:27554102 Free PMC Article
  19. Kwizera A, Tumukunde J, Ssemogerere L, Ayebale E, Agaba P, Yakubu J, Lubikire A, Nabukenya M, Kalyesubula R. Clinical Characteristics and 30-Day Outcomes of Intermittent Hemodialysis for Acute Kidney Injury in an African Intensive Care Unit.Biomed Res Int. 2016;2016:2015251. doi: 10.1155/2016/2015251. Epub 2016 Mar 3.PMID:27042657 Free PMC Article

  Book Chapter

Lapwoch, G. & Amone-P’Olak, K. (2016). Social Identity and Conflict in Northern Uganda. In McKeown, S., Haji, R., Ferguson, N. (eds). Understanding Peace and Conflict through Social Identity Theory. Springer International Publishing, pp. 185-198. DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-29869-6_12. ISBN-13: 978-3-319-29867-2 and ISBN-10: 978-3-319-29869-6. 

2015

  1. *Allen Kabagenyi, Alice Reid, Gideon Rutaremwa, Lynn M. Atuyambe and James P. M. Ntozi. Has Uganda experienced any stalled fertility transitions? Reflecting on the last four decades (1973–2011) Fertility Research and Practice 2015, 1:14 doi:10.1186/s40738-015-0006-1. http://www.fertilityresearchandpractice.com/content/1/1/14
  2. *Mwaka, A. D., Orach, C. G., Were, E. M., Lyratzopoulos, G., Wabinga, H., & Roland, M. (2015). Awareness of cervical cancer risk factors and symptoms: cross‐sectional community survey in post‐conflict northern Uganda. Health Expectations. doi: 10.1111/hex.12382
  3. *Mwaka AD, Okello ES, Wabinga H, Walter FMSymptomatic presentation with cervical cancer in Uganda: a qualitative study assessing the pathways to diagnosis in a low-income country BMC Womens Health. 2015;15:15. doi: 10.1186/s12905-015-0167-4. Epub 2015 Feb 18. PMID: 25783641 .http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4337099/
  4. Rutaremwa G, Kabagenyi A, Wandera SO, Jhamba T, Akiror E, Nviiri HL. BMC Public Health. 2015 Mar 18;15:262. doi: 10.1186/s12889-015-1611-y.
    Predictors of modern contraceptive use during the postpartum period among women in Uganda: a population-based cross sectional study.https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4372233/ Ref: 25885372 
  5. Wandera SO, Kwagala B, Ndugga P, Kabagenyi A. BMC Public Health. 2015 Mar 4;15:214. doi: 10.1186/s12889-015-1564-1.
    Partners' controlling behaviors and intimate partner sexual violence among married women in Uganda.https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4350635/ : 25884572 
  6. Odongo J, Makumbi T, Kalungi S, Galukande M. BMC Res Notes. 2015 Sep 22;8:467. doi: 10.1186/s13104-015-1438-8.
    Patient delay factors in women presenting with breast cancer in a low income country. Ref 26395344
  7. Galukande M, Wabinga H, Mirembe F.World J Surg Oncol. 2015 Jul 19;13:220. doi: 10.1186/s12957-015-0632-4.
    Breast cancer survival experiences at a tertiary hospital in sub-Saharan Africa: a cohort study. Re:26187151
    26.
  8. Butler EK, Tran TM, Fuller AT, Makumbi F, Luboga S, Kisakye S, Haglund MM, Chipman JG, Galukande M. Pilot study of a population-based survey to assess the prevalence of surgical conditions in Uganda. Surgery. 2015 Sep;158(3):764-72. doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2015.05.011. Epub 2015 Jun 16. PMID:26088920

  9. Elobu AE, Kintu A, Galukande M, Kaggwa S, Mijjumbi C, Tindimwebwa J, Roche A, Dubowitz G, Ozgediz D, Lipnick M Research in surgery and anesthesia: challenges for post-graduate trainees in Uganda.Educ Health (Abingdon). 2015 Jan-Apr;28(1):11-5. doi: 10.4103/1357-6283.161826. PMID: 26261108 Free Article

  10. *Humphrey D Mazigo, David W Dunne, Domenica Morona, Therese E Lutufyo, Safari M Kinung’hi, Geofrey Kaatano, Fred Nuwaha Periportal fibrosis, liver and spleen sizes among S. mansoni mono or co-infected individuals with human immunodeficiency virus-1 in fishing villages along Lake Victoria shores, North-Western, Tanzania Parasit Vectors. 2015; 8: 260. Published online 2015 May 7. doi: 10.1186/s13071-015-0876-4
    PMCID: PMC4424565
  11. Ruganuza DM, Mazigo HD, Waihenya R, Morona D, Mkoji GM. Parasit Vectors. 2015 Jul 16;8:377. doi: 10.1186/s13071-015-0997-9Schistosoma mansoni among pre-school children in Musozi village, Ukerewe Island, North-Western-Tanzania: prevalence and associated risk factors. Ref:26178484
  12. Kiguba R, Waako P, Ndagije HB, Karamagi C. Drugs Real World Outcomes. 2015 Sep 1;2(3):273-287. Medication Error Disclosure and Attitudes to Reporting by Healthcare Professionals in a Sub-Saharan African Setting: A Survey in Uganda.  Ref 26594614.
  13. *Ronald Kiguba, Charles Karamagi, Paul Waako, Helen B. Ndagije, Sheila M. Bird Rare, Serious, and Comprehensively Described Suspected Adverse Drug Reactions Reported by Surveyed Healthcare Professionals in Uganda PLoS One. 2015; 10(4): e0123974. Published online 2015 April 23. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0123974
    PMCID: PMC4408100
  14. *Amone-P'Olak K, Lekhutlile TM, Ovuga E, Abbott RA, Meiser-Stedman R, Stewart DG, Jones PB The effects of sexual violence on psychosocial outcomes in formerly abducted girls in Northern Uganda: the WAYS study.BMC Psychol. 2015 Dec 22;3:46. doi: 10.1186/s40359-015-0103-2.https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4689002/ : 26694601
  15. *Amone-P Olak K, Otim BN, Opio G, Ovuga E, Ovuga E, Meiser-Stedman R. War experiences and psychotic symptoms among former child soldiers in Northern Uganda: the mediating role of post-war hardships – the WAYS Study. South African Journal of Psychology 2015, 45(2) 155 –167. DOI: 10.1177/0081246314556567.
  16. Fuller AT, Butler EK, Tran TM, Makumbi F, Luboga S, Muhumza C, Chipman JG, Groen RS, Gupta S, Kushner AL, Galukande M, Haglund MM. Surgeons OverSeas Assessment of Surgical Need (SOSAS) Uganda: Update for Household Survey. World J Surg. 2015 Dec;39(12):2900-7. doi: 10.1007/s00268-015-3191-5. PMID:26316109

Book Chapter

Amone-P’Olak, K., Schnelker, C. & van der Bent, S. (2016). Rethinking education and training of war-affected youth in post-conflict situations. In Zeelen, J., vd Lindern, J., Blaak, M. & Tukundane, C. (Eds). Youth, Education and Work: Exploring New Pathways for Craftsmanship in a Globalised World. Sense Publishers. ISBN-13:978-90-367-9217-2 (hardback). 

2014

  1. *Wachira, S. W., Omar, S., Jacob, J. W., Wahome, M., Alborn, H. T., Spring, D. R., ... & Torto, B. (2014). Toxicity of six plant extracts and two pyridone alkaloids from Ricinus communis against the malaria vector Anopheles gambiae. Parasites Vectors, 7, 312-320.
  2. Mwaka A.D., Okello E.S. & Orach C.G. (2014) Barriers to biomedical care and use of traditional medicines for treatment of cervical cancer: an exploratory qualitative study in northern Uganda. Eur J Cancer Care (Engl). 2014 Jun 13. doi: 10.1111/ecc.12211
  3. Amos Deogratius Mwaka, Elialilia Sarikiaeli Okello, Juliet Kiguli and Elizeus Rutebemberwa. Understanding cervical cancer: an exploration of lay perceptions, beliefs and knowledge about cervical cancer among the Acholi in northern Uganda BMC Women's Health 2014, 14:84
  4. *Kiguba R, Karamagi C, Waako P, Ndagije HB, Bird SM Recognition and reporting of suspected adverse drug reactions by surveyed healthcare professionals in Uganda: key determinants. BMJ Open. 2014 Nov 24;4(11):e005869. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-005869
  5. *Mazigo HD, Dunne DW, Wilson S, Kinung’hi SM, Pinot de Moira A, Jones FM, Morona D, Nuwaha F: Co-infection with Schistosoma mansoni and HIV-1 among residents of fishing villages of North-western Tanzania. Parasites and Vectors (MS-14-000301 Dec 2014.
  6. *Mazigo HD, Dunne DW, Kinung’hi SM, Nuwaha F: Praziquantel efficacy against Schistosoma mansoni among HIV-1 infected and un-infected adult individuals in fishing villages along the Lake Victoria shores, north-western Tanzania. Infectious Diseases of Poverty Dec 2014
  7. *Amone-P’Olak, K Jan Stochl, Peter B Jones, Richard Meiser-Stedman, Tim J Croudace, Emilio Ovuga, The influence of different types of war experiences on depression and anxiety in a Ugandan Cohort of War-affected Youth: The WAYS Study, Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, (Journal article) Nov 2014
  8. *Amone-P’Olak, K, Peter Jones, Richard Meiser-Steadman, Rosemary Abbott; Paul Stephen Ayella-Ataro, Jackson Amone, Emilio Ovuga, War experiences, General Functioning, and Barriers to Care among War-affected Population in northern Uganda: The WAYS Study J Public Health (Oxf). 2014 Dec; 36(4): 568–576.
    Published online 2014 Jan 9. doi: 10.1093/pubmed/fdt126
  9. *Amone-P Olak K, Otim BN, Opio G, Ovuga E, Meiser-Stedman R. War experiences and psychotic symptoms among former child soldiers in Northern Uganda: the mediating role of post-war hardships – the WAYS Study. South African Journal of Psychology, Published Online first: [24 Oct 2014]. DOI:10.1177/0081246314556567 10.
  10. *Amone-P Olak K, Lekhutlile T, Meiser-Stedman R, Ovuga E. Mediators of the relation between war experiences and suicidal ideation among former child soldiers in Northern Uganda: the WAYS study. BMC Psychiatry. 2014 Sep 24;14 DOI:10.1186/s12888-014-0271-2
  11. *Amone-P'Olak K, Stochl J, Ovuga E, Abbott R, Meiser-Stedman R, Croudace TJ, Jones PB Postwar environment and long-term mental health problems in former child soldiers in Northern Uganda: the WAYS study. J Epidemiol Community Health. 2014 May;68(5):425-30. doi: 10.1136/jech-2013-203042.http://jech.bmj.com/content/68/5/425.long PMID: 24391205
  12. *Walter FMMwaka AD, Neal RD. Achieving earlier diagnosis of symptomatic cervical cancer. Br J Gen Pract. 2014 Oct;64(627):495-6. doi: 10.3399/bjgp14X681649
  13. *Kabagenyi Allen, Jennings Larissa, Reid Alice, Nalwadda Gorette, Ntozi James, Atuyambe Lynn. Barriers to male involvement in contraceptive uptake and reproductive health services: a qualitative study of men and women's perceptions in two rural districts in Uganda. Reproductive Health Reproductive Health 2014, 11:21 doi:10.1186/1742-4755-11-21
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