Estimation of cause-specific mortality in Rakai, Uganda, using verbal autopsy 1999-2019

Authors: Dorean Nabukalu, Júlia Almeida Calazans, Milly Marston, Clara Calvert, Hadijja Nakawooya, Brendah Nansereko, Robert Sekubugu, Gertrude Nakigozi, David Serwadda, Nelson Sewankambo, Godfrey Kigozi, Ronald H Gray, Fred Nalugoda, Fredrick Makumbi, Tom Lutalo, Jim Todd

Source: Global Health Action, Vol 17, Iss 1 (2024)

Subject Terms: verbal autopsy, adult mortality, uganda, health and demographic surveillance sites, cause of death, Public aspects of medicine, RA1-1270

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/1654-9880

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What’s driving girls’ adolescent marriage decline in Rakai, Uganda? The interplay between adolescent pregnancies and social determinants, 1999 – 2018

Authors: Esther Spindler, Susie Hoffman, Fred Nalugoda, Ivy S Chen, Goleen Samari, Tom Lutalo, Ying Wei, Man Luo, Rebecka Lundgren, John S Santelli

Source: International Journal of Adolescence and Youth, Vol 29, Iss 1 (2024)

Subject Terms: Uganda, child marriage, adolescent marriage, teenage pregnancy, education, Special aspects of education, LC8-6691, The family. Marriage. Woman, HQ1-2044

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/0267-3843; https://doaj.org/toc/2164-4527

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The intersection between migration, HIV, and contraceptive use in Uganda: a cross-sectional population-based study

Authors: Prossy Namusisi, Ping Teresa Yeh, Robert Ssekubugu, Larry William Chang, Tom Lutalo, Linnea Zimmerman, Mary Kathryn Grabowski

Source: Reproductive Health, Vol 21, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2024)

Subject Terms: Unsatisfied contraceptive demand, Family planning, Migration, HIV, Uganda, Gynecology and obstetrics, RG1-991

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/1742-4755

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Spike protein is a key target for stronger and more persistent T-cell responses—a study of mild and asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection

Authors: Ivan Ssali, Susan Mugaba, Arthur Kalyebi Watelo, Juliana Bemanzi, Joseph Ssebwana Katende, Gerald Kevin Oluka, Violet Ankunda, Claire Baine, Laban Kato, Nathan Onyachi, Moses Muwanga, Mark Jjuuko, John Kayiwa, Christopher Nsereko, Betty Oliver Auma, Daniela Weiskopf, Alessandro Sette, Tom Lutalo, Monica Musenero, Pontiano Kaleebu, Jennifer Serwanga

Source: International Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol 136, Iss , Pp 49-56 (2023)

Subject Terms: Mild and asymptomatic COVID-19, Spike protein, IFN-γ, Immunodominance, Long-term immunity, Hematological parameters, Infectious and parasitic diseases, RC109-216

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Relation: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971223007142; https://doaj.org/toc/1201-9712

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Population-based cohort data used to assess trends in early resumption of sexual activity after voluntary medical male circumcision in Rakai, Uganda.

Authors: Alex Daama, Fred Nalugoda, Edward Kankaka, Asani Kasango, Betty Nantume, Grace Nalwoga Kigozi, Robert Ssekubugu, Juliana Namutundu, Absalom Ssettuba, Tom Lutalo, Joseph Kagaayi, Gertrude Nakigozi, Stella Alamo, Lisa A Mills, Geoffrey Kabuye, Ron Gray, Maria Wawer, David Serwadda, Nelson Sewankambo, Godfrey Kigozi

Source: PLoS ONE, Vol 19, Iss 11, p e0297240 (2024)

Subject Terms: Medicine, Science

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203

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HIV epidemiologic trends among occupational groups in Rakai, Uganda: A population-based longitudinal study, 1999-2016.

Authors: Victor O Popoola, Joseph Kagaayi, Joseph Ssekasanvu, Robert Ssekubugu, Grace Kigozi, Anthony Ndyanabo, Fred Nalugoda, Larry W Chang, Tom Lutalo, Aaron A R Tobian, Donna Kabatesi, Stella Alamo, Lisa A Mills, Godfrey Kigozi, Maria J Wawer, John Santelli, Ronald H Gray, Steven J Reynolds, David Serwadda, Justin Lessler, M Kate Grabowski

Source: PLOS Global Public Health, Vol 4, Iss 2, p e0002891 (2024)

Subject Terms: Public aspects of medicine, RA1-1270

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/2767-3375

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Implications of rapid population growth on survey design and HIV estimates in the Rakai Community Cohort Study (RCCS), Uganda

Authors: Aleya Khalifa, Fred Nalugoda, Godfrey Kigozi, Joseph Kagaayi, Anthony Ndyanabo, Tom Lutalo, Robert Ssekubugu, Maria Wawer, John S Santelli, Justin Lessler, Susie Hoffman, Joseph Ssekasanvu, Larry W Chang, Mary Kathryn Grabowski

Source: BMJ Open, Vol 13, Iss 7 (2023)

Subject Terms: Medicine

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Relation: https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/13/7/e071108.full; https://doaj.org/toc/2044-6055

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Rapid Replacement of SARS-CoV-2 Variants by Delta and Subsequent Arrival of Omicron, Uganda, 2021

Authors: Nicholas Bbosa, Deogratius Ssemwanga, Hamidah Namagembe, Ronald Kiiza, Jocelyn Kiconco, John Kayiwa, Tom Lutalo, Julius Lutwama, Alfred Ssekagiri, Isaac Ssewanyana, Susan Nabadda, Henry Kyobe-Bbosa, Jennifer Giandhari, Sureshnee Pillay, Upasana Ramphal, Yajna Ramphal, Yeshnee Naidoo, Derek Tshiabuila, Houriiyah Tegally, Emmanuel J. San, Eduan Wilkinson, Tulio de Oliveira, Pontiano Kaleebu

Source: Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 28, Iss 5, Pp 1021-1025 (2022)

Subject Terms: coronavirus disease, COVID-19, severe acute respiratory coronavirus 2, SARS-CoV-2, coronaviruses, viruses, Medicine, Infectious and parasitic diseases, RC109-216

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Relation: https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/28/5/22-0121_article; https://doaj.org/toc/1080-6040; https://doaj.org/toc/1080-6059

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Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 seroprevalence in South-Central Uganda, during 2019–2021

Authors: Charles Ssuuna, Ronald Moses Galiwango, Edward Nelson Kankaka, Joseph Kagaayi, Anthony Ndyanabo, Godfrey Kigozi, Gertrude Nakigozi, Tom Lutalo, Robert Ssekubugu, John Bosco Wasswa, Anthony Mayinja, Martina Cathy Nakibuuka, Samiri Jamiru, John Baptist Oketch, Edward Muwanga, Larry William Chang, Mary Kate Grabowski, Maria Wawer, Ronald Gray, Mark Anderson, Michael Stec, Gavin Cloherty, Oliver Laeyendecker, Steven James Reynolds, Thomas C. Quinn, David Serwadda

Source: BMC Infectious Diseases, Vol 22, Iss 1, Pp 1-7 (2022)

Subject Terms: SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence, Healthcare workers, COVID-19, South-Central Uganda, Infectious and parasitic diseases, RC109-216

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/1471-2334

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Rapid, early, and potent Spike-directed IgG, IgM, and IgA distinguish asymptomatic from mildly symptomatic COVID-19 in Uganda, with IgG persisting for 28 months

Authors: Jennifer Serwanga, Violet Ankunda, Jackson Sembera, Laban Kato, Gerald Kevin Oluka, Claire Baine, Geoffrey Odoch, John Kayiwa, Betty Oliver Auma, Mark Jjuuko, Christopher Nsereko, Matthew Cotten, Nathan Onyachi, Moses Muwanga, Tom Lutalo, Julie Fox, Monica Musenero, Pontiano Kaleebu, The COVID-19 Immunoprofiling Team, Patricia Namubiru, Hermilia Christine Akoli, Susan Mugaba, Amina Nalumansi, Kibengo Freddie, Deus Mwesigwa, Joseph Ssebwana Katende

Source: Frontiers in Immunology, Vol 14 (2023)

Subject Terms: SARS-CoV-2 antibody persistence, Spike and RBD, nucleoprotein, mild and asymptomatic COVID-19, IgG, IgM, Immunologic diseases. Allergy, RC581-607

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Relation: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fimmu.2023.1152522/full; https://doaj.org/toc/1664-3224

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Evaluation of the performance of 25 SARS-CoV-2 serological rapid diagnostic tests using a reference panel of plasma specimens at the Uganda Virus Research Institute

Authors: Tom Lutalo, Aminah Nalumansi, Denis Olara, John Kayiwa, Bernard Ogwang, Emmanuel Odwilo, Christine Watera, Stephen Balinandi, Jocelyn Kiconco, Joweria Nakaseegu, Jennifer Serwanga, Bernard Kikaire, Deogratius Ssemwanga, Brendah Abiko, Christopher Nsereko, Matthew Cotten, Joshua Buule, Julius Lutwama, Robert Downing, Pontiano Kaleebu

Source: International Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol 112, Iss , Pp 281-287 (2021)

Subject Terms: COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, Rapid diagnostic test, antibody, serological reference panel, performance, Infectious and parasitic diseases, RC109-216

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Relation: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971221007281; https://doaj.org/toc/1201-9712

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Field evaluation of the performance of a SARS-CoV-2 antigen rapid diagnostic test in Uganda using nasopharyngeal samples

Authors: Aminah Nalumansi, Tom Lutalo, John Kayiwa, Christine Watera, Stephen Balinandi, Jocelyn Kiconco, Joweria Nakaseegu, Denis Olara, Emmanuel Odwilo, Jennifer Serwanga, Bernard Kikaire, Deogratius Ssemwanga, Susan Nabadda, Isaac Ssewanyana, Diane Atwine, Henry Mwebesa, Henry Kyobe Bosa, Christopher Nsereko, Matthew Cotten, Robert Downing, Julius Lutwama, Pontiano Kaleebu

Source: International Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol 104, Iss , Pp 282-286 (2021)

Subject Terms: COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, qRT-PCR, Antigen, Rapid diagnostic test, Performance, Infectious and parasitic diseases, RC109-216

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Relation: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S120197122032275X; https://doaj.org/toc/1201-9712

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Field evaluation of the performance of seven Antigen Rapid diagnostic tests for the diagnosis of SARs-CoV-2 virus infection in Uganda

Authors: Josephine Bwogi, Tom Lutalo, Phionah Tushabe, Henry Bukenya, James Peter Eliku, Isaac Ssewanyana, Susan Nabadda, Christopher Nsereko, Matthew Cotten, Robert Downing, Julius Lutwama, Pontiano Kaleebu, EPI Laboratory team, UVRI -COVID 19 Technical team

Source: PLoS ONE, Vol 17, Iss 5 (2022)

Subject Terms: Medicine, Science

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Relation: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9089886/?tool=EBI; https://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203

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Alcohol use during pregnancy in Rakai, Uganda.

Authors: Adriane Wynn, Dorean Nabukalu, Tom Lutalo, Maria Wawer, Larry W Chang, Susan M Kiene, David M Serwadda, Nelson Sewankambo, Fred Nalugoda, Godfrey Kigozi, Jennifer A Wagman

Source: PLoS ONE, Vol 16, Iss 8, p e0256434 (2021)

Subject Terms: Medicine, Science

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203

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Unfulfilled need for contraception among women with unmet need but with the intention to use contraception in Rakai, Uganda: a longitudinal study

Authors: Tom Lutalo, Ron Gray, John Santelli, David Guwatudde, Heena Brahmbhatt, Sanyukta Mathur, David Serwadda, Fred Nalugoda, Fredrick Makumbi

Source: BMC Women's Health, Vol 18, Iss 1, Pp 1-7 (2018)

Subject Terms: Gynecology and obstetrics, RG1-991, Public aspects of medicine, RA1-1270

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Relation: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12905-018-0551-y; https://doaj.org/toc/1472-6874

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Evaluation of HIV-1 rapid tests and identification of alternative testing algorithms for use in Uganda

Authors: Pontiano Kaleebu, Paul Kato Kitandwe, Tom Lutalo, Aminah Kigozi, Christine Watera, Mary Bridget Nanteza, Peter Hughes, Joshua Musinguzi, Alex Opio, Robert Downing, Edward Katongole Mbidde

Source: BMC Infectious Diseases, Vol 18, Iss 1, Pp 1-14 (2018)

Subject Terms: HIV-1, Rapid tests, Weak bands, Evaluation, Algorithms, Uganda, Infectious and parasitic diseases, RC109-216

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Relation: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12879-018-3001-4; https://doaj.org/toc/1471-2334

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Facing HIV infection and unintended pregnancy: Rakai, Uganda, 2001–2013

Authors: Stephanie Ann Grilo, Xiaoyu Song, Tom Lutalo, Margo Mullinax, Sanyukta Mathur, John Santelli

Source: BMC Women's Health, Vol 18, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2018)

Subject Terms: HIV/AIDS, Unintended pregnancy, Gynecology and obstetrics, RG1-991, Public aspects of medicine, RA1-1270

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Relation: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12905-018-0535-y; https://doaj.org/toc/1472-6874

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From policy to practice: exploring the implementation of antiretroviral therapy access and retention policies between 2013 and 2016 in six sub-Saharan African countries

Authors: Julie Ambia, Jenny Renju, Alison Wringe, Jim Todd, Eveline Geubbels, Jessica Nakiyingi-Miiro, Mark Urassa, Tom Lutalo, Amelia C. Crampin, Daniel Kwaro, Catherine Kyobutungi, Natsayi Chimbindi, F. Xavier Gomez-Olive, Malebogo Tlhajoane, Brian Njamwea, Basia Zaba, Paul Mee

Source: BMC Health Services Research, Vol 17, Iss 1, Pp 1-12 (2017)

Subject Terms: WHO guidelines, Policy review, Health facility survey, ART, Retention, Access, Public aspects of medicine, RA1-1270

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Relation: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12913-017-2678-1; https://doaj.org/toc/1472-6963

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Contraceptive knowledge, perceptions, and concerns among men in Uganda

Authors: Nityanjali Thummalachetty, Sanyukta Mathur, Margo Mullinax, Kelsea DeCosta, Neema Nakyanjo, Tom Lutalo, Heena Brahmbhatt, John S. Santelli

Source: BMC Public Health, Vol 17, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2017)

Subject Terms: Men, Contraceptive knowledge, Contraceptive side effects, Interpersonal, Contraceptive decision-making, Public aspects of medicine, RA1-1270

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Relation: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12889-017-4815-5; https://doaj.org/toc/1471-2458

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HIV policy implementation in two health and demographic surveillance sites in Uganda: findings from a national policy review, health facility surveys and key informant interviews

Authors: Ellen McRobie, Alison Wringe, Jessica Nakiyingi-Miiro, Francis Kiweewa, Tom Lutalo, Gertrude Nakigozi, Jim Todd, Jeffrey William Eaton, Basia Zaba, Kathryn Church

Source: Implementation Science, Vol 12, Iss 1, Pp 1-12 (2017)

Subject Terms: HIV, HIV policies, Health services, Uganda, Medicine (General), R5-920

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Relation: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13012-017-0574-z; https://doaj.org/toc/1748-5908

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