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Emphasizing the vitality of genomics related research in the area of infectious diseases
(Scientific Research and Essays, 2007)
Sequencing of the human and other species genomes has generated a downstream of sciences that have taken advantage of this knowledge to generate vital links between diseases and genetic variants. Sub-Saharan Africa and ...
Heritability Analysis of Cytokines as Intermediate Phenotypes of Tuberculosis
(The Journal of infectious diseases, 2003)
Numerous studies have provided support for genetic susceptibility to tuberculosis (TB); however, heterogeneity
in disease expression has hampered previous genetic studies. The purpose of this work was to investigate
possible ...
Burden of tuberculosis in Kampala, Uganda
(World Health Organization, 2003)
Over the past two decades, the number of tuberculosis cases has risen worldwide, especially in the developing countries of southeast Asia and sub-Saharan Africa, where co-infection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) ...
Human Nutrition and Metabolism Severity of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection Is Associated with Decreased Phase Angle, Fat Mass and Body Cell Mass in Adults with Pulmonary Tuberculosis Infection in Uganda
(Journal of Nutrition, 2001)
Although coinfection with tuberculosis and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is emerging as a major problem in many developing countries, nutritional status has not been well characterized in adults with tuberculosis and ...
The Global Fund: managing great expectations
(The Lancet, 2004)
The Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria was created to increase funds to combat these three
devastating diseases. We report interim findings, based on interviews with 137 national-level respondents that ...
Body composition among HIV-Seropositive and HIV-Seronegative adult patients with Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Uganda
(Elsevier Inc, 2009)
Body wasting is a prominent and cardinal feature of tuberculosis (TB) (1, 2) and is a marker of disease severity and
outcome. In sub-Saharan Africa, a large proportion of patients with TB also have coinfection with human ...
Rate and Amplification of Drug Resistance among Previously-Treated Patients with Tuberculosis in Kampala, Uganda
(Clinical infectious diseases, 2008)
Drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis has emerged as a global threat. In resource-constrained
settings, patients with a history of tuberculosis (TB) treatment may have drug-resistant disease and may experience
poor ...
Efficiency of a third serial sputum smear examination in the diagnosis of tuberculosis in Moldova and Uganda
(he International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, 2007)
Twenty-four and 30 tuberculosis (TB) microscopy
laboratories in Moldova and Uganda, respectively.
OBJECTIVE: To estimate the workload required to identify
one additional case of TB with a third serial sputum
smear ...
Seasonal variation among tuberculosis suspects in four countries
(International Health, 2009)
The objective of the study was to analyze monthly trends across a calendar year in
tuberculosis suspects and sputum smear-positive cases based on nationally representative samples
of tuberculosis laboratory registers ...