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Autor:
Sean M Moore, Andrew Monaghan, Jeff N Borchert, Joseph T Mpanga, Linda A Atiku, Karen A Boegler, John Montenieri, Katherine MacMillan, Kenneth L Gage, Rebecca J Eisen
Publikováno v:
Parasites & Vectors, Vol 8, Iss 1, Pp 1-15 (2015)
Abstract Background The distribution of human plague risk is strongly associated with rainfall in the tropical plague foci of East Africa, but little is known about how the plague bacterium is maintained during periods between outbreaks or whether en
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https://doaj.org/article/01bdf70da2a1454eb59ceea7979d770c
Autor:
Pierre E. Rollin, Luke Nyakarahuka, Steven Ssendagire, Joseph Ojwang, Shannon L M Whitmer, Jackson Kyondo, Sophia Mulei, Patrick Tusiime, Stephen Balinandi, Melissa Dahlke, Julius J. Lutwama, Issa Makumbi, Jeff N. Borchert, Musa Sekamatte, Sara Zufan, William G. Davis, Trevor Shoemaker, Annemarion Namutebi, Bernard Lubwama, Shelley Brown, Fred Monje, Ketan Patel, Stuart T. Nichol, Alex Tumusiime, Simon Kyazze, John D. Klena, Milton Makoba Wetaka, Martin N. Mayanja
Publikováno v:
The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Rift Valley fever (RVF) is caused by RVF virus (RVFV), a single-stranded RNA virus in the Bunyavirales order, Phenuiviridae family, and Phlebovirus genus. It is an emerging epidemic disease of humans and livestock and an important endemic problem in
Autor:
James Kapisi, Kiersten J. Kugeler, Matthew Mikoleit, Susan Van Dyne, Ana C. Lauer, Robert J Flick, Porscha Bumpus White, Grace D. Appiah, Henry Kajumbula, Eric D. Mintz, Sunkyung Kim, Paul S. Mead, Zainab Salah, Arthur Mpimbaza, Yukari C. Manabe, Asadu Sserwanga, Molly M. Freeman, Alison Winstead, Jeff N. Borchert, Mohammed Lamorde
Publikováno v:
Am J Trop Med Hyg
Invasive Salmonella infection is a common cause of acute febrile illness (AFI) among children in sub-Saharan Africa; however, diagnosing Salmonella bacteremia is challenging in settings without blood culture. The Uganda AFI surveillance system includ
Autor:
Charles B. Beard, Rebecca J. Eisen, Jeff N. Borchert, Brook Yockey, Kenneth L. Gage, Joseph T. Mpanga, Sarah Acayo, Titus Apangu, Paul S. Mead, Russell E. Enscore, Linda A. Atiku
Publikováno v:
Am J Trop Med Hyg
Plague, a fleaborne rodent-associated zoonosis, is a neglected disease with most recent cases reported from east and central Africa and Madagascar. Because of its low incidence and sporadic occurrence, most of our knowledge of plague ecology, prevent
Autor:
Rebecca J Eisen, Jeff N Borchert, Joseph T Mpanga, Linda A Atiku, Katherine MacMillan, Karen A Boegler, John A Montenieri, Andrew Monaghan, Kenneth L Gage
Publikováno v:
PLoS ONE, Vol 7, Iss 4, p e35598 (2012)
Plague is a flea-borne rodent-associated zoonotic disease that is caused by Yersinia pestis and characterized by long quiescent periods punctuated by rapidly spreading epidemics and epizootics. How plague bacteria persist during inter-epizootic perio
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/f8a7b64884024a52bbce7fedffa0fbf3
Autor:
Trevor Shoemaker, Pierre E. Rollin, Jeff N. Borchert, Joseph Ojwang, Shannon L.M. Whitmer, Alex Tumusiime, Issa Makumbi, Stuart T. Nichol, Sam Kasozi, Simon Kyazze, Melissa Dahlke, Luke Nyakarahuka, Stephen Balinandi, Julius J. Lutwama, Ute Ströher, Milton Makoba Wetaka
Publikováno v:
Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 23, Iss 6, Pp 1001-1004 (2017)
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Emerging Infectious Diseases
In September 2014, a single fatal case of Marburg virus was identified in a healthcare worker in Kampala, Uganda. The source of infection was not identified, and no secondary cases were identified. We describe the rapid identification, laboratory dia
Autor:
Ben Masiira, Henry Kyobe-Bosa, Joseph Ojwang, Alex Riolexus Ario, Leocadia Kwagonza, Edson Katushabe, Emily Atuheire, Bernard Lubwama, Daniel Kadobera, John Kayiwa, Atek Kagirita, Julius J. Lutwama, Jeff N. Borchert, Issa Makumbi, Bao-Ping Zhu
Publikováno v:
BMC Infectious Diseases
BMC Infectious Diseases, Vol 18, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2018)
BMC Infectious Diseases, Vol 18, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2018)
Background On 28 March, 2016, the Ministry of Health received a report on three deaths from an unknown disease characterized by fever, jaundice, and hemorrhage which occurred within a one-month period in the same family in central Uganda. We started
Autor:
Sarah A. Billeter, Michael Kosoy, Kenneth L. Gage, Linda A. Atiku, Joseph T. Mpanga, Jeff N. Borchert
Publikováno v:
Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases. 14:182-188
The presence of bartonellae in invasive rats (Rattus rattus) and indigenous rodents (Arvicanthis niloticus and Cricetomys gambianus) from two districts in Uganda, Arua and Zombo, was examined by PCR detection and culture. Blood from a total of 228 R.
Autor:
Linda A. Atiku, Rebecca J. Eisen, Nackson Babi, Kenneth L. Gage, Jeff N. Borchert, Russell E. Enscore, Mark J. Delorey, Joseph T. Mpanga
Publikováno v:
Journal of Medical Entomology. 49:1027-1034
Over the past two decades, the majority of human plague cases have been reported from areas in Africa, including Uganda. In an effort to develop affordable plague control methods within an integrated vector control framework, we evaluated the efficac
Autor:
Asaph Ogen-Odoi, Russell E. Enscore, Kenneth L. Gage, Nackson Babi, Paul S. Mead, Katherine MacMillan, Linda A. Atiku, Gerald Amatre, Rebecca J. Eisen, Jeff N. Borchert
Publikováno v:
The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 84:435-442
Plague, caused by the bacteria Yersinia pestis, is a severe, often fatal disease. This study focuses on the plague-endemic West Nile region of Uganda, where limited information is available regarding environmental and behavioral risk factors associat