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Professor Pontiano Kaleebu

Professor of Immunovirology

United Kingdom

Affiliations

MRC/UVRI and LSHTM Uganda Research Unit

Selected Publications

Advancing equity through community-led, globally connected infectious disease research.
KALEEBU, P; Naheed, A; Vahedi, M; Alger, J; Osorio, L; Vieira Machado, C; Ntoumi, F; Rumi, M; AlKhaldi, M; Ndishimye, P; Gitau, E; Lang, T;
2026
Nature microbiology
Lesion viral burden, multidrug-resistant superinfection, and HIV-associated haematological vulnerability in hospitalised clade Ib mpox: a prospective cohort study in Uganda.
SERWANGA, J; Kaweesa, RE; Odoch, G; Nairuba, B; Mukisa, D; Tumusiime, RA; Nambi, RP; Ntabadde, AD; Ankunda, V; Lutalo, T; Avumegah, MS; Nsubuga, JB; Nsereko, C; KALEEBU, P;
2026
EBioMedicine
Preclinical Safety Evaluation of a Replication-Defective Canine Adenovirus Type 2 Vector-Based SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine Candidate in Murine Models.
Omara, D; Ndekezi, C; Mugaba, S; Nakyanzi, A; Natwijuka, F; KAPAATA, A; KATO, F; Byamukama, D; Ggwaabya, DE; Mugulusi, O; Bwanga, F; Katete, DP; Matovu, E; Olobo, J; Obuku, EA; Sande, OJ; Serwanga, J; COSE, S; KALEEBU, P; BALINDA, SN;
2026
Vaccines
Sudan virus disease in humans.
Whitworth, HS; Meller, M; Zaric, M; Quintard, G; KALEEBU, P; Kirenga, B; Marini, A; Fast, P; Gurrion, S; Malkevich, N; Heinrichs, J; Gupta, SB; Francis, SC;
2026
The Lancet. Global health
Saliva versus lesion swabs for PCR diagnosis of acute-phase clade Ib mpox in Uganda: a prospective matched hospital cohort study.
SERWANGA, J; Kaweesa, RE; Mukisa, D; Odoch, G; Nairuba, B; Ankunda, V; Kiyonga, E; Kato, L; Nambi, RP; Tumusiime, RA; Opio, S; Katende, JS; Sembera, J; Ntabadde, AD; Nsubuga, JB; Ejou, P; Avumegah, MS; Nsereko, C; KALEEBU, P;
2026
The Lancet. Microbe
Severe Clade I (subclade Ib) mpox in advanced HIV complicated by multidrug-resistant bacterial superinfection and ocular involvement: a case report from Uganda.
Kaweesa, RE; Nairuba, B; Odoch, G; Tumusiime, RA; Mukisa, D; Ntabadde, AD; Ankunda, V; KALEEBU, P; Nsereko, C; SERWANGA, J;
2026
Tropical medicine and health
Clinical and microbiological features of critical Clade Ib mpox in adults with HIV during a Ugandan outbreak.
Kaweesa, RE; Odoch, G; Nairuba, B; Ejou, P; Katende, JS; Semawule, S; Ntabadde, AD; Ankunda, V; Kamuyu, G; Avumegah, MS; Nsubuga, JB; Kiyonga, E; Nsereko, C; KALEEBU, P; SERWANGA, J;
2026
International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases
High frequency of HIV-1 drug resistance among individuals with persistent low-level viremia during first-line antiretroviral therapy in Uganda.
Sanyu, G; MAYANJA, Y; Omooja, J; Asio, JN; Nannyonjo, M; Ssemanda, P; Hellen, N; Ssewanyana, I; Drago, KC; KALEEBU, P; Ssemwanga, D;
2026
BMC infectious diseases
Clinical profile and genomic characterization of the 2026 Bundibugyo virus index case in Uganda.
Nsawotebba, A; Ssewanyana, I; Ayitewala, A; Wayengera, M; Kanyerezi, S; Kabazzi, J; Nakintu, V; Ssemaganda, A; Kisuule, R; Ssekyondwa, S; Oundo, HR; Kasujja, R; Ayebare, A; Balinandi, S; Pimundu, G; Muyigi, T; Byekwaso, GM; Mugerwa, I; Kakooza, F; Namboozo, S; Namakula, A; Kyokushaba, J; Joloba, M; Mutamba, W; Bbuye, M; ... Atwine, D.
2026
Nature medicine
Ebola outbreak caused by Bundibugyo virus: challenges and priorities for epidemic preparedness and response.
Nachega, JB; Mbala-Kingebeni, P; Mulangu, S; Ndembi, N; Preiser, W; Skinner, D; Sam-Agudu, NA; Ntoumi, F; Tegally, H; Baxter, C; Oliveira, TD; Bosa, HK; KALEEBU, P; Kallay, O; Uthman, OA; Mills, EJ; Rosenthal, PJ; Zumla, A; Muyembe-Tamfum, J-J;
2026
Lancet (London, England)
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