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Browse a collection of academic publications and research papers, contributed to by personnel from the Unit.

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Author

Year

Unsafe sexual practices prior to incarceration, and early childhood transmission are potential high-risk factors of Hepatitis B and HIV infection among prisoners in Blantyre, Malawi.

Chimberenga, S; Phiri, VS; Mgawa, A; James, G; Jumbe, E; Van Hout, M-C; NYIRENDA, M; Shawa, IT;

2024

Microbes and Infectious Diseases, (2024).0 0 10.21608/mid.2024.308772.2121.

Differential manifestation of type 2 diabetes in Black Africans and White Europeans with recently diagnosed type 2 diabetes: A systematic review.

Kibirige, D; Olum, R; Kyazze, AP; Morgan, B; Bongomin, F; Lumu, W; NYIRENDA, MJ;

2024

Diabetes & metabolic syndrome, (2024).18 8 10.1016/j.dsx.2024.103115.

The rise of pathogen genomics in Africa [version 2; peer review: 2 approved, 2 approved with reservations] .

Mboowa, G; Kakooza, F; EGESA, M; Tukwasibwe, S; Kanyerezi, S; Sserwadda, I; R Kidenya, B; Kabahita, JM; Namaganda, MM; Nsubuga, M; Nabisubi, P; Ayitewala, A; Kebirungi, G; Nakafu, E; Akwii, NP;

2024

F1000Research, (2024).13, 10.12688/f1000research.147114.2.

General and abdominal adiposity and hypertension in eight world regions: a pooled analysis of 837 population-based studies with 7·5 million participants.

NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC),;

2024

Lancet (London, England), (2024).404 10455 10.1016/S0140-6736(24)01405-3.

SSEMATA, AS; SMYTHE, T; Sande, S; Menya, A; Hameed, S; Waiswa, P; MBAZZI, FB; KUPER, H;

2024

BMC health services research, (2024).24, 10.1186/s12913-024-11448-4.

Ethnic differences in the manifestation of early-onset type 2 diabetes.

Kibirige, D; Katte, J-C; Hill, AV; SEKITOLEKO, I; Lumu, W; Knupp, J; Squires, S; Hattersley, AT; SMEETH, L; Jones, AG; NYIRENDA, MJ;

2024

BMJ open diabetes research & care, (2024).12 4 10.1136/bmjdrc-2024-004174.

Pre-vaccination Schistosoma mansoni and hookworm infections are associated with altered vaccine immune responses: a longitudinal analysis among adolescents living in helminth-endemic islands of Lake Victoria, Uganda.

Natukunda, A; ZIRIMENYA, L; NKURUNUNGI, G; Nassuuna, J; Nkangi, R; Mutebe, A; Corstjens, PL A M; Van Dam, GJ; ELLIOTT, AM; WEBB, EL;

2024

Frontiers in immunology, (2024).15, 10.3389/fimmu.2024.1460183.

Facilitators and barriers to initiating and completing tuberculosis preventive treatment among children and adolescents living with HIV in Uganda: a qualitative study of adolescents, caretakers and health workers.

Amuge, PM; NDEKEZI, D; Mugerwa, M; Bbuye, D; Rutebarika, DA; Kizza, L; Namugwanya, C; Baita, A; Elyanu, PJ; Ntege, PN; Kiragga, D; Birungi, C; Kekitiinwa, AR; Kiragga, A; Sekadde, MP; Salazar, N-A; Mandalakas, AM; Musoke, P;

2024

AIDS research and therapy, (2024).21 1 10.1186/s12981-024-00643-2.

Associations of hair cortisol levels with violence, poor mental health, and harmful alcohol and other substance use among female sex workers in Nairobi, Kenya.

PANNEH, M; Ding, Q; Kabuti, R; Maisha Fiti study champions,; BRADLEY, J; Ngurukiri, P; Kungu, M; ABRAMSKY, T; Pollock, J; Beksinska, A; Shah, P; Irungu, E; GAFOS, M; SEELEY, J; WEISS, HA; Elzagallaai, AA; Rieder, MJ; Kaul, R; Kimani, J; BEATTIE, T;

2024

Discover Mental Health, (2024).4 1 10.1007/s44192-024-00086-1.

Developing and Testing Tele-Support Psychotherapy Using Mobile Phones for Depression Among Youth in Kampala District, Uganda: Study Protocol for a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.

Nakimuli-Mpungu, E; Mutinye, KJ; Bwanika, JM; Musinguzi, D; CarolineNakanyike,; Iya, J; Kitaka, SB; Akimana, B; Hawkins, C; Cavazos-Rehg, P; Nachega, J; Mills, E; Musisi, S;

2024

PsyArXiv (2024). 10.31234/osf.io/t4fsw.