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Jul-21Emergence and spread of a SARS-CoV-2 lineage A variant (A.23.1) with altered spike protein in Uganda. Nat Microbiol (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41564-021-00933-9Daniel Lule Bugembe, My V. T. Phan, Isaac Ssewanyana, Patrick Semanda, Hellen Nansumba, Beatrice Dhaala, Susan Nabadda, Áine Niamh O’Toole, Andrew Rambaut, Pontiano Kaleebu & Matthew Cotten
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Jul-21Stroke Survivors’ Knowledge of Risk Factors for Stroke and their Post-Stroke Care Seeking Experiences: A cross-sectional study in rural southwestern Uganda. [Afr. J. Health Sci. 2021 34(2): 218-229 Dominic Bukenya, Janet Seeley, Robert Newton, Fatuma Ssembajja, Julius Kamwesiga, Lena von Koch, Gunilla Eriksson and Susanne Guidetti.
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Jul-21. Impact of BCG revaccination on the response to unrelated vaccines in a Ugandan adolescent birth cohort: randomised controlled trial protocol C for the 'POPulation differences in VACcine responses' (POPVAC) programme. BMJ Open. 2021;11(2):e040430.Zirimenya L, Nkurunungi G, Nassuuna J, Natukunda A, Mutebe A, Oduru G, Kabami G, Akurut H, Onen C, Namutebi M, Serubanja J, Nakazibwe E, Akello F, Tumusiime J, Sewankambo M, Kiwanuka S, Kiwudhu F, Kizindo R, Kizza M, Wajja A, Cose S, Muwanga M, Webb E, Elliott AM
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Jul-21BCG-induced non-specific effects on heterologous infectious disease in Ugandan neonates: an investigator-blind randomised controlled trial. The Lancet Infectious diseases. Lancet Infect Dis. 2021 Jul;21(7):993-1003. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(20)30653-8. Prentice S, Nassanga B, Webb EL, Akello F, Kiwudhu F, Akurut H, Elliott AM, Arts RJW, Netea MG, Dockrell HM, Cose S.
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Jul-21Use of Virtual Reality Distraction to Reduce Child Pain and Fear during Painful Medical Procedures in Children with Physical Disabilities in Uganda: A feasibility study. Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.), pnab206. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/1Bannink Mbazzi, F., Nimusiima, C., Akellot, D., Kawesa, E., Abaasa, A., Hodges, S., Seeley, J., & Vervoort, T. (2021).
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Aug-21Stakeholders’ perspectives on integrating the management of depression into routine HIV care in Uganda: Qualitative findings from a feasibility study. Submitted to International Journal of Mental Health Systems. Rwamahe Rutakumwa, Joshua Ssebunnya, James Mugisha, Richard Steven Mpango, Christine Tusiime, Leticia Kyohangirwe, Geoffrey Taasi, Hafsa Sentongo, Pontiano Kaleebu, Vikram Patel, Eugene Kinyanda.
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Aug-21SARS-CoV-2 lineage A variant (A.23.1) with altered spike has emerged and is dominating the current Uganda epidemic. medRxiv, 11 Feb 2021 https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.02.08.21251393 Lule Bugembe, D. Phan, M.V.T, Ssewanyana, I. Semanda, P., Nansumba, N, Dhaala B., Nabadda, S. , O’Toole, A.N., Rambaut, A., Kaleebu, P, Cotten, M. A
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Aug-21HIV drug resistance among adults initiating antiretroviral therapy in Uganda. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2021 May 15:dkab159. doi: 10.1093/jac/dkab159. Online ahead of print. PMID: 3399325Watera C, Ssemwanga D, Namayanja G, Asio J, Lutalo T, Namale A, Sanyu G, Ssewanyana I, Gonzalez-Salazar JF, Nazziwa J, Nanyonjo M, Raizes E, Kabuga U, Mwangi C, Kirungi W, Musinguzi J, Mugagga K, Mbidde EK, Kaleebu P.
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Aug-21Willingness to participate in COVID-19 vaccine trials; a survey among a population of healthcare workers in Uganda. Submitted to PLoS One (January 2021). Revision required (March 2021)Jonathan Kitonsa, Onesmus Kamacooko, Ubaldo M Bahemuka, Freddie Kibengo, Ayoub Kakande, Anne Wajja, Vincent Basajja, Alfred Lumala, Edward Ssemwanga, Robert Asaba, Joseph Mugisha, Benjamin F. Pierce, Robin Shattock, Pontiano Kaleebu, Eugene Ruzagira.
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Aug-21Unique protein features of SARS-CoV-relative to other Sarbecoviruses. doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.04.06.438675 Matthew Cotten, David L. Robertson, My V.T. Phan.
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Aug-21Discovery and fine-mapping of kidney function loci in first genome-wide association study in Africans. (Accepted in Human Molecular Genetics) https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.06.09.142463Fatumo, S., Chikowore, T., Kalyesubula, R., Nsubuga, R.N., Asiki, G., Nashiru, O., Seeley, J., Crampin, A.C., Nitsch, D., Smeeth, L. and Kaleebu, P., 2020.
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Aug-21The Trans-Ancestral Genomic Architecture of Glycaemic Traits. (Accepted in Nature Genetics) DOI: 10.1101/2020.07.23.217646Chen, J., et al., 2021
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Aug-21Reductions in the prevalence of untreated HIV infection have contributed to declines in HIV incidence: Evidence from eight longitudinal studies in six sub-Saharan African countries between 2005 and 2016. Lancet HIV (in press).E, Marston M, Risher K, Todd J, Crampin A, Gregson S, Lutalo T, Newton R, Eaton J, Tomlin K, Calvert C, Tlhajoane M, Baisley K, Price A, Geubbels E, Urassa M, Herbst K, McGrath N, Nabukalu D, Reniers G, Kabudula C, on behalf of the ALPHA Network.
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Aug-21Associations between low HDL, sex and cardiovascular risk markers are markedly different in Sub-Saharan Africa and the UK: analysis of four population studies. BMJ Global Health (in press; *contributed equally). Greiner R, Nyirenda M*, Rodgers L, Asiki G, Banda L, Shields B, Hattersley A, Crampin A*, Newton R*, Jones A*.
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Aug-21Clinical impact of premalignant clonal disorders: a report on monoclonal gammopathy and B-cell lymphocytosis from the Haematological Malignancy Research Network. BMJ Open (in press). https://medrxiv.org/cgi/content/short/2020.05.30.20117549v1 Lamb M, Smith AG, Painter D, Kane E, Bagguley T, Newton R, Howell D, Cook G, de Tute R, Rawstron A, Patmore R, Roman E.
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Aug-21. ‘The 5-HTTLPR-rs25531 S-A-S-A haplotype and chronic stress moderate the association between acute stress and internalizing mental disorders among HIV+ children and adolescents in Uganda’. Accepted by Frontiers in Genetics, 24th March 2021.Kalungi A, Kinyanda E, Ssembajjwe W, Nsubuga RN, Seedat S, Hemmings S.
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Aug-21Quality of life and associated factors among HIV positive patients after completion of treatment for Cryptococcal meningitis Jonathan Kitonsa, Julius Kiwanuka, Zacchaeus Anywaine, Sheila Kansiime, Kenneth Katumba, Namirembe Aeron, Justin Beardsley, Freddie Kibengo, Alastair Gray, Pontiano Kaleebu, Jeremy Day.
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Aug-21Environmental and genetic determinants of response to Gamma-herpesvirus infections in an African population cohort. Nature Comms (in press; *contributed equally). Sallah N, Miley W, Labo N, Carstensen T, Pollard MO, Gurdasani D, Marshall V, Cornejo Castro EM, Pomilla C, Young EH, Asiki G, Hibberd ML, Sandhu M, Kellam P, Newton R*, Whitby D*, Barroso I*.
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Aug-21A ten-year study of Retinoblastoma in Uganda: strategies for improving outcome with limited resources. Cancer Epidemiol (in press). Waddell K, Matua M, Bidwell C, Atwine R, Onyango J, Picton S, Simmons I, Stahlschmidt J, Johnston WT, Newton R.
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Aug-21Rates of Virological Suppression and Prevalence of Acquired HIV-1 Drug Resistance among Adults Receiving Antiretroviral Therapy in Uganda. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy Deogratius Ssemwanga, Juliet Asio, Christine Watera, Maria Nannyonjo, Faridah Nassolo, Sandra Lunkuse, Jesus F Salazar-Gonzalez, Maria G Salazar, Grace Sanyu, Tom Lutalo, Usher Kabuga, Isaac Ssewanyana, Faridah Namatovu, Grace Namayanja, Alice Namale, Elliot Raizes, Kaggwa Mugagga, Norah Namuwenge, Wilford Kirungi, Edward Katongole-Mbidde, Pontiano Kaleebu and The HIV Drug Resistance Working Group
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Aug-21The importance of reciprocity in ensuring ethical recruitment in African genomics research: the views of research participants on the consent process. Accepted for publication by Global Bioethics. Mweemba, Oliver, John Musuku, Bongani M. Mayosi, Michael Parker, Rwamahe Rutakumwa, Janet Seeley, Paulina Tindana & Jantina de Vries.
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Aug-21Understanding masculinity and HIV service uptake among long term male partners of female sex workers in Kampala, Uganda: discourses about HIV risk, vulnerability and conceded masculinities. Submitted to Social Science and Medicine. Martin Mbonye, Godfrey Siu and Janet Seeley.
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Aug-21The potential effect of PrEP roll out on sexual risk behavior among adolescents and young people in East and Southern Africa. Submitted to Journal of Sex Research. Andrew Sentoogo Ssemata, Richard Muhumuza, Lynda Stranix-Chibanda, Teacler Nematadzira, Nadia Ahmed, Stefanie Hornschuh, Janan Janine Dietrich, Gugulethu Tshabalala, Millicent Atujuna, Denis Ndekezi, Phiona Nalubega, Esther Awino, Helen A. Weiss, Julie Fox, Janet Seeley.
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Aug-21 I prefer to take pills when I plan to have sex’; perceptions of on-demand versus daily pre-exposure prophylaxis among adolescents in Kampala, Uganda. Submitted to Journal of Adolescent Health Racheal Kawuma, Zam Nabalwanyi, Janet Seeley, Yunia Mayanja.
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Aug-21Exploring causes of depression among HIV positive patients undergoing antiretroviral treatment in Uganda: Implications for policy and practice. Submitted to African Journal of AIDS Research Rwamahe Rutakumwa, Christine Tusiime, Richard Steven Mpango, Leticia Kyohangirwe, Pontiano Kaleebu, Vikram Patel, Eugene Kinyanda.
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Aug-21A year of genomic surveillance reveals how the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic unfolded in Africa Eduan Wilkinson, Marta Giovanetti, Houriiyah Tegally, James E. San, Richard Lessels, Diego Cuadros, Darren P. Martin, Abdel-Rahman N. Zekri, Abdoul K…. Matthew Cotton… View ORCID ProfileTulio de Oliveira doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.05.12.21257080
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Aug-21 Low Awareness of Oral and Injectable PrEP among high-risk Adolescent Girls and Young Women in Kampala, Uganda. BMC Infectious Diseases Jane Frances Lunkuse, Onesmus Kamacooko, Vincent Muturi-Kioi, Kundai Chinyenze, Monica O Kuteesa, Matt A Price, Yunia Mayanja.
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Aug-21Predictors of uptake of oral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) among individuals in a HIV vaccine preparedness cohort in Masaka, Uganda. Submitted to the Journal of the International AIDS Society. Kusemererwa, Sylvia; Kansiime, Sheila; Mutonyi, Gertrude; Namirembe, Aeron; Katana, Safina; Kitonsa, Jonathan; Kakande, Ayoub; Mugisha, Joseph; Kaleebu, Pontiano; Ruzagira, Eugene
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Aug-21Low Awareness of Oral and Injectable PrEP among high-risk Adolescent Girls and Young Women in Kampala, Uganda. BMC Infectious Diseases Jane Frances Lunkuse, Onesmus Kamacooko, Vincent Muturi-Kioi, Kundai Chinyenze, Monica O Kuteesa, Matt A Price, Yunia Mayanja.
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Aug-21Predictors of uptake of oral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) among individuals in a HIV vaccine preparedness cohort in Masaka, Uganda. Submitted to the Journal of the International AIDS Society. Kusemererwa, Sylvia; Kansiime, Sheila; Mutonyi, Gertrude; Namirembe, Aeron; Katana, Safina; Kitonsa, Jonathan; Kakande, Ayoub; Mugisha, Joseph; Kaleebu, Pontiano; Ruzagira, Eugene.
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Aug-21Polygenic prediction of type 2 diabetes in continental Africa. bioRxiv. (under review) https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.02.11.430719v1.abstractChikowore, T., Ekoru, K., Vujkovic, M., Gill, D., Pirie, F., Young, E., ... & Fatumo, S. (2021)
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Aug-21Metabolic traits and stroke risk in individuals of African ancestry: Mendelian randomization analysis (under review) Segun Fatumo, Ville Karhunen, Tinashe Chikowore, Toure Sounkou, Brenda Udosen, Chisom Ezenwa, Mariam Nakabuye, Opeyemi Soremekun, Iyas Daghlas, David Ryan, Amybel Taylor, Amy Mason, Scott Damrauer, Marijana Vujkovic, Keith Keene, Myriam Fornage, Marjo-Riitta Jarvelin, Stephen Burgess, and Dipender Gill (2021)
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Aug-21Menstrual characteristics, menstrual anxiety and school attendance among adolescents in Uganda: A longitudinal study. Submitted to BMC Women’s Health. Clare Tanton, Kevin Nakuya, Catherine Kansiime, Laura Hytti, Belen Torondel, Suzanna C. Francis, Prossy Namirembe, Shamirah Nakalema, Ruth Nalugya, Saidat Namuli Musoke, Stella Neema, David A. Ross, Chris Bonell, Janet Seeley, Helen A. Weiss.
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Aug-21CoV-GLUE: a web application for tracking SARS-CoV-2 genomic variation. https://www.preprints.org/manuscript/202006.0225/v1# Bioinformatics, under reviewHealth J Singer, R Gifford, M Cotten, D Robertson.
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Aug-21We have to try and teach them from home’ – parents perspectives on education of children with disabilities during the COVID-19 outbreak in Uganda. Submitted to the International Journal of Disability Development and Education. Bannink Mbazzi, F., Kawesa, E.S., Nalugya, R., Nimusiima, C., Seeley, J., van Hove, G. (2020)
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Aug-21Are we missing virus cases? Using metagenomics to improve respiratory virus diagnostics
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MVT Phan, Charles Nyaigoti Agoti, Patrick K Munywoki, Grieven Paul Otieno, Mwanajuma Ngama, Paul Kellam, Matthew Cotten, David James Nokes.
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Aug-21Informing an intervention to improve care and management of non-communicable disease at primary health facilities in South-Western Uganda and North-Western Tanzania: an exploratory study of health care workers’ perceptions and experience. Submitted BMC He Dominic Bukenya, Soori Nnko, David Katende, Paula Munderi, Saidi Kapiga, Bazil Balthazar Kavishe, Heiner Grosskurth, Janneth Mghamba, Gerard Mutungi, and Janet Seeley.
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Aug-21A pilot study of risk factors for stroke nested within a rural population cohort in Uganda. Submitted to Stroke. Asiki G, Kasamba I, Stockdale L, Tumwekwase G, Johnston WT, Sandhu M, Young E, Kaleebu P, Kamali A, Seeley J, Newton R.
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