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The usefulness of immunohistochemistry in tissue microarrays of Human Papillomavirus negative adenocarcinoma of the uterine cervix
(BioMed Central, 2010)
Background: The origin of adenocarcinomas presenting on the cervix uteri may be doubtful, i.e. whether it is of cervical or endometrial origin, due to the overlapping morphological features. In HPV negative samples, further ...
Molecular epidemiology of Influenza A/H3N2 viruses circulating in Uganda
(Public Library of Science, 2011-11-21)
The increasing availability of complete influenza virus genomes is deepening our understanding of influenza evolutionary dynamics and facilitating the selection of vaccine strains. However, only one complete African influenza ...
Scaling up mental health services: where would the money come from?
(Radcliffe Medical Press, 2011-08-03)
This editorial and accompanying article are the second in a series of four articles and editorials about the central importance of including mental health in global development policy and practice. The first article set ...
Social Networks of PLHA in Uganda: Implications for Mobilizing PLHA as Agents for Prevention
(Springer, 2010-05)
The objective of this study was to describe the social networks of people living with HIV/AIDS (PLHA) and explore the implications social network characteristics might have for mobilizing PLHA as prevention agents. Thirty-nine ...
Challenges faced by health workers in providing counselling services to HIV-positive children in Uganda: a descriptive study
(BioMed Central, 2010)
Background: The delivery of HIV counselling and testing services for children remains an uphill task for many health workers in HIV-endemic countries, including Uganda. We conducted a descriptive study to explore the ...
Chewing-stick practices using plants with anti-streptococcal activity in a Ugandan rural community
(2011)
Background: The high dental disease burden in developing countries has created a need to explore and develop cheap and accessible methods of dental disease prevention. Traditional toothbrushes (chewing-sticks) prepared ...
Influence of M. tuberculosis lineage variability within a clinical trial for pulmonary tuberculosis
(PLoS ONE, 2010)
Abstract Recent studies suggest that M. tuberculosis lineage and host genetics interact to impact how active tuberculosis presents clinically. We determined the phylogenetic lineages of M. tuberculosis isolates from ...
Thyroid hormones profile in students of Makerere College of Health
(Tanzania Health Users' Trust Fund, 2010-01)
Serum concentrations of thyroxine (T4), triiodothyronine (T3) and Thyroid Stimulating Hormone (TSH) are used to assess thyroid function. It is recommended that each laboratory or hospital should establish its own reference ...
Chlorproguanil-dapsone for treating uncomplicated malaria (Review)
(JohnWiley & Sons, 2010)
Background In Africa, malaria is often resistant to chloroquine and sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine. Chlorproguanil-dapsone is a potential alternative. Objectives To compare chlorproguanil-dapsone with other antimalarial drugs ...
Attitudes and perceptions about the Research and Ethics Committee in Kampala, Uganda
(Renaissance Medical Publishing, 2010)
Background: The Makerere University Faculty of Medicine Research and Ethics Committee reviews and approves more than 100 new research protocols a year, yet its activities had never been evaluated as far as the researchers ...