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Prevalence and factors associated with malaria among children with sickle cell anaemia and fever attending Mulago Hospital.
(Makerere University, 2013)
Background: Co-endemic existence of malaria and Sickle Cell Anaemia (SCA) has been
associated with high mortality and morbidity in sub Saharan Africa. Despite existing control interventions, high risk populations like ...
Genetic polymorphisms in plasmodium falciparum associated with resistance to artemisinin combination therapy: complexity of infection during short-term culture and characterization of in vitro sensitivity in Kampala Uganda
(Makerere University, 2010)
Background
Artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) is currently advocated in Africa as a means of improving treatment efficacy and slowing the development of drug resistance. However, the selection of resistant ...
Prevalence and factors associated with the utilization of intermittent presumptive treatment for malaria in pregnancy in Adumi Health sub district, Arua.
(Makerere University, 2009-10)
Introduction:
With the high burden of maternal and perinatal mortality in Uganda, the Ministry of Health introduced intermittent presumptive treatment of malaria in pregnancy in 2001 as one of the ways of reducing malaria ...
Differential prevalence of plasmodium falciparum transporter polymorphisms and infection complexity in children with symptomatic and asymptomatic malaria in Tororo, Uganda.
(Makerere University, 2013)
Malaria, particularly infection with Plasmodium falciparum, remains one of the most important infectious diseases in the world. A major challenge to the treatment and control of malaria has been resistance to most available ...