Browsing College of Health Sciences (CHS) by Author "Opio, C. K."
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Risk factors and seroprevalence of Hepatitis C among patients hospitalised at Mulago Hospital, Uganda
O'Reilly, J.I; Ocama, P.; Opio, C. K.; Alfred, A.; Paintsil, E; Seremba, E; Sofair, A. N (Hindawi Publishing Corporation, 2011-06-01)The emergence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) and its associated sequelae in Africa is a cause for significant concern. Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) positive patients are at an increased risk of contracting HCV infection ... -
Validity of the rapid strip assay test for detecting HBsAg in patients admitted to hospital in Uganda
Seremba, E.; Ocama, P.; Opio, C. K.; Kagimu, M.; Yuan, H. J.; Attar, N.; Thomas, D. L.; Lee, W. M. (Wiley-Blackwell, 2010)Commercially available rapid strip assays (RSAs) for hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) are used for most routine clinical testing in sub-Saharan Africa. This study evaluated the validity of RSA and a more sophisticated ...