Mak IR Repository
Welcome to Makerere University's Institutional Repository (Mak IR). Mak IR was formerly called Uganda Scholarly Digital Library (USDL). Mak IR is a collection of scholarly output of by researchers of Makerere University, including scholarly articles and books, electronic theses and dissertations, conference proceedings, technical reports and digitised library collections. It is the official Institutional Repository (IR) of Makerere University. If you have any questions regarding MAKIR, please feel free to contact us on makir.mulib@mak.ac.ug.
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Recently Added
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Cryptococcal disease in the era of “test and treat”: Is there cause for concern?
(Oxford University Press, 2017)Treatment of cryptococcosis requires deferred initiation of antiretroviral therapy (ART). Early ART initiation may be detrimental in the context of cryptococcal infection by increasing the risk of immune reconstitution ... -
Delayed sputum culture conversion in tuberculosis human immunodeficiency virus–coinfected patients with low isoniazid and rifampicin concentrations
(Oxford Academic, 2018)Background. The relationship between concentrations of antituberculosis drugs, sputum culture conversion, and treatment outcome remains unclear. We sought to determine the association between antituberculosis drug ... -
Cellular immune activation in cerebrospinal fluid from Ugandans with cryptococcal meningitis and immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome
(Oxford University Press, 2015)Background. Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-associated cryptococcal meningitis (CM) is characterized by high fungal burden and limited leukocyte trafficking to cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). The immunopathogenesis of CMimmune ... -
Correlation between co-therapy of efavirenz-based ART and pregnancy among HIV-positive women on hormonal contraceptive implants at TASO Tororo-Uganda: A retrospective review
(2018)Background: We examined the association between EFV and non-EFV based ART regimens and pregnancy outcomes among women who were on HCI in a peri-urban HIV clinic in Tororo, Uganda. Methods: We reviewed and extracted routinely ... -
Effects of HIV infection and ART on phenotype and function of circulating monocytes, natural killer, and innate lymphoid cells
(BioMed Central, 2018)HIV infection causes upregulation of markers of inflammation, immune activation and apoptosis of host adaptive, and innate immune cells particularly monocytes, natural killer (NK) and innate lymphoid cells (ILCs). Although ...