Browsing by Subject "Cohort studies"

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    • Burden of tuberculosis in Kampala, Uganda 

      Guwatudde, David; Zalwango, Sarah; Kamya, Moses R.; Debanne, Sara M.; Diaz, Mireya I.; Okwera, Alphonse; Mugerwa, Roy D.; King, Charles; Whalen, Christopher C. (World Health Organization (WHO), 2008)
      Objective: To determine the prevalence and incidence of tuberculosis in one of Uganda’s poor peri-urban areas. Methods: Multi-stage sampling was used to select a sample of households whose members were evaluated for presence ...

    • Clinical features and serum biomarkers in HIV immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome after cryptococcal meningitis: A prospective cohort study 

      Boulware, David R.; Meya, David B.; Bergemann, Tracy L.; Wiesner, Darin L.; Rhein, Joshua; Musubire, Paul; Lee, Sarah J.; Kambugu, Andrew; Janoff, Edward N.; Bohjanen, Paul R. (PLoS Medicine, 2010)
      Background: Although antiretroviral therapy (ART) improves survival in persons with cryptococcal meningitis (CM) and AIDS, ART frequently elicits HIV immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (IRIS), an exaggerated and ...

    • Tuberculosis in household contacts of infectious cases in Kampala, Uganda 

      Guwatudde, D.; Nakakeeto, M.; Jones-Lopez, E. C.; Maganda, A.; Chiunda, A.; Mugerwa, R. D.; Ellner, J. J.; Bukenya, G.; Whalen, C. C. (2003)
      Tuberculosis remains a serious threat to public health, especially in sub-Saharan Africa. To determine the host and environmental factors responsible for tuberculosis in African households, the authors performed a prospective ...