Browsing College of Health Sciences (CHS) by Author "Mugerwa, R. D."
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Augmentation of Apoptosis and Interferon-g Production at sites of active Mycobacterium Tuberculosis infection in Human Tuberculosis
Hirsch, C. S.; Toossi, Z.; Johnson, J. L.; Luzze, H.; Ntambi, L.; Peters, P.; McHugh, M.; Okwera, A.; Joloba, M.; Mugyenyi, P.; Mugerwa, R. D.; Terebuh, P.; Ellner, J. J. (University of Chicago Press, 2001-02-08)Pleural tuberculosis (TB) was employed as a model to study T cell apoptosis at sites of active Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) infection in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)–coinfected (HIV/TB) patients and patients ... -
Cardiovascular findings in patients with sickle cell disease
Mugerwa, R. D. (1974)Fifty homozygous sicklers and ten heterozygous sickle cell patients selected from the Sickle Cell Clinic, Cardiac Clinic and inpatients on the medical wards of Mulago Hospital form the basis of this dissertation. It starts ... -
The effect of bacille Calmette-Guérin vaccination at birth on tuberculin skin test reactivity in Ugandan children
Mudido, P. Musoke; Guwatudde, D.; Nakakeeto, M. K.; Bukenya, G. B.; Nsamba, D.; Johnson, J. L.; Mugerwa, R. D.; Ellner, J. J.; Whalen, C. C. (International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, 1999)SETTING: In Uganda, bacille-Calmette Guérin (BCG) vaccination coverage at birth is between 82 and 84%. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effect of neonatal BCG vaccination on tuberculin skin test positivity in Ugandan children ... -
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 ...