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Centrifuge-free stool processing methods for Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra tuberculosis diagnosis in children in Uganda and Zambia: an observational, prospective, diagnostic accuracy study

Lounnas M, Masama EN, Beneteau S, Kasakwa K, Kaitano R,  et al.
2025-06-01 • Lancet Microbe
2025-06-01 • Lancet Microbe

BACKGROUND

WHO recommends Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra (Ultra) for stool testing for tuberculosis diagnosis in children. Stool processing requires removal of debris and ...

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Impact of postpartum maternal fever or hypothermia on newborn and early infant illness and death in Southwestern Uganda

Mwanga-Amumpaire J, Adong J, Arinaitwe R, Nanjebe D, Orikiriza P,  et al.
2024-08-27 • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
2024-08-27 • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

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Deaths ...

Integration of HIV testing in a community intervention for tuberculosis screening among household contacts of patients with tuberculosis in Cameroon and Uganda

Youngui BT, Atwine D, Otai D, Vasiliu A, Ssekyanzi B,  et al.
2024-04-15 • Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (JAIDS)
2024-04-15 • Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (JAIDS)
INTRODUCTION
People living with HIV are considered at higher risk of developing severe forms of tuberculosis (TB) disease. Providing HIV testing to TB-exposed people is therefore cri...

Characteristics of human encounters and social mixing patterns relevant to infectious diseases spread by close contact: a survey in Southwest Uganda

le Polain de Waroux O, Cohuet S, Ndazima D, Kucharski AJ, Juan-Giner A,  et al.
2018-04-11 • BMC Infectious Diseases
2018-04-11 • BMC Infectious Diseases
BACKGROUND
Quantification of human interactions relevant to infectious disease transmission through social contact is central to predict disease dynamics, yet data from low-resource ...

Competing risk events in antimalarial drug trials in uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria: a WorldWide Antimalarial Resistance Network individual participant data meta-analysis

WorldWide Antimalarial Resistance Network Methodology Study Group, Dahal P, Simpson JA, Abdulla S, Achan J,  et al.
2019-07-05 • Malaria Journal
2019-07-05 • Malaria Journal
BACKGROUND
Therapeutic efficacy studies in uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria are confounded by new infections, which constitute competing risk events since they can potenti...