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Wei J, Uppal A, Nganjimi C, Warr H, Ibrahim Y, Gu Q, et al.
J Infect . 2024 Nov; 89(6):106361. PMID: 39608247
No abstract available.
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Okesina A, Habineza J, Mbazumutima R, Mignonne U, Mahirwe C, Hakizimana S, et al.
BMC Public Health . 2024 Sep; 24(1):2495. PMID: 39272070
Background: Hypertension remains a major global health challenge, including in low- and middle-income countries. In Rwanda, a lack of adequate information and healthcare services impacts healthcare-seeking behaviors, contributing to undiagnosed...
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Wei J, Uppal A, Nganjimi C, Warr H, Ibrahim Y, Gu Q, et al.
J Infect . 2024 Apr; 88(6):106161. PMID: 38663754
Objectives: Current guidelines recommend broad-spectrum antibiotics for high-severity community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), potentially contributing to antimicrobial resistance (AMR). We aim to compare outcomes in CAP patients treated with amoxicillin (narrow-spectrum) versus...
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Goyal S, Singh K, Uppal A, Vanita V
BMC Ophthalmol . 2023 May; 23(1):210. PMID: 37170250
Objective: This study aimed at identifying the underlying genetic defect in a consanguineous autosomal recessive retinitis pigmentosa (arRP) (RP-1175) family having RP with early macular degeneration, cataract, and myopia. Methods:...
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Gorelik N, Paruthikunnan S, Uppal A, Ervin A, Ramanakumar A, Quaiattini A, et al.
AJR Am J Roentgenol . 2023 Feb; 220(6):805-816. PMID: 36722761
The value of routine MRI follow-up after surgical treatment of musculoskeletal soft-tissue sarcoma (STS) is controversial. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the usefulness of MRI-based surveillance for...
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Campbell J, Nsengiyumva P, Chiang L, Jamieson F, Khadawardi H, Mah H, et al.
Emerg Infect Dis . 2022 Aug; 28(9):1814-1823. PMID: 35997366
We estimated costs of managing different forms of tuberculosis (TB) across Canada by conducting a retrospective chart review and cost assessment of patients treated for TB infection, drug-susceptible TB (DS...
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Campbell J, Dion C, Uppal A, Yansouni C, Menzies D
CMAJ Open . 2022 May; 10(2):E409-E419. PMID: 35537749
Background: Essential workers are at increased risk for SARS-CoV-2 infection. We aimed to estimate the yield, acceptability and cost of systematic workplace-based testing of asymptomatic essential workers for SARS-CoV-2 infection....
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Uppal A, Nsengiyumva N, Signor C, Jean-Louis F, Rochette M, Snowball H, et al.
CMAJ . 2021 Nov; 193(43):E1652-E1659. PMID: 34725112
Background: Active screening for tuberculosis (TB) involves systematic detection of previously undiagnosed TB disease or latent TB infection (LTBI). It may be an important step toward elimination of TB among...
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Uppal A, Rahman S, Campbell J, Oxlade O, Menzies D
PLoS Med . 2021 Sep; 18(9):e1003712. PMID: 34520463
Background: Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is the strongest known risk factor for tuberculosis (TB) through its impairment of T-cell immunity. Tuberculosis preventive treatment (TPT) is recommended for people living with...
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Uppal A, Oxlade O, Nsengiyumva N, NDiaye D, Alvarez G, Schwartzman K
BMC Public Health . 2021 Feb; 21(1):280. PMID: 33536003
Background: Tuberculosis (TB) is an important public health problem in Inuit communities across Canada, with an annual incidence rate in 2017 that was nearly 300 times higher than in Canadian-born...