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Leonard Mukasa

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Nathavitharana R, Pearl A, Biewer A, Young L, Mukasa L, Delrooz N, et al.
Clin Infect Dis . 2024 Oct; 80(1):189-198. PMID: 39401315
Background: Respiratory isolation of people with pulmonary tuberculosis (TB), including after treatment initiation, is used to prevent community-based transmission; yet guidelines on duration are limited and implementation is heterogeneous. This...
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Humayun M, Mukasa L, Ye W, Bates J, Yang Z
Emerg Infect Dis . 2023 Dec; 30(1):116-124. PMID: 38146997
We conducted an epidemiologic assessment of disease distribution by race/ethnicity to identify subpopulation-specific drivers of tuberculosis (TB). We used detailed racial/ethnic categorizations for the 932 TB cases diagnosed in Arkansas,...
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Renardy M, Gillen C, Yang Z, Mukasa L, Bates J, Butler R, et al.
PLOS Glob Public Health . 2023 Mar; 3(2):e0001580. PMID: 36963087
Tuberculosis (TB) elimination in the United States remains elusive, and community-specific, localized intervention strategies may be necessary to meet elimination goals. A better understanding of the genotypic diversity of Mtb,...
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Labuda S, McDaniel C, Talwar A, Braumuller A, Parker S, McGaha S, et al.
Public Health Rep . 2021 Mar; 137(1):94-101. PMID: 33729050
Objectives: During 2010-2018, the Arkansas Department of Health reported 21 genotype-matched cases of tuberculosis (TB) among residents of a rural county in Arkansas with a low incidence of TB and...
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Carlock S, Fulton E, Rosenbaum E, Mukasa L, Gardner J, Shalin S, et al.
Am J Dermatopathol . 2020 May; 42(10):769-773. PMID: 32379089
Background: Although most cases of Hansen disease (HD) in the United States are imported from endemic areas, a subset of cases are relate to exposure to nine-banded armadillos. Several recent...
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Sandul A, Nwana N, Holcombe J, Lobato M, Marks S, Webb R, et al.
Clin Infect Dis . 2017 Jun; 65(7):1085-1093. PMID: 28575208
Background: Randomized controlled trials have demonstrated that the newest latent tuberculosis (LTBI) regimen, 12 weekly doses of directly observed isoniazid and rifapentine (3HP), is as efficacious as 9 months of...
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Cardenas V, Orloff M, Kaminaga J, Cardenas I, Brown J, Hainline-Williams S, et al.
Lepr Rev . 2016 Jun; 87(1):109-12. PMID: 27255065
The cross-immunity between tuberculosis and leprosy is unknown. The aim of this pilot study was to evaluate the occurrence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and M. leprae infection in Marshallese adult volunteers...
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Marco A, Montales M, Mittadodla P, Mukasa L, Bhaskar N, Bates J, et al.
Respir Med Case Rep . 2016 Jan; 16:57-9. PMID: 26744656
Cystic Fibrosis (CF) is a multisystem disease predominantly affecting the airways and predisposing patients to recurrent infections with various multidrug resistant organisms. Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) infection is rarely seen, but...
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Patil N, Marco A, Saba H, Samant R, Mukasa L
J Ark Med Soc . 2015 Feb; 111(6):112-4. PMID: 25654925
Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in the world. Its classic forms include cavitary and miliary TB. The non-specific clinical presentation of TB and...
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Patil N, Saba H, Marco A, Samant R, Mukasa L
Australas Med J . 2014 Jun; 7(5):203-7. PMID: 24944716
Background: Mycobacterium tuberculosis remains one of the most significant causes of death from an infectious agent. Rapid and accurate diagnosis of pulmonary and extra-pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) is still a great...