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Bakamutumaho B, Juma J, Clancey E, Nyakarahuka L, Situma S, Odinoh R, et al.
medRxiv . 2025 Jan; PMID: 39867400
Introduction: Recent Rift Valley fever (RVF) epidemiology in eastern Africa region is characterized by widening geographic range and increasing frequency of small disease clusters. Here we conducted studies in southwestern...
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Balinandi S, Mulei S, Whitmer S, Nyakarahuka L, Cossaboom C, Shedroff E, et al.
PLoS Negl Trop Dis . 2024 Oct; 18(10):e0012595. PMID: 39413127
Background: In September 2022, Uganda experienced an outbreak of Sudan virus disease (SVD), mainly in central Uganda. As a result of enhanced surveillance activities for Ebola disease, samples from several...
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Waltenburg M, Kainulainen M, Whitesell A, Nyakarahuka L, Baluku J, Kyondo J, et al.
Vaccine . 2024 Jun; 42(22):126031. PMID: 38880693
Background: The rVSVΔG-ZEBOV-GP Ebola vaccine (rVSV-ZEBOV) has been used in response to Ebola disease outbreaks caused by Ebola virus (EBOV). Understanding Ebola knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) and the long-term...
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Komakech A, Whitmer S, Izudi J, Kizito C, Ninsiima M, Ahirirwe S, et al.
BMC Infect Dis . 2024 May; 24(1):520. PMID: 38783244
Background: On 20 September 2022, Uganda declared its fifth Sudan virus disease (SVD) outbreak, culminating in 142 confirmed and 22 probable cases. The reproductive rate (R) of this outbreak was...
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Nyakarahuka L, Kyondo J, Telford C, Whitesell A, Tumusiime A, Mulei S, et al.
PLoS One . 2023 Nov; 18(11):e0288587. PMID: 37943886
Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is an important zoonotic disease transmitted to humans both by tick vectors and contact with fluids from an infected animal or human. Although animals are not...
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Kayiwa J, Nassuna C, Mulei S, Kiggundu G, Nakaseegu J, Nabbuto M, et al.
Microbiol Spectr . 2023 Oct; 11(6):e0132823. PMID: 37811997
Respiratory pathogens cause high rates of morbidity and mortality globally and have high pandemic potential. During the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, influenza surveillance was significantly interrupted because of resources being diverted to...
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Balinandi S, Whitmer S, Mulei S, Nassuna C, Pimundu G, Muyigi T, et al.
J Virol . 2023 Sep; 97(10):e0059023. PMID: 37750724
Ebola disease (EBOD) is a public health threat with a high case fatality rate. Most EBOD outbreaks have occurred in remote locations, but the 2013-2016 Western Africa outbreak demonstrated how...
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Nyakarahuka L, Kyondo J, Telford C, Whitesell A, Tumusiime A, Mulei S, et al.
Am J Trop Med Hyg . 2023 Jul; 109(3):548-553. PMID: 37524326
In 2016, an outbreak of Rift Valley fever was reported in the Kabale District in Uganda for the first time in 48 years. Three human cases were confirmed by polymerase...
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Nyakarahuka L, Whitmer S, Klena J, Balinandi S, Talundzic E, Tumusiime A, et al.
Am J Trop Med Hyg . 2023 Mar; 108(5):995-1002. PMID: 36913925
Rift Valley fever (RVF) is a zoonotic disease of public health and economic importance. Uganda has reported sporadic outbreaks of RVF in both humans and animals across the country, especially...
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Kiggundu T, Ario A, Kadobera D, Kwesiga B, Migisha R, Makumbi I, et al.
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep . 2022 Nov; 71(45):1457-1459. PMID: 36355610
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