Browsing School of Health Sciences (Health-Sciences) Collections by Author "Ocama, P."
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A case report: Harpes zooster IRIS in pregnancy
Kansiime, C.; Ocama, P.; Kambugu, A. (African Health Sciences, 2009)Pregnant women are increasingly being initiated on antiretroviral therapy either as part of prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV or as purely highly active antiretroviral therapy. In this case report, we ... -
Risk factors and seroprevalence of Hepatitis C among patients hospitalised at Mulago Hospital, Uganda
O'Reilly, J.I; Ocama, P.; Opio, C. K.; Alfred, A.; Paintsil, E; Seremba, E; Sofair, A. N (Hindawi Publishing Corporation, 2011-06-01)The emergence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) and its associated sequelae in Africa is a cause for significant concern. Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) positive patients are at an increased risk of contracting HCV infection ... -
Trends in the incidence of primary liver cancer in Central Uganda, 1960-1980 and 1991-2005
Ocama, P.; Nambooze, S.; Opio, C.K.; Shiels, M.S.; Wabinga, H.R.; Kirk, G.D. (Nature Publishing Group, 2009)Primary liver cancer (PLC) incidence trends from Africa are unknown. Using Kampala Cancer Registry data from 1960 to 1980 and 1991 to 2005, we identified 771 PLCs. Although rates were stable among men, PLC incidence among ... -
Validity of the rapid strip assay test for detecting HBsAg in patients admitted to hospital in Uganda
Seremba, E.; Ocama, P.; Opio, C. K.; Kagimu, M.; Yuan, H. J.; Attar, N.; Thomas, D. L.; Lee, W. M. (Wiley-Blackwell, 2010)Commercially available rapid strip assays (RSAs) for hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) are used for most routine clinical testing in sub-Saharan Africa. This study evaluated the validity of RSA and a more sophisticated ...