Browsing School of Health Sciences (Health-Sciences) Collections by Author "Waako, Paul"
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Chewing-stick practices using plants with anti-streptococcal activity in a Ugandan rural community
Odongo, Charles Okot; Musisi, Nathan Lubowa; Waako, Paul; Obua, Celestino (2011)Background: The high dental disease burden in developing countries has created a need to explore and develop cheap and accessible methods of dental disease prevention. Traditional toothbrushes (chewing-sticks) prepared ... -
Developing standard methods to monitor adherence to antiretroviral medicines and treatment defaulting in resource-poor settings
Chalker, John; Andualem, Tenaw; Tadeg, Hailu; Gitau, Lillian; Ntaganira, Joseph; Obua, Celestino; Waako, Paul (2009)Adherence to antiretrovirals is critical for longterm effective therapy with first-line medicines.This important study describes how groups from the International Network for the Rational Use of Drugs in East Africa developed ... -
Larvicidal activity of Combretum collinum Fresen against Aedes aegypti
Odda, John; Kristensen, Sibylle; Kabasa, John; Waako, Paul (Indian Council of Medical Research / National Institute of Malaria Research, 2008-07-25)Despite of the fact that dengue outbreaks in the tropics have been worldwide for over 200 years, it is still the most important mosquito transmitted viral disease affecting man. Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) is an ... -
A novle polymorphism in ABCB1 gene, CYP2B6*6 and sex predict single dose efavirenz population pharmacokinetics in Ugandans
Mukonzo, Jackson K; Röshammar, Daniel; Waako, Paul; Andersson, Maria; Fukasawa, Takashi; Milani, Lili; Svensson, Jan Olof; Ogwal-Okeng, Jasper; Gustafsson, Lars L.; Aklillu, Eleni (Wiley-Blackwell, 2009)AIMS Efavirenz exhibits pharmacokinetic variability causing varied clinical response. The aim was to develop an integrated population pharmacokinetic/pharmacogenetic model and investigate the impact of genetic variations, ...