Browsing School of Medicine (Sch. of Med.) Collections by Author "Tumwine, James K."
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Cryptosproridiosis and microsporidiosis in Ugandan children with persistent diarrhea with and without concurrent infection with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus
Tumwine, James K.; Kekitiinwa, Addy; Bakeera-Kitaka, Sabrina; Ndeezi, Grace; Downing, Robert; Feng, Xiaochuan; Akiyoshi, Donna E.; Tzipori, Saul (American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2005)Cryptosporidium spp. and Enterocytozoon bieneusi are enteric pathogens that have emerged as significant causes of persistent diarrhea (PD) in immunologically compromised individuals particularly in association with HIV/AIDS. ... -
Determinants of infant growth in Eastern Uganda: a community-based cross-sectional health study
Engebretsen, Ingunn Marie Stadskleiv; Tylleskär, Thorkild; Wamani, Henry; Karamagi, Charles A. S.; Tumwine, James K. (BioMed Central, 2008-12-22)Background: Child under-nutrition is a leading factor underlying child mortality and morbidity in Sub-Saharan Africa. Several studies from Uganda have reported impaired growth, but there have been few if any community-based ... -
Genomic survey of the non-cultivatable opportunistic human pathogen, enterocytozoon bieneusi
Akiyoshi, Donna E.; Morrison, Hilary G.; Lei, Shi; Feng, Xiaochuan; Zhang, Quanshun; Corradi, Nicolas; Mayanja, Harriet; Tumwine, James K.; Keeling, Patrick J.; Weiss, Louis M.; Tzipori, Saul (Public Library of Science, 2009-01-09)Enterocytozoon bieneusi is the most common microsporidian associated with human disease, particularly in the immunocompromised population. In the setting of HIV infection, it is associated with diarrhea and wasting syndrome. ... -
Low adherence to exclusive breastfeeding in Eastern Uganda: a community-based cross-sectional study comparing dietary recall since birth with 24-hour recall
Engebretsen, Ingunn Marie S.; Wamani, Henry; Karamagi, Charles A. S.; Semiyaga, Nulu; Tumwine, James K.; Tylleskär, Thorkild (BioMed Central, 2007-03-01)Background: Exclusive breastfeeding is recommended as the best feeding alternative for infants up to six months and has a protective effect against mortality and morbidity. It also seems to lower HIV-1 transmission compared ... -
Monoclonal antibodies against enterocytozoon bieneusi of human origin
Sheoran, Abhineet S.; Feng, Xiaochuan; Singh, Inderpal; Chapman-Bonofiglio, Susan; Kitaka, Sabrina; Hanawalt, Joel; Nunnari, John; Mansfield, Keith; Tumwine, James K.; Tzipori, Saul (American Society for Microbiology, 2005)Enterocytozoon bieneusi is clinically the most significant among the microsporidia infecting humans, causing chronic diarrhea, wasting, and cholangitis in individuals with human immunodeficiency virus/AIDS. The lack of ... -
Mortality among children under five years admitted for routine care of severe acute malnutrition: a prospective cohort study from Kampala, Uganda
Nalwanga, Damalie; Musiime, Victor; Kizito, Samuel; Kiggundu, John Baptist; Batte, Anthony; Musoke, Philippa; Tumwine, James K. (BMC, 2020)Background: Mortality among children under 5 years of age admitted to malnutrition units in sub-Saharan Africa remains high. The burden of HIV infection, a major risk factor for mortality among patients with severe acute ... -
Presumptive treatment with sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine versus weekly chloroquine for malaria prophylaxis in children with sickle cell anaemia in Uganda: a randomized controlled trial
Nakibuuka, Victoria; Ndeezi, Grace; Nakiboneka, Deborah; Ndugwa, Christopher M.; Tumwine, James K. (BioMed Central, 2009-10-24)Background: Malaria carries high case fatality among children with sickle cell anaemia. In Uganda, chloroquine is used for prophylaxis in these children despite unacceptably high levels of resistance. Intermittent presumptive ... -
Risk factors in hospital deaths in severely malnourished children in Kampala, Uganda
Bachou, Harriet; Tumwine, James K.; Mwadime, Robert K. N; Tylleskär, Thorkild (BioMed Central, 2006-03-16)Background: Although the risk factors for increased fatality among severely malnourished children have been reported, recent information from Africa, during a period of HIV pandemic and constrained health services, remains ... -
Severe malnutrition with and without HIV-1 infection in hospitalised children in Kampala, Uganda: differences in clinical features, haematological findings and CD4+ cell counts
Bachou, Hanifa; Tylleskär, Thorkild; Downing, Robert; Tumwine, James K. (BioMed Central, 2006-10-16)Background: The aim of this study was to describe the clinical features, haematological findings and CD4+ and CD8+ cell counts of severely malnourished children in relation to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. ... -
Socio-demographic factors related to periodontal status and tooth loss of pregnant women in Mbale district, Uganda
Wandera, Margaret; Okullo, Isaac; Tumwine, James K.; Engebretsen, Ingunn M. S.; Åstrøm, Anne N. (BioMed Central, 2009-07-18)Background: Information on the socio-behavioral distribution of periodontal status and tooth loss in pregnancy emanating from sub Saharan Africa is sparse. This study examined periodontal status and tooth loss in pregnant ... -
Tanrıverdi, S., et al. (2008). Inferences about the global population structures of Cryptosporidium parvum and Cryptosporidium hominis
Tanriverdi, Sultan; Grinberg, Alex; Chalmers, Rachel M; Hunter, Paul R.; Petrovic, Zorana; Akiyoshi, Donna E.; London, Eric; Zhang, Linghui; Tzipori, Saul; Tumwine, James K.; Widmer, Giovanni (American Society for Microbiology, 2008-12)Cryptosporidium parvum and Cryptosporidium hominis are two related species of apicomplexan protozoa responsible for the majority of human cases of cryptosporidiosis. In spite of their considerable public health impact, ...