Browsing College of Health Sciences (CHS) by Author "Musoke, Philippa M."
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Pertussis prevalence and its determinants among children with persistent cough in urban Uganda.
Kayina, Vincent; Kyobe, Samuel; Katabazi, Fred A.; Kigozi, Edgar; Okee, Moses; Odongkara, Beatrice; Babikako, Harriet M.; Whalen, Christopher C.; Joloba, Moses L.; Musoke, Philippa M.; Mupere, Ezekiel (PLOS ONE, 2015)Background We determined prevalence of pertussis infection and its associated host and environmental factors to generate information that would guide strategies for disease control. Methods In a cross-sectional study, ... -
Total lymphocyte count: not a surrogate marker for risk of death in HIV infected Ugandan children
Musoke, Philippa M.; Owor, Maxensia; Young, Alicia M.; Lubega, Irene R.; Brown, Elizabeth R.; Mmiro, Francis A.; Mofenson, Lynne M.; Jackson, J. Brooks; Fowler, Mary Glenn; Guay, Laura A. (Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2008-10-01)Objectives—To determine the utility of Total Lymphocyte Count (TLC) in predicting the 12 month mortality in HIV infected Ugandan children; to correlate TLC and CD4 cell %. Design—This is a retrospective data analysis of ...