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December 2022

A large population sample of African HIV genomes from the 1980s reveals a reduction in subtype D over time associated with propensity for CXCR4 tropism. (2022) Grant, Heather E; Roy, Sunando; Williams, Rachel; Tutill, Helena; Ferns, Bridget; Cane, Patricia A; Carswell, J Wilson; Ssemwanga, Deogratius; Kaleebu, Pontiano; Breuer, Judith; Leigh Brown, Andrew J

Prevalence and correlates of neurocognitive impairment and psychiatric disorders among schoolchildren in Wakiso District, Uganda: a cross-sectional study. (2022) Nampijja, Margaret; Sembajjwe, Wilber; Mpairwe, Harriet; Mpango, Richard; Kinyanda, Eugene

Risk factors for Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) virus exposure in farming communities in Uganda. (2022) Atim, Stella A; Ashraf, Shirin; Belij-Rammerstorfer, Sandra; Ademun, Anna R; Vudriko, Patrick; Nakayiki, Teddy; Niebel, Marc; Shepherd, James; Balinandi, Stephen; Nakanjako, Gladys; Abaasa, Andrew; Johnson, Paul CD; Odongo, Steven; Esau, Martin; Bahati, Milton; Kaleebu, Pontiano; Lutwama, Julius J; Masembe, Charles; Lambe, Teresa; Thomson, Emma C; Tweyongyere, Robert

November 2022

Contribution of PEPFAR-Supported HIV and TB Molecular Diagnostic Networks to COVID-19 Testing Preparedness in 16 Countries. (2022) Romano, Erin Rottinghaus; Sleeman, Katrina; Hall-Eidson, Patricia; Zeh, Clement; Bhairavabhotla, Ravikiran; Zhang, Guoqing; Adhikari, Amitabh; Alemnji, George; Cardo, Yolanda Rebello; Pinheiro, Ana; Pocongo, Barbara; Eno, Laura T; Shang, Judith D; Ndongmo, Clement B; Rosario, Hilda; Moreno, Orquidea; De León, Lucia Aurora De La Cruz; Fonjungo, Peter; Kabwe, Constantin; Ahuke-Mundeke, Steve; Gama, Dan; Dlamini, Sindisiwe; Maphalala, Gugu; Abreha, Tefsay; Purfield, Anne; Gebrehiwot, Yared Tedla; Desalegn, Daniel Melese; Basiye, Frank; Mwangi, Jane; Bowen, Nancy; Mengistu, Yohannes; Lecher, Shirley; Kampira, Elizabeth; Kaba, Muluken; Bitilinyu-Bangoh, Joseph; Masamha, Gillian; Viegas, Sofia Omar; Beard, R Suzanne; van Rooyen, Gerhard; Shiningavamwe, Andreas N; I J, McPaul; Iriemenam, Nnaemeka C; Mba, Nwando; Okoi, Catherine; Katoro, Joel; Kenyi, Dennis L; Bior, Bior K; Mwangi, Christina; Nabadda, Susan; Kaleebu, Pontiano; Yingst, Samuel L; Chikwanda, Prisca; Veri, Levi; Simbi, Raivi; Alexander, Heather

Short-term oral pre-exposure prophylaxis against HIV-1 modulates the transcriptome of foreskin tissue in young men in Africa. (2022) Petkov, Stefan; Herrera, Carolina; Else, Laura; Lebina, Limakatso; Opoka, Daniel; Seiphetlo, Thabiso B; Pillay, Azure-Dee Ap; Mugaba, Susan; Namubiru, Patricia; Odoch, Geoffrey; Ssemata, Andrew S; Serwanga, Jennifer; Kaleebu, Pontiano; Webb, Emily L; Khoo, Saye; Martinson, Neil; Gray, Clive M; Fox, Julie; Chiodi, Francesca

Prevalence and factors associated with post traumatic stress disorder among field police patrol officers serving in Kampala Metropolitan region. (2022) Isabirye, Rogers Agenda; Namuli, Justine Diana; Kinyanda, Eugene

Genetically Predicted Lipid Traits, Diabetes Liability, and Carotid Intima-Media Thickness in African Ancestry Individuals: A Mendelian Randomization Study. (2022) Soremekun, Opeyemi; Slob, Eric AW; Burgess, Stephen; Romuald Boua, Palwende; Fatumo, Segun; Gill, Dipender

Genetic insights into smoking behaviours in 10,558 men of African ancestry from continental Africa and the UK. (2022) Piga, Noemi-Nicole; Boua, Palwende Romuald; Soremekun, Chisom; Shrine, Nick; Coley, Kayesha; Brandenburg, Jean-Tristan; Tobin, Martin D; Ramsay, Michèle; Fatumo, Segun; Choudhury, Ananyo; Batini, Chiara

Optimization and validation of an ELISA assay for the determination of antibody responses to CN54gp140 and AIDSVAX BE for use in the Phase IIb PrEPVacc vaccine trial. (2022) Gombe, Ben; Streatfield, Claire; Leal, Lorna; Opio, Solomon; Joseph, Sarah; Weber, Jonathan; Hare, Jonathan; Kaleebu, Pontiano; Serwanga, Jennifer

Anopheles gambiae Trehalase Inhibitors for Malaria Vector Control: A Molecular Docking and Molecular Dynamics Study. (2022) Adedeji, Eunice O; Oduselu, Gbolahan O; Ogunlana, Olubanke O; Fatumo, Segun; Koenig, Rainer; Adebiyi, Ezekiel

October 2022

An Overview of Rift Valley Fever Vaccine Development Strategies. (2022) Kitandwe, Paul Kato; McKay, Paul F; Kaleebu, Pontiano; Shattock, Robin J

September 2022

Factors Associated with Short and Long Term Mobility and HIV Risk of Women Living in Fishing Communities Around Lake Victoria in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda: A Cross Sectional Survey. (2022) Bahemuka, Ubaldo M; Okimat, Paul; Webb, Emily L; Seeley, Janet; Ssetaala, Ali; Okech, Brenda; Oketch, Bertha; Kibengo, Freddie M; Okello, Elialilia; Kwena, Zachary; Kuteesa, Monica O; Price, Matt A; Kaleebu, Pontiano; Grosskurth, Heiner; Fast, Pat; LVCHR

August 2022

Physical and psychiatric comorbidities among patients with severe mental illness as seen in Uganda. (2022) Mpango, Richard Stephen; Ssembajjwe, Wilber; Rukundo, Godfrey Zari; Birungi, Carol; Kalungi, Allan; Gadow, Kenneth D; Patel, Vikram; Nyirenda, Moffat; Kinyanda, Eugene

Molecular Dynamic Simulation Reveals Structure Differences in APOL1 Variants and Implication in Pathogenesis of Chronic Kidney Disease. (2022) Mayanja, Richard; Kintu, Christopher; Diabate, Oudou; Soremekun, Opeyemi; Oluwagbemi, Olugbenga Oluseun; Wele, Mamadou; Kalyesubula, Robert; Jjingo, Daudi; Chikowore, Tinashe; Fatumo, Segun

July 2022

Detection of HIV-1 Transmission Clusters from Dried Blood Spots within a Universal Test-and-Treat Trial in East Africa. (2022) Pujol-Hodge, Emma; Salazar-Gonzalez, Jesus F; Ssemwanga, Deogratius; Charlebois, Edwin D; Ayieko, James; Grant, Heather E; Liegler, Teri; Atkins, Katherine E; Kaleebu, Pontiano; Kamya, Moses R; Petersen, Maya; Havlir, Diane V; Leigh Brown, Andrew J

Mobilization of systemic CCL4 following HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis in young men in Africa. (2022) Petkov, Stefan; Herrera, Carolina; Else, Laura; Mugaba, Susan; Namubiru, Patricia; Odoch, Geoffrey; Opoka, Daniel; Pillay, Azure-Dee AP; Seiphetlo, Thabiso B; Serwanga, Jennifer; Ssemata, Andrew S; Kaleebu, Pontiano; Webb, Emily L; Khoo, Saye; Lebina, Limakatso; Gray, Clive M; Martinson, Neil; Fox, Julie; Chiodi, Francesca

Bioinformatics, Computational Informatics, and Modeling Approaches to the Design of mRNA COVID-19 Vaccine Candidates. (2022) Oluwagbemi, Olugbenga; Oladipo, Elijah; Kolawole, Olatunji; Oloke, Julius; Adelusi, Temitope; Irewolede, Boluwatife; Dairo, Emmanuel; Ayeni, Ayodele; Kolapo, Kehinde; Akindiya, Olawumi; Oluwasegun, Jerry; Oluwadara, Bamigboye; Fatumo, Segun

Predicting the impacts of land management for sustainable development on depression risk in a Ugandan case study. (2022) Pienkowski, Thomas; Keane, Aidan; Kinyanda, Eugene; Asiimwe, Caroline; Milner-Gulland, EJ

June 2022

Determinants and reasons for switching anti-retroviral regimen among HIV-infected youth in a large township of South Africa (2002-2019). (2022) Kabarambi, Anita; Balinda, Sheila; Abaasa, Andrew; Cogill, Dolphina; Orrell, Catherine

Infection with HIV-1 subtype D among acutely infected Ugandans is associated with higher median concentration of cytokines compared to subtype A. (2022) Kapaata, Anne; Balinda, Sheila N; Hare, Jonathan; Leonova, Olga; Kikaire, Bernard; Egesa, Moses; Lubyayi, Lawrence; Macharia, Gladys N; Kamali, Anatoli; Gilmour, Jill; Bagaya, Bernard; Salazar-Gonzalez, Jesus F; Kaleebu, Pontiano

Transferability of genetic risk scores in African populations. (2022) Kamiza, Abram B; Toure, Sounkou M; Vujkovic, Marijana; Machipisa, Tafadzwa; Soremekun, Opeyemi S; Kintu, Christopher; Corpas, Manuel; Pirie, Fraser; Young, Elizabeth; Gill, Dipender; Sandhu, Manjinder S; Kaleebu, Pontiano; Nyirenda, Moffat; Motala, Ayesha A; Chikowore, Tinashe; Fatumo, Segun

May 2022

Predictors of Loss to Follow-Up in an HIV Vaccine Preparedness Study in Masaka, Uganda. (2022) Kabarambi, Anita; Kansiime, Sheila; Kusemererwa, Sylvia; Kitonsa, Jonathan; Kaleebu, Pontiano; Ruzagira, Eugene; PrEPVacc Study Group

HIV-1 drug resistance genotyping success rates and correlates of Dried-blood spots and plasma specimen genotyping failure in a resource-limited setting. (2022) Omooja, Jonah; Bbosa, Nicholas; Lule, Dan Bugembe; Nannyonjo, Maria; Lunkuse, Sandra; Nassolo, Faridah; Nabirye, Stella Esther; Suubi, Hamidah Namagembe; Kaleebu, Pontiano; Ssemwanga, Deogratius

Oral pre-exposure prophylaxis preference, uptake, adherence and continuation among adolescent girls and young women in Kampala, Uganda: a prospective cohort study. (2022) Mayanja, Yunia; Kamacooko, Onesmus; Lunkuse, Jane Frances; Muturi-Kioi, Vincent; Buzibye, Allan; Omali, Denis; Chinyenze, Kundai; Kuteesa, Monica; Kaleebu, Pontiano; Price, Matt A

Rapid Replacement of SARS-CoV-2 Variants by Delta and Subsequent Arrival of Omicron, Uganda, 2021. (2022) Bbosa, Nicholas; Ssemwanga, Deogratius; Namagembe, Hamidah; Kiiza, Ronald; Kiconco, Jocelyn; Kayiwa, John; Lutalo, Tom; Lutwama, Julius; Ssekagiri, Alfred; Ssewanyana, Isaac; Nabadda, Susan; Kyobe-Bbosa, Henry; Giandhari, Jennifer; Pillay, Sureshnee; Ramphal, Upasana; Ramphal, Yajna; Naidoo, Yeshnee; Tshiabuila, Derek; Tegally, Houriiyah; San, Emmanuel J; Wilkinson, Eduan; de Oliveira, Tulio; Kaleebu, Pontiano

Hepatitis B infection is causally associated with extrahepatic cancers: A Mendelian randomization study. (2022) Kamiza, Abram Bunya; Fatumo, Segun; Singini, Mwiza Gideon; Yeh, Chih-Ching; Chikowore, Tinashe

April 2022

Lipid traits and type 2 diabetes risk in African ancestry individuals: A Mendelian Randomization study. (2022) Soremekun, Opeyemi; Karhunen, Ville; He, Yiyan; Rajasundaram, Skanda; Liu, Bowen; Gkatzionis, Apostolos; Soremekun, Chisom; Udosen, Brenda; Musa, Hanan; Silva, Sarah; Kintu, Christopher; Mayanja, Richard; Nakabuye, Mariam; Machipisa, Tafadzwa; Mason, Amy; Vujkovic, Marijana; Zuber, Verena; Soliman, Mahmoud; Mugisha, Joseph; Nash, Oyekanmi; Kaleebu, Pontiano; Nyirenda, Moffat; Chikowore, Tinashe; Nitsch, Dorothea; Burgess, Stephen; Gill, Dipender; Fatumo, Segun

March 2022

Genetic loci implicated in meta-analysis of body shape in Africans. (2022) Nakabuye, Mariam; Kamiza, Abram Bunya; Soremekun, Opeyemi; Machipisa, Tafadzwa; Cohen, Emmanuel; Pirie, Fraser; Nashiru, Oyekanmi; Young, Elizabeth; Sandhu, Manjinder S; Motala, Ayesha A; Chikowore, Tinashe; Fatumo, Segun

Transitioning from paediatric to HIV adult care services for adolescents and young people living with HIV in the African region: a scoping review protocol. (2022) Ssemata, Andrew Sentoogo; Nakasujja, Noeline; Kinyanda, Eugene

The Abbott Pandemic Defense Coalition: a unique multisector approach adds to global pandemic preparedness efforts. (2022) Averhoff, Francisco; Berg, Michael; Rodgers, Mary; Osmanov, Saladin; Luo, Xinxin; Anderson, Mark; Meyer, Todd; Landay, Alan; Gamkrelidze, Amiran; Kallas, Esper G; Ciuoderis, Karl; Hernandez, Juan Pablo; Henry, Jean Hugues; Osorio, Jorge; Lindo, John; Deshommes, Johnson; Anzinger, Joshua; Manasa, Justen; Alkashvili, Maia; Souleyman, Mboup; Kaleebu, Pontiano; Correa-Oliveira, Rodrigo; Solomon, Sunil; de Olivera, Tulio; Suputtamongkol, Yupin; Cloherty, Gavin

February 2022

A roadmap to increase diversity in genomic studies. (2022) Fatumo, Segun; Chikowore, Tinashe; Choudhury, Ananyo; Ayub, Muhammad; Martin, Alicia R; Kuchenbaecker, Karoline

Characterization of Near Full-Length Transmitted/Founder HIV-1 Subtype D and A/D Recombinant Genomes in a Heterosexual Ugandan Population (2006-2011). (2022) Balinda, Sheila N; Kapaata, Anne; Xu, Rui; Salazar, Maria G; Mezzell, Allison T; Qin, Qianhong; Herard, Kimberly; Dilernia, Dario; Kamali, Anatoli; Ruzagira, Eugene; Kibengo, Freddie M; Song, Heeyah; Ochsenbauer, Christina; Salazar-Gonzalez, Jesus F; Gilmour, Jill; Hunter, Eric; Yue, Ling; Kaleebu, Pontiano

January 2022

Editorial: Genetics of Complex Traits and Diseases From Under-Represented Populations. (2022) Fatumo, Segun; Chikowore, Tinashe; Kuchenbaecker, Karoline

Expression of type I interferon-associated genes at antiretroviral therapy interruption predicts HIV virological rebound. (2022) Zacharopoulou, P; Marchi, E; Ogbe, A; Robinson, N; Brown, H; Jones, M; Parolini, L; Pace, M; Grayson, N; Kaleebu, P; Rees, H; Fidler, S; Goulder, P; Klenerman, P; Frater, J

Polygenic Prediction of Type 2 Diabetes in Africa. (2022) Chikowore, Tinashe; Ekoru, Kenneth; Vujkovi, Marijana; Gill, Dipender; Pirie, Fraser; Young, Elizabeth; Sandhu, Manjinder S; McCarthy, Mark; Rotimi, Charles; Adeyemo, Adebowale; Motala, Ayesha; Fatumo, Segun

Emergence of new SARS-CoV-2 Variant of Concern Omicron (B.1.1.529) - highlights Africa's research capabilities, but exposes major knowledge gaps, inequities of vaccine distribution, inadequacies in global COVID-19 response and control efforts. (2022) Petersen, Eskild; Ntoumi, Francine; Hui, David S; Abubakar, Aisha; Kramer, Laura D; Obiero, Christina; Tambyah, Paul Anantharajah; Blumberg, Lucille; Yapi, Richard; Al-Abri, Seif; Pinto, Tatiana de Castro Abreu; Yeboah-Manu, Dorothy; Haider, Najmul; Asogun, Danny; Velavan, Thirumalaisamy P; Kapata, Nathan; Bates, Matthew; Ansumana, Rashid; Montaldo, Chiara; Mucheleng'anga, Luchenga; Tembo, John; Mwaba, Peter; Himwaze, Cordelia M; Hamid, Muzamil Mahdi Abdel; Mfinanga, Sayoki; Mboera, Leonard; Raj, Tajudeen; Aklillu, Eleni; Veas, Francisco; Edwards, Sarah; Kaleebu, Pontiano; McHugh, Timothy D; Chakaya, Jeremiah; Nyirenda, Thomas; Bockarie, Moses; Nyasulu, Peter S; Wejse, Christian; Muyembe-Tamfum, Jean-Jacques; Azhar, Esam I; Maeurer, Markus; Nachega, Jean B; Kock, Richard; Ippolito, Giuseppe; Zumla, Alimuddin

Field evaluation of the performance of seven Antigen Rapid diagnostic tests for the diagnosis of SARs-CoV-2 virus infection in Uganda. (2022) Bwogi, Josephine; Lutalo, Tom; Tushabe, Phionah; Bukenya, Henry; Eliku, James Peter; Ssewanyana, Isaac; Nabadda, Susan; Nsereko, Christopher; Cotten, Matthew; Downing, Robert; Lutwama, Julius; Kaleebu, Pontiano; EPI Laboratory team; UVRI -COVID 19 Technical team

Creating equity in health research to drive more and better evidence. (2022) Lang, Trudie; Reeder, John; Moorthy, Vasee; Trindade Lima, Nísia; Gray, Glenda; Kaleebu, Pontiano; Ihekweazu, Chikwe; Nsanzimana, Sabin; Kang, Gagandeep; Makanga, Michael; Swaminathan, Soumya

QuasiFlow: a Nextflow pipeline for analysis of NGS-based HIV-1 drug resistance data. (2022) Ssekagiri, Alfred; Jjingo, Daudi; Lujumba, Ibra; Bbosa, Nicholas; Bugembe, Daniel L; Kateete, David P; Jordan, I King; Kaleebu, Pontiano; Ssemwanga, Deogratius