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Diabetes mellitus and tuberculosis double burden: prevalence and risk factors among patients attending Kisenyi Health Center IV - Uganda
(Makerere University, 2022-11-24)
The world is currently facing numerous health-related challenges including both communicable and non-communicable diseases. Although, the burden of TB and DM are individually known, there is limited information about the ...
Evaluation of wound healing activity of methanolic extract of Cinnamonum verum in wistar albino rats
(Makerere University, 2022-03-24)
Cinnamon verum is one of the medicinal plants used traditionally for the management of wounds. Wounds are a health problem with devastating consequences for patients and inflict a great cost to both societies and health ...
Typhoid fever among patients with malaria attending Kumi Hospital Ongino in Kumi District
(Makerere University, 2022-02)
Malaria and typhoid fever are among the most common endemic diseases in the tropics and developing countries. The diseases present with similar signs and symptoms especially during the early stages of typhoid. Because of ...
Assessment of the microbiological quality of fresh tilapia fish sold at three markets in Kampala City, Uganda
(Makerere University, 2022-03)
A microbiological analysis of tilapia for determination of Total Viable Count (TVC), Pseudomonas load and coliform count, was carried out on samples obtained from three different markets in Kampala City, Uganda. The study ...
Maize storage practices and their influence on aflatoxin contamination in maize from selected markets in Moyo District, Northern Uganda
(Makerere University, 2022)
Aflatoxicosis resulting from consumption of contaminated maize poses significant public health problems including liver cancer, growth retardation and immunosuppression in many countries including Uganda, and many people ...
Histopathological profile of breast cancer among women at Uganda Cancer Institute, Mulago Referral Hospital in Kampala Uganda
(Makerere University, 2022-02)
Currently breast cancer still remains the most commonly diagnosed female cancer globally with a significant geographic, racial and ethnical variations in its incidence. This research examined the frequency and histological ...
Assessing the effect of delay in transit and processing on pathogen recovery from blood cultures in the bd bactectm fx system at Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala
(Makerere University, 2022-03)
Blood culturing is still considered as the gold standard done by microbiology laboratories with aim of detecting microbial pathogens related to blood stream infections, in turn guide antibiotic therapy. The Clinical and ...
The phylogenetic analysis of SARS-CoV2 across the different continents (Asia, Europe, North America, South America and Africa) over one year period
(Makerere University, 2022-01)
A previously unknown human coronavirus (hCoV-19) was first detected in late 2019 in patients in the City of Wuhan, who suffered from respiratory illnesses including atypical pneumonia, an illness that became known as ...
Prevalence and antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of urinary tract infections among expectant mothers attending Kasangati Health Centre-IV, Wakiso District, Uganda
(Makerere University, 2022-02)
Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are the most common bacterial infections during pregnancy. Untreated UTI can be associated with serious obstetric complications. This cross-sectional study was carried out to determine the ...
Handling practices and aflatoxin contamination of the dry wild edible mushrooms sold in Rushere town council Kiruhura District Western Uganda.
(Makerere University, 2022-01)
Aflatoxins are secondary metabolites produced by Aspergillus species of fungus which include Aspergillus flavus and Aspergillus parasiticus. Aflatoxin presence in various foods is considered as a health threat across the ...