Browsing by Subject "Tuberculosis"
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Assessing the rate and factors influencing initiation and completion of isoniazid preventive therapy among HIV patients at Naguru Hospital
(Makerere University, 2021)Tuberculosis (TB) is the most common opportunistic infection and the leading cause of death in people living with HIV (PLHIV). People living with HIV are at a higher risk of TB infection and disease compared to those without ... -
Assessing the relationship between weather and Tuberculosis. (A case study of Soroti District)
(Makerere University., 2019-08)Air temperature variations world widely has been reported to affect various respiratory diseases however it is less documented when it comes to tuberculosis.There has been much change in the distribution of tuberculosis ... -
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 ... -
Factors associated with tuberculosis infection among patients at Lira regional referral hospital.
(Makerere University, 2022-04)The study about the risk factors associated with Tuberculosis infection among people in Lango Sub-region, Northern Uganda especially those admitted at Lira Regional Referral Hospital in the period Jan to Dec 2021. The study ... -
In silico screening of antimicrobial peptides as putative drugs against mycobacterium tuberculosis
(Makerere University, 2022-11)The high incidence of Tuberculosis infection and its devastating effects on the health sector worldwide that is being brought about by increased number of resistant strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis has triggered several ... -
Machine Learning Aided Screening of Tuberculosis in Chest X-Rays
(2022-03-18)Efforts to eliminate TB in low and middle income countries are mainly challenged by the limited number of skilled radiologists to reliably interpret chest x-rays (CXRs) of potential patients. The use of deep learning presents ... -
Machine Learning-Aided Screening of Tuberculosis in Chest X-Rays.
(2022-03-03)As a highly infectious and contagious disease, Tuberculosis(TB) still remains a major threat to global health especially in low and middle income countries such as Uganda and ranks highest in the causes of death from a ... -
Optimization of recombinant expression of the Mycobacteria tuberculosis rhomboid protease 1 using Escherichia coli overexpression plasmid
(Makerere University, 2022-10)The mycobacteria Rhomboid proteases (1 & 2) have been identified as novel targets for drug targeting in mycobacteria giving a ray of hope for the realisation of new drug candidates for the management not only multidrug-resistant ... -
Prevalence and risk factors of mycobacterium tuberculosis among patients attending Amana Region Referral Hospital, Dar es Salaam
(Makerere University, 2022-10)Tuberculosis (TB) is an ancient disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) and its one of the world’s deadliest disease with one third of infected individuals falling ill each year especially in many developing ... -
Prevalence of tuberculosis among malnourished children 6-59 months managed in Arua Regional Referral Hospital-2018-2021
(Makerere University, 2022-10-27)The purpose of this study was to contribute towards management of Tuberculosis (TB) amongst malnourished children below 5 years of age in Arua Regional Referral Hospital catchment area. The specific objectives were; 1) to ...