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Betty Balikagala
Researcher at Juntendo University
Publications - 18
Citations - 744
Betty Balikagala is an academic researcher from Juntendo University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Plasmodium falciparum & Malaria. The author has an hindex of 10, co-authored 14 publications receiving 382 citations. Previous affiliations of Betty Balikagala include Ehime University.
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Evidence of Artemisinin-Resistant Malaria in Africa.
Betty Balikagala,Naoyuki Fukuda,Mie Ikeda,Osbert T. Katuro,Shin-Ichiro Tachibana,Masato Yamauchi,Walter Opio,Sakurako Emoto,Denis A Anywar,Eisaku Kimura,Nirianne Marie Q. Palacpac,Emmanuel I. Odongo-Aginya,Martin D. Ogwang,Toshihiro Horii,Toshihiro Mita +14 more
TL;DR: In the six Southeast Asian countries that make up the Greater Mekong Subregion, Plasmodium falciparum has developed resistance to derivatives of artemisinin this paper.
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A Head-to-Head Comparison of Four Artemisinin-Based Combinations for Treating Uncomplicated Malaria in African Children: A Randomized Trial
Daniel Atwine,Betty Balikagala,Quique Bassat,Victor Chalwe,Umberto D'Alessandro,Mehul Dhorda,Sarah Donegan,Paul Garner,Raquel González,Robert T. Guiguemdé,Sebastian Hachizovu,Dan Kajungu,Moses R. Kamya,Corine Karema,Afizi Kibuuka,Peter G. Kremsner,Bertrand Lell,Sonia Machevo,Clara Menéndez,Joris Menten,Martin M Meremikwu,Ghyslain Mombo-Ngoma,Fred Mudangha,Modest Mulenga,Tharcisse Munyaneza,Carolyn Nabasumba,Michael Nambozi,Friday Odey,Samson Okello,Chioma Oringanje,Angela Oyo-Ita,Patrice Piola,Raffaella Ravinetto,Halidou Tinto,Noel Rouamba,Fabian Strecker,Ambrose Talisuna,Noella Umulisa,Aline Uwimana,Innocent Valea,Jean-Pierre Van Geertruyden,Harry van Loen,Paula R Williamson,Adoke Yeka +43 more
TL;DR: This large head-to-head comparison of most currently available ACTs in sub-Saharan Africa showed that AL, ASAQ, andDHAPQ had excellent efficacy, up to day 63 post-treatment, supporting the recent recommendation of considering DHAPQ as a valid option for the treatment of uncomplicated P. falciparum malaria.
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Artemisinin-Resistant Plasmodium falciparum with High Survival Rates, Uganda, 2014-2016.
Mie Ikeda,Megumi Kaneko,Shin-Ichiro Tachibana,Betty Balikagala,Miki Sakurai-Yatsushiro,Shouki Yatsushiro,Nobuyuki Takahashi,Masato Yamauchi,Makoto Sekihara,Muneaki Hashimoto,Osbert T. Katuro,Alex Olia,Paul S. Obwoya,Mary A. Auma,Denis A Anywar,Emmanuel I. Odongo-Aginya,Joseph Okello-Onen,Makoto Hirai,Jun Ohashi,Nirianne Marie Q. Palacpac,Masatoshi Kataoka,Takafumi Tsuboi,Eisaku Kimura,Toshihiro Horii,Toshihiro Mita +24 more
TL;DR: Large-scale surveillance of possibly artemisinin-resistant parasites in Africa would provide useful information about treatment outcomes and help regional malaria control.
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Phase 1b Randomized Trial and Follow-Up Study in Uganda of the Blood-Stage Malaria Vaccine Candidate BK-SE36
Nirianne Marie Q. Palacpac,Edward H. Ntege,Adoke Yeka,Betty Balikagala,Nahoko Suzuki,Hiroki Shirai,Masanori Yagi,Kazuya Ito,Wakaba Fukushima,Yoshio Hirota,Christopher Nsereko,Takuya Okada,Bernard N. Kanoi,Kohhei Tetsutani,Nobuko Arisue,Sawako Itagaki,Takahiro Tougan,Ken Ishii,Shigeharu Ueda,Thomas G. Egwang,Toshihiro Horii +20 more
TL;DR: The promising potential of BK-SE36, observed in the follow-up study, warrants a double-blind phase 1/2b trial in children under 5 years.
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Influence of infection on malaria-specific antibody dynamics in a cohort exposed to intense malaria transmission in northern Uganda.
Carla Proietti,Federica Verra,Michael T. Bretscher,Will Stone,Will Stone,Bernard N. Kanoi,Betty Balikagala,Thomas G. Egwang,Patrick H. Corran,Raffaele Ronca,Bruno Arcà,Bruno Arcà,Eleanor M. Riley,Andrea Crisanti,Chris Drakeley,Teun Bousema,Teun Bousema +16 more
TL;DR: Findings indicate that continued malaria infections are required to maintain antibody titres in an area of intense malaria transmission in Apac, Uganda.