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Denis K. Byarugaba
Researcher at Makerere University
Publications - 70
Citations - 1889
Denis K. Byarugaba is an academic researcher from Makerere University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Influenza A virus subtype H5N1. The author has an hindex of 16, co-authored 63 publications receiving 1438 citations. Previous affiliations of Denis K. Byarugaba include Makerere University Walter Reed Project & McGill University.
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Further Evidence for Bats as the Evolutionary Source of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus.
Simon J. Anthony,Simon J. Anthony,Kirsten V. K. Gilardi,Vineet D. Menachery,Tracey Goldstein,B. Ssebide,Ruth Mbabazi,Isamara Navarrete-Macias,Eliza Liang,Eliza Liang,Heather L. Wells,Allison L. Hicks,Alexandra Petrosov,Denis K. Byarugaba,Kari Debbink,Kenneth H. Dinnon,Trevor Scobey,Scott H. Randell,Boyd Yount,Michael R. Cranfield,Michael R. Cranfield,Christine K. Johnson,Ralph S. Baric,Walter Ian Lipkin,Jonna A. K. Mazet +24 more
TL;DR: A Mers-like CoV identified from a Pipistrellus cf.
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Growing problem of Multidrug-Resistant enteric pathogens in Africa
TL;DR: A disproportionate number of low-income persons are affected by the natural disasters that occur in this region.
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The state of the World's Antibiotics 2015.
Helen Gelbrand,Molly K. Miller-Petrie,Suraj Pant,Sumanth Gandra,Jordan Levinson,Devra Barter,Andrea White,Ramanan Laxminarayan,Nirmal Kumar Ganguly,Samuel Kariuki,Linus Ndegwa,Eveline Wesangula,Betuel Sigaúque,Esperança Sevene,Buddha Basnynat,Paras Kumar Pokharel,Sameer Mani Dixit,Santoshi Giri,Adriano Duse,Olga Perovic,Kim Faure,Said Aboud,Robinson H. Mdegela,Khadija Msami,Denis K. Byarugaba,Donna A Kusemererwa,James Lakony,Nguyen Van Kinh,Heiman F. L. Wertheim,Do Thi Thuy Nga +29 more
TL;DR: Since their introduction into medicine in the 1940s, antibiotics have been central to modern healthcare and their role has expanded from treating serious infections to preventing infections in surgical patients, protecting cancer patients and people with compromised immune systems.
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Antimicrobial resistance in developing countries
Anibal Sosa,Denis K. Byarugaba,Carlos F. Amábile-Cuevas,Po-Ren Hsueh,Samuel Kariuki,Iruka N. Okeke +5 more
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Occurrence and antibiotic susceptibility of fish bacteria isolated from Oreochromis niloticus (Nile tilapia) and Clarias gariepinus (African catfish) in Uganda
Samuel Wamala,Samuel Wamala,Kahoza Kizito Mugimba,Kahoza Kizito Mugimba,Stephen Mutoloki,Øystein Evensen,Robinson H. Mdegela,Denis K. Byarugaba,Henning Sørum +8 more
TL;DR: This is the first study to establish the occurrence of several bacteria species infecting fish; and to determine antibiotic susceptibility of fish bacteria in Uganda, suggesting minimal levels of acquired antibiotic resistance in fish bacteria from the study area.