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Harriet Mayanja-Kizza
Researcher at Makerere University
Publications - 243
Citations - 8163
Harriet Mayanja-Kizza is an academic researcher from Makerere University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Tuberculosis & Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The author has an hindex of 43, co-authored 221 publications receiving 6804 citations. Previous affiliations of Harriet Mayanja-Kizza include Mulago Hospital & University of California, San Francisco.
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Tropical endomyocardial fibrosis in Uganda: the tribal and geographic distribution, and the association with eosinophilia.
TL;DR: A Mulago Hospital, l'hopital principal de l'Ouganda, 124 patients souffrant d'une fibrose endomyocardique confirmee par echocardiographie par rapport a leur origine geographique et ethnique, andis que 41% des patients atteint de FE etaient originaires du District de Mukono (une region precisement definie a l'est de Kampala), seulement 10,
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Prevention of Early Mortality by Presumptive Tuberculosis Therapy Study: An Open Label, Randomized Controlled Trial.
Yukari C. Manabe,Yukari C. Manabe,William Worodria,Frank van Leth,Harriet Mayanja-Kizza,Afsatou Ndama Traore,Afsatou Ndama Traore,Josefo Ferro,Nadine Pakker,Matthias Frank,Matthias Frank,Martin P. Grobusch,Martin P. Grobusch,Martin P. Grobusch,Robert Colebunders,Robert Colebunders,Frank Cobelens +16 more
TL;DR: The study did not suggest that empiric TB treatment in severely immunosuppressed patients with low BMI decreased mortality and, had an HR in the opposite direction than expected.
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Clinical differences between younger and older adults with HIV/AIDS starting antiretroviral therapy in Uganda and Zimbabwe: a secondary analysis of the DART trial.
Sujal M. Parikh,Ekwaro A. Obuku,Sarah Walker,Aggrey Semeere,Brandon J. Auerbach,Brandon J. Auerbach,James Hakim,Harriet Mayanja-Kizza,Peter Mugyenyi,Robert A. Salata,Cissy Kityo +10 more
TL;DR: Clinical and immunological differences between younger and older adults, in a cohort of Africans starting antiretroviral therapy in two low–income African countries are found.
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Low antigen-specific CD4 T-cell immune responses despite normal absolute CD4 counts after long-term antiretroviral therapy an African cohort.
Rose Nabatanzi,Lois Bayigga,Isaac Ssinabulya,Agnes Kiragga,Andrew Kambugu,Joseph Olobo,Moses Joloba,Moses R. Kamya,Harriet Mayanja-Kizza,Damalie Nakanjako +9 more
TL;DR: The role innate immunity in the recovery of immune function during long-term ART should be investigated to guide decisions on continued prophylaxis against opportunistic infections.
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Induction of HIV type 1 expression correlates with T cell responsiveness to mycobacteria in patients coinfected with HIV type 1 and Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
David H. Canaday,Mianda Wu,Shigou Lu,Htin Aung,Pierre Peters,Joy Baseke,Wilma Mackay,Harriet Mayanja-Kizza,Zahra Toossi +8 more
TL;DR: The data suggest that the magnitude of MTB-specific T cell responses drives local viral pathogenesis regardless of the stage of HIV-1 disease as reflected by plasma viral load or CD4(+) T cell count.