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Joseph F. Wamala
Researcher at World Health Organization
Publications - 74
Citations - 2304
Joseph F. Wamala is an academic researcher from World Health Organization. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Cholera. The author has an hindex of 25, co-authored 63 publications receiving 1890 citations. Previous affiliations of Joseph F. Wamala include Singapore Ministry of Health.
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Assessment of core capacities for the International Health Regulations (IHR[2005]) – Uganda, 2009
Joseph F. Wamala,Charles Okot,Issa Makumbi,Nasan Natseri,Annet Kisakye,Miriam Nanyunja,Barnabas Bakamutumaho,Julius J. Lutwama,Rajesh Sreedharan,Jun Xing,Peter Gaturuku,Thomas Aisu,Fernando Da Silveira,Stella Chungong +13 more
TL;DR: The assessment highlighted critical gaps hampering the efficient functioning of the national laboratory network and the IHR(2005) action plan should be developed to foster national and international public health security.
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Ebola hemorrhagic fever associated with novel virus strain, Uganda, 2007-2008.
Joseph F. Wamala,Luswa Lukwago,Mugagga Malimbo,Patrick Nguku,Zabulon Yoti,Monica Musenero,Jackson Amone,William B. Mbabazi,Miriam Nanyunja,Sam Zaramba,Alex Opio,Julius J. Lutwama,Ambrose Talisuna,Samuel Okware +13 more
TL;DR: Case-fatality rate is lower for this strain than for the other 3 Ebola species known to be pathogenic to humans.
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Proportion of deaths and clinical features in Bundibugyo Ebola virus infection, Uganda.
Adam MacNeil,Eileen C. Farnon,Joseph F. Wamala,Samuel Okware,Deborah Cannon,Zachary Reed,Jonathan S. Towner,Jordan W. Tappero,Julius J. Lutwama,Robert Downing,Stuart T. Nichol,Thomas G. Ksiazek,Pierre E. Rollin +12 more
TL;DR: Signs and symptoms were largely nonspecific and similar to those of EHF outbreaks caused by Zaire and Sudan Ebola viruses, proportion of deaths among those infected was lower (≈40%).
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Genomic insights into the 2016–2017 cholera epidemic in Yemen
François-Xavier Weill,Daryl Domman,Daryl Domman,Elisabeth Njamkepo,Abdullrahman A. Almesbahi,Mona Naji,Samar Saeed Nasher,Ankur Rakesh,Abdullah M. Assiri,Naresh Chand Sharma,Samuel Kariuki,Mohammad Reza Pourshafie,Jean Rauzier,Abdinasir Abubakar,Jane Y. Carter,Joseph F. Wamala,Caroline Seguin,Christiane Bouchier,Thérèse E. Malliavin,Bita Bakhshi,Hayder H.N. Abulmaali,Dhirendra Kumar,Samuel M. C. Njoroge,Mamunur Rahman Malik,John Kiiru,Francisco J. Luquero,Andrew S. Azman,Thandavarayan Ramamurthy,Nicholas R. Thomson,Nicholas R. Thomson,Marie Laure Quilici +30 more
TL;DR: The epidemic in Yemen is linked to global radiations of pandemic V. cholerae and it is shown that this sublineage originated from South Asia and that it caused outbreaks in East Africa before appearing in Yemen, and is susceptible to several commonly used antibiotics as well as to polymyxins.
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Genomic analysis of filoviruses associated with four viral hemorrhagic fever outbreaks in Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 2012
César G. Albariño,Trevor Shoemaker,Marina L. Khristova,Joseph F. Wamala,J.J. Muyembe,Stephen Balinandi,Alex Tumusiime,S. Campbell,Deborah Cannon,Aridth Gibbons,Eric Bergeron,Brian H. Bird,Kimberly A. Dodd,Christina F. Spiropoulou,Bobbie R. Erickson,Lisa Wiggleton Guerrero,Barbara Knust,Stuart T. Nichol,Pierre E. Rollin,Ute Ströher +19 more
TL;DR: Analysis of complete virus genome sequences confirmed the reemergence of Sudan virus and Marburg virus in Uganda, and the first emergence of Bundibugyo virus in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.