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Moses R. Kamya
Researcher at Makerere University
Publications - 504
Citations - 15407
Moses R. Kamya is an academic researcher from Makerere University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Malaria & Population. The author has an hindex of 60, co-authored 435 publications receiving 12598 citations. Previous affiliations of Moses R. Kamya include Mulago Hospital.
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Preventive malaria treatment among school-aged children in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta-analyses
Lauren M. Cohee,Charles Opondo,Siân E. Clarke,Katherine E. Halliday,Jorge Cano,Andrea G. Shipper,Breanna Barger-Kamate,Abdoulaye Djimde,Seybou Diarra,Aditi Dokras,Moses R. Kamya,Pascal Lutumba,Alioune Badara Ly,Joaniter I. Nankabirwa,J Kiambo Njagi,Hamma Maiga,Catherine Maiteki-Sebuguzi,Junior Matangila,Junior Matangila,George Okello,Fabian Rohner,Natalie Roschnik,Saba Rouhani,Saba Rouhani,Mahamadou S Sissoko,Sarah G. Staedke,Mahamadou A. Thera,Elizabeth L. Turner,J.-P. Van Geertruyden,Michael Zimmerman,Matthew Christopher Haddon Jukes,Simon Brooker,Elizabeth Allen,Miriam K. Laufer,R Matthew Chico +34 more
TL;DR: Policy makers and programme managers should consider preventive treatment of malaria to protect this age group and advance the goal of malaria elimination, while weighing these benefits against potential risks of chemoprevention.
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False-Positive Results of Enzyme Immunoassays for Human Immunodeficiency Virus in Patients with Uncomplicated Malaria
Anne Gasasira,Grant Dorsey,Moses R. Kamya,Diane V. Havlir,Moses Kiggundu,Philip J. Rosenthal,Edwin D. Charlebois +6 more
TL;DR: Two HIV enzyme immunoassays (EIAs) were evaluated by testing 1,965 Ugandans with malaria and found poor positive predictive values (53% and 76%), particularly with younger age.
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Persistence of chloroquine resistance alleles in malaria endemic countries: a systematic review of burden and risk factors.
Moses Ocan,Dickens Akena,Sam L. Nsobya,Moses R. Kamya,Richard Senono,Alison Annet Kinengyere,Ekwaro A. Obuku,Ekwaro A. Obuku +7 more
TL;DR: The prevalence of chloroquine resistance alleles among Plasmodium falciparum parasites have steadily declined since discontinuation of chlorquine use, however, Pfcrt K76T and Pfmdr-1 N86Y mutations still persist at moderate frequencies in most malaria affected countries.
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Sub-optimal CD4 reconstitution despite viral suppression in an urban cohort on Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) in sub-Saharan Africa: Frequency and clinical significance
Damalie Nakanjako,Agnes Kiragga,Fowzia Ibrahim,Barbara Castelnuovo,Moses R. Kamya,Philippa Easterbrook,Philippa Easterbrook +6 more
TL;DR: The frequency and clinical significance of suboptimal CD4 reconstitution despite viral suppression (SO-CD4) in an urban HIV research cohort in Kampala, Uganda was determined and studies of CD4 T-cell functional recovery among patients with SO-CD 4 were recommended.
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Maternal nutritional status predicts adverse birth outcomes among HIV-infected rural Ugandan women receiving combination antiretroviral therapy.
Sera L. Young,Katherine Murray,Julia Mwesigwa,Paul Natureeba,Beth Osterbauer,Jane Achan,Emmanuel Arinaitwe,Tamara D. Clark,Veronica Ades,Albert Plenty,Edwin D. Charlebois,Theodore Ruel,Moses R. Kamya,Diane V. Havlir,Deborah Cohan +14 more
TL;DR: In this cohort of HIV-infected women initiating cART during pregnancy, grossly inadequate GWG was common and cART by itself may not be sufficient for decreasing the burden of adverse birth outcomes among HIV- Infected women.