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Paul S. Obwoya
Researcher at St Mary's Hospital
Publications - 5
Citations - 128
Paul S. Obwoya is an academic researcher from St Mary's Hospital. The author has contributed to research in topics: Malaria & Plasmodium falciparum. The author has an hindex of 2, co-authored 3 publications receiving 71 citations.
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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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Recovery and stable persistence of chloroquine sensitivity in Plasmodium falciparum parasites after its discontinued use in Northern Uganda.
Betty Balikagala,Miki Sakurai-Yatsushiro,Shin-Ichiro Tachibana,Mie Ikeda,Masato Yamauchi,Osbert T. Katuro,Edward H. Ntege,Makoto Sekihara,Naoyuki Fukuda,Nobuyuki Takahashi,Shouki Yatsushiro,Toshiyuki Mori,Makoto Hirai,Walter Opio,Paul S. Obwoya,Denis A Anywar,Mary A. Auma,Nirianne Marie Q. Palacpac,Takafumi Tsuboi,Emmanuel I. Odongo-Aginya,Eisaku Kimura,Martin D. Ogwang,Toshihiro Horii,Toshihiro Mita +23 more
TL;DR: Accumulation of similar evidence in other endemic areas in Uganda could open channels for possible future re-use of chloroquine as an option for malaria treatment or prevention.
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Ex vivo susceptibility of Plasmodium falciparum to antimalarial drugs in Northern Uganda.
Naoyuki Fukuda,Shin-Ichiro Tachibana,Mie Ikeda,Miki Sakurai-Yatsushiro,Betty Balikagala,Osbert T. Katuro,Masato Yamauchi,Sakurako Emoto,Muneaki Hashimoto,Shouki Yatsushiro,Makoto Sekihara,Toshiyuki Mori,Makoto Hirai,Walter Opio,Paul S. Obwoya,Mary A. Auma,Denis A Anywar,Masatoshi Kataoka,Nirianne Marie Q. Palacpac,Emmanuel I. Odongo-Aginya,Eisaku Kimura,Martin D. Ogwang,Toshihiro Horii,Toshihiro Mita +23 more
TL;DR: Amodiaquine, a widely used partner drug for ACT in African countries, may be the first promising alternative in case lumefantrine resistance emerges, and therapeutic use of mefloquine may not be recommended in this area.
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Prevalence and factors associated with drug therapy problems among hypertensive patients at hypertension clinic of Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital, Uganda: a |cross-sectional study
TL;DR: In this paper , a cross-sectional study was conducted at the hypertension clinic of Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital (MRRH) in Uganda among 228 hypertensive patients using a data abstraction tool and patients were interviewed using a structured questionnaire.
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Factors Associated with 30-Day in-Hospital Mortality Among Patients Admitted with Severe Covid-19 in Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital
Andrew Mutekanga,Edwin Nuwagira,Elias Kumbakumba,Victoria Nyaiteera,Stephen Asiimwe,Medal Gasumuni,Nelson Wandera,R. Natumanya,Denis Akena,Siraj Senoga,Joseph Kyobe Kiwanuka,GK Kateregga,Emmanuel Munyarugero,Fardous Charles Abeya,Paul S. Obwoya,Stephen Ttendo,Rose Muhindo +16 more
TL;DR: In this article , the authors used logistic regression to explore the factors associated with 30-day in-hospital mortality in patients with severe COVID-19 admitted at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital (MRRH).