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Publications

Title:  Safety and efficacy of intermittent presumptive treatment with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine using rapid diagnostic test screening and treatment with dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine at the first antenatal care visit (IPTp-SP+): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.
Authors:  Jean-Bertin Bukasa Kabuya, Matthew M. Ippolito, Jay Sikalima, Clifford Tende, Davies Champo, David Mwakazanga, Anna Marie P. Young, Modest Mulenga, Gershom Chongwe, and Christine Manyando

Journal: Trials 2021 Nov;22(1):820


Title: Combining malaria vaccination with chemoprevention: a promising new approach to malaria control

Authors: Brian Greenwood, Matthew Cairns, Mike Chaponda, R. Matthew Chico, Alassane Dicko, Jean‑Bosco Ouedraogo, Kamija S. Phiri, Feiko O. ter Kuile and Daniel Chandramohan
Journal:
Malaria Journal; (2021) Sept; 20:361


Title: Assessment of the tuberculosis case-finding and prevention cascade among people living with HIV in Zambia – 2018: a cross-sectional cluster survey.

Authors: Michael Melgar, Ray W. Shiraishi, Clifford Tende, Sydney Mwanza, Joyce Mulenga, Shepherd Khondowe, David Mwakazanga, Kelvin Kapungu, Mathias Tembo, Amos Nota, Patrick Lungu, Brittany Moore and Laura J. Podewils
Journal: BMC Public Health, 2021; 21:859


 

Title: Drug Resistant Tuberculosis in the Northern Region of Zambia: A Retrospective Study

Authors: Ngula Monde, Mildred Zulu, Mathias Tembo, Ray Handema, Musso Munyeme

and Sydney Malama

Journal: Frontiers Trop. Dis, 3rd November 2021


Title: Association between hypertension, obesity and dietary intake in post-menopausal women from rural Zambian

Authors:  Joseph M. Chalwe, Upasana Mukherjee, Christa Grobler, Saidon H. Mbambara, Wilna Oldewage-Theron 


 

Title: Prevalence and genetic diversity of Shibuyunji virus, a novel tick-borne phlebovirus identified in Zambia

Authors:   Edgar Simulundu, Saidon Mbambara, Herman M. Chambaro, Karen Sichibalo, Masahiro Kajihara, King S. Nalubamba, Hirofumi Sawa, Ayato Takada, Katendi Changula & Simbarashe Chitanga 

Journal:    Arch. Virol. 2021, Jan 21.


Title: House Structure Is Associated with Malaria among Febrile Patients in a High-Transmission Region of Zambia.
Authors: Sikalima J
, Schue JL, Hill SE, Mulenga M, Handema R, Daka V, Chileshe J, Kasongo W, Chaponda M, Bukasa Kabuya JB, Moss WJ, Ippolito MM;

Journal: Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2021 Apr 12;104(6):2131-2138.


Title: COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in Zambia: a glimpse at the possible challenges ahead for COVID-19 vaccination rollout in sub-Saharan Africa.

Authors: Carcelen AC, Prosperi C, Mutembo S, Chongwe G, Mwansa FD, Ndubani P, Simulundu E, Chilumba I, Musukwa G, Thuma P, Kapungu K, Hamahuwa M, Mutale I, Winter A, Moss WJ, Truelove
Journal: SA.Hum Vaccin Immunother. 2021 Jul 6:1-6


Title: Prevalence of low high-density lipoprotein among young adults receiving antiretroviral therapy in Zambia: An opportunity to consider non-communicable diseases in resource-limited settings.

Authors: Hamooya BM, Musonda P, Mutale W, Masenga SK, Halwiindi H, Mutengo KH, Chiyeñu KOR, Chongwe G, Koethe JR, Lipworth L, Heimburger DC.

Journal: PLoS One. 2021 Feb 16;16(2): 2021.


Title: Breast Milk-Derived Retinol Is a Potential Surrogate for Serum in the 13C-Retinol Isotope Dilution Test in Zambian Lactating Women with Vitamin A Deficient and Adequate Status.

Authors: Kaliwile C, Michelo C, Sheftel J, Davis CR, Grahn M, Bwembya P, Simpungwe E, Mwanza S, Chileshe J, Tanumihardjo SA.

Journal: J Nutr. 2021 Jan 4;151(1):255-263.

 


Title:     Drug resistant tuberculosis cases from the Copperbelt province and Northern regions of Zambia: Genetic diversity, demographic and clinical characteristics.

Authors: Chisompola NK, Streicher EM, Dippenaar A, Whitfield MG, Tembo M, Mwanza S, Warren RM, Sampson SL.

Journal: Tuberculosis (Edinb). 2021 Sep;130:102122.

 


Title: Antimalarial Drug Resistance and Implications for the WHO Global Technical Strategy.

Authors: Ippolito MM, Moser KA, Kabuya JB, Cunningham C, Juliano JJ.
Journal: Curr Epidemiol Rep. 2021;8(2):46-62