Browsing Faculty of Health Sciences by Author "Legason, Ismail Draguma"

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    • Genomic Landscape of Epstein-Barr Virus in Endemic Burkitt Lymphoma 

      Legason, Ismail Draguma; Burns, Adam; Ridout, Kate; Jennings, Daisy; Ogwang, Martin D; Otim, Isaac; Nabalende, Hadijah; Achola, Caroline; Ayitewala, Alisen; Sseruyange, Julius; Chamba, Clara C; Josephat, Emmanuel; Christopher, Heavenlight; Mawalla, William F; Mkwizu, Elifurah; Mremi, Alex; Mwamtemi, Hadija; Dreau, Helene; Mouden, Claire El; Vavoulis, Dimitris; Leung, Carol Sze; Schuh, Anna (Elsevier, 2023-11-29)
      Introduction: Endemic Burkitt lymphoma (eBL) is a fast-growing B-cell malignancy strongly linked to Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection, a member of the herpes virus family. The virus is widespread, infecting 95% of the ...

    • High prevalence of malaria in pregnancy among women attending antenatal care at a large referral hospital in northwestern Uganda: 

      Mangusho, Caleb; Mwebesa, Edson; Izudi, Jonathan; Aleni, Mary; Dricile, Ratib; Mangwi, Richard Ayiasi; Legason, Ismail Draguma (PLOS One, 2023-04-05)
      Background Malaria in pregnancy contributes to substantial morbidity and mortality among women in Uganda. However, there is limited information on the prevalence and factors associated with malaria in pregnancy among women ...

    • Performance of a liquid biopsy diagnostic prediction model for EBV-positive Burkitt Lymphoma in Sub-Saharan Africa 

      Chamba, Clara C; Howard, Kieran; Mawalla, William F; Christopher, Heavenlight; Seruyange, Julius; Josephat, Emmanuel; Legason, Ismail Draguma; Ogwang, Martin; Ayitewala, Alisen; Mremi, Alex; Achola, Caroline; Elias, Edrick; Cutts, Anthony; Dreau, Helene; Burns, Adam; Shungu, Rehema; Gerlevik, Sila; Jennings, Daisy; Balandya, Emmanuel; Ridout, Kate (Elsevier, 2023-11-29)
      Burkitt Lymphoma (BL) is classified into EBV-positive BL (EBL) and EBV-negative BL (sporadic BL), the former being more prevalent in SSA (Al-Khreisat et al 2023). Conventional diagnosis of BL depends on the morphological ...