Nicholas Owor
Uganda Virus Research Institute
32 Papers
19 Citations
Nicholas Owor is an academic researcher from Uganda Virus Research Institute. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Biology. The author has an hindex of 6, co-authored 13 publications.
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Papers
Assessing Human Risk of Exposure to Plague Bacteria in Northwestern Uganda Based on Remotely Sensed Predictors
Rebecca J. Eisen,Kevin S. Griffith,Jeff N. Borchert,Katherine MacMillan,Titus Apangu,Nicholas Owor,Sara Acayo,Rogers Acidri,Emily Zielinski-Gutierrez,Anna M. Winters,Russell E. Enscore,Martin E. Schriefer,Charles B. Beard,Kenneth L. Gage,Paul S. Mead +14 more
TL;DR: The results suggest that environmental and landscape features play a large part in classifying an area as ecologically conducive to plague activity and it is clear that future studies aimed at identifying behavioral and fine-scale ecological risk factors in the West Nile region are required to fully assess the risk of human exposure to Y. pestis.
Dynamics of influenza in tropical Africa: Temperature, humidity, and co-circulating (sub)types
Wan Yang,Matthew J. Cummings,Barnabas Bakamutumaho,John Kayiwa,Nicholas Owor,Barbara Namagambo,Timothy Byaruhanga,Julius J. Lutwama,Max R. O'Donnell,Jeffrey Shaman +9 more
TL;DR: The impact of weather conditions on influenza in the tropics and factors that may contribute to this uncertainty are investigated.
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Evaluation of Rodent Bait Containing Imidacloprid for the Control of Fleas on Commensal Rodents in a Plague-Endemic Region of Northwest Uganda
Jeff N. Borchert,Russell E. Enscore,Rebecca J. Eisen,Linda A. Atiku,Nicholas Owor,Sarah Acayo,Nackson Babi,John A. Montenieri,Kenneth L. Gage +8 more
TL;DR: Results indicate the use of a palatable host-targeted bait block containing imidacloprid was an effective technique for quickly reducing flea numbers on rodents in northwest Uganda and could be useful for lowering the potential risk of human flea bite exposures during plague outbreaks if applied continuously during the period of risk.
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Severe COVID-19 in Uganda across Two Epidemic Phases: A Prospective Cohort Study.
Barnabas Bakamutumaho,Matthew J. Cummings,Nicholas Owor,John Kayiwa,Joyce Namulondo,Timothy Byaruhanga,Moses Muwanga,Christopher Nsereko,Emmanuel Rwamutwe,Roselyn Mutonyi,Josephine Achan,Lucy Wanyenze,Alice Ndazarwe,Ruth Nakanjako,Richard Natuhwera,Annet Nsangi,Henry Kyobe Bosa,Felix Ocom,Max R. O'Donnell,Bernard Kikaire,Bernard Kikaire,Julius J. Lutwama +21 more
TL;DR: Among a prospective cohort of children and adults admitted to a national COVID-19 treatment unit in Uganda from March to December 2020, this paper characterized the epidemiology of and risk factors for severe illness.
Transmission dynamics of influenza in two major cities of Uganda.
Wan Yang,Matthew J. Cummings,Barnabas Bakamutumaho,John Kayiwa,Nicholas Owor,Barbara Namagambo,Timothy Byaruhanga,Julius J. Lutwama,Max R. O'Donnell,Jeffrey Shaman +9 more
TL;DR: It is shown that influenza epidemics recurred annually during the study period and two or more influenza viruses co-circulated at the same time in most months, however, the epidemic timing differed by influenza (sub)type.