General Population Cohort (GPC) Publications


GPC Publications

The following publications have been made under the GPC:

  1. Sekitoleko I, Nakanga WP, Webb E, Mugamba V, Balungi P, Mpairwe B, Terry O, Makanga R, Nabanoba E, Mugisha JO, Kimbugwe G. Identification and characterisation of diabetes in Uganda: protocol for the nested, population-based ‘Diabetes in low-resource Populations’(DOP) Study. BMJ open. 2023 Sep 1;13(9):e071747.
  2. Mugisha J, Mpairwe B, Newton R, Cotten M, Phan MV. SARS-CoV-2 omicron BA. 5 infections in vaccinated persons, rural Uganda. Emerging Infectious Diseases. 2023 Jan;29(1):224.
  3. Sabourin KR, Mugisha J, Asiki G, Nalwoga A, Labo N, Miley W, Beyer R, Rochford R, Johnston TW, Newton R, Whitby D. Epstein–Barr virus (EBV) antibody changes over time in a general population cohort in rural Uganda, 1992–2008. Infectious Agents and Cancer. 2023 Sep 29;18(1):55.
  4. Nalwoga A, Sabourin KR, Miley W, Jackson C, Maktabi M, Labo N, Mugisha J, Whitby D, Rochford R, Newton R. Plasmodium falciparum Malaria Is Associated with Increased Kaposi Sarcoma–Associated Herpesvirus (KSHV) Seropositivity and Higher KSHV Antibody Breadth and Magnitude: Results of a Case-Control Study From Rural Uganda. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2023 Aug 4:jiad308
  5. Prynn JE, Davey C, Davis D, Kuper H, Mugisha J, Seeley J. Cognition in older adults in Uganda: Correlates, trends over time and association with mortality in prospective population study. PLOS global public health. 2023 Nov 3;3(11):e0001798.
  6. Price AJ, Jobe M, Sekitoleko I, Crampin AC, Prentice AM, Seeley J, Chikumbu EF, Mugisha J, Makanga R, Dube A, Mair FS. Epidemiology of multimorbidity in low-income countries of sub-Saharan Africa: Findings from four population cohorts. PLOS Global Public Health. 2023 Dec 6;3(12):e0002677
  7. Kasamba I, Mugisha J, Abaasa A, Makanga R, Ruzagira E, Kaleebu P, Seeley J, Newton R. Thirty years of change in HIV incidence among adults in the Kyamulibwa General Population Cohort in rural southwest Uganda, 1989-2021. International Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2023 Apr 1;129:125-34
  8. Josephine Prynn, Racheal Alinaitwe, Beatrice Kimono, Tunde Peto, Nicholas J Ashton, Claire J Steves, Joseph Mugisha, Martin Prince Prevalence, aetiology, and service mapping of dementia in rural Uganda. Part of DEPEND Uganda (Dementia Epidemiology, unmet Need and co-Developing Solutions in Uganda). Wellcome Open Research 2025: https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.22944.2
  9. Joseph O. Mugisha, Ronald Makanga, Beatrice W. Kimono, Ivan Kasamba Leaving no one behind: Disability and HIV prevention, knowledge among adults in a population cohort in Uganda African Journal of Disability 2024: https://doi.org/10.4102/ajod.v13i0.1497