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  1. Facilitators and barriers to community-based livestock abortion reporting for Rift Valley Fever surveillance in Uganda: A COM-B analysis

    Article • PLOS One, October 2026, PLOS

    Professor Lawrence Mugisha

  2. Leading Change Across a Continent: PAN-LASE’s Roadmap for the Future Growth and Development of Research Animal Science and Ethics Across Africa

    Article • June 2025, MDPI AG

    Professor Lawrence Mugisha

  3. Uncovering Gender Dimensions in Antimicrobial Resistance: A 10-Year Study of Clinical Bacterial Isolates in Uganda

    Article • April 2025, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Professor Lawrence Mugisha

  4. Trends of Antibiotic Resistance in ESKAPE Pathogens in Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital (2015–2022), South Western, Uganda

    Article • Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology, January 2025, Wiley

    Professor Lawrence Mugisha

  5. Time to define One Health approaches to tackling antimicrobial resistance

    Article • Nature Communications, October 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Lawrence Mugisha

  6. One Health in Eastern Africa: No barriers for ESBL producingE. colitransmission or independent antimicrobial resistance gene flow across ecological compartments

    Article • September 2024, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Professor Lawrence Mugisha

  7. One Health Scoping Review of the Epidemiology of Human Fascioliasis across Africa for the Period 2000–2022

    Article • April 2024, MDPI AG

    Associate Professor Chester Kalinda, Professor Lawrence Mugisha

  8. Identification and molecular characterization of novel viruses in Ugandan cattle.

    Article • January 2024, Wiley

    Professor Lawrence Mugisha

  9. P16 Centre of excellence on antimicrobial stewardship in Central Uganda

    Article • JAC-Antimicrobial Resistance, January 2024, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Lawrence Mugisha

  10. Seroprevalence and potential risk factors for brucellosis infections in farm animals and humans in sub-Saharan Africa from 2012 to 2022: A systematic review and meta-analysis

    Article • December 2023, International Platform of Registered Systematic Review and Meta-analysis Protocols (INPLASY)

    Professor Lawrence Mugisha

  11. Knowledge, perceptions and practices on antimicrobial resistance in humans and animals in Wakiso district, Uganda: A cross sectional study

    Article • PLOS Global Public Health, December 2023, PLOS

    Professor Lawrence Mugisha

  12. Leptospirosis in humans and selected animals in Sub-Saharan Africa, 2014–2022: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    Article • BMC Infectious Diseases, October 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Lawrence Mugisha

  13. Guidelines for the establishment and functioning of Animal Ethics Commitees (Institutional Animal Care and Use Committees) in Africa

    Article • Laboratory Animals, September 2023, SAGE Publications

    Professor Lawrence Mugisha

  14. Investigating One Health risks for human colonisation with extended spectrum β-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae in Malawian households: a longitudinal cohort study

    Article • The Lancet Microbe, July 2023, Elsevier

    Professor Lawrence Mugisha

  15. Antimicrobial Use by Peri-Urban Poultry Smallholders of Kajiado and Machakos Counties in Kenya

    Article • Antibiotics, May 2023, MDPI AG

    Professor Lawrence Mugisha, Joshua Onono

  16. Drivers of Resistance in Uganda and Malawi (DRUM): a protocol for the evaluation of One-Health drivers of Extended Spectrum Beta Lactamase (ESBL) resistance in Low-Middle Income Countries (LMICs)

    Article • Wellcome Open Research, May 2023, Faculty of 1000, Ltd.

    Professor Lawrence Mugisha

  17. Risk Factors, Temporal Dependence, and Seasonality of Human Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamases-Producing Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae Colonization in Malawi: A Longitudinal Model-Based Approach

    Article • Clinical Infectious Diseases, March 2023, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Lawrence Mugisha

  18. Efficacy of Nanoencapsulated Herbal Extracts in the Treatment of Induced Wounds in Animal Models: A Systematic Review Protocol.

    Article • February 2023, Research Square

    Professor Lawrence Mugisha

  19. COVID-19 second wave and clinical characteristics of cases in Uganda: A retrospective cross-sectional survey of confirmed SARS-CoV-2 cases, March–June 2021

    Article • Epidemiology and Infection, January 2023, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Lawrence Mugisha

  20. Epidemiology and effectiveness of interventions for Foot and Mouth Disease in Africa: A protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis

    Article • November 2022, International Platform of Registered Systematic Review and Meta-analysis Protocols (INPLASY)

    Professor Lawrence Mugisha

  21. Sustainable education and training in laboratory animal science and ethics in low- and middle-income countries in Africa – challenges, successes, and the way forward

    Article • Laboratory Animals, November 2022, SAGE Publications

    Professor Lawrence Mugisha

  22. Training Needs for Emerging Infectious Diseases Research, Surveillance and Control in High-Risk and Resource-Constrained Settings: Findings and Recommendations for Uganda

    Article • October 2022, Research Square

    Professor Lawrence Mugisha

  23. Investigating risks for human colonisation with extended spectrum beta-lactamase producing E. coli and K. pneumoniae in Malawian households: a one health longitudinal cohort study

    Article • August 2022, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Professor Lawrence Mugisha

  24. Risk factors, temporal dependence, and seasonality of human ESBL-producing E. coli and K. pneumoniae colonisation in Malawi: a longitudinal model-based approach

    Article • August 2022, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Professor Lawrence Mugisha

  25. Large Comparative Analyses of Primate Body Site Microbiomes Indicate that the Oral Microbiome Is Unique among All Body Sites and Conserved among Nonhuman Primates

    Article • Microbiology Spectrum, June 2022, ASM Journals

    Professor Lawrence Mugisha

  26. Prevalence of leptospirosis among patients attending renal and general outpatient clinics in Mulago Hospital, Kampala, Uganda

    Article • Scientific Reports, May 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Lawrence Mugisha

  27. Identification and molecular characterization of highly divergent RNA viruses in cattle, Uganda.

    Article • Virus Research, May 2022, Elsevier

    Professor Lawrence Mugisha

  28. “There are many fevers”: Communities’ perception and management of Febrile illness and its relationship with human animal interactions in South-Western Uganda

    Article • PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, February 2022, PLOS

    Professor Lawrence Mugisha

  29. Drivers of Resistance in Uganda and Malawi (DRUM): a protocol for the evaluation of One-Health drivers of Extended Spectrum Beta Lactamase (ESBL) resistance in Low-Middle Income Countries (LMICs)

    Article • Wellcome Open Research, February 2022, Faculty of 1000, Ltd.

    Professor Lawrence Mugisha

  30. Drivers of the Second Wave and clinical characteristics of COVID-19 cases in Uganda: A Retrospective Study of Confirmed SARS-CoV-2 cases, March-June, 2021

    Article • January 2022, Research Square

    Professor Lawrence Mugisha

  31. Identification and molecular characterization of novel viruses in Ugandan cattle

    Article • January 2022, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Professor Lawrence Mugisha

  32. Clinical and Molecular Epidemiology of Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever in Humans in Uganda, 2013–2019

    Article • American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, January 2022, American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

    Professor Lawrence Mugisha

  33. Personal experience as COVID-19 patient and management in the National Referral Hospital, Kampala, Uganda

    Article • Academia Letters, September 2021, Academia.edu

    Professor Lawrence Mugisha

  34. Access, use and disposal of antimicrobials among humans and animals in Wakiso district, Uganda: a qualitative study

    Article • Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice, August 2021, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Lawrence Mugisha

  35. Prevalence of Leptospirosis Among Patients Attending Renal and General Outpatient Clinics in Mulago Hospital, Kampala, Uganda

    Article • August 2021, Research Square

    Professor Lawrence Mugisha

  36. <em>Campylobacter</em>: A Foodborne Pathogen with Emerging Antimicrobial Resistance

    Article • May 2021, MDPI AG

    Professor Lawrence Mugisha

  37. The potential impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on global antimicrobial and biocide resistance: an AMR Insights global perspective

    Article • JAC-Antimicrobial Resistance, April 2021, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    J HAYS, Professor Lawrence Mugisha, Dr Enrique Castro-Sánchez, Prof. Joseph O Fadare

  38. Serological and molecular study of Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus in cattle from selected districts in Uganda

    Article • Journal of Virological Methods, April 2021, Elsevier

    Professor Lawrence Mugisha

  39. A descriptive study of zoonotic disease risk at the human-wildlife interface in a biodiversity hot spot in South Western Uganda

    Article • PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, January 2021, PLOS

    Professor Lawrence Mugisha

  40. A One Health Approach to Strengthening Antimicrobial Stewardship in Wakiso District, Uganda

    Article • Antibiotics, October 2020, MDPI AG

    Professor Lawrence Mugisha

  41. Morphological and molecular identification of ixodid tick species (Acari: Ixodidae) infesting cattle in Uganda

    Article • Zeitschrift für Parasitenkunde Parasitology Research, June 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Lawrence Mugisha

  42. Novel Polyomaviruses in Mammals from Multiple Orders and Reassessment of Polyomavirus Evolution and Taxonomy

    Article • Viruses, October 2019, MDPI AG

    Professor Lawrence Mugisha

  43. Global phylogeography and ancient evolution of the widespread human gut virus crAssphage

    Article • Nature Microbiology, July 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Robert A Edwards, Professor Nathaniel J Dominy, Maria Mercedes Zambrano, Professor Lawrence Mugisha

  44. Effect of climate change on gender roles among communities surrounding Lake Mburo National Park, Uganda

    Article • Emerald Open Research, June 2019, Emerald

    Professor Lawrence Mugisha

  45. Effect of climate change on gender roles among communities surrounding Lake Mburo National Park, Uganda

    Article • Emerald Open Research, June 2019, Emerald

    Professor Lawrence Mugisha

  46. Effect of climate variability on gender roles among communities surrounding Lake Mburo National Park, Uganda

    Article • Emerald Open Research, February 2019, Emerald

    Professor Lawrence Mugisha

  47. Global phylogeography and ancient evolution of the widespread human gut virus crAssphage

    Article • January 2019, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Robert A Edwards, Maria Mercedes Zambrano, Professor Lawrence Mugisha

  48. General and Local Morphological Anomalies in Amblyomma lepidum (Acari: Ixodidae) and Rhipicephalus decoloratus Infesting Cattle in Uganda

    Article • Journal of Medical Entomology, December 2018, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Lawrence Mugisha

  49. Significant differentiation in the apolipoprotein(a)/lipoprotein(a) trait between chimpanzees from Western and Central Africa

    Article • American Journal of Primatology, July 2017, Wiley

    Professor Lawrence Mugisha, Mahmoud Khalifa

  50. Primates, Lice and Bacteria: Speciation and Genome Evolution in the Symbionts of Hominid Lice

    Article • Molecular Biology and Evolution, April 2017, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Lawrence Mugisha

  51. High Prevalence of Rickettsia spp. in Dog Fleas (Siphonaptera: Pulicidae) in Rural Uganda

    Article • Journal of Medical Entomology, March 2017, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Lawrence Mugisha

  52. Screening wild and semi-free ranging great apes for putative sexually transmitted diseases: Evidence of Trichomonadidae infections

    Article • American Journal of Primatology, February 2017, Wiley

    Professor Lawrence Mugisha

  53. Phylogenomics from Whole Genome Sequences Using aTRAM

    Article • Systematic Biology, January 2017, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Lawrence Mugisha

  54. Leptospira Seroprevalence and Risk Factors in Health Centre Patients in Hoima District, Western Uganda

    Article • PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, August 2016, PLOS

    Professor Lawrence Mugisha

  55. Food Acceptance and Social Learning Opportunities in Semi-Free Eastern Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii)

    Article • Ethology, December 2015, Wiley

    Professor Lawrence Mugisha

  56. Lineage-Specific Changes in Biomarkers in Great Apes and Humans

    Article • PLOS One, August 2015, PLOS

    Professor Lawrence Mugisha

  57. Screening wild and semi-free ranging great apes for putative sexually transmitted diseases: Evidence of Trichomonadidae infections

    Article • American Journal of Primatology, June 2015, Wiley

    Professor Lawrence Mugisha

  58. Infection and exposure to vector-borne pathogens in rural dogs and their ticks, Uganda

    Article • Parasites & Vectors, June 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Lawrence Mugisha

  59. Multiple Cross-Species Transmission Events of Human Adenoviruses (HAdV) during Hominine Evolution

    Article • Molecular Biology and Evolution, April 2015, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Lawrence Mugisha

  60. Noninvasive Test for Tuberculosis Detection among Primates

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, March 2015, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Professor Lawrence Mugisha

  61. Rates of genomic divergence in humans, chimpanzees and their lice

    Article • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, January 2014, Royal Society Publishing

    Professor Lawrence Mugisha

  62. One Health: Lessons Learned from East Africa

    Article • January 2014, ASM Journals

    Professor Lawrence Mugisha, Innocent Rwego

  63. High prevalence and diversity of species D adenoviruses (HAdV-D) in human populations of four Sub-Saharan countries

    Article • Virology Journal, January 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Lawrence Mugisha

  64. Correction: Evaluation of Non-Invasive Biological Samples to Monitor Staphylococcus aureus Colonization in Great Apes and Lemurs

    Article • PLOS One, November 2013, PLOS

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker, Professor Lawrence Mugisha

  65. Evaluation of Non-Invasive Biological Samples to Monitor Staphylococcus aureus Colonization in Great Apes and Lemurs

    Article • PLOS One, October 2013, PLOS

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker, Professor Lawrence Mugisha

  66. Nasopharyngeal colonization by potentially pathogenic bacteria found in healthy semi-captive wild-born chimpanzees in Uganda

    Article • American Journal of Primatology, October 2013, Wiley

    Professor Lawrence Mugisha

  67. The risk of tuberculosis transmission to free-ranging great apes

    Article • American Journal of Primatology, September 2013, Wiley

    Professor Lawrence Mugisha

  68. Novel Polyomaviruses of Nonhuman Primates: Genetic and Serological Predictors for the Existence of Multiple Unknown Polyomaviruses within the Human Population

    Article • PLoS Pathogens, June 2013, PLOS

    Professor Lawrence Mugisha

  69. Serosurvey of Dogs for Human, Livestock, and Wildlife Pathogens, Uganda

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, April 2013, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Professor Lawrence Mugisha

  70. Comparison of the Distal Gut Microbiota from People and Animals in Africa

    Article • PLOS One, January 2013, PLOS

    Professor Lawrence Mugisha

  71. Intestinal schistosomiasis in chimpanzees on Ngamba Island, Uganda: observations on liver fibrosis, schistosome genetic diversity and praziquantel treatment

    Article • Parasitology, October 2012, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Lawrence Mugisha

  72. Bovine fasciolosis at increasing altitudes: Parasitological and malacological sampling on the slopes of Mount Elgon, Uganda

    Article • Parasites & Vectors, September 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Lawrence Mugisha

  73. Drug‐Resistant Human Staphylococcus Aureus in Sanctuary Apes Pose a Threat to Endangered Wild Ape Populations

    Article • American Journal of Primatology, August 2012, Wiley

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker, Professor Lawrence Mugisha

  74. Stopping schistosomes from ‘monkeying-around’ in chimpanzees

    Article • Trends in Parasitology, August 2012, Elsevier

    Professor Lawrence Mugisha, Russell Stothard

  75. The bonobo genome compared with the chimpanzee and human genomes

    Article • Nature, June 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Lawrence Mugisha

  76. Age of the Association between Helicobacter pylori and Man

    Article • PLoS Pathogens, May 2012, PLOS

    Professor Lawrence Mugisha, Prof Martin Nieuwoudt

  77. Zoonotic schistosomiasis in non-human primates: past, present and future activities at the human–wildlife interface in Africa

    Article • Journal of Helminthology, January 2012, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Lawrence Mugisha

  78. Androgen and androgen metabolite levels in serum and urine of East African chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii): Comparison of EIA and LC–MS analyses

    Article • General and Comparative Endocrinology, December 2011, Elsevier

    Professor Lawrence Mugisha

  79. Novel Adenoviruses in Wild Primates: a High Level of Genetic Diversity and Evidence of Zoonotic Transmissions

    Article • Journal of Virology, August 2011, ASM Journals

    Professor Lawrence Mugisha

  80. Bonobos Fall within the Genomic Variation of Chimpanzees

    Article • PLOS One, June 2011, PLOS

    Professor Lawrence Mugisha

  81. Confirmed Infection with Intestinal Schistosomiasis in Semi-Captive Wild-Born Chimpanzees on Ngamba Island, Uganda

    Article • Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases, February 2011, Mary Ann Liebert Inc

    Professor Lawrence Mugisha, Dr Emma C Hobbs

  82. LC–MS analysis of androgen metabolites in serum and urine from east African chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii)

    Article • General and Comparative Endocrinology, January 2011, Elsevier

    Professor Lawrence Mugisha

  83. The “original” Hepatitis B virus of Eastern chimpanzees (Pan trogrodytes schweinfurthii)

    Article • Virus Research, January 2011, Elsevier

    Professor Lawrence Mugisha

  84. LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Reply to the Comment by Gessain et al. on Mugisha et al. J Med Primatol 2010; 39: 71–76

    Article • Journal of Medical Primatology, September 2010, Wiley

    Professor Lawrence Mugisha

  85. Retroviruses in Wild-Born Semi-Captive East African Sanctuary Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii)~!2010-01-28~!2010-03-24~!2010-04-20~!

    Article • The Open Veterinary Science Journal, May 2010, Bentham Science Publishers

    Dr Sandra Junglen, Professor Lawrence Mugisha

  86. Evaluation of poliovirus antibody titers in orally vaccinated semi-captive chimpanzees in Uganda

    Article • Journal of Medical Primatology, April 2010, Wiley

    Professor Lawrence Mugisha

  87. On the Diversity of Malaria Parasites in African Apes and the Origin of Plasmodium falciparum from Bonobos

    Article • PLoS Pathogens, February 2010, PLOS

    Professor Lawrence Mugisha

  88. A novel herpesvirus in the sanctuary chimpanzees on Ngamba Island in Uganda

    Article • Journal of Medical Primatology, February 2010, Wiley

    Professor Lawrence Mugisha

  89. Novel cytomegaloviruses in free-ranging and captive great apes: phylogenetic evidence for bidirectional horizontal transmission

    Article • Journal of General Virology, June 2009, Society for General Microbiology

    Professor Lawrence Mugisha