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Uganda Virus Research Institute

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The Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI), is a medical research institute owned by the Uganda government that carries out research on communicable diseases in man and animals, with emphasis on viral transmitted infections. [1]

38 relations: Arbovirus, Bwamba Fever, Chikungunya, Clinical trial, East African Community, Edward Katongole-Mbidde, Entebbe, Entebbe General Hospital, Epstein–Barr virus, Health technology, HIV, Infection, Journal of Medical Entomology, Kadam virus, Kampala, Ministry of Health (Uganda), National Food and Drug Authority, New Vision (newspaper), Non-governmental organization, O'nyong'nyong virus, Politics of Uganda, Public health, Rhesus macaque, Rockefeller Foundation, Semliki Forest virus, Serum (blood), Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Trends (journals), Uganda, Uganda Cancer Institute, Vaccine, Virology, Virus, West Nile virus, World Health Organization, Yellow fever, Zika Forest, Zika virus.

Arbovirus

Arbovirus is an informal name used to refer to any viruses that are transmitted by arthropod vectors.

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Bwamba Fever

Bwamba Fever virus (BWAV) belongs to the genus Orthobunyavirus and the order Bunyavirales RNA viruses.

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Chikungunya

Chikungunya is an infection caused by the chikungunya virus (CHIKV).

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Clinical trial

Clinical trials are experiments or observations done in clinical research.

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East African Community

The East African Community (EAC) is an intergovernmental organization composed of six countries in the African Great Lakes region in eastern Africa: Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda.

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Edward Katongole-Mbidde

Edward Katongole-Mbidde, MBChB, MMed, MRCP (UK), is a physician, academic, and medical oncologist in Uganda.

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Entebbe

Entebbe is a major town in Central Uganda.

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Entebbe General Hospital

Entebbe General Hospital, commonly known as Entebbe Hospital, is a hospital in the town of Entebbe, in the Central Region of Uganda.

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Epstein–Barr virus

The Epstein–Barr virus (EBV), also called human herpesvirus 4 (HHV-4), is one of eight known human herpesvirus types in the herpes family, and is one of the most common viruses in humans.

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Health technology

Health technology is defined by the World Health Organization as the application of organized knowledge and skills in the form of devices, medicines, vaccines, procedures and systems developed to solve a health problem and improve quality of life.

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HIV

The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a lentivirus (a subgroup of retrovirus) that causes HIV infection and over time acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS).

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Infection

Infection is the invasion of an organism's body tissues by disease-causing agents, their multiplication, and the reaction of host tissues to the infectious agents and the toxins they produce.

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Journal of Medical Entomology

The Journal of Medical Entomology is a peer-review bimonthly scientific journal published by Oxford University Press for the Entomological Society of America.

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Kadam virus

The Kadam virus (or KAD, strain MP6640) is a tick-borne Flavivirus.

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Kampala

Kampala is the capital and largest city of Uganda.

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Ministry of Health (Uganda)

The Ministry of Health is a cabinet-level government ministry of Uganda.

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National Food and Drug Authority

The National Food and Drug Authority (NFDA) is a government-owned organisation in Uganda, mandated to regulate food and drugs in the country, including their manufacture, importation, distribution, and licensing.

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New Vision (newspaper)

The New Vision is an English-language newspaper published daily in print form and online.

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Non-governmental organization

Non-governmental organizations, nongovernmental organizations, or nongovernment organizations, commonly referred to as NGOs, are usually non-profit and sometimes international organizations independent of governments and international governmental organizations (though often funded by governments) that are active in humanitarian, educational, health care, public policy, social, human rights, environmental, and other areas to effect changes according to their objectives.

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O'nyong'nyong virus

The o'nyong'nyong virus (ONNV) was first isolated by researchers at the Uganda Virus Research Institute in Entebbe, Uganda, during a large outbreak of a disease in 1959 that resembled dengue fever.

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Politics of Uganda

Uganda is a presidential republic, in which the President of Uganda is both head of state and head of government.

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Public health

Public health is "the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting human health through organized efforts and informed choices of society, organizations, public and private, communities and individuals".

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Rhesus macaque

The rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta) is one of the best-known species of Old World monkeys.

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Rockefeller Foundation

The Rockefeller Foundation is a private foundation based at 420 Fifth Avenue, New York City.

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Semliki Forest virus

The Semliki Forest virus was first isolated from mosquitoes in the Semliki Forest, Uganda by the Uganda Virus Research Institute in 1942 and described by Smithburn & Haddow.

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Serum (blood)

In blood, the serum is the component that is neither a blood cell (serum does not contain white or red blood cells) nor a clotting factor; it is the blood plasma not including the fibrinogens.

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Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene is a monthly peer-reviewed medical journal covering all aspects of tropical medicine.

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Trends (journals)

Trends is a series of scientific journals owned by Elsevier that publish review articles in a range of areas of biology.

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Uganda

Uganda, officially the Republic of Uganda (Jamhuri ya Uganda), is a landlocked country in East Africa.

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Uganda Cancer Institute

Uganda Cancer Institute (UCI) is a public, specialized, tertiary care medical facility owned by the Uganda Ministry of Health.

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Vaccine

A vaccine is a biological preparation that provides active acquired immunity to a particular disease.

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Virology

Virology is the study of viruses – submicroscopic, parasitic particles of genetic material contained in a protein coat – and virus-like agents.

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Virus

A virus is a small infectious agent that replicates only inside the living cells of other organisms.

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West Nile virus

West Nile virus (WNV) is a single-stranded RNA virus that causes West Nile fever.

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World Health Organization

The World Health Organization (WHO; French: Organisation mondiale de la santé) is a specialized agency of the United Nations that is concerned with international public health.

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Yellow fever

Yellow fever is a viral disease of typically short duration.

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Zika Forest

The Ziika Forest, better known as the Zika Forest, is a tropical forest near Entebbe in Uganda.

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Zika virus

Zika virus (ZIKV) is a member of the virus family Flaviviridae.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uganda_Virus_Research_Institute

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