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Charles Waiswa

Charles Waiswa

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Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
28
Citations
2408
World Ranking
2735
National Ranking
1

Overview

Charles Waiswa is affiliated with Makerere University in Uganda and has a research focus that spans Medicine and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their work largely addresses issues related to epidemiology, ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, public health, parasitology, and infectious diseases. The core topics explored include Trypanosoma species research and implications, vector-borne animal diseases, animal disease management and epidemiology, mosquito-borne diseases and control, vector-borne infectious diseases, insect symbiosis and bacterial influences, and viral infections and vectors.

Waiswa's recent papers showcase engagement with vector control, infectious disease management, and epidemiological analysis, with emphasis on African trypanosomiasis and related vector-borne diseases. Notable recent publications are:

  • Trypa-NO! contributes to the elimination of gambiense human African trypanosomiasis by combining tsetse control with "screen, diagnose and treat" using innovative tools and strategies (2020), published in PLoS neglected tropical diseases
  • Controlling Tsetse Flies and Ticks Using Insecticide Treatment of Cattle in Tororo District Uganda: Cost Benefit Analysis (2021), published in Frontiers in Veterinary Science
  • Prevalence and risk factors for trypanosome infection in cattle from communities surrounding the Murchison Falls National Park, Uganda (2021), published in Parasites & Vectors
  • Estimating the impact of Tiny Targets in reducing the incidence of Gambian sleeping sickness in the North-west Uganda focus (2021), published in Parasites & Vectors
  • Scaling up of tsetse control to eliminate Gambian sleeping sickness in northern Uganda (2022), published in PLoS neglected tropical diseases

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several authors, including Albert Mugenyi, Susan C. Welburn, Daniel Kizza, Rose Azuba, and Anthony Mugisha, each having contributed together on multiple occasions.

Their work appears regularly in several scientific journals, with repeated publications in Research Square (Research Square), PLoS neglected tropical diseases, Frontiers in Veterinary Science, Parasites & Vectors, and BMC Veterinary Research.

In addition to journal articles, Charles Waiswa has contributed to book publications, including a title published by Frontiers Media in 2022 focused on animal health and livestock value chains in low- and middle-income countries.

Best Publications

  • Herd prevalence of bovine brucellosis and analysis of risk factors in cattle in urban and peri-urban areas of the Kampala economic zone, Uganda

    Kohei Makita;Kohei Makita;Eric M Fèvre;Charles Waiswa;Mark C Eisler

  • A burgeoning epidemic of sleeping sickness in Uganda.

    Eric Fevre;Kim Picozzi;J Fyfe;C Waiswa

  • Estimating the costs of tsetse control options: an example for Uganda.

    A.P.M. Shaw;S.J. Torr;C. Waiswa;G. Cecchi

  • Domestic animals as reservoirs for sleeping sickness in three endemic foci in south-eastern Uganda.

    C Waiswa;W Olaho-Mukani;E Katunguka-Rwakishaya

  • Glossina fuscipes fuscipes in the trypanosomiasis endemic areas of south eastern Uganda: apparent density, trypanosome infection rates and host feeding preferences.

    C. Waiswa;K. Picozzi;E. Katunguka-Rwakishaya;W. Olaho-Mukani

  • Cattle movements and trypanosomes: restocking efforts and the spread of Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense sleeping sickness in post-conflict Uganda

    Richard Selby;Kevin Bardosh;Kim Picozzi;Charles Waiswa

  • Human Brucellosis in Urban and Peri-Urban Areas of Kampala, Uganda

    Kohei Makita;Eric Maurice Fèvre;Charles Waiswa;Winyi Kaboyo

  • Tsetse Control and the Elimination of Gambian Sleeping Sickness.

    Mike Lehane;Idriss Alfaroukh;Bruno Bucheton;Mamadou Camara

  • How Human Brucellosis Incidence in Urban Kampala Can Be Reduced Most Efficiently? A Stochastic Risk Assessment of Informally-Marketed Milk

    Kohei Makita;Eric M. Fèvre;Charles Waiswa;Mark C. Eisler

  • Conflict of interest: use of pyrethroids and amidines against tsetse and ticks in zoonotic sleeping sickness endemic areas of Uganda

    Kevin Bardosh;Charles Waiswa;Susan C Welburn

  • Prevalence and spatial distribution of Theileria parva in cattle under crop-livestock farming systems in Tororo District, Eastern Uganda

    Dennis Muhanguzi;Dennis Muhanguzi;Kim Picozzi;Jan Hatendorf;Michael Thrusfield

  • Porcine Cysticercosis in Southeast Uganda: Seroprevalence in Kamuli and Kaliro Districts

    C. Waiswa;Eric Fevre;Z. Nsadha;C. S. Sikasunge

  • Animal Reservoirs of Zoonotic Tungiasis in Endemic Rural Villages of Uganda.

    Francis Mutebi;Jürgen Krücken;Hermann Feldmeier;Charles Waiswa

  • Prevalence and Characterization of Theileria and Babesia Species in Cattle under Different Husbandry Systems in Western Uganda

    D. Muhanguzi;E. Matovu;C. Waiswa

  • Trypa-NO! contributes to the elimination of gambiense human African trypanosomiasis by combining tsetse control with "screen, diagnose and treat" using innovative tools and strategies.

    Joseph Mathu Ndung’u;Alain Boulangé;Albert Picado;Albert Mugenyi

  • Cost analysis of options for management of African Animal Trypanosomiasis using interventions targeted at cattle in Tororo District; south-eastern Uganda

    Dennis Muhanguzi;Dennis Muhanguzi;Walter O. Okello;John D. Kabasa;Charles Waiswa

  • Improvements on restricted insecticide application protocol for control of Human and Animal African Trypanosomiasis in eastern Uganda.

    Dennis Muhanguzi;Kim Picozzi;Jan Hatendorf;Michael Thrusfield

  • Prevalence of and factors associated with Brucella sero-positivity in cattle in urban and peri-urban Gulu and Soroti towns of Uganda

    Denis Rwabiita Mugizi;Sofia Boqvist;George William Nasinyama;Charles Waiswa

  • Isolation and Molecular Characterization of Brucella Isolates in Cattle Milk in Uganda

    Denis Rwabiita Mugizi;Shaman Muradrasoli;Sofia Boqvist;Joseph Erume

  • Molecular characterization of Anaplasma and Ehrlichia species in different cattle breeds and age groups in Mbarara district (Western Uganda).

    D. Muhanguzi;K. Ikwap;K. Picozzi;C. Waiswa

  • Population-dynamics focussed rapid rural mapping and characterisation of the peri-urban interface of Kampala, Uganda

    K. Makita;Eric Fevre;C. Waiswa;Mark Bronsvoort

  • The burden and spatial distribution of bovine African trypanosomes in small holder crop-livestock production systems in Tororo District, south-eastern Uganda.

    Dennis Muhanguzi;Dennis Muhanguzi;Kim Picozzi;Jan Hattendorf;Michael Thrusfield

  • Contribution of draft cattle to rural livelihoods in a district of southeastern Uganda endemic for bovine parasitic diseases: an economic evaluation

    Walter O. Okello;Dennis Muhanguzi;Ewan T. MacLeod;Susan C. Welburn

Frequent Co-Authors

Susan C. Welburn
Susan C. Welburn University of Edinburgh
Eric M. Fèvre
Eric M. Fèvre University of Liverpool
Mark C Eisler
Mark C Eisler University of Bristol
Jürgen Krücken
Jürgen Krücken Freie Universität Berlin
Georg von Samson-Himmelstjerna
Georg von Samson-Himmelstjerna Freie Universität Berlin
Norbert Mencke
Norbert Mencke Bayer (Germany)
Lian F. Thomas
Lian F. Thomas University of Liverpool
Sofia Boqvist
Sofia Boqvist Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Jan Hattendorf
Jan Hattendorf University of Basel
Timothy P. Robinson
Timothy P. Robinson Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

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