Deogratius Ssemwanga

2.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
46 papers, 793 citations indexed

About

Deogratius Ssemwanga is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Virology and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Deogratius Ssemwanga has authored 46 papers receiving a total of 793 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Infectious Diseases, 40 papers in Virology and 11 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Deogratius Ssemwanga's work include HIV Research and Treatment (39 papers), HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (32 papers) and HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment (25 papers). Deogratius Ssemwanga is often cited by papers focused on HIV Research and Treatment (39 papers), HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (32 papers) and HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment (25 papers). Deogratius Ssemwanga collaborates with scholars based in Uganda, United Kingdom and United States. Deogratius Ssemwanga's co-authors include Pontiano Kaleebu, Nicholas Bbosa, Nicaise Ndembi, Alash’le Abimiku, Raphael Lihana, Heiner Grosskurth, Janet Seeley, Chris M. Parry, Billy N. Mayanja and Andrew Brown and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Clinical Infectious Diseases and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Deogratius Ssemwanga

40 papers receiving 785 citations

Hit Papers

HIV subtype diversity worldwide 2019 2026 2021 2023 2019 50 100 150
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. HIV subtype diversity worldwide
    2019 199 citations Nicholas Bbosa, Pontiano Kaleebu et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Deogratius Ssemwanga Uganda 14 577 571 217 143 44 46 793
Jenny H. Hsi China 15 652 1.1× 651 1.1× 235 1.1× 62 0.4× 41 0.9× 24 807
Andrea-Clemencia Pineda-Peña Colombia 13 464 0.8× 473 0.8× 244 1.1× 144 1.0× 35 0.8× 30 752
Immaculate Nankya Uganda 17 979 1.7× 944 1.7× 193 0.9× 122 0.9× 68 1.5× 39 1.1k
Jean Ruelle Belgium 19 525 0.9× 440 0.8× 174 0.8× 114 0.8× 35 0.8× 43 723
Esmeralda A. Soares Brazil 15 397 0.7× 392 0.7× 239 1.1× 92 0.6× 69 1.6× 35 677
Kirsi Liitsola Finland 14 490 0.8× 490 0.9× 283 1.3× 55 0.4× 50 1.1× 39 702
Yi Feng China 18 900 1.6× 820 1.4× 416 1.9× 61 0.4× 44 1.0× 110 1.1k
Stéphanie Raymond France 19 695 1.2× 752 1.3× 251 1.2× 179 1.3× 156 3.5× 53 984
L. Kaptué Cameroon 13 479 0.8× 523 0.9× 251 1.2× 79 0.6× 34 0.8× 27 700
Gustavo H. Kijak United States 18 501 0.9× 592 1.0× 181 0.8× 125 0.9× 229 5.2× 56 825

Countries citing papers authored by Deogratius Ssemwanga

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Fields of papers citing papers by Deogratius Ssemwanga

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Deogratius Ssemwanga

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Bbosa, Nicholas, Gregory S. Orf, Michael G. Berg, et al.. (2025). A novel post-mortem pathogen discovery program detects an outbreak of Echovirus E7: Uganda, 2022–2023. Frontiers in Microbiology. 16. 1557576–1557576.
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Bbosa, Nicholas, Vera Holzmayer, Deogratius Ssemwanga, et al.. (2024). Sequence Notes: Near Full-Length Genome Analysis of the First-Reported HIV-1 Circulating Recombinant Form (CRF)_10CD in Uganda. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 40(12). 718–721.
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Kigozi, Godfrey, Michael A. Martin, Ronald M. Galiwango, et al.. (2024). Intra- and inter-subtype HIV diversity between 1994 and 2018 in southern Uganda: a longitudinal population-based study. Virus Evolution. 10(1). veae065–veae065. 1 indexed citations
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Jjingo, Daudi, Nicholas Bbosa, Daniel Lule Bugembe, et al.. (2024). HIVseqDB: a portable resource for NGS and sample metadata integration for HIV-1 drug resistance analysis. Bioinformatics Advances. 4(1). vbae008–vbae008. 1 indexed citations
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Bbosa, Nicholas, Henry Kyobe Bosa, Robert Downing, et al.. (2024). Case Reports of Human Monkeypox Virus Infections, Uganda, 2024. Emerging infectious diseases. 31(1). 144–148. 1 indexed citations
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Menon, Sonia, Neha Agarwal, Jorne Lionel Biccler, et al.. (2023). Geographic and Population Distributions of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)–1 and HIV-2 Circulating Subtypes: A Systematic Literature Review and Meta-analysis (2010–2021). The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 228(11). 1583–1591. 38 indexed citations
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Watera, Christine, Deogratius Ssemwanga, Juliet Asio, et al.. (2021). HIV drug resistance among adults initiating antiretroviral therapy in Uganda. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. 76(9). 2407–2414. 8 indexed citations
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Bugembe, Daniel Lule, Nicholas Bbosa, David Patrick Kateete, et al.. (2020). High Levels of Acquired HIV Drug Resistance Following Virological Nonsuppression in HIV-Infected Women from a High-Risk Cohort in Uganda. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 36(9). 782–791. 2 indexed citations
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Ssemwanga, Deogratius, Nicholas Bbosa, Rebecca N. Nsubuga, et al.. (2020). The Molecular Epidemiology and Transmission Dynamics of HIV Type 1 in a General Population Cohort in Uganda. Viruses. 12(11). 1283–1283. 4 indexed citations
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Bbosa, Nicholas, Deogratius Ssemwanga, & Pontiano Kaleebu. (2020). Short Communication: Choosing the Right Program for the Identification of HIV-1 Transmission Networks from Nucleotide Sequences Sampled from Different Populations. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 36(11). 948–951. 3 indexed citations
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Bbosa, Nicholas, Deogratius Ssemwanga, Xiaoyue Xi, et al.. (2020). Phylogenetic and Demographic Characterization of Directed HIV-1 Transmission Using Deep Sequences from High-Risk and General Population Cohorts/Groups in Uganda. Viruses. 12(3). 331–331. 13 indexed citations
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Bugembe, Daniel Lule, John Kayiwa, My V. T. Phan, et al.. (2020). Main Routes of Entry and Genomic Diversity of SARS-CoV-2, Uganda. Emerging infectious diseases. 26(10). 2411–2415. 9 indexed citations
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Kapaata, Anne, David Patrick Kateete, Nicholas Bbosa, et al.. (2019). Rates of HIV-1 virological suppression and patterns of acquired drug resistance among fisherfolk on first-line antiretroviral therapy in Uganda. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. 74(10). 3021–3029. 20 indexed citations
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Baumann, Anna, Joseph Musaazi, Andrew Kambugu, et al.. (2019). Virological Outcome of Patients With HIV Drug Resistance Attending an Urban Outpatient Clinic in Uganda: A Need for Structured Adherence Counseling and Third-Line Treatment Options. JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes. 80(4). 481–487. 3 indexed citations
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Serwanga, Jennifer, Deogratius Ssemwanga, Susan Nakubulwa, et al.. (2017). HIV-1 superinfection can occur in the presence of broadly neutralizing antibodies. Vaccine. 36(4). 578–586. 3 indexed citations
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Kapaata, Anne, Deogratius Ssemwanga, Brian Magambo, et al.. (2012). HIV-1 Subtype Distribution Trends and Evidence of Transmission Clusters Among Incident Cases in a Rural Clinical Cohort in Southwest Uganda, 2004–2010. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 29(3). 520–527. 13 indexed citations
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Ssemwanga, Deogratius, Anne Kapaata, Brian Magambo, et al.. (2012). Low Drug Resistance Levels Among Drug-Naive Individuals with Recent HIV Type 1 Infection in a Rural Clinical Cohort in Southwestern Uganda. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 28(12). 1784–1787. 8 indexed citations
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Ssemwanga, Deogratius, Nicaise Ndembi, Fred Lyagoba, et al.. (2011). HIV Type 1 Subtype Distribution, Multiple Infections, Sexual Networks, and Partnership Histories in Female Sex Workers in Kampala, Uganda. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 28(4). 357–365. 26 indexed citations

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