Patrick K. Tumwebaze

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
27 papers, 642 citations indexed

About

Patrick K. Tumwebaze is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Computational Theory and Mathematics and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Patrick K. Tumwebaze has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 642 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 11 papers in Computational Theory and Mathematics and 5 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. Recurrent topics in Patrick K. Tumwebaze's work include Malaria Research and Control (22 papers), Computational Drug Discovery Methods (11 papers) and Mosquito-borne diseases and control (11 papers). Patrick K. Tumwebaze is often cited by papers focused on Malaria Research and Control (22 papers), Computational Drug Discovery Methods (11 papers) and Mosquito-borne diseases and control (11 papers). Patrick K. Tumwebaze collaborates with scholars based in Uganda, United States and Switzerland. Patrick K. Tumwebaze's co-authors include Philip J. Rosenthal, Melissa D. Conrad, Samuel L. Nsobya, Roland A. Cooper, Jennifer Legac, Grant Dorsey, Moses R. Kamya, Jeffrey A. Bailey, Victor Asua and Thomas Katairo and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Nature Communications and Journal of Medicinal Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Patrick K. Tumwebaze

25 papers receiving 637 citations

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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.

Evolution of Partial Resistance to Artemisinins in Malaria Parasites in Uganda

2023 92 citations Melissa D. Conrad, Victor Asua et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Patrick K. Tumwebaze Uganda	14	551	231	99	81	68	27	642
Aline Uwimana Rwanda	10	659 1.2×	211 0.9×	106 1.1×	96 1.2×	90 1.3×	18	766
Daniel Ngamije Rwanda	6	620 1.1×	225 1.0×	88 0.9×	96 1.2×	101 1.5×	7	724
Tharcisse Munyaneza Rwanda	7	430 0.8×	177 0.8×	97 1.0×	56 0.7×	60 0.9×	9	505
Noella Umulisa United States	5	528 1.0×	179 0.8×	89 0.9×	54 0.7×	63 0.9×	9	580
Ben Andagalu Kenya	13	375 0.7×	146 0.6×	77 0.8×	61 0.8×	66 1.0×	37	511
Moses R. Kamya Uganda	14	698 1.3×	184 0.8×	156 1.6×	106 1.3×	139 2.0×	20	797
Grant Dorsey United States	14	599 1.1×	193 0.8×	96 1.0×	128 1.6×	92 1.4×	19	667
Victor Asua Uganda	10	446 0.8×	154 0.7×	90 0.9×	66 0.8×	43 0.6×	16	494
Thuy-Nhien Nguyen Vietnam	11	528 1.0×	182 0.8×	92 0.9×	71 0.9×	60 0.9×	18	585
Bakary Fofana Mali	14	573 1.0×	189 0.8×	117 1.2×	121 1.5×	47 0.7×	27	605

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Orena, Stephen, Patrick K. Tumwebaze, Thomas Katairo, et al.. (2025). Changes in susceptibility of Plasmodium falciparum to antimalarial drugs in Uganda over time: 2019–2024. Nature Communications. 16(1). 7353–7353.

Shoue, Douglas A., Lisa A. Checkley, Stephen Orena, et al.. (2024). The extended recovery ring-stage survival assay is a scalable alternative for artemisinin susceptibility phenotyping of fresh Plasmodium falciparum isolates. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 68(12). e0118324–e0118324. 1 indexed citations

Orena, Stephen, Patrick K. Tumwebaze, Oswald Byaruhanga, et al.. (2024). Ex vivo susceptibilities to ganaplacide and diversity in potential resistance mediators in Ugandan Plasmodium falciparum isolates. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 68(9). e0046624–e0046624.

Tumwebaze, Patrick K., Oswald Byaruhanga, Stephen Orena, et al.. (2022). Susceptibilities of Ugandan Plasmodium falciparum Isolates to Proteasome Inhibitors. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 66(10). e0081722–e0081722. 2 indexed citations

Tumwebaze, Patrick K., Melissa D. Conrad, Stephen Orena, et al.. (2022). Decreased susceptibility of Plasmodium falciparum to both dihydroartemisinin and lumefantrine in northern Uganda. Nature Communications. 13(1). 6353–6353. 63 indexed citations

Tumwebaze, Patrick K., Oswald Byaruhanga, Thomas Katairo, et al.. (2021). Associations between Varied Susceptibilities to PfATP4 Inhibitors and Genotypes in Ugandan Plasmodium falciparum Isolates. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 65(10). e0077121–e0077121. 1 indexed citations

Conrad, Melissa D., Stephen Tukwasibwe, Patrick K. Tumwebaze, et al.. (2021). Balanced impacts of fitness and drug pressure on the evolution of PfMDR1 polymorphisms in Plasmodium falciparum. Malaria Journal. 20(1). 292–292. 8 indexed citations

Tumwebaze, Patrick K., Thomas Katairo, Oswald Byaruhanga, et al.. (2021). Drug susceptibility of Plasmodium falciparum in eastern Uganda: a longitudinal phenotypic and genotypic study. The Lancet Microbe. 2(9). e441–e449. 38 indexed citations

Tumwebaze, Patrick K., Oswald Byaruhanga, Thomas Katairo, et al.. (2021). Decreased Susceptibility to Dihydrofolate Reductase Inhibitors Associated With Genetic Polymorphisms in Ugandan Plasmodium falciparum Isolates. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 225(4). 696–704. 4 indexed citations

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Zhan, Wenhu, Rong Wang, Hao Zhang, et al.. (2019). Improvement of Asparagine Ethylenediamines as Anti-malarial Plasmodium-Selective Proteasome Inhibitors. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 62(13). 6137–6145. 24 indexed citations

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Wallender, Erika, Nan Zhang, Melissa D. Conrad, et al.. (2018). Modeling Prevention of Malaria and Selection of Drug Resistance with Different Dosing Schedules of Dihydroartemisinin-Piperaquine Preventive Therapy during Pregnancy in Uganda. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 63(2). 13 indexed citations

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Conrad, Melissa D., Patrick K. Tumwebaze, Oswald Byaruhanga, et al.. (2017). Changing Antimalarial Drug Sensitivities in Uganda. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 61(12). 45 indexed citations

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Tukwasibwe, Stephen, Patrick K. Tumwebaze, Melissa D. Conrad, et al.. (2017). Drug resistance mediating Plasmodium falciparum polymorphisms and clinical presentations of parasitaemic children in Uganda. Malaria Journal. 16(1). 125–125. 6 indexed citations

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Conrad, Melissa D., Stephen Tukwasibwe, Jennifer Legac, et al.. (2017). Impact of Intermittent Preventive Treatment During Pregnancy on Plasmodium falciparum Drug Resistance–Mediating Polymorphisms in Uganda. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 216(8). 1008–1017. 24 indexed citations

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Nankabirwa, Joaniter I., Melissa D. Conrad, Jennifer Legac, et al.. (2016). Intermittent Preventive Treatment with Dihydroartemisinin-Piperaquine in Ugandan Schoolchildren Selects for Plasmodium falciparum Transporter Polymorphisms That Modify Drug Sensitivity. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 60(10). 5649–5654. 23 indexed citations

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Tumwebaze, Patrick K., Stephen Tukwasibwe, Aimee R. Taylor, et al.. (2016). Changing antimalarial drug resistance patterns identified by surveillance at three sites in Uganda. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 215(4). jiw614–jiw614. 46 indexed citations

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Cooper, Roland A., et al.. (2015). Lack of Artemisinin Resistance in Plasmodium falciparum in Uganda Based on Parasitological and Molecular Assays. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 59(8). 5061–5064. 50 indexed citations

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Conrad, Melissa D., Patrick K. Tumwebaze, Stephen Tukwasibwe, et al.. (2014). Validation of the ligase detection reaction fluorescent microsphere assay for the detection of Plasmodium falciparum resistance mediating polymorphisms in Uganda. Malaria Journal. 13(1). 95–95. 22 indexed citations

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Niz, Mariana De, Chi Eziefula, Emmanuel Ssemmondo, et al.. (2013). Tools for mass screening of G6PD deficiency: validation of the WST8/1-methoxy-PMS enzymatic assay in Uganda. Malaria Journal. 12(1). 210–210. 28 indexed citations

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Ochong, Edwin, Patrick K. Tumwebaze, Oswald Byaruhanga, Bryan Greenhouse, & Philip J. Rosenthal. (2013). Fitness Consequences of Plasmodium falciparum pfmdr1 Polymorphisms Inferred from Ex Vivo Culture of Ugandan Parasites. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 57(9). 4245–4251. 17 indexed citations

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