Thomas Katairo

780 total citations · 1 hit paper
26 papers, 330 citations indexed

About

Thomas Katairo is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Infectious Diseases and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas Katairo has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 330 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 11 papers in Infectious Diseases and 7 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Thomas Katairo's work include Malaria Research and Control (11 papers), Mosquito-borne diseases and control (7 papers) and Computational Drug Discovery Methods (5 papers). Thomas Katairo is often cited by papers focused on Malaria Research and Control (11 papers), Mosquito-borne diseases and control (7 papers) and Computational Drug Discovery Methods (5 papers). Thomas Katairo collaborates with scholars based in Uganda, United States and Switzerland. Thomas Katairo's co-authors include Samuel L. Nsobya, Roland A. Cooper, Patrick K. Tumwebaze, Melissa D. Conrad, Philip J. Rosenthal, Jennifer Legac, Jeffrey A. Bailey, Oswald Byaruhanga, David Giesbrecht and Victor Asua and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Thomas Katairo

21 papers receiving 329 citations

Hit Papers

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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
Thomas Katairo Uganda	9	241	107	55	43	36	26	330
Rima Shretta United Kingdom	8	387 1.6×	48 0.4×	62 1.1×	28 0.7×	27 0.8×	15	514
Tinga Robert Guiguemdé Burkina Faso	11	379 1.6×	67 0.6×	35 0.6×	56 1.3×	24 0.7×	24	427
Ben Andagalu Kenya	13	375 1.6×	146 1.4×	66 1.2×	61 1.4×	69 1.9×	37	511
Charles Delacollette Thailand	10	388 1.6×	33 0.3×	50 0.9×	26 0.6×	34 0.9×	11	442
Ibrahima Diallo Senegal	9	311 1.3×	48 0.4×	48 0.9×	41 1.0×	26 0.7×	18	401
Moe Kyaw Kyaw United Kingdom	9	360 1.5×	99 0.9×	69 1.3×	65 1.5×	96 2.7×	10	453
Ingrid van den Broek Netherlands	9	284 1.2×	44 0.4×	33 0.6×	39 0.9×	66 1.8×	13	362
Antoine Dara Mali	12	443 1.8×	136 1.3×	27 0.5×	57 1.3×	43 1.2×	34	487
B. A. Fateye Nigeria	14	392 1.6×	52 0.5×	35 0.6×	87 2.0×	37 1.0×	32	462
Phạm Thị Thu Thúy Vietnam	8	257 1.1×	39 0.4×	146 2.7×	40 0.9×	78 2.2×	25	376

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Puri, Jyotsna, et al.. (2026). Scale, Depth and Duration: Examples of Transformational Change in the Energy and Public Health Sectors. European Journal of Development Research.

Providência, Rui, Fang Zhu, Thomas Katairo, et al.. (2025). Diagnostic test accuracy of simplified algorithms for diagnosing acute rheumatic fever: a systematic review. Communications Medicine. 5(1). 348–348.

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.

Namuganga, Jane Frances, Patience Nayebare, Thomas Katairo, et al.. (2024). Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 and risk factors for infection among children in Uganda: A serial cross-sectional study. PLoS ONE. 19(12). e0312554–e0312554.

Providência, Rui, Fang Zhu, Thomas Katairo, et al.. (2024). Handheld echocardiography for the screening and diagnosis of rheumatic heart disease: a systematic review to inform WHO guidelines. The Lancet Global Health. 12(6). e983–e994. 9 indexed citations

Katairo, Thomas, et al.. (2023). Uptake of community antiretroviral group delivery models for persons living with HIV in Arua district, Uganda: A parallel convergent mixed methods study. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(2). e0000633–e0000633. 2 indexed citations

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

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White, Howard, Thomas Katairo, Susana Puerto, et al.. (2022). Interventions to increase youth employment: An evidence and gap map. Campbell Systematic Reviews. 18(1). e1216–e1216. 20 indexed citations

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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

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Katende, Andrew, Lydia Nakiyingi, Irene Andia Biraro, et al.. (2022). Antiretroviral therapy initiation and outcomes of hospitalized HIV-infected patients in Uganda—An evaluation of the HIV test and treat strategy. PLoS ONE. 17(8). e0268122–e0268122. 4 indexed citations

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Namisango, Eve, Fred Nalugoda, Thomas Katairo, et al.. (2021). Role and utility of COVID-19 laboratory testing in low-income and middle-income countries: protocol for rapid evidence synthesis. BMJ Open. 11(10). e050296–e050296. 2 indexed citations

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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

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White, Howard, Thomas Katairo, Alison Annet Kinengyere, et al.. (2021). PROTOCOL: Interventions to increase youth employment: An evidence and gap map. Campbell Systematic Reviews. 17(4). e1196–e1196. 5 indexed citations

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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

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Katairo, Thomas, et al.. (2021). Effect and implementation experience of intensive adherence counseling in a public HIV care center in Uganda: a mixed-methods study. BMC Infectious Diseases. 21(1). 1168–1168. 14 indexed citations

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Isunju, John Bosco, Timothy R. Muwonge, Thomas Katairo, et al.. (2021). Adherence to oral HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis among female sex workers in Kampala, Uganda. African Health Sciences. 21(3). 1048–1058. 8 indexed citations

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Kalyango, Joan N., Pauline Byakika‐Kibwika, Emmanuel Arinaitwe, et al.. (2020). Increased malaria parasitaemia among adults living with HIV who have discontinued cotrimoxazole prophylaxis in Kitgum district, Uganda. PLoS ONE. 15(11). e0240838–e0240838. 4 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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