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World Health Organization: Geneva, CH

2018-10-01 to present | Technical lead and emergency manager for mpox; Head, Smallpox Secretariat (Health Emergencies Programme)
Employment
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Rosamund F. Lewis

World Health Organization: Geneva, CH

2015-06-30 to 2018-12-31 | Team lead. Country and programme support, Strategic planning and analysis (Polio Eradication Department)
Employment
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Rosamund F. Lewis

Ottawa Public Health: Ottawa, ON, CA

2012-02-22 to 2015-06-10 | Associate Medical Officer of Health (Policy and partnerships, Health promotion, Emergency Preparedness)
Employment
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Rosamund F. Lewis

Public Health Agency of Canada: Ottawa, Ontario, CA

2011-02-07 to 2012-02-06 | Director (Surveillance and Outbreak Response, Centre for Respiratory Infectious Diseases and Immunization)
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Rosamund F. Lewis

World Health Organization: Geneva, CH

2008-12-22 to 2011-02-06 | Project leader, Yellow fever Initiative (Global Alert and Response)
Employment
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Rosamund F. Lewis

GAVI Alliance: Geneva, CH

2007-01-01 to 2008-06-01 | Senior Programme Officer (Technical and Policy Unit)
Employment
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Rosamund F. Lewis

World Health Organization: Kampala, UG

2001-04-11 to 2007-01-01 | Advisor, Team Leader (Immunization)
Employment
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Rosamund F. Lewis

Epicentre: Paris, Île-de-France, FR

1997-03-01 to 2001-03-01 | Epidemiologist
Employment
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Rosamund F. Lewis

Régie régionale de Santé et des Services Sociaux: Montreal, Quebec, CA

1992-07-01 to 1996-06-30 | Résidente, Santé communautaire
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Rosamund F. Lewis

Education and qualifications (9)

Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada: Ottawa, ON, CA

1992-07-01 to present | Fellow
Qualification
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Rosamund F. Lewis

College of Family Physicians of Canada: Mississauga, ON, CA

1988-07-01 to present | Fellow
Qualification
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Rosamund F. Lewis

Université McGill: Montreal, QC, CA

2006-06-01 to 2008-05-30 | Master of Management (Desautels Faculty of Management)
Education
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Rosamund F. Lewis

Université McGill: Montreal, QC, CA

1992-09-01 to 1996-09-30 | Master of Science, Epidemiology and Biostatistics (Department of Epidemiology)
Education
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Rosamund F. Lewis

McGill University: Montreal, QC, CA

1992-07-01 to 1995-06-30 | Public Health and Preventive Medicine (Faculty of Medicine)
Education
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Rosamund F. Lewis

McGill University: Montreal, Quebec, CA

1988-07-01 to 1990-06-30 | Family Medicine (Family Medicine)
Education
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Rosamund F. Lewis

McGill University : Montreal, QC, CA

1983-07-01 to 1988-06-30 | Doctor of Medicine, Master of Surgery (MDCM) (Medicine)
Education
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Rosamund F. Lewis

Université Libre de Bruxelles: Bruxelles, Bruxelles, BE

1985-01-01 to 1985-05-30 | Diploma, Méthodes épidémiologiques et operationelles appliquées à la médecine et à la santé publique
Education
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Rosamund F. Lewis

Université McGill: Montreal, QC, CA

1979-09-01 to 1983-05-30 | Bachelor of Science, Biochemistry (Faculty of Science)
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Rosamund F. Lewis

Professional activities (2)

University of Ottawa: Ottawa, ON, CA

2012 to present | Adjunct Professor (School of epidemiology and public health)
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Rosamund F. Lewis

McGill University: Montreal, Quebec, CA

1990-07-01 to 1992-06-30 | Associate Professor (Department of Family Medicine)
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Rosamund F. Lewis

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“If that would have lessened my symptoms, that would have been great...”: a qualitative study about the acceptability of tecovirimat as treatment for mpox

BMC Medicine
2025-01-21 | Journal article
Contributors: Sara Paparini; Rosalie Hayes; Benjamin Weil; Will Nutland; Ismael Maatouk; Teodora Wi; Chloe M. Orkin; Rosamund Lewis
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Global genomic surveillance of monkeypox virus

medRxiv
2024 | Other
EID:

2-s2.0-85205710071

Contributors: Otieno, J.R.; Ruis, C.; Onoja, B.A.; Kuppalli, K.; Hoxha, A.; Nitsche, A.; Brinkmann, A.; Michel, J.; Mbala-Kisengeni, P.; Mukadi-Bamuleka, D. et al.
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Rosamund F. Lewis via Scopus - Elsevier

Prevention of sexual transmission of mpox: a systematic review and qualitative evidence synthesis of approaches

Infectious Diseases
2024 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85197437161

Part of ISSN: 23744235
Contributors: Paparini, S.; Whelan, I.; Mwendera, C.; Hayes, R.; Maatouk, I.; Lewis, R.; Prochazka Nunez, M.; Mozalevskis, A.; Wi, T.; Orkin, C.
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Rosamund F. Lewis via Scopus - Elsevier

Smallpox Eradication: Triumph of Science and Management

The Principles and Practice of Disease Eradication
2024 | Book chapter
Contributors: Joel G. Breman; William H. Foege; Leigh A. Henderson; Rosamund F. Lewis; Anne W. Rimoin; Jean-Jacques Muyembe-Tamfum
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Rosamund F. Lewis

Temporary adaptations to sexual behaviour during the mpox outbreak in 23 countries in Europe and the Americas: findings from a retrospective cross-sectional online survey

The Lancet Infectious Diseases
2024 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85205592208

Part of ISSN: 14744457 14733099
Contributors: Prochazka, M.; Vinti, P.; Hoxha, A.; Seale, A.; Mozalevskis, A.; Lewis, R.; Sagastume, R.M.; Scherzer, M.; Dore, L.; Doherty, M.
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Rosamund F. Lewis via Scopus - Elsevier

The surge of mpox in Africa: a call for action

The Lancet Global Health
2024 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85193813999

Part of ISSN: 2214109X
Contributors: Nachega, J.B.; Sam-Agudu, N.A.; Ogoina, D.; Mbala-Kingebeni, P.; Ntoumi, F.; Nakouné, E.; Njouom, R.; Lewis, R.F.; Gandhi, M.; Rosenthal, P.J. et al.
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Rosamund F. Lewis via Scopus - Elsevier

Breastfeeding mothers in DR Congo should have access to the mpox vaccine

The Lancet Global Health
2024-12 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2214-109X
Contributors: Joachim Hombach; Rosamund Lewis; Judith van Holten; J Anthony Scott; Kathleen M Neuzil
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Rosamund F. Lewis

Description of the first global outbreak of mpox: an analysis of global surveillance data

The Lancet Global Health
2023 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85162088561

Part of ISSN: 2214109X
Contributors: Laurenson-Schafer, H.; Sklenovská, N.; Hoxha, A.; Kerr, S.M.; Ndumbi, P.; Fitzner, J.; Almiron, M.; de Sousa, L.A.; Briand, S.; Cenciarelli, O. et al.
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Rosamund F. Lewis via Scopus - Elsevier

Emergency committee recommendations on mpox – what’s next?

Bulletin of the World Health Organization
2023 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85158049279

Part of ISSN: 15640604 00429686
Contributors: Lewis, R.F.; Kuppalli, K.; Hoxha, A.; Doherty, M.C.
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Rosamund F. Lewis via Scopus - Elsevier

Epidemiology of Human Mpox — Worldwide, 2018–2021

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
2023 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85147044847

Part of ISSN: 1545861X 01492195
Contributors: McCollum, A.M.; Shelus, V.; Hill, A.; Traore, T.; Onoja, B.; Nakazawa, Y.; Doty, J.B.; Yinka-Ogunleye, A.; Petersen, B.W.; Hutson, C.L. et al.
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Rosamund F. Lewis via Scopus - Elsevier

Global Analysis of the 2022-2023 Mpox Outbreak: Demographics, Clinical Features, and Risk Factors for Hospitalization

SSRN
2023 | Other
EID:

2-s2.0-85180099741

Part of ISSN: 15565068
Contributors: Laurenson-Schafer, H.; Kerr, S.M.; Tuncer, G.S.; Ndumbi, P.; Mirembe, B.B.; Hoxha, A.; Ajong, B.; Fitzner, J.; Kuppalli, K.; Lewis, R.F. et al.
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Rosamund F. Lewis via Scopus - Elsevier

Mpox in Children and Adolescents during Multicountry Outbreak, 2022-2023

Emerging Infectious Diseases
2023 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85171900396

Part of ISSN: 10806059 10806040
Contributors: Hoxha, A.; Kerr, S.M.; Laurenson-Schafer, H.; Sklenovská, N.; Mirembe, B.B.; Nezu, I.H.; Ndumbi, P.; Fitzner, J.; Almiron, M.; Vila, M. et al.
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Rosamund F. Lewis via Scopus - Elsevier

New nomenclature for mpox (monkeypox) and monkeypox virus clades

The Lancet Infectious Diseases
2023 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85148712805

Part of ISSN: 14744457 14733099
Contributors: Ulaeto, D.; Agafonov, A.; Burchfield, J.; Carter, L.; Happi, C.; Jakob, R.; Krpelanova, E.; Kuppalli, K.; Lefkowitz, E.J.; Mauldin, M.R. et al.
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Reflections on the global mpox outbreak

Vaccine Insights
2023-06-06 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2752-5422
Part of ISSN: 2752-5422
Contributors: Rosamund Lewis
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Rosamund F. Lewis

A Public Health Research Agenda for Managing Infodemics: Methods and Results of the First WHO Infodemiology Conference

JMIR Infodemiology
2021 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85117925053

Part of ISSN: 25641891
Contributors: Calleja, N.; Abd Allah, A.H.; Abad, N.; Ahmed, N.; Albarracin, D.; Altieri, E.; Anoko, J.N.; Arcos, R.; Azlan, A.A.; Bayer, J. et al.
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Infodemics: A new challenge for public health

Cell
2021 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85120607900

Part of ISSN: 10974172 00928674
Contributors: Briand, S.C.; Cinelli, M.; Nguyen, T.; Lewis, R.; Prybylski, D.; Valensise, C.M.; Colizza, V.; Tozzi, A.E.; Perra, N.; Baronchelli, A. et al.
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Monkeypox epidemiology, preparedness and response

OpenWHO
2021-12-23 | Standards or policy
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Rosamund F. Lewis

A case report of laboratory-acquired vaccinia virus infection in India

Weekly Epidemiological Record
2021-02-05 | Journal article
Contributors: Rosamund F. Lewis; Nawadkar; Dravid; Paprunia; Kojima; Abraham; Sahu
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Rosamund F. Lewis

Monkeypox: an introduction

OpenWHO.org
2020 | Lecture
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Rosamund F. Lewis

Science and its role in responding to the COVID-19 infodemic

The Misinformation in Medicine Summit / Third global WHO infodemic management conference
2020-11-20 | Conference paper
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Rosamund F. Lewis

Benefits and risks of retaining variola virus stocks. What have we achieved and what is next?

ASTMH Annual meeting 2020: Symposium: Forty-Year Anniversary of Smallpox Eradication: What Next?
2020-11-16 | Conference paper
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Rosamund F. Lewis

WHO Advisory Committee on Variola Virus Research: report of the twenty-second meeting

World Health Organization
2020-11-05 | Report
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Rosamund F. Lewis

After smallpox, what next? WHO perspective on orthopoxviruses

World One Health Congress, Symposium: Human orthopoxviruses, an emerging public health threat
2020-11-02 | Conference paper
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Rosamund F. Lewis

Epidemiology & linkages to the new scientific discipline of infodemiology

1st WHO Infodemiology Conference
2020-06-30 | Conference paper
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Rosamund F. Lewis

Overview of public health and social measures in the context of COVID-19: interim guidance, 18 May 2020

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Rosamund F. Lewis

Considerations for public health and social measures in the workplace in the context of COVID-19: annex to considerations in adjusting public health and social measures in the context of COVID-19, 10 May 2020

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Rosamund F. Lewis

Considerations for school-related public health measures in the context of COVID-19: annex to considerations in adjusting public health and social measures in the context of COVID-19, 10 May 2020

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Rosamund F. Lewis

Standard operating procedures: responding to a poliovirus event or outbreak

Global Polio Eradication Initiative; World Health Organization
2019 | Manual
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Rosamund F. Lewis

WHO advisory committee on variola virus research: report of the twentieth meeting. Geneva, Switzerland 26 – 27 September 2018

World Health Organization
2019 | Report
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Rosamund F. Lewis

WHO advisory committee on variola virus research: report of the twenty-first meeting, Geneva, 30 October – 1 November 2019

World Health Organization
2019-11-01 | Report
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Rosamund F. Lewis

Frequent Use of Social Networking Sites is Associated with Poor Psychological Functioning among Children and Adolescents

Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking
2015 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84949999252

Part of ISSN: 21522723 21522715
Contributors: Sampasa-Kanyinga, H.; Lewis, R.F.
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Rosamund F. Lewis via Scopus - Elsevier

Yellow Fever in Africa: Estimating the Burden of Disease and Impact of Mass Vaccination from Outbreak and Serological Data

PLoS Medicine
2014 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84901393844

Part of ISSN: 15491676 15491277
Contributors: Garske, T.; Van Kerkhove, M.D.; Yactayo, S.; Ronveaux, O.; Lewis, R.F.; Staples, J.E.; Perea, W.; Ferguson, N.M.; Burke, D.; De La Hoz, F. et al.
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Rosamund F. Lewis via Scopus - Elsevier

Yellow fever risk assessment in the Central African Republic

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
2014 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84929502935

Part of ISSN: 18783503 00359203
Contributors: Staples, J.E.; Diallo, M.; Janusz, K.B.; Manengu, C.; Lewis, R.F.; Perea, W.; Yactayo, S.; Sall, A.A.; Balekouzou, A.; Gamba, E.P. et al.
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Rosamund F. Lewis via Scopus - Elsevier

Adverse events following yellow fever preventive vaccination campaigns in eight African countries from 2007 to 2010

Vaccine
2013 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84875266874

Part of ISSN: 0264410X 18732518
Contributors: Breugelmans, J.G.; Lewis, R.F.; Agbenu, E.; Veit, O.; Jackson, D.; Domingo, C.; Böthe, M.; Perea, W.; Niedrig, M.; Gessner, B.D. et al.
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Rosamund F. Lewis via Scopus - Elsevier

A qualitative analysis of vaccine safety perceptions and concerns among caretakers in Uganda

Maternal and Child Health Journal
2012 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84865686338

Part of ISSN: 10927875 15736628
Contributors: Braka, F.; Asiimwe, D.; Soud, F.; Lewis, R.F.; Makumbi, I.; Gust, D.
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Clustered lot quality assurance sampling: A tool to monitor immunization coverage rapidly during a national yellow fever and polio vaccination campaign in Cameroon, May 2009

Epidemiology and Infection
2012 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-82455208770

Part of ISSN: 09502688 14694409
Contributors: Pezzoli, L.; Tchio, R.; Dzossa, A.D.; Ndjomo, S.; Takeu, A.; Anya, B.; Ticha, J.; Ronveaux, O.; Lewis, R.F.
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Rosamund F. Lewis via Scopus - Elsevier

Immunogenicity and safety of yellow fever vaccine among 115 HIV-infected patients after a preventive immunisation campaign in Mali

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
2012 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84862136101

Part of ISSN: 00359203 18783503
Contributors: Sidibe, M.; Yactayo, S.; Kalle, A.; Sall, A.A.; Sow, S.; Ndoutabe, M.; Perea, W.; Avokey, F.; Lewis, R.F.; Veit, O.
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Rosamund F. Lewis via Scopus - Elsevier

Intervene before leaving: Clustered lot quality assurance sampling to monitor vaccination coverage at health district level before the end of a yellow fever and measles vaccination campaign in Sierra Leone in 2009

BMC Public Health
2012 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84861866199

Part of ISSN: 14712458
Contributors: Pezzoli, L.; Conteh, I.; Kamara, W.; Gacic-Dobo, M.; Ronveaux, O.; Perea, W.A.; Lewis, R.F.
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Rosamund F. Lewis via Scopus - Elsevier

Measles.

CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne
2012 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84872259840

Part of ISSN: 14882329
Contributors: Desai, S.; Shane, A.; Lewis, R.
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Rosamund F. Lewis via Scopus - Elsevier

The revised global yellow fever risk map and recommendations for vaccination, 2010: Consensus of the Informal WHO Working Group on Geographic Risk for Yellow Fever

The Lancet Infectious Diseases
2011 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-79960694938

Part of ISSN: 14733099 14744457
Contributors: Jentes, E.S.; Poumerol, G.; Gershman, M.D.; Hill, D.R.; Lemarchand, J.; Lewis, R.F.; Staples, J.E.; Tomori, O.; Wilder-Smith, A.; Monath, T.P.
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Rosamund F. Lewis via Scopus - Elsevier

Elimination of measles, rubella and congenital rubella syndrome in Canada: Documentation and verification report.

Public Health Agency of Canada
2011-12 | Report
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Rosamund F. Lewis

Detection and investigation of serious adverse events following yellow fever vaccination

World Health Organization
2010 | Report
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Rosamund F. Lewis

Achieving measles control: Lessons from the 2002-06 measles control strategy for Uganda

Health Policy and Planning
2009 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-70349565377

Part of ISSN: 02681080 14602237
Contributors: Mbabazi, W.B.; Nanyunja, M.; Makumbi, I.; Braka, F.; Baliraine, F.N.; Kisakye, A.; Bwogi, J.; Mugyenyi, P.; Kabwongera, E.; Lewis, R.F.
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Rosamund F. Lewis via Scopus - Elsevier

Hepatitis B infection is highly endemic in Uganda: Findings from a national serosurvey

African Health Sciences
2009 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-68949198024

Part of ISSN: 16806905
Contributors: Bwogi, J.; Braka, F.; Makumbi, I.; Mishra, V.; Bakamutumaho, B.; Nanyunja, M.; Opio, A.; Downing, R.; Biryahwaho, B.; Lewis, R.F.
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Rosamund F. Lewis via Scopus - Elsevier

Prevalence and risk factors of lassa seropositivity in inhabitants of the Forest Region of Guinea: A cross-sectional study

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
2009 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-73449146610

Contributors: Kernéis, S.; Koivogui, L.; Magassouba, N.; Koulemou, K.; Lewis, R.; Aplogan, A.; Grais, R.F.; Guerin, P.J.; Fichet-Calvet, E.
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Rosamund F. Lewis via Scopus - Elsevier

Surveillance for Streptococcus pneumoniae meningitis in children aged <5 years: Implications for immunization in Uganda

Clinical Infectious Diseases
2009 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-61849099863

Part of ISSN: 10584838
Contributors: Kisakye, A.; Makumbi, I.; Nansera, D.; Lewis, R.; Braka, F.; Wobudeya, E.; Chaplain, D.; Nalumansi, E.; Mbabazi, W.; Gessner, B.D.
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Rosamund F. Lewis via Scopus - Elsevier

Action for child survival: Elimination of Haemophilus influenzae type b meningitis in Uganda

Bulletin of the World Health Organization
2008 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-42049096739

Part of ISSN: 00429686 15640604
Contributors: Lewis, R.F.; Kisakye, A.; Gessner, B.D.; Duku, C.; Odipio, J.B.; Iriso, R.; Nansera, D.; Braka, F.; Makumbi, I.; Kekitiinwa, A.
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Rosamund F. Lewis via Scopus - Elsevier

Haemophilus influenzae type b conjugate vaccine is highly effective in the Ugandan routine immunization program: A case-control study

Tropical Medicine and International Health
2008 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-42049117331

Part of ISSN: 13602276 13653156
Contributors: Lee, E.H.-J.; Lewis, R.F.; Makumbi, I.; Kekitiinwa, A.; Ediamu, T.D.; Bazibu, M.; Braka, F.; Flannery, B.; Zuber, P.L.; Feikin, D.R.
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Rosamund F. Lewis via Scopus - Elsevier

Immunization

International Encyclopedia of Public Health
2008 | Book chapter
EID:

2-s2.0-42049088915

Contributors: Lewis, R.; Zaffran, M.; Melgaard, B.
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Rosamund F. Lewis via Scopus - Elsevier

Exposure of Ugandan health personnel to measles and rubella: Evidence of the need for health worker vaccination

Vaccine
2006 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-33846249620

Part of ISSN: 0264410X
Contributors: Lewis, R.F.; Braka, F.; Mbabazi, W.; Makumbi, I.; Kasasa, S.; Nanyunja, M.
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Rosamund F. Lewis via Scopus - Elsevier
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