Papers

Killewo J, Nyamuryekunge K, Sandström A, Bredberg Rådén U, Wall S, Mhalu F, Biberfeld G. Prevalence of HIV-1 infection in the Kagera region of Tanzania: a population-based study. AIDS 1990;4:1081-5.

Killewo J. An overview of the epidemiology of HIV-1 infection in Kagera region in Tanzania. Tanzania Med J 1991;6:45-8.

Killewo JZJ, Lwihula GK, Sandström A, Dahlgren L (Eds.) Behavioural and epidemiological aspects of AIDS research in Tanzania. Proceedings of a workshop held in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania, December, 1989. SAREC Documentation report (Published in 1992).

Killewo JZ, Sandström A, Bredberg Rådén U, Mhalu FS, Biberfeld G, Wall S. The incidence of HIV-1 infection among adults in the Kagera region of Tanzania. Int J Epidemiol 1993;22:528-36.

Lwihula G, Dahlgren L, Killewo J, Sandström A. AIDS epidemic in Kagera region, Tanzania - The experiences of local people. AIDS Care 1993;5:347-57.

Killewo J, Dahlgren L, Sandström A. Socio-geographical patterns of HIV-1 transmission in Kagera region, Tanzania. Soc Sci Med 1994;38:129-34.

Killewo JZ, Sandström A, Bredberg Rådén U, Mhalu FS, Biberfeld G, Wall S. Prevalence and incidence of syphilis infection and its association with HIV-1 infection among adults in the Kagera region of Tanzania: A population-based study. Int J STD AIDS 1994;5:424-31.

Killewo J, Comoro C, Lugalla J, Kwesigabo G (eds.), Systematic interventions and their evaluation against HIV/AIDS in Kagera region, Tanzania. Proceedings of a workshop held in Bukoba town, Kagera, Tanzania 10-11 May, 1993, The Kagera AIDS Research Project, Dar Es Salaam, 1993.

Killewo JZJ. Epidemiology towards the control of HIV infection in Tanzania with special reference to the Kagera region. Thesis, Umeå University, 1994.

Killewo JZJ, Comoro CJ. AIDS as a disaster, myths and responses. Proceedings of the joint 12th Annual TPHA and Second biennial ECSAPHA scientific conference on Disasters, accidents of the Tanzania Public Health Association held in Arusha, Tanzania in October, 1993. (Published in 1995).

Comoro CJ, Lugalla JLP, Mutembei AK, Dahlgren L. A socio-cultural and institutional background influencing the acceptability of intervention strategies against AIDS and HIV infection in Kagera region, Tanzania. Proceedings of the 12th. Annual Joint Scientific Conference of the NIMR, Arusha Tanzania in February, 1994. (Published in 1995).

Kwesigabo G, Killewo JZJ, Sandström A. Sentinel surveillance and cross-sectional survey on HIV infection prevalence: A comparative study. East Afr Med J 1996;73:298-302.

Lugalla J, Comoro C, Mutembei A, Dahlgren L, Emmelin M, Killewo J, Kwesigabo G, Sandström A. The availability and acceptability of intervention strategies against HIV/AIDS, Internationales Afrikaforum, 1997;33:355-97.

Kwesigabo G, Killewo JZJ, Godoy C, Mbena E, Urassa W, Mhalu F, Biberfeld G, Wall S, Sandstrom A. Decline in the prevalence of HIV-1 infection among young women in the Kagera of Tanzania. J Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes Human Retrovirology 1998;17:262-8.

Killewo JZJ, Sandstrom A, Kwesigabo G, Mhalu F, Comoro C, Biberfeld G, Wall S. Acceptability of voluntary HIV testing in a rural village in Kagera, Tanzania: A pilot study. AIDS Care 1998;10:431-9.

Kwesigabo G, Killewo JZJ, Sandstrom A, Winani S, Mhalu F, Biberfeld G and Wall S. Prevalence of HIV infection among hospital patients inNorth West Tanzania. AIDS Care 1999;11:87-93.

Urassa W, Godoy K, Killewo J, Kwesigabo G, Mbakileki A, Mhalu F, Biberfeld F. The accuracy of alternative confirmatory strategy for detection of antibodies to HIV-1: Experiences from a regional laboratory in Kagera, Tanzania. J Clin Virology 1999;14:25-9.

Kwesigabo G, Killewo JZJ, Urassa W, Mbena E, Mhalu F, Godoy C, Biberfeld G, Emmelin M, Wall S, Sandström A. Monitoring of HIV-1 infection prevalence and trends in the general population using pregnant women as a sentinel population: 9 years experience from the Kagera region of Tanzania. JAIDS 2000;23:410-7.

Lugalla JPL, Emmelin MAC, Mutembei AK, Comoro CJ, Killewo JZJ, Kwesigabo G, Sandstrom AIM, Dahlgren LG. The social and cultural contexts of HIV/AIDS transmission in the Kagera region, Tanzania. JAAS 1999;4:377-402.

Mutembei A, Emmelin M, Lugalla J, Dahlgren L. Communicating about AIDS - Changes in understanding and coping with help of language in urban Kagera, Tanzania. JAAS 2002;37:1-16.

Killewo J. Poverty, TB and HIV infection: A vicious cycle (Editorial). Journal of Health Population and Nutrition 2002; Vol. 20 (4) 281-284.

Joe Lugalla , Maria Emmelin , Aldin Mutembei , Mwiru Sima , Gideon Kwesigabo, Japhet Killewo and Lars Dahlgren. Social, Cultural and Sexual Behavioral Determinants of Observed Decline in HIV Infection Trends: Lessons from the Kagera Region of Tanzania. Social Science and Medicine 2004; Vol. 59/1 pp 185-198.

Theses

Killewo JZJ. Epidemiology towards the control of HIV infection in Tanzania with special reference to the Kagera region. 1994. Umeå University Medical Dissertations New Series No 421.

Kwesigabo G. Trends of HIV infection in the Kagera region of Tanzania 1987-2000. 2001. Umeå University Medical Dissertation New Series No 710.

Mutembei A K. Poetry and AIDS in Tanzania: Changing Metaphors and Metonymies in Haya Oral Traditions. 2001. Leiden University, Netherlands. CNWS Publications Vol 101.

Other publications

Sandström A, Nyamuryekunge K, Engardt L. Prevalence of HIV-infection in Kagera region a pilot study. University of Umeå, Dept of Epidemiology and Health Care Research. Research Reports ISSN 0284-1320, No 5, 1987.

Killewo J, Lwihula G, Sandström A, Dahlgren L (Eds). Behavioural and epidemiological aspects of AIDS research in Tanzania. Proceedings from a workshop held in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 6-8 December, 1989.

Kwesigabo G. How accurate is sentinel surveillance in monitoring of HIV-infection. A dissertation submitted to the University of London in partial fulfillment for the award of M Sc Epidemiology Degree, 1991.

Killewo JZJ, Lwihula GK, Sandström A, Dahlgren L (Eds). Behavioural and epidemiological aspects of AIDS research in Tanzania. Proceedings of a workshop held in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, December 1989. SAREC Documentation report. Published in 1992.

Killewo J, Comoro C, Lugalla J, Kwesigabo G (eds), Systematic interventions and their evaluation against HIV/AIDS in Kagera region, Tanzania. Proceedings of a workshop held in Bukoba town, Kagera, Tanzania 10-11 May, 1993. The Kagera AIDS Research Project, Dar es Salaam, 1993.

Papers presented at national/International Conferences (1997 - 2002)
Amir H, Kaaya EE, Kitinya JN, Kwesigabo G, Biberfeld P, Carneiro P. Kaposi´s sarcoma before and after the AIDS epidemic in Tanzania. B.307 Xth International Conference on AIDS and STD in Africa. Abijan, Cote d´Ivoire, December 1997.

Emmelin M, Comoro CJ, Dahlgren L, Killewo JZJ, Kwesigabo G, Mutembei A, Sandstrom A. Long term effects of voluntary HIV testing with counseling in a rural village in Kagera Tanzania E.687 Xth International conference on AIDS and STD in Africa. Abidjan, Cote d´Ivoire, December 1997.

Kwesigabo G, Killewo JZJ, Makwaya C, Urassa W, Mhalu F, Biberfeld G, Sandstrom A. Decline in the prevalence and incidence of HIV-1 infection in population studies in Bukoba Urban, Kagera Tanzania. 12th World AIDS Conference, Geneva, June 28-July 3 1998. Abstract No 13114.

Kwesigabo G, Killewo JZJ, Makwaya C, Urassa W, Mbena E, Mhalu F, Godoy C, Biberfeld G, Emmelin M, Wall S, Sandstrom A. Monitoring of HIV-1 infection using sentinel populations: Experiences from Kagera region Tanzania. National Multisectoral AIDS Conference Arusha, Tanzania. 11-16 December 1998.

Amir H., Kaaya EE, Kwesigabo G. Biberfeld P. Clinical characteristics of Kaposi's sarcoma in African women during the AIDS epidemic. National Multisectorial AIDS Conference in Tanzania. Arusha, Tanzania, December 1998.

Kwesigabo G, Killewo JZJ, Makwaya C, Urassa W, Mbena E, Mhalu F, Godoy C, Biberfeld G, Lugalla JLP, Emmelin M, Wall S, Sandstrom A. Decline in the prevalence and incidence of HIV-1 infection in Kagera Region Tanzania: A result of behavioural change? Resistance to behavioral change to reduce HIV/AIDS infection in predominantly heterosexual epidemics in Third world countries. Conference held at the National Australian University, Canberra, Australia - April 28th to 30th 1999.

Killewo JZJ, Kwesigabo G, Makwaya CK, Mutembei A, Emmelin M, Dahlgren L, Wall S, Sandstrom A. Evaluation of AIDS related interventions as a learning tool for course participants. XIth International Conference on AIDS and STDs in Africa, 12-16 September 1999, Lusaka, Zambia. Abstract No 15PT38-1.

Emmelin M, Comoro CJ, Mutembei A, Lugalla J, Killewo JZJ, Kwesigabo G, Sandstrom A, Dahlgren L. The social transmission route of HIV infection - The role of high-risk environments in a rural area of the Kagera Region Tanzania. XIth International Conference on AIDS and STDs in Africa, 12-16 September 1999, Lusaka, Zambia. Abstract No 14PT33-1.

Kwesigabo G, Killewo JZJ, Makwaya C, Urassa W, Mbena E, Wall S, Sandstrom A. Monitoring of HIV-1 infection prevalence and trends in the general population using pregnant women as a sentinel population: Experiences from the Kagera Region of Tanzania. XIth International Conference on AIDS and STDs in Africa, 12-16 September 1999, Lusaka Zambia. Abstract No 14ET3-3.

Kwesigabo G, Killewo JZJ, Mhalu F, Mutembei A, Lugalla J, Mbena E, Urassa W, Biberfeld G, Sandstrom A. Trends of HIV infection in the Kagera Region. Kagera Health Sector Reform Laboratory Second Annual Conference 27-28 June 2002. Bukoba Tanzania.

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