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ArticleGlobal health, epidemiology and genomics2025

Cockroaches as Reservoirs, Vectors, and Potential Sentinels of Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria in Ugandan Communities: A Retrospective Analysis.

Steven Kakooza, Paul Ssajjakambwe, Rebecca Nalubega, Betty Namazi, Aisha Nantume, Geoffrey Ssentamu, Esther Nabatta, David Nalumenya, Mariam Wanyana, Damien F N Munyiirwa and 4 more

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Article in Global health, epidemiology and genomics, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Review
  2. Experimental Evaluation of Fecal-Mediated Transfer ofJournal of tropical medicine · 2026
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  3. Review
  4. Microbiological and molecular analysis of the microbiota of insects present in the surgical area.Antimicrobial stewardship & healthcare epidemiology : ASHE · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors.

Steven KakoozaCentral Diagnostic Laboratory, College of Veterinary Medicine, Animal Resources and Biosecurity, Makerere University, Livingstone Road, Kampala, Uganda.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8619-8956
Paul SsajjakambweDepartment of Veterinary Pharmacy, Clinics and Comparative Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Animal Resources and Biosecurity, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8247-3578
Rebecca NalubegaDepartment of Biomolecular and Biolaboratory Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Animal Resources and Biosecurity, Makerere University, Veterinary Animal House, Kampala, Uganda.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0001-5336-2967
Betty NamaziNational Agricultural Research Organization, 14 Kitaasa Road, Entebbe, Uganda.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0001-0614-3438
Aisha NantumeCentral Diagnostic Laboratory, College of Veterinary Medicine, Animal Resources and Biosecurity, Makerere University, Livingstone Road, Kampala, Uganda.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0002-7236-2089
Geoffrey SsentamuCentre for Biosecurity and Global Health, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8756-9763
Esther NabattaCentral Diagnostic Laboratory, College of Veterinary Medicine, Animal Resources and Biosecurity, Makerere University, Livingstone Road, Kampala, Uganda.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0107-8371
David NalumenyaCentre for Biosecurity and Global Health, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2711-2737
Mariam WanyanaCentral Diagnostic Laboratory, College of Veterinary Medicine, Animal Resources and Biosecurity, Makerere University, Livingstone Road, Kampala, Uganda.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0005-4554-7127
Damien F N MunyiirwaCentral Diagnostic Laboratory, College of Veterinary Medicine, Animal Resources and Biosecurity, Makerere University, Livingstone Road, Kampala, Uganda.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2016-9693
Dorcus NamuyindaCentral Diagnostic Laboratory, College of Veterinary Medicine, Animal Resources and Biosecurity, Makerere University, Livingstone Road, Kampala, Uganda.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0001-6568-8606
Sayaka TsuchidaDepartment of Environmental Biology, College of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Chubu University, Kasugai, Aichi, Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3753-990X
Kazunari UshidaDepartment of Environmental Biology, College of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Chubu University, Kasugai, Aichi, Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3155-4538
John Baligwamunsi KaneeneCenter for Comparative Epidemiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Michigan State University, 736 Wilson Road, Room A109, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1132-4839

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

BacteriaCockroachesDisease ReservoirsDrug Resistance, Multiple, BacterialInsect VectorsAnimalsHumansRetrospective StudiesUgandaantimicrobial resistancebacteriacockroachespathogen reservoirs and vectorspublic healthsentinelsUganda

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PMCPMC11769582

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