Leonard Mukasa

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Also affiliated: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2020); University of Michigan (2023); Maryland Department of Health (2002); Epidemic Intelligence Service (2020); Arkansas Department of Health (2005–2025)

10 h-index 32 pubs 395 cited

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Leonard Mukasa's research focuses on tuberculosis (TB) epidemiology and public health outcomes, with a particular emphasis on the state of Arkansas. His work investigates disease transmission patterns, diagnostic delays, and the impact of interventions like respiratory isolation on reducing community spread. Mukasa has examined racial and ethnic disparities in TB incidence within Arkansas, highlighting how these factors influence disease patterns and recent transmission events in a low-incidence setting. His scholarship includes a systematic review on the effectiveness of respiratory isolation for TB, aiming to understand its effects on patient and public health outcomes. Mukasa has published over 30 papers, accumulating 374 citations and an h-index of 10. He collaborates with researchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, including Nikhil Meena and M. Bikkanuri.

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h-index: 10
Publications: 32
Citations: 395

Selected Publications

Race and Ethnicity, Recent Transmission, and Tuberculosis Infection in a Low-Incidence US State (2025)

JAMA Network Open 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Tuberculosis Incidence, Arkansas, USA, 2010–2021 (2023)

Emerging infectious diseases 7 citations DOI OpenAlex
Increasing likelihood of advanced pulmonary tuberculosis at initial diagnosis in a low-incidence US state (2018)

The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease 9 citations DOI OpenAlex
Is Bronchoscopy Being Overutilized in Tuberculosis Diagnosis? Arkansas Experience 2009–2015 (2016)

Open Forum Infectious Diseases 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
Effectiveness of contact investigations for tuberculosis control in Arkansas (2015)

Journal of Theoretical Biology 14 citations DOI OpenAlex
Tuberculosis reinfection in a pregnant cystic fibrosis patient (2015)

Respiratory Medicine Case Reports 6 citations DOI OpenAlex
Pulmonary tuberculosis in a patient with cystic fibrosis (2015)

North American Journal of Medical Sciences 10 citations DOI OpenAlex
Initial experience with GeneXpert MTB/RIF assay in the Arkansas Tuberculosis Control Program (2014)

Australasian Medical Journal 3 citations DOI OpenAlex
The Road to Tuberculosis (Mycobacterium tuberculosis) Elimination in Arkansas; a Re-Examination of Risk Groups (2014)

PLoS ONE 15 citations DOI OpenAlex
Distribution of Insertion- and Deletion-Associated Genetic Polymorphisms among Four Mycobacterium tuberculosis Phospholipase C Genes and Associations with Extrathoracic Tuberculosis: a Population-Based Study (2005)

Journal of Clinical Microbiology 32 citations DOI OpenAlex