List of articles in peer reviewed journals:
1. McNeilly H, Mutebi F, Thielecke M, Reichert F, Banalyaki M, Arono R, Mukone G, et al. Management of very severe tungiasis cases through repeated community-based treatment with a dimethicone oil formula: a longitudinal study in a hyperendemic region in Uganda. 2023.
2. Thielecke M, McNeilly H, Mutebi F, Banalyaki M, Arono R, Wiese S, Mukone G, et al. High Level of Knowledge about Tungiasis but Little Translation into Control Practices in Karamoja, Northeastern Uganda. Trop Med Infect Dis. 2023 Aug 24; 8:425.
3. Thielecke M, Mutebi F, McNeilly H, Arono R, Reichert F, Ahrens C, Mukone G, et al. Surveillance and treatment of tungiasis, podoconiosis and scabies in Northeast Uganda. 2023.
4. Mutebi F, McNeilly H, Thielecke M, Reichert F, Wiese S, Mukone G, et al. Prevalence and Infection Intensity of Human and Animal Tungiasis in Napak District, Karamoja, Northeastern Uganda. Trop Med Infect Dis. 2023 Feb;8(2).
5. Nordin P, Thielecke M, Ngomi N, Mukone G, Krantz I, Feldmeier H. Treatment of tungiasis with a two- component dimeticone: A comparison between moistening the whole foot and directly targeting the embedded sand fleas. Trop Med Health. 2017 Dec 1;45.
6. Feldmeier H, Thielecke M, Nordin P, Ngomi N, Mukone G. Topically applied dimethicones are highly effective against embedded sand fleas (T. penetrans). Trop Med Int Heal. 2015 Sep 1; 20:115.
7. Sentongo E, Kalungi S, Mukone G. Histological Demonstration of the Organisms Causing Human Tungiasis in Eastern Uganda. J Cytol Histol. 2020 Jan 1;11.
8. Okwee-Acai James, Mutebi Francis, Okuni J.B, Majalija S., Nayiga J. & Acon J. (2011). A benign exudative cornifying intradermal tumour (keratoacanthoma) in a seven-year-old Golden Retriever: A clinical case report. Africa Journal of Animal and Biomedical Sciences 6(1), 2011, ISSN: 1819-4214.
9. Erume Joseph & Mutebi Francis (2012). The Prevalence and Risk Factors of Paratuberculosis in Indigenous and Exotic Cattle in Wakiso and Masaka Districts, Uganda. International Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances 4(4): 244-251, ISSN: 2041-2894.
10. Mutebi, F., Krücken, J., Feldmeier, H., Waiswa, C., Mencke, N., Sentongo, E., & von-Samson- Himmelstjerna, G. (2015). Animal reservoirs of zoonotic tungiasis in endemic rural villages of Uganda. PLoS Negl Trop Dis, 9(10), e0004126. doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0004126.
11. Mutebi, Francis, Krücken, J., Feldmeier, H., Waiswa, C., Mencke, N., & Samson-Himmelstjerna, G. v. (2016). Tungiasis-associated morbidity in pigs and dogs in endemic villages of Uganda. Parasites and Vectors, 9(44), 1-9. DOI 10.1186/s13071-016-1320-0.
12. Mutebi, F., Krücken, J., Mencke, N., Feldmeier, H., von Samson-Himmelstjerna, G., & Waiswa, C. (2016). Two Severe Cases of Tungiasis in Goat Kids in Uganda. International Journal of Insect Science, 16(1). doi:10.1093/jisesa/iew016.
13. Mutebi, F., Samson-Himmelstjerna, G. v., Feldmeier, H., Waiswa, C., Bukeka-Muhindo, J., & Krücken, J. (2016). Successful Treatment of Severe Tungiasis in Pigs Using a Topical Aerosol Containing Chlorfenvinphos, Dichlorphos and Gentian Violet. PLoS Negl Trop Dis, doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0005056.
14. Krücken Jürgen, Mutebi Francis, Samson-Himmelstjerna, Georg von & Feldmeier Hermann (2016). Tungiasis– eine vernachlässigte tropische Zoonose mit vielen Facetten (Tungiasis: A neglected tropical zoonosis with many facets). Nova Acta Leoppoldina NF. 411:57-80.
15. Francis Mutebi, Jürgen Krücken , Hermann Feldmeier, Charles Waiswa, Norbert Mencke, Wilfred Eneku and Georg von Samson-Himmelstjerna (2017). High intensity of Tunga penetrans infection causing severe disease among pigs in Busoga, South Eastern Uganda. BMC Veterinary Research 13:206. DOI 10.1186/s12917-017-1127-z.
16. Joseph Byaruhanga, Dickson S. Tayebwa, Wilfred Eneku, Mathias Afayoa, Francis Mutebi, Susan Ndyanabo, Steven Kakooza, James Okwee-Acai, Robert Tweyongyere, Eddie M. Wampande, Patrick Vudriko (2017). Retrospective study on cattle and poultry diseases in Uganda. International Journal of Veterinary Science and Medicine, 5 (168-174).
17. Wumbiya SD, Mutebi Francis, Eneku Wilfred, Nasinyama GW, Skjerve Eystein, Muwonge Adrian, Musso Munyeme, Mugasa Clare, AmbroseJubara, Nabadda Daisy, Bugeza James, Mirembe Bernadette, Wizaso Mwansinga, Kankya C (2017). Knowledge Attitude and Practices towards Cystic Echinococcosis among Pastoral Communities in Greater Kapoeta South Sudan. Journal of Veterinary Medicine and Research, 4(5):1086.
18. Francis Mutebi, Jürgen Krücken, Georg von Samson-Himmelstjerna, Charles Waiswa, Norbert Mencke, Wilfred Eneku, Tamale Andrew, Hermann Feldmeier (2018). Animal and human tungiasis-related knowledge and treatment practices among animal keeping households in Bugiri District, South-Eastern Uganda, Acta Tropica, 177:81-88.
19. Eneku Wilfred, Francis Mutebi, Frank Norbert Mwiine, Okwee-Acai James, Ojok Lonzy (2018). Porcine Circovirus type 2 – Systemic disease on pig farms and associated knowledge of key players in the pig industry in Central Uganda. International Journal of Veterinary Science and Medicine, In Press.
20. Hollman Miller, Julián Trujillo-Trujillo, Francis Mutebi, Hermann Feldmeier (2020). Efficacy and safety of dimeticones in the treatment of epidermal parasitic skin diseases with special emphasis on tungiasis: an evidence-based critical review. The Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
21. Francis Mutebi, Jürgen Krücken, Hermann Feldmeier, Georg von Samsom-Himmelstjerna. Clinical implications and treatment options of tungiasis in domestic animals. Parasitol Res (2021).
22. Steven Kakooza, Adrian Muwonge, Esther Nabatta, Wilfred Eneku, Dickson Ndoboli, Eddie Wampande, Damian Munyiirwa, Edrine Kayaga, Maria Agnes Tumwebaze, Mathias Afayoa, Paul Ssajjakambwe, Dickson Stuart Tayebwa, Sayaka Tsuchida, Torahiko Okubo, Kazunari Ushida, Ken’ichi Sakurai & Francis Mutebi (2021). A retrospective analysis of antimicrobial resistance in pathogenic Escherichia coli and Salmonella spp. isolates from poultry in Uganda, International Journal of Veterinary Science and Medicine, 9:1, 11-21, DOI: 10.1080/23144599.2021.1926056.
23. Amugune, B. L., Matharu, A. K., Ouma, P., Mutebi, F., Elson, L., Fillinger, U., & Krücken, J. (2023). Cost- Effective PCR-Based Identification of Tunga penetrans (Siphonaptera) Larvae Extracted from Soil Samples Containing PCR Inhibitor-Rich Material. Insects (2075-4450), 14(1), 5.
24. Mutebi F, McNeilly H, Thielecke M, Reichert F, Wiese S, Mukone G, Feldmeier H. Prevalence and Infection Intensity of Human and Animal Tungiasis in Napak District, Karamoja, Northeastern Uganda. Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease. 2023; 8(2):111.
25. Elson L, Matharu AK, Riithi N, Ouma P, Mutebi F, Feldmeier H, Krücken J, Fillinger U. Characterization of tungiasis infection and morbidity using thermography in Kenya revealed higher disease burden during COVID-19 school closures. Infect Dis Poverty. 2023 Mar 21;12(1):24. doi: 10.1186/s40249-023-01080-5. PMID: 36941724.
26. McNeilly, Hannah, Marlene Thielecke, Francis Mutebi, Mike Banalyaki, Felix Reichert, Susanne Wiese, and Hermann Feldmeier. 2023. “Tungiasis Stigma and Control Practices in a Hyperendemic Region in Northeastern Uganda” Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease 8(4): 206.
27. Thielecke M, McNeilly H, Mutebi F, Banalyaki MB, Arono R, Wiese S, Reichert F, Mukone G, Feldmeier H. High Level of Knowledge about Tungiasis but Little Translation into Control Practices in Karamoja, Northeastern Uganda. Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease. 2023; 8(9):425.
28. Kakooza, S., Mutebi, F., Ssajjakambwe, P., Wampande, E., Nabatta, E., Atuheire, C., Tsuchida, S., Okubo, T., Ushida, K., & Kaneene, J. B. (2023). Mastitis on selected farms in Wakiso district, Uganda: Burden, pathogens and predictors of infectivity of antimicrobial resistant bacteria in dairy herds. Veterinary Medicine and Science, 1–10.
29. Otieno, B., Elson, L., Matharu, A.K.et al. Neurocognitive and mental health outcomes in children with tungiasis: a cross-sectional study in rural Kenya and Uganda. Infect Dis Poverty 12, 100 (2023).
30. Masete, I., Simpson, H., Matwale, G., Mutebi, F., Thielecke, Marlene., Nuwaha, Fred., Mukone, George., Deribe, Kebede., Davey, Gail. Podoconiosis in Uganda: Prevalence, Geographical Distribution, and Risk Factors. Unpublished.
31. ZAVUGA R, Waako S, Twimukye M, Mugambe RK, Isunju JB, Muwonge H, Masete I, et al. Low Back Pain Effects, Management and Coping Strategies among Pregnant Women Attending Antenatal Clinic in Eastern Uganda: A Cross-Sectional Study. Anesth Clin Res [Internet]. 2021;13. Available from: