Publications
Over the years, Dr. Gladys has worked on a number of publications including:
- Kalema G. 1994. Letter entitled “Veterinarians and Zoological Medicine” to the Veterinary Record, raising My concern for trained wildlife veterinarians in developing countries like Uganda. The Veterinary Record, 135 (1).
- Nizeyi J. B., Mwebe R, Nanteza A, Cranfield M.R, Kalema G.R.N.N., Graczyk T. 1999. Cryptosporidium sp. and Giardia sp. Infections in mountain gorillas (Gorilla gorilla beringei) of the Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda. Journal Parasitology 85 (7). American Society of Parasitologists.


- Kalema G. 1998. Birth of a Mountain Gorilla in Bwindi Witnessed by Tourists. Narrated by William Betunga. The Link – Managing Protected Areas with Communities. A newsletter of the Uganda Wildlife Authority Community Conservation Department. 2(2).
- Kalema G. 1999. Mountain Gorilla Veterinary Interventions – Conservation Vs Welfare? Gorilla Conservation News, 13 May 1999.
- Nizeye J. B., Innocent R. B., Erume J, Kalema G. R. N. N., Cranfield M. R. and Graczyk T. K. 2001. Campylobacteriosis, Salmonellosis, and Shigellosis in free-ranging human-habituated mountain gorillas in Uganda. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 37(2): 239-244.
- Graczyk T. K., DaSilva A. J., Cranfield M. R., Nizeye J. B., Kalema G. R and Pieniazek N. J. 2001. Cryptosporidium parvum genotype 2 infections in free-ranging mountain gorillas (Gorilla gorilla beringei) of the Bwindi Impenetrable National park, Uganda. Parasitology Research 87 (5):368-70.
- Kalema-Zikusoka G. 2002. Ugandan Wildlife Trade Stopped Dead in Its Tracks. International Primate Protection League Newsletter. December 2002.
- Kalema-Zikusoka G, Kock R. A. , Macfie E. J. 2002. Scabies in free-ranging mountain gorillas (Gorilla beringei beringei) in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda. Veterinary Record 150 (1):12-5.
- Kalema-Zikusoka G and Lowenstine L. 2001. Rectal prolapse in a free-ranging mountain gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei): clinical presentation and surgical management. Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 32 (4): 509-513.
- Munn J. and Kalema G. Death of a chimpanzee in a trap in Kasokwa Forest Reserve Uganda. African Primates journal/newsletter (1999-2000), Vol 4 (1&2): 58-62
- Kalema-Zikusoka G, Horne W. A., Levine J. and Loomis M. R. 2003. Comparison of the cardiopulmonary effects of medetomidine-butorphanol-ketamine and medetomidine-butorphanol- midazolam in Patas monkeys (Erthyrocebus patas). Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 34(1):47-52.
- Kalema-Zikusoka, G., B Wolfe, M. Cesta, and D. Rotstein. Management of Multiple Intra-Hepatic biliary Cysts in a Desert Rosy Boa, Lichanura trivirgata gracia. Journal of Herpetological Medicine and Surgery. 13: 20-22.
- Kalema-Zikusoka G, Rothman JM, Fox MT. 2005. Intestinal parasites and bacteria of mountain gorillas ( Gorilla beringei beringei) in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda. Primates 46:59-63.
- Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka. 2004. Protected Areas, Human Livelihoods and Healthy Animals, Ideas for Integrated Conservation and development Interventions In: IUCN World Parks Congress AHEAD workshop proceedings
- O. Osofsky, Richard A. Kock, Michael D. Kock, Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka, Richard Grahn, Tim Leyland, William. B. Karesh. 2005. Building support for Protected Areas using a One Health perspective In: Friends for Life, New partners in support of protected areas. Edited by Jeff McNeily. Published by IUCN, Species Survival Commission.
- Kalema-Zikusoka G, Bengis R, G., A. L. Michel and M. H. Woodford. A preliminary investigation of tuberculosis and other diseases in African buffalo (Syncerus caffer) in Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda. Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, 72:145-151.
- Jessica M. Rothman, Dwight G. Bowman, Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka, and John Bosco Nkurunungi. 2006. Parasites of the Gorillas in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. Primates of Western Uganda, 10:171-192.
- Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka and Lynne Gaffikin. Sharing the Forest, Protecting Gorillas and Helping Families in Uganda. Focus series, published by the Woodrow Wilson International Centre for International Scholars and USAID, Issue 17 October 2008.
- Carmina Gallardo, Ana Luísa Reis, Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka, Joana Malta, Alejandro Soler, Esther Blanco, R. M. E. Parkhouse, and Alexandre Leitão. Recombinant Antigen Targets for Serodiagnosis of African Swine Fever. Clinical and Vaccine Immunology, July 2009, p. 1012-1020, Vol. 16, No. 7.
- Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka. 2009. Lair of a Silverback. Wild Places. National Geographic Traveler.
- Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka. 2010. Comprehensive Conservation – Gorillas on the List. The Reporter, a publication of Population Connection, February 2010, Vol.42, Issue 1.
- Lynne Gaffikin and Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka. Integrating Human and Animal Health for Conservation and Development: Findings from a Program Evaluation in Southwest Uganda. Consultancy report to John Snow.
- Willard Cates; Quarraisha Abdool Karim; Wafaa Mahmoud El-Sadr; Debra W. Haffner; Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka; Khama Rogo; Tricia Petruney; E. Megan Davidson Averill. 2010. Family Planning and the Millenium Development Goals. Global Development, Policy Forum. Science, Vol 324.
- Millán J., Chirife A.D., Kalema-Zikusoka G., Cabezón O. et al. 2013. Serosurvey of dogs for human, livestock, and wildlife pathogens, Uganda. Emerging Infectious Diseases. http://dx.soi.org/10.3201/eid1904.121143.
- Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka. 2013. Special Considerations and Scenarios, Page 395 In: Wildlife Forensic Investigation; Principles and Practice
- Rubanga Stephen and Kalema-Zikusoka Gladys. 2013. The Establishment and Use of Field Laboratories: Lessons from the CTPH Gorilla Research Clinic, Uganda In Journal of Exotic Pet Medicine. Volume 22. Number 1
- Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka. 2013. In Uganda, Integrating Population, Health, and Environment to Meet Development Goals. New Security. https://www.newsecuritybeat.org/2013/03/uganda-integrating-population-health-environment-meet-development-goals/
- Tricia Petruney, Aurelie Brunie, Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka, Patricia Wamala-Mucheri & Angela Akol. Informing the future of capacity building: lessons from an NGO partnership Tricia Petruney, Aurelie Brunie, Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka, Patricia Wamala-Mucheri & Angela Akol. Development in Practice,Volume 24, 2014 – Issue 3. Pages: 435-441 DOI: 10.1080/09614524.2014.89768
- Christine Atherstone, Kim Picozzi, and Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka. 2014. Short Report: Seroprevalence of Leptospira Hardjo in Cattle and African Buffalos in Southwestern Uganda. J. Trop. Med. Hyg., 90(2), 2014, pp. 288–290
- Kalema-Zikusoka G. 2015. Special Considerations and Scenarios. Mountain Gorilla Disease: Implications for Conservation In: Wildlife Forensic Investigations,13. pp.455-457. Edited by John E. Cooper and Margaret E. Cooper. Published by CRC Press.
- Kalema-Zikusoka G. 2016. Family Planning and the Environment in Communities, pp. 33 – 35. Family Planning and Environmental Sustainability: Assessing the Science. Published by Worldwatch Institute.
- Kalema-Zikusoka G. and Rwego I. B. 2016. Mountain Gorillas, Tourism, and Conflicts with People living adjacent to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park In: Tropical Conservation, Perspectives on Local and Global Priorities, pp. 136 – 139. Edited by Alonso Aguirre and Raman Sukumar. Published by Oxford University Press.
- Hopper J., Kalema-Zikusoka G., Sente C. and Jaffe J. 2016. Field Studies in Pathology and Health Monitoring. Chapter 17, pp. 197 – 209. Gorilla Pathology and Health. Edited by John E. Cooper and Gordon Hull. Published by Elsevier.
- Innocent B. Rwego, Olutayo Olajide Babalobi, Protus Musotsi, Serge Nzietchueng, Christian Keambo Tiambo, John David Kabasa, Irene Naigaga, Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka, Katherine Pelican. 2016. One Health capacity building in sub-Saharan Africa. Infection, Ecology and Epidemiology – The One Health Journal, v 6,
- Emma L. Inzani, Harry H. Marshall, Jennifer L. Sanderson, Hazel J. Nichols, Faye J. Thompson, Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka, Sarah J. Hodge, Michael A. Cant* & Emma I.K. Vitikainen. Female reproductive competition explains variation in prenatal investment in wild banded mongooses. Sci Rep. 2016. 6: 20013
- Harry H. Marshall, Emma I. K. Vitikainen, Francis Mwanguhya, Robert Businge, Solomon Kyabulima, Michelle C. Hares, Emma Inzani, Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka, Kenneth Mwesige, Hazel J. Nichols, Jennifer L. Sanderson, Faye J. Thompson, and Michael A. Cant (2017). Lifetime fitness consequences of early- life ecological hardship in a wild mammal population. Ecol Evol. 2017 Mar; 7(6): 1712–1724.Published online 2017 Feb 12. doi: 1002/ece3.2747
- Harry H. Marshall, Jennifer L. Sanderson, Francis Mwanghuya, Robert Businge, Solomon Kyabulima, Michelle C. Hares, Emma Inzani, Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka, Kenneth Mwesige, Faye J. Thompson, Emma I. K. Vitikainen, Michael A. Cant. (2016). Variable ecological conditions promote male helping by changing banded mongoose group composition. Behavioral Ecology, Volume 27, Issue 4, July-August 2016, Pages 978–987, https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arw006
- Kevin Louis Bardosh, Jake Cornwall Scoones, Delia Grace, Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka, Kate E. Jones, Katinka de Balogh, David Waltner-Toews, Bernard Bett, Susan C. Welburn, Elizabeth Mumford, Vupenyu Dzingirai. Opinion piece: Engaging research with policy and action: what are the challenges of responding to zoonotic disease in Africa? In One Health for a changing world: zoonoses, ecosystems and human well-being. Edited by Andrew Cunningham, Ian Scoones and James Wood. Published by Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B, 372 20160162
- Matthew J. Nolan, Melisa Unger, Yuen-Ting Yeap, Emma Rogers, Ilary Millet, Kimberley Harman, Mark Fox, Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka and Damer P. Blake. 2017. Molecular characterisation of protist parasites in human-habituated mountain gorillas (Gorilla beringei beringei), humans and livestock, from Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda. Parasites & Vectors, 10:340 DOI 10.1186/s13071-017-2283-5
- Allison C. Hanes, Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka, Magdalena S. Svensson, and Catherine M. Hill (2018). Assessment of Health Risks Posed by Tourists Visiting Mountain Gorillas in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda. Primate Conservation 2018 (32): 10 pp.
- Kalema-Zikusoka. G, Stephen Rubanga, Birungi Mutahunga and Ryan Sadler (2018). Prevention of Cryptosporidium and GIARDIA at the Human/Gorilla/Livestock Interface. Frontiers in Public Health. Brief Research Report. published: 14 December 2018 doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2018.00364
- Kalema-Zikusoka G and Byonanebye J.Scaling up a one-health model of conservation through public health: experiences in Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Lancet Glob Health. 2019; 7: S34. Published Online March 8, 2019
- Kalema-Zikusoka (2019) From human-wildlife conflicts to a human-gorilla friendship, 25 November.http://www.birdlife.org/africa/human-wildlife-conflicts-human-gorilla-friendship
- Henry Travers, E.J. Milner-Gulland, Dilys Roe, Gladys Kalema Zikusoka, Alex Ngabirano (2019). Monitoring and Evaluation for Non Professionals – how to ensure quality in data collection processes. Published by IIED, March, 2019http://pubs.iied.org/17647IIED, ISBN: 978-1-78431-679-2.
- Costa R, Hayashi M, Huffman MA, Kalema-Zikusoka G, Tomonaga M. Water games by mountain gorillas: implications for behavioral development and flexibility-a case report. Primates. 2019 Nov; 60(6):493-498. doi: 10.1007/s10329-019-00749-6. Epub 2019 Aug 29.
- Weber, A., Kalema-Zikusoka and Stevens, Nancy. J. (2020). Lack of Rule-Adherence During Mountain Gorilla Tourism Encounters in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda, Places Gorillas at Risk From Human Disease. Frontiers in Public Health. Original Research published: 13 February 2020 doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2020.00001
- Xavier Fernandez Aguilar, Mana Mahapatra, Mattia Begovoeva, Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka, Margaret Driciru, Chrisostom Ayebazibwe, David Solomon Adwok, Michael Kock, Jean-Paul Kabemba Lukusa, Jesus Muro,
- Ignasi Marco, Andreu Colom-Cadena, Johan Espunyes, Natascha Meunier, Oscar Cabezón, Alexandre Caron, Arnaud Bataille, Genevieve Libeau, Krupali Parekh, Satya Parida, and Richard Kock (2020). Peste des Petits Ruminants at the Wildlife–Livestock Interface in the Northern Albertine Rift and Nile Basin, East Africa. Viruses 2020, 12, 293; doi:10.3390/v12030293
- Thomas R. Gillespie, Fabian H. Leendertz, Steve Ahouka, Christelle-Patricia Lumbu Banza, Marc Ancrenaz, Richard Berg,Sebastien Calvignac-Spencer, Ariane Düx, Jan F. Gogarten, Livia Victoria Patrono, Emmanuel Couacy-Hymann, Tobias Deschner, Martha Robbins, Roman Wittig, Terence Fuh-Neba, Ilka Herbinger, Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka, Inza Kone, Elizabeth V. Lonsdorf, Patrice Makouloutou Nzassi, Jane Raphael, Deus Cyprian Mjungu, Johannes Refisch, Innocent B. Rwego, Dominic Travis, Martin Surbeck, Serge Wich. 2020. COVID-19: Protect Great Apes During Human Pandemic, https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-00859-y
- Fabian H. Leendertzand Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka. Vaccinate in biodiversity hotspots to protect people and wildlife from each other. Nature 591, 369 (2021) https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-00690-z
- Raquel Costa, Masaki Tomonaga, Ryoma Otsuka, Michael A. Huffman, Fred B. Bercovitch, Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka, Misato Hayash. 2021. The dispersal dilemma among female mountain gorillas: Risk infanticide and gain protection. African Journal of Ecology, Published on 01 Mar 2021
- Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka, Alex Ngabirano, and Stephen Rubanga. 2021. Gorilla Conservation and One Health. Pp. 271 to 281. In Addressing Modern Challenges Through Multidisciplinary and Forensic Approaches. Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021 S. C. Underkoffler, H. R. Adams (eds.), Wildlife Biodiversity Conservation, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-64682-0_13
- Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka, Stephen Rubanga, Alex Ngabirano and Lawrence Zikusoka. 2021. Mitigating Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Gorilla Conservation: Lessons From Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, Uganda. Frontiers in Public Health. Perspective published: 12 August 2021 doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2021.655175; https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34490176/
- Renata L. Muylaert, Ben Davidson, Alex Ngabirano, Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka, Hayley MacGregor, James O. Lloyd-Smith, Ahmed Fayaz, Matthew A. Knox, David T. S. Hayman. 2021. Community health and human-animal contacts on the edges of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda. Published: November 24, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0254467
- Jo Middleton, Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka, Jonathan Jennings. Richard Hazell and Alan J Stewart, Mapping evidence on integrated conservation and health projects worldwide: an appeal for help in identifying past and ongoing interventions, THE LANCET, Planetary Health. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S2542-5196(21)00133-9
- Ana Nuno, Chloe Chesney, Maia Wellbelove, Elena Bersacola, Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka, Fabian Leendertz, Amanda D. Webber, Kimberley J. Hockings. 2022. Protecting great apes from disease: Compliance with measures to reduce anthroponotic disease transmission. People and Nature. Research Article. DOI: 10.1002/pan3.10396
- Mbayahi, A and Kalema-Zikusoka, G. 2022. COVID-19 and Africa’s Great Apes. Challenges and Threats Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic for Sustaining Conservation through Responsible Great Ape Tourism. Policy Brief of the Africa CSO Biodiversity Alliance.
- Ryoma Otsuka, Gen Yamakoshi & Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka (2023): Tourist expectations and satisfaction in mountain gorilla tourism in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda, Journal of Ecotourism, https://doi.org/10.1080/14724049.2023.2166056
- Raquel Costa, Rafaela S. C. Takeshita, Masaki Tomonaga,Michael A. Huffman, Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka, Fred Bercovitch and Misato Hayashi. The impact of tourist visits on mountain gorilla behavior in Uganda. Journal of Ecotourism, https://doi.org/10.1080/14724049.2023.2176507
- Cécile Sarabian, Anna Wilkinson, Marie Sigaud, Fumihiro Kano, Jorge Tobajas, Anne-Sophie Darmaillacq, Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka, Joshua M. Plotnik, Andrew J. J. MacIntosh. Disgust in animals and the application of disease avoidance to wildlife management and conservation. Journal of Animal Ecology. Aug 2023, Pages 1471-1672. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.13903
- Marina Ramon, Matthew R. McLennan, Carlos R. Ruiz-Miranda, Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka, Joana Bessa, Elena Bersacola, Américo Sanhá, Maimuna Jaló, Aissa Regalla de Barros, Fabian H. Leendertz, and Kimberley J. Hockings. 2023. Infectious Diseases in Primates in Human- Impacted Landscapes. In Primates in Anthropogenic Landscapes, edited by Tracie McKinney, Siân Waters Michelle A. Rodrigues. DOI: 10.1002/ajp.23485
- Inza Koné, Ekwoge Abwe, Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka, and Jonah Ratsimbazafy. 2023. Charting the Course of African Primatology: Triumphs, Trials, and Trajectories. African Primates 17(2): 99-104 (2023).