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Innocent Rwego was born and raised in Kisoro, Uganda. He graduated as a Veterinarian from Makerere University and went on to work as a Mountain Gorilla Vet for 4 years. He received his Msc in Wildlife Health and Management and his PhD in Zoology. His research activities range from wildlife crop raiding to disease transmission patterns among humans, domestic animals and wildlife.  Dr. Rwego ia a member of the scientific committee of the UNESCO DIVERSITAS ecoHealth Cross-Cutting Network and a lecturer at Makerere University.

Selected Publications

2009
Rwego, I. B., Isabirye-Basuta, G., Gillespie, T. R., Goldberg, T. L. Bcaterial exchange between Gorillas, Humans and Livestock in Bwindi. Gorilla Journal 38, 16-18.

T. L. Goldberg,, D. M. Sintasath, C. A. Chapman, K. M. Cameron, W. B. Karesh, S. Tang, N. D. Wolfe, I. B. Rwego, N. Ting, and W. M. Switzer. Co-Infection of Ugandan Red Colobus (Procolobus [Piliocolobus] rufomitratus tephrosceles) with Novel, Divergent Delta-, Lenti-, and Spuma- Retroviruses. Journal of  Virology doi:10.1128/JVI.02616-08

2008

Rwego, I. B., Isabirye-Basuta, G., Gillespie, T. R., Goldberg, T. L. Gastrointestinal bacterial transmission among humans, mountain gorillas, and domestic livestock in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda. Conservation Biology, 22(6): 1600-1607.

Rwego, I. B., Gillespie, T. R., Isabirye-Basuta, G., and Goldberg, T. L. High rates of Escherichia coli transmission between livestock and humans in rural Uganda.  Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 14(10): 3187-3191.

Goldberg, T. L., Gillespie, T. R., Rwego, I. B., Estoff, E. L., and Chapman, C. A. Forest fragmentation as cause of bacterial transmission among primates, humans, and livestock, Uganda. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 14(9): 1375-1382.

2007
Goldberg, T. L, Gillespie, T. R, Rwego, I. B., Wheeler, E., Estoff, E. L. and Chapman, C. A.  Patterns of gastrointestinal bacterial exchange between chimpanzees and humans involved in research and tourism in western Uganda. Biological Conservation, 135(4), 511-517.

Salzer, J. S., Rwego, I. B., Goldberg, T. L., Kuhlenschmidt, M. S., and Gillespie, T. R. Giardia sp. and Cryptosporidium sp. Infections in Primates in Fragmented and Undisturbed Forest in Western Uganda. Journal of Parasitology 93(2). 153-154.

2006               
Cranfield, M. R., Gaffikin, L.  Minnis, R., Nutter, F., Rwego, I. B., Travis, D. and Whittier, C. Clinical response decision tree for the mountain gorilla (Gorilla beringeii) as a model for great apes.  American Journal of Primatology, Special Topics Issue 68(9): 909-927.

Goldberg, T.L., T.R. Gillespie, I.B. Rwego, and C. Kaganzi.  Killing of a pearl-spotted owlet (Glaucidium perlatum) by male red colobus monkeys (Procolobus tephrosceles) in a forest fragment near Kibale National Park, Uganda. American Journal of Primatology, 68(10): 1007-1011.

2001               
Nizeyi J.B., Rwego, I. B., Erume, J., Kalema, G. R. N. N., Cranfield, M. R. and Graczyk, T. K. Campylobacteriosis, Salmonellosis and Shigellosis in Free ranging human habituated mountain gorillas of Uganda. Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 37(2), 239-244.

Adams, H. R., Sleeman, J. M., Rwego, I. B. and Newman, J. C. Self reported medical survey of humans as a measure of health risk to the Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) of Kibale National Park, Uganda. Oryx, 35(4), 308-312.

Book Chapters
Goldberg, T. L., Gillespie, T. R., Rwego, I. B.  2008. Health and disease in the people, primates, and domestic animals of Kibale National Park: Implications for conservation. In R. Wrangham, and Ross, E. (Ed.), Science and Conservation in African Forests: How Long-Term Research Promotes Habitat Protection. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press: pages 75-87.

Rwego I. B, Gillespie, T. R. and Goldberg, T. L. In press Pathogen Transmission between primates and humans. In E. Kalipeni, I. Kakoma, Y. O. Sanogo, K. Fawcett, and R. E. Warner (Eds), Turning Science into Action: Biodiversity Conservation and Natural Resources Management in Africa. Africa World Press, New Jersey, USA.