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Researcher

Prof Anthony Scott

Principal Investigator

KEMRI | Wellcome Trust

Publications (110)

A complete list of publications by Prof Anthony Scott. Use the filters to refine by year, journal or keyword.

  1. 2025
  2. 2025
  3. 2025
  4. 2024
    Breastfeeding mothers in DR Congo should have access to the mpox vaccine

    Hombach, J. Lewis, R. Holten, J. V. Scott, et al.

    Lancet Glob Health. 2024; 12:e1932

  5. 2021
  6. 2021
  7. 2018
    Community Protection

    Fine, P. E. M. Mulholland, K. Scott, J. A. Edmunds, et al.

    Plotkin's Vaccines. 2018; 1512-1531.e5

  8. 2017
  9. 2017
    Case-control vaccine effectiveness studies: Data collection, analysis and reporting results

    Verani, J. R. Baqui, A. H. Broome, C. V. Cherian, et al.

    Vaccine. 2017; 35:3303-3308

  10. 2017
    Case-control vaccine effectiveness studies: Preparation, design, and enrollment of cases and controls

    Verani, J. R. Baqui, A. H. Broome, C. V. Cherian, et al.

    Vaccine. 2017; 35:3295-3302

  11. 2017
    Blood Pressure and Arterial Stiffness in Kenyan Adolescents With alpha(+)Thalassemia

    Etyang, A. O. Khayeka-Wandabwa, C. Kapesa, S. Muthumbi, et al.

    J Am Heart Assoc. 2017; 6

  12. 2016
    Invasive Group A Streptococcus Infection among Children, Rural Kenya

    Seale, A. C. Davies, M. R. Anampiu, K. Morpeth, et al.

    Emerg Infect Dis. 2016; 22:224-32

  13. 2016
  14. 2016
  15. 2016
  16. 2016
    The Malaria-High Blood Pressure Hypothesis

    Etyang, A. O. Smeeth, L. Cruickshank, J. K. Scott, et al.

    Circ Res. 2016; 119:36-40

  17. 2016
    Pertussis-Associated Pneumonia in Infants and Children From Low- and Middle-Income Countries Participating in the PERCH Study

    Barger-Kamate, B. Deloria Knoll, M. Kagucia, E. W. Prosperi, et al.

    Clin Infect Dis. 2016; 63:S187-S196

  18. 2015
  19. 2015
    Invasive Salmonellosis in Kilifi, Kenya

    Muthumbi, E. Morpeth, S. C. Ooko, M. Mwanzu, et al.

    Clin Infect Dis. 2015; 61 Suppl 4:S290-301

  20. 2015
  21. 2015
    Mapping pneumonia research: A systematic analysis of UK investments and published outputs 1997-2013

    Head, M. G. Fitchett, J. R. Newell, M. L. Scott, et al.

    EBioMedicine. 2015; 2:1193-9

  22. 2015
    Genetic variants associated with non-typhoidal Salmonella bacteraemia in African children

    Gilchrist, J. J. Mills, T. C. Naranbhai, V. Chapman, et al.

    Lancet. 2015; 385 Suppl 1:S13

  23. 2015
  24. 2015
  25. 2015
  26. 2014
  27. 2014
  28. 2014
    Use of vaccines as probes to define disease burden

    Feikin, D. R. Scott, J. A. Gessner, B. D.

    Lancet. 2014; 383:1762-70

  29. 2014
  30. 2014
    Carriage of Staphylococcus aureus in Thika Level 5 Hospital, Kenya: a cross-sectional study

    Aiken, A. M. Mutuku, I. M. Sabat, A. J. Akkerboom, et al.

    Antimicrob Resist Infect Control. 2014; 3:22

  31. 2014
    Antibiotic resistance needs global solutions

    Aiken, A. M. Allegranzi, B. Scott, J. A. Mehtar, et al.

    Lancet Infect Dis. 2014; 14:550-1

  32. 2013
  33. 2013
    Incidence of convulsive epilepsy in a rural area in Kenya

    Ngugi, A. K. Bottomley, C. Scott, J. A. Mung'ala-Odera, et al.

    Epilepsia. 2013; 54:1352-9

  34. 2013
    Severe lower respiratory tract infection in early infancy and pneumonia hospitalizations among children, Kenya

    Munywoki, P. K. Ohuma, E. O. Ngama, M. Bauni, et al.

    Emerg Infect Dis. 2013; 19:223-9

  35. 2013
  36. 2013
    Phenotypic, genomic, and transcriptional characterization of Streptococcus pneumoniae interacting with human pharyngeal cells

    Kimaro Mlacha, S. Z. Romero-Steiner, S. Hotopp, J. C. Kumar, et al.

    BMC Genomics. 2013; 14:383

  37. 2013
    Transcriptional adaptation of pneumococci and human pharyngeal cells in the presence of a virus infection

    Kimaro Mlacha, S. Z. Peret, T. C. Kumar, N. Romero-Steiner, et al.

    BMC Genomics. 2013; 14:378

  38. 2013
    Medical causes of admissions to hospital among adults in Africa: a systematic review

    Etyang, A. O. Scott, J. A.

    Glob Health Action. 2013; 6:1-14

  39. 2013
    Population genetic structure of Streptococcus pneumoniae in Kilifi, Kenya, prior to the introduction of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine

    Brueggemann, A. B. Muroki, B. M. Kulohoma, B. W. Karani, et al.

    PLoS One. 2013; 8:e81539

  40. 2013
  41. 2013
    Evaluation of surveillance for surgical site infections in Thika Hospital, Kenya

    Aiken, A. M. Wanyoro, A. K. Mwangi, J. Mulingwa, et al.

    J Hosp Infect. 2013; 83:140-5

  42. 2013
  43. 2013
  44. 2012
    Evaluation of risk factors for severe pneumonia in children: the Pneumonia Etiology Research for Child Health study

    Wonodi, C. B. Deloria-Knoll, M. Feikin, D. R. DeLuca, et al.

    Clin Infect Dis. 2012; 54 Suppl 2:S124-31

  45. 2012
    Treatment failure among Kenyan children with severe pneumonia--a cohort study

    Webb, C. Ngama, M. Ngatia, A. Shebbe, et al.

    Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2012; 31:e152-7

  46. 2012
    The role of postmortem studies in pneumonia etiology research

    Turner, G. D. Bunthi, C. Wonodi, C. B. Morpeth, et al.

    Clin Infect Dis. 2012; 54 Suppl 2:S165-71

  47. 2012
  48. 2012
    The definition of pneumonia, the assessment of severity, and clinical standardization in the Pneumonia Etiology Research for Child Health study

    Scott, J. A. Wonodi, C. Moisi, J. C. Deloria-Knoll, et al.

    Clin Infect Dis. 2012; 54 Suppl 2:S109-16

  49. 2012
    Profile: The Kilifi Health and Demographic Surveillance System (KHDSS)

    Scott, J. A. Bauni, E. Moisi, J. C. Ojal, et al.

    Int J Epidemiol. 2012; 41:650-7

  50. 2012
    Influenza surveillance among children with pneumonia admitted to a district hospital in coastal Kenya, 2007-2010

    Onyango, C. O. Njeru, R. Kazungu, S. Achilla, et al.

    J Infect Dis. 2012; 206 Suppl 1:S61-7

  51. 2012
  52. 2012
    The Pneumonia Etiology Research for Child Health Project: a 21st century childhood pneumonia etiology study

    Levine, O. S. O'Brien, K. L. Deloria-Knoll, M. Murdoch, et al.

    Clin Infect Dis. 2012; 54 Suppl 2:S93-101

  53. 2012
    Pneumonia etiology research for child health. Introduction

    Levine, O. S. Bhat, N. Crawley, J. Deloria-Knoll, et al.

    Clin Infect Dis. 2012; 54 Suppl 2:S87-8

  54. 2012
    Specimen collection for the diagnosis of pediatric pneumonia

    Hammitt, L. L. Murdoch, D. R. Scott, J. A. Driscoll, et al.

    Clin Infect Dis. 2012; 54 Suppl 2:S132-9

  55. 2012
    A preliminary study of pneumonia etiology among hospitalized children in Kenya

    Hammitt, L. L. Kazungu, S. Morpeth, S. C. Gibson, et al.

    Clin Infect Dis. 2012; 54 Suppl 2:S190-9

  56. 2012
    Procedures for collection of induced sputum specimens from children

    Grant, L. R. Hammitt, L. L. Murdoch, D. R. O'Brien, et al.

    Clin Infect Dis. 2012; 54 Suppl 2:S140-5

  57. 2012
    A literature review and survey of childhood pneumonia etiology studies: 2000-2010

    Gilani, Z. Kwong, Y. D. Levine, O. S. Deloria-Knoll, et al.

    Clin Infect Dis. 2012; 54 Suppl 2:S102-8

  58. 2012
    Identification and selection of cases and controls in the Pneumonia Etiology Research for Child Health project

    Deloria-Knoll, M. Feikin, D. R. Scott, J. A. O'Brien, et al.

    Clin Infect Dis. 2012; 54 Suppl 2:S117-23

  59. 2012
    Rates of acquisition and clearance of pneumococcal serotypes in the nasopharynges of children in Kilifi District, Kenya

    Abdullahi, O. Karani, A. Tigoi, C. C. Mugo, et al.

    J Infect Dis. 2012; 206:1020-9

  60. 2012
  61. 2011
    Prediction of serotypes causing invasive pneumococcal disease in unvaccinated and vaccinated populations

    Weinberger, D. M. Harboe, Z. B. Flasche, S. Scott, et al.

    Epidemiology. 2011; 22:199-207

  62. 2011
  63. 2011
  64. 2011
    Sensitivity of hospital-based surveillance for severe disease: a geographic information system analysis of access to care in Kilifi district, Kenya

    Moisi, J. C. Nokes, D. J. Gatakaa, H. Williams, et al.

    Bull World Health Organ. 2011; 89:102-11

  65. 2011
    Excess child mortality after discharge from hospital in Kilifi, Kenya: a retrospective cohort analysis

    Moisi, J. C. Gatakaa, H. Berkley, J. A. Maitland, et al.

    Bull World Health Organ. 2011; 89:725-32, 732A

  66. 2011
    Added value of an oropharyngeal swab in detection of viruses in children hospitalized with lower respiratory tract infection

    Hammitt, L. L. Kazungu, S. Welch, S. Bett, et al.

    J Clin Microbiol. 2011; 49:2318-20

  67. 2011
  68. 2010
    Preventable deaths in sickle-cell anaemia in African children - Authors' reply

    Williams, T.N. Uyoga, S. Macharia, A. Sharif, et al.

    Lancet. 2010; 375:461

  69. 2010
    A defunctioning polymorphism in FCGR2B is associated with protection against malaria but susceptibility to systemic lupus erythematosus

    Willcocks, L. C. Carr, E. J. Niederer, H. A. Rayner, et al.

    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2010; 107:7881-5

  70. 2010
    Association of serotype with risk of death due to pneumococcal pneumonia: a meta-analysis

    Weinberger, D. M. Harboe, Z. B. Sanders, E. A. Ndiritu, et al.

    Clin Infect Dis. 2010; 51:692-9

  71. 2010
    Randomized trials to study the nonspecific effects of vaccines in children in low-income countries

    Shann, F. Nohynek, H. Scott, J. A. Hesseling, et al.

    Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2010; 29:457-61

  72. 2010
    Copy number, linkage disequilibrium and disease association in the FCGR locus

    Niederer, H. A. Willcocks, L. C. Rayner, T. F. Yang, et al.

    Hum Mol Genet. 2010; 19:3282-94

  73. 2010
    Spatial and socio-demographic predictors of time-to-immunization in a rural area in Kenya: Is equity attainable?

    Moisi, J. C. Kabuka, J. Mitingi, D. Levine, et al.

    Vaccine. 2010; 28:5725-30

  74. 2010
    Geographic access to care is not a determinant of child mortality in a rural Kenyan setting with high health facility density

    Moisi, J. C. Gatakaa, H. Noor, A. M. Williams, et al.

    BMC Public Health. 2010; 10:142

  75. 2010
    High mortality from Plasmodium falciparum malaria in children living with sickle cell anemia on the coast of Kenya

    McAuley, C. F. Webb, C. Makani, J. Macharia, et al.

    Blood. 2010; 116:1663-8

  76. 2010
    CISH and susceptibility to infectious diseases

    Khor, C. C. Vannberg, F. O. Chapman, S. J. Guo, et al.

    N Engl J Med. 2010; 362:2092-101

  77. 2010
  78. 2010
    Common NFKBIL2 polymorphisms and susceptibility to pneumococcal disease: a genetic association study

    Chapman, S. J. Khor, C. C. Vannberg, F. O. Rautanen, et al.

    Crit Care. 2010; 14:R227

  79. 2010
    NFKBIZ polymorphisms and susceptibility to pneumococcal disease in European and African populations

    Chapman, S. J. Khor, C. C. Vannberg, F. O. Rautanen, et al.

    Genes Immun. 2010; 11:319-25

  80. 2010
    Viral etiology of severe pneumonia among Kenyan infants and children

    Berkley, J. A. Munywoki, P. Ngama, M. Kazungu, et al.

    JAMA. 2010; 303:2051-7

  81. 2009
    Bacteraemia in Kenyan children with sickle-cell anaemia: a retrospective cohort and case-control study

    Williams, T. N. Uyoga, S. Macharia, A. Ndila, et al.

    Lancet. 2009; 374:1364-70

  82. 2009
  83. 2009
    Breathing new life into pneumonia diagnostics

    Murdoch, D. R. O'Brien, K. L. Scott, J. A. Karron, et al.

    J Clin Microbiol. 2009; 47:3405-8

  84. 2009
    Enhanced diagnosis of pneumococcal meningitis with use of the Binax NOW immunochromatographic test of Streptococcus pneumoniae antigen: a multisite study

    Moisi, J. C. Saha, S. K. Falade, A. G. Njanpop-Lafourcade, et al.

    Clin Infect Dis. 2009; 48 Suppl 2:S49-56

  85. 2009
    Homozygosity and risk of childhood death due to invasive bacterial disease

    Lyons, E. J. Amos, W. Berkley, J. A. Mwangi, et al.

    BMC Med Genet. 2009; 10:55

  86. 2008
  87. 2008
    Pneumonia research to reduce childhood mortality in the developing world

    Scott, J. A. Brooks, W. A. Peiris, J. S. Holtzman, et al.

    J Clin Invest. 2008; 118:1291-300

  88. 2008
    The global epidemiology of childhood pneumonia 20 years on

    Scott, J. A.

    Bull World Health Organ. 2008; 86:494-6

  89. 2008
    Incidence and outcome of convulsive status epilepticus in Kenyan children: a cohort study

    Sadarangani, M. Seaton, C. Scott, J. A. Ogutu, et al.

    Lancet Neurol. 2008; 7:145-50

  90. 2008
  91. 2008
  92. 2008
  93. 2007
  94. 2007
    Defining childhood severe falciparum malaria for intervention studies

    Bejon, P. Berkley, J. A. Mwangi, T. Ogada, et al.

    PLoS Med. 2007; 4:e251

  95. 2007
    Economic evaluation of delivering Haemophilus influenzae type b vaccine in routine immunization services in Kenya

    Akumu, A. O. English, M. Scott, J. A. Griffiths, et al.

    Bull World Health Organ. 2007; 85:511-8

  96. 2007
    Validation of nasopharyngeal sampling and culture techniques for detection of Streptococcus pneumoniae in children in Kenya

    Abdullahi, O. Wanjiru, E. Musyimi, R. Glass, et al.

    J Clin Microbiol. 2007; 45:3408-10

  97. 2006
  98. 2005
  99. 2005
  100. 2005
  101. 2005
    Bacteremia among children admitted to a rural hospital in Kenya

    Berkley, J. A. Lowe, B. S. Mwangi, I. Williams, et al.

    N Engl J Med. 2005; 352:39-47

  102. 2005
    Invasive Gram-negative bacilli are frequently resistant to standard antibiotics for children admitted to hospital in Kilifi, Kenya

    Bejon, P. Mwangi, I. Ngetsa, C. Mwarumba, et al.

    J Antimicrob Chemother. 2005; 56:232-5

  103. 2004
    Age-specific immunoglobulin g (IgG) and IgA to pneumococcal protein antigens in a population in coastal kenya

    Laine, C. Mwangi, T. Thompson, C. M. Obiero, et al.

    Infect Immun. 2004; 72:3331-5

  104. 2003
    Diagnosis of pneumococcal pneumonia by psaA PCR analysis of lung aspirates from adult patients in Kenya

    Scott, J. A. Marston, E. L. Hall, A. J. Marsh, et al.

    J Clin Microbiol. 2003; 41:2554-9

  105. 2003
    Effects of sample collection and storage methods on antipneumococcal immunoglobulin A in saliva

    Nurkka, A. Obiero, J. Kayhty, H. Scott, et al.

    Clin Diagn Lab Immunol. 2003; 10:357-61

  106. 2002
  107. 2000
    Aetiology, outcome, and risk factors for mortality among adults with acute pneumonia in Kenya

    Scott, J. A. Hall, A. J. Muyodi, C. Lowe, et al.

    Lancet. 2000; 355:1225-30

  108. 2000
    Validation of immune-complex enzyme immunoassays for diagnosis of pneumococcal pneumonia among adults in Kenya

    Scott, J. A. Hall, A. J. Leinonen, M.

    Clin Diagn Lab Immunol. 2000; 7:64-7

  109. 1999
  110. 1998