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Prof. Tom Williams

Principal Investigator

KEMRI | Wellcome Trust

Publications (284)

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

  1. 2026
  2. 2026
    Sevuparin in children with severe malaria: a phase I safety and dose-finding trial

    Chaponda, M. Gwasupika, J. Connon, R. Tshilab Kabwit, et al.

    Nat Commun. 2026; 17

  3. 2026
    Severe anaemia and invasive bacterial infections in Kenyan children: a 26-year hospital surveillance observational study

    Abuga, K. M. Muriuki, J. M. Mutua, A. M. Wambui, et al.

    Lancet Glob Health. 2026; 14:103976

  4. 2026
    Severe anaemia and invasive bacterial infections in Kenyan children: a 26-year hospital surveillance observational study

    Abuga, K. M. Muriuki, J. M. Mutua, A. M. Wambui, et al.

    Lancet Glob Health. 2026; 14:103976

  5. 2026
    Cumulative Plasmodium falciparum infections do not drive long-term telomere shortening in Kenyan children

    Miglar, A. Amadi, D. Grannas, D. Widman, et al.

    Front Cell Infect Microbiol. 2026; 16:1750881

  6. 2026
    Intravenous Artesunate in Artemisinin-Resistant Severe Malaria in Uganda

    Maitland, K. Okao, M. Conrad, M. D. Etwop, et al.

    N Engl J Med. 2026; 394:2380-2382

  7. 2026
    African-specific genetic loci determine iron status and risk of severe malaria and bacteremia in African children

    Muriuki, J. M. Mentzer, A. J. Band, G. Chong, et al.

    Nat Commun. 2026; 17

  8. 2026
    Growth and puberty in African children with sickle cell anemia treated with hydroxyurea

    Backeljauw, P. Tomlinson, G. Smart, L. R. Tshilolo, et al.

    Blood Adv. 2026; 10:4483-4494

  9. 2026
  10. 2026
    The Epidemiology of Sickle Cell Disease in Sub-Saharan Africa: Current Knowledge and Gaps to be Filled

    Ranque, B. Tshilolo, L. Williams, T. N.

    Am J Hematol. 2026; 101 Suppl 1:5-16

  11. 2026
    Hydroxyurea pharmacokinetics in children with sickle cell anemia across different global populations

    Power-Hays, A. McElhinney, K. E. Williams, T. N. Mochamah, et al.

    Blood Adv. 2026; 10:418-427

  12. 2026
    A cost-consequence analysis of the children's administration oxygenation strategies trial (COAST) in severe pneumonia

    Carroll, O. U. Grieve, R. Kiguli, S. Olupot-Olupot, et al.

    PLOS Glob Public Health. 2026; 6:e0005654

  13. 2025
    Malaria prophylaxis in sickle cell anaemia: some answers, more questions

    Williams, T. N. Ware, R. E.

    Lancet Infect Dis. 2025; 25:601-602

  14. 2025
    Single low dose primaquine to block the transmission of Plasmodium falciparum-proposed stand-alone and ACT-adapted regimens

    Taylor, W. R. J. Olupot-Olupot, P. Onyamboko, M. A. Chimjinda, et al.

    BMC Med. 2025; 23:397

  15. 2025
    Infections in sickle cell disease

    Scourfield, L. E. A. Nardo-Marino, A. Williams, T. N. Rees, et al.

    Haematologica. 2025; 110:546-561

  16. 2025
    OSBPL11 is an African-specific locus associated with 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations and cardiometabolic health

    Mogire, R. M. Muriuki, J. M. Bayimenye, R. F. Mentzer, et al.

    medRxiv. 2025

  17. 2025
    Early weaning from oxygen therapy in African children with severe pneumonia

    Maitland, K. Giallongo, E. Hamaluba, M. Alaroker, et al.

    BMC Med. 2025; 23:366

  18. 2025
    Relation Between the Dantu Blood Group Variant and Bacteremia in Kenyan Children: A Population-Based Case-Control Study

    Kariuki, S. N. Gilchrist, J. J. Uyoga, S. Macharia, et al.

    J Infect Dis. 2025; 231:e10-e16

  19. 2025
  20. 2025
  21. 2024
  22. 2024
  23. 2023
  24. 2024
    Nutritional supplementation in children with severe pneumonia in Uganda and Kenya (COAST-Nutrition): a phase 2 randomised controlled trial

    Kiguli, S. Olupot-Olupot, P. Hamaluba, M. Giallongo, et al.

    EClinicalMedicine. 2024; 72:102640

  25. 2024
    Azithromycin in severe malaria bacterial co-infection in African children (TABS-PKPD): a phase II randomised controlled trial

    Connon, R. Olupot-Olupot, P. Pistorius, A. M. A. Okiror, et al.

    BMC Med. 2024; 22:516

  26. 2024
    Dantu Blood Group Erythrocytes Form Large Plasmodium falciparum Rosettes Less Commonly

    Carlier, M. S. A. Nyamu, W. Makale, J. Williams, et al.

    Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2024; 110:436-443

  27. 2024
  28. 2023
  29. 2023
    Impact of COVID-19 on mortality in coastal Kenya: a longitudinal open cohort study

    Otiende, M. Nyaguara, A. Bottomley, C. Walumbe, et al.

    Nat Commun. 2023; 14:6879

  30. 2023
    Non-O ABO blood group genotypes differ in their associations with Plasmodium falciparum rosetting and severe malaria

    Opi, D. H. Ndila, C. M. Uyoga, S. Macharia, et al.

    PLoS Genet. 2023; 19:e1010910

  31. 2023
  32. 2023
    Hydroxyurea treatment is associated with lower malaria incidence in children with sickle cell anemia in sub-Saharan Africa

    Olupot-Olupot, P. Tomlinson, G. Williams, T. N. Tshilolo, et al.

    Blood. 2023; 141:1402-1410

  33. 2021
  34. 2023
    Anti-merozoite antibodies induce natural killer cell effector function and are associated with immunity against malaria

    Odera, D. O. Tuju, J. Mwai, K. Nkumama, et al.

    Sci Transl Med. 2023; 15:eabn5993

  35. 2023
    Pharmacokinetics of single low dose primaquine in Ugandan and Congolese children with falciparum malaria

    Mukaka, M. Onyamboko, M. A. Olupot-Olupot, P. Peerawaranun, et al.

    EBioMedicine. 2023; 96:104805

  36. 2023
  37. 2022
  38. 2022
    Filling the data gaps on sickle cell anaemia in sub-Saharan Africa

    Williams, T. N.

    Lancet Haematol. 2022; 9:e172-e173

  39. 2022
    Substantial misdiagnosis of severe malaria in African children

    White, N. J. Watson, J. A. Uyoga, S. Williams, et al.

    Lancet. 2022; 400:807

  40. 2022
    Improving the diagnosis of severe malaria in African children using platelet counts and plasma PfHRP2 concentrations

    Watson, J. A. Uyoga, S. Wanjiku, P. Makale, et al.

    Sci Transl Med. 2022; 14:eabn5040

  41. 2022
  42. 2022
    Sickle cell anaemia and severe Plasmodium falciparum malaria: a secondary analysis of the Transfusion and Treatment of African Children Trial (TRACT)

    Uyoga, S. Olupot-Olupot, P. Connon, R. Kiguli, et al.

    Lancet Child Adolesc Health. 2022; 6:606-613

  43. 2022
  44. 2022
  45. 2022
    The significance of spleen size in children with sickle cell anemia

    Nardo-Marino, A. Glenthoj, A. Brewin, J. N. Petersen, et al.

    Am J Hematol. 2022; 97:1520-1528

  46. 2022
    Automating Pitted Red Blood Cell Counts Using Deep Neural Network Analysis: A New Method for Measuring Splenic Function in Sickle Cell Anaemia

    Nardo-Marino, A. Braunstein, T. H. Petersen, J. Brewin, et al.

    Front Physiol. 2022; 13:859906

  47. 2022
    Phagocytosis of Plasmodium falciparum ring-stage parasites predicts protection against malaria

    Musasia, F. K. Nkumama, I. N. Frank, R. Kipkemboi, et al.

    Nature Communications. 2022; 13:4098

  48. 2022
    Vitamin D Deficiency and Its Association with Iron Deficiency in African Children

    Mogire, R. M. Muriuki, J. M. Morovat, A. Mentzer, et al.

    Nutrients. 2022; 14

  49. 2022
    BIRC6 modifies risk of invasive bacterial infection in Kenyan children

    Gilchrist, J. J. Kariuki, S. N. Watson, J. A. Band, et al.

    Elife. 2022; 11

  50. 2022
  51. 2022
    Malaria protection due to sickle haemoglobin depends on parasite genotype

    Band, G. Leffler, E. M. Jallow, M. Sisay-Joof, et al.

    Nature. 2022; 602:106-111

  52. 2022
    Hepcidin regulation in Kenyan children with severe malaria and non-typhoidal Salmonella bacteremia

    Abuga, K. M. Muriuki, J. M. Uyoga, S. M. Mwai, et al.

    Haematologica. 2022; 107:1589-1598

  53. 2021
  54. 2021
    Improving statistical power in severe malaria genetic association studies by augmenting phenotypic precision

    Watson, J. A. Ndila, C. M. Uyoga, S. Macharia, et al.

    Elife. 2021; 10

  55. 2021
  56. 2021
    Risk factors for anaemia among Ghanaian women and children vary by population group and climate zone

    Petry, N. Wirth, J. P. Adu-Afarwuah, S. Wegmuller, et al.

    Matern Child Nutr. 2021; 17:e13076

  57. 2021
  58. 2021
    Malaria is a cause of iron deficiency in African children

    Muriuki, J. M. Mentzer, A. J. Mitchell, R. Webb, et al.

    Nat Med. 2021; 27:653-658

  59. 2021
    Prevalence and predictors of vitamin D deficiency in young African children

    Mogire, R. M. Morovat, A. Muriuki, J. M. Mentzer, et al.

    BMC Med. 2021; 19:115

  60. 2021
    Transfusion management of severe anaemia in African children: a consensus algorithm

    Maitland, K. Kiguli, S. Olupot-Olupot, P. Opoka, et al.

    Br J Haematol. 2021; 193:1247-1259

  61. 2021
    Randomised controlled trial of oxygen therapy and high-flow nasal therapy in African children with pneumonia

    Maitland, K. Kiguli, S. Olupot-Olupot, P. Hamaluba, et al.

    Intensive Care Med. 2021; 47:566-576

  62. 2021
  63. 2021
  64. 2021
    Iron Deficiency Is Associated With Reduced Levels of Plasmodium falciparum-specific Antibodies in African Children

    Bundi, C. K. Nalwoga, A. Lubyayi, L. Muriuki, et al.

    Clin Infect Dis. 2021; 73:43-49

  65. 2020
  66. 2020
    Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency and susceptibility to childhood diseases in Kilifi, Kenya

    Uyoga, S. Macharia, A. W. Ndila, C. M. Nyutu, et al.

    Blood Adv. 2020; 4:5942-5950

  67. 2020
    Clustering of health risk behaviors among adolescents in Kilifi, Kenya, a rural Sub-Saharan African setting

    Ssewanyana, D. Abubakar, A. Newton, C. R. J. C. Otiende, et al.

    PLoS One. 2020; 15:e0242186

  68. 2020
    Caring for Africa's sickle cell children: will we rise to the challenge?

    Oron, A. P. Chao, D. L. Ezeanolue, E. E. Ezenwa, et al.

    BMC Med. 2020; 18:92

  69. 2020
  70. 2020
    The clinical spectrum of severe childhood malaria in Eastern Uganda

    Olupot-Olupot, P. Engoru, C. Nteziyaremye, J. Chebet, et al.

    Malar J. 2020; 19:322

  71. 2020
  72. 2020
    Vitamin D Status Is Not Associated with Cognitive or Motor Function in Pre-School Ugandan Children

    Mutua, A. M. Nampijja, M. Elliott, A. M. Pettifor, et al.

    Nutrients. 2020; 12

  73. 2020
    Effects of vitamin D deficiency on neurobehavioural outcomes in children: a systematic review

    Mutua, A. M. Mogire, R. M. Elliott, A. M. Williams, et al.

    Wellcome Open Res. 2020; 5:28

  74. 2020
    Estimating the burden of iron deficiency among African children

    Muriuki, J. M. Mentzer, A. J. Webb, E. L. Morovat, et al.

    BMC Med. 2020; 18:31

  75. 2020
    Prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    Mogire, R. M. Mutua, A. Kimita, W. Kamau, et al.

    Lancet Glob Health. 2020; 8:e134-e142

  76. 2020
  77. 2020
    beta-Thalassemia pathogenic variants in a cohort of children from the East African coast

    Macharia, A. W. Mochamah, G. Uyoga, S. Ndila, et al.

    Mol Genet Genomic Med. 2020; 8:e1294

  78. 2020
    Human genetics and malaria resistance

    Kariuki, S. N. Williams, T. N.

    Hum Genet. 2020; 139:801-811

  79. 2020
    Red blood cell tension protects against severe malaria in the Dantu blood group

    Kariuki, S. N. Marin-Menendez, A. Introini, V. Ravenhill, et al.

    Nature. 2020; 585:579-583

  80. 2020
    Risk of pneumococcal bacteremia in Kenyan children with glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency

    Gilchrist, J. J. Uyoga, S. Pirinen, M. Rautanen, et al.

    BMC Med. 2020; 18:148

  81. 2020
    How Severe Anaemia Might Influence the Risk of Invasive Bacterial Infections in African Children

    Abuga, K. M. Muriuki, J. M. Williams, T. N. Atkinson, et al.

    Int J Mol Sci. 2020; 21

  82. 2019
    Haematological quality and age of donor blood issued for paediatric transfusion to four hospitals in sub-Saharan Africa

    Uyoga, S. Mpoya, A. Olupot-Olupot, P. Kiguli, et al.

    Vox Sang. 2019; 114:340-348

  83. 2019
    The indirect health effects of malaria estimated from health advantages of the sickle cell trait

    Uyoga, S. Macharia, A. W. Ndila, C. M. Nyutu, et al.

    Nat Commun. 2019; 10:856

  84. 2019
    The epidemiology of sickle cell disease in children recruited in infancy in Kilifi, Kenya: a prospective cohort study

    Uyoga, S. Macharia, A. W. Mochamah, G. Ndila, et al.

    Lancet Glob Health. 2019; 7:e1458-e1466

  85. 2019
    Hydroxyurea for Children with Sickle Cell Anemia in Sub-Saharan Africa

    Tshilolo, L. Tomlinson, G. Williams, T. N. Santos, et al.

    N Engl J Med. 2019; 380:121-131

  86. 2019
  87. 2019
    Effect of strikes by health workers on mortality between 2010 and 2016 in Kilifi, Kenya: a population-based cohort analysis

    Ong'ayo, G. Ooko, M. Wang'ondu, R. Bottomley, et al.

    Lancet Glob Health. 2019; 7:e961-e967

  88. 2019
    Observational study: 27 years of severe malaria surveillance in Kilifi, Kenya

    Njuguna, P. Maitland, K. Nyaguara, A. Mwanga, et al.

    BMC Med. 2019; 17:124

  89. 2019
    Gametocyte carriage in an era of changing malaria epidemiology: A 19-year analysis of a malaria longitudinal cohort

    Muthui, M. K. Mogeni, P. Mwai, K. Nyundo, et al.

    Wellcome Open Res. 2019; 4:66

  90. 2019
    Iron Status and Associated Malaria Risk Among African Children

    Muriuki, J. M. Mentzer, A. J. Kimita, W. Ndungu, et al.

    Clin Infect Dis. 2019; 68:1807-1814

  91. 2019
    The ferroportin Q248H mutation protects from anemia, but not malaria or bacteremia

    Muriuki, J. M. Mentzer, A. J. Band, G. Gilchrist, et al.

    Sci Adv. 2019; 5:eaaw0109

  92. 2019
  93. 2019
  94. 2019
    Transfusion Volume for Children with Severe Anemia in Africa

    Maitland, K. Olupot-Olupot, P. Kiguli, S. Chagaluka, et al.

    N Engl J Med. 2019; 381:420-431

  95. 2019
    Informing thresholds for paediatric transfusion in Africa: the need for a trial

    Maitland, K. Ohuma, E. O. Mpoya, A. Uyoga, et al.

    Wellcome Open Res. 2019; 4:27

  96. 2019
    Immediate Transfusion in African Children with Uncomplicated Severe Anemia

    Maitland, K. Kiguli, S. Olupot-Olupot, P. Engoru, et al.

    N Engl J Med. 2019; 381:407-419

  97. 2019
  98. 2019
  99. 2019
    Effect of Previous Exposure to Malaria on Blood Pressure in Kilifi, Kenya: A Mendelian Randomization Study

    Etyang, A. O. Kapesa, S. Odipo, E. Bauni, et al.

    J Am Heart Assoc. 2019; 8:e011771

  100. 2019
    IgM in human immunity to Plasmodium falciparum malaria

    Boyle, M. J. Chan, J. A. Handayuni, I. Reiling, et al.

    Sci Adv. 2019; 5:eaax4489

  101. 2018
    Sickle Cell Anemia and Its Phenotypes

    Williams, T. N. Thein, S. L.

    Annu Rev Genomics Hum Genet. 2018; 19:113-147

  102. 2018
  103. 2018
  104. 2018
  105. 2018
    Human candidate gene polymorphisms and risk of severe malaria in children in Kilifi, Kenya: a case-control association study

    Ndila, C. M. Uyoga, S. Macharia, A. W. Nyutu, et al.

    Lancet Haematol. 2018; 5:e333-e345

  106. 2018
  107. 2018
    The clinical epidemiology of sickle cell anemia In Africa

    Macharia, A. W. Mochamah, G. Uyoga, S. Ndila, et al.

    Am J Hematol. 2018; 93:363-370

  108. 2018
    Risk of nontyphoidal Salmonella bacteraemia in African children is modified by STAT4

    Gilchrist, J. J. Rautanen, A. Fairfax, B. P. Mills, et al.

    Nat Commun. 2018; 9:1014

  109. 2018
    Genetic variation in VAC14 is associated with bacteremia secondary to diverse pathogens in African children

    Gilchrist, J. J. Mentzer, A. J. Rautanen, A. Pirinen, et al.

    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2018; 115:E3601-E3603

  110. 2018
    Blood Pressure and Arterial Stiffness in Kenyan Adolescents With the Sickle Cell Trait

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

    Am J Epidemiol. 2018; 187:199-205

  111. 2018
  112. 2018
    Prospective Observational Study of Incidence and Preventable Burden of Childhood Tuberculosis, Kenya

    Brent, A. J. Nyundo, C. Langat, J. Mulunda, et al.

    Emerg Infect Dis. 2018; 24:514-523

  113. 2018
    Coverage and timeliness of vaccination and the validity of routine estimates: Insights from a vaccine registry in Kenya

    Adetifa, I. M. O. Karia, B. Mutuku, A. Bwanaali, et al.

    Vaccine. 2018; 36:7965-7974

  114. 2017
  115. 2017
    No Evidence that Knops Blood Group Polymorphisms Affect Complement Receptor 1 Clustering on Erythrocytes

    Swann, O. V. Harrison, E. M. Opi, D. H. Nyatichi, et al.

    Sci Rep. 2017; 7:17825

  116. 2017
    Subphenotypes of sickle cell disease in Africa

    Piel, F. B. Williams, T. N.

    Blood. 2017; 130:2157-2158

  117. 2017
    High Frequency of Blackwater Fever Among Children Presenting to Hospital With Severe Febrile Illnesses in Eastern Uganda

    Olupot-Olupot, P. Engoru, C. Uyoga, S. Muhindo, et al.

    Clin Infect Dis. 2017; 64:939-946

  118. 2017
  119. 2017
    The frequency and severity of epistaxis in children with sickle cell anaemia in eastern Uganda: a case-control study

    Nardo-Marino, A. Williams, T. N. Olupot-Olupot, P.

    BMC Hematol. 2017; 17:14

  120. 2017
    Declining Malaria Transmission Differentially Impacts the Maintenance of Humoral Immunity to Plasmodium falciparum in Children

    Mugyenyi, C. K. Elliott, S. R. Yap, X. Z. Feng, et al.

    J Infect Dis. 2017; 216:887-898

  121. 2017
    Detecting Malaria Hotspots: A Comparison of Rapid Diagnostic Test, Microscopy, and Polymerase Chain Reaction

    Mogeni, P. Williams, T. N. Omedo, I. Kimani, et al.

    J Infect Dis. 2017; 216:1091-1098

  122. 2017
    Differing rates of antibody acquisition to merozoite antigens in malaria: implications for immunity and surveillance

    McCallum, F. J. Persson, K. E. Fowkes, F. J. Reiling, et al.

    J Leukoc Biol. 2017; 101:913-925

  123. 2017
  124. 2017
    Resistance to malaria through structural variation of red blood cell invasion receptors

    Leffler, E. M. Band, G. Busby, G. B. J. Kivinen, et al.

    Science. 2017; 356

  125. 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

  126. 2017
  127. 2017
  128. 2017
    Cohort Profile: The Kilifi Vaccine Monitoring Study

    Adetifa, I. M. O. Bwanaali, T. Wafula, J. Mutuku, et al.

    Int J Epidemiol. 2017; 46:792-792h

  129. 2016
    Sickle Cell Disease in Sub-Saharan Africa

    Williams, T. N.

    Hematol Oncol Clin North Am. 2016; 30:343-58

  130. 2016
    Host Genetics

    Williams, T.N.

    Advances in Malaria research. 2016

  131. 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

  132. 2016
  133. 2016
  134. 2016
  135. 2016
    Hydroxyurea Therapy for Children With Sickle Cell Anemia in Sub-Saharan Africa: Rationale and Design of the REACH Trial

    McGann, P. T. Tshilolo, L. Santos, B. Tomlinson, et al.

    Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2016; 63:98-104

  136. 2016
    Environmental Correlation Analysis for Genes Associated with Protection against Malaria

    Mackinnon, M. J. Ndila, C. Uyoga, S. Macharia, et al.

    Mol Biol Evol. 2016; 33:1188-204

  137. 2016
    Polymorphism in a lincRNA Associates with a Doubled Risk of Pneumococcal Bacteremia in Kenyan Children

    Kenyan Bacteraemia Study, Group Wellcome Trust Case Control, Consortium Rautanen, A. Pirinen, et al.

    Am J Hum Genet. 2016; 98:1092-1100

  138. 2015
    Infections and the common inherited haemoglobin disorders

    Williams, T.N. Weatherall, D.J.

    Cohen, Powderly & Opal Infectious Diseases. 2015

  139. 2015
    Red blood cell variants and malaria: a long story not yet over

    Williams, T. N.

    Lancet Haematol. 2015; 2:e130-1

  140. 2015
    Sickle Cell Disease in sub-Saharan Africa

    Williams, T.N.

    Global Hematology/Oncology Clinics of North America. 2015

  141. 2015
  142. 2015
  143. 2015
    Genetic determinants of anti-malarial acquired immunity in a large multi-centre study

    Shelton, J. M. Corran, P. Risley, P. Silva, et al.

    Malar J. 2015; 14:333

  144. 2015
    Sickle Cell Anemia: history and epidemiology

    Piel, F.B. Williams, T.N.

    Sickle Cell Anemia: from basic science to clinical practice. 2015

  145. 2015
  146. 2015
  147. 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

  148. 2015
  149. 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

  150. 2015
  151. 2015
  152. 2015
    Sickle cell disease: a neglected chronic disease of increasing global health importance

    Chakravorty, S. Williams, T. N.

    Arch Dis Child. 2015; 100:48-53

  153. 2015
    Malaria and Age Variably but Critically Control Hepcidin Throughout Childhood in Kenya

    Atkinson, S. H. Uyoga, S. M. Armitage, A. E. Khandwala, et al.

    EBioMedicine. 2015; 2:1478-86

  154. 2014
    An assessment of the impact of host polymorphisms on Plasmodium falciparum var gene expression patterns among Kenyan children

    Warimwe, G. M. Fegan, G. Kiragu, E. W. Musyoki, et al.

    BMC Infect Dis. 2014; 14:524

  155. 2014
    Nutritional status of young children with inherited blood disorders in western Kenya

    Tsang, B. L. Sullivan, K. M. Ruth, L. J. Williams, et al.

    Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2014; 90:955-962

  156. 2014
    The burden and consequences of inherited blood disorders among young children in western Kenya

    Suchdev, P. S. Ruth, L. J. Earley, M. Macharia, et al.

    Matern Child Nutr. 2014; 10:135-44

  157. 2014
    Cause-specific childhood mortality in Africa and Asia: evidence from INDEPTH health and demographic surveillance system sites

    Streatfield, P. K. Khan, W. A. Bhuiya, A. Hanifi, et al.

    Glob Health Action. 2014; 7:25363

  158. 2014
    HIV/AIDS-related mortality in Africa and Asia: evidence from INDEPTH health and demographic surveillance system sites

    Streatfield, P. K. Khan, W. A. Bhuiya, A. Hanifi, et al.

    Glob Health Action. 2014; 7:25370

  159. 2014
    Malaria mortality in Africa and Asia: evidence from INDEPTH health and demographic surveillance system sites

    Streatfield, P. K. Khan, W. A. Bhuiya, A. Hanifi, et al.

    Glob Health Action. 2014; 7:25369

  160. 2014
    Mortality from external causes in Africa and Asia: evidence from INDEPTH Health and Demographic Surveillance System Sites

    Streatfield, P. K. Khan, W. A. Bhuiya, A. Hanifi, et al.

    Glob Health Action. 2014; 7:25366

  161. 2014
    Adult non-communicable disease mortality in Africa and Asia: evidence from INDEPTH Health and Demographic Surveillance System sites

    Streatfield, P. K. Khan, W. A. Bhuiya, A. Hanifi, et al.

    Glob Health Action. 2014; 7:25365

  162. 2014
    Cause-specific mortality in Africa and Asia: evidence from INDEPTH health and demographic surveillance system sites

    Streatfield, P. K. Khan, W. A. Bhuiya, A. Alam, et al.

    Glob Health Action. 2014; 7:25362

  163. 2014
    Pregnancy-related mortality in Africa and Asia: evidence from INDEPTH Health and Demographic Surveillance System sites

    Streatfield, P. K. Alam, N. Compaore, Y. Rossier, et al.

    Glob Health Action. 2014; 7:25368

  164. 2014
    Genetic determinants of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase activity in Kenya

    Shah, S. S. Macharia, A. Makale, J. Uyoga, et al.

    BMC Med Genet. 2014; 15:93

  165. 2014
  166. 2014
    Managing the burden of sickle-cell disease in Africa

    Piel, F. B. Rees, D. C. Williams, T. N.

    Lancet Haematol. 2014; 1:e11-2

  167. 2014
  168. 2014
    Phase II trial of standard versus increased transfusion volume in Ugandan children with acute severe anemia

    Olupot-Olupot, P. Engoru, C. Thompson, J. Nteziyaremye, et al.

    BMC Med. 2014; 12:67

  169. 2014
  170. 2014
  171. 2014
  172. 2014
    Remembering the forgotten non-communicable diseases

    Lopez, A. D. Williams, T. N. Levin, A. Tonelli, et al.

    BMC Med. 2014; 12:200

  173. 2014
  174. 2014
  175. 2014
    Knowing who to trust: exploring the role of 'ethical metadata' in mediating risk of harm in collaborative genomics research in Africa

    de Vries, J. Williams, T. N. Bojang, K. Kwiatkowski, et al.

    BMC Med Ethics. 2014; 15:62

  176. 2014
    A micro-epidemiological analysis of febrile malaria in Coastal Kenya showing hotspots within hotspots

    Bejon, P. Williams, T. N. Nyundo, C. Hay, et al.

    Elife. 2014; 3:e02130

  177. 2014
    Epistasis between the haptoglobin common variant and alpha+thalassemia influences risk of severe malaria in Kenyan children

    Atkinson, S. H. Uyoga, S. M. Nyatichi, E. Macharia, et al.

    Blood. 2014; 123:2008-16

  178. 2014
  179. 2013
  180. 2013
    The distribution of haemoglobin C and its prevalence in newborns in Africa

    Piel, F. B. Howes, R. E. Patil, A. P. Nyangiri, et al.

    Sci Rep. 2013; 3:1671

  181. 2013
    Online biomedical resources for malaria-related red cell disorders

    Piel, F. B. Howes, R. E. Nyangiri, O. A. Moyes, et al.

    Hum Mutat. 2013; 34:937-44

  182. 2013
  183. 2013
  184. 2013
  185. 2013
    Human SNP links differential outcomes in inflammatory and infectious disease to a FOXO3-regulated pathway

    Lee, J. C. Espeli, M. Anderson, C. A. Linterman, et al.

    Cell. 2013; 155:57-69

  186. 2013
    The genetic risk of acute seizures in African children with falciparum malaria

    Kariuki, S. M. Rockett, K. Clark, T. G. Reyburn, et al.

    Epilepsia. 2013; 54:990-1001

  187. 2013
    Spatial distribution of G6PD deficiency variants across malaria-endemic regions

    Howes, R. E. Dewi, M. Piel, F. B. Monteiro, et al.

    Malar J. 2013; 12:418

  188. 2013
    Determinants of anemia among preschool children in rural, western Kenya

    Foote, E. M. Sullivan, K. M. Ruth, L. J. Oremo, et al.

    Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2013; 88:757-64

  189. 2013
    Imputation-based meta-analysis of severe malaria in three African populations

    Band, G. Le, Q. S. Jostins, L. Pirinen, et al.

    PLoS Genet. 2013; 9:e1003509

  190. 2013
    Routine paediatric sickle cell disease (SCD) outpatient care in a rural Kenyan hospital: utilization and costs

    Amendah, D. D. Mukamah, G. Komba, A. Ndila, et al.

    PLoS One. 2013; 8:e61130

  191. 2012
    World distribution, population genetics, and health burden of the hemoglobinopathies

    Williams, T. N. Weatherall, D. J.

    Cold Spring Harb Perspect Med. 2012; 2:a011692

  192. 2012
    Balancing act: haemoglobinopathies and malaria

    Williams, T. N.

    Lancet Infect Dis. 2012; 12:427-8

  193. 2012
  194. 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

  195. 2012
    The Jamaican historical experience of the impact of educational interventions on sickle cell disease child mortality

    Grosse, S. D. Atrash, H. K. Odame, I. Amendah, et al.

    Am J Prev Med. 2012; 42:e101-3

  196. 2012
    Investigating the potential for ethnic group harm in collaborative genomics research in Africa: is ethnic stigmatisation likely?

    de Vries, J. Jallow, M. Williams, T. N. Kwiatkowski, et al.

    Soc Sci Med. 2012; 75:1400-7

  197. 2011
    Sickle cell disease and malaria morbidity: a tale with two tails

    Williams, T. N. Obaro, S. K.

    Trends Parasitol. 2011; 27:315-20

  198. 2011
    How do hemoglobins S and C result in malaria protection?

    Williams, T. N.

    J Infect Dis. 2011; 204:1651-3

  199. 2011
  200. 2011
    Manifestations of paediatric Leishmania infantum infections in Malta

    Pace, D. Williams, T. N. Grochowska, A. Betts, et al.

    Travel Med Infect Dis. 2011; 9:37-46

  201. 2011
    Specific receptor usage in Plasmodium falciparum cytoadherence is associated with disease outcome

    Ochola, L. B. Siddondo, B. R. Ocholla, H. Nkya, et al.

    PLoS One. 2011; 6:e14741

  202. 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

  203. 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

  204. 2011
    Mortality in sickle cell anemia in Africa: a prospective cohort study in Tanzania

    Makani, J. Cox, S. E. Soka, D. Komba, et al.

    PLoS One. 2011; 6:e14699

  205. 2011
  206. 2011
    The global distribution of the Duffy blood group

    Howes, R. E. Patil, A. P. Piel, F. B. Nyangiri, et al.

    Nat Commun. 2011; 2:266

  207. 2011
    Sickle cell disease in Africa: a neglected cause of early childhood mortality

    Grosse, S. D. Odame, I. Atrash, H. K. Amendah, et al.

    Am J Prev Med. 2011; 41:S398-405

  208. 2011
    Nutritional status, hospitalization and mortality among patients with sickle cell anemia in Tanzania

    Cox, S. E. Makani, J. Fulford, A. J. Komba, et al.

    Haematologica. 2011; 96:948-53

  209. 2011
  210. 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

  211. 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

  212. 2010
    Parvovirus B19 infection and severe anaemia in Kenyan children: a retrospective case control study

    Wildig, J. Cossart, Y. Peshu, N. Gicheru, et al.

    BMC Infect Dis. 2010; 10:88

  213. 2010
    The population genetics and dynamics of the thalassemias

    Weatherall, D. J. Williams, T. N. Allen, S. J. O'Donnell, et al.

    Hematol Oncol Clin North Am. 2010; 24:1021-31

  214. 2010
    Sickle-cell disease

    Rees, D. C. Williams, T. N. Gladwin, M. T.

    Lancet. 2010; 376:2018-31

  215. 2010
    Global distribution of the sickle cell gene and geographical confirmation of the malaria hypothesis

    Piel, F. B. Patil, A. P. Howes, R. E. Nyangiri, et al.

    Nat Commun. 2010; 1:104

  216. 2010
  217. 2010
    Rotavirus genetic diversity, disease association, and temporal change in hospitalized rural Kenyan children

    Nokes, D. J. Peenze, I. Netshifhefhe, L. Abwao, et al.

    J Infect Dis. 2010; 202 Suppl:S180-6

  218. 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

  219. 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

  220. 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

  221. 2010
    Experiences with community engagement and informed consent in a genetic cohort study of severe childhood diseases in Kenya

    Marsh, V. M. Kamuya, D. M. Mlamba, A. M. Williams, et al.

    BMC Med Ethics. 2010; 11:13

  222. 2010
  223. 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

  224. 2010
    Iron deficiency and acute seizures: results from children living in rural Kenya and a meta-analysis

    Idro, R. Gwer, S. Williams, T. N. Otieno, et al.

    PLoS One. 2010; 5:e14001

  225. 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

  226. 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

  227. 2010
    Stable and unstable malaria hotspots in longitudinal cohort studies in Kenya

    Bejon, P. Williams, T. N. Liljander, A. Noor, et al.

    PLoS Med. 2010; 7:e1000304

  228. 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

  229. 2009
    Human genetic resistance to malaria

    Williams, T. N.

    Adv Exp Med Biol. 2009; 634:243-53

  230. 2009
    Population Genetics and Global Health Burden

    Weatherall, D. J. Williams, T. N.

    Disorders of Hemoglobin. 2009

  231. 2009
    An observational study of children with sickle cell disease in Kilifi, Kenya

    Sadarangani, M. Makani, J. Komba, A. N. Ajala-Agbo, et al.

    Br J Haematol. 2009; 146:675-82

  232. 2009
  233. 2009
  234. 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

  235. 2009
    Malaria as a cause of morbidity and mortality in children with homozygous sickle cell disease on the coast of Kenya

    Komba, A. N. Makani, J. Sadarangani, M. Ajala-Agbo, et al.

    Clin Infect Dis. 2009; 49:216-22

  236. 2009
    Genome-wide and fine-resolution association analysis of malaria in West Africa

    Jallow, M. Teo, Y. Y. Small, K. S. Rockett, et al.

    Nat Genet. 2009; 41:657-65

  237. 2009
    Positive selection of a CD36 nonsense variant in sub-Saharan Africa, but no association with severe malaria phenotypes

    Fry, A. E. Ghansa, A. Small, K. S. Palma, et al.

    Hum Mol Genet. 2009; 18:2683-92

  238. 2009
    Epidemiological studies of the 'non-specific effects' of vaccines: I--data collection in observational studies

    Fine, P. E. Williams, T. N. Aaby, P. Kallander, et al.

    Trop Med Int Health. 2009; 14:969-76

  239. 2009
    Transmission-dependent tolerance to multiclonal Plasmodium falciparum infection

    Farnert, A. Williams, T. N. Mwangi, T. W. Ehlin, et al.

    J Infect Dis. 2009; 200:1166-75

  240. 2009
    Tumor necrosis factor and lymphotoxin-alpha polymorphisms and severe malaria in African populations

    Clark, T. G. Diakite, M. Auburn, S. Campino, et al.

    J Infect Dis. 2009; 199:569-75

  241. 2009
    HIV infection, malnutrition, and invasive bacterial infection among children with severe malaria

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

    Clin Infect Dis. 2009; 49:336-43

  242. 2008
    Relationship between exposure, clinical malaria, and age in an area of changing transmission intensity

    O'Meara, W. P. Mwangi, T. W. Williams, T. N. McKenzie, et al.

    Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2008; 79:185-91

  243. 2008
  244. 2008
    Evidence for over-dispersion in the distribution of clinical malaria episodes in children

    Mwangi, T. W. Fegan, G. Williams, T. N. Kinyanjui, et al.

    PLoS One. 2008; 3:e2196

  245. 2008
    Acquisition of growth-inhibitory antibodies against blood-stage Plasmodium falciparum

    McCallum, F. J. Persson, K. E. Mugyenyi, C. K. Fowkes, et al.

    PLoS One. 2008; 3:e3571

  246. 2008
  247. 2008
  248. 2008
    Haptoglobin HP2-2 genotype, alpha-thalassaemia and acute seizures in children living in a malaria-endemic area

    Idro, R. Williams, T. N. Gwer, S. Uyoga, et al.

    Epilepsy Res. 2008; 81:114-8

  249. 2008
    Common variation in the ABO glycosyltransferase is associated with susceptibility to severe Plasmodium falciparum malaria

    Fry, A. E. Griffiths, M. J. Auburn, S. Diakite, et al.

    Hum Mol Genet. 2008; 17:567-76

  250. 2008
    Variation in the ICAM1 gene is not associated with severe malaria phenotypes

    Fry, A. E. Auburn, S. Diakite, M. Green, et al.

    Genes Immun. 2008; 9:462-9

  251. 2008
    Association of the GNAS locus with severe malaria

    Auburn, S. Diakite, M. Fry, A. E. Ghansah, et al.

    Hum Genet. 2008; 124:499-506

  252. 2008
  253. 2007
    Haemoglobin C and S role in acquired immunity against Plasmodium falciparum malaria

    Verra, F. Simpore, J. Warimwe, G. M. Tetteh, et al.

    PLoS One. 2007; 2:e978

  254. 2007
    Sickle cell disease in Africa: burden and research priorities

    Makani, J. Williams, T. N. Marsh, K.

    Ann Trop Med Parasitol. 2007; 101:3-14

  255. 2007
    Positive replication and linkage disequilibrium mapping of the chromosome 21q22.1 malaria susceptibility locus

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

    Genes Immun. 2007; 8:570-6

  256. 2007
  257. 2007
    Characterization of a Plasmodium falciparum macrophage-migration inhibitory factor homologue

    Cordery, D. V. Kishore, U. Kyes, S. Shafi, et al.

    J Infect Dis. 2007; 195:905-12

  258. 2007
    Antibodies among men and children to placental-binding Plasmodium falciparum-infected erythrocytes that express var2csa

    Beeson, J. G. Ndungu, F. Persson, K. E. Chesson, et al.

    Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2007; 77:22-8

  259. 2007
    The haptoglobin 2-2 genotype is associated with a reduced incidence of Plasmodium falciparum malaria in children on the coast of Kenya

    Atkinson, S. H. Mwangi, T. W. Uyoga, S. M. Ogada, et al.

    Clin Infect Dis. 2007; 44:802-9

  260. 2006
    Red blood cell defects and malaria

    Williams, T. N.

    Mol Biochem Parasitol. 2006; 149:121-7

  261. 2006
    Human red blood cell polymorphisms and malaria

    Williams, T. N.

    Curr Opin Microbiol. 2006; 9:388-94

  262. 2006
  263. 2006
    Co-inheritance of alpha+-thalassaemia and sickle trait results in specific effects on haematological parameters

    Wambua, S. Mwacharo, J. Uyoga, S. Macharia, et al.

    Br J Haematol. 2006; 133:206-9

  264. 2006
    Frequencies of peripheral blood myeloid cells in healthy Kenyan children with alpha+ thalassemia and the sickle cell trait

    Urban, B. C. Shafi, M. J. Cordery, D. V. Macharia, et al.

    Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2006; 74:578-84

  265. 2006
  266. 2006
  267. 2005
  268. 2005
    Negative epistasis between the malaria-protective effects of alpha+-thalassemia and the sickle cell trait

    Williams, T. N. Mwangi, T. W. Wambua, S. Peto, et al.

    Nat Genet. 2005; 37:1253-7

  269. 2005
    Sickle cell trait and the risk of Plasmodium falciparum malaria and other childhood diseases

    Williams, T. N. Mwangi, T. W. Wambua, S. Alexander, et al.

    J Infect Dis. 2005; 192:178-86

  270. 2005
    An immune basis for malaria protection by the sickle cell trait

    Williams, T. N. Mwangi, T. W. Roberts, D. J. Alexander, et al.

    PLoS Med. 2005; 2:e128

  271. 2005
    Cytokine mRNA expression and iron status in children living in a malaria endemic area

    Nyakeriga, A. M. Williams, T. N. Marsh, K. Wambua, et al.

    Scand J Immunol. 2005; 61:370-5

  272. 2005
    Nutritional iron status in children with alpha+ thalassemia and the sickle cell trait in a malaria endemic area on the coast of Kenya

    Nyakeriga, A. M. Troye-Blomberg, M. Mwacharo, J. K. Wambua, et al.

    Haematologica. 2005; 90:552-4

  273. 2005
    Management of severe malaria in children: proposed guidelines for the United Kingdom

    Maitland, K. Nadel, S. Pollard, A. J. Williams, et al.

    BMJ. 2005; 331:337-43

  274. 2005
    Heritability of malaria in Africa

    Mackinnon, M. J. Mwangi, T. W. Snow, R. W. Marsh, et al.

    PLoS Med. 2005; 2:e340

  275. 2005
  276. 2005
    B cell memory to 3 Plasmodium falciparum blood-stage antigens in a malaria-endemic area

    Dorfman, J. R. Bejon, P. Ndungu, F. M. Langhorne, et al.

    J Infect Dis. 2005; 191:1623-30

  277. 2004
  278. 2004
    Iron deficiency and malaria among children living on the coast of Kenya

    Nyakeriga, A. M. Troye-Blomberg, M. Dorfman, J. R. Alexander, et al.

    J Infect Dis. 2004; 190:439-47

  279. 2004
    Malaria and nutritional status in children living on the coast of Kenya

    Nyakeriga, A. M. Troye-Blomberg, M. Chemtai, A. K. Marsh, et al.

    Am J Clin Nutr. 2004; 80:1604-10

  280. 2004
    Falciparum malaria: current therapeutic challenges

    Maitland, K. Makanga, M. Williams, T. N.

    Curr Opin Infect Dis. 2004; 17:405-12

  281. 2004
    HLA class-I and class-II allele frequencies and two-locus haplotypes in Melanesians of Vanuatu and New Caledonia

    Maitland, K. Bunce, M. Harding, R. M. Barnardo, et al.

    Tissue Antigens. 2004; 64:678-86

  282. 2004
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