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Recent publications

School-based diagnosis and treatment of malaria by teachers using rapid diagnostic tests and artemisinin-based combination therapy: experiences and perceptions of users and implementers of the Learner Treatment Kit, southern Malawi.Mphwatiwa T Witek-McManus S Mtali A Okello G Nguluwe P Chatsika H Roschnik N Halliday KE Brooker SJ Mathanga DP
Malar J, (2017). 16:318

Detection of Pneumococcal DNA in Blood by Polymerase Chain Reaction for Diagnosing Pneumococcal Pneumonia in Young Children From Low- and Middle-Income Countries.Morpeth SC Deloria Knoll M Scott JAG Park DE Watson NL Baggett HC Brooks WA Feikin DR Hammitt LL Howie SRC Kotloff KL Levine OS Madhi SA O'Brien KL Thea DM Adrian PV Ahmed D Antonio M Bunthi C DeLuca AN Driscoll AJ Githua LP Higdon MM Kahn G Karani A Karron RA Kwenda G Makprasert S Mazumder R Moore DP Mwansa J Nyongesa S Prosperi C Sow SO Tamboura B Whistler T Zeger SL Murdoch DR Perch Study Group
Clin Infect Dis, (2017). 64:S347-S356

Recognition matters: only one in ten awards given to women.Morgan R Dhatt R Muraya K Buse K George AS
Lancet, (2017). 389:2469

Oxygen saturation ranges for healthy newborns within 24 hours at 1800 m.Morgan MC Maina B Waiyego M Mutinda C Aluvaala J Maina M English M
Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed, (2017). 102:F266-F268

The Incremental Value of Repeated Induced Sputum and Gastric Aspirate Samples for the Diagnosis of Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Young Children With Acute Community-Acquired Pneumonia.Moore DP Higdon MM Hammitt LL Prosperi C DeLuca AN Da Silva P Baillie VL Adrian PV Mudau A Deloria Knoll M Feikin DR Murdoch DR O'Brien KL Madhi SA
Clin Infect Dis, (2017). 64:S309-S316

Detecting Malaria Hotspots: A Comparison of Rapid Diagnostic Test, Microscopy, and Polymerase Chain Reaction.Mogeni P Williams TN Omedo I Kimani D Ngoi JM Mwacharo J Morter R Nyundo C Wambua J Nyangweso G Kapulu M Fegan G Bejon P
J Infect Dis, (2017). 216:1091-1098

Effect of transmission intensity on hotspots and micro-epidemiology of malaria in sub-Saharan Africa.Mogeni P Omedo I Nyundo C Kamau A Noor A Bejon P Hotspot Group Authors
BMC Med, (2017). 15:121

National disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for 257 diseases and injuries in Ethiopia, 1990-2015: findings from the global burden of disease study 2015.Misganaw A Melaku YA Tessema GA Deribew A Deribe K Abera SF Dessalegn M Lakew Y Bekele T Haregu TN Amare AT Gedefaw M Mohammed M Yirsaw BD Damtew SA Achoki T Blore J Krohn KJ Assefa Y Kifle M Naghavi M
Popul Health Metr, (2017). 15:28

National mortality burden due to communicable, non-communicable, and other diseases in Ethiopia, 1990-2015: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015.Misganaw A Haregu TN Deribe K Tessema GA Deribew A Melaku YA Amare AT Abera SF Gedefaw M Dessalegn M Lakew Y Bekele T Mohammed M Yirsaw BD Damtew SA Krohn KJ Achoki T Blore J Assefa Y Naghavi M
Popul Health Metr, (2017). 15:29

Health Provider Views on Improving Antiretroviral Therapy Adherence Among Men Who Have Sex with Men in Coastal Kenya.Micheni M Kombo BK Secor A Simoni JM Operario D van der Elst EM Mugo P Kanungi J Sanders EJ Graham SM
AIDS Patient Care STDS, (2017). 31:113-121

Gender Parity in Critical Care Medicine.Mehta S Burns KEA Machado FR Fox-Robichaud AE Cook DJ Calfee CS Ware LB Burnham EL Kissoon N Marshall JC Mancebo J Finfer S Hartog C Reinhart K Maitland K Stapleton RD Kwizera A Amin P Abroug F Smith O Laake JH Shrestha GS Herridge MS
Am J Respir Crit Care Med, (2017). 196:425-429

'Pastoral practices' for quality improvement in a Kenyan clinical network.McGivern G Nzinga J English M
Soc Sci Med, (2017). 195:115-122

Listening panel agreement and characteristics of lung sounds digitally recorded from children aged 1-59 months enrolled in the Pneumonia Etiology Research for Child Health (PERCH) case-control study.McCollum ED Park DE Watson NL Buck WC Bunthi C Devendra A Ebruke BE Elhilali M Emmanouilidou D Garcia-Prats AJ Githinji L Hossain L Madhi SA Moore DP Mulindwa J Olson D Awori JO Vandepitte WP Verwey C West JE Knoll MD O'Brien KL Feikin DR Hammitt LL
BMJ Open Respir Res, (2017). 4:e000193

Differing rates of antibody acquisition to merozoite antigens in malaria: implications for immunity and surveillance.McCallum FJ Persson KE Fowkes FJ Reiling L Mugyenyi CK Richards JS Simpson JA Williams TN Gilson PR Hodder AN Sanders PR Anders RF Narum DL Chitnis C Crabb BS Marsh K Beeson JG
J Leukoc Biol, (2017). 101:913-925

High prevalence of curable sexually transmitted infections among pregnant women in a rural county hospital in Kilifi, Kenya.Masha SC Wahome E Vaneechoutte M Cools P Crucitti T Sanders EJ
PLoS One, (2017). 12:e0175166

Molecular typing of Trichomonas vaginalis isolates by actin gene sequence analysis and carriage of T. vaginalis viruses.Masha SC Cools P Crucitti T Sanders EJ Vaneechoutte M
Parasit Vectors, (2017). 10:537

Comparative effectiveness of injectable penicillin versus a combination of penicillin and gentamicin in children with pneumonia characterised by indrawing in Kenya: a retrospective observational study.Malla L Perera-Salazar R McFadden E English M
BMJ Open, (2017). 7:e019478

Comparative effectiveness of injectable penicillin versus a combination of penicillin and gentamicin in children with pneumonia characterised by indrawing in Kenya: protocol for an observational study.Malla L Perera-Salazar R McFadden E English M
BMJ Open, (2017). 7:e016784

Informing new or improved vector control tools for reducing the malaria burden in Tanzania: a qualitative exploration of perceptions of mosquitoes and methods for their control among the residents of Dar es Salaam.Makungu C Stephen S Kumburu S Govella NJ Dongus S Hildon ZJ Killeen GF Jones C
Malar J, (2017). 16:410

Rates and risk factors of hypertension in adolescents and adults with sickle cell anaemia in Tanzania: 10 years' experience.Makubi A Mmbando BP Novelli EM Lwakatare J Soka D Marik H Tibarazwa K Ngaeje M Newton CR Gladwin MT Makani J
Br J Haematol, (2017). 177:930-937