Publications

Epidemiology and Demography

Molecular analysis of respiratory syncytial virus reinfections in infants from coastal Kenya.Scott, P. D. Ochola, R. Ngama, M. Okiro, E. A. Nokes, D. J. Medley, G. F. Cane, P. A.
J Infect Dis, (2006). 193:59-67

High levels of serum antibodies to merozoite surface protein 2 of Plasmodium falciparum are associated with reduced risk of clinical malaria in coastal Kenya.Polley, S. D. Conway, D. J. Cavanagh, D. R. McBride, J. S. Lowe, B. S. Williams, T. N. Mwangi, T. W. Marsh, K.
Vaccine, (2006). 24:4233-46

Mathematical models of vaccination.Medley, G. F. Nokes, D. J.
Topley and Wilson’s Microbiology and Microbial Infections, (2006). :947-966

Respiratory syncytial virus disease burden in the developing world. .Nokes, D. J.
Perspectives in Medical Virology: Respiratory Syncytial Virus , (2006). :183-230

A polymorphism of intercellular adhesion molecule-1 is associated with a reduced incidence of nonmalarial febrile illness in Kenyan children.Jenkins, N. E. Mwangi, T. W. Kortok, M. Marsh, K. Craig, A. G. Williams, T. N.
Clin Infect Dis, (2005). 41:1817-9

Heritability of malaria in Africa.Mackinnon, M. J. Mwangi, T. W. Snow, R. W. Marsh, K. Williams, T. N.
PLoS Med, (2005). 2:e340

Negative epistasis between the malaria-protective effects of alpha+-thalassemia and the sickle cell trait.Williams, T. N. Mwangi, T. W. Wambua, S. Peto, T. E. Weatherall, D. J. Gupta, S. Recker, M. Penman, B. S. Uyoga, S. Macharia, A. Mwacharo, J. K. Snow, R. W. Marsh, K.
Nat Genet, (2005). 37:1253-7

Diagnosis of invasive pneumococcal disease among children in Kenya with enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for immunoglobulin G antibodies to pneumococcal surface adhesin A.Scott, J. A. Mlacha, Z. Nyiro, J. Njenga, S. Lewa, P. Obiero, J. Otieno, H. Sampson, J. S. Carlone, G. M.
Clin Diagn Lab Immunol, (2005). 12:1195-201

Management of severe malaria in children: proposed guidelines for the United Kingdom.Maitland, K. Nadel, S. Pollard, A. J. Williams, T. N. Newton, C. R. Levin, M.
BMJ, (2005). 331:337-43

Progressive increase in antimicrobial resistance among invasive isolates of Haemophilus influenzae obtained from children admitted to a hospital in Kilifi, Kenya, from 1994 to 2002.Scott, J. A. Mwarumba, S. Ngetsa, C. Njenga, S. Lowe, B. S. Slack, M. P. Berkley, J. A. Mwangi, I. Maitland, K. English, M. Marsh, K.
Antimicrob Agents Chemother, (2005). 49:3021-4

Sickle cell trait and the risk of Plasmodium falciparum malaria and other childhood diseases.Williams, T. N. Mwangi, T. W. Wambua, S. Alexander, N. D. Kortok, M. Snow, R. W. Marsh, K.
J Infect Dis, (2005). 192:178-86

An immune basis for malaria protection by the sickle cell trait.Williams, T. N. Mwangi, T. W. Roberts, D. J. Alexander, N. D. Weatherall, D. J. Wambua, S. Kortok, M. Snow, R. W. Marsh, K.
PLoS Med, (2005). 2:e128

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, S. Berkley, J. A. Lowe, B. S. Maitland, K. Marsh, K. English, M. Scott, J. A.
J Antimicrob Chemother, (2005). 56:232-5

Cytokine mRNA expression and iron status in children living in a malaria endemic area.Nyakeriga, A. M. Williams, T. N. Marsh, K. Wambua, S. Perlmann, H. Perlmann, P. Grandien, A. Troye-Blomberg, M.
Scand J Immunol, (2005). 61:370-5

B cell memory to 3 Plasmodium falciparum blood-stage antigens in a malaria-endemic area.Dorfman, J. R. Bejon, P. Ndungu, F. M. Langhorne, J. Kortok, M. M. Lowe, B. S. Mwangi, T. W. Williams, T. N. Marsh, K.
J Infect Dis, (2005). 191:1623-30

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, S. Williams, T. N.
Haematologica, (2005). 90:552-4

The transmission dynamics of groups A and B human respiratory syncytial virus (hRSV) in England & Wales and Finland: seasonality and cross-protection.White, L. J. Waris, M. Cane, P. A. Nokes, D. J. Medley, G. F.
Epidemiol Infect, (2005). 133:279-89

Use of clinical syndromes to target antibiotic prescribing in seriously ill children in malaria endemic area: observational study.Berkley, J. A. Maitland, K. Mwangi, I. Ngetsa, C. Mwarumba, S. Lowe, B. S. Newton, C. R. Marsh, K. Scott, J. A. English, M.
BMJ, (2005). 330:995

Both heterozygous and homozygous alpha+ thalassemias protect against severe and fatal Plasmodium falciparum malaria on the coast of Kenya.Williams, T. N. Wambua, S. Uyoga, S. Macharia, A. Mwacharo, J. K. Newton, C. R. Maitland, K.
Blood, (2005). 106:368-71

Bacteremia among children admitted to a rural hospital in Kenya.Berkley, J. A. Lowe, B. S. Mwangi, I. Williams, T. Bauni, E. Mwarumba, S. Ngetsa, C. Slack, M. P. Njenga, S. Hart, C. A. Maitland, K. English, M. Marsh, K. Scott, J. A.
N Engl J Med, (2005). 352:39-47