Recent publications

Chloroquine, sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine and amodiaquine efficacy for the treatment of uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Upper Nile, south Sudan.van den Broek IV, Gatkoi T, Lowoko B, Nzila A, Ochong E, Keus K
Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg, (2003). 97:229-35

Population pharmacokinetics of intramuscular gentamicin administered to young infants with suspected severe sepsis in Kenya.Thomson AH, Kokwaro GO, Muchohi SN, English M, Mohammed S, Edwards G
Br J Clin Pharmacol, (2003). 56:25-31

Intensity of transmission and spread of gene mutations linked to chloroquine and sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine resistance in falciparum malaria.Talisuna AO, Langi P, Mutabingwa TK, Van Marck E, Speybroeck N, Egwang TG, Watkins WW, Hastings IM, D'Alessandro U
Int J Parasitol, (2003). 33:1051-8

Therapy of travelers' diarrhea with rifaximin on various continents.Steffen R, Sack DA, Riopel L, Jiang ZD, Sturchler M, Ericsson CD, Lowe B, Waiyaki P, White M, DuPont HL
Am J Gastroenterol, (2003). 98:1073-8

Estimating the needs for artesunate-based combination therapy for malaria case-management in Africa.Snow RW, Eckert E, Teklehaimanot A
Trends Parasitol, (2003). 19:363-9

Climatic suitability for malaria transmission in Africa, 1911-1995.Small J, Goetz SJ, Hay SI
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, (2003). 100:15341-5

High seasonal variation in entomologic inoculation rates in Eritrea, a semi-arid region of unstable malaria in Africa.Shililu J, Ghebremeskel T, Mengistu S, Fekadu H, Zerom M, Mbogo C, Githure J, Novak R, Brantly E, Beier JC
Am J Trop Med Hyg, (2003). 69:607-13

Diagnosis of pneumococcal pneumonia by psaA PCR analysis of lung aspirates from adult patients in Kenya.Scott JA, Marston EL, Hall AJ, Marsh K
J Clin Microbiol, (2003). 41:2554-9

Abnormal blood glucose concentrations on admission to a rural Kenyan district hospital: prevalence and outcome.Osier FH, Berkley JA, Ross A, Sanderson F, Mohammed S, Newton CR
Arch Dis Child, (2003). 88:621-5

Pharmacokinetics and clinical effects of phenytoin and fosphenytoin in children with severe malaria and status epilepticus.Ogutu BR, Newton CR, Muchohi SN, Otieno GO, Edwards G, Watkins WM, Kokwaro GO
Br J Clin Pharmacol, (2003). 56:112-9

Short report: association between chloroquine and amodiaquine resistance and allelic variation in the Plasmodium falciparum multiple drug resistance 1 gene and the chloroquine resistance transporter gene in isolates from the upper Nile in southern Sudan.Ochong EO, van den Broek IV, Keus K, Nzila A
Am J Trop Med Hyg, (2003). 69:184-7

Molecular monitoring of the Leu-164 mutation of dihydrofolate reductase in a highly sulfadoxine/pyrimethamine-resistant area in Africa.Ochong E, Nzila A, Kimani S, Kokwaro G, Mutabingwa T, Watkins W, Marsh K
Malar J, (2003). 2:46

Chemosensitization of Plasmodium falciparum by probenecid in vitro.Nzila A, Mberu E, Bray P, Kokwaro G, Winstanley P, Marsh K, Ward S
Antimicrob Agents Chemother, (2003). 47:2108-12

Effects of sample collection and storage methods on antipneumococcal immunoglobulin A in saliva.Nurkka A, Obiero J, Kayhty H, Scott JA
Clin Diagn Lab Immunol, (2003). 10:357-61

Defining equity in physical access to clinical services using geographical information systems as part of malaria planning and monitoring in Kenya.Noor AM, Zurovac D, Hay SI, Ochola SA, Snow RW
Trop Med Int Health, (2003). 8:917-26

The effects of untreated bednets on malaria infection and morbidity on the Kenyan coast.Mwangi TW, Ross A, Marsh K, Snow RW
Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg, (2003). 97:369-72

Blood-meal analysis for anopheline mosquitoes sampled along the Kenyan coast.Mwangangi JM, Mbogo CM, Nzovu JG, Githure JI, Yan G, Beier JC
J Am Mosq Control Assoc, (2003). 19:371-5

Cerebral malaria: optimising management.Mturi N, Musumba CO, Wamola BM, Ogutu BR, Newton CR
CNS Drugs, (2003). 17:153-65

Determination of Anopheles gambiae larval DNA in the gut of insectivorous dragonfly (Libellulidae) nymphs by polymerase chain reaction.Morales ME, Wesson DM, Sutherland IW, Impoinvil DE, Mbogo CM, Githure JI, Beier JC
J Am Mosq Control Assoc, (2003). 19:163-5

Spatial and temporal heterogeneity of Anopheles mosquitoes and Plasmodium falciparum transmission along the Kenyan coast.Mbogo CM, Mwangangi JM, Nzovu J, Gu W, Yan G, Gunter JT, Swalm C, Keating J, Regens JL, Shililu JI, Githure JI, Beier JC
Am J Trop Med Hyg, (2003). 68:734-42