Publications

Clinical Research

Screening for genital and anorectal sexually transmitted infections in HIV prevention trials in Africa.Grijsen ML, Graham SM, Mwangome M, Githua P, Mutimba S, Wamuyu L, Okuku H, Price MA, McClelland RS, Smith AD, Sanders EJ
Sex Transm Infect, (2008). 84:364-70

Second assessment of NeuroAIDS in Africa.Robertson K, Kopnisky K, Hakim J, Merry C, Nakasujja N, Hall C, Traore M, Sacktor N, Clifford D, Newton C, Van Rie A, Holding P, Clements J, Zink C, Mielk J, Hosseinipour M, Lalloo U, Amod F, Marra C, Evans S, Liner J
J Neurovirol, (2008). 14:87-101

Understanding HIV risks among men who have sex with men in Africa.van Griensven F, Sanders EJ
Sex Transm Dis, (2008). 35:355-6

Paediatric coma scales.Kirkham FJ, Newton CR, Whitehouse W
Dev Med Child Neurol, (2008). 50:267-74

Helminth infection and eosinophilia and the risk of Plasmodium falciparum malaria in 1- to 6-year-old children in a malaria endemic area.Bejon P, Mwangi TW, Lowe B, Peshu N, Hill AV, Marsh K
PLoS Negl Trop Dis, (2008). 2:e164

High levels of erythropoietin are associated with protection against neurological sequelae in African children with cerebral malaria.Casals-Pascual C, Idro R, Gicheru N, Gwer S, Kitsao B, Gitau E, Mwakesi R, Roberts DJ, Newton CR
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, (2008). 105:2634-9

The incidence, aetiology and outcome of acute seizures in children admitted to a rural Kenyan district hospital.Idro R, Gwer S, Kahindi M, Gatakaa H, Kazungu T, Ndiritu M, Maitland K, Neville BG, Kager PA, Newton CR
BMC Pediatr, (2008). 8:5

Prevalence, incidence and risk factors of epilepsy in older children in rural Kenya.Mung'ala-Odera V, White S, Meehan R, Otieno GO, Njuguna P, Mturi N, Edwards T, Neville BG, Newton CR
Seizure, (2008). 17:396-404

Incidence and outcome of convulsive status epilepticus in Kenyan children: a cohort study.Sadarangani M, Seaton C, Scott JA, Ogutu B, Edwards T, Prins A, Gatakaa H, Idro R, Berkley JA, Peshu N, Neville BG, Newton CR
Lancet Neurol, (2008). 7:145-50

Active convulsive epilepsy in a rural district of Kenya: a study of prevalence and possible risk factors.Edwards T, Scott AG, Munyoki G, Odera VM, Chengo E, Bauni E, Kwasa T, Sander LW, Neville BG, Newton CR
Lancet Neurol, (2008). 7:50-6

The acceptability to women in Mombasa, Kenya, of the donation and transfusion of umbilical cord blood for severe anaemia in young children.Hassall O, Ngina L, Kongo W, Othigo J, Mandaliya K, Maitland K, Bates I
Vox Sang, (2008). 94:125-31

Common variation in the ABO glycosyltransferase is associated with susceptibility to severe Plasmodium falciparum malaria.Fry AE, Griffiths MJ, Auburn S, Diakite M, Forton JT, Green A, Richardson A, Wilson J, Jallow M, Sisay-Joof F, Pinder M, Peshu N, Williams TN, Marsh K, Molyneux ME, Taylor TE, Rockett KA, Kwiatkowski DP
Hum Mol Genet, (2008). 17:567-76

Pharmacokinetics and clinical efficacy of lorazepam in children with severe malaria and convulsions.Muchohi SN, Obiero K, Newton CR, Ogutu BR, Edwards G, Kokwaro GO
Br J Clin Pharmacol, (2008). 65:12-21

Constructing Tests of Cognitive Abilities for Schooled and Unschooled Children.Alcock KJ, Holding PA, Mung'ala-Odera V, Newton CRJC
Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, (2008). 39:529-551

Over-diagnosis and co-morbidity of severe malaria in African children: a guide for clinicians.Gwer S, Newton CR, Berkley JA
Am J Trop Med Hyg, (2007). 77:6-13

HIV-1 infection in high risk men who have sex with men in Mombasa, Kenya.Sanders EJ, Graham SM, Okuku HS, van der Elst EM, Muhaari A, Davies A, Peshu N, Price M, McClelland RS, Smith AD
AIDS, (2007). 21:2513-20

The decline in paediatric malaria admissions on the coast of Kenya.Okiro EA, Hay SI, Gikandi PW, Sharif SK, Noor AM, Peshu N, Marsh K, Snow RW
Malar J, (2007). 6:151

Clearing asymptomatic parasitaemia increases the specificity of the definition of mild febrile malaria.Bejon P, Mwangi T, Lowe B, Peshu N, Hill AV, Marsh K
Vaccine, (2007). 25:8198-202

The induction and persistence of T cell IFN-gamma responses after vaccination or natural exposure is suppressed by Plasmodium falciparum.Bejon P, Mwacharo J, Kai O, Todryk S, Keating S, Lowe B, Lang T, Mwangi TW, Gilbert SC, Peshu N, Marsh K, Hill AV
J Immunol, (2007). 179:4193-201

Defining childhood severe falciparum malaria for intervention studies.Bejon P, Berkley JA, Mwangi T, Ogada E, Mwangi I, Maitland K, Williams T, Scott JA, English M, Lowe BS, Peshu N, Newton CR, Marsh K
PLoS Med, (2007). 4:e251