Publications

Epidemiology and Demography

Phase II trial of standard versus increased transfusion volume in Ugandan children with acute severe anemia.Olupot-Olupot P, Engoru C, Thompson J, Nteziyaremye J, Chebet M, Ssenyondo T, Dambisya CM, Okuuny V, Wokulira R, Amorut D, Ongodia P, Mpoya A, Williams TN, Uyoga S, Macharia A, Gibb DM, Walker AS, Maitland K
BMC Med, (2014). 12:67

Verbal autopsy as a tool for identifying children dying of sickle cell disease: a validation study conducted in Kilifi district, Kenya.Ndila C, Bauni E, Nyirongo V, Mochamah G, Makazi A, Kosgei P, Nyutu G, Macharia A, Kapesa S, Byass P, Williams TN
BMC Med, (2014). 12:65

Global migration and the changing distribution of sickle haemoglobin: a quantitative study of temporal trends between 1960 and 2000.Piel FB, Tatem AJ, Huang Z, Gupta S, Williams TN, Weatherall DJ
Lancet Glob Health, (2014). 2:e80-9

Examining strain diversity and phylogeography in relation to an unusual epidemic pattern of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in a long-term refugee camp in Kenya.Agoti CN, Mayieka LM, Otieno JR, Ahmed JA, Fields BS, Waiboci LW, Nyoka R, Eidex RB, Marano N, Burton W, Montgomery JM, Breiman RF, Nokes DJ
BMC Infect Dis, (2014). 14:178

Spleen volume and clinical disease manifestations of severe Plasmodium falciparum malaria in African children.Kotlyar S, Nteziyaremye J, Olupot-Olupot P, Akech SO, Moore CL, Maitland K
Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg, (2014). 108:283-9

Nutritional status of young children with inherited blood disorders in western Kenya.Tsang BL, Sullivan KM, Ruth LJ, Williams TN, Suchdev PS
Am J Trop Med Hyg, (2014). 90:955-962

Combinatorial effects of malaria season, iron deficiency, and inflammation determine plasma hepcidin concentration in African children.Atkinson SH, Armitage AE, Khandwala S, Mwangi TW, Uyoga S, Bejon PA, Williams TN, Prentice AM, Drakesmith H
Blood, (2014). 123:3221-9

Authors' reply to Southall.Kiguli S, Akech SO, Mtove G, Opoka RO, Engoru C, Olupot-Olupot P, Nyeko R, Evans J, Crawley J, Prevatt N, Reyburn H, Levin M, George EC, South A, Babiker AG, Gibb DM, Maitland K
BMJ, (2014). 348:g1619

Use of vaccines as probes to define disease burden.Feikin DR, Scott JA, Gessner BD
Lancet, (2014). 383:1762-70

Epistasis between the haptoglobin common variant and alpha+thalassemia influences risk of severe malaria in Kenyan children.Atkinson SH, Uyoga SM, Nyatichi E, Macharia AW, Nyutu G, Ndila C, Kwiatkowski DP, Rockett KA, Williams TN
Blood, (2014). 123:2008-16

Immunogenicity, impact on carriage and reactogenicity of 10-valent pneumococcal non-typeable Haemophilus influenzae protein D conjugate vaccine in Kenyan children aged 1-4 years: a randomized controlled trial.Hammitt LL, Ojal J, Bashraheil M, Morpeth SC, Karani A, Habib A, Borys D, Goldblatt D, Scott JA
PLoS One, (2014). 9:e85459

WHO guidelines on fluid resuscitation in children: missing the FEAST data.Kiguli S, Akech SO, Mtove G, Opoka RO, Engoru C, Olupot-Olupot P, Nyeko R, Evans J, Crawley J, Prevatt N, Reyburn H, Levin M, George EC, South A, Babiker AG, Gibb DM, Maitland K
BMJ, (2014). 348:f7003

The source of respiratory syncytial virus infection in infants: a household cohort study in rural Kenya.Munywoki PK, Koech DC, Agoti CN, Lewa C, Cane PA, Medley GF, Nokes DJ
J Infect Dis, (2014). 209:1685-92

Trends in procurement costs for HIV commodities: a 7-year retrospective analysis of global fund data across 125 countries.Wafula F, Agweyu A, Macintyre K
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr, (2014). 65:e134-9

The burden and consequences of inherited blood disorders among young children in western Kenya.Suchdev PS, Ruth LJ, Earley M, Macharia A, Williams TN
Matern Child Nutr, (2014). 10:135-44

Regional and temporal trends in malaria commodity costs: an analysis of Global Fund data for 79 countries.Wafula F, Agweyu A, Macintyre K
Malar J, (2013). 12:466

Correction: Changing Use of Surgical Antibiotic Prophylaxis in Thika Hospital, Kenya: A Quality Improvement Intervention with an Interrupted Time Series Design.Aiken AM, Wanyoro AK, Mwangi J, Juma F, Mugoya IK, Scott JA
PLoS One, (2013). 8:

Standard method for detecting upper respiratory carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae: updated recommendations from the World Health Organization Pneumococcal Carriage Working Group.Satzke C, Turner P, Virolainen-Julkunen A, Adrian PV, Antonio M, Hare KM, Henao-Restrepo AM, Leach AJ, Klugman KP, Porter BD, Sa-Leao R, Scott JA, Nohynek H, O'Brien KL, WHO Pneumococcal Carriage Working Group
Vaccine, (2013). 32:165-79

Population genetic structure of Streptococcus pneumoniae in Kilifi, Kenya, prior to the introduction of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine.Brueggemann AB, Muroki BM, Kulohoma BW, Karani A, Wanjiru E, Morpeth S, Kamau T, Sharif S, Scott JA
PLoS One, (2013). 8:e81539

Changing use of surgical antibiotic prophylaxis in Thika Hospital, Kenya: a quality improvement intervention with an interrupted time series design.Aiken AM, Wanyoro AK, Mwangi J, Juma F, Mugoya IK, Scott JA
PLoS One, (2013). 8:e78942