Publications

Epidemiology and Demography

The Jamaican historical experience of the impact of educational interventions on sickle cell disease child mortality.Grosse SD, Atrash HK, Odame I, Amendah D, Piel FB, Williams TN
Am J Prev Med, (2012). 42:e101-3

Profile: The Kilifi Health and Demographic Surveillance System (KHDSS).Scott JA, Bauni E, Moisi JC, Ojal J, Gatakaa H, Nyundo C, Molyneux CS, Kombe F, Tsofa B, Marsh K, Peshu N, Williams TN
Int J Epidemiol, (2012). 41:650-7

Rates of acquisition of pneumococcal colonization and transmission probabilities, by serotype, among newborn infants in Kilifi District, Kenya.Tigoi CC, Gatakaa H, Karani A, Mugo D, Kungu S, Wanjiru E, Jomo J, Musyimi R, Ojal J, Glass NE, Abdullahi O, Scott JA
Clin Infect Dis, (2012). 55:180-8

Prognostic indicators of life-threatening malaria are associated with distinct parasite variant antigen profiles.Warimwe GM, Fegan G, Musyoki JN, Newton CR, Opiyo M, Githinji G, Andisi C, Menza F, Kitsao B, Marsh K, Bull PC
Sci Transl Med, (2012). 4:129ra45

Balancing act: haemoglobinopathies and malaria.Williams TN
Lancet Infect Dis, (2012). 12:427-8

Estimating rates of carriage acquisition and clearance and competitive ability for pneumococcal serotypes in Kenya with a Markov transition model.Lipsitch M, Abdullahi O, D'Amour A, Xie W, Weinberger DM, Tchetgen Tchetgen E, Scott JA
Epidemiology, (2012). 23:510-9

Molecular epidemiology of human rhinovirus infections in Kilifi, coastal Kenya.Onyango CO, Welch SR, Munywoki PK, Agoti CN, Bett A, Ngama M, Myers R, Cane PA, Nokes DJ
J Med Virol, (2012). 84:823-31

The Pneumonia Etiology Research for Child Health Project: a 21st century childhood pneumonia etiology study.Levine OS, O'Brien KL, Deloria-Knoll M, Murdoch DR, Feikin DR, DeLuca AN, Driscoll AJ, Baggett HC, Brooks WA, Howie SR, Kotloff KL, Madhi SA, Maloney SA, Sow S, Thea DM, Scott JA
Clin Infect Dis, (2012). 54 Suppl 2:S93-101

Pneumonia etiology research for child health. Introduction.Levine OS, Bhat N, Crawley J, Deloria-Knoll M, DeLuca AN, Driscoll AJ, Feikin DR, Karron RA, Murdoch DR, O'Brien KL, Scott JA
Clin Infect Dis, (2012). 54 Suppl 2:S87-8

A preliminary study of pneumonia etiology among hospitalized children in Kenya.Hammitt LL, Kazungu S, Morpeth SC, Gibson DG, Mvera B, Brent AJ, Mwarumba S, Onyango CO, Bett A, Akech DO, Murdoch DR, Nokes DJ, Scott JA
Clin Infect Dis, (2012). 54 Suppl 2:S190-9

The role of postmortem studies in pneumonia etiology research.Turner GD, Bunthi C, Wonodi CB, Morpeth SC, Molyneux CS, Zaki SR, Levine OS, Murdoch DR, Scott JA
Clin Infect Dis, (2012). 54 Suppl 2:S165-71

Procedures for collection of induced sputum specimens from children.Grant LR, Hammitt LL, Murdoch DR, O'Brien KL, Scott JA
Clin Infect Dis, (2012). 54 Suppl 2:S140-5

Specimen collection for the diagnosis of pediatric pneumonia.Hammitt LL, Murdoch DR, Scott JA, Driscoll A, Karron RA, Levine OS, O'Brien KL
Clin Infect Dis, (2012). 54 Suppl 2:S132-9

Evaluation of risk factors for severe pneumonia in children: the Pneumonia Etiology Research for Child Health study.Wonodi CB, Deloria-Knoll M, Feikin DR, DeLuca AN, Driscoll AJ, Moisi JC, Johnson HL, Murdoch DR, O'Brien KL, Levine OS, Scott JA
Clin Infect Dis, (2012). 54 Suppl 2:S124-31

Identification and selection of cases and controls in the Pneumonia Etiology Research for Child Health project.Deloria-Knoll M, Feikin DR, Scott JA, O'Brien KL, DeLuca AN, Driscoll AJ, Levine OS
Clin Infect Dis, (2012). 54 Suppl 2:S117-23

The definition of pneumonia, the assessment of severity, and clinical standardization in the Pneumonia Etiology Research for Child Health study.Scott JA, Wonodi C, Moisi JC, Deloria-Knoll M, DeLuca AN, Karron RA, Bhat N, Murdoch DR, Crawley J, Levine OS, O'Brien KL, Feikin DR
Clin Infect Dis, (2012). 54 Suppl 2:S109-16

A literature review and survey of childhood pneumonia etiology studies: 2000-2010.Gilani Z, Kwong YD, Levine OS, Deloria-Knoll M, Scott JA, O'Brien KL, Feikin DR
Clin Infect Dis, (2012). 54 Suppl 2:S102-8

The prevalence and risk factors for pneumococcal colonization of the nasopharynx among children in Kilifi District, Kenya.Abdullahi O, Karani A, Tigoi CC, Mugo D, Kungu S, Wanjiru E, Jomo J, Musyimi R, Lipsitch M, Scott JA
PLoS One, (2012). 7:e30787

Transfer of 4-hydroxynonenal from parasitized to non-parasitized erythrocytes in rosettes. Proposed role in severe malaria anemia.Uyoga S, Skorokhod OA, Opiyo M, Orori EN, Williams TN, Arese P, Schwarzer E
Br J Haematol, (2012). 157:116-24

Biogem: an effective tool-based approach for scaling up open source software development in bioinformatics.Bonnal RJ, Aerts J, Githinji G, Goto N, MacLean D, Miller CA, Mishima H, Pagani M, Ramirez-Gonzalez R, Smant G, Strozzi F, Syme R, Vos R, Wennblom TJ, Woodcroft BJ, Katayama T, Prins P
Bioinformatics, (2012). 28:1035-7