Publications

Epidemiology and Demography

Experience developing national evidence-based clinical guidelines for childhood pneumonia in a low-income setting--making the GRADE?.Agweyu A, Opiyo N, English M
BMC Pediatr, (2012). 12:1

Risk and causes of paediatric hospital-acquired bacteraemia in Kilifi District Hospital, Kenya: a prospective cohort study.Aiken AM, Mturi N, Njuguna P, Mohammed S, Berkley JA, Mwangi I, Mwarumba S, Kitsao BS, Lowe BS, Morpeth SC, Hall AJ, Khandawalla I, Scott JAG
Lancet, (2011). 378:2021-2027

Sickle cell disease in Africa: a neglected cause of early childhood mortality.Grosse SD, Odame I, Atrash HK, Amendah DD, Piel FB, Williams TN
Am J Prev Med, (2011). 41:S398-405

Excess child mortality after discharge from hospital in Kilifi, Kenya: a retrospective cohort analysis.Moisi JC, Gatakaa H, Berkley JA, Maitland K, Mturi N, Newton CR, Njuguna P, Nokes J, Ojal J, Bauni E, Tsofa B, Peshu N, Marsh K, Williams TN, Scott JA
Bull World Health Organ, (2011). 89:725-32, 732A

A frequentist approach to estimating the force of infection for a respiratory disease using repeated measurement data from a birth cohort.Mwambi H, Ramroop S, White LJ, Okiro E, Nokes DJ, Shkedy Z, Molenberghs G
Stat Methods Med Res, (2011). 20:551-70

How do hemoglobins S and C result in malaria protection?.Williams TN
J Infect Dis, (2011). 204:1651-3

Performance of the MGIT TBc identification test and meta-analysis of MPT64 assays for identification of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex in liquid culture.Brent AJ, Mugo D, Musyimi R, Mutiso A, Morpeth S, Levin M, Scott JA
J Clin Microbiol, (2011). 49:4343-6

Relation between falciparum malaria and bacteraemia in Kenyan children: a population-based, case-control study and a longitudinal study.Scott JA, Berkley JA, Mwangi I, Ochola L, Uyoga S, Macharia A, Ndila C, Lowe BS, Mwarumba S, Bauni E, Marsh K, Williams TN
Lancet, (2011). 378:1316-23

Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine given shortly after birth stimulates effective antibody concentrations and primes immunological memory for sustained infant protection.Scott JA, Ojal J, Ashton L, Muhoro A, Burbidge P, Goldblatt D
Clin Infect Dis, (2011). 53:663-70

Social autopsy: INDEPTH Network experiences of utility, process, practices, and challenges in investigating causes and contributors to mortality.Kallander K, Kadobera D, Williams TN, Nielsen RT, Yevoo L, Mutebi A, Akpakli J, Narh C, Gyapong M, Amu A, Waiswa P
Popul Health Metr, (2011). 9:44

Validating physician-certified verbal autopsy and probabilistic modeling (InterVA) approaches to verbal autopsy interpretation using hospital causes of adult deaths.Bauni E, Ndila C, Mochamah G, Nyutu G, Matata L, Ondieki C, Mambo B, Mutinda M, Tsofa B, Maitha E, Etyang A, Williams TN
Popul Health Metr, (2011). 9:49

Improved detection of respiratory viruses in pediatric outpatients with acute respiratory illness by real-time PCR using nasopharyngeal flocked swabs.Munywoki PK, Hamid F, Mutunga M, Welch S, Cane P, Nokes DJ
J Clin Microbiol, (2011). 49:3365-7

Prediction of serotypes causing invasive pneumococcal disease in unvaccinated and vaccinated populations.Weinberger DM, Harboe ZB, Flasche S, Scott JA, Lipsitch M
Epidemiology, (2011). 22:199-207

Seroprevalence, predictors and estimated incidence of maternal and neonatal Herpes Simplex Virus type 2 infection in semi-urban women in Kilifi, Kenya.Nyiro JU, Sanders EJ, Ngetsa C, Wale S, Awuondo K, Bukusi E, Price MA, Amornkul PN, Nokes DJ
BMC Infect Dis, (2011). 11:155

Mortality after fluid bolus in African children with severe infection.Maitland K, Kiguli S, Opoka RO, Engoru C, Olupot-Olupot P, Akech SO, Nyeko R, Mtove G, Reyburn H, Lang T, Brent B, Evans JA, Tibenderana JK, Crawley J, Russell EC, Levin M, Babiker AG, Gibb DM
N Engl J Med, (2011). 364:2483-95

Added value of an oropharyngeal swab in detection of viruses in children hospitalized with lower respiratory tract infection.Hammitt LL, Kazungu S, Welch S, Bett A, Onyango CO, Gunson RN, Scott JA, Nokes DJ
J Clin Microbiol, (2011). 49:2318-20

The global distribution of the Duffy blood group.Howes RE, Patil AP, Piel FB, Nyangiri OA, Kabaria CW, Gething PW, Zimmerman PA, Barnadas C, Beall CM, Gebremedhin A, Menard D, Williams TN, Weatherall DJ, Hay SI
Nat Commun, (2011). 2:266

Nutritional status, hospitalization and mortality among patients with sickle cell anemia in Tanzania.Cox SE, Makani J, Fulford AJ, Komba AN, Soka D, Williams TN, Newton CR, Marsh K, Prentice AM
Haematologica, (2011). 96:948-53

Sickle cell disease and malaria morbidity: a tale with two tails.Williams TN, Obaro SK
Trends Parasitol, (2011). 27:315-20

Specific receptor usage in Plasmodium falciparum cytoadherence is associated with disease outcome.Ochola LB, Siddondo BR, Ocholla H, Nkya S, Kimani EN, Williams TN, Makale JO, Liljander A, Urban BC, Bull PC, Szestak T, Marsh K, Craig AG
PLoS One, (2011). 6:e14741