Publications

Epidemiology and Demography

Assessment of health benefits and cost-effectiveness of 10-valent and 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccination in Kenyan children.Ayieko P, Griffiths UK, Ndiritu M, Moisi J, Mugoya IK, Kamau T, English M, Scott JA
PLoS One, (2013). 8:e67324

Identification of group B respiratory syncytial viruses that lack the 60-nucleotide duplication after six consecutive epidemics of total BA dominance at coastal Kenya.Agoti CN, Gitahi CW, Medley GF, Cane PA, Nokes DJ
Influenza Other Respir Viruses, (2013). 7:1008-12

Phenotypic, genomic, and transcriptional characterization of Streptococcus pneumoniae interacting with human pharyngeal cells.Kimaro Mlacha SZ, Romero-Steiner S, Hotopp JC, Kumar N, Ishmael N, Riley DR, Farooq U, Creasy TH, Tallon LJ, Liu X, Goldsmith CS, Sampson J, Carlone GM, Hollingshead SK, Scott JA, Tettelin H
BMC Genomics, (2013). 14:383

Incidence of convulsive epilepsy in a rural area in Kenya.Ngugi AK, Bottomley C, Scott JA, Mung'ala-Odera V, Bauni E, Sander JW, Kleinschmidt I, Newton CR
Epilepsia, (2013). 54:1352-9

Transcriptional adaptation of pneumococci and human pharyngeal cells in the presence of a virus infection.Kimaro Mlacha SZ, Peret TC, Kumar N, Romero-Steiner S, Dunning Hotopp JC, Ishmael N, Grinblat-Huse V, Riley DR, Erdman DD, Carlone GM, Sampson J, Scott JA, Tettelin H
BMC Genomics, (2013). 14:378

Imputation-based meta-analysis of severe malaria in three African populations.Band G, Le QS, Jostins L, Pirinen M, Kivinen K, Jallow M, Sisay-Joof F, Bojang K, Pinder M, Sirugo G, Conway DJ, Nyirongo V, Kachala D, Molyneux M, Taylor T, Ndila C, Peshu N, Marsh K, Williams TN, Alcock D, Andrews R, Edkins S, Gray E, Hubbart C, Jeffreys A, Rowlands K, Schuldt K, Clark TG, Small KS, Teo YY, Kwiatkowski DP, Rockett KA, Barrett JC, Spencer CC, Malaria Genomic Epidemiology Network Malaria Genomic Epidemiological Network
PLoS Genet, (2013). 9:e1003509

Management of severe malaria: results from recent trials.Olupot-Olupot P, Maitland K
Adv Exp Med Biol, (2013). 764:241-50

The genetic risk of acute seizures in African children with falciparum malaria.Kariuki SM, Rockett K, Clark TG, Reyburn H, Agbenyega T, Taylor TE, Birbeck GL, Williams TN, Newton CR
Epilepsia, (2013). 54:990-1001

Strategic priorities for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine development.Anderson LJ, Dormitzer PR, Nokes DJ, Rappuoli R, Roca A, Graham BS
Vaccine, (2013). 31 Suppl 2:B209-15

Routine paediatric sickle cell disease (SCD) outpatient care in a rural Kenyan hospital: utilization and costs.Amendah DD, Mukamah G, Komba A, Ndila C, Williams TN
PLoS One, (2013). 8:e61130

The distribution of haemoglobin C and its prevalence in newborns in Africa.Piel FB, Howes RE, Patil AP, Nyangiri OA, Gething PW, Bhatt S, Williams TN, Weatherall DJ, Hay SI
Sci Rep, (2013). 3:1671

Estimation of the national disease burden of influenza-associated severe acute respiratory illness in Kenya and Guatemala: a novel methodology.Fuller JA, Summers A, Katz MA, Lindblade KA, Njuguna H, Arvelo W, Khagayi S, Emukule G, Linares-Perez N, McCracken J, Nokes DJ, Ngama M, Kazungu S, Mott JA, Olsen SJ, Widdowson MA, Feikin DR
PLoS One, (2013). 8:e56882

Online biomedical resources for malaria-related red cell disorders.Piel FB, Howes RE, Nyangiri OA, Moyes CL, Williams TN, Weatherall DJ, Hay SI
Hum Mutat, (2013). 34:937-44

The "difficult patient" conundrum in sickle cell disease in Kenya: complex sociopolitical problems need wide multidimensional solutions.Marsh V, Mocamah G, Mabibo E, Kombe F, Williams TN
Am J Bioeth, (2013). 13:20-2

Endotoxaemia is common in children with Plasmodium falciparum malaria.Olupot-Olupot P, Urban BC, Jemutai J, Nteziyaremye J, Fanjo HM, Karanja H, Karisa J, Ongodia P, Bwonyo P, Gitau EN, Talbert A, Akech S, Maitland K
BMC Infect Dis, (2013). 13:117

Exploring mechanisms of excess mortality with early fluid resuscitation: insights from the FEAST trial.Maitland K, George EC, Evans JA, Kiguli S, Olupot-Olupot P, Akech SO, Opoka RO, Engoru C, Nyeko R, Mtove G, Reyburn H, Brent B, Nteziyaremye J, Mpoya A, Prevatt N, Dambisya CM, Semakula D, Ddungu A, Okuuny V, Wokulira R, Timbwa M, Otii B, Levin M, Crawley J, Babiker AG, Gibb DM, FEAST trial group
BMC Med, (2013). 11:68

Plasmodium falciparum infection patterns since birth and risk of severe malaria: a nested case-control study in children on the coast of Kenya.Lundblom K, Murungi L, Nyaga V, Olsson D, Rono J, Osier F, Ogada E, Montgomery S, Scott JA, Marsh K, Farnert A
PLoS One, (2013). 8:e56032

'The words will pass with the blowing wind': staff and parent views of the deferred consent process, with prior assent, used in an emergency fluids trial in two African hospitals.Molyneux S, Njue M, Boga M, Akello L, Olupot-Olupot P, Engoru C, Kiguli S, Maitland K
PLoS One, (2013). 8:e54894

Determinants of anemia among preschool children in rural, western Kenya.Foote EM, Sullivan KM, Ruth LJ, Oremo J, Sadumah I, Williams TN, Suchdev PS
Am J Trop Med Hyg, (2013). 88:757-64

Global and regional burden of hospital admissions for severe acute lower respiratory infections in young children in 2010: a systematic analysis.Nair H, Simoes EA, Rudan I, Gessner BD, Azziz-Baumgartner E, Zhang JSF, Feikin DR, Mackenzie GA, Moiisi JC, Roca A, Baggett HC, Zaman SM, Singleton RJ, Lucero MG, Chandran A, Gentile A, Cohen C, Krishnan A, Bhutta ZA, Arguedas A, Clara AW, Andrade AL, Ope M, Ruvinsky RO, Hortal M, McCracken JP, Madhi SA, Bruce N, Qazi SA, Morris SS, El Arifeen S, Weber MW, Scott JAG, Brooks WA, Breiman RF, Campbell H
Lancet, (2013). 381:1380-1390