Publications

Epidemiology and Demography

Severe lower respiratory tract infection in early infancy and pneumonia hospitalizations among children, Kenya.Munywoki PK, Ohuma EO, Ngama M, Bauni E, Scott JA, Nokes DJ
Emerg Infect Dis, (2013). 19:223-9

Medical causes of admissions to hospital among adults in Africa: a systematic review.Etyang AO, Scott JA
Glob Health Action, (2013). 6:1-14

Evaluation of surveillance for surgical site infections in Thika Hospital, Kenya.Aiken AM, Wanyoro AK, Mwangi J, Mulingwa P, Wanjohi J, Njoroge J, Juma F, Mugoya IK, Scott JA, Hall AJ
J Hosp Infect, (2013). 83:140-5

Group- and genotype-specific neutralizing antibody responses against respiratory syncytial virus in infants and young children with severe pneumonia.Sande CJ, Mutunga MN, Medley GF, Cane PA, Nokes DJ
J Infect Dis, (2013). 207:489-92

Global epidemiology of sickle haemoglobin in neonates: a contemporary geostatistical model-based map and population estimates.Piel FB, Patil AP, Howes RE, Nyangiri OA, Gething PW, Dewi M, Temperley WH, Williams TN, Weatherall DJ, Hay SI
Lancet, (2013). 381:142-51

The incidence and clinical burden of respiratory syncytial virus disease identified through hospital outpatient presentations in Kenyan children.Okiro EA, Ngama M, Bett A, Nokes DJ
PLoS One, (2012). 7:e52520

Influenza surveillance among children with pneumonia admitted to a district hospital in coastal Kenya, 2007-2010.Onyango CO, Njeru R, Kazungu S, Achilla R, Bulimo W, Welch SR, Cane PA, Gunson RN, Hammitt LL, Scott JA, Berkley JA, Nokes DJ
J Infect Dis, (2012). 206 Suppl 1:S61-7

A cost effectiveness and capacity analysis for the introduction of universal rotavirus vaccination in Kenya: comparison between Rotarix and RotaTeq vaccines.van Hoek AJ, Ngama M, Ismail A, Chuma J, Cheburet S, Mutonga D, Kamau T, Nokes DJ
PLoS One, (2012). 7:e47511

The natural history of respiratory syncytial virus in a birth cohort: the influence of age and previous infection on reinfection and disease.Ohuma EO, Okiro EA, Ochola R, Sande CJ, Cane PA, Medley GF, Bottomley C, Nokes DJ
Am J Epidemiol, (2012). 176:794-802

Genetic relatedness of infecting and reinfecting respiratory syncytial virus strains identified in a birth cohort from rural Kenya.Agoti CN, Mwihuri AG, Sande CJ, Onyango CO, Medley GF, Cane PA, Nokes DJ
J Infect Dis, (2012). 206:1532-41

World distribution, population genetics, and health burden of the hemoglobinopathies.Williams TN, Weatherall DJ
Cold Spring Harb Perspect Med, (2012). 2:a011692

Rates of acquisition and clearance of pneumococcal serotypes in the nasopharynges of 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
J Infect Dis, (2012). 206:1020-9

Investigating the potential for ethnic group harm in collaborative genomics research in Africa: is ethnic stigmatisation likely?.de Vries J, Jallow M, Williams TN, Kwiatkowski D, Parker M, Fitzpatrick R
Soc Sci Med, (2012). 75:1400-7

Treatment failure among Kenyan children with severe pneumonia--a cohort study.Webb C, Ngama M, Ngatia A, Shebbe M, Morpeth S, Mwarumba S, Bett A, Nokes DJ, Seale AC, Kazungu S, Munywoki P, Hammitt LL, Scott JA, Berkley JA
Pediatr Infect Dis J, (2012). 31:e152-7

Diarrhoea complicating severe acute malnutrition in Kenyan children: a prospective descriptive study of risk factors and outcome.Talbert A, Thuo N, Karisa J, Chesaro C, Ohuma E, Ignas J, Berkley JA, Toromo C, Atkinson S, Maitland K
PLoS One, (2012). 7:e38321

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