Publications

Epidemiology and Demography

Tumor necrosis factor SNP haplotypes are associated with iron deficiency anemia in West African children.Atkinson SH, Rockett KA, Morgan G, Bejon PA, Sirugo G, O'Connell MA, Hanchard N, Kwiatkowski DP, Prentice AM
Blood, (2008). 112:4276-83

Acquisition of naturally occurring antibody responses to recombinant protein domains of Plasmodium falciparum erythrocyte membrane protein 1.Mackintosh CL, Christodoulou Z, Mwangi TW, Kortok M, Pinches R, Williams TN, Marsh K, Newbold CI
Malar J, (2008). 7:155

Relationship between exposure, clinical malaria, and age in an area of changing transmission intensity.O'Meara WP, Mwangi TW, Williams TN, McKenzie FE, Snow RW, Marsh K
Am J Trop Med Hyg, (2008). 79:185-91

Incidence and clinical characteristics of group A rotavirus infections among children admitted to hospital in Kilifi, Kenya.Nokes DJ, Abwao J, Pamba A, Peenze I, Dewar J, Maghenda JK, Gatakaa H, Bauni E, Scott JA, Maitland K, Williams TN
PLoS Med, (2008). 5:e153

Evaluation of a measles vaccine campaign in Ethiopia using oral-fluid antibody surveys.Nigatu W, Samuel D, Cohen B, Cumberland P, Lemma E, Brown DW, Nokes J
Vaccine, (2008). 26:4769-74

The global epidemiology of childhood pneumonia 20 years on.Scott JA
Bull World Health Organ, (2008). 86:494-6

Haptoglobin HP2-2 genotype, alpha-thalassaemia and acute seizures in children living in a malaria-endemic area.Idro R, Williams TN, Gwer S, Uyoga S, Macharia A, Opi H, Atkinson S, Maitland K, Kager PA, Kwiatkowski D, Neville BG, Newton CR
Epilepsy Res, (2008). 81:114-8

Failure to respond to the surface of Plasmodium falciparum infected erythrocytes predicts susceptibility to clinical malaria amongst African children.Mackintosh CL, Mwangi T, Kinyanjui SM, Mosobo M, Pinches R, Williams TN, Newbold CI, Marsh K
Int J Parasitol, (2008). 38:1445-54

Variation in the ICAM1 gene is not associated with severe malaria phenotypes.Fry AE, Auburn S, Diakite M, Green A, Richardson A, Wilson J, Jallow M, Sisay-Joof F, Pinder M, Griffiths MJ, Peshu N, Williams TN, Marsh K, Molyneux ME, Taylor TE, Rockett KA, Kwiatkowski DP
Genes Immun, (2008). 9:462-9

Evidence for over-dispersion in the distribution of clinical malaria episodes in children.Mwangi TW, Fegan G, Williams TN, Kinyanjui SM, Snow RW, Marsh K
PLoS One, (2008). 3:e2196

Factors associated with increased risk of progression to respiratory syncytial virus-associated pneumonia in young Kenyan children.Okiro EA, Ngama M, Bett A, Cane PA, Medley GF, James Nokes D
Trop Med Int Health, (2008). 13:914-26

Rotavirus within day care centres in Oxfordshire, UK: characterization of partial immunity.White LJ, Buttery J, Cooper B, Nokes DJ, Medley GF
J R Soc Interface, (2008). 5:1481-90

Pneumonia research to reduce childhood mortality in the developing world.Scott JA, Brooks WA, Peiris JS, Holtzman D, Mulholland EK
J Clin Invest, (2008). 118:1291-300

Identifying infections with respiratory syncytial virus by using specific immunoglobulin G (IgG) and IgA enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays with oral-fluid samples.Okiro EA, Sande C, Mutunga M, Medley GF, Cane PA, Nokes DJ
J Clin Microbiol, (2008). 46:1659-62

Incidence and outcome of convulsive status epilepticus in Kenyan children: a cohort study.Sadarangani M, Seaton C, Scott JA, Ogutu B, Edwards T, Prins A, Gatakaa H, Idro R, Berkley JA, Peshu N, Neville BG, Newton CR
Lancet Neurol, (2008). 7:145-50

Respiratory syncytial virus infection and disease in infants and young children observed from birth in Kilifi District, Kenya.Nokes DJ, Okiro EA, Ngama M, Ochola R, White LJ, Scott PD, English M, Cane PA, Medley GF
Clin Infect Dis, (2008). 46:50-7

The descriptive epidemiology of Streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenzae nasopharyngeal carriage in children and adults in Kilifi district, Kenya.Abdullahi O, Nyiro J, Lewa P, Slack M, Scott JA
Pediatr Infect Dis J, (2008). 27:59-64

Active convulsive epilepsy in a rural district of Kenya: a study of prevalence and possible risk factors.Edwards T, Scott AG, Munyoki G, Odera VM, Chengo E, Bauni E, Kwasa T, Sander LW, Neville BG, Newton CR
Lancet Neurol, (2008). 7:50-6

Common variation in the ABO glycosyltransferase is associated with susceptibility to severe Plasmodium falciparum malaria.Fry AE, Griffiths MJ, Auburn S, Diakite M, Forton JT, Green A, Richardson A, Wilson J, Jallow M, Sisay-Joof F, Pinder M, Peshu N, Williams TN, Marsh K, Molyneux ME, Taylor TE, Rockett KA, Kwiatkowski DP
Hum Mol Genet, (2008). 17:567-76

Pneumococcal Serotype Epidemiology.Hausdorff W, Brueggemann A, Hackell J, Scott JAG
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