Publications

Epidemiology and Demography

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
Pneumococcal conjugate vaccines , (2008). :

Comparison of strain-specific antibody responses during primary and secondary infections with respiratory syncytial virus.Scott PD, Ochola R, Sande C, Ngama M, Okiro EA, Medley GF, Nokes DJ, Cane PA
J Med Virol, (2007). 79:1943-50

Haemoglobin C and S role in acquired immunity against Plasmodium falciparum malaria.Verra F, Simpore J, Warimwe GM, Tetteh KK, Howard T, Osier FH, Bancone G, Avellino P, Blot I, Fegan G, Bull PC, Williams TN, Conway DJ, Marsh K, Modiano D
PLoS One, (2007). 2:e978

Economic evaluation of delivering Haemophilus influenzae type b vaccine in routine immunization services in Kenya.Akumu AO, English M, Scott JA, Griffiths UK
Bull World Health Organ, (2007). 85:511-8

Defining childhood severe falciparum malaria for intervention studies.Bejon P, Berkley JA, Mwangi T, Ogada E, Mwangi I, Maitland K, Williams T, Scott JA, English M, Lowe BS, Peshu N, Newton CR, Marsh K
PLoS Med, (2007). 4:e251

Positive replication and linkage disequilibrium mapping of the chromosome 21q22.1 malaria susceptibility locus.Khor CC, Vannberg FO, Chapman SJ, Walley A, Aucan C, Loke H, White NJ, Peto T, Khor LK, Kwiatkowski D, Day N, Scott A, Berkley JA, Marsh K, Peshu N, Maitland K, Williams TN, Hill AV
Genes Immun, (2007). 8:570-6

Validation of nasopharyngeal sampling and culture techniques for detection of Streptococcus pneumoniae in children in Kenya.Abdullahi O, Wanjiru E, Musyimi R, Glass N, Scott JA
J Clin Microbiol, (2007). 45:3408-10

Antibodies among men and children to placental-binding Plasmodium falciparum-infected erythrocytes that express var2csa.Beeson JG, Ndungu F, Persson KE, Chesson JM, Kelly GL, Uyoga S, Hallamore SL, Williams TN, Reeder JC, Brown GV, Marsh K
Am J Trop Med Hyg, (2007). 77:22-8

Understanding the transmission dynamics of respiratory syncytial virus using multiple time series and nested models.White LJ, Mandl JN, Gomes MG, Bodley-Tickell AT, Cane PA, Perez-Brena P, Aguilar JC, Siqueira MM, Portes SA, Straliotto SM, Waris M, Nokes DJ, Medley GF
Math Biosci, (2007). 209:222-39

A Mal functional variant is associated with protection against invasive pneumococcal disease, bacteremia, malaria and tuberculosis.Khor CC, Chapman SJ, Vannberg FO, Dunne A, Murphy C, Ling EY, Frodsham AJ, Walley AJ, Kyrieleis O, Khan A, Aucan C, Segal S, Moore CE, Knox K, Campbell SJ, Lienhardt C, Scott A, Aaby P, Sow OY, Grignani RT, Sillah J, Sirugo G, Peshu N, Williams TN, Maitland K, Davies RJ, Kwiatkowski DP, Day NP, Yala D, Crook DW, Marsh K, Berkley JA, O'Neill LA, Hill AV
Nat Genet, (2007). 39:523-8

Mathematical model of the antibody response to hepatitis B vaccines: implications for reduced schedules.Wilson JN, Nokes DJ, Medley GF, Shouval D
Vaccine, (2007). 25:3705-12

The haptoglobin 2-2 genotype is associated with a reduced incidence of Plasmodium falciparum malaria in children on the coast of Kenya.Atkinson SH, Mwangi TW, Uyoga SM, Ogada E, Macharia AW, Marsh K, Prentice AM, Williams TN
Clin Infect Dis, (2007). 44:802-9

Characterization of a Plasmodium falciparum macrophage-migration inhibitory factor homologue.Cordery DV, Kishore U, Kyes S, Shafi MJ, Watkins KR, Williams TN, Marsh K, Urban BC
J Infect Dis, (2007). 195:905-12

Sickle cell disease in Africa: burden and research priorities.Makani J, Williams TN, Marsh K
Ann Trop Med Parasitol, (2007). 101:3-14

The preventable burden of pneumococcal disease in the developing world.Scott JA
Vaccine, (2007). 25:2398-405

Association of non-type b Haemophilus influenzae with HIV..Cowgill K, Scott A
Bull World Health Organ, (2007). 85:A-419

Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV)..Junge S, Nokes DJ, Simoes EAF, Weber MW
Encyclopaedia of Public Health, (2007). :

Respiratory syncytial virus disease burden in the developing world.Nokes DJ
Perspectives in Medical Virology: Respiratory Syncytial Virus , (2007). :183-230

The frequency of BDCA3-positive dendritic cells is increased in the peripheral circulation of Kenyan children with severe malaria.Urban BC, Cordery D, Shafi MJ, Bull PC, Newbold CI, Williams TN, Marsh K
Infect Immun, (2006). 74:6700-6