Publications

Epidemiology and Demography

Estimating the proportion of pneumonia attributable to pneumococcus in Kenyan adults: latent class analysis.Jokinen J, Scott JA
Epidemiology, (2010). 21:719-25

High mortality from Plasmodium falciparum malaria in children living with sickle cell anemia on the coast of Kenya.McAuley CF, Webb C, Makani J, Macharia A, Uyoga S, Opi DH, Ndila C, Ngatia A, Scott JA, Marsh K, Williams TN
Blood, (2010). 116:1663-8

Copy number, linkage disequilibrium and disease association in the FCGR locus.Niederer HA, Willcocks LC, Rayner TF, Yang W, Lau YL, Williams TN, Scott JA, Urban BC, Peshu N, Dunstan SJ, Hien TT, Phu NH, Padyukov L, Gunnarsson I, Svenungsson E, Savage CO, Watts RA, Lyons PA, Clayton DG, Smith KG
Hum Mol Genet, (2010). 19:3282-94

Viral etiology of severe pneumonia among Kenyan infants and children.Berkley JA, Munywoki P, Ngama M, Kazungu S, Abwao J, Bett A, Lassauniere R, Kresfelder T, Cane PA, Venter M, Scott JA, Nokes DJ
JAMA, (2010). 303:2051-7

CISH and susceptibility to infectious diseases.Khor CC, Vannberg FO, Chapman SJ, Guo H, Wong SH, Walley AJ, Vukcevic D, Rautanen A, Mills TC, Chang KC, Kam KM, Crampin AC, Ngwira B, Leung CC, Tam CM, Chan CY, Sung JJ, Yew WW, Toh KY, Tay SK, Kwiatkowski D, Lienhardt C, Hien TT, Day NP, Peshu N, Marsh K, Maitland K, Scott JA, Williams TN, Berkley JA, Floyd S, Tang NL, Fine PE, Goh DL, Hill AV
N Engl J Med, (2010). 362:2092-101

Randomized trials to study the nonspecific effects of vaccines in children in low-income countries.Shann F, Nohynek H, Scott JA, Hesseling A, Flanagan KL
Pediatr Infect Dis J, (2010). 29:457-61

Global burden of acute lower respiratory infections due to respiratory syncytial virus in young children: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Nair H, Nokes DJ, Gessner BD, Dherani M, Madhi SA, Singleton RJ, O'Brien KL, Roca A, Wright PF, Bruce N, Chandran A, Theodoratou E, Sutanto A, Sedyaningsih ER, Ngama M, Munywoki PK, Kartasasmita C, Simoes EA, Rudan I, Weber MW, Campbell H
Lancet, (2010). 375:1545-55

A defunctioning polymorphism in FCGR2B is associated with protection against malaria but susceptibility to systemic lupus erythematosus.Willcocks LC, Carr EJ, Niederer HA, Rayner TF, Williams TN, Yang W, Scott JA, Urban BC, Peshu N, Vyse TJ, Lau YL, Lyons PA, Smith KG
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, (2010). 107:7881-5

Parvovirus B19 infection and severe anaemia in Kenyan children: a retrospective case control study.Wildig J, Cossart Y, Peshu N, Gicheru N, Tuju J, Williams TN, Newton CR
BMC Infect Dis, (2010). 10:88

Geographic access to care is not a determinant of child mortality in a rural Kenyan setting with high health facility density.Moisi JC, Gatakaa H, Noor AM, Williams TN, Bauni E, Tsofa B, Levine OS, Scott JA
BMC Public Health, (2010). 10:142

Duration of shedding of respiratory syncytial virus in a community study of Kenyan children.Okiro EA, White LJ, Ngama M, Cane PA, Medley GF, Nokes DJ
BMC Infect Dis, (2010). 10:15

Malaria in patients with sickle cell anemia: burden, risk factors, and outcome at the outpatient clinic and during hospitalization.Makani J, Komba AN, Cox SE, Oruo J, Mwamtemi K, Kitundu J, Magesa P, Rwezaula S, Meda E, Mgaya J, Pallangyo K, Okiro E, Muturi D, Newton CR, Fegan G, Marsh K, Williams TN
Blood, (2010). 115:215-20

NFKBIZ polymorphisms and susceptibility to pneumococcal disease in European and African populations.Chapman SJ, Khor CC, Vannberg FO, Rautanen A, Segal S, Moore CE, Davies RJ, Day NP, Peshu N, Crook DW, Berkley JA, Williams TN, Scott JA, Hill AV
Genes Immun, (2010). 11:319-25

Preventable deaths in sickle-cell anaemia in African children - Authors' reply.Williams TN, Uyoga S, Macharia A, Sharif SK, Scott JA
Lancet, (2010). 375:461

Pneumococcal Infections.Scott JAG
Oxford Textbook of Medicine, (2010). :

Incidence and severity of respiratory syncytial virus pneumonia in rural Kenyan children identified through hospital surveillance.Nokes DJ, Ngama M, Bett A, Abwao J, Munywoki P, English M, Scott JA, Cane PA, Medley GF
Clin Infect Dis, (2009). 49:1341-9

Bacteraemia in Kenyan children with sickle-cell anaemia: a retrospective cohort and case-control study.Williams TN, Uyoga S, Macharia A, Ndila C, McAuley CF, Opi DH, Mwarumba S, Makani J, Komba A, Ndiritu MN, Sharif SK, Marsh K, Berkley JA, Scott JA
Lancet, (2009). 374:1364-70

Breathing new life into pneumonia diagnostics.Murdoch DR, O'Brien KL, Scott JA, Karron RA, Bhat N, Driscoll AJ, Knoll MD, Levine OS
J Clin Microbiol, (2009). 47:3405-8

Transmission-dependent tolerance to multiclonal Plasmodium falciparum infection.Farnert A, Williams TN, Mwangi TW, Ehlin A, Fegan G, Macharia A, Lowe BS, Montgomery SM, Marsh K
J Infect Dis, (2009). 200:1166-75

An observational study of children with sickle cell disease in Kilifi, Kenya.Sadarangani M, Makani J, Komba AN, Ajala-Agbo T, Newton CR, Marsh K, Williams TN
Br J Haematol, (2009). 146:675-82