Epidemiology and Demography
Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine given shortly after birth stimulates effective antibody concentrations and primes immunological memory for sustained infant protection.Scott JA, Ojal J, Ashton L, Muhoro A, Burbidge P, Goldblatt D
Clin Infect Dis, (2011). 53:663-70
Social autopsy: INDEPTH Network experiences of utility, process, practices, and challenges in investigating causes and contributors to mortality.Kallander K, Kadobera D, Williams TN, Nielsen RT, Yevoo L, Mutebi A, Akpakli J, Narh C, Gyapong M, Amu A, Waiswa P
Popul Health Metr, (2011). 9:44
Validating physician-certified verbal autopsy and probabilistic modeling (InterVA) approaches to verbal autopsy interpretation using hospital causes of adult deaths.Bauni E, Ndila C, Mochamah G, Nyutu G, Matata L, Ondieki C, Mambo B, Mutinda M, Tsofa B, Maitha E, Etyang A, Williams TN
Popul Health Metr, (2011). 9:49
Improved detection of respiratory viruses in pediatric outpatients with acute respiratory illness by real-time PCR using nasopharyngeal flocked swabs.Munywoki PK, Hamid F, Mutunga M, Welch S, Cane P, Nokes DJ
J Clin Microbiol, (2011). 49:3365-7
Prediction of serotypes causing invasive pneumococcal disease in unvaccinated and vaccinated populations.Weinberger DM, Harboe ZB, Flasche S, Scott JA, Lipsitch M
Epidemiology, (2011). 22:199-207
Seroprevalence, predictors and estimated incidence of maternal and neonatal Herpes Simplex Virus type 2 infection in semi-urban women in Kilifi, Kenya.Nyiro JU, Sanders EJ, Ngetsa C, Wale S, Awuondo K, Bukusi E, Price MA, Amornkul PN, Nokes DJ
BMC Infect Dis, (2011). 11:155
Mortality after fluid bolus in African children with severe infection.Maitland K, Kiguli S, Opoka RO, Engoru C, Olupot-Olupot P, Akech SO, Nyeko R, Mtove G, Reyburn H, Lang T, Brent B, Evans JA, Tibenderana JK, Crawley J, Russell EC, Levin M, Babiker AG, Gibb DM
N Engl J Med, (2011). 364:2483-95
Added value of an oropharyngeal swab in detection of viruses in children hospitalized with lower respiratory tract infection.Hammitt LL, Kazungu S, Welch S, Bett A, Onyango CO, Gunson RN, Scott JA, Nokes DJ
J Clin Microbiol, (2011). 49:2318-20
The global distribution of the Duffy blood group.Howes RE, Patil AP, Piel FB, Nyangiri OA, Kabaria CW, Gething PW, Zimmerman PA, Barnadas C, Beall CM, Gebremedhin A, Menard D, Williams TN, Weatherall DJ, Hay SI
Nat Commun, (2011). 2:266
Nutritional status, hospitalization and mortality among patients with sickle cell anemia in Tanzania.Cox SE, Makani J, Fulford AJ, Komba AN, Soka D, Williams TN, Newton CR, Marsh K, Prentice AM
Haematologica, (2011). 96:948-53
Sickle cell disease and malaria morbidity: a tale with two tails.Williams TN, Obaro SK
Trends Parasitol, (2011). 27:315-20
Specific receptor usage in Plasmodium falciparum cytoadherence is associated with disease outcome.Ochola LB, Siddondo BR, Ocholla H, Nkya S, Kimani EN, Williams TN, Makale JO, Liljander A, Urban BC, Bull PC, Szestak T, Marsh K, Craig AG
PLoS One, (2011). 6:e14741
Mortality in sickle cell anemia in Africa: a prospective cohort study in Tanzania.Makani J, Cox SE, Soka D, Komba AN, Oruo J, Mwamtemi H, Magesa P, Rwezaula S, Meda E, Mgaya J, Lowe B, Muturi D, Roberts DJ, Williams TN, Pallangyo K, Kitundu J, Fegan G, Kirkham FJ, Marsh K, Newton CR
PLoS One, (2011). 6:e14699
Sensitivity of hospital-based surveillance for severe disease: a geographic information system analysis of access to care in Kilifi district, Kenya.Moisi JC, Nokes DJ, Gatakaa H, Williams TN, Bauni E, Levine OS, Scott JA
Bull World Health Organ, (2011). 89:102-11
Manifestations of paediatric Leishmania infantum infections in Malta.Pace D, Williams TN, Grochowska A, Betts A, Attard-Montalto S, Boffa MJ, Vella C
Travel Med Infect Dis, (2011). 9:37-46
Haemophilus influenzae type b disease burden and the impact of Programmatic infant immunization in developing countries.Adegbola RA, Sow SO, Scott JAG
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Pneumonia in Adults.Scott JAG, Adegbola RA, Gordon S
Principles of Medicine in Africa , (2011). :
Defining clinical malaria: the specificity and incidence of endpoints from active and passive surveillance of children in rural Kenya.Olotu A, Fegan G, Williams TN, Sasi P, Ogada E, Bauni E, Wambua J, Marsh K, Borrmann S, Bejon P
PLoS One, (2010). 5:e15569
Common NFKBIL2 polymorphisms and susceptibility to pneumococcal disease: a genetic association study.Chapman SJ, Khor CC, Vannberg FO, Rautanen A, Walley A, Segal S, Moore CE, Davies RJ, Day NP, Peshu N, Crook DW, Berkley JA, Williams TN, Scott JA, Hill AV
Crit Care, (2010). 14:R227
Sickle-cell disease.Rees DC, Williams TN, Gladwin MT
Lancet, (2010). 376:2018-31
