Publications

Epidemiology and Demography

Human red blood cell polymorphisms and malaria.Williams TN
Curr Opin Microbiol, (2006). 9:388-94

Red blood cell defects and malaria.Williams TN
Mol Biochem Parasitol, (2006). 149:121-7

Immunization coverage and risk factors for failure to immunize within the Expanded Programme on Immunization in Kenya after introduction of new Haemophilus influenzae type b and hepatitis b virus antigens.Ndiritu M, Cowgill KD, Ismail A, Chiphatsi S, Kamau T, Fegan G, Feikin DR, Newton CR, Scott JA
BMC Public Health, (2006). 6:132

Co-inheritance of alpha+-thalassaemia and sickle trait results in specific effects on haematological parameters.Wambua S, Mwacharo J, Uyoga S, Macharia A, Williams TN
Br J Haematol, (2006). 133:206-9

Frequencies of peripheral blood myeloid cells in healthy Kenyan children with alpha+ thalassemia and the sickle cell trait.Urban BC, Shafi MJ, Cordery DV, Macharia A, Lowe B, Marsh K, Williams TN
Am J Trop Med Hyg, (2006). 74:578-84

The effect of alpha+-thalassaemia on the incidence of malaria and other diseases in children living on the coast of Kenya.Wambua S, Mwangi TW, Kortok M, Uyoga SM, Macharia AW, Mwacharo JK, Weatherall DJ, Snow RW, Marsh K, Williams TN
PLoS Med, (2006). 3:e158

Molecular analysis of respiratory syncytial virus reinfections in infants from coastal Kenya.Scott PD, Ochola R, Ngama M, Okiro EA, Nokes DJ, Medley GF, Cane PA
J Infect Dis, (2006). 193:59-67

High levels of serum antibodies to merozoite surface protein 2 of Plasmodium falciparum are associated with reduced risk of clinical malaria in coastal Kenya.Polley SD, Conway DJ, Cavanagh DR, McBride JS, Lowe BS, Williams TN, Mwangi TW, Marsh K
Vaccine, (2006). 24:4233-46

Antibiotics for children with septicaemia in hospitals with limited resources..Berkley JA, Lowe BS, English M, Scott JAG
J Trop Pediatr, (2006). 52:46-48

Mathematical models of vaccination.Medley GF, Nokes DJ
Topley and Wilson’s Microbiology and Microbial Infections, (2006). :947-966

Respiratory syncytial virus disease burden in the developing world. .Nokes DJ
Perspectives in Medical Virology: Respiratory Syncytial Virus , (2006). :183-230

A polymorphism of intercellular adhesion molecule-1 is associated with a reduced incidence of nonmalarial febrile illness in Kenyan children.Jenkins NE, Mwangi TW, Kortok M, Marsh K, Craig AG, Williams TN
Clin Infect Dis, (2005). 41:1817-9

Heritability of malaria in Africa.Mackinnon MJ, Mwangi TW, Snow RW, Marsh K, Williams TN
PLoS Med, (2005). 2:e340

Negative epistasis between the malaria-protective effects of alpha+-thalassemia and the sickle cell trait.Williams TN, Mwangi TW, Wambua S, Peto TE, Weatherall DJ, Gupta S, Recker M, Penman BS, Uyoga S, Macharia A, Mwacharo JK, Snow RW, Marsh K
Nat Genet, (2005). 37:1253-7

Diagnosis of invasive pneumococcal disease among children in Kenya with enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for immunoglobulin G antibodies to pneumococcal surface adhesin A.Scott JA, Mlacha Z, Nyiro J, Njenga S, Lewa P, Obiero J, Otieno H, Sampson JS, Carlone GM
Clin Diagn Lab Immunol, (2005). 12:1195-201

Management of severe malaria in children: proposed guidelines for the United Kingdom.Maitland K, Nadel S, Pollard AJ, Williams TN, Newton CR, Levin M
BMJ, (2005). 331:337-43

Progressive increase in antimicrobial resistance among invasive isolates of Haemophilus influenzae obtained from children admitted to a hospital in Kilifi, Kenya, from 1994 to 2002.Scott JA, Mwarumba S, Ngetsa C, Njenga S, Lowe BS, Slack MP, Berkley JA, Mwangi I, Maitland K, English M, Marsh K
Antimicrob Agents Chemother, (2005). 49:3021-4

Sickle cell trait and the risk of Plasmodium falciparum malaria and other childhood diseases.Williams TN, Mwangi TW, Wambua S, Alexander ND, Kortok M, Snow RW, Marsh K
J Infect Dis, (2005). 192:178-86

An immune basis for malaria protection by the sickle cell trait.Williams TN, Mwangi TW, Roberts DJ, Alexander ND, Weatherall DJ, Wambua S, Kortok M, Snow RW, Marsh K
PLoS Med, (2005). 2:e128

Invasive Gram-negative bacilli are frequently resistant to standard antibiotics for children admitted to hospital in Kilifi, Kenya.Bejon P, Mwangi I, Ngetsa C, Mwarumba S, Berkley JA, Lowe BS, Maitland K, Marsh K, English M, Scott JA
J Antimicrob Chemother, (2005). 56:232-5