Publications

Epidemiology and Demography

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

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