Publications

Epidemiology and Demography

Negative epistasis between the malaria-protective effects of alpha+-thalassemia and the sickle cell trait.Williams, T. N. Mwangi, T. W. Wambua, S. Peto, T. E. Weatherall, D. J. Gupta, S. Recker, M. Penman, B. S. Uyoga, S. Macharia, A. Mwacharo, J. K. Snow, R. W. 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, J. A. Mlacha, Z. Nyiro, J. Njenga, S. Lewa, P. Obiero, J. Otieno, H. Sampson, J. S. Carlone, G. M.
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, A. J. Williams, T. N. Newton, C. R. 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, J. A. Mwarumba, S. Ngetsa, C. Njenga, S. Lowe, B. S. Slack, M. P. Berkley, J. A. 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, T. N. Mwangi, T. W. Wambua, S. Alexander, N. D. Kortok, M. Snow, R. W. Marsh, K.
J Infect Dis, (2005). 192:178-86

An immune basis for malaria protection by the sickle cell trait.Williams, T. N. Mwangi, T. W. Roberts, D. J. Alexander, N. D. Weatherall, D. J. Wambua, S. Kortok, M. Snow, R. W. 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, J. A. Lowe, B. S. Maitland, K. Marsh, K. English, M. Scott, J. A.
J Antimicrob Chemother, (2005). 56:232-5

Cytokine mRNA expression and iron status in children living in a malaria endemic area.Nyakeriga, A. M. Williams, T. N. Marsh, K. Wambua, S. Perlmann, H. Perlmann, P. Grandien, A. Troye-Blomberg, M.
Scand J Immunol, (2005). 61:370-5

B cell memory to 3 Plasmodium falciparum blood-stage antigens in a malaria-endemic area.Dorfman, J. R. Bejon, P. Ndungu, F. M. Langhorne, J. Kortok, M. M. Lowe, B. S. Mwangi, T. W. Williams, T. N. Marsh, K.
J Infect Dis, (2005). 191:1623-30

Nutritional iron status in children with alpha+ thalassemia and the sickle cell trait in a malaria endemic area on the coast of Kenya.Nyakeriga, A. M. Troye-Blomberg, M. Mwacharo, J. K. Wambua, S. Williams, T. N.
Haematologica, (2005). 90:552-4

The transmission dynamics of groups A and B human respiratory syncytial virus (hRSV) in England & Wales and Finland: seasonality and cross-protection.White, L. J. Waris, M. Cane, P. A. Nokes, D. J. Medley, G. F.
Epidemiol Infect, (2005). 133:279-89

Use of clinical syndromes to target antibiotic prescribing in seriously ill children in malaria endemic area: observational study.Berkley, J. A. Maitland, K. Mwangi, I. Ngetsa, C. Mwarumba, S. Lowe, B. S. Newton, C. R. Marsh, K. Scott, J. A. English, M.
BMJ, (2005). 330:995

Both heterozygous and homozygous alpha+ thalassemias protect against severe and fatal Plasmodium falciparum malaria on the coast of Kenya.Williams, T. N. Wambua, S. Uyoga, S. Macharia, A. Mwacharo, J. K. Newton, C. R. Maitland, K.
Blood, (2005). 106:368-71

Bacteremia among children admitted to a rural hospital in Kenya.Berkley, J. A. Lowe, B. S. Mwangi, I. Williams, T. Bauni, E. Mwarumba, S. Ngetsa, C. Slack, M. P. Njenga, S. Hart, C. A. Maitland, K. English, M. Marsh, K. Scott, J. A.
N Engl J Med, (2005). 352:39-47

Mathematical models of vaccination. Ch 46. .Medley, G. F. Nokes, D. J.
Topley And Wilson’s Microbiology And Microbial Infections 10th Edition: Immunology , (2005). :947-965

Comparison of three methods of collecting nasal specimens for respiratory virus analysis.Ngama, M. J. Ouma, B. English, M. E. Nokes, D. J.
East Afr Med J, (2004). 81:313-7

Malaria and nutritional status in children living on the coast of Kenya.Nyakeriga, A. M. Troye-Blomberg, M. Chemtai, A. K. Marsh, K. Williams, T. N.
Am J Clin Nutr, (2004). 80:1604-10

HLA class-I and class-II allele frequencies and two-locus haplotypes in Melanesians of Vanuatu and New Caledonia.Maitland, K. Bunce, M. Harding, R. M. Barnardo, M. C. Clegg, J. B. Welsh, K. Bowden, D. K. Williams, T. N.
Tissue Antigens, (2004). 64:678-86

Human antibodies to recombinant protein constructs of Plasmodium falciparum Apical Membrane Antigen 1 (AMA1) and their associations with protection from malaria.Polley, S. D. Mwangi, T. Kocken, C. H. Thomas, A. W. Dutta, S. Lanar, D. E. Remarque, E. Ross, A. Williams, T. N. Mwambingu, G. Lowe, B. Conway, D. J. Marsh, K.
Vaccine, (2004). 23:718-28

Respiratory syncytial virus epidemiology in a birth cohort from Kilifi district, Kenya: infection during the first year of life.Nokes, D. J. Okiro, E. A. Ngama, M. White, L. J. Ochola, R. Scott, P. D. Cane, P. A. Medley, G. F.
J Infect Dis, (2004). 190:1828-32