Publications

Clinical Research

Active convulsive epilepsy in a rural district of Kenya: a study of prevalence and possible risk factors.Edwards T, Scott AG, Munyoki G, Odera VM, Chengo E, Bauni E, Kwasa T, Sander LW, Neville BG, Newton CR
Lancet Neurol, (2008). 7:50-6

The acceptability to women in Mombasa, Kenya, of the donation and transfusion of umbilical cord blood for severe anaemia in young children.Hassall O, Ngina L, Kongo W, Othigo J, Mandaliya K, Maitland K, Bates I
Vox Sang, (2008). 94:125-31

Common variation in the ABO glycosyltransferase is associated with susceptibility to severe Plasmodium falciparum malaria.Fry AE, Griffiths MJ, Auburn S, Diakite M, Forton JT, Green A, Richardson A, Wilson J, Jallow M, Sisay-Joof F, Pinder M, Peshu N, Williams TN, Marsh K, Molyneux ME, Taylor TE, Rockett KA, Kwiatkowski DP
Hum Mol Genet, (2008). 17:567-76

Pharmacokinetics and clinical efficacy of lorazepam in children with severe malaria and convulsions.Muchohi SN, Obiero K, Newton CR, Ogutu BR, Edwards G, Kokwaro GO
Br J Clin Pharmacol, (2008). 65:12-21

Constructing Tests of Cognitive Abilities for Schooled and Unschooled Children.Alcock KJ, Holding PA, Mung'ala-Odera V, Newton CRJC
Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, (2008). 39:529-551

Over-diagnosis and co-morbidity of severe malaria in African children: a guide for clinicians.Gwer S, Newton CR, Berkley JA
Am J Trop Med Hyg, (2007). 77:6-13

HIV-1 infection in high risk men who have sex with men in Mombasa, Kenya.Sanders EJ, Graham SM, Okuku HS, van der Elst EM, Muhaari A, Davies A, Peshu N, Price M, McClelland RS, Smith AD
AIDS, (2007). 21:2513-20

The decline in paediatric malaria admissions on the coast of Kenya.Okiro EA, Hay SI, Gikandi PW, Sharif SK, Noor AM, Peshu N, Marsh K, Snow RW
Malar J, (2007). 6:151

Clearing asymptomatic parasitaemia increases the specificity of the definition of mild febrile malaria.Bejon P, Mwangi T, Lowe B, Peshu N, Hill AV, Marsh K
Vaccine, (2007). 25:8198-202

The induction and persistence of T cell IFN-gamma responses after vaccination or natural exposure is suppressed by Plasmodium falciparum.Bejon P, Mwacharo J, Kai O, Todryk S, Keating S, Lowe B, Lang T, Mwangi TW, Gilbert SC, Peshu N, Marsh K, Hill AV
J Immunol, (2007). 179:4193-201

Defining childhood severe falciparum malaria for intervention studies.Bejon P, Berkley JA, Mwangi T, Ogada E, Mwangi I, Maitland K, Williams T, Scott JA, English M, Lowe BS, Peshu N, Newton CR, Marsh K
PLoS Med, (2007). 4:e251

Extended follow-up following a phase 2b randomized trial of the candidate malaria vaccines FP9 ME-TRAP and MVA ME-TRAP among children in Kenya.Bejon P, Ogada E, Mwangi T, Milligan P, Lang T, Fegan G, Gilbert SC, Peshu N, Marsh K, Hill AV
PLoS One, (2007). 2:e707

Positive replication and linkage disequilibrium mapping of the chromosome 21q22.1 malaria susceptibility locus.Khor CC, Vannberg FO, Chapman SJ, Walley A, Aucan C, Loke H, White NJ, Peto T, Khor LK, Kwiatkowski D, Day N, Scott A, Berkley JA, Marsh K, Peshu N, Maitland K, Williams TN, Hill AV
Genes Immun, (2007). 8:570-6

Computerized tomography scan of the brain in a community study of neurological impairment in Kenya.Njuguna PW, Mungala-Odera V, Chong WK, Meehan RA, Newton CR
J Child Neurol, (2007). 22:26-32

'Are you on the market?': a capture-recapture enumeration of men who sell sex to men in and around Mombasa, Kenya.Geibel S, van der Elst EM, King'ola N, Luchters S, Davies A, Getambu EM, Peshu N, Graham SM, McClelland RS, Sanders EJ
AIDS, (2007). 21:1349-54

Burden, features, and outcome of neurological involvement in acute falciparum malaria in Kenyan children.Idro R, Ndiritu M, Ogutu B, Mithwani S, Maitland K, Berkley J, Crawley J, Fegan G, Bauni E, Peshu N, Marsh K, Neville B, Newton C
JAMA, (2007). 297:2232-40

Axonal and astrocyte injury markers in the cerebrospinal fluid of Kenyan children with severe malaria.Medana IM, Idro R, Newton CR
J Neurol Sci, (2007). 258:93-8

Identifying children with neurological impairment and disability in resource-poor countries.Mung'ala-Odera V, Newton CR
Child Care Health Dev, (2007). 33:249-56

Phase III trials required to resolve clinical equipoise over optimal fluid management in children with severe malaria.Maitland K, Akech S, Gwer S, Idro R, Fegan G, Eziefula AC, Levin M, Newton CR
PLoS Clin Trials, (2007). 2:e2

Population pharmacokinetics of a single daily intramuscular dose of gentamicin in children with severe malnutrition.Seaton C, Ignas J, Muchohi S, Kokwaro G, Maitland K, Thomson AH
J Antimicrob Chemother, (2007). 59:681-9