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Mortality in rural coastal Kenya measured using the Kilifi Health and Demographic Surveillance System: a 16-year descriptive analysis [version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 1 approved with reservations].Otiende M, Bauni E, Nyaguara A, Amadi D, Nyundo C, Tsory E, Walumbe D, Kinuthia M, Kihuha N, Kahindi M, Nyutu G, Moisi J, Deribew A, Agweyu A, Marsh K, Tsofa B, Bejon P, Bottomley C, Williams TN, Scott JAG
Wellcome Open Research, (2023). 6:

Safety of age-dosed, single low-dose primaquine in children with glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency who are infected with Plasmodium falciparum in Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, non-inferiority trial.Taylor WR, Olupot-Olupot P, Onyamboko MA, Peerawaranun P, Weere W, Namayanja C, Onyas P, Titin H, Baseke J, Muhindo R, Kayembe DK, Ndjowo PO, Basara BB, Bongo GS, Okalebo CB, Abongo G, Uyoga S, Williams TN, Taya C, Dhorda M, Tarning J, Dondorp AM, Waithira N, Fanello C, Maitland K, Mukaka M, Day NJP
Lancet Infect Dis, (2022). :

The Childhood Acute Illness and Nutrition (CHAIN) network nested case-cohort study protocol: a multi-omics approach to understanding mortality among children in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia.Njunge JM, Tickell K, Diallo AH, Sayeem Bin Shahid ASM, Gazi MA, Saleem A, Kazi Z, Ali S, Tigoi C, Mupere E, Lancioni CL, Yoshioka E, Chisti MJ, Mburu M, Ngari M, Ngao N, Gichuki B, Omer E, Gumbi W, Singa B, Bandsma R, Ahmed T, Voskuijl W, Williams TN, Macharia A, Makale J, Mitchel A, Williams J, Gogain J, Janjic N, Mandal R, Wishart DS, Wu H, Xia L, Routledge M, Gong YY, Espinosa C, Aghaeepour N, Liu J, Houpt E, Lawley TD, Browne H, Shao Y, Rwigi D, Kariuki K, Kaburu T, Uhlig HH, Gartner L, Jones K, Koulman A, Walson J, Berkley J
Gates Open Res, (2022). 6:77

Hydroxyurea is associated with lower malaria incidence in children with sickle cell anemia in sub-Saharan Africa.Olupot-Olupot P, Tomlinson G, Williams TN, Tshilolo LMM, Santos B, Smart LR, McElhinney K, Howard TA, Aygun B, Stuber SE, Lane A, Latham T, Ware RE
Blood, (2022). :

Substantial misdiagnosis of severe malaria in African children.White NJ, Watson JA, Uyoga S, Williams TN, Maitland KM
Lancet, (2022). 400:807

The significance of spleen size in children with sickle cell anemia.Nardo-Marino A, Glenthoj A, Brewin JN, Petersen J, Braunstein TH, Kurtzhals JAL, Williams TN, Rees DC
Am J Hematol, (2022). :

BIRC6 modifies risk of invasive bacterial infection in Kenyan children.Gilchrist JJ, Kariuki SN, Watson JA, Band G, Uyoga S, Ndila CM, Mturi N, Mwarumba S, Mohammed S, Mosobo M, Alasoo K, Rockett KA, Mentzer AJ, Kwiatkowski DP, Hill AVS, Maitland K, Scott JAG, Williams TN
Elife, (2022). 11:

Improving the diagnosis of severe malaria in African children using platelet counts and plasma PfHRP2 concentrations.Watson JA, Uyoga S, Wanjiku P, Makale J, Nyutu GM, Mturi N, George EC, Woodrow CJ, Day NPJ, Bejon P, Opoka RO, Dondorp AM, John CC, Maitland K, Williams TN, White NJ
Sci Transl Med, (2022). 14:eabn5040

Sickle cell anaemia and severe Plasmodium falciparum malaria: a secondary analysis of the Transfusion and Treatment of African Children Trial (TRACT).Uyoga S, Olupot-Olupot P, Connon R, Kiguli S, Opoka RO, Alaroker F, Muhindo R, Macharia AW, Dondorp AM, Gibb DM, Walker AS, George EC, Maitland K, Williams TN
Lancet Child Adolesc Health, (2022). 6:606-613

The impact of malaria-protective red blood cell polymorphisms on parasite biomass in children with severe Plasmodium falciparum malaria.Uyoga S, Watson JA, Wanjiku P, Rop JC, Makale J, Macharia AW, Kariuki SN, Nyutu GM, Shebe M, Mosobo M, Mturi N, Rockett KA, Woodrow CJ, Dondorp AM, Maitland K, White NJ, Williams TN
Nat Commun, (2022). 13:3307

Automating Pitted Red Blood Cell Counts Using Deep Neural Network Analysis: A New Method for Measuring Splenic Function in Sickle Cell Anaemia.Nardo-Marino A, Braunstein TH, Petersen J, Brewin JN, Mottelson MN, Williams TN, Kurtzhals JAL, Rees DC, Glenthoj A
Front Physiol, (2022). 13:859906

Vitamin D Deficiency and Its Association with Iron Deficiency in African Children.Mogire RM, Muriuki JM, Morovat A, Mentzer AJ, Webb EL, Kimita W, Ndungu FM, Macharia AW, Cutland CL, Sirima SB, Diarra A, Tiono AB, Lule SA, Madhi SA, Prentice AM, Bejon P, Pettifor JM, Elliott AM, Adeyemo A, Williams TN, Atkinson SH
Nutrients, (2022). 14:

Filling the data gaps on sickle cell anaemia in sub-Saharan Africa.Williams TN
Lancet Haematol, (2022). 9:e172-e173

Whole blood versus red cell concentrates for children with severe anaemia: a secondary analysis of the Transfusion and Treatment of African Children (TRACT) trial.George EC, Uyoga S, M'Baya B, Kyeyune Byabazair D, Kiguli S, Olupot-Olupot P, Opoka RO, Chagaluka G, Alaroker F, Williams TN, Bates I, Mbanya D, Gibb DM, Walker AS, Maitland K, Tract trial study group
Lancet Glob Health, (2022). 10:e360-e368

A predictive algorithm for identifying children with sickle cell anemia among children admitted to hospital with severe anemia in Africa.Olupot-Olupot P, Connon R, Kiguli S, Opoka RO, Alaroker F, Uyoga S, Nakuya M, Okiror W, Nteziyaremye J, Ssenyondo T, Nabawanuka E, Kayaga J, Williams Mukisa C, Amorut D, Muhindo R, Frost G, Walsh K, Macharia AW, Gibb DM, Walker AS, George EC, Maitland K, Williams TN
Am J Hematol, (2022). 97:527-536

Malaria protection due to sickle haemoglobin depends on parasite genotype.Band G, Leffler EM, Jallow M, Sisay-Joof F, Ndila CM, Macharia AW, Hubbart C, Jeffreys AE, Rowlands K, Nguyen T, Goncalves S, Ariani CV, Stalker J, Pearson RD, Amato R, Drury E, Sirugo G, d'Alessandro U, Bojang KA, Marsh K, Peshu N, Saelens JW, Diakite M, Taylor SM, Conway DJ, Williams TN, Rockett KA, Kwiatkowski DP
Nature, (2022). 602:106-111

Hepcidin regulation in Kenyan children with severe malaria and non-typhoidal Salmonella bacteremia.Abuga KM, Muriuki JM, Uyoga SM, Mwai K, Makale J, Mogire RM, Macharia AW, Mohammed S, Muthumbi E, Mwarumba S, Mturi N, Bejon P, Scott JAG, Nairz M, Williams TN, Atkinson SH
Haematologica, (2022). 107:1589-1598

Risk factors of anaemia and iron deficiency in Somali children and women: Findings from the 2019 Somalia Micronutrient Survey.Wirth JP, Sesay F, Mbai J, Ali SI, Donkor WES, Woodruff BA, Pilane Z, Mohamud KM, Muse A, Yussuf HO, Mohamed WS, Veraguth R, Rezzi S, Williams TN, Mohamoud AM, Mohamud FM, Galvin M, Rohner F, Katambo Y, Petry N
Matern Child Nutr, (2022). 18:e13254

Children's Oxygen Administration Strategies And Nutrition Trial (COAST-Nutrition): a protocol for a phase II randomised controlled trial.Kiguli S, Olopot-Olupot P, Alaroker F, Engoru C, Opoka RO, Tagoola A, Hamaluba M, Mnjalla H, Mpoya A, Mogaka C, Nalwanga D, Nabawanuka E, Nokes J, Nyaigoti C, Briend A, van Woensel JBM, Grieve R, Sadique Z, Williams TN, Thomas K, Harrison DA, Rowan K, Maitland K
Wellcome Open Res, (2021). 6:221

Incidence and predictors of hospital readmission in children presenting with severe anaemia in Uganda and Malawi: a secondary analysis of TRACT trial data.Connon R, George EC, Olupot-Olupot P, Kiguli S, Chagaluka G, Alaroker F, Opoka RO, Mpoya A, Walsh K, Engoru C, Nteziyaremye J, Mallewa M, Kennedy N, Nakuya M, Namayanja C, Nabawanuka E, Sennyondo T, Amorut D, Williams Musika C, Bates I, Boele van Hensbroek M, Evans JA, Uyoga S, Williams TN, Frost G, Gibb DM, Maitland K, Walker AS, Tract trial group
BMC Public Health, (2021). 21:1480