Publications

Browse a collection of academic publications and research papers, contributed to by personnel from the Unit.

Global, regional, and national life expectancy, all-cause mortality, and cause-specific mortality for 249 causes of death, 1980-2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015.

GBD 2015 Mortality and Causes of Death Collaborato,;

2016

Lancet, (2016).388 10053 10.1016/S0140-6736(16)31012-1.

The impact of pre-hospital antibiotic use on blood culture yields in a low resource setting.

Sarr, I; SECKA, F; Kebbeh, N; Jarju, S; Sey, G; Saidykhan, M; Thomas, G; Darboe, S; Antonio, M; BOJANG, K; Anderson, ST;

2016

ICID2016 (2016).

Maternal Malaria and Malnutrition (M3) initiative, a pooled birth cohort of 13 pregnancy studies in Africa and the Western Pacific.

Unger, HW; Cates, JE; Gutman, J; Briand, V; Fievet, N; Valea, I; Tinto, H; D'ALESSANDRO, U; Landis, SH; Adu-Afarwuah, S; Dewey, KG; Ter Kuile, F; Dellicour, S; Ouma, P; Slutsker, L; Terlouw, DJ; Kariuki, S; Ayisi, J; Nahlen, B; Desai, M; Madanitsa, M; Kalilani-Phiri, L; Ashorn, P; Maleta, K; Mueller, I; ... Rogerson, S.

2016

BMJ open, (2016).6 12 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-012697.

Hypoxaemia in Mozambican children <5 years of age admitted to hospital with clinical severe pneumonia: clinical features and performance of predictor models.

Bassat, Q; Lanaspa, M; Machevo, S; O'Callaghan-Gordo, C; Madrid, L; Nhampossa, T; Acácio, S; ROCA, A; Alonso, PL;

2016

Tropical medicine & international health, (2016).21 9 10.1111/tmi.12738.

Molecular cloning and differential IgG responses to a histidine-rich antigen (OvL3.C1) of Onchocerca volvulus by selected residents of onchocerciasis endemic regions in Cameroon and Ecuador.

Amambua, AN; Newo, AN S; Sirri, CS; Yengo, RK; Titanji, VP K;

2016

African Journal of Biotechnology, (2016).5 2

Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks, 1990-2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015.

GBD 2015 Risk Factors Collaborators,;

2016

Lancet, (2016).388 10053 10.1016/S0140-6736(16)31679-8.

Oral azithromycin given during labour decreases bacterial carriage in the mothers and their offspring: a double-blind randomized trial.

ROCA, A; Oluwalana, C; BOJANG, A; CAMARA, B; KAMPMANN, B; BAILEY, R; Demba, A; BOTTOMLEY, C; D'ALESSANDRO, U;

2016

Clinical microbiology and infection, (2016).22 6 10.1016/j.cmi.2016.03.005.

Following the World Health Organization's Recommendation of Exclusive Breastfeeding to 6 Months of Age Does Not Impact the Growth of Rural Gambian Infants.