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pro vyhledávání: '"Amos Phiri"'
Autor:
Aishatu L. Adamu, Amelia Crampin, Ndoliwe Kayuni, Alemayehu Amberbir, Olivier Koole, Amos Phiri, Moffat Nyirenda, Paul Fine
Publikováno v:
Population Health Metrics, Vol 15, Iss 1, Pp 1-15 (2017)
Abstract Background The global burden of anemia is large especially in sub-Saharan Africa, where HIV is common and lifestyles are changing rapidly with urbanization. The effects of these changes are unknown. Studies of anemia usually focus on pregnan
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/cc11635f0fa24ee6a03f8228e945931e
Autor:
Amelia Catharine Crampin, Ndoliwe Kayuni, Alemayehu Amberbir, Crispin Musicha, Olivier Koole, Terence Tafatatha, Keith Branson, Jacqueline Saul, Elenaus Mwaiyeghele, Lawrence Nkhwazi, Amos Phiri, Alison Jane Price, Beatrice Mwagomba, Charles Mwansambo, Shabbar Jaffar, Moffat Joha Nyirenda
Publikováno v:
Emerging Themes in Epidemiology, Vol 13, Iss 1, Pp 1-14 (2016)
Abstract Background The emerging burden of cardiovascular disease and diabetes in sub-Saharan Africa threatens the gains made in health by the major international effort to combat infectious diseases. There are few data on distribution of risk factor
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/4b8b30759281435c94182a9bdd74703b
Autor:
Calman A MacLennan, Chisomo L Msefula, Esther N Gondwe, James J Gilchrist, Paul Pensulo, Wilson L Mandala, Grace Mwimaniwa, Meraby Banda, Julia Kenny, Lorna K Wilson, Amos Phiri, Jenny M MacLennan, Elizabeth M Molyneux, Malcolm E Molyneux, Stephen M Graham
Publikováno v:
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Vol 11, Iss 12, p e0006027 (2017)
Nontyphoidal Salmonellae commonly cause invasive disease in African children that is often fatal. The clinical diagnosis of these infections is hampered by the absence of a clear clinical syndrome. Drug resistance means that empirical antibiotic ther
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/6f29344ab784467dbeb8a0ec2323dd6c
Autor:
Terence Tafatatha, Miriam Taegtmeyer, Bagrey Ngwira, Amos Phiri, Mariot Kondowe, Wilson Piston, Anna Molesworth, Ndoliwe Kayuni, Olivier Koole, Amelia Crampin, John Horton, Neil French
Publikováno v:
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Vol 9, Iss 6, p e0003825 (2015)
BACKGROUND:Lymphatic filariasis (LF) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) are major public health problems. Individuals may be co-infected, raising the possibility of important interactions between these two pathogens with consequences for LF elimi
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/88851b0dcf6f4b83b4569aad76656ade
Autor:
Christina Bronowski, Maria C Fookes, Ruth Gilderthorp, Kevin E Ashelford, Simon R Harris, Amos Phiri, Neil Hall, Melita A Gordon, John Wain, Charles A Hart, Paul Wigley, Nicholas R Thomson, Craig Winstanley
Publikováno v:
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Vol 7, Iss 11, p e2557 (2013)
Invasive Non-typhoidal Salmonella (iNTS) are an important cause of bacteraemia in children and HIV-infected adults in sub-Saharan Africa. Previous research has shown that iNTS strains exhibit a pattern of gene loss that resembles that of host adapted
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/fa3bd041e0dc4ee49a6959fd71a92ac7
Autor:
Amos Phiri, Neil French, Terence Tafatatha, Amelia C. Crampin, Bagrey Ngwira, Ellen Heinsbroek, Oddie Mwiba, Jonathan M. Read, Christina Chisambo
Publikováno v:
American Journal of Epidemiology
The prevalence of Streptococcus pneumoniae (pneumococcus) carriage is higher in adults who are infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) than in adults who are not. We hypothesized that infants exposed to HIV become carriers of nasopharyngeal
Autor:
Ellen, Heinsbroek, Terence, Tafatatha, Amos, Phiri, Todd D, Swarthout, Maaike, Alaerts, Amelia C, Crampin, Christina, Chisambo, Oddie, Mwiba, Jonathan M, Read, Neil, French
Publikováno v:
Vaccine
Highlights • Pneumococcal carriage of any serotype remained high three years post vaccine introduction. • Early acquisition of pneumococcal carriage in infants continued post vaccine introduction. • Vaccine-type carriage was lower in vaccinated
Autor:
Malcolm E. Molyneux, C. A. Hart, Gondwe M, Amos Phiri, Stephen B. Gordon, Hastings T Banda, Melita A. Gordon, CF Gilks, Amanda L. Walsh
Publikováno v:
Malawi Medical Journal; Vol 15, No 2 (2003); 47-51
Non-typhoidal salmonella (NTS) bacteraemia is a common, recurrent illness in HIV-infected African adults. We aimed to describe the presentation and outcome of NTS bacteraemia, the pattern of recurrence, and to determine whether recurrence results fro
Autor:
Jonathan M. Read, Amos Phiri, Neil French, Ellen Heinsbroek, Terence Tafatatha, Bagrey Ngwira, Amelia C. Crampin
Publikováno v:
AIDS (London, England)
Objective: HIV-infected adults have high rates of pneumococcal carriage and invasive disease. We investigated the effect of antiretroviral therapy (ART) on pneumococcal carriage in HIV-infected adults prior to infant pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (P
Autor:
Bradford D. Gessner, Christopher B. Nelson, Paul Daza, Richard Banda, Elizabeth Molyneux, Bekithemba R. Mhlanga, Keystoxe Misoya, Agnes Katsulukuta, Malcolm E. Molyneux, Reggis Katsande, Judith E. Mueller, Amos Phiri
Publikováno v:
Vaccine. 24:6232-6239
Malawi has extreme poverty and a high-human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) prevalence. Following Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) conjugate vaccine introduction during 2002, we evaluated vaccine impact by reviewing hospital surveillance data for acu