Social transmission in the wild can reduce predation pressure on novel prey signals

Autor: Rose Thorogood, Anthony J. C. Fulford, Sebastian Sosa, Liisa Hämäläinen, William Hoppitt, Hannah M. Rowland, Johanna Mappes

Publikováno v: Nature Communications, Vol 12, Iss 1, Pp 1-11 (2021)
Nature Communications

Funder: Suomen Kulttuurirahasto (Finnish Cultural Foundation); doi: https://doi.org/10.13039/501100003125
Funder: Emil Aaltosen Säätiö (Emil Aaltonen Foundation); doi: https://doi.org/10.13039/501100004756
Funder: Jenny ja Antti Wihurin

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https://doaj.org/article/58d14e2fb3b844f6a9d42adc14134d18

The influence of maternal psychosocial circumstances and physical environment on the risk of severe wasting in rural Gambian infants: a mixed methods approach

Autor: Seedy Singhateh, Sassy Molyneux, Sophie E. Moore, Anthony J. C. Fulford, Bakary Sonko, Martha Mwangome, Andrew M. Prentice, Helen M. Nabwera, Nyima Camara-Trawally, Momodou K. Darboe, Alhagie Darboe

Publikováno v: BMC Public Health, Vol 18, Iss 1, Pp 1-19 (2018)
BMC Public Health

Background Severe wasting affects 16 million under 5’s and carries an immediate risk of death. Prevalence remains unacceptably high in sub-Saharan Africa and early infancy is a high-risk period. We aimed to explore risk factors for severe wasting i

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http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12889-017-4984-2

Continued decline of malaria in The Gambia with implications for elimination.

Autor: Serign J Ceesay, Climent Casals-Pascual, Davis C Nwakanma, Michael Walther, Natalia Gomez-Escobar, Anthony J C Fulford, Ebako N Takem, Sarah Nogaro, Kalifa A Bojang, Tumani Corrah, Momodou Cherno Jaye, Makie Abdoulie Taal, Aja Adam Jagne Sonko, David J Conway

Publikováno v: PLoS ONE, Vol 5, Iss 8, p e12242 (2010)

BACKGROUND:A substantial decline in malaria was reported to have occurred over several years until 2007 in the western part of The Gambia, encouraging consideration of future elimination in this previously highly endemic region. Scale up of intervent

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Haplotype association between haptoglobin (Hp2) and Hp promoter SNP (A-61C) may explain previous controversy of haptoglobin and malaria protection.

Autor: Sharon E Cox, Conor Doherty, Sarah H Atkinson, Chidi V Nweneka, Anthony J C Fulford, Hala Ghattas, Kirk A Rockett, Dominic P Kwiatkowski, Andrew M Prentice

Publikováno v: PLoS ONE, Vol 2, Iss 4, p e362 (2007)

BACKGROUND:Malaria is one of the strongest recent selective pressures on the human genome, as evidenced by the high levels of varying haemoglobinopathies in human populations-despite the increased risk of mortality in the homozygous states. Previousl

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Growth faltering in rural Gambian children after four decades of interventions: a retrospective cohort study

Autor: Helen M. Nabwera, Sophie E. Moore, Andrew M. Prentice, Anthony J. C. Fulford

Publikováno v: The Lancet. Global health
Nabwera, H M, Fulford, A J, Moore, S E & Prentice, A M 2017, ' Growth faltering in rural Gambian children after four decades of interventions: a retrospective cohort study ', The Lancet. Global health, vol. 5, no. 2, pp. e208-e216 . https://doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(16)30355-2
The Lancet. Global Health
The Lancet Global Health, Vol 5, Iss 2, Pp e208-e216 (2017)

Summary Background Growth faltering remains common in children in sub-Saharan Africa and is associated with substantial morbidity and mortality. Due to a very slow decline in the prevalence of stunting, the total number of children with stunting cont

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https://doi.org/10.1016/s2214-109x(16)30355-2