Abnormal blood glucose concentrations on admission to a rural Kenyan district hospital: prevalence and outcome (Publications)
AIMS: To determine the prevalence, clinical characteristics, and outcome of hypoglycaemia on admission in children at a rural Kenyan district hospital. METHODS: Observational study of 3742 children (i
Early manifestations (pre-AIDS) of HIV-1 infection in Uganda (Publications)
OBJECTIVES: To describe the early manifestations of HIV-1 infection before the development of AIDS, in a rural Ugandan population. METHODS: Three monthly follow-up of HIV-1-infected and uninfected par
Reduced fertility associated with HIV: the contribution of pre-existing subfertility (Publications)
BACKGROUND: HIV-1 infection is associated with lower fertility among women in sub-Saharan Africa and this association is not explained by the frequency of sexual intercourse, illness, knowledge of HIV
Comparison of axillary, rectal and tympanic temperature measurements in children admitted with malaria (Publications)
We compared axillary, rectal and tympanic temperatures in children admitted with severe malaria. The axillary temperatures were 0.74 degrees C (95% limits of agreement -0.85 to 2.33 degrees C) less th
<em>Ex vivo</em> interferon-gamma immune response to thrombospondin-related adhesive protein in coastal Kenyans: longevity and risk of <em>Plasmodium... (Publications)
Thrombospondin-related adhesive protein (TRAP) of Plasmodium falciparum is currently being tested in human vaccine studies. However, its natural reactivity in the field remains poorly characterized. M
Blood transfusion for severe anaemia in children in a Kenyan hospital [Research letter] (Publications)
Severe anaemia often secondary to malaria is a major contributor to child mortality in sub-Saharan Africa. We have confirmed that use of simple clinical and laboratory criteria can identify those chil
Genetic diversity of <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> parasites from Kenya is not affected by antifolate drug selection (Publications)
The genotypes of merozoite surface protein-1, merozoite surface protein-2 and glutamine rich protein are frequently used to distinguish recrudescence from reinfection when parasitaemia reappears after
HIV-1 RNA levels in an African population-based cohort and their relation to CD4 lymphocyte counts and World Health Organization clinical staging (Publications)
Apart from a small number of reports from people who are based in hospitals, data on viral load in HIV-infected people in sub-Saharan Africa, where most infections occur, are lacking. We report serum
The effects of untreated bednets on malaria infection and morbidity on the Kenyan coast (Publications)
A study was conducted in order to determine whether children that slept under untreated bednets were protected against both malaria infection and clinical disease compared with children not sleeping u