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Getanda, Pauline; Jagne, Isatou; Bognini, Joel D; Camara, Bully; Sanyang, Bakary; Darboe, Saffiatou; Sambou, Ellen; Barry, Momodou; Kassibo, Kady; Cham, Aminata; +11 more... Mendy, Harriet; Singateh, Bintou KJ; Ndure, Ebrahim; Rouamba, Toussaint; Bojang, Abdoulie; Bottomley, Christian; Howden, Benjamin P; D'Alessandro, Umberto; Tinto, Halidou; Roca, Anna; PregnAnZI-2 Carriage Study Group; (2024) Impact of Intrapartum Azithromycin on the Carriage and Antibiotic Resistance of Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae in Mothers and Their Newborns: A Substudy of a Randomized, Double-Blind Trial Conducted in The Gambia and Burkina Faso. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 79 (6). pp. 1338-1345. ISSN 1058-4838 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciae280

Jagne, Isatou; Keeley, Alexander J; Bojang, Abdoulie; Camara, Bully; Jallow, Edrissa; Senghore, Elina; Oluwalana, Claire; Bah, Saikou Y; Turner, Claire E; Sesay, Abdul Karim; +4 more... D'Alessandro, Umberto; Bottomley, Christian; de Silva, Thushan I; Roca, Anna; (2022) Impact of intra-partum azithromycin on carriage of group A streptococcus in the Gambia: a posthoc analysis of a double-blind randomized placebo-controlled trial. BMC infectious diseases, 22 (1). 103-. ISSN 1471-2334 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-022-07080-4

Sanyang, Bakary; de Silva, Thushan I; Kanteh, Abdoulie; Bojang, Abdoulie; Manneh, Jarra; de Steenhuijsen Piters, Wouter AA; Peno, Chikondi; Bogaert, Debby; Sesay, Abdul Karim; Roca, Anna; (2022) Effect of intra-partum azithromycin on the development of the infant nasopharyngeal microbiota: A post hoc analysis of a double-blind randomized trial. EBioMedicine, 83. 104227-. ISSN 2352-3964 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ebiom.2022.104227

Abatan, Baderinwa; Agboghoroma, Orighomisan; Akemoke, Fatai; Antonio, Martin; Awokola, Babatunde; Bittaye, Mustapha; Bojang, Abdoulie; Bojang, Kalifa; Brotherton, Helen; Cerami, Carla; +37 more... Clarke, Ed; D'Alessandro, Umberto; de Silva, Thushan; Drammeh, Mariama; Forrest, Karen; Hofmann, Natalie; Jagne, Sherifo; Jah, Hawanatu; Jarju, Sheikh; Jaye, Assan; Jobe, Modou; Kampmann, Beate; Manjang, Buba; Martinez-Alvarez, Melisa; Mohammed, Nuredin; Nadjm, Behzad; Ndiath, Mamadou Ousmane; Nkereuwem, Esin; Nwakanma, Davis; Oko, Francis; Okoh, Emmanuel; Okomo, Uduak; Olatunji, Yekini; Oriero, Eniyou; Prentice, Andrew M; Roberts, Charles; Roca, Anna; Sabally, Babanding; Sambou, Sana; Samateh, Ahmadou; Secka, Ousman; Sesay, Abdul Karim; Singhateh, Yankuba; Susso, Bubacarr; Usuf, Effua; Vilane, Aminata; Wariri, Oghenebrume; (2021) Intense and Mild First Epidemic Wave of Coronavirus Disease, The Gambia. Emerging infectious diseases, 27 (8). pp. 2064-2072. ISSN 1080-6040 DOI: https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2708.204954

Getanda, Pauline; Bojang, Abdoulie; Camara, Bully; Jagne-Cox, Isatou; Usuf, Effua; Howden, Benjamin P; D'Alessandro, Umberto; Bottomley, Christian; Roca, Anna; (2021) Short-term increase in the carriage of azithromycin-resistant Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae in mothers and their newborns following intra-partum azithromycin: a post hoc analysis of a double-blind randomized trial. JAC-antimicrobial resistance, 3 (1). dlaa128-. ISSN 2632-1823 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/jacamr/dlaa128

Kanteh, Abdoulie; Manneh, Jarra; Jabang, Sona; Kujabi, Mariama A; Sanyang, Bakary; Oboh, Mary A; Bojang, Abdoulie; Jallow, Haruna S; Nwakanma, Davis; Secka, Ousman; +8 more... Roca, Anna; Amambua-Ngwa, Alfred; Antonio, Martin; Baldeh, Ignatius; Forrest, Karen; Samateh, Ahmadou Lamin; D'Alessandro, Umberto; Sesay, Abdul Karim; (2021) Origin of imported SARS-CoV-2 strains in The Gambia identified from whole genome sequences. PloS one, 16 (8). e0241942-. ISSN 1932-6203 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0241942

Sanyang, Bakary; Kanteh, Abdoulie; Usuf, Effua; Nadjm, Behzad; Jarju, Sheikh; Bah, Alasana; Bojang, Abdoulie; Grey-Johnson, Mary; Jones, Joquina Chiquita; Gai, Abdou; +12 more... Sarr, Catherine; Sillah, Fatoumata; Wariri, Oghenebrume; Oko, Francis; Cerami, Carla; Forrest, Karen; Sey, Alhagie Papa; Jallow, Haruna; Nwakanma, Davis; Sesay, Abdul Karim; D'Alessandro, Umberto; Roca, Anna; (2021) COVID-19 reinfections in The Gambia by phylogenetically distinct SARS-CoV-2 variants-first two confirmed events in west Africa. The Lancet Global health, 9 (7). e905-e907. ISSN 2214-109X DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(21)00213-8

Bojang, Abdoulie; Baines, Sarah L; Camara, Bully; Guerillot, Romain; Donovan, Liam; Marqués, Raquel Sánchez; Secka, Ousman; D'Alessandro, Umberto; Bottomley, Christian; Howden, Benjamin P; +1 more... Roca, Anna; (2020) Impact of Intrapartum Oral Azithromycin on the Acquired Macrolide Resistome of Infants' Nasopharynx: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 71 (12). pp. 3222-3225. ISSN 1058-4838 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciaa609

Usuf, Effua; Bottomley, Christian; Gladstone, Rebecca; Bojang, Ebrima; Jawneh, Kaddijatou; Cox, Isatou; Jallow, Edrissa; Bojang, Abdoulie; Greenwood, Brian; Adegbola, Richard A; +3 more... Bentley, Stephen D; Hill, Philip C; Roca, Anna; (2020) Persistent and Emerging Pneumococcal Carriage Serotypes in a Rural Gambian Community After 10 Years of Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine Pressure. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 73 (11). e3825-e3835. ISSN 1537-6591 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciaa856

Bojang, Abdoulie; Baines, Sarah L; Donovan, Liam; Guerillot, Romain; Stevens, Kerrie; Higgs, Charlie; Bottomley, Christian; Secka, Ousman; Schultz, Mark B; Gonçalves da Silva, Anders; +4 more... Seemann, Torsten; Stinear, Timothy P; Roca, Anna; Howden, Benjamin P; (2019) Genomic investigation of Staphylococcus aureus recovered from Gambian women and newborns following an oral dose of intra-partum azithromycin. The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy, 74 (11). pp. 3170-3178. ISSN 0305-7453 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/jac/dkz341

Bojang, Abdoulie; Camara, Bully; Jagne Cox, Isatou; Oluwalana, Claire; Lette, Kodou; Usuf, Effua; Bottomley, Christian; Howden, Benjamin P; D'Alessandro, Umberto; Roca, Anna; (2018) Long-term Impact of Oral Azithromycin Taken by Gambian Women During Labor on Prevalence and Antibiotic Susceptibility of Streptococcus pneumoniae and Staphylococcus aureus in Their Infants: Follow-up of a Randomized Clinical Trial. Clinical infectious diseases, 67 (8). pp. 1191-1197. ISSN 1058-4838 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciy254

Usuf, Effua; Bottomley, Christian; Bojang, Ebrima; Cox, Isatou; Bojang, Abdoulie; Gladstone, Rebecca; Kampmann, Beate; Hill, Philip C; Roca, Anna; (2018) Persistence of Nasopharyngeal Pneumococcal Vaccine Serotypes and Increase of Nonvaccine Serotypes Among Vaccinated Infants and Their Mothers 5 Years After Introduction of Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine 13 in The Gambia. Clinical infectious diseases, 68 (9). pp. 1512-1521. ISSN 1058-4838 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciy726

Bojang, Abdoulie; Kendall, Lindsay; Usuf, Effua; Egere, Uzochukwu; Mulwa, Sarah; Antonio, Martin; Greenwood, Brian; Hill, Philip C; Roca, Anna; (2017) Prevalence and risk factors for Staphylococcus aureus nasopharyngeal carriage during a PCV trial. BMC infectious diseases, 17 (1). 588-. ISSN 1471-2334 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-017-2685-1

Burr, Sarah E; Camara, Bully; Oluwalana, Claire; Bojang, Ebrima; Bottomley, Christian; Bojang, Abdoulie; Bailey, Robin L; D'Alessandro, Umberto; Roca, Anna; (2017) Does azithromycin given to women in labour decrease ocular bacterial infection in neonates? A double-blind, randomized trial. BMC infectious diseases, 17 (1). 799-. ISSN 1471-2334 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-017-2909-4

Odutola, Aderonke; Ota, Martin OC; Antonio, Martin; Ogundare, Ezra O; Saidu, Yauba; Foster-Nyarko, Ebenezer; Owiafe, Patrick K; Ceesay, Fatima; Worwui, Archibald; Idoko, Olubukola T; +14 more... Owolabi, Olumuyiwa; Bojang, Abdoulie; Jarju, Sheikh; Drammeh, Isatou; Kampmann, Beate; Greenwood, Brian M; Alderson, Mark; Traskine, Magali; Devos, Nathalie; Schoonbroodt, Sonia; Swinnen, Kristien; Verlant, Vincent; Dobbelaere, Kurt; Borys, Dorota; (2017) Efficacy of a novel, protein-based pneumococcal vaccine against nasopharyngeal carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae in infants: A phase 2, randomized, controlled, observer-blind study. Vaccine, 35 (19). pp. 2531-2542. ISSN 0264-410X DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2017.03.071

Oluwalana, Claire; Camara, Bully; Bottomley, Christian; Goodier, Sean; Bojang, Abdoulie; Kampmann, Beate; Ceesay, Samba; D'Alessandro, Umberto; Roca, Anna; (2017) Azithromycin in Labor Lowers Clinical Infections in Mothers and Newborns: A Double-Blind Trial. Pediatrics, 139 (2). 20162281-. ISSN 0031-4005 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2016-2281 Full text not available from this repository.

Roca, A; Bojang, A; Camara, B; Oluwalana, C; Lette, K; West, P; D'Alessandro, U; Bottomley, C; (2017) Maternal colonization with Staphylococcus aureus and Group B streptococcus is associated with colonization in newborns. Clinical microbiology and infection, 23 (12). pp. 974-979. ISSN 1198-743X DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cmi.2017.04.020

Usuf, E; Bojang, A; Camara, B; Jagne, I; Oluwalana, C; Bottomley, C; D'Alessandro, U; Roca, A; (2017) Maternal pneumococcal nasopharyngeal carriage and risk factors for neonatal carriage after the introduction of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines in The Gambia. Clinical microbiology and infection, 24 (4). pp. 389-395. ISSN 1198-743X DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cmi.2017.07.018

Foster-Nyarko, Ebenezer; Kwambana, Brenda; Aderonke, Odutola; Ceesay, Fatima; Jarju, Sheikh; Bojang, Abdoulie; McLellan, Jessica; Jafali, James; Kampmann, Beate; Ota, Martin O; +2 more... Adetifa, Ifedayo; Antonio, Martin; (2016) Associations between nasopharyngeal carriage of Group B Streptococcus and other respiratory pathogens during early infancy. BMC microbiology, 16 (1). 97-. ISSN 1471-2180 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12866-016-0714-7

Roca, A; Oluwalana, C; Bojang, A; Camara, B; Kampmann, B; Bailey, R; Demba, A; Bottomley, C; D'Alessandro, U; (2016) Oral azithromycin given during labour decreases bacterial carriage in the mothers and their offspring: a double-blind randomized trial. Clinical microbiology and infection, 22 (6). 565.e1-565.e9. ISSN 1198-743X DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cmi.2016.03.005 Full text not available from this repository.

Bojang, Abdoulie; Jafali, James; Egere, Uzochukwu E; Hill, Phillip C; Antonio, Martin; Jeffries, David; Greenwood, Brian M; Roca, Anna; (2015) Seasonality of Pneumococcal Nasopharyngeal Carriage in Rural Gambia Determined within the Context of a Cluster Randomized Pneumococcal Vaccine Trial. PloS one, 10 (7). e0129649-. ISSN 1932-6203 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0129649

Bottomley, Christian; Bojang, Abdoulie; Smith, Peter G; Darboe, Ousainou; Antonio, Martin; Foster-Nyarko, Ebenezer; Kampmann, Beate; Greenwood, Brian; D'Alessandro, Umberto; Roca, Anna; (2015) The impact of childhood vaccines on bacterial carriage in the nasopharynx: a longitudinal study. Emerging themes in epidemiology, 12 (1). 1-. ISSN 1742-7622 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12982-014-0022-3

Mackenzie, Grant A; Ikumapayi, Usman NA; Scott, Susana; Idoko, Olubukola; Odutola, Aderonke; Ndiaye, Malick; Sahito, Shah M; Osuorah, Chidiebereh D; Manjang, Ahmed; Jarju, Sheikh; +14 more... Bojang, Abdoulie; Roca, Anna; Secka, Ousman; Zaman, Akram; Ceesay, Lamin; Lowe-Jallow, Yamundow; Sambou, Sana; Jasseh, Momodou; Antonio, Martin; Greenwood, Brian; Kampmann, Beate; Mulholland, Kim; Corrah, Tumani; Howie, Stephen RC; (2015) Increased disease due to Haemophilus influenzae type b: population-based surveillance in eastern Gambia, 2008-2013. The Pediatric infectious disease journal, 34 (5). e107-e112. ISSN 0891-3668 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1097/INF.0000000000000645 Full text not available from this repository.

Roca, Anna; Bojang, Abdoulie; Bottomley, Christian; Gladstone, Rebecca A; Adetifa, Jane U; Egere, Uzochukwu; Burr, Sarah; Antonio, Martin; Bentley, Stephen; Kampmann, Beate; +1 more... Pneumo13 Study Group; (2015) Effect on nasopharyngeal pneumococcal carriage of replacing PCV7 with PCV13 in the Expanded Programme of Immunization in The Gambia. Vaccine, 33 (51). pp. 7144-7151. ISSN 0264-410X DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2015.11.012

Roca, Anna; Oluwalana, Claire; Camara, Bully; Bojang, Abdoulie; Burr, Sarah; Davis, Timothy ME; Bailey, Robin; Kampmann, Beate; Mueller, Jenny; Bottomley, Christian; +1 more... D'Alessandro, Umberto; (2015) Prevention of bacterial infections in the newborn by pre-delivery administration of azithromycin: Study protocol of a randomized efficacy trial. BMC pregnancy and childbirth, 15 (1). 302-. ISSN 1471-2393 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-015-0737-3

Salman, Sam; Davis, Timothy ME; Page-Sharp, Madhu; Camara, Bully; Oluwalana, Claire; Bojang, Abdoulie; D'Alessandro, Umberto; Roca, Anna; (2015) Pharmacokinetics of Transfer of Azithromycin into the Breast Milk of African Mothers. Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, 60 (3). pp. 1592-1599. ISSN 0066-4804 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1128/AAC.02668-15 Full text not available from this repository.

Usuf, E; Bojang, A; Hill, PC; Bottomley, C; Greenwood, B; Roca, A; (2015) Nasopharyngeal colonization of Gambian infants by Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus pneumoniae before the introduction of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines. New microbes and new infections, 10. pp. 13-18. ISSN 2052-2975 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nmni.2015.12.002

Usuf, Effua; Badji, Henry; Bojang, Abdoulie; Jarju, Sheikh; Ikumapayi, Usman Nurudeen; Antonio, Martin; Mackenzie, Grant; Bottomley, Christian; (2015) Pneumococcal carriage in rural Gambia prior to the introduction of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine: a population-based survey. Tropical medicine & international health, 20 (7). pp. 871-879. ISSN 1360-2276 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/tmi.12505 Full text not available from this repository.

Odutola, Aderonke; Antonio, Martin; Owolabi, Olumuyiwa; Bojang, Abdoulie; Foster-Nyarko, Ebenezer; Donkor, Simon; Adetifa, Ifedayo; Taylor, Sylvia; Bottomley, Christian; Greenwood, Brian; +1 more... Ota, Martin; (2013) Comparison of the prevalence of common bacterial pathogens in the oropharynx and nasopharynx of gambian infants. PLOS ONE, 8 (9). e75558-. ISSN 1932-6203 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0075558

Roca, Anna; Dione, Michel M; Bojang, Abdoulie; Townend, John; Egere, Uzochukwu; Darboe, Ousainou; Howie, Stephen RC; Hill, Philip C; Adegbola, Richard A; Greenwood, Brian M; +1 more... Antonio, Martin; (2013) Nasopharyngeal carriage of pneumococci four years after community-wide vaccination with PCV-7 in The Gambia: long-term evaluation of a cluster randomized trial. PLOS ONE, 8 (9). e72198-. ISSN 1932-6203 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0072198

Adetifa, Ifedayo MO; Antonio, Martin; Okoromah, Christy AN; Ebruke, Chinelo; Inem, Victor; Nsekpong, David; Bojang, Abdoulie; Adegbola, Richard A; (2012) Pre-vaccination nasopharyngeal pneumococcal carriage in a Nigerian population: epidemiology and population biology. PLOS ONE, 7 (1). e30548-. ISSN 1932-6203 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0030548

Egere, Uzochukwu; Townend, John; Roca, Anna; Akinsanya, Abiodun; Bojang, Abdoulie; Nsekpong, David; Greenwood, Brian; Adegbola, Richard A; Hill, Philip C; (2012) Indirect effect of 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine on pneumococcal carriage in newborns in rural Gambia: a randomised controlled trial. PloS one, 7 (11). e49143-. ISSN 1932-6203 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0049143

Roca, A; Bottomley, C; Hill, PC; Bojang, A; Egere, U; Antonio, M; Darboe, O; Greenwood, BM; Adegbola, RA; (2012) Effect of age and vaccination with a pneumococcal conjugate vaccine on the density of pneumococcal nasopharyngeal carriage. Clinical infectious diseases, 55 (6). pp. 816-824. ISSN 1058-4838 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/cis554

Roca, Anna; Hill, Philip C; Townend, John; Egere, Uzo; Antonio, Martin; Bojang, Abdoulie; Akisanya, Abiodun; Litchfield, Teresa; Nsekpong, David E; Oluwalana, Claire; +3 more... Howie, Stephen RC; Greenwood, Brian; Adegbola, Richard A; (2011) Effects of community-wide vaccination with PCV-7 on pneumococcal nasopharyngeal carriage in the Gambia: a cluster-randomized trial. PLoS medicine, 8 (10). e1001107-. ISSN 1549-1277 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001107