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December 2015

The Performance of a Rapid Diagnostic Test in Detecting Malaria Infection in Pregnant Women and the Impact of Missed Infections. (2015) Williams, John E; Cairns, Matthew; Njie, Fanta; Laryea Quaye, Stephen; Awine, Timothy; Oduro, Abraham; Tagbor, Harry; Bojang, Kalifa; Magnussen, Pascal; Ter Kuile, Feiko O; Woukeu, Arouna; Milligan, Paul; Chandramohan, Daniel; Greenwood, Brian

After surgery: the effects of life-saving caesarean sections in Burkina Faso. (2015) Filippi, Véronique; Ganaba, Rasmané; Calvert, Clara; Murray, Susan F; Storeng, Katerini T

Foreword: Health Economic Evaluations in Low- and Middle-income Countries: Methodological Issues and Challenges for Priority Setting. (2015) Pitt, Catherine; Vassall, Anna; Teerawattananon, Yot; Griffiths, Ulla K; Guinness, Lorna; Walker, Damian; Foster, Nicola; Hanson, Kara

Epidemiology of Drug Use and HIV-Related Risk Behaviors among People Who Inject Drugs in Mwanza, Tanzania. (2015) Tan, Annabel Xulin; Kapiga, Saidi; Khoshnood, Kaveh; Bruce, R Douglas

The Incidence of Human Papillomavirus in Tanzanian Adolescent Girls Before Reported Sexual Debut. (2015) Houlihan, Catherine F; Baisley, Kathy; Bravo, Ignacio G; Kapiga, Saidi; de Sanjosé, Silvia; Changalucha, John; Ross, David A; Hayes, Richard J; Watson-Jones, Deborah

Nasopharyngeal colonization of Gambian infants by Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus pneumoniae before the introduction of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines. (2015) Usuf, E; Bojang, A; Hill, PC; Bottomley, C; Greenwood, B; Roca, A

Trends in silicosis prevalence and the healthy worker effect among gold miners in South Africa: a prevalence study with follow up of employment status. (2015) Knight, David; Ehrlich, Rodney; Fielding, Katherine; Jeffery, Hannah; Grant, Alison; Churchyard, Gavin

Implementation of a national school-based Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine campaign in Fiji: knowledge, vaccine acceptability and information needs of parents. (2015) La Vincente, SF; Mielnik, D; Jenkins, K; Bingwor, F; Volavola, L; Marshall, H; Druavesi, P; Russell, FM; Lokuge, K; Mulholland, EK

Age- and Sex-Specific Social Contact Patterns and Incidence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection. (2015) Dodd, Peter J; Looker, Clare; Plumb, Ian D; Bond, Virginia; Schaap, Ab; Shanaube, Kwame; Muyoyeta, Monde; Vynnycky, Emilia; Godfrey-Faussett, Peter; Corbett, Elizabeth L; Beyers, Nulda; Ayles, Helen; White, Richard G

A genome-wide association study of asthma symptoms in Latin American children. (2015) Costa, Gustavo NO; Dudbridge, Frank; Fiaccone, Rosemeire L; da Silva, Thiago M; Conceição, Jackson S; Strina, Agostino; Figueiredo, Camila A; Magalhães, Wagner CS; Rodrigues, Maira R; Gouveia, Mateus H; Kehdy, Fernanda SG; Horimoto, Andrea RVR; Horta, Bernardo; Burchard, Esteban G; Pino-Yanes, Maria; Del Rio Navarro, Blanca; Romieu, Isabelle; Hancock, Dana B; London, Stephanie; Lima-Costa, Maria Fernanda; Pereira, Alexandre C; Tarazona, Eduardo; Rodrigues, Laura C; Barreto, Mauricio L

How long-distance truck drivers and villagers in rural southeastern Tanzania think about heterosexual anal sex: a qualitative study. (2015) Mtenga, S; Shamba, D; Wamoyi, J; Kakoko, D; Haafkens, J; Mongi, A; Kapiga, S; Geubbels, E

November 2015

Toluidine Blue 0.05% Vital Staining for the Diagnosis of Ocular Surface Squamous Neoplasia in Kenya. (2015) Gichuhi, Stephen; Macharia, Ephantus; Kabiru, Joy; Zindamoyen, Alain M'bongo; Rono, Hilary; Ollando, Ernest; Wanyonyi, Leonard; Wachira, Joseph; Munene, Rhoda; Onyuma, Timothy; Jaoko, Walter G; Sagoo, Mandeep S; Weiss, Helen A; Burton, Matthew J

Clinical Presentation of Ocular Surface Squamous Neoplasia in Kenya. (2015) Gichuhi, Stephen; Macharia, Ephantus; Kabiru, Joy; Zindamoyen, Alain M'bongo; Rono, Hilary; Ollando, Ernest; Wanyonyi, Leonard; Wachira, Joseph; Munene, Rhoda; Onyuma, Timothy; Sagoo, Mandeep S; Weiss, Helen A; Burton, Matthew J

Effectiveness and safety of misoprostol distributed to antenatal women to prevent postpartum haemorrhage after child-births: a stepped-wedge cluster-randomized trial. (2015) Ononge, Sam; Campbell, Oona MR; Kaharuza, Frank; Lewis, James J; Fielding, Katherine; Mirembe, Florence

Implementation and Operational Research: What Happens After a Negative Test for Tuberculosis? Evaluating Adherence to TB Diagnostic Algorithms in South African Primary Health Clinics. (2015) McCarthy, KM; Grant, AD; Chihota, V; Ginindza, S; Mvusi, L; Churchyard, GJ; Fielding, KL

Lipid-based nutrient supplements for pregnant women reduce newborn stunting in a cluster-randomized controlled effectiveness trial in Bangladesh. (2015) Mridha, Malay K; Matias, Susana L; Chaparro, Camila M; Paul, Rina R; Hussain, Sohrab; Vosti, Stephen A; Harding, Kassandra L; Cummins, Joseph R; Day, Louise T; Saha, Stacy L; Peerson, Janet M; Dewey, Kathryn G

The effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of the peer-delivered Thinking Healthy Programme for perinatal depression in Pakistan and India: the SHARE study protocol for randomised controlled trials. (2015) Sikander, Siham; Lazarus, Anisha; Bangash, Omer; Fuhr, Daniela C; Weobong, Benedict; Krishna, Revathi N; Ahmad, Ikhlaq; Weiss, Helen A; Price, LeShawndra; Rahman, Atif; Patel, Vikram

The effect of coverings, including plastic bags and wraps, on mortality and morbidity in preterm and full-term neonates. (2015) Oatley, HK; Blencowe, H; Lawn, JE

Sexual life and dysfunction after maternal morbidity: a systematic review. (2015) Andreucci, Carla B; Bussadori, Jamile C; Pacagnella, Rodolfo C; Chou, Doris; Filippi, Veronique; Say, Lale; Cecatti, Jose G; Brazilian COMMAG Study Group; WHO Maternal Morbidity Working Group

Oral iron acutely elevates bacterial growth in human serum. (2015) Cross, James H; Bradbury, Richard S; Fulford, Anthony J; Jallow, Amadou T; Wegmüller, Rita; Prentice, Andrew M; Cerami, Carla

Trachoma and Relative Poverty: A Case-Control Study. (2015) Habtamu, Esmael; Wondie, Tariku; Aweke, Sintayehu; Tadesse, Zerihun; Zerihun, Mulat; Zewdie, Zebideru; Callahan, Kelly; Emerson, Paul M; Kuper, Hannah; Bailey, Robin L; Mabey, David CW; Rajak, Saul N; Polack, Sarah; Weiss, Helen A; Burton, Matthew J

The Impact of Trachomatous Trichiasis on Quality of Life: A Case Control Study. (2015) Habtamu, Esmael; Wondie, Tariku; Aweke, Sintayehu; Tadesse, Zerihun; Zerihun, Mulat; Zewudie, Zebideru; Gebeyehu, Wondimu; Callahan, Kelly; Emerson, Paul M; Kuper, Hannah; Bailey, Robin L; Mabey, David CW; Rajak, Saul N; Polack, Sarah; Weiss, Helen A; Burton, Matthew J

Will Ebola change the game? Ten essential reforms before the next pandemic. The report of the Harvard-LSHTM Independent Panel on the Global Response to Ebola. (2015) Moon, Suerie; Sridhar, Devi; Pate, Muhammad A; Jha, Ashish K; Clinton, Chelsea; Delaunay, Sophie; Edwin, Valnora; Fallah, Mosoka; Fidler, David P; Garrett, Laurie; Goosby, Eric; Gostin, Lawrence O; Heymann, David L; Lee, Kelley; Leung, Gabriel M; Morrison, J Stephen; Saavedra, Jorge; Tanner, Marcel; Leigh, Jennifer A; Hawkins, Benjamin; Woskie, Liana R; Piot, Peter

Duration of BCG protection against tuberculosis and change in effectiveness with time since vaccination in Norway: a retrospective population-based cohort study. (2015) Nguipdop-Djomo, Patrick; Heldal, Einar; Rodrigues, Laura Cunha; Abubakar, Ibrahim; Mangtani, Punam

Prevention of bacterial infections in the newborn by pre-delivery administration of azithromycin: Study protocol of a randomized efficacy trial. (2015) Roca, Anna; Oluwalana, Claire; Camara, Bully; Bojang, Abdoulie; Burr, Sarah; Davis, Timothy ME; Bailey, Robin; Kampmann, Beate; Mueller, Jenny; Bottomley, Christian; D'Alessandro, Umberto

Exploring the evidence base for national and regional policy interventions to combat resistance. (2015) Dar, Osman A; Hasan, Rumina; Schlundt, Jørgen; Harbarth, Stephan; Caleo, Grazia; Dar, Fazal K; Littmann, Jasper; Rweyemamu, Mark; Buckley, Emmeline J; Shahid, Mohammed; Kock, Richard; Li, Henry Lishi; Giha, Haydar; Khan, Mishal; So, Anthony D; Bindayna, Khalid M; Kessel, Anthony; Pedersen, Hanne Bak; Permanand, Govin; Zumla, Alimuddin; Røttingen, John-Arne; Heymann, David L

International cooperation to improve access to and sustain effectiveness of antimicrobials. (2015) Årdal, Christine; Outterson, Kevin; Hoffman, Steven J; Ghafur, Abdul; Sharland, Mike; Ranganathan, Nisha; Smith, Richard; Zorzet, Anna; Cohn, Jennifer; Pittet, Didier; Daulaire, Nils; Morel, Chantal; Rizvi, Zain; Balasegaram, Manica; Dar, Osman A; Heymann, David L; Holmes, Alison H; Moore, Luke SP; Laxminarayan, Ramanan; Mendelson, Marc; Røttingen, John-Arne

Effect of Condom Use on Per-act HSV-2 Transmission Risk in HIV-1, HSV-2-discordant Couples. (2015) Magaret, Amalia S; Mujugira, Andrew; Hughes, James P; Lingappa, Jairam; Bukusi, Elizabeth A; DeBruyn, Guy; Delany-Moretlwe, Sinead; Fife, Kenneth H; Gray, Glenda E; Kapiga, Saidi; Karita, Etienne; Mugo, Nelly R; Rees, Helen; Ronald, Allan; Vwalika, Bellington; Were, Edwin; Celum, Connie; Wald, Anna; Partners in Prevention HSV/HIV Transmission Study Team

Effect on nasopharyngeal pneumococcal carriage of replacing PCV7 with PCV13 in the Expanded Programme of Immunization in The Gambia. (2015) Roca, Anna; Bojang, Abdoulie; Bottomley, Christian; Gladstone, Rebecca A; Adetifa, Jane U; Egere, Uzochukwu; Burr, Sarah; Antonio, Martin; Bentley, Stephen; Kampmann, Beate; Pneumo13 Study Group

The PneuCarriage Project: A Multi-Centre Comparative Study to Identify the Best Serotyping Methods for Examining Pneumococcal Carriage in Vaccine Evaluation Studies. (2015) Satzke, Catherine; Dunne, Eileen M; Porter, Barbara D; Klugman, Keith P; Mulholland, E Kim; PneuCarriage project group

Generalizing boundaries for triangular designs, and efficacy estimation at extended follow-ups. (2015) Allison, Annabel; Edwards, Tansy; Omollo, Raymond; Alves, Fabiana; Magirr, Dominic; E Alexander, Neal D

Combination of Insecticide Treated Nets and Indoor Residual Spraying in Northern Tanzania Provides Additional Reduction in Vector Population Density and Malaria Transmission Rates Compared to Insecticide Treated Nets Alone: A Randomised Control Trial. (2015) Protopopoff, Natacha; Wright, Alexandra; West, Philippa A; Tigererwa, Robinson; Mosha, Franklin W; Kisinza, William; Kleinschmidt, Immo; Rowland, Mark

Individual-level factors associated with variation in mycobacterial-specific immune response: Gender and previous BCG vaccination status. (2015) Rhodes, Sophie J; Knight, Gwenan M; Fielding, Katherine; Scriba, Thomas J; Pathan, Ansar A; McShane, Helen; Fletcher, Helen; White, Richard G description

Chronic Diseases in North-West Tanzania and Southern Uganda. Public Perceptions of Terminologies, Aetiologies, Symptoms and Preferred Management. (2015) Nnko, Soori; Bukenya, Dominic; Kavishe, Bazil Balthazar; Biraro, Samuel; Peck, Robert; Kapiga, Saidi; Grosskurth, Heiner; Seeley, Janet

Cost-effectiveness of integrated collaborative care for comorbid major depression in patients with cancer. (2015) Duarte, A; Walker, J; Walker, S; Richardson, G; Holm Hansen, C; Martin, P; Murray, G; Sculpher, M; Sharpe, M

Losing women along the path to safe motherhood: why is there such a gap between women's use of antenatal care and skilled birth attendance? A mixed methods study in northern Uganda. (2015) Anastasi, Erin; Borchert, Matthias; Campbell, Oona MR; Sondorp, Egbert; Kaducu, Felix; Hill, Olivia; Okeng, Dennis; Odong, Vicki Norah; Lange, Isabelle L

Barriers in physical access to maternal health services in rural Ethiopia. (2015) Okwaraji, Yemisrach B; Webb, Emily L; Edmond, Karen M

Behavior Change After 20 Months of a Radio Campaign Addressing Key Lifesaving Family Behaviors for Child Survival: Midline Results From a Cluster Randomized Trial in Rural Burkina Faso. (2015) Sarrassat, Sophie; Meda, Nicolas; Ouedraogo, Moctar; Some, Henri; Bambara, Robert; Head, Roy; Murray, Joanna; Remes, Pieter; Cousens, Simon

Widespread nasal carriage of Mycobacterium lepraeamong a healthy population in a hyperendemic region of northeastern Brazil. (2015) Lima, Luana Nepomuceno Gondim Costa; Frota, Cristiane Cunha; Mota, Rosa Maria Salani; Almeida, Rosa Livia Freitas; Pontes, Maria Araci de Andrade; Gonçalves, Heitor de Sá; Rodrigues, Laura Cunha; Kendall, Carl; Kerr, Ligia

Invasive Salmonellosis in Kilifi, Kenya. (2015) Muthumbi, Esther; Morpeth, Susan C; Ooko, Michael; Mwanzu, Alfred; Mwarumba, Salim; Mturi, Neema; Etyang, Anthony O; Berkley, James A; Williams, Thomas N; Kariuki, Samuel; Scott, J Anthony G

October 2015

PneuMum: Impact from a randomised controlled trial of maternal 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccination on middle ear disease amongst Indigenous infants, Northern Territory, Australia. (2015) Binks, Michael J; Moberley, Sarah A; Balloch, Anne; Leach, Amanda J; Nelson, Sandra; Hare, Kim M; Wilson, Cate; Morris, Peter S; Nelson, Jane; Chatfield, Mark D; Tang, Mimi LK; Torzillo, Paul; Carapetis, Jonathan R; Mulholland, E Kim; Andrews, Ross M

Validation of the MINI (DSM IV) Tool for the Assessment of Alcohol Dependence among Young People in Northern Tanzania Using the Alcohol Biomarker Phosphatidylethanol (PEth). (2015) Francis, Joel M; Helander, Anders; Kapiga, Saidi H; Weiss, Helen A; Grosskurth, Heiner

Adverse pregnancy outcomes in rural Uganda (1996-2013): trends and associated factors from serial cross sectional surveys. (2015) Asiki, Gershim; Baisley, Kathy; Newton, Rob; Marions, Lena; Seeley, Janet; Kamali, Anatoli; Smedman, Lars

Risk of Injection-Site Abscess among Infants Receiving a Preservative-Free, Two-Dose Vial Formulation of Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine in Kenya. (2015) Burton, Deron C; Bigogo, Godfrey M; Audi, Allan O; Williamson, John; Munge, Kenneth; Wafula, Jackline; Ouma, Dominic; Khagayi, Sammy; Mugoya, Isaac; Mburu, James; Muema, Shadrack; Bauni, Evasius; Bwanaali, Tahreni; Feikin, Daniel R; Ochieng, Peter M; Mogeni, Ondari D; Otieno, George A; Olack, Beatrice; Kamau, Tatu; Van Dyke, Melissa K; Chen, Robert; Farrington, Paddy; Montgomery, Joel M; Breiman, Robert F; Scott, J Anthony G; Laserson, Kayla F

A qualitative geographical information systems approach to explore how older people over 70 years interact with and define their neighbourhood environment. (2015) Milton, Sarah; Pliakas, Triantafyllos; Hawkesworth, Sophie; Nanchahal, Kiran; Grundy, Chris; Amuzu, Antoinette; Casas, Juan-Pablo; Lock, Karen picture_as_pdf

Socio-economic inequalities in curative health-seeking for children in Egypt: analysis of the 2008 Demographic and Health Survey. (2015) Benova, Lenka; Campbell, Oona MR; Ploubidis, George B

Risk of gentamicin toxicity in neonates treated for possible severe bacterial infection in low- and middle-income countries: Systematic Review. (2015) Musiime, Grace M; Seale, Anna C; Moxon, Sarah G; Lawn, Joy E

Countdown to 2015: a decade of tracking progress for maternal, newborn, and child survival. (2015) Victora, Cesar G; Requejo, Jennifer Harris; Barros, Aluisio JD; Berman, Peter; Bhutta, Zulfiqar; Boerma, Ties; Chopra, Mickey; de Francisco, Andres; Daelmans, Bernadette; Hazel, Elizabeth; Lawn, Joy; Maliqi, Blerta; Newby, Holly; Bryce, Jennifer

Serology describes a profile of declining malaria transmission in Farafenni, The Gambia. (2015) van den Hoogen, Lotus L; Griffin, Jamie T; Cook, Jackie; Sepúlveda, Nuno; Corran, Patrick; Conway, David J; Milligan, Paul; Affara, Muna; Allen, Stephen J; Proietti, Carla; Ceesay, Serign J; Targett, Geoffrey A; D'Alessandro, Umberto; Greenwood, Brian; Riley, Eleanor M; Drakeley, Chris

Maternal and perinatal mortality in resource-limited settings - Authors' reply. (2015) Hanson, Claudia; Cox, Jonathan; Mbaruku, Godfrey; Manzi, Fatuma; Gabrysch, Sabine; Schellenberg, David; Tanner, Marcel; Ronsmans, Carine; Schellenberg, Joanna

Effectiveness of novel, lower cost molecular human papillomavirus-based tests for cervical cancer screening in rural china. (2015) Valdez, Melissa; Jeronimo, Jose; Bansil, Pooja; Qiao, You-Lin; Zhao, Fang-Hui; Chen, Wen; Zhang, Xun; Kang, Le-Ni; Paul, Proma; Bai, Ping; Peck, Roger; Li, Jing; Chen, Feng; Stoler, Mark H; Castle, Philip E

Herpes Simplex Virus Type-2 Cervicovaginal Shedding Among Women Living With HIV-1 and Receiving Antiretroviral Therapy in Burkina Faso: An 8-Year Longitudinal Study. (2015) Low, Andrea J; Nagot, Nicolas; Weiss, Helen A; Konate, Issouf; Kania, Dramane; Segondy, Michel; Meda, Nicolas; van de Perre, Philippe; Mayaud, Philippe; Yerelon Study Group

A Tuberculin Skin Test Survey and the Annual Risk of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection in Gambian School Children. (2015) Adetifa, Ifedayo MO; Muhammad, Abdul Khalie; Jeffries, David; Donkor, Simon; Borgdorff, Martien W; Corrah, Tumani; D'Alessandro, Umberto

The Epidemiology of Alcohol Use and Alcohol Use Disorders among Young People in Northern Tanzania. (2015) Francis, Joel M; Weiss, Helen A; Mshana, Gerry; Baisley, Kathy; Grosskurth, Heiner; Kapiga, Saidi H

Comparison of self-reported alcohol use with the alcohol biomarker phosphatidylethanol among young people in northern Tanzania. (2015) Francis, Joel M; Weiss, Helen A; Helander, Anders; Kapiga, Saidi H; Changalucha, John; Grosskurth, Heiner picture_as_pdf

September 2015

Development of a Bayesian response-adaptive trial design for the Dexamethasone for Excessive Menstruation study. (2015) Holm Hansen, Christian; Warner, Pamela; Parker, Richard A; Walker, Brian R; Critchley, Hilary Od; Weir, Christopher J

A systematic review of community-to-facility neonatal referral completion rates in Africa and Asia. (2015) Kozuki, Naoko; Guenther, Tanya; Vaz, Lara; Moran, Allisyn; Soofi, Sajid B; Kayemba, Christine Nalwadda; Peterson, Stefan S; Bhutta, Zulfiqar A; Khanal, Sudhir; Tielsch, James M; Doherty, Tanya; Nsibande, Duduzile; Lawn, Joy E; Wall, Stephen

Short Maternal Stature Increases Risk of Small-for-Gestational-Age and Preterm Births in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Individual Participant Data Meta-Analysis and Population Attributable Fraction. (2015) Kozuki, Naoko; Katz, Joanne; Lee, Anne CC; Vogel, Joshua P; Silveira, Mariangela F; Sania, Ayesha; Stevens, Gretchen A; Cousens, Simon; Caulfield, Laura E; Christian, Parul; Huybregts, Lieven; Roberfroid, Dominique; Schmiegelow, Christentze; Adair, Linda S; Barros, Fernando C; Cowan, Melanie; Fawzi, Wafaie; Kolsteren, Patrick; Merialdi, Mario; Mongkolchati, Aroonsri; Saville, Naomi; Victora, Cesar G; Bhutta, Zulfiqar A; Blencowe, Hannah; Ezzati, Majid; Lawn, Joy E; Black, Robert E; Child Health Epidemiology Reference Group Small-for-Gestational- description

Role of the private sector in childbirth care: cross-sectional survey evidence from 57 low- and middle-income countries using Demographic and Health Surveys. (2015) Benova, Lenka; Macleod, David; Footman, Katharine; Cavallaro, Francesca; Lynch, Caroline A; Campbell, Oona MR

Who, What, Where: an analysis of private sector family planning provision in 57 low- and middle-income countries. (2015) Campbell, Oona MR; Benova, Lenka; Macleod, David; Goodman, Catherine; Footman, Katharine; Pereira, Audrey L; Lynch, Caroline A

Improving Maternal Care through a State-Wide Health Insurance Program: A Cost and Cost-Effectiveness Study in Rural Nigeria. (2015) Gomez, Gabriela B; Foster, Nicola; Brals, Daniella; Nelissen, Heleen E; Bolarinwa, Oladimeji A; Hendriks, Marleen E; Boers, Alexander C; van Eck, Diederik; Rosendaal, Nicole; Adenusi, Peju; Agbede, Kayode; Akande, Tanimola M; Boele van Hensbroek, Michael; Wit, Ferdinand W; Hankins, Catherine A; Schultsz, Constance

Effects of maternal geohelminth infections on allergy in early childhood. (2015) Cooper, Philip J; Chico, Martha E; Amorim, Leila D; Sandoval, Carlos; Vaca, Maritza; Strina, Agostino; Campos, Ana Clara; Rodrigues, Laura C; Barreto, Mauricio L; Strachan, David P

Management of latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection: WHO guidelines for low tuberculosis burden countries. (2015) Getahun, Haileyesus; Matteelli, Alberto; Abubakar, Ibrahim; Aziz, Mohamed Abdel; Baddeley, Annabel; Barreira, Draurio; Den Boon, Saskia; Borroto Gutierrez, Susana Marta; Bruchfeld, Judith; Burhan, Erlina; Cavalcante, Solange; Cedillos, Rolando; Chaisson, Richard; Chee, Cynthia Bin-Eng; Chesire, Lucy; Corbett, Elizabeth; Dara, Masoud; Denholm, Justin; de Vries, Gerard; Falzon, Dennis; Ford, Nathan; Gale-Rowe, Margaret; Gilpin, Chris; Girardi, Enrico; Go, Un-Yeong; Govindasamy, Darshini; D Grant, Alison; Grzemska, Malgorzata; Harris, Ross; Horsburgh, C Robert; Ismayilov, Asker; Jaramillo, Ernesto; Kik, Sandra; Kranzer, Katharina; Lienhardt, Christian; LoBue, Philip; Lönnroth, Knut; Marks, Guy; Menzies, Dick; Migliori, Giovanni Battista; Mosca, Davide; Mukadi, Ya Diul; Mwinga, Alwyn; Nelson, Lisa; Nishikiori, Nobuyuki; Oordt-Speets, Anouk; Rangaka, Molebogeng Xheedha; Reis, Andreas; Rotz, Lisa; Sandgren, Andreas; Sañé Schepisi, Monica; Schünemann, Holger J; Sharma, Surender Kumar; Sotgiu, Giovanni; Stagg, Helen R; Sterling, Timothy R; Tayeb, Tamara; Uplekar, Mukund; van der Werf, Marieke J; Vandevelde, Wim; van Kessel, Femke; van't Hoog, Anna; Varma, Jay K; Vezhnina, Natalia; Voniatis, Constantia; Vonk Noordegraaf-Schouten, Marije; Weil, Diana; Weyer, Karin; Wilkinson, Robert John; Yoshiyama, Takashi; Zellweger, Jean Pierre; Raviglione, Mario

Frequency of HIV-testing and factors associated with multiple lifetime HIV-testing among a rural population of Zambian men. (2015) Hensen, B; Lewis, JJ; Schaap, A; Tembo, M; Vera-Hernández, M; Mutale, W; Weiss, HA; Hargreaves, J; Stringer, Jsa; Ayles, H

"If You Are Not Circumcised, I Cannot Say Yes": The Role of Women in Promoting the Uptake of Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision in Tanzania. (2015) Osaki, Haika; Mshana, Gerry; Wambura, Mwita; Grund, Jonathan; Neke, Nyasule; Kuringe, Evodius; Plotkin, Marya; Mahler, Hally; Terris-Prestholt, Fern; Weiss, Helen; Changalucha, John

Stillbirth should be given greater priority on the global health agenda. (2015) Qureshi, Zeshan U; Millum, Joseph; Blencowe, Hannah; Kelley, Maureen; Fottrell, Edward; Lawn, Joy E; Costello, Anthony; Colbourn, Tim

Pneumococcal vaccination and childhood pneumonia in South Africa. (2015) Mulholland, Kim; Nguyen, Cattram

Mortality and its risk factors in Malawian children admitted to hospital with clinical pneumonia, 2001-12: a retrospective observational study. (2015) Lazzerini, Marzia; Seward, Nadine; Lufesi, Norman; Banda, Rosina; Sinyeka, Sophie; Masache, Gibson; Nambiar, Bejoy; Makwenda, Charles; Costello, Anthony; McCollum, Eric D; Colbourn, Tim

Missed Opportunities for TB Investigation in Primary Care Clinics in South Africa: Experience from the XTEND Trial. (2015) Chihota, Violet N; Ginindza, Sibuse; McCarthy, Kerrigan; Grant, Alison D; Churchyard, Gavin; Fielding, Katherine

Omitting edema measurement: how much acute malnutrition are we missing? (2015) Frison, Severine; Checchi, Francesco; Kerac, Marko

Effectiveness of Electronic Reminders to Improve Medication Adherence in Tuberculosis Patients: A Cluster-Randomised Trial. (2015) Liu, Xiaoqiu; Lewis, James J; Zhang, Hui; Lu, Wei; Zhang, Shun; Zheng, Guilan; Bai, Liqiong; Li, Jun; Li, Xue; Chen, Hongguang; Liu, Mingming; Chen, Rong; Chi, Junying; Lu, Jian; Huan, Shitong; Cheng, Shiming; Wang, Lixia; Jiang, Shiwen; Chin, Daniel P; Fielding, Katherine L

Scaling up quality care for mothers and newborns around the time of birth: an overview of methods and analyses of intervention-specific bottlenecks and solutions. (2015) Dickson, Kim E; Kinney, Mary V; Moxon, Sarah G; Ashton, Joanne; Zaka, Nabila; Simen-Kapeu, Aline; Sharma, Gaurav; Kerber, Kate J; Daelmans, Bernadette; Gülmezoglu, A; Mathai, Matthews; Nyange, Christabel; Baye, Martina; Lawn, Joy E

Basic newborn care and neonatal resuscitation: a multi-country analysis of health system bottlenecks and potential solutions. (2015) Enweronu-Laryea, Christabel; Dickson, Kim E; Moxon, Sarah G; Simen-Kapeu, Aline; Nyange, Christabel; Niermeyer, Susan; Bégin, France; Sobel, Howard L; Lee, Anne CC; von Xylander, Severin; Lawn, Joy E

Counting every stillbirth and neonatal death through mortality audit to improve quality of care for every pregnant woman and her baby. (2015) Kerber, Kate J; Mathai, Matthews; Lewis, Gwyneth; Flenady, Vicki; Erwich, Jan Jaap HM; Segun, Tunde; Aliganyira, Patrick; Abdelmegeid, Ali; Allanson, Emma; Roos, Nathalie; Rhoda, Natasha; Lawn, Joy E; Pattinson, Robert

Antenatal corticosteroids for management of preterm birth: a multi-country analysis of health system bottlenecks and potential solutions. (2015) Liu, Grace; Segrè, Joel; Gülmezoglu, A; Mathai, Matthews; Smith, Jeffrey M; Hermida, Jorge; Simen-Kapeu, Aline; Barker, Pierre; Jere, Mercy; Moses, Edward; Moxon, Sarah G; Dickson, Kim E; Lawn, Joy E; Althabe, Fernando; Working Group for UN Commission of Life Saving Commodities Anten

Inpatient care of small and sick newborns: a multi-country analysis of health system bottlenecks and potential solutions. (2015) Moxon, Sarah G; Lawn, Joy E; Dickson, Kim E; Simen-Kapeu, Aline; Gupta, Gagan; Deorari, Ashok; Singhal, Nalini; New, Karen; Kenner, Carole; Bhutani, Vinod; Kumar, Rakesh; Molyneux, Elizabeth; Blencowe, Hannah

Count every newborn; a measurement improvement roadmap for coverage data. (2015) Moxon, Sarah G; Ruysen, Harriet; Kerber, Kate J; Amouzou, Agbessi; Fournier, Suzanne; Grove, John; Moran, Allisyn C; Vaz, Lara ME; Blencowe, Hannah; Conroy, Niall; Gülmezoglu, A; Vogel, Joshua P; Rawlins, Barbara; Sayed, Rubayet; Hill, Kathleen; Vivio, Donna; Qazi, Shamim A; Sitrin, Deborah; Seale, Anna C; Wall, Steve; Jacobs, Troy; Ruiz Peláez, Juan; Guenther, Tanya; Coffey, Patricia S; Dawson, Penny; Marchant, Tanya; Waiswa, Peter; Deorari, Ashok; Enweronu-Laryea, Christabel; Arifeen, Shams; Lee, Anne CC; Mathai, Matthews; Lawn, Joy E

Quality care during labour and birth: a multi-country analysis of health system bottlenecks and potential solutions. (2015) Sharma, Gaurav; Mathai, Matthews; Dickson, Kim E; Weeks, Andrew; Hofmeyr, G; Lavender, Tina; Day, Louise; Mathews, Jiji; Fawcus, Sue; Simen-Kapeu, Aline; de Bernis, Luc

Treatment of neonatal infections: a multi-country analysis of health system bottlenecks and potential solutions. (2015) Simen-Kapeu, Aline; Seale, Anna C; Wall, Steve; Nyange, Christabel; Qazi, Shamim A; Moxon, Sarah G; Young, Mark; Liu, Grace; Darmstadt, Gary L; Dickson, Kim E; Lawn, Joy E

Kangaroo mother care: a multi-country analysis of health system bottlenecks and potential solutions. (2015) Vesel, Linda; Bergh, Anne-Marie; Kerber, Kate J; Valsangkar, Bina; Mazia, Goldy; Moxon, Sarah G; Blencowe, Hannah; Darmstadt, Gary L; de Graft Johnson, Joseph; Dickson, Kim E; Ruiz Peláez, Juan; von Xylander, Severin; Lawn, Joy E; KMC Research Acceleration Group

Health Facility Utilisation Changes during the Introduction of Community Case Management of Malaria in South Western Uganda: An Interrupted Time Series Approach. (2015) Lal, Sham; Ndyomugenyi, Richard; Alexander, Neal D; Lagarde, Mylene; Paintain, Lucy; Magnussen, Pascal; Chandramohan, Daniel; Clarke, Siân E picture_as_pdf

Neonatal infection: a major burden with minimal funding. (2015) Seale, Anna C; Head, Michael G; Fitchett, Elizabeth JA; Vergnano, Stefania; Saha, Samir K; Heath, Paul T; Sharland, Mike; Lawn, Joy E; SPRING

Toxicity of Amphotericin B Deoxycholate-Based Induction Therapy in Patients with HIV-Associated Cryptococcal Meningitis. (2015) Bicanic, Tihana; Bottomley, Christian; Loyse, Angela; Brouwer, Annemarie E; Muzoora, Conrad; Taseera, Kabanda; Jackson, Arthur; Phulusa, Jacob; Hosseinipour, Mina C; van der Horst, Charles; Limmathurotsakul, Direk; White, Nicholas J; Wilson, Douglas; Wood, Robin; Meintjes, Graeme; Harrison, Thomas S; Jarvis, Joseph N

Uptake, Accuracy, Safety, and Linkage into Care over Two Years of Promoting Annual Self-Testing for HIV in Blantyre, Malawi: A Community-Based Prospective Study. (2015) Choko, Augustine T; MacPherson, Peter; Webb, Emily L; Willey, Barbara A; Feasy, Helena; Sambakunsi, Rodrick; Mdolo, Aaron; Makombe, Simon D; Desmond, Nicola; Hayes, Richard; Maheswaran, Hendramoorthy; Corbett, Elizabeth L

Correction: Implementation Research to Inform the Use of Xpert MTB/RIF in Primary Health Care Facilities in High TB and HIV Settings in Resource Constrained Settings. (2015) Muyoyeta, Monde; Moyo, Maureen; Kasese, Nkatya; Ndhlovu, Mapopa; Milimo, Deborah; Mwanza, Winfridah; Kapata, Nathan; Schaap, Albertus; Faussett, Peter Godfrey; Ayles, Helen

August 2015

Electrostatic coating enhances bioavailability of insecticides and breaks pyrethroid resistance in mosquitoes. (2015) Andriessen, Rob; Snetselaar, Janneke; Suer, Remco A; Osinga, Anne J; Deschietere, Johan; Lyimo, Issa N; Mnyone, Ladslaus L; Brooke, Basil D; Ranson, Hilary; Knols, Bart GJ; Farenhorst, Marit

Evidence-based vector control? Improving the quality of vector control trials. (2015) Wilson, Anne L; Boelaert, Marleen; Kleinschmidt, Immo; Pinder, Margaret; Scott, Thomas W; Tusting, Lucy S; Lindsay, Steve W

Setting research priorities to improve global newborn health and prevent stillbirths by 2025. (2015) Yoshida, Sachiyo; Martines, José; Lawn, Joy E; Wall, Stephen; Souza, Joăo Paulo; Rudan, Igor; Cousens, Simon; neonatal health research priority setting group; Aaby, Peter; Adam, Ishag; Adhikari, Ramesh Kant; Ambalavanan, Namasivayam; Arifeen, Shams Ei; Aryal, Dhana Raj; Asiruddin, Sk; Baqui, Abdullah; Barros, Aluisio Jd; Benn, Christine S; Bhandari, Vineet; Bhatnagar, Shinjini; Bhattacharya, Sohinee; Bhutta, Zulfiqar A; Black, Robert E; Blencowe, Hannah; Bose, Carl; Brown, Justin; Bührer, Christoph; Carlo, Wally; Cecatti, Jose Guilherme; Cheung, Po-Yin; Clark, Robert; Colbourn, Tim; Conde-Agudelo, Agustin; Corbett, Erica; Czeizel, Andrew E; Das, Abhik; Day, Louise Tina; Deal, Carolyn; Deorari, Ashok; Dilmen, Uğur; English, Mike; Engmann, Cyril; Esamai, Fabian; Fall, Caroline; Ferriero, Donna M; Gisore, Peter; Hazir, Tabish; Higgins, Rosemary D; Homer, Caroline Se; Hoque, DE; Irgens, Lorentz; Islam, MT; de Graft-Johnson, Joseph; Joshua, Martias Alice; Keenan, William; Khatoon, Soofia; Kieler, Helle; Kramer, Michael S; Lackritz, Eve M; Lavender, Tina; Lawintono, Laurensia; Luhanga, Richard; Marsh, David; McMillan, Douglas; McNamara, Patrick J; Mol, Ben Willem J; Molyneux, Elizabeth; Mukasa, GK; Mutabazi, Miriam; Nacul, Luis Carlos; Nakakeeto, Margaret; Narayanan, Indira; Olusanya, Bolajoko; Osrin, David; Paul, Vinod; Poets, Christian; Reddy, Uma M; Santosham, Mathuram; Sayed, Rubayet; Schlabritz-Loutsevitch, Natalia E; Singhal, Nalini; Smith, Mary Alice; Smith, Peter G; Soofi, Sajid; Spong, Catherine Y; Sultana, Shahin; Tshefu, Antoinette; van Bel, Frank; Gray, Lauren Vestewig; Waiswa, Peter; Wang, Wei; Williams, Sarah LA; Wright, Linda; Zaidi, Anita; Zhang, Yanfeng; Zhong, Nanbert; Zuniga, Isabel; Bahl, Rajiv

The Second Zambian National Tuberculosis Drug Resistance survey - a comparison of conventional and molecular methods. (2015) Kapata, Nathan; Mbulo, Grace; Cobelens, Frank; de Haas, Petra; Schaap, Ab; Mwamba, Pike; Mwanza, Winnie; Muvwimi, Mweemba; Muyoyeta, Monde; Moyo, Maureen; Mulenga, Lutinala; Grobusch, Martin P; Godfrey-Faussett, Peter; Ayles, Helen

The Impact of Different CD4 Cell-Count Monitoring and Switching Strategies on Mortality in HIV-Infected African Adults on Antiretroviral Therapy: An Application of Dynamic Marginal Structural Models. (2015) Ford, Deborah; Robins, James M; Petersen, Maya L; Gibb, Diana M; Gilks, Charles F; Mugyenyi, Peter; Grosskurth, Heiner; Hakim, James; Katabira, Elly; Babiker, Abdel G; Walker, A Sarah; DART Trial Team

Effectiveness of Provider and Community Interventions to Improve Treatment of Uncomplicated Malaria in Nigeria: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial. (2015) Onwujekwe, Obinna; Mangham-Jefferies, Lindsay; Cundill, Bonnie; Alexander, Neal; Langham, Julia; Ibe, Ogochukwu; Uzochukwu, Benjamin; Wiseman, Virginia

What's more general than a whole population? (2015) Alexander, Neal

Peripheral neuropathy in HIV patients in sub-Saharan Africa failing first-line therapy and the response to second-line ART in the EARNEST trial. (2015) Arenas-Pinto, Alejandro; Thompson, Jennifer; Musoro, Godfrey; Musana, Hellen; Lugemwa, Abbas; Kambugu, Andrew; Mweemba, Aggrey; Atwongyeire, Dickens; Thomason, Margaret J; Walker, A Sarah; Paton, Nicholas I; EARNEST Trial Team

Using Observational Data to Estimate the Effect of Hand Washing and Clean Delivery Kit Use by Birth Attendants on Maternal Deaths after Home Deliveries in Rural Bangladesh, India and Nepal. (2015) Seward, Nadine; Prost, Audrey; Copas, Andrew; Corbin, Marine; Li, Leah; Colbourn, Tim; Osrin, David; Neuman, Melissa; Azad, Kishwar; Kuddus, Abdul; Nair, Nirmala; Tripathy, Prasanta; Manandhar, Dharma; Costello, Anthony; Cortina-Borja, Mario

Seasonality in malaria transmission: implications for case-management with long-acting artemisinin combination therapy in sub-Saharan Africa. (2015) Cairns, Matthew E; Walker, Patrick GT; Okell, Lucy C; Griffin, Jamie T; Garske, Tini; Asante, Kwaku Poku; Owusu-Agyei, Seth; Diallo, Diadier; Dicko, Alassane; Cisse, Badara; Greenwood, Brian M; Chandramohan, Daniel; Ghani, Azra C; Milligan, Paul J

Stepped wedge randomised controlled trials: systematic review of studies published between 2010 and 2014. (2015) Beard, Emma; Lewis, James J; Copas, Andrew; Davey, Calum; Osrin, David; Baio, Gianluca; Thompson, Jennifer A; Fielding, Katherine L; Omar, Rumana Z; Ononge, Sam; Hargreaves, James; Prost, Audrey

Designing a stepped wedge trial: three main designs, carry-over effects and randomisation approaches. (2015) Copas, Andrew J; Lewis, James J; Thompson, Jennifer A; Davey, Calum; Baio, Gianluca; Hargreaves, James R

Analysis and reporting of stepped wedge randomised controlled trials: synthesis and critical appraisal of published studies, 2010 to 2014. (2015) Davey, Calum; Hargreaves, James; Thompson, Jennifer A; Copas, Andrew J; Beard, Emma; Lewis, James J; Fielding, Katherine L

Five questions to consider before conducting a stepped wedge trial. (2015) Hargreaves, James R; Copas, Andrew J; Beard, Emma; Osrin, David; Lewis, James J; Davey, Calum; Thompson, Jennifer A; Baio, Gianluca; Fielding, Katherine L; Prost, Audrey

Hypertension Control and Its Correlates Among Adults Attending a Hypertension Clinic in Tanzania. (2015) Maginga, John; Guerrero, Mariana; Koh, Eileen; Holm Hansen, Christian; Shedafa, Rehema; Kalokola, Fredrick; Smart, Luke R; Peck, Robert N

How important is randomisation in a stepped wedge trial? (2015) Hargreaves, James R; Prost, Audrey; Fielding, Katherine L; Copas, Andrew J

Clinical presentation, biochemical, and haematological parameters and their association with outcome in patients with Ebola virus disease: an observational cohort study. (2015) Hunt, Luke; Gupta-Wright, Ankur; Simms, Victoria; Tamba, Fayia; Knott, Victoria; Tamba, Kongoneh; Heisenberg-Mansaray, Saidu; Tamba, Emmanuel; Sheriff, Alpha; Conteh, Sulaiman; Smith, Tom; Tobin, Shelagh; Brooks, Tim; Houlihan, Catherine; Cummings, Rachael; Fletcher, Tom

A Non-Inferiority, Individually Randomized Trial of Intermittent Screening and Treatment versus Intermittent Preventive Treatment in the Control of Malaria in Pregnancy. (2015) Tagbor, Harry; Cairns, Matthew; Bojang, Kalifa; Coulibaly, Sheick Oumar; Kayentao, Kassoum; Williams, John; Abubakar, Ismaela; Akor, Francis; Mohammed, Khalifa; Bationo, Richard; Dabira, Edgar; Soulama, Alamissa; Djimdé, Moussa; Guirou, Etienne; Awine, Timothy; Quaye, Stephen; Njie, Fanta; Ordi, Jaume; Doumbo, Ogobara; Hodgson, Abraham; Oduro, Abraham; Meshnick, Steven; Taylor, Steve; Magnussen, Pascal; ter Kuile, Feiko; Woukeu, Arouna; Milligan, Paul; Chandramohan, Daniel; Greenwood, Brian

Reduced dose human papillomavirus vaccination: an update of the current state-of-the-art. (2015) Toh, Zheng Quan; Licciardi, Paul V; Fong, James; Garland, Suzanne M; Tabrizi, Sepehr N; Russell, Fiona M; Mulholland, Edward K

Bacterial vaginosis among women at high risk for HIV in Uganda: high rate of recurrent diagnosis despite treatment. (2015) Francis, Suzanna C; Looker, Clare; Vandepitte, Judith; Bukenya, Justine; Mayanja, Yunia; Nakubulwa, Susan; Hughes, Peter; Hayes, Richard J; Weiss, Helen A; Grosskurth, Heiner

Implementation of the Every Newborn Action Plan: Progress and lessons learned. (2015) Kinney, Mary V; Cocoman, Olive; Dickson, Kim E; Daelmans, Bernadette; Zaka, Nabila; Rhoda, Natasha R; Moxon, Sarah G; Kak, Lily; Lawn, Joy E; Khadka, Neena; Darmstadt, Gary L

Impact of Community Mass Treatment with Azithromycin for Trachoma Elimination on the Prevalence of Yaws. (2015) Marks, Michael; Vahi, Ventis; Sokana, Oliver; Chi, Kai-Hua; Puiahi, Elliot; Kilua, Georgina; Pillay, Allan; Dalipanda, Tenneth; Bottomley, Christian; Solomon, Anthony W; Mabey, David C

July 2015

Long-term impact of pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccination on nasopharyngeal carriage in children previously vaccinated with various pneumococcal conjugate vaccine regimes. (2015) Boelsen, Laura K; Dunne, Eileen M; Lamb, Karen E; Bright, Kathryn; Cheung, Yin Bun; Tikoduadua, Lisi; Russell, Fiona M; Mulholland, E Kim; Licciardi, Paul V; Satzke, Catherine

Human-armadillo interaction in Ceará, Brazil: Potential for transmission of Mycobacterium leprae. (2015) Kerr, Ligia; Kendall, Carl; Sousa, Cesar Augusto Barros de; Frota, Cristiane Cunha; Graham, Jove; Rodrigues, Laura; Fernandes, Rafael Lima; Barreto, Maurício Lima

Hepatitis C virus and HIV infections among people who inject drugs in the Middle East and North Africa: a neglected public health burden? (2015) Mumtaz, Ghina R; Weiss, Helen A; Abu-Raddad, Laith J

The effect of reduced street lighting on road casualties and crime in England and Wales: controlled interrupted time series analysis. (2015) Steinbach, Rebecca; Perkins, Chloe; Tompson, Lisa; Johnson, Shane; Armstrong, Ben; Green, Judith; Grundy, Chris; Wilkinson, Paul; Edwards, Phil

What is the impact of interventions that prevent fetal mortality on the increase of preterm live births in the State of Sao Paulo, Brazil? (2015) Alencar, Gizelton Pereira; da Silva, Zilda Pereira; Santos, Patrícia Carla; Raspantini, Priscila Ribeiro; Moura, Barbara Laisa Alves; de Almeida, Marcia Furquim; do Nascimento, Felipe Parra; Rodrigues, Laura C

Landscaping the structures of GAVI country vaccine supply chains and testing the effects of radical redesign. (2015) Lee, Bruce Y; Connor, Diana L; Wateska, Angela R; Norman, Bryan A; Rajgopal, Jayant; Cakouros, Brigid E; Chen, Sheng-I; Claypool, Erin G; Haidari, Leila A; Karir, Veena; Leonard, Jim; Mueller, Leslie E; Paul, Proma; Schmitz, Michelle M; Welling, Joel S; Weng, Yu-Ting; Brown, Shawn T

Re-analysis of health and educational impacts of a school-based deworming programme in western Kenya: a pure replication. (2015) Aiken, Alexander M; Davey, Calum; Hargreaves, James R; Hayes, Richard J

Re-analysis of health and educational impacts of a school-based deworming programme in western Kenya: a statistical replication of a cluster quasi-randomized stepped-wedge trial. (2015) Davey, Calum; Aiken, Alexander M; Hayes, Richard J; Hargreaves, James R

Authors' Response to: Deworming externalities and school impacts in Kenya. (2015) Hargreaves, James R; Aiken, Alexander M; Davey, Calum; Hayes, Richard J

Design of a study to determine the impact of insecticide resistance on malaria vector control: a multi-country investigation. (2015) Kleinschmidt, Immo; Mnzava, Abraham Peter; Kafy, Hmooda Toto; Mbogo, Charles; Bashir, Adam Ismail; Bigoga, Jude; Adechoubou, Alioun; Raghavendra, Kamaraju; Knox, Tessa Bellamy; Malik, Elfatih M; Nkuni, Zinga José; Bayoh, Nabie; Ochomo, Eric; Fondjo, Etienne; Kouambeng, Celestin; Awono-Ambene, Herman Parfait; Etang, Josiane; Akogbeto, Martin; Bhatt, Rajendra; Swain, Dipak K; Kinyari, Teresa; Njagi, Kiambo; Muthami, Lawrence; Subramaniam, Krishanthi; Bradley, John; West, Philippa; Massougbodji, Achile; Okê-Sopoh, Mariam; Hounto, Aurore; Elmardi, Khalid; Valecha, Neena; Kamau, Luna; Mathenge, Evan; Donnelly, Martin James

Travel-associated infections in Europe. (2015) Behrens, Ron H; Alexander, Neal; Noble, Lorraine M

Time series regression model for infectious disease and weather. (2015) Imai, Chisato; Armstrong, Ben; Chalabi, Zaid; Mangtani, Punam; Hashizume, Masahiro

Natural history of chronic HBV infection in West Africa: a longitudinal population-based study from The Gambia. (2015) Shimakawa, Yusuke; Lemoine, Maud; Njai, Harr Freeya; Bottomley, Christian; Ndow, Gibril; Goldin, Robert D; Jatta, Abdoulie; Jeng-Barry, Adam; Wegmuller, Rita; Moore, Sophie E; Baldeh, Ignatius; Taal, Makie; D'Alessandro, Umberto; Whittle, Hilton; Njie, Ramou; Thursz, Mark; Mendy, Maimuna

Fistula in sub-Saharan Africa - Authors' reply. (2015) Maheu-Giroux, Mathieu; Filippi, Véronique; Samadoulougou, Sékou; Castro, Marcia C; Maulet, Nathalie; Meda, Nicolas; Kirakoya-Samadoulougou, Fati

Effect of Repeated Anthelminthic Treatment on Malaria in School Children in Kenya: A Randomized, Open-Label, Equivalence Trial. (2015) Kepha, Stella; Nuwaha, Fred; Nikolay, Birgit; Gichuki, Paul; Mwandawiro, Charles S; Mwinzi, Pauline N; Odiere, Maurice R; Edwards, Tansy; Allen, Elizabeth; Brooker, Simon J

Oral cholera vaccines in endemic countries. (2015) O'Leary, Maureen; Mulholland, Kim

The Global Trachoma Mapping Project: Methodology of a 34-Country Population-Based Study. (2015) Solomon, Anthony W; Pavluck, Alexandre L; Courtright, Paul; Aboe, Agatha; Adamu, Liknaw; Alemayehu, Wondu; Alemu, Menbere; Alexander, Neal DE; Kello, Amir Bedri; Bero, Berhanu; Brooker, Simon J; Chu, Brian K; Dejene, Michael; Emerson, Paul M; Flueckiger, Rebecca M; Gadisa, Solomon; Gass, Katherine; Gebre, Teshome; Habtamu, Zelalem; Harvey, Erik; Haslam, Dominic; King, Jonathan D; Mesurier, Richard Le; Lewallen, Susan; Lietman, Thomas M; MacArthur, Chad; Mariotti, Silvio P; Massey, Anna; Mathieu, Els; Mekasha, Addis; Millar, Tom; Mpyet, Caleb; Muñoz, Beatriz E; Ngondi, Jeremiah; Ogden, Stephanie; Pearce, Joseph; Sarah, Virginia; Sisay, Alemayehu; Smith, Jennifer L; Taylor, Hugh R; Thomson, Jo; West, Sheila K; Willis, Rebecca; Bush, Simon; Haddad, Danny; Foster, Allen

Readiness of Ugandan health services for the management of outpatients with chronic diseases. (2015) Katende, David; Mutungi, Gerald; Baisley, Kathy; Biraro, Samuel; Ikoona, Eric; Peck, Robert; Smeeth, Liam; Hayes, Richard; Munderi, Paula; Grosskurth, Heiner

What do Indian children drink when they do not receive water? Statistical analysis of water and alternative beverage consumption from the 2005-2006 Indian National Family Health Survey. (2015) Fledderjohann, Jasmine; Doyle, Pat; Campbell, Oona; Ebrahim, Shah; Basu, Sanjay; Stuckler, David

Updated estimate of the duration of the meningo-encephalitic stage in gambiense human African trypanosomiasis. (2015) Checchi, Francesco; Funk, Sebastian; Chandramohan, Daniel; Haydon, Daniel T; Chappuis, François

Characterization of 19A-like 19F pneumococcal isolates from Papua New Guinea and Fiji. (2015) Dunne, EM; Tikkanen, L; Balloch, A; Gould, K; Yoannes, M; Phuanukoonnon, S; Licciardi, PV; Russell, FM; Mulholland, EK; Satzke, C; Hinds, J

Mapping pneumonia research: A systematic analysis of UK investments and published outputs 1997-2013. (2015) Head, Michael G; Fitchett, Joseph R; Newell, Marie-Louise; Scott, J Anthony G; Harris, Jennifer N; Clarke, Stuart C; Atun, Rifat

Trends and factors associated with dengue mortality and fatality in Brazil. (2015) Paixão, Enny Santos; Costa, Maria da Conceição Nascimento; Rodrigues, Laura Cunha; Rasella, Davide; Cardim, Luciana Lobato; Brasileiro, Alcione Cunha; Teixeira, Maria Gloria Lima Cruz

Food Price Spikes Are Associated with Increased Malnutrition among Children in Andhra Pradesh, India. (2015) Vellakkal, Sukumar; Fledderjohann, Jasmine; Basu, Sanjay; Agrawal, Sutapa; Ebrahim, Shah; Campbell, Oona; Doyle, Pat; Stuckler, David

June 2015

Mistreatment of Women in Childbirth: Time for Action on This Important Dimension of Violence against Women. (2015) Jewkes, Rachel; Penn-Kekana, Loveday

Origin and dynamics of admixture in Brazilians and its effect on the pattern of deleterious mutations. (2015) Kehdy, Fernanda SG; Gouveia, Mateus H; Machado, Moara; Magalhães, Wagner CS; Horimoto, Andrea R; Horta, Bernardo L; Moreira, Rennan G; Leal, Thiago P; Scliar, Marilia O; Soares-Souza, Giordano B; Rodrigues-Soares, Fernanda; Araújo, Gilderlanio S; Zamudio, Roxana; Sant Anna, Hanaisa P; Santos, Hadassa C; Duarte, Nubia E; Fiaccone, Rosemeire L; Figueiredo, Camila A; Silva, Thiago M; Costa, Gustavo NO; Beleza, Sandra; Berg, Douglas E; Cabrera, Lilia; Debortoli, Guilherme; Duarte, Denise; Ghirotto, Silvia; Gilman, Robert H; Gonçalves, Vanessa F; Marrero, Andrea R; Muniz, Yara C; Weissensteiner, Hansi; Yeager, Meredith; Rodrigues, Laura C; Barreto, Mauricio L; Lima-Costa, M Fernanda; Pereira, Alexandre C; Rodrigues, Maíra R; Tarazona-Santos, Eduardo; Brazilian EPIGEN Project Consortium

Effectiveness of the First Dose of BCG against Tuberculosis among HIV-Infected, Predominantly Immunodeficient Children. (2015) Van-Dunem, Joaquim CVD; Rodrigues, Laura C; Alencar, Luiz Claudio Arraes; Militão-Albuquerque, Maria de Fátima Pessoa; Ximenes, Ricardo Arraes de Alencar

Social Return on Investment (SROI) methodology to account for value for money of public health interventions: a systematic review. (2015) Banke-Thomas, Aduragbemi Oluwabusayo; Madaj, Barbara; Charles, Ameh; van den Broek, Nynke

WHO consultation on Respiratory Syncytial Virus Vaccine Development Report from a World Health Organization Meeting held on 23-24 March 2015. (2015) Modjarrad, Kayvon; Giersing, Birgitte; Kaslow, David C; Smith, Peter G; Moorthy, Vasee S; WHO RSV Vaccine Consultation Expert Group

Burden of Severe Pneumonia, Pneumococcal Pneumonia and Pneumonia Deaths in Indian States: Modelling Based Estimates. (2015) Farooqui, Habib; Jit, Mark; Heymann, David L; Zodpey, Sanjay

Effects of Vaccination with 10-Valent Pneumococcal Non-Typeable Haemophilus influenza Protein D Conjugate Vaccine (PHiD-CV) on the Nasopharyngeal Microbiome of Kenyan Toddlers. (2015) Feazel, Leah M; Santorico, Stephanie A; Robertson, Charles E; Bashraheil, Mahfudh; Scott, J Anthony G; Frank, Daniel N; Hammitt, Laura L

Cancer survival differences between South Asians and non-South Asians of England in 1986-2004, accounting for age at diagnosis and deprivation. (2015) Maringe, C; Li, R; Mangtani, P; Coleman, MP; Rachet, B

Reduced IL-17A Secretion Is Associated with High Levels of Pneumococcal Nasopharyngeal Carriage in Fijian Children. (2015) Hoe, Edwin; Boelsen, Laura K; Toh, Zheng Quan; Sun, Guang Wen; Koo, Ghee Chong; Balloch, Anne; Marimla, Rachel; Dunne, Eileen M; Tikoduadua, Lisi; Russell, Fiona M; Satzke, Catherine; Mulholland, E Kim; Licciardi, Paul V

Epidemiology of coinfection with soil transmitted helminths and Plasmodium falciparum among school children in Bumula District in western Kenya. (2015) Kepha, Stella; Nuwaha, Fred; Nikolay, Birgit; Gichuki, Paul; Edwards, Tansy; Allen, Elizabeth; Njenga, Sammy M; Mwandawiro, Charles S; Brooker, Simon J

10-valent pneumococcal non-typeable Haemophilus influenzae protein-D conjugate vaccine (PHiD-CV) induces memory B cell responses in healthy Kenyan toddlers. (2015) Muema, DM; Nduati, EW; Uyoga, M; Bashraheil, M; Scott, JAG; Hammitt, LL; Urban, BC

The Potential for Reducing the Number of Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine Doses While Sustaining Herd Immunity in High-Income Countries. (2015) Flasche, Stefan; Van Hoek, Albert Jan; Goldblatt, David; Edmunds, W John; O'Brien, Katherine L; Scott, J Anthony G; Miller, Elizabeth

The evidence for improving housing to reduce malaria: a systematic review and meta-analysis. (2015) Tusting, Lucy S; Ippolito, Matthew M; Willey, Barbara A; Kleinschmidt, Immo; Dorsey, Grant; Gosling, Roly D; Lindsay, Steve W

Acyclovir Prophylaxis Reduces the Incidence of Herpes Zoster Among HIV-Infected Individuals: Results of a Randomized Clinical Trial. (2015) Barnabas, Ruanne V; Baeten, Jared M; Lingappa, Jairam R; Thomas, Katherine K; Hughes, James P; Mugo, Nelly R; Delany-Moretlwe, Sinead; Gray, Glenda; Rees, Helen; Mujugira, Andrew; Ronald, Allan; Stevens, Wendy; Kapiga, Saidi; Wald, Anna; Celum, Connie; Partners in Prevention HSV/HIV Transmission Study Team

Neonatal admissions, quality of care and outcome: 4 years of inpatient audit data from The Gambia's teaching hospital. (2015) Okomo, Uduak A; Dibbasey, Tida; Kassama, Kalipha; Lawn, Joy E; Zaman, Syed MA; Kampmann, Beate; Howie, Stephen RC; Bojang, Kalifa

Incidence, Remission and Mortality of Convulsive Epilepsy in Rural Northeast South Africa. (2015) Wagner, Ryan G; Bottomley, Christian; Ngugi, Anthony K; Ibinda, Fredrick; Gómez-Olivé, F Xavier; Kahn, Kathleen; Tollman, Stephen; Newton, Charles R; SEEDS Writing Group; Wagner, Ryan; Twine, Rhian; Connor, Myles; Collinson, Mark; Masanja, Honratio; Mathew, Alexander; Kakooza, Angelina; Pariyo, George; Peterson, Stefan; Ndyo-mughenyi, Donald; Odhiambo, Rachael; Chengo, Eddie; Chabi, Martin; Bauni, Evasius; Kamuyu, Gathoni; Odera, Victor Mung'ala; Mageto, James O; Ae-Ngibise, Ken; Akpalu, Bright; Akpalu, Albert; Agbokey, Francis; Adjei, Patrick; Owusu-Agyei, Seth; Kleinschmidt, Immo; Doku, Victor CK; Odermatt, Peter; Neville, Brian; Sander, Josemir W; White, Steve; Nutman, Thomas; Wilkins, Patricia; Noh, John

Risk factors for hospital admission of Brazilian children with non-rotavirus diarrhoea: a case control-study. (2015) Ichihara, Maria Yury T; Rodrigues, Laura C; Santos, Carlos AST; Teixeira, Maria da Glória LC; Barreto, Mauricio L

Differential transcriptomic and metabolic profiles of M. africanum- and M. tuberculosis-infected patients after, but not before, drug treatment. (2015) Tientcheu, LD; Maertzdorf, J; Weiner, J; Adetifa, IM; Mollenkopf, H-J; Sutherland, JS; Donkor, S; Kampmann, B; Kaufmann, SHE; Dockrell, HM; Ota, MO

Implementation Research to Inform the Use of Xpert MTB/RIF in Primary Health Care Facilities in High TB and HIV Settings in Resource Constrained Settings. (2015) Muyoyeta, Monde; Moyo, Maureen; Kasese, Nkatya; Ndhlovu, Mapopa; Milimo, Deborah; Mwanza, Winfridah; Kapata, Nathan; Schaap, Albertus; Godfrey Faussett, Peter; Ayles, Helen

Schistosoma mansoni and HIV infection in a Ugandan population with high HIV and helminth prevalence. (2015) Sanya, Richard E; Muhangi, Lawrence; Nampijja, Margaret; Nannozi, Victoria; Nakawungu, Prossy Kabuubi; Abayo, Elson; Webb, Emily L; Elliott, Alison M; LaVIISWA study team

May 2015

Determinants of price setting decisions on anti-malarial drugs at retail shops in Cambodia. (2015) Patouillard, Edith; Hanson, Kara; Kleinschmidt, Immo; Palafox, Benjamin; Tougher, Sarah; Pok, Sochea; O'Connell, Kate; Goodman, Catherine

High prevalence of hypertension and of risk factors for non-communicable diseases (NCDs): a population based cross-sectional survey of NCDS and HIV infection in Northwestern Tanzania and Southern Uganda. (2015) Kavishe, Bazil; Biraro, Samuel; Baisley, Kathy; Vanobberghen, Fiona; Kapiga, Saidi; Munderi, Paula; Smeeth, Liam; Peck, Robert; Mghamba, Janneth; Mutungi, Gerald; Ikoona, Eric; Levin, Jonathan; Bou Monclús, Maria Assumpció; Katende, David; Kisanga, Edmund; Hayes, Richard; Grosskurth, Heiner

Clinical Relevance of Nontuberculous Mycobacteria Isolated from Sputum in a Gold Mining Workforce in South Africa: An Observational, Clinical Study. (2015) van Halsema, Clare L; Chihota, Violet N; Gey van Pittius, Nicolaas C; Fielding, Katherine L; Lewis, James J; van Helden, Paul D; Churchyard, Gavin J; Grant, Alison D

Analysis of Preventive Interventions for Malaria: Exploring Partial and Complete Protection and Total and Primary Intervention Effects. (2015) Cairns, Matthew; Cheung, Yin Bun; Xu, Ying; Asante, Kwaku Poku; Owusu-Agyei, Seth; Diallo, Diadier; Konate, Amadou T; Dicko, Alassane; Chandramohan, Daniel; Greenwood, Brian; Milligan, Paul

The diagnostic accuracy of urine lipoarabinomannan test for tuberculosis screening in a South African correctional facility. (2015) Hanifa, Yasmeen; Telisinghe, Lilanganee; Fielding, Katherine L; Malden, Justin L; Churchyard, Gavin J; Grant, Alison D; Charalambous, Salome

Nurse-led palliative care for HIV-positive patients taking antiretroviral therapy in Kenya: a randomised controlled trial. (2015) Lowther, Keira; Selman, Lucy; Simms, Victoria; Gikaara, Nancy; Ahmed, Aabid; Ali, Zipporah; Kariuki, Hellen; Sherr, Lorraine; Higginson, Irene J; Harding, Richard

Protocol for the evaluation of a social franchising model to improve maternal health in Uttar Pradesh, India. (2015) Pereira, Shreya K; Kumar, Paresh; Dutt, Varun; Haldar, Kaveri; Penn-Kekana, Loveday; Santos, Andreia; Powell-Jackson, Timothy

Safety of discontinuing cotrimoxazole prophylaxis among HIV infected adults on anti-retroviral therapy in Uganda (COSTOP trial): Design. (2015) Anywaine, Zacchaeus; Abaasa, Andrew; Levin, Jonathan; Kasirye, Ronnie; Kamali, Anatoli; Grosskurth, Heiner; Munderi, Paula; Nunn, Andrew picture_as_pdf

Maternal mortality and distance to facility-based obstetric care in rural southern Tanzania: a secondary analysis of cross-sectional census data in 226 000 households. (2015) Hanson, Claudia; Cox, Jonathan; Mbaruku, Godfrey; Manzi, Fatuma; Gabrysch, Sabine; Schellenberg, David; Tanner, Marcel; Ronsmans, Carine; Schellenberg, Joanna

Arterial hypertension and skin allergy are risk factors for progression from dengue to dengue hemorrhagic fever: a case control study. (2015) Teixeira, Maria Glória; Paixão, Enny S; Costa, Maria da Conceição N; Cunha, Rivaldo V; Pamplona, Luciano; Dias, Juarez P; Figueiredo, Camila A; Figueiredo, Maria Aparecida A; Blanton, Ronald; Morato, Vanessa; Barreto, Maurício L; Rodrigues, Laura C

A randomized noninferiority crossover controlled trial of the functional performance and safety of new female condoms: an evaluation of the Velvet, Cupid2, and FC2. (2015) Beksinska, Mags; Greener, Ross; Kleinschmidt, Immo; Pillay, Lavanya; Maphumulo, Virginia; Smit, Jennifer

Associations of blood pressure in pregnancy with offspring blood pressure trajectories during childhood and adolescence: findings from a prospective study. (2015) Staley, James R; Bradley, John; Silverwood, Richard J; Howe, Laura D; Tilling, Kate; Lawlor, Debbie A; Macdonald-Wallis, Corrie

Changing utilization of Stavudine (d4T) in HIV-positive people in 2006-2013 in the EuroSIDA study. (2015) Podlekareva, D; Grint, D; Karpov, I; Rakmanova, A; Mansinho, K; Chentsova, N; Zeltina, I; Losso, M; Parczewski, M; Lundgren, JD; Mocroft, A; Kirk, O; EuroSIDA in EuroCoord

Field deployment of loop-mediated isothermal amplification for centralized mass-screening of asymptomatic malaria in Zanzibar: a pre-elimination setting. (2015) Morris, Ulrika; Khamis, Mwinyi; Aydin-Schmidt, Berit; Abass, Ali K; Msellem, Mwinyi I; Nassor, Majda H; González, Iveth J; Mårtensson, Andreas; Ali, Abdullah S; Björkman, Anders; Cook, Jackie

Prevalence of classic, MLB-clade and VA-clade Astroviruses in Kenya and The Gambia. (2015) Meyer, Caroline T; Bauer, Irma K; Antonio, Martin; Adeyemi, Mitchell; Saha, Debasish; Oundo, Joseph O; Ochieng, John B; Omore, Richard; Stine, O Colin; Wang, David; Holtz, Lori R

Correction: Prevalence of Dyslipidaemia and Associated Risk Factors in a Rural Population in South-Western Uganda: A Community Based Survey. (2015) Asiki, Gershim; Murphy, Georgina AV; Baisley, Kathy; Nsubuga, Rebecca N; Maher, Dermot; Karabarinde, Alex; Newton, Robert; Seeley, Janet; Young, Elizabeth H; Kamali, Anatoli; Sandhu, Manjinder S picture_as_pdf

Access to and value of information to support good practice for staff in Kenyan hospitals. (2015) Muinga, Naomi; Sen, Barbara; Ayieko, Philip; Todd, Jim; English, Mike

Prevalence and risk factors for Active Convulsive Epilepsy in Kintampo, Ghana. (2015) Ae-Ngibise, Kenneth Ayuurebobi; Akpalu, Bright; Ngugi, Anthony; Akpalu, Albert; Agbokey, Francis; Adjei, Patrick; Punguyire, Damien; Bottomley, Christian; Newton, Charles; Owusu-Agyei, Seth

Pathogenesis of progressive scarring trachoma in Ethiopia and Tanzania and its implications for disease control: two cohort studies. (2015) Burton, Matthew J; Rajak, Saul N; Hu, Victor H; Ramadhani, Athumani; Habtamu, Esmael; Massae, Patrick; Tadesse, Zerihun; Callahan, Kelly; Emerson, Paul M; Khaw, Peng T; Jeffries, David; Mabey, David CW; Bailey, Robin L; Weiss, Helen A; Holland, Martin J

Cause-specific neonatal mortality: analysis of 3772 neonatal deaths in Nepal, Bangladesh, Malawi and India. (2015) Fottrell, Edward; Osrin, David; Alcock, Glyn; Azad, Kishwar; Bapat, Ujwala; Beard, James; Bondo, Austin; Colbourn, Tim; Das, Sushmita; King, Carina; Manandhar, Dharma; Manandhar, Sunil; Morrison, Joanna; Mwansambo, Charles; Nair, Nirmala; Nambiar, Bejoy; Neuman, Melissa; Phiri, Tambosi; Saville, Naomi; Sen, Aman; Seward, Nadine; Shah Moore, Neena; Shrestha, Bhim Prasad; Singini, Bright; Tumbahangphe, Kirti Man; Costello, Anthony; Prost, Audrey

A global biomedical R&D fund and mechanism for innovations of public health importance. (2015) Balasegaram, Manica; Bréchot, Christian; Farrar, Jeremy; Heymann, David; Ganguly, Nirmal; Khor, Martin; Lévy, Yves; Matsoso, Precious; Minghui, Ren; Pécoul, Bernard; Peilong, Liu; Tanner, Marcel; Røttingen, John-Arne

The impact of maternal infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis on the infant response to bacille Calmette-Guérin immunization. (2015) Mawa, Patrice A; Nkurunungi, Gyaviira; Egesa, Moses; Webb, Emily L; Smith, Steven G; Kizindo, Robert; Akello, Mirriam; Lule, Swaib A; Muwanga, Moses; Dockrell, Hazel M; Cose, Stephen; Elliott, Alison M

Alcohol Consumption among HIV-Infected Persons in a Large Urban HIV Clinic in Kampala Uganda: A Constellation of Harmful Behaviors. (2015) Wandera, Bonnie; Tumwesigye, Nazarius Mbona; Nankabirwa, Joaniter Immaculate; Kambugu, Andrew Ddungu; Parkes-Ratanshi, Rosalind; Mafigiri, David Kaawa; Kapiga, Saidi; Sethi, Ajay K

Phylogeographical analysis of the dominant multidrug-resistant H58 clade of Salmonella Typhi identifies inter- and intracontinental transmission events. (2015) Wong, Vanessa K; Baker, Stephen; Pickard, Derek J; Parkhill, Julian; Page, Andrew J; Feasey, Nicholas A; Kingsley, Robert A; Thomson, Nicholas R; Keane, Jacqueline A; Weill, François-Xavier; Edwards, David J; Hawkey, Jane; Harris, Simon R; Mather, Alison E; Cain, Amy K; Hadfield, James; Hart, Peter J; Thieu, Nga Tran Vu; Klemm, Elizabeth J; Glinos, Dafni A; Breiman, Robert F; Watson, Conall H; Kariuki, Samuel; Gordon, Melita A; Heyderman, Robert S; Okoro, Chinyere; Jacobs, Jan; Lunguya, Octavie; Edmunds, W John; Msefula, Chisomo; Chabalgoity, Jose A; Kama, Mike; Jenkins, Kylie; Dutta, Shanta; Marks, Florian; Campos, Josefina; Thompson, Corinne; Obaro, Stephen; MacLennan, Calman A; Dolecek, Christiane; Keddy, Karen H; Smith, Anthony M; Parry, Christopher M; Karkey, Abhilasha; Mulholland, E Kim; Campbell, James I; Dongol, Sabina; Basnyat, Buddha; Dufour, Muriel; Bandaranayake, Don; Naseri, Take Toleafoa; Singh, Shalini Pravin; Hatta, Mochammad; Newton, Paul; Onsare, Robert S; Isaia, Lupeoletalalei; Dance, David; Davong, Viengmon; Thwaites, Guy; Wijedoru, Lalith; Crump, John A; De Pinna, Elizabeth; Nair, Satheesh; Nilles, Eric J; Thanh, Duy Pham; Turner, Paul; Soeng, Sona; Valcanis, Mary; Powling, Joan; Dimovski, Karolina; Hogg, Geoff; Farrar, Jeremy; Holt, Kathryn E; Dougan, Gordon

Health & Demographic Surveillance System Profile: Farafenni Health and Demographic Surveillance System in The Gambia. (2015) Jasseh, Momodou; Gomez, Pierre; Greenwood, Brian M; Howie, Stephen RC; Scott, Susana; Snell, Paul C; Bojang, Kalifa; Cham, Mamady; Corrah, Tumani; D'Alessandro, Umberto

Prices and mark-ups on antimalarials: evidence from nationally representative studies in six malaria-endemic countries. (2015) Palafox, Benjamin; Patouillard, Edith; Tougher, Sarah; Goodman, Catherine; Hanson, Kara; Kleinschmidt, Immo; Torres Rueda, Sergio; Kiefer, Sabine; O'Connell, Kate; Zinsou, Cyprien; Phok, Sochea; Akulayi, Louis; Arogundade, Ekundayo; Buyungo, Peter; Mpasela, Felton; Poyer, Stephen; Chavasse, Desmond

Outcomes of on-site antiretroviral therapy provision in a South African correctional facility. (2015) Telisinghe, Lilanganee; Hippner, Piotr; Churchyard, Gavin J; Gresak, Gillian; Grant, Alison D; Charalambous, Salome; Fielding, Katherine L description

April 2015

The need for further integration of services to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV and syphilis in Mwanza City, Tanzania. (2015) Balira, Rebecca; Mabey, David; Weiss, Helen; Ross, David Anthony; Changalucha, John; Watson-Jones, Deborah

Good quality locally procured drugs can be as effective as internationally quality assured drugs in treating multi-drug resistant tuberculosis. (2015) Qadeer, Ejaz; Fatima, Razia; Fielding, Katherine; Qazi, Fahad; Moore, David; Khan, Mishal S

Exploring sources of variability in adherence to guidelines across hospitals in low-income settings: a multi-level analysis of a cross-sectional survey of 22 hospitals. (2015) Gathara, David; English, Mike; van Hensbroek, Michael Boele; Todd, Jim; Allen, Elizabeth

Genomic ancestry and ethnoracial self-classification based on 5,871 community-dwelling Brazilians (The Epigen Initiative). (2015) Lima-Costa, M Fernanda; Rodrigues, Laura C; Barreto, Maurício L; Gouveia, Mateus; Horta, Bernardo L; Mambrini, Juliana; Kehdy, Fernanda SG; Pereira, Alexandre; Rodrigues-Soares, Fernanda; Victora, Cesar G; Tarazona-Santos, Eduardo; Epigen-Brazil group

Randomized Noninferiority Trial of Dihydroartemisinin-Piperaquine Compared with Sulfadoxine-Pyrimethamine plus Amodiaquine for Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention in Burkina Faso. (2015) Zongo, Issaka; Milligan, Paul; Compaore, Yves Daniel; Some, A Fabrice; Greenwood, Brian; Tarning, Joel; Rosenthal, Philip J; Sutherland, Colin; Nosten, Francois; Ouedraogo, Jean-Bosco

Magnitude of maternal and neonatal mortality in Tanzania: A systematic review. (2015) Armstrong, Corinne E; Magoma, Moke; Ronsmans, Carine

Keeping ahead of the resistance curve: product bundling to conserve artemisinin-based combination therapy. (2015) Dar, Osman A; Rokadiya, Sakib; Heymann, David L

Characterising temporal trends in asymptomatic Plasmodium infections and transporter polymorphisms during transition from high to low transmission in Zanzibar, 2005-2013. (2015) Morris, Ulrika; Xu, Weiping; Msellem, Mwinyi I; Schwartz, Alanna; Abass, Ali; Shakely, Delér; Cook, Jackie; Bhattarai, Achuyt; Petzold, Max; Greenhouse, Bryan; Ali, Abdullah S; Björkman, Anders; Fröberg, Gabrielle; Mårtensson, Andreas

A qualitative study of discourses on heterosexual anal sexual practice among key, and general populations in Tanzania: implications for HIV prevention. (2015) Wamoyi, Joyce; Mongi, Aika; Sally, Mtenga; Kakoko, Deodatus; Shamba, Donat; Geubbels, Eveline; Kapiga, Saidi

The Lake Victoria Island Intervention Study on Worms and Allergy-related diseases (LaVIISWA): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. (2015) Nampijja, Margaret; Webb, Emily L; Kaweesa, James; Kizindo, Robert; Namutebi, Milly; Nakazibwe, Esther; Oduru, Gloria; Kabuubi, Prossy; Kabagenyi, Joyce; Kizito, Dennison; Muhangi, Lawrence; Akello, Mirriam; Verweij, Jaco J; Nerima, Barbara; Tukahebwa, Edridah; Elliott, Alison M; LaVIISWA trial team

Costs of testing for ocular Chlamydia trachomatis infection compared to mass drug administration for trachoma in the Gambia: application of results from the PRET study. (2015) Harding-Esch, Emma; Jofre-Bonet, Mireia; Dhanjal, Jaskiran K; Burr, Sarah; Edwards, Tansy; Holland, Martin; Sillah, Ansumana; West, Sheila; Lietman, Tom; Keenan, Jeremy; Mabey, David; Bailey, Robin

Outdoor biting by Anopheles mosquitoes on Bioko Island does not currently impact on malaria control. (2015) Bradley, John; Lines, Jo; Fuseini, Godwin; Schwabe, Christopher; Monti, Feliciano; Slotman, Michel; Vargas, Daniel; Garcia, Guillermo; Hergott, Dianna; Kleinschmidt, Immo

Impact of foot-and-mouth disease on milk production on a large-scale dairy farm in Kenya. (2015) Lyons, Nicholas A; Alexander, Neal; Stärk, Katharina DC; Dulu, Thomas D; Sumption, Keith J; James, Andrew D; Rushton, Jonathan; Fine, Paul EM

Impact of foot-and-mouth disease on mastitis and culling on a large-scale dairy farm in Kenya. (2015) Lyons, Nicholas A; Alexander, Neal; Stӓrk, Katharina DC; Dulu, Thomas D; Rushton, Jonathan; Fine, Paul EM

Prospective observational study to evaluate the clinical safety of the fixed-dose artemisinin-based combination Eurartesim® (dihydroartemisinin/piperaquine), in public health facilities in Burkina Faso, Mozambique, Ghana, and Tanzania. (2015) Baiden, Rita; Oduro, Abraham; Halidou, Tinto; Gyapong, Margaret; Sie, Ali; Macete, Eusebio; Abdulla, Salim; Owusu-Agyei, Seth; Mulokozi, Abdunoor; Adjei, Alex; Sevene, Esperanca; Compaoré, Guillaume; Valea, Innocent; Osei, Isaac; Yawson, Abena; Adjuik, Martin; Akparibo, Raymond; Ogutu, Bernhards; Upunda, Gabriel Leonard; Smith, Peter; Binka, Fred

Investigating the non-specific effects of BCG vaccination on the innate immune system in Ugandan neonates: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. (2015) Prentice, Sarah; Webb, Emily L; Dockrell, Hazel M; Kaleebu, Pontiano; Elliott, Alison M; Cose, Stephen

Impaired NK Cell Responses to Pertussis and H1N1 Influenza Vaccine Antigens in Human Cytomegalovirus-Infected Individuals. (2015) Nielsen, Carolyn M; White, Matthew J; Bottomley, Christian; Lusa, Chiara; Rodríguez-Galán, Ana; Turner, Scarlett EG; Goodier, Martin R; Riley, Eleanor M

Tuberculosis prevention in South Africa. (2015) Knight, Gwenan M; Dodd, Peter J; Grant, Alison D; Fielding, Katherine L; Churchyard, Gavin J; White, Richard G

Pneumococcal carriage in rural Gambia prior to the introduction of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine: a population-based survey. (2015) Usuf, Effua; Badji, Henry; Bojang, Abdoulie; Jarju, Sheikh; Ikumapayi, Usman Nurudeen; Antonio, Martin; Mackenzie, Grant; Bottomley, Christian

Ebola vaccines: keep the clinical trial protocols on the shelf and ready to roll out. (2015) Heymann, David L; Rodier, Guenael R; Ryan, Michael J

Sample size calculations for skewed distributions. (2015) Cundill, Bonnie; Alexander, Neal DE

March 2015

Medical pluralism among indigenous peoples in northeast India - implications for health policy. (2015) Albert, Sandra; Nongrum, Melari; Webb, Emily L; Porter, John DH; Kharkongor, Glenn C

Differences in essential newborn care at birth between private and public health facilities in eastern Uganda. (2015) Waiswa, Peter; Akuze, Joseph; Peterson, Stefan; Kerber, Kate; Tetui, Moses; Forsberg, Birger C; Hanson, Claudia

Effect of the Uganda Newborn Study on care-seeking and care practices: a cluster-randomised controlled trial. (2015) Waiswa, Peter; Pariyo, George; Kallander, Karin; Akuze, Joseph; Namazzi, Gertrude; Ekirapa-Kiracho, Elizabeth; Kerber, Kate; Sengendo, Hanifah; Aliganyira, Patrick; Lawn, Joy E; Peterson, Stefan; Uganda Newborn Study Team

The effect of dosing strategies on the therapeutic efficacy of artesunate-amodiaquine for uncomplicated malaria: a meta-analysis of individual patient data. (2015) WorldWide Antimalarial Resistance Network (WWARN) AS-AQ Study Gr; Adjuik, Martin A; Allan, Richard; Anvikar, Anupkumar R; Ashley, Elizabeth A; Ba, Mamadou S; Barennes, Hubert; Barnes, Karen I; Bassat, Quique; Baudin, Elisabeth; Björkman, Anders; Bompart, François; Bonnet, Maryline; Borrmann, Steffen; Brasseur, Philippe; Bukirwa, Hasifa; Checchi, Francesco; Cot, Michel; Dahal, Prabin; D'Alessandro, Umberto; Deloron, Philippe; Desai, Meghna; Diap, Graciela; Djimde, Abdoulaye A; Dorsey, Grant; Doumbo, Ogobara K; Espié, Emmanuelle; Etard, Jean-Francois; Fanello, Caterina I; Faucher, Jean-François; Faye, Babacar; Flegg, Jennifer A; Gaye, Oumar; Gething, Peter W; González, Raquel; Grandesso, Francesco; Guerin, Philippe J; Guthmann, Jean-Paul; Hamour, Sally; Hasugian, Armedy Ronny; Hay, Simon I; Humphreys, Georgina S; Jullien, Vincent; Juma, Elizabeth; Kamya, Moses R; Karema, Corine; Kiechel, Jean R; Kremsner, Peter G; Krishna, Sanjeev; Lameyre, Valérie; Ibrahim, Laminou M; Lee, Sue J; Lell, Bertrand; Mårtensson, Andreas; Massougbodji, Achille; Menan, Hervé; Ménard, Didier; Menéndez, Clara; Meremikwu, Martin; Moreira, Clarissa; Nabasumba, Carolyn; Nambozi, Michael; Ndiaye, Jean-Louis; Nikiema, Frederic; Nsanzabana, Christian; Ntoumi, Francine; Ogutu, Bernhards R; Olliaro, Piero; Osorio, Lyda; Ouédraogo, Jean-Bosco; Penali, Louis K; Pene, Mbaye; Pinoges, Loretxu; Piola, Patrice; Price, Ric N; Roper, Cally; Rosenthal, Philip J; Rwagacondo, Claude Emile; Same-Ekobo, Albert; Schramm, Birgit; Seck, Amadou; Sharma, Bhawna; Sibley, Carol Hopkins; Sinou, Véronique; Sirima, Sodiomon B; Smith, Jeffery J; Smithuis, Frank; Somé, Fabrice A; Sow, Doudou; Staedke, Sarah G; Stepniewska, Kasia; Swarthout, Todd D; Sylla, Khadime; Talisuna, Ambrose O; Tarning, Joel; Taylor, Walter RJ; Temu, Emmanuel A; Thwing, Julie I; Tjitra, Emiliana; Tine, Roger CK; Tinto, Halidou; Vaillant, Michel T; Valecha, Neena; Van den Broek, Ingrid; White, Nicholas J; Yeka, Adoke; Zongo, Issaka

Moving towards routine evaluation of quality of inpatient pediatric care in Kenya. (2015) Gathara, David; Nyamai, Rachael; Were, Fred; Mogoa, Wycliffe; Karumbi, Jamlick; Kihuba, Elesban; Mwinga, Stephen; Aluvaala, Jalemba; Mulaku, Mercy; Kosgei, Rose; Todd, Jim; Allen, Elizabeth; English, Mike; SIRCLE/Ministry of Health Hospital Survey Group

Delivering medical abortion at scale: a study of the retail market for medical abortion in Madhya Pradesh, India. (2015) Powell-Jackson, Timothy; Acharya, Rajib; Filippi, Veronique; Ronsmans, Carine

Evaluation of a point-of-care tuberculosis test-and-treat algorithm on early mortality in people with HIV accessing antiretroviral therapy (TB Fast Track study): study protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial. (2015) Fielding, Katherine L; Charalambous, Salome; Hoffmann, Christopher J; Johnson, Suzanne; Tlali, Mpho; Dorman, Susan E; Vassall, Anna; Churchyard, Gavin J; Grant, Alison D

Ebola virus disease among children in West Africa. (2015) WHO Ebola Response Team; Agua-Agum, Junerlyn; Ariyarajah, Archchun; Blake, Isobel M; Cori, Anne; Donnelly, Christl A; Dorigatti, Ilaria; Dye, Christopher; Eckmanns, Tim; Ferguson, Neil M; Fowler, Robert A; Fraser, Christophe; Garske, Tini; Hinsley, Wes; Jombart, Thibaut; Mills, Harriet L; Murthy, Srinivas; Nedjati Gilani, Gemma; Nouvellet, Pierre; Pelletier, Louise; Riley, Steven; Schumacher, Dirk; Shah, Anita; Van Kerkhove, Maria D

Enhanced protection against malaria by indoor residual spraying in addition to insecticide treated nets: is it dependent on transmission intensity or net usage? (2015) West, Philippa A; Protopopoff, Natacha; Wright, Alexandra; Kivaju, Zuhura; Tigererwa, Robinson; Mosha, Franklin W; Kisinza, William; Rowland, Mark; Kleinschmidt, Immo

A multimedia consent tool for research participants in the Gambia: a randomized controlled trial. (2015) Afolabi, Muhammed Olanrewaju; McGrath, Nuala; D'Alessandro, Umberto; Kampmann, Beate; Imoukhuede, Egeruan B; Ravinetto, Raffaella M; Alexander, Neal; Larson, Heidi J; Chandramohan, Daniel; Bojang, Kalifa

Single-plex quantitative assays for the detection and quantification of most pneumococcal serotypes. (2015) Sakai, Fuminori; Chochua, Sopio; Satzke, Catherine; Dunne, Eileen M; Mulholland, Kim; Klugman, Keith P; Vidal, Jorge E

Tanzania's countdown to 2015: an analysis of two decades of progress and gaps for reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health, to inform priorities for post-2015. (2015) Afnan-Holmes, Hoviyeh; Magoma, Moke; John, Theopista; Levira, Francis; Msemo, Georgina; Armstrong, Corinne E; Martínez-Álvarez, Melisa; Kerber, Kate; Kihinga, Clement; Makuwani, Ahmad; Rusibamayila, Neema; Hussein, Asia; Lawn, Joy E; Tanzanian Countdown Country Case Study Group

Making sense of health estimates. (2015) Agyepong, Irene; Corrah, Tumani; Guo, Yan; Hollingsworth, Bruce; Klag, Michael; Longfield, Kim; de Fatima Marinho de Souza, Maria; Piot, Peter; Rao, JVR Prasada; Røttingen, John-Arne; Smith, Peter; Sprenger, Marc; Sutton, Trevor; Curran, Sarah; Ng, Edmond SW; Independent Advisory Committee to the Global Burden of Disease

Tuberculosis control in South African gold mines: mathematical modeling of a trial of community-wide isoniazid preventive therapy. (2015) Vynnycky, Emilia; Sumner, Tom; Fielding, Katherine L; Lewis, James J; Cox, Andrew P; Hayes, Richard J; Corbett, Elizabeth L; Churchyard, Gavin J; Grant, Alison D; White, Richard G

Epilation for minor trachomatous trichiasis: four-year results of a randomised controlled trial. (2015) Habtamu, Esmael; Rajak, Saul N; Tadesse, Zerihun; Wondie, Tariku; Zerihun, Mulat; Guadie, Birhan; Gebre, Teshome; Kello, Amir Bedri; Callahan, Kelly; Mabey, David CW; Khaw, Peng T; Gilbert, Clare E; Weiss, Helen A; Emerson, Paul M; Burton, Matthew J

Birth order and risk of hepatocellular carcinoma in chronic carriers of hepatitis B virus: a case-control study in The Gambia. (2015) Shimakawa, Yusuke; Lemoine, Maud; Bottomley, Christian; Njai, Harr Freeya; Ndow, Gibril; Jatta, Abdoulie; Tamba, Saydiba; Bojang, Lamin; Taal, Makie; Nyan, Ousman; D'Alessandro, Umberto; Njie, Ramou; Thursz, Mark; Hall, Andrew J

Xpert MTB/RIF versus sputum microscopy as the initial diagnostic test for tuberculosis: a cluster-randomised trial embedded in South African roll-out of Xpert MTB/RIF. (2015) Churchyard, Gavin J; Stevens, Wendy S; Mametja, Lerole D; McCarthy, Kerrigan M; Chihota, Violet; Nicol, Mark P; Erasmus, Linda K; Ndjeka, Norbert O; Mvusi, Lindiwe; Vassall, Anna; Sinanovic, Edina; Cox, Helen S; Dye, Christopher; Grant, Alison D; Fielding, Katherine L

HIV treatment-as-prevention research: taking the right road at the crossroads. (2015) Hayes, Richard; Fidler, Sarah; Cori, Anne; Fraser, Christophe; Floyd, Sian; Ayles, Helen; Beyers, Nulda; El-Sadr, Wafaa; HPTN 071 (PopART) Study Team

Cryptococcal meningitis screening and community-based early adherence support in people with advanced HIV infection starting antiretroviral therapy in Tanzania and Zambia: an open-label, randomised controlled trial. (2015) Mfinanga, Sayoki; Chanda, Duncan; Kivuyo, Sokoine L; Guinness, Lorna; Bottomley, Christian; Simms, Victoria; Chijoka, Carol; Masasi, Ayubu; Kimaro, Godfather; Ngowi, Bernard; Kahwa, Amos; Mwaba, Peter; Harrison, Thomas S; Egwaga, Saidi; Jaffar, Shabbar; REMSTART trial team description

Antibiotic trials for community-acquired pneumonia--authors' reply. (2015) Mulholland, Kim; Carlin, John; Duke, Trevor; Weber, Martin

The health system burden of chronic disease care: an estimation of provider costs of selected chronic diseases in Uganda. (2015) Settumba, Stella Nalukwago; Sweeney, Sedona; Seeley, Janet; Biraro, Samuel; Mutungi, Gerald; Munderi, Paula; Grosskurth, Heiner; Vassall, Anna

Using multi-country household surveys to understand who provides reproductive and maternal health services in low- and middle-income countries: a critical appraisal of the Demographic and Health Surveys. (2015) Footman, K; Benova, L; Goodman, C; Macleod, D; Lynch, CA; Penn-Kekana, L; Campbell, OMR

Large-scale whole genome sequencing of M. tuberculosis provides insights into transmission in a high prevalence area. (2015) Guerra-Assunção, JA; Crampin, AC; Houben, RMGJ; Mzembe, T; Mallard, K; Coll, F; Khan, P; Banda, L; Chiwaya, A; Pereira, RPA; McNerney, R; Fine, PEM; Parkhill, J; Clark, TG; Glynn, JR

February 2015

Quantifying maternally derived respiratory syncytial virus specific neutralising antibodies in a birth cohort from coastal Kenya. (2015) Nyiro, Joyce U; Sande, Charles; Mutunga, Martin; Kiyuka, Patience K; Munywoki, Patrick K; Scott, J Anthony G; Nokes, D James

A Randomized Trial to Compare the Safety, Tolerability, and Effectiveness of 3 Antimalarial Regimens for the Prevention of Malaria in Nigerian Patients With Sickle Cell Disease. (2015) Olaosebikan, Rasaq; Ernest, Kolade; Bojang, Kalifa; Mokuolu, Olugbenga; Rehman, Andrea M; Affara, Muna; Nwakanma, Davis; Kiechel, Jean-René; Ogunkunle, Taofik; Olagunju, Tope; Murtala, Rukayat; Omefe, Peter; Lambe, Tosin; Bello, Surajudeen; Ibrahim, Olayinka; Olorunsola, Benedict; Ojuawo, Ayotade; Greenwood, Brian; Milligan, Paul

Trends in health facility deliveries and caesarean sections by wealth quintile in Morocco between 1987 and 2012. (2015) Cresswell, Jenny A; Assarag, Bouchra; Meski, Fatima-Zahra; Filippi, Veronique; Ronsmans, Carine

Can mass media interventions reduce child mortality? (2015) Head, Roy; Murray, Joanna; Sarrassat, Sophie; Snell, Will; Meda, Nicolas; Ouedraogo, Moctar; Deboise, Laurent; Cousens, Simon

Effect of an integrated community-based package for maternal and newborn care on feeding patterns during the first 12 weeks of life: a cluster-randomized trial in a South African township. (2015) Ijumba, Petrida; Doherty, Tanya; Jackson, Debra; Tomlinson, Mark; Sanders, David; Swanevelder, Sonja; Persson, Lars-Åke

Effect of cotrimoxazole prophylaxis on malaria occurrence in HIV-infected patients on antiretroviral therapy in sub-Saharan Africa. (2015) Kasirye, R; Baisley, K; Munderi, P; Grosskurth, H

Infection importation: a key challenge to malaria elimination on Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea. (2015) Bradley, John; Monti, Feliciano; Rehman, Andrea M; Schwabe, Christopher; Vargas, Daniel; Garcia, Guillermo; Hergott, Dianna; Riloha, Matilde; Kleinschmidt, Immo

Determinants of delays in travelling to an emergency obstetric care facility in Herat, Afghanistan: an analysis of cross-sectional survey data and spatial modelling. (2015) Hirose, Atsumi; Borchert, Matthias; Cox, Jonathan; Alkozai, Ahmad Shah; Filippi, Veronique

Serum Albumin Concentrations in a Multi-Ethnic Cohort of Patients with Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection from South East London. (2015) Chong, James Jy; Fragaszy, Ellen; Dukes, Oliver; Cason, John; Kozlakidis, Zisis

Microbiota that affect risk for shigellosis in children in low-income countries. (2015) Lindsay, Brianna; Oundo, Joe; Hossain, M Anowar; Antonio, Martin; Tamboura, Boubou; Walker, Alan W; Paulson, Joseph N; Parkhill, Julian; Omore, Richard; Faruque, Abu SG; Das, Suman Kumar; Ikumapayi, Usman N; Adeyemi, Mitchell; Sanogo, Doh; Saha, Debasish; Sow, Samba; Farag, Tamer H; Nasrin, Dilruba; Li, Shan; Panchalingam, Sandra; Levine, Myron M; Kotloff, Karen; Magder, Laurence S; Hungerford, Laura; Sommerfelt, Halvor; Pop, Mihai; Nataro, James P; Stine, O Colin

January 2015

Use of wind-up fetal Doppler versus Pinard for fetal heart rate intermittent monitoring in labour: a randomised clinical trial. (2015) Byaruhanga, R; Bassani, DG; Jagau, A; Muwanguzi, P; Montgomery, AL; Lawn, JE

A plan for community event-based surveillance to reduce Ebola transmission - Sierra Leone, 2014-2015. (2015) Crowe, Sam; Hertz, Darren; Maenner, Matt; Ratnayake, Ruwan; Baker, Pieter; Lash, R Ryan; Klena, John; Lee-Kwan, Seung Hee; Williams, Candice; Jonnie, Gabriel T; Gorina, Yelena; Anderson, Alicia; Saffa, Gbessay; Carr, Dana; Tuma, Jude; Miller, Laura; Turay, Alhajie; Belay, Ermias; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Mind the gap: house structure and the risk of malaria in Uganda. (2015) Wanzirah, Humphrey; Tusting, Lucy S; Arinaitwe, Emmanuel; Katureebe, Agaba; Maxwell, Kilama; Rek, John; Bottomley, Christian; Staedke, Sarah G; Kamya, Moses; Dorsey, Grant; Lindsay, Steve W

Searching for psychosis: INTREPID (1): systems for detecting untreated and first-episode cases of psychosis in diverse settings. (2015) Morgan, Craig; Hibben, Maia; Esan, Oluyomi; John, Sujit; Patel, Vikram; Weiss, Helen A; Murray, Robin M; Hutchinson, Gerard; Gureje, Oye; Thara, Rangaswamy; Cohen, Alex

Loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) for point-of-care detection of asymptomatic low-density malaria parasite carriers in Zanzibar. (2015) Cook, Jackie; Aydin-Schmidt, Berit; González, Iveth J; Bell, David; Edlund, Elin; Nassor, Majda H; Msellem, Mwinyi; Ali, Abdullah; Abass, Ali K; Mårtensson, Andreas; Björkman, Anders

The economic burden of TB diagnosis and treatment in South Africa. (2015) Foster, Nicola; Vassall, Anna; Cleary, Susan; Cunnama, Lucy; Churchyard, Gavin; Sinanovic, Edina

Poverty, food insufficiency and HIV infection and sexual behaviour among young rural Zimbabwean women. (2015) Pascoe, Sophie JS; Langhaug, Lisa F; Mavhu, Webster; Hargreaves, James; Jaffar, Shabbar; Hayes, Richard; Cowan, Frances M

Hormonal contraception and the risk of HIV acquisition: an individual participant data meta-analysis. (2015) Morrison, Charles S; Chen, Pai-Lien; Kwok, Cynthia; Baeten, Jared M; Brown, Joelle; Crook, Angela M; Van Damme, Lut; Delany-Moretlwe, Sinead; Francis, Suzanna C; Friedland, Barbara A; Hayes, Richard J; Heffron, Renee; Kapiga, Saidi; Karim, Quarraisha Abdool; Karpoff, Stephanie; Kaul, Rupert; McClelland, R Scott; McCormack, Sheena; McGrath, Nuala; Myer, Landon; Rees, Helen; van der Straten, Ariane; Watson-Jones, Deborah; van de Wijgert, Janneke HHM; Stalter, Randy; Low, Nicola

A mediation approach to understanding socio-economic inequalities in maternal health-seeking behaviours in Egypt. (2015) Benova, Lenka; Campbell, Oona MR; Ploubidis, George B

The impact of childhood vaccines on bacterial carriage in the nasopharynx: a longitudinal study. (2015) Bottomley, Christian; Bojang, Abdoulie; Smith, Peter G; Darboe, Ousainou; Antonio, Martin; Foster-Nyarko, Ebenezer; Kampmann, Beate; Greenwood, Brian; D'Alessandro, Umberto; Roca, Anna

Pneumococcal conjugate vaccines PREVenar13 and SynflorIX in sequence or alone in high-risk Indigenous infants (PREV-IX_COMBO): protocol of a randomised controlled trial. (2015) Leach, Amanda Jane; Mulholland, Edward Kim; Santosham, Mathu; Torzillo, Paul John; Brown, Ngiare Joy; McIntyre, Peter; Smith-Vaughan, Heidi; Skull, Sue; Balloch, Anne; Andrews, Ross; Carapetis, Jonathan; McDonnell, Joseph; Krause, Vicki; Morris, Peter Stanley

A prospective study of trends in consumption of cigarettes and alcohol among adults in a rural Ugandan population cohort, 1994-2011. (2015) Asiki, Gershim; Baisley, Kathy; Kamali, Anatoli; Kaleebu, Pontiano; Seeley, Janet; Newton, Robert

Low-dose dexamethasone as a treatment for women with heavy menstrual bleeding: protocol for response-adaptive randomised placebo-controlled dose-finding parallel group trial (DexFEM). (2015) Warner, P; Weir, CJ; Hansen, CH; Douglas, A; Madhra, M; Hillier, SG; Saunders, PTK; Iredale, JP; Semple, S; Walker, BR; Critchley, HOD

Middle East respiratory syndrome in the shadow of Ebola. (2015) Zumla, Alimuddin; Perlman, Stanley; McNabb, Scott JN; Shaikh, Affan; Heymann, David L; McCloskey, Brian; Hui, David S

Statistical estimation of antibody concentration using multiple dilutions. (2015) Cheung, Yin Bun; Xu, Ying; Remarque, Edmond J; Milligan, Paul

Are we nearly there yet? Coverage and compliance of mass drug administration for lymphatic filariasis elimination. (2015) Alexander, Neal DE

Effects of a community scorecard on improving the local health system in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo: qualitative evidence using the most significant change technique. (2015) Ho, Lara S; Labrecque, Guillaume; Batonon, Isatou; Salsi, Viviana; Ratnayake, Ruwan

2015

Ending preventable newborn deaths in a generation. (2015) Akseer, Nadia; Lawn, Joy E; Keenan, William; Konstantopoulos, Andreas; Cooper, Peter; Ismail, Zulkifli; Thacker, Naveen; Cabral, Sergio; Bhutta, Zulfiqar A

The activities of hospital nursing unit managers and quality of patient care in South African hospitals: a paradox? (2015) Armstrong, Susan J; Rispel, Laetitia C; Penn-Kekana, Loveday

Prevalence of Dyslipidaemia and Associated Risk Factors in a Rural Population in South-Western Uganda: A Community Based Survey. (2015) Asiki, Gershim; Murphy, Georgina AV; Baisley, Kathy; Nsubuga, Rebecca N; Karabarinde, Alex; Newton, Robert; Seeley, Janet; Young, Elizabeth H; Kamali, Anatoli; Sandhu, Manjinder S

Development and Validation of a Smartphone-Based Visual Acuity Test (Peek Acuity) for Clinical Practice and Community-Based Fieldwork. (2015) Bastawrous, Andrew; Rono, Hillary K; Livingstone, Iain AT; Weiss, Helen A; Jordan, Stewart; Kuper, Hannah; Burton, Matthew J

Review of “ mathematical models for neglected tropical diseases: essential tools for control and elimination, part A ” edited by Roy M. Anderson and Maria-Gloria Basáñez. (2015) Bottomley, Christian

The Friendship Bench programme: a cluster randomised controlled trial of a brief psychological intervention for common mental disorders delivered by lay health workers in Zimbabwe. (2015) Chibanda, Dixon; Bowers, Tarryn; Verhey, Ruth; Rusakaniko, Simbarashe; Abas, Melanie; Weiss, Helen A; Araya, Ricardo

Maternal HIV status associated with under-five mortality in rural Northern Malawi: a prospective cohort study. (2015) Chihana, Menard L; Price, Alison; Floyd, Sian; Mboma, Sebastian; Mvula, Hazzie; Branson, Keith; Saul, Jacqueline; Zaba, Basia; French, Neil; Crampin, Amelia C; Glynn, Judith R html

Advancing the newborn and stillbirth global agenda: priorities for the next decade. (2015) Darmstadt, Gary L; Shiffman, Jeremy; Lawn, Joy E

Another defining moment for epidemiology. (2015) Fine, Paul

Population-level susceptibility, severity and spread of pandemic influenza: design of, and initial results from, a pre-pandemic and hibernating pandemic phase study using cross-sectional data from the Health Survey for England (HSE). (2015) Fragaszy, Ellen B; Quinlivan, Mark; Breuer, Judith; Craig, Rachel; Hutchings, Stephanie; Kidd, Michael; Mindell, Jennifer; Hayward, Andrew C

Evaluating youth-friendly health services: young people's perspectives from a simulated client study in urban South Africa. (2015) Geary, Rebecca S; Webb, Emily L; Clarke, Lynda; Norris, Shane A

Liver-related death among HIV/hepatitis C virus-co-infected individuals: implications for the era of directly acting antivirals. (2015) Grint, Daniel; Peters, Lars; Rockstroh, Juergen K; Rakmanova, Aza; Trofimova, Tatiana; Lacombe, Karine; Karpov, Igor; Galli, Massimo; Domingo, Pere; Kirk, Ole; Lundgren, Jens D; Mocroft, Amanda; EuroSIDA in EuroCoord

Prevalence of tuberculosis in post-mortem studies of HIV-infected adults and children in resource-limited settings: a systematic review and meta-analysis. (2015) Gupta, Rishi K; Lucas, Sebastian B; Fielding, Katherine L; Lawn, Stephen D

Natural T Cell-mediated Protection against Seasonal and Pandemic Influenza. Results of the Flu Watch Cohort Study. (2015) Hayward, Andrew C; Wang, Lili; Goonetilleke, Nilu; Fragaszy, Ellen B; Bermingham, Alison; Copas, Andrew; Dukes, Oliver; Millett, Elizabeth RC; Nazareth, Irwin; Nguyen-Van-Tam, Jonathan S; Watson, John M; Zambon, Maria; Flu Watch Group; Johnson, Anne M; McMichael, Andrew J

Factors associated with HIV-testing and acceptance of an offer of home-based testing by men in rural Zambia. (2015) Hensen, B; Lewis, JJ; Schaap, A; Tembo, M; Mutale, W; Weiss, HA; Hargreaves, J; Ayles, H

Global health security: the wider lessons from the west African Ebola virus disease epidemic. (2015) Heymann, David L; Chen, Lincoln; Takemi, Keizo; Fidler, David P; Tappero, Jordan W; Thomas, Mathew J; Kenyon, Thomas A; Frieden, Thomas R; Yach, Derek; Nishtar, Sania; Kalache, Alex; Olliaro, Piero L; Horby, Peter; Torreele, Els; Gostin, Lawrence O; Ndomondo-Sigonda, Margareth; Carpenter, Daniel; Rushton, Simon; Lillywhite, Louis; Devkota, Bhimsen; Koser, Khalid; Yates, Rob; Dhillon, Ranu S; Rannan-Eliya, Ravi P

Randomized Trial to Compare the Immunogenicity and Safety of a CRM or TT Conjugated Quadrivalent Meningococcal Vaccine in Teenagers who Received a CRM or TT Conjugated Serogroup C Vaccine at Preschool Age. (2015) Ishola, David A; Andrews, Nick; Waight, Pauline; Yung, Chee-Fu; Southern, Jo; Bai, Xilian; Findlow, Helen; Matheson, Mary; England, Anna; Hallis, Bassam; Findlow, Jamie; Borrow, Ray; Miller, Elizabeth

The Influence of Human Papillomavirus Genotypes on Visual Screening and Diagnosis of Cervical Precancer and Cancer. (2015) Jeronimo, Jose; Bansil, Pooja; Valdez, Melissa; Kang, Le-Ni; Zhao, Fang-Hui; Qiao, You-Lin; Chen, Wen; Zhang, Xun; Paul, Proma; Bai, Ping; Peck, Roger; Li, Jing; Chen, Feng; Stoler, Mark H; Castle, Philip E

Evaluation of the benefits and risks of introducing Ebola community care centers, Sierra Leone. (2015) Kucharski, Adam J; Camacho, Anton; Checchi, Francesco; Waldman, Ron; Grais, Rebecca F; Cabrol, Jean-Clement; Briand, Sylvie; Baguelin, Marc; Flasche, Stefan; Funk, Sebastian; Edmunds, W John

Salmonella Infections in The Gambia, 2005-2015. (2015) Kwambana-Adams, Brenda; Darboe, Saffiatou; Nabwera, Helen; Foster-Nyarko, Ebenezer; Ikumapayi, Usman N; Secka, Ousman; Betts, Modupeh; Bradbury, Richard; Wegmüller, Rita; Lawal, Bolarinde; Saha, Debasish; Hossain, M Jahangir; Prentice, Andrew M; Kampmann, Beate; Anderson, Suzanne; Dalessandro, Umberto; Antonio, Martin

Uganda Newborn Study (UNEST): learning from a decade of research in Uganda to accelerate change for newborns especially in Africa. (2015) Lawn, Joy E; Kerber, Kate; Sankoh, Osman; Claeson, Mariam

The decline of leprosy in the Republic of Korea; patterns and trends 1977-2013. (2015) Lee, Jieun; Kim, Jong-Pill; Nishikiori, Nobuyuki; Fine, Paul EM

Causes of child death: comparison of MCEE and GBD 2013 estimates. (2015) Liu, Li; Black, Robert E; Cousens, Simon; Mathers, Colin; Lawn, Joy E; Hogan, Daniel R

Increased disease due to Haemophilus influenzae type b: population-based surveillance in eastern Gambia, 2008-2013. (2015) Mackenzie, Grant A; Ikumapayi, Usman NA; Scott, Susana; Idoko, Olubukola; Odutola, Aderonke; Ndiaye, Malick; Sahito, Shah M; Osuorah, Chidiebereh D; Manjang, Ahmed; Jarju, Sheikh; 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

Prevalence of symptoms of vaginal fistula in 19 sub-Saharan Africa countries: a meta-analysis of national household survey data. (2015) Maheu-Giroux, Mathieu; Filippi, Véronique; Samadoulougou, Sékou; Castro, Marcia C; Maulet, Nathalie; Meda, Nicolas; Kirakoya-Samadoulougou, Fati

Molecular epidemiology of Mycobacterium tuberculosis among South African gold miners. (2015) Mathema, Barun; Lewis, James J; Connors, Jeremy; Chihota, Violet N; Shashkina, Elena; van der Meulen, Minty; Graviss, Edward A; Ha, Ngan P; Kreiswirth, Barry N; Grant, Alison D; Fielding, Katherine L; Dorman, Susan E; Churchyard, Gavin J

Implementation and Operational Research: A Randomized Noninferiority Trial of AccuCirc Device Versus Mogen Clamp for Early Infant Male Circumcision in Zimbabwe. (2015) Mavhu, Webster; Larke, Natasha; Hatzold, Karin; Ncube, Getrude; Weiss, Helen A; Mangenah, Collin; Mugurungi, Owen; Mufuka, Juliet; Samkange, Christopher A; Sherman, Judith; Gwinji, Gerald; Cowan, Frances M; Ticklay, Ismail

Using hepatitis C prevalence to estimate HIV epidemic potential among people who inject drugs in the Middle East and North Africa. (2015) Mumtaz, Ghina R; Weiss, Helen A; Vickerman, Peter; Larke, Natasha; Abu-Raddad, Laith J

Schools as Potential Risk Sites for Vector-Borne Disease Transmission: Mosquito Vectors in Rural Schools in Two Municipalities in Colombia. (2015) Olano, Víctor Alberto; Matiz, María Inés; Lenhart, Audrey; Cabezas, Laura; Vargas, Sandra Lucía; Jaramillo, Juan Felipe; Sarmiento, Diana; Alexander, Neal; Stenström, Thor Axel; Overgaard, Hans J

Patients' costs associated with seeking and accessing treatment for drug-resistant tuberculosis in South Africa. (2015) Ramma, L; Cox, H; Wilkinson, L; Foster, N; Cunnama, L; Vassall, A; Sinanovic, E

Accelerating progress towards tuberculosis elimination: the need for combination treatment and prevention. (2015) Reid, A; Grant, AD; White, RG; Dye, C; Vynnycky, E; Fielding, K; Churchyard, G; Pillay, Y

Seroprevalence of pertussis in the Gambia: evidence for continued circulation of bordetella pertussis despite high vaccination rates. (2015) Scott, Susana; van der Sande, Marianne; Faye-Joof, Tisbeh; Mendy, Maimuna; Sanneh, Bakary; Barry Jallow, Fatou; de Melker, Hester; van der Klis, Fiona; van Gageldonk, Pieter; Mooi, Frits; Kampmann, Beate

Providing incentives to share data early in health emergencies: the role of journal editors. (2015) Whitty, Christopher JM; Mundel, Trevor; Farrar, Jeremy; Heymann, David L; Davies, Sally C; Walport, Mark J

Effect of tea on blood pressure for secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. (2015) Yarmolinsky, James; Gon, Giorgia; Edwards, Phil