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Public health Publications

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2007 Age-adjusted Plasmodium falciparum antibody levels in school-aged children are a stable marker of microgeographical variations in exposure to Plasmodium infection.

BMC Infectious Diseases, 7, 67 Published online 2007 June 29. doi: 10.1186/1471-2334-7-67. (BioMed Central)

Wilson, S.; Booth, M.; Jones, .FM.; Mwatha, J.K.; Kimani, G.; Kariuki, H.F.; Vennervald, B.J.; Ouma, J.H.; Muchiri, E.; Dunne, D.W.
2007 Hepatosplenomegaly in Kenyan schoolchildren: Exacerbation by concurrent chronic exposure to malaria and Schistosoma mansoni infection.

Trop Med Int Health, 12, 1442-1449. (Wiley-Blackwell)

Wilson, S.; Vennervald, B.J.; Kadzo, H.; Ireri, E.; Amaganga, C.; Booth, M.; Kariuki, H.C.; Mwatha, J.K.; Kimani, G.; Ouma, J.H.; Muchuri, E.; Dunne, D.W.
2008 Reduced immune complex binding capacity and increased complement susceptibility of red cells from children with severe malaria-associated anaemia.

Molecular Medicine, 14, 89-97. (The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research)

Owuor, B.O.; Odhiambo, C.O.; Otieno, W.O., Adhiambo, C.; Makawiti, D.W.; Stoute, J.A.
2008 Increased circulating interleukin (IL)-23 in children with malarial anemia:

In vivo and in vitro relationship with co-regulatory cytokines IL-12 and IL-10. Clinical Immunology, 126, 211-221. (Elsevier)

Ong'echa, J.M.; Remo, A.M.; Kristoff, J.; Hittner, J.B.; Were, T.; Ouma, C.; Otieno, R.O.; Vulule, J.M.; Keller, C.C.; Awandare, G.A.; Perkins, D.J.
2008 Medicinal plants used in the treatment of fungal and bacterial infections in and around Queen Elizabeth Biosphere Reserve, Western Uganda.

African Journal of Ecology 46, 90-97. (Wiley-Blackwell)

Kamatenesi-Mugisha, M.; Oryem-Origa, H.; Olwa-Odyek; Makawiti, D.W.
2008 Multidrug resistance of Salmonella enterica serovars Typhi and Typhimurium isolated from clinical samples at two rural hospitals in Western Kenya.

J Infect Developing Countries; 2(2), 106-111 (Porto Conte Ricerche Research Centre)

Onyango, D., Machioni, F.; Kakai, R.; Waindi, E.N.
2008 Haplotypes of IL-10 promoter variants are associated with susceptibility to severe malarial anemia and functional changes in IL-10 production.

Human Genetics, 124(5), 515-524. (SpringerLink) 

Ouma, C.; Gregory, G.C.; Were, T.; Otieno, M.F.; Hittner, J.B.; Vulule, J.M.; Martinson, J.; Ong’echa, J.M.; Ferrell, R.E.; Perkins, D.J.
2008 Polymorphic variability in the IL-1? promoter associated with protection from severe malarial anemia and functional changes in IL-1? production.

Journal of Infectious Diseases, 198(8), 1219-1226. (Infectious Diseases Society of America)

Ouma, C.; Gregory, G.C.; Awandare, G.A.; Keller, C.C.; Were, T.; Otieno, M.F.; Vulule, J.M.; Martinson, J.; Ong’echa, J.M.; Ferrell, R.E.; Perkins, D.J.
2008 Hepatosplenomegaly is associated with low regulatory and Th2 responses to schistosome antigens in childhood schistosomiasis and malaria coinfection.

Infect Immun. 76, 2212-2218. (American Society for Microbiology)

Wilson, S.; Jones, F.M.; Mwatha, J.K.; Kimani, G.; Booth, M.; Kariuki, H.C.; Vennervald, B.J.; Ouma, J.H.; Muchiri, E.; Dunne, D.W.
2009 Drug abuse in Kisumu town western Kenya.

African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Development, 9(3), 846-858. (Academic Journals) 

Otieno, A.O.; Ofulla, A.V.O.