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Public health Publications

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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.
2007 Role of monocyte-acquired hemozoin in suppression of macrophage migration inhibitory factor in children with severe malarial anemia.

Infection and Immunity, 75(1), 201-10. (American Society for Microbiology)

Awandare, G.A.; Ouma, Y.; Ouma, C.; Were, T.; Otieno, R.; Keller, C.C.; Davenport, G.C.; Hittner, J.B.; Vulule, J.; Ferrell, R.; Ong'echa, J.M.; Perkins, D.J.
2007 Factors affecting human IgE and IgG responses to allergen-like molecules from Schistosoma mansoni: molecular structure and patterns of in vivo exposure.

Int Arch Allergy Immunol. 142, 40-50 (S. Karger AG, Basel)

Fitzsimmons, C.M., McBeath, R., Joseph, S., Jones, F.M., Walter, K., Hoffmann, K.F., Kariuki, H.C., Mwatha, J.K., Kimani, G., Kabatereine, N.B., Vennervald, B.J., Ouma, J.H., Dunne, DW.
2007 The oxytocic properties of Luffa cylindrica (L.) M. Roem. and Bidens pilosa L., traditionally used medicinal plants from Western Uganda.

African Journal of Ecology 45, 88-93. (Wiley-Blackwell)

Kamatenesi-Mugisha, M.; Makawiti, D. W.; Oryem-Origa H.; Olwa-Odyek; Nganga, J.
2007 Microgeographical and Ethnic Variations in Water Contact and Schistosoma mansoni exposure within a Ugandan Fishing Community.

Trop Med Int Health. 12, 724-735. (Wiley-Blackwell)

Pinot de Moira, A.; Fulford, A.J.; Kabatereine, N.B.; Kazibwe, F.; Ouma, J.; Dunne, D.W.; Booth, M.
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.
2006 Malaria hotspot areas in a highland Kenya site are consistent in epidemic and non-epidemic years and are associated with ecological factors.

Malaria Journal, 5, 78-88. (BioMed Central)

Ernst, K.C.; Adoka, S.O; Kowuor, D.O.; Wilson, M.L. John, C.C.
2006 Suppression of RANTES in children with Plasmodium falciparum malaria.

 Haematologica, 91, 1396-1399 (Ferrata Storti Foundation)

Were, T.; Hittner, J.B.; Ouma, C.; Otieno, R.O.; Orago, A.S.S.; Ong’echa, J.M; Vulule, JM.; Keller, C.C.; Perkins, DJ.