Publications

Browse a collection of academic publications and research papers, contributed to by personnel from the Unit.

Community perspectives on maternal dietary diversity in rural Kenya, Mozambique and The Gambia: A PRECISE Network qualitative study.

Kinshella, M-LW; Dama, S; Wanje, O; Pires, R; Boene, H; Jagne, P; Jah, H; Koech, A; Mwashigadi, G; Naanyu, V; IDRIS, Y; Kongira, F; Diallo, BA; Ceesay, O; Volvert, M-L; Mistry, HD; Temmerman, M; Sevene, E; ROCA, A; D'ALESSANDRO, U; Vidler, M; Magee, LA; Von Dadelszen, P; Moore, SE; Elango, R; ... PRECISE Network,

2025

PLOS global public health, (2025).5, 10.1371/journal.pgph.0004411.

Beyond proximity: an observational study of stillbirth rates and emergency obstetric and newborn care accessibility in The Gambia.

WARIRI, O; Dotse-Gborgbortsi, W; Agbla, SC; Jah, H; Cham, M; Jawara, BF; Bittaye, M; Nyassi, MT; Marena, M; Sanneh, S; Janneh, M; KAMPMANN, B; BANKE-THOMAS, A; Lawn, JE; OKOMO, U;

2025

BMJ Global Health, (2025).10 4 10.1136/bmjgh-2024-016579.

Patterns of linear growth among children and adolescents living with HIV on antiretroviral therapy in Zimbabwe and Zambia.

MADANHIRE, T; Macdougall, A; Kasonka, L; Mabuda, HB; Chisenga, M; Mujuru, H; Bandason, T; DZAVAKWA, NV; SIMMS, V; Ward, KA; FERRAND, RA; MOHAMMED, N; Gregson, CL;

2025

BMC Infectious Diseases, (2025).25 1 10.1186/s12879-025-10669-0.

IgG antibody response to Mycobacterium tuberculosis curli pili (MTP) in people from different geographical regions in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Pillay, K; Coetzer, T; Connolly, C; Pillay, B; Chiliza, T; Naidoo, K; SUTHERLAND, J; Ndung'u, T; Mayanja-Kizza, H; Pillay, M;

2025

Tuberculosis (Edinburgh, Scotland), (2025).152, 10.1016/j.tube.2025.102634.

Compartmentalised mucosal and blood immunity to SARS-CoV-2 is associated with high seroprevalence before the Delta wave in Africa.

Jagne, YJ; JOBE, D; Darboe, A; Danso, M; Barratt, N; Gomez, M; Wenlock, R; Jarju, S; Sylva, EL; Touray, AF; Toure, F; Kumado, M; Saso, A; Zafred, D; Nicklin, M; Sayers, J; Hornsby, H; Lindsey, B; SESAY, AK; Temperton, N; KUCHARSKI, A; Hodgson, D; DE SILVA, T; KAMPMANN, B;

2025

Communications Medicine, (2025).5 1 10.1038/s43856-025-00902-x.

T cell memory response to MPXV infection exhibits greater effector function and migratory potential compared to MVA-BN vaccination.

Chen, J-L; Wang, B; Lu, Y; Antoun, E; Bird, O; Drennan, PG; Yin, Z; Liu, G; Yao, X; Pidoux, M; Bates, A; Jayathilaka, D; Wang, J; Angus, B; Beer, S; Espinosa, A; Baillie, JK; Semple, MG; ISARIC4C Investigators,; Rostron, T; Waugh, C; Sopp, P; Knight, JC; Fullerton, JN; Coles, M; ... Dong, T.

2025

Nature communications, (2025).16 1 10.1038/s41467-025-59370-5.

Cerebral Malaria in Adults: A Retrospective Descriptive Analysis of 80 Cases in a Tertiary Hospital in The Gambia, 2020-2023.

Bittaye, SO; Jagne, A; Jaiteh, LE S; AMAMBUA-NGWA, A; SESAY, AK; Ramirez, WE; Ramos, A; Effa, E; Nyan, O; Njie, R;

2025

Health science reports, (2025).8 1 10.1002/hsr2.70401.

Cohort Profile: Basse Health and Demographic Surveillance System, the Gambia.

EZEANI, ES; Gollam, S; MOHAMMED, N; ROCA, A; Hossain, J; Hossain, I; Saine, AK; D'Alessandro, U; MACKENZIE, G;

2025

International journal of epidemiology, (2025).54 2 10.1093/ije/dyaf021.

Global Effect of Cardiovascular Risk Factors on Lifetime Estimates.

Global Cardiovascular Risk Consortium,; Magnussen, C; Alegre-Diaz, J; Al-Nasser, LA; Amouyel, P; Aviles-Santa, L; Bakker, SJ L; Ballantyne, CM; Bernabé-Ortiz, A; Bobak, M; Boffetta, P; Brenner, H; Brunström, M; Can, G; Carrillo-Larco, RM; Checkley, W; Dallongeville, J; De Bacquer, D; De Gaetano, G; De Lemos, JA; Di Carluccio, E; Dobson, A; Donfrancesco, C; Dörr, M; D'Orsi, E; ... The Global Cardiovascular Risk Consortium,

2025

The New England journal of medicine, (2025).393 2 10.1056/nejmoa2415879.

Household clustering and seasonal genetic variation of Plasmodium falciparum at the community-level in The Gambia.

Guery, M-A; Ceesay, S; Drammeh, S; Jaiteh, FK; D'ALESSANDRO, U; Bousema, T; Conway, DJ; Claessens, A;

2025

eLife, (2025).13, 10.7554/elife.103047.