Publications

Here you can search for our peer-reviewed publications, which present background to the GAHI project and research on disease burden and spatial epidemiology. You can search by these subjects and by author and year.

Interrupting transmission of soil-transmitted helminths: a study protocol for cluster randomised trials evaluating alternative treatment strategies and delivery systems in Kenya
BMJ Open
2015,

Authors: Simon J Brooker, Charles S Mwandawiro, Katherine E Halliday, Sammy M Njenga, Carlos Mcharo, Paul M Gichuki, Beatrice Wasunna, Jimmy H Kihara, Doris Njomo, Dorcas Alusala, Athuman Chiguzo, Hugo C Turner, Caroline Teti, Claire Gwayi-Chore, Birgit Nikolay, James E Truscott, T Déirdre Hollingsworth, Dina Balabanova, Ulla K Griffiths, Matthew C Freeman, Elizabeth Allen, Rachel L Pullan, Roy M Anderson
The High Burden of Malaria in Primary School Children in Southern Malawi
The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
2015, Issue: 93(4), Pages: 779–789

Authors: Don P. Mathanga, Katherine E. Halliday*, Mpumulo Jawati, Allison Verney, Andrew Bauleni, John Sande, Doreen Ali, Rebecca Jones, Stefan Witek-McManus, Natalie Roschnik and Simon J. Brooker
Understanding Heterogeneity in the Impact of National Neglected Tropical Disease Control Programmes: Evidence from School-Based Deworming in Kenya
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
2015, Issue: 9(9),

Authors: Birgit Nikolay, Charles S. Mwandawiro, Jimmy H. Kihara, Collins Okoyo, Jorge Cano, Mariam T. Mwanje, Hadley Sultani, Dorcas Alusala, Hugo C. Turner, Caroline Teti, Josh Garn, Matthew C. Freeman, Elizabeth Allen, Roy M. Anderson, Rachel L. Pullan, Sammy M. Njenga, Simon J. Brooker
Design, implementation and evaluation of a training programme for school teachers in the use of malaria rapid diagnostic tests as part of a basic first aid kit in southern Malawi
BMC Public Health
2015, Issue: 15:904,

Authors: Stefan Witek-McManus, Don P. Mathanga, Allison Verney, Austin Mtali, Doreen Ali, John Sande, Reuben Mwenda, Saidi Ndau, Charles Mazinga, Emmanuel Phondiwa, Tiyese Chimuna, David Melody, Natalie Roschnik, Simon J. Brooker, Katherine E. Halliday
Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for 306 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 188 countries, 1990–2013: quantifying the epidemiological transition
The Lancet
2015, Issue: In Press,

Authors: Murray, Christopher J L et al.
Mapping and Modelling the Geographical Distribution and Environmental Limits of Podoconiosis in Ethiopia
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
2015, Issue: 9(7),

Authors: Deribe K, Cano Ortega J, Newport M, Golding N, Pullan RL, Sime H, Gebretsadik A, Assefa A, Kebede A, Hailu A, Rebollo M, Shafi O, Bockarie M, Aseffa A, Hay SI, Reithinger R, Enquselassie F, Davey G, Brooker SJ
Global feasibility assessment of interrupting the transmission of soil-transmitted helminths: a statistical modelling study
The Lancet Infectious Diseases
2015, Issue: Volume 15, Issue 8, Pages: 941–950

Authors: Brooker SJ, Nikolay B, Balabanova D, Pullan RL
Geostatistical Modeling of Malaria Endemicity Using Serological Indicators of Exposure Collected Through School Surveys
American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
2015, Pages: 168-177

Authors: Ashton RA, Kefyalew T, Rand A, Sime H, Assefa A, Mekasha A, Edosa W, Tesfaye G, Cano Ortega J, Teka H, Reithinger R, Pullan RL, Drakeley CJ, Brooker SJ
An investigation of the disparity in estimates of microfilaraemia and antigenaemia in lymphatic filariasis surveys
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
2015, Pages: 529-531

Authors: Cano Ortega J, Moraga P, Nikolay B, Rebollo M, Okorie PN, Davies E, Njenga SM, Bockarie M, Brooker SJ
Prioritising Infectious Disease Mapping
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
2015, Issue: 9(6),

Authors: Pigott DM, Howes RE, Wiebe A, Battle KE, Golding N, Gething PW, Dowell SF, Farag TH, Garcia AJ, Kimball AM, Krause LK, Smith CH, Brooker SJ, Kyu HH, Vos T, Murray CJ, Moyes CL, Hay SI
Epidemiology of coinfection with soil transmitted helminths and Plasmodium falciparum among school children in Bumula District in western Kenya
Parasites & Vectors
2015, Issue: 8:314,

Authors: Kepha S, Nuwaha F, Nikolay B, Gichuki P, Edwards T, Allen E, Njenga SM, Mwandawiro CS, Brooker SJ
Epidemiology and individual, household and geographical risk factors of podoconiosis in Ethiopia: results from the first nationwide mapping
American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
2015, Issue: 92(1), Pages: 148-158

Authors: Deribe K, Brooker SJ, Pullan RL, Sime H, Gebretsadik A, Assefa A, Kebede A, Hailu A, Rebollo M, Shafi O, Bockarie M, Aseffa A, Reithinger R, Cano Ortega J, Enguselassie F, Newport M, Davey G
Integrating Data and Resources on Neglected Tropical Diseases for Better Planning: The NTD Mapping Tool (NTDmap.org)
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
2015, Issue: 9(2), Pages: e0003400

Authors: Flueckiger RM, Nikolay B, Gelderblom HC, Smith JL, Haddad D, Tack W, Hendrickx G, Addiss DG, Cano Ortega J, Hatcher DR, Hopkins A, Pullan RL, Pavluck A, Ottesen E, Brooker SJ
Factors Associated with the Performance and Cost-Effectiveness of Using Lymphatic Filariasis Transmission Assessment Surveys for Monitoring Soil-Transmitted Helminths: A Case Study in Kenya
American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
2015, Issue: 92, Pages: 342-353

Authors: Smith JL, Sturrock HJW, Assefa LM, Nikolay B, Njenga SM, Kihara JH, Mwandawiro CS, Brooker SJ
Innovative tools for assessing risks for severe adverse events in areas of overlapping Loa loa and other filarial distributions: the application of micro-stratification mapping
Parasites & Vectors
2014, Issue: 7, Pages: 307

Authors: Louise A Kelly-Hope, Jorge Cano, Michelle C Stanton, Moses J Bockarie and David H Molyneux

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