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.

Malaria in school-age children in Africa: an increasingly important challenge
Tropical Medicine & International Health
2014, Issue: 19 (11), Pages: 1294–1309

Authors: Nankabirwa JI, Brooker SJ, Clarke SE, Fernando D, Gitonga CW, Schellenberg D, Greenwood B
The global distribution and transmission limits of lymphatic filariasis: past and present
Parasites & Vectors
2014, Issue: 7, Pages: 466

Authors: Cano Ortega J, Rebollo M, Golding N, Pullan RL, Crellen T, Soler A, Kelly-Hope LA, Lindsay S, Hay SI, Bockarie M, Brooker SJ
Sensitivity of diagnostic tests for human soil-transmitted helminth infections: a meta-analysis in the absence of a true gold standard
International Journal for Parasitology
2014, Issue: 44 (11), Pages: 765–774

Authors: Nikolay B, Brooker SJ, Pullan RL
Integrated mapping of lymphatic filariasis and podoconiosis: lessons learnt from Ethiopia
Parasites & Vectors
2014, Issue: 7, Pages: 397

Authors: Sime H, Deribe K, Assefa A, Newport M, Enquselassie F, Gebretsadik A, Kebede A, Hailu A, Shafi O, Aseffa A, Reithinger R, Brooker SJ, Pullan RL, Cano Ortega J, Meribo K, Pavluck A, Bockarie M, Rebollo M, Davey G
Can chemotherapy alone eliminate the transmission of soil transmitted helminths?
Parasites & Vectors
2014, Issue: 7, Pages: 266

Authors: Truscott JE, Hollingsworth TD, Brooker SJ, Anderson RM
Diagnostic Accuracy and Cost-Effectiveness of Alternative Methods for Detection of Soil-Transmitted Helminths in a Post-Treatment Setting in Western Kenya
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
2014, Issue: 8(5), Pages: e2843

Authors: Assefa LM, Crellen T, Kepha S, Kihara JH, Njenga SM, Pullan RL, Brooker SJ
Impact of Intermittent Preventive Treatment With Dihydroartemisinin-Piperaquine on Malaria in Ugandan Schoolchildren: A Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial
Clinical Infectious Diseases
2014, Issue: 58 (10), Pages: 1404-1412

Authors: Nankabirwa JI, Wandera B, Amuge P, Kiwanuka N, Dorsey G, Rosenthal PJ, Brooker SJ, Staedke SG, Kamya MR
Geographical Inequalities in Use of Improved Drinking Water Supply and Sanitation across Sub-Saharan Africa: Mapping and Spatial Analysis of Cross-sectional Survey Data
PLoS Medicine
2014, Issue: 11(4), Pages: e1001626

Authors: Pullan RL, Freeman MC, Gething PW, Brooker SJ
Global numbers of infection and disease burden of soil transmitted helminth infections in 2010
Parasites & Vectors
2014, Issue: 7, Pages: 37

Authors: Pullan RL, Smith JL, Jasrasaria R, Brooker SJ
Impact of Intermittent Screening and Treatment for Malaria among School Children in Kenya: A Cluster Randomised Trial
PLoS Medicine
2014, Issue: 11(1), Pages: e1001594

Authors: Halliday KE, Okello G, Turner EL, Njagi K, Mcharo C, Kengo J, Allen E, Dubeck MM, Jukes MCH, Brooker SJ
Asymptomatic Plasmodium infection and cognition among primary schoolchildren in a high malaria transmission setting in Uganda
American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
2013, Issue: 88, Pages: 1102-1108

Authors: Nankabirwa JI, Wandera B, Kiwanuka N, Staedke SG, Kamya MR, Brooker SJ
The Impact of a School-Based Hygiene, Water Quality and Sanitation Intervention on Soil-Transmitted Helminth Reinfection: A Cluster-Randomized Trial
American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
2013, Issue: 89, Pages: 875-883

Authors: Freeman MC, Clasen T, Brooker SJ, Akoko DO, Rheingans R
Challenges for consent and community engagement in the conduct of cluster randomized trial among school children in low income settings: experiences from Kenya
Trials
2013, Issue: 14, Pages: 142

Authors: Okello G, Jones C, Bonareri M, Ndegwa SN, Mcharo C, Kengo J, Kinyua K, Dubeck MM, Halliday KE, Jukes MC, Molyneux S, Brooker SJ
A systematic analysis of global anemia burden from 1990 to 2010
Blood
2013, Issue: 123, Pages: 615-624

Authors: Kassebaum NJ, Jasrasaria R, Naghavi M, Wulf SK, Johns N, Lozano R, Regan M, Weatherall D, Chou DP, Eisele TP, Flaxman SR, Pullan RL, Brooker SJ, Murray JL
Comparing the Performance of Cluster Random Sampling and Integrated Threshold Mapping for Targeting Trachoma Control, Using Computer Simulation
PloS Neglected Tropical Diseases
2013, Issue: 7(8), Pages: e2389

Authors: Smith JL, Sturrock HJW, Olives C, Solomon AW, Brooker SJ

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