Dunedin School of Medicine

Centre Staff Publications

   

2011

Suaalii-Sauni T, Aiavao F, Faafeu-Hope E, Sopoaga T, Paul C, Righarts A, McCool J, Kirifi-Alai TN, Hill P, Fuatai FL. Strengthening health research capacity from within Samoa. Asia Pac J Pub Health 2011; 23:100-9.

2010

Adetifa IM, Ota MO, Walther B, Hammond AS, Lugos MD, Jeffries DJ, Donkor SA, Adegbola RA, Hill PC. Decay kinetics of an interferon Gamma Release Assay with anti-Tuberculosis therapy in newly diagnosed Tuberculosis cases. PLoS One 2010; 5 : e12502.

Hill PC, Ota MO. Tuberculosis Case Contact research in Endemic Tropical settings -design, conduct and relevance to other infectious diseases. Lancet Infect Dis 2010; 10 :723-32.

Rutherford ME, Alisjahbana, Marharani W, Sampurno H, Van Crevel R. Hill PC. Sensitivity of the Quantiferon-Gold In-tube assay in sputum smear positive TB cases in Indonesia. PLoS One 2010; 5: e12020.

Mazurek M, Jereb J, Vernon A, LoBue P, Goldberg S, Castro K, IGRA Expert Committee, Ceners for Disease Control and Prevention. Updated guidelines for using Interferon Gamma release assays to detect Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection- United States, 2010. MMWR Recomm Rep 2010; 59 : 1-25.

Thye T, Vannberg FO, Wong SH, Owusu-Dabo E, Osei I, Gyapong J, Hill PC, Sisay-Joof F, Enimil A, Chinbauh MA, Floyd S, Warndorff DK, Sichali L, Malema S, Crampin AC, Ngwira B, Teo YY, Small K, Rockett K, Kwiatkowski D, Fine PE, Sirugo G, Newport M, Lienhardt C, Adegbola RA, Corrah T, Ziegler A, Morris AP, Meyer CG, Horstmann RD, Hill AV. Combined analysis of tuberculosis genome-wide associate studies reveals a novel susceptibility locus on chromosome 18q11.2. Nature Genetics 2010; 42 :739-41.

Adetifa IM, Ota MO, Jeffries DJ, Hammond A, Lugos MD, Donkor S, Owiafe P, Adegbola RA, .Hill PC.  Commercial Interferon gamma release assays compared to the tuberculin skin test for diagnosis of latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in childhood contacts in the Gambia. Ped Infect Dis J 2010; 29: 439-43.

Samu KS, Wheeler A, Asiasiga L, Dash SM, Robinson G, Dunbar L, Suaalii-Sauni T. Towards quality Pacific services: the development of a service self-evaluation tool for Pacific addiction services in New Zealand. Jnl of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, no. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2010.01468.x

Perry S, de Jong BC, Solnick JV, de la Luz Sanchez M, Yang S, Lin PL, Hansen LM, Talat N, Hill PC, Hussain R, Adegbola RA, Flynn J, Canfield D, Parsonnet J. PLoS One 2010; 5: e8804.

de Jong BC, Adetifa I, Walther B, Hill PC, Antonio M, Ota M, Adegbola RA. Differences between tuberculosis cases infected with Mycobacterium africanum, West African type 2, relative to Euro-American Mycobacterium tuberculosis: an update. FEMS Immunol Med Microbiol 2010; 58:102-5.

Rutherford ME, Mulholland K, Hill PC. Access to Health Care in Relation to under 5 death in sub-Saharan Africa. Trop Med Int Health 2010; 15: 508-19.

Abebe M, Doherty TM, Wassie L, Aseffa A, Bobosha K, Demissie A, Zewdie M, Engers H, Andersen P, Kim L, Huggett J, Rook G, Yamuah LK, Zumla A, VACSEL study group. Expression of apoptosis-related genes in an Ethiopian cohort study correlates with tuberculosis clinical status. Eur J Immunol 2010; 40: 291-301.

Hill PC, Townend J, Antonio M, Akisanya B, Ebruke C, Lahai G, Greenwood BM, Adegbola RA. Transmission of Streptococcus pneumoniae in rural Gambian villages – a longitudinal study. Clin Infect Dis 2010; 50:1468-76.

Touray K, Adetifa IM, Jallow A, Rigby J, Jeffries D, Cheung YB, Donkor S, Adegbola RA, Hill PC. Spatial analysis of tuberculosis in an urban West African setting: is there evidence of clustering? Trop Med Int Health 2010; 6:664-72.

McKenzie G, Ceesay SJ, Hill PC, Walther M, Bojang KA, Satoguina J, Enwere G, D’Alessandro U, Saha D, Ikumapayi U, O’Dempsey T, Mabey DC, Corrah T, Conway DJ, Adegbola RA, Greenwood BM. A Decline in the Incidence of Invasive Non-Typhoidal Salmonella infection in the Gambia temporally associated with a decline in malaria infection. PLoS ONE 2010; 5: e10568 (7pp).

Sunny H. Wong, Sailesh Gochhait, Dheeraj Malhotra, Fredrik H. Pettersson, Yik Y. Teo, Chiea C. Khor, Anna Rautanen, Stephen J. Chapman, Tara C. Mills, Amit Srivastava,Aleksey Rudko, Maxim B. Freidi, Valery P. Puzyrev, Shafat Ali, Shweta Aggarwal, Rupali Chopra, Belum S. N. Reddy, Vijay K. Garg, Suchismita Roy, Sarah Meisner, Sunil K.Hazra, Bibhuti Saha, Sian Floyd, Brendan J. Keating, Cecilia Kim, Benjamin P. Fairfax,Julian C. Knight, Philip C. Hill, Richard A. Adegbola, Hakon Hakonarson, Paul E. M.Fine, Ramasamy M. Pitchappan, Rameshwar N. K. Bamezai, Adrian V.S. Hill, Fredrik O.Vannberg. Leprosy and the adaptation of human Toll-like receptor 1. PLoS Pathogens 2010; 6:e1000979.

2009

Rutherford ME, Dockerty JD, Jasseh M, Howie SRC, Herbison P, Jeffries DJ, Mulholland K, Adegbola RA, Hill PC. Preventive measures in infancy to reduce under 5 mortality: a case control study in The Gambia.  Trop Med Int H 2009;  14: 149-55.

Pai M, Joshi R, Dogra S, Zwerling A, Gajalakshmi D, Goswami K, Reddy M, Kalantri S, Hill PC, Menzies D, Hopewell P. T-cell assay conversions and reversions: a pilot study among household contacts of TB patients in rural India. Int J Tub Lung Dis 2009; 13:84-92.

Rutherford ME, Dockerty JD, Jasseh M, Howie SR, Herbison P, Jeffries DJ, Leach M, Stevens W, Mulholland K, Adegbola RA, Hill PC. Access to healthcare and under  5 mortality in West Africa: a case control study. Bull WHO 2009; 14:149-55.

de Jong BC , Antonio M, Awine T, Ogungbemi K, de Jong YP, Gagneux S, DeRiemer K, Zozio T, Rastogi N, Borgdorff M, Hill PC, Adegbola RA. Use of spoligotyping and large-sequence polymorphisms to study the population structure of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex in a cohort study of consecutive smear positive tuberculosis cases in the Gambia. J Clin Micobiol 2009: 47:9994-1001.

Sutherland JS, Adetifa IM, Hill PC, Adegbola RA, Ota MO. Pattern and diversity of cytokine production differentiates between Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection and disease. Eur J Immunol 2009; 39:723-9.

Hill SE, Njie O, Sanneh M, Jallow M, Peel D, Njie M, Weber M, Hill PC, Adegbola RA, Howie SRC. Oxygen for severe pneumonia in The Gambia, West Africa: a situational analysis. Int J Tub Lung Dis 2009; 13:587-93.

Black GF, Thiel BA, Ota MO, Parida SK, Adegbola RA, Boom WH, Dockrell HM, Franken KL, Friggen AH, Hill PC, Klein MR, Lalor M, Mayanja H, Schoolnik G, Stanley K, Weldingh K, Kaufmann SH, Walzl G, Ottenhoff TH. Immunogenicity of novel candidate antigens of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in three high-burden African countries. Clin Vacc Immunol 2009; epub ahed of print.

Sutherland JS, Jeffries DJ, Donkor S, Walter B, Adetifa IM, Hill PC, Adegbola RA, Ota IM. High granulocyte/lymphocyte ratio and paucity of NKT cells defines TB disease in a TB-endemic setting. Tuberculosis 2009 (eput ahead of print).

Howie SRC, Hill S, Ebonyi A, Krishnan G, Njie O, Sanney M, Jallow M, Stevens W, Taylor K, Weber MW, Collier Njai P, Tapgun M, Corrah T, Mulholland K, Peel D, Njie M, Hill PC, Adegbola RA. Meeting oxygen needs in Africa: an options analysis from The Gambia. Bull WHO 2009; 87:763-71.

Lugos M, Adetifa I, Donkor S, Hill PC, Adegbola RA, Ota MO.  Evaluation of the contribution of major T cell subsets to IFN-γ production in TB infection by ELISPOT. Immunological Investigations 2009; 38:341-9.

Suaalii-Sauni T, Wheeler A, Saafi E, Robinson G, Agnew F, Warren H, Erick M, Hingano T. Exploration of Pacific perspectives of Pacific models of mental health service delivery in New Zealand. Pac Health Dialog. 2009 Feb;15(1):18-27.

2008

Antonio M, Hakeem I, Awine T, Secka O, Sankareh K, Nsekpong D, Lahai G, Akisanya A, Egere U, Enwere G, Zaman SM, Hill PC, Corrah T, Cutts F, Greenwood BM, Adegbola RA. Seasonality and outbreak of a predominant Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 1 clone from The Gambia: Expansion of ST217 hypervirulent clonal complex in West Africa. BMC Microbiol 2008; 8: 198 (epub)

De Jong BC, Hill PC, Aiken A, Awine T, Antonio M, Adetifa IM, Jackson-Sillah DJ, Fox A, DeRiemer K, Borgdorff M, Gagneux S, McAdam KP, Corrah T, Small PM, Adegbola RA. Progression to tuberculosis, but not transmission, varies by M. tuberculosis lineage in The Gambia. J Infect Dis 2008; 198: 1037-43.

Adetifa IMO, Hill PC, Jackson-Sillah DJ, Ibanga H, Bah G, Donkor SA, Corrah T, Adegbola RA. Haematological values from a Gambian cohort -  possible reference ranges for a West African population. Int J Lab Hematology 2008; epub ahead of print.

Brookes RH, Hill PC, Owiafe PK, Ibanga HB, Jeffries DJ, Donkor SA, Fletcher HA, Hammond AS, Lienhardt C, Adegbola RA, McShane H, Hill AVS. Safety and immunogenicity of the candidate tuberculosis vaccine MVA85A in West Africa. PLoS ONE 2008; 3: e2921 (6pp)

Howie SR, Hill SE, Peel D, Njie M, Hill PC, Weber M, Mulholland K, Adegbola RA. Beyond good intentions: lessons on equipment donation from an African hospital.  Bull WHO 2008; 86: 52-56.

Hill PC, Jackson-Sillah DJ, Fox A, Brookes RH, de Jong BC, Jeffries DJ, Donkor SA, Lugos MD, Adetifa IM, Aiken AM, Howie SR, Corrah T, McAdam KP, Adegbola RA. Incidence of secondary disease and predictive value of initial ELISPOT and Mantoux tests in Gambian tuberculosis contacts. PLoS One 2008; 1:e1379 (7pp)

Hammond AS, McConkey S, Hill PC, Gomez M, Crozier S, Klein MR, Adegbola RA, Rowland-Jones S, Brookes RH, Whittle H, Jaye A. Mycobacterium tuberculosis –specific immune responses are maintained across a broad range of CD4 T cell counts in patients coinfected with HIV. J Infect Dis 2008; 197:295-99.

Hill PC, Cheung YB, Akisanya A, Sankareh K, Lahai G, Greenwood BM, Adegbola RA. Nasopharyngeal carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae in Gambian infants – a longitudinal study. Clin Infect Dis 2008; 46:807-14.

Wassie L, Demissie A, Aseffa A, Abebe M, Yamuah L, Tilahun H, Petros B, Rook G, Zumla A, Andersen P, Doherty TM; VACSEL Study Group. Ex vivo cytokine mRNA levels correlate with changing clinical status of ethiopian TB patients and their contacts over time. PLoS ONE. 2008 Jan 30;3(1):e1522.

 

 

 

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