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Dr Effua Usuf

Associate Professor

United Kingdom

Affiliations

MRC Unit The Gambia at LSHTM

Selected Publications

Validation of the Emergency Department-Paediatric Early Warning Score (ED-PEWS) for use in low- and middle-income countries: A multicentre observational study.
Kemps, N; Holband, N; Boeddha, NP; Faal, A; Juliana, AE; Kavishe, GA; Keitel, K; Van 't Kruys, KH; Ledger, EV; Moll, HA; PRENTICE, AM; SECKA, F; Tan, R; USUF, E; Unger, SA; Zachariasse, JM; VITaLs (VItal signs and Triage in Low- and middle ,;
2024
PLOS global public health
Impact of pneumococcal conjugate vaccination on pneumococcal nasopharyngeal carriage in the Gambia: Population-based cross-sectional surveys.
MACKENZIE, GA; Hossain, I; SALAUDEEN, R; BADJI, H; Manjang, A; USUF, E; BOTTOMLEY, C; GREENWOOD, B; Hill, PC;
2024
Vaccine
Plasma Protein Biomarkers Distinguish Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children From Other Pediatric Infectious and Inflammatory Diseases.
Yeoh, S; Estrada-Rivadeneyra, D; Jackson, H; Keren, I; Galassini, R; Cooray, S; Shah, P; Agyeman, P; Basmaci, R; Carrol, E; Emonts, M; Fink, C; Kuijpers, T; Martinon-Torres, F; Mommert-Tripon, M; Paulus, S; Pokorn, M; Rojo, P; Romani, L; Schlapbach, L; Schweintzger, N; Shen, C-F; Tsolia, M; USUF, E; Van der Flier, M; ... PERFORM, DIAMONDS and UK KD Genetic Consortia,
2024
The Pediatric infectious disease journal
A multi-platform approach to identify a blood-based host protein signature for distinguishing between bacterial and viral infections in febrile children (PERFORM): a multi-cohort machine learning study.
Jackson, HR; Zandstra, J; Menikou, S; Hamilton, MS; McArdle, AJ; Fischer, R; Thorne, AM; Huang, H; Tanck, MW; Jansen, MH; De, T; Agyeman, PK A; Von Both, U; Carrol, ED; Emonts, M; Eleftheriou, I; Van der Flier, M; Fink, C; Gloerich, J; De Groot, R; Moll, HA; Pokorn, M; Pollard, AJ; Schlapbach, LJ; Tsolia, MN; ... PERFORM consortium,
2023
The Lancet. Digital health
Raising AWaRe-ness of Antimicrobial Stewardship Challenges in Pediatric Emergency Care: Results from the PERFORM Study Assessing Consistency and Appropriateness of Antibiotic Prescribing Across Europe.
Kolberg, L; Khanijau, A; Van der Velden, FJ S; Herberg, J; De, T; Galassini, R; Cunnington, AJ; Wright, VJ; Shah, P; Kaforou, M; Wilson, C; Kuijpers, T; Martinón-Torres, F; Rivero-Calle, I; Moll, H; Vermont, C; Pokorn, M; Kolnik, M; Pollard, AJ; Agyeman, PK A; Schlapbach, LJ; Tsolia, MN; YEUNG, S; Zavadska, D; Zenz, W; ... PERFORM Consortium,
2023
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America
External validation of a multivariable prediction model for identification of pneumonia and other serious bacterial infections in febrile immunocompromised children.
Martin, AJ; Van der Velden, FJ S; Von Both, U; Tsolia, MN; Zenz, W; Sagmeister, M; Vermont, C; De Vries, G; Kolberg, L; Lim, E; Pokorn, M; Zavadska, D; Martinón-Torres, F; Rivero-Calle, I; Hagedoorn, NN; USUF, E; Schlapbach, L; Kuijpers, TW; Pollard, AJ; YEUNG, S; Fink, C; Voice, M; Carrol, E; Agyeman, PK A; Khanijau, A; ... PERFORM consortium,
2023
Archives of disease in childhood
Plasma protein biomarkers distinguish Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) from other pediatric infectious and inflammatory diseases
Yeoh, S; Estrada-Rivadeneyra, D; Jackson, H; Keren, I; Galassini, R; Cooray, S; Shah, P; Agyeman, P; Basmaci, R; Carrol, E; Emonts, M; Fink, C; Kuijpers, T; Torres, FM; Mommert-Tripon, M; Paulus, S; Pokorn, M; Rojo, P; Romani, L; Schlapbach, L; Schweintzger, N; Shen, C-F; Tsolia, M; USUF, E; Van der Flier, M; ... UK KD Genetics Consortia,
2023
medRxiv
Relationship between molecular pathogen detection and clinical disease in febrile children across Europe: a multicentre, prospective observational study.
Shah, P; Voice, M; Calvo-Bado, L; Rivero-Calle, I; Morris, S; Nijman, R; Broderick, C; De, T; Eleftheriou, I; Galassini, R; Khanijau, A; Kolberg, L; Kolnik, M; Rudzate, A; Sagmeister, MG; Schweintzger, NA; SECKA, F; Thakker, C; Van der Velden, F; Vermont, C; Vincek, K; Agyeman, PK A; Cunnington, AJ; De Groot, R; Emonts, M; ... PERFORM consortium,
2023
The Lancet regional health. Europe
Diagnosis of Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children by a Whole-Blood Transcriptional Signature.
Jackson, HR; Miglietta, L; Habgood-Coote, D; D'Souza, G; Shah, P; Nichols, S; Vito, O; Powell, O; Davidson, MS; Shimizu, C; Agyeman, PK A; Beudeker, CR; Brengel-Pesce, K; Carrol, ED; Carter, MJ; De, T; Eleftheriou, I; Emonts, M; Epalza, C; Georgiou, P; De Groot, R; Fidler, K; Fink, C; Van Keulen, D; Kuijpers, T; ... Levin, M.
2023
Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society
Prevention and treatment for COVID-19 associated severe pneumonia in the Gambia (PaTS-COVID-19), a single-blinded randomized clinical trial: study protocol
USUF, E; BROTHERTON, H; Nadjm, B; MOHAMMED, N; Gai, A; Sillah, F; Johnson, MG; Jones, CJ; Sarr, C; Babatunde, HE; Mohammad, AK; Dibba, B; Ndure, E; Bojang, L; Darboe, S; Bah, A; Bojang, A; Forrest, K; Nwakanma, D; Roberts, C; Mustapha, B; D’Alessandro, U; Roca, A;
2023
International Journal of Clinical Trials
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