Publications

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

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Author

Year

Natural history of chronic hepatitis B in untreated adults without cirrhosis according to baseline hepatitis B virus DNA and alanine aminotransferase concentrations: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Yucuma, D; Rakover, A; Warsop, ZI; Im, YR; Chen, SE; Jagdish, R; NDOW, G; Lemoine, M; Desalegn, H; Johannessen, A; Yang, H-I; Tanaka, Y; Chou, R; Easterbrook, P; Shimakawa, Y;

2026

The lancet. Gastroenterology & hepatology, (2026).11 5 10.1016/S2468-1253(25)00302-4.

Long-term safety and immunogenicity of the two-dose heterologous Ad26.ZEBOV, MVA-BN-Filo Ebola vaccine regimen: a cohort study of previously vaccinated adults and children in Sierra Leone (the EBOVAC-Salone extension study).

Manno, D; Balami, AD; Bangura, A; Kamara, AB; Kallon, JA E; Conteh, M; Ayieko, P; Baiden, F; AFOLABI, MO; Faye, F; TINDANBIL, D; Foster, J; Owusu-Kyei, K; Kamara, MM; Koroma, B; Lawal, BJ; Otieno, GT; Jusu, MO; Njie, Y; Kowuor, D; Odeni, L; Fombah, AE; Morovia, FE; Bah, OM; Connor, NE; ... WATSON-JONES, D.

2026

The Lancet Regional Health - Africa, (2026).1, 10.1016/j.lanafr.2026.100020.

The incidence and antimicrobial resistance of Shigella-attributable diarrhoea in young children in low-income and middle-income countries from the multicountry Enterics for Global Health (EFGH) Shigella Surveillance Study: a prospective, facility-based...

Yousafzai, MT; Cornick, J; Penataro Yori, P; HOSSAIN, MJ; Keita, AM; Atlas, HE; Khanam, F; Omore, R; Galagan, SR; Ahmed, N; Ahmmed, F; Awuor, AO; Badji, H; Conteh, B; Garcia Quesada, M; Garcia-Bardales, PF; Horne, B; Hotwani, A; Houpt, ER; Islam, MT; Jere, KC; Juma, J; Liu, J; Mategula, D; Ogwel, B; ... EFGH Consortium,

2026

The Lancet. Global health, (2026).14 5 10.1016/S2214-109X(25)00534-0.

Segmented filamentous bacteria are worldwide human gut commensals.

Kiran, S; Cruz, AR; Daniau, A; Ma, B; Marbouty, M; Pipoli Da Fonseca, J; Legrand, A; Baudry, L; Cokelaer, T; Bensussan, M; Moya-Nilges, M; Garneau, J; Monot, M; Ochieng, JB; ANTONIO, M; Tamboura, B; De Vos, WM; Salonen, A; HOSSAIN, J; Omore, R; Sow, SO; Sansonetti, PJ; Ravel, J; Cerf-Bensussan, N; Schnupf, P;

2026

Nature communications, (2026).17, 10.1038/s41467-026-70010-4.

Genome-wide analyses of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex isolates reveal insights into circulating lineages and drug resistance mutations in The Gambia.

Faal, F; Top, N; Jobe, O; Colley, SM; Ayorinde, A; Mendy, A; Sarr-Kuyateh, B; Donkor, S; ANTONIO, M; De Jong, BC; Rachow, A; KAMPMANN, B; SUTHERLAND, JS; Li, H; Blundell, TL; CAMPINO, S; Kohl, T; Dreyer, V; Neimann, S; Pandurangan, AP; CLARK, TG; PHELAN, JE; TIENTCHEU, LD;

2026

Scientific reports, (2026).16 1 10.1038/s41598-026-42003-2.

Carbon emissions associated with antenatal testing for hepatitis B prophylaxis eligibility, the Gambia.

Ndiaye, A; Motyl, F; Drammeh, S; Dibba, B; Famiglietti, A; Whittaker, M; Jean, K; Lemoine, M; Boyer, S; Kania, D; Guingané, AN; Hashimoto, N; Tanaka, Y; Sugiura, W; MURRAY, K; Vandi, C; D'ALESSANDRO, U; Guivel-Benhassine, F; Da Conceicao, H; Pakula, G; NDOW, G; Shimakawa, Y;

2026

Bulletin of the World Health Organization, (2026).104 5 10.2471/BLT.25.294507.

Molecular characterisation of a Klebsiella pneumoniae neonatal sepsis outbreak in a rural Gambian hospital: a retrospective genomic epidemiology investigation.

FOSTER-NYARKO, E; Bah, A; Adefila, WO; OSEI, I; Barjo, O; Salaudeen, R; Able-Thomas, S; Jammeh, M; Nyassi, A; Odih, EE; HOLT, KE; Sesay, AK; MACKENZIE, G;

2026

medRxiv (2026). 10.64898/2026.03.03.26347025.

Targeting the Highly Invasive Malaria Vector Anopheles stephensi using Yeast RNAi Pesticides.

Njoroge, TM; HAMID-ADIAMOH, M; Mysore, K; Stewart, AT M; Sun, L; Akaiso, DD; Duman-Scheel, M;

2026

Springer Science and Business Media LLC (2026). 10.21203/rs.3.rs-8982626/v1.

Tackling the global hypertension crisis.

Etyang, AO; JOBE, M; Abdalla, M; MURPHY, A;

2026

BMJ (Clinical research ed.), (2026).392, 10.1136/bmj.s367.

ECG changes and their utility in adult Vietnamese patients with non-severe dengue.

Nguyen, HT T; Besson, J; BONELL, A; Fox, A; Chimjinda, N; Mukaka, M; Nguyen, KV; Taylor, WR;