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Anna Roca

London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine · GB
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Area of research
Epidemiology · Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Research interest
Research interests include Medicine, Carriage, Streptococcus pneumoniae, Azithromycin, Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine, and Vaccination.
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Recent publications

PREgnancy Care Integrating translational Science, Everywhere (PRECISE): a prospective cohort study of African pregnant and non-pregnant women to investigate placental disorders – cohort profile
BMJ Open 2025cited by 6position: middledoi
Cohort Profile: Basse Health and Demographic Surveillance System, the Gambia
International Journal of Epidemiology 2025cited by 2position: middledoi
Household Molecular Epidemiology of <i>Streptococcus pyogenes</i> Carriage and Infection in The Gambia
The Journal of Infectious Diseases 2025cited by 1position: middledoi
Cohort Profile: PRECISE-DYAD: a prospective cohort study linking maternal and infant health trajectories in sub-Saharan Africa
medRxiv 2025cited by 1position: middledoi
Streptococcus pyogenes carriage and infection within households in The Gambia: a longitudinal cohort study
The Lancet Microbe 2024cited by 13position: middledoi
Impact of Intrapartum Azithromycin on the Carriage and Antibiotic Resistance of <i>Escherichia coli</i> and <i>Klebsiella pneumoniae</i> in Mothers and Their Newborns: A Substudy of a Randomized, Double-Blind Trial Conducted in The Gambia and Burkina Faso
Clinical Infectious Diseases 2024cited by 9position: middledoi
The PRECISE-DYAD protocol: linking maternal and infant health trajectories in sub-Saharan Africa
Wellcome Open Research 2024cited by 5position: middledoi
Effect of Intrapartum Azithromycin vs Placebo on Neonatal Sepsis and Death
JAMA 2023cited by 52position: firstdoi
Genomic epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 infections in The Gambia: an analysis of routinely collected surveillance data between March, 2020, and January, 2022
The Lancet Global Health 2023cited by 16position: middledoi
Circulation of respiratory viruses during the COVID-19 pandemic in The Gambia
Gates Open Research 2023cited by 4position: middledoi
Effect of Intrapartum Azithromycin vs Placebo on Neonatal Sepsis and Death A Randomized Clinical Trial
Obstetrical & Gynecological Survey 2023cited by 4position: firstdoi
Maternal nutritional risk factors for pre-eclampsia incidence: findings from a narrative scoping review
Reproductive Health 2022cited by 43position: middledoi
Genomic Characterization of Skin and Soft Tissue Streptococcus pyogenes Isolates from a Low-Income and a High-Income Setting
mSphere 2022cited by 24position: middledoi
Pre-delivery administration of azithromycin to prevent neonatal sepsis and death: a phase iii double-blind randomized clinical trial (PregnAnZI-2 trial)
International Journal of Clinical Trials 2022cited by 13position: lastdoi
Quantifying excess mortality during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 in The Gambia: a time-series analysis of three health and demographic surveillance systems
International Journal of Infectious Diseases 2022cited by 12position: lastdoi
Impact of intra-partum azithromycin on carriage of group A streptococcus in the Gambia: a posthoc analysis of a double-blind randomized placebo-controlled trial
BMC Infectious Diseases 2022cited by 9position: lastdoi
Effect of intra-partum azithromycin on the development of the infant nasopharyngeal microbiota: A post hoc analysis of a double-blind randomized trial
EBioMedicine 2022cited by 7position: lastdoi
Circulation of respiratory viruses during the COVID-19 pandemic in The Gambia
Gates Open Research 2022cited by 7position: middledoi
The PRECISE-DYAD protocol: linking maternal and infant health trajectories in sub-Saharan Africa
Wellcome Open Research 2022cited by 6position: middledoi
Comparative Genomics of Disease and Carriage Serotype 1 Pneumococci
Genome Biology and Evolution 2022cited by 5position: middledoi
Impact of early kangaroo mother care versus standard care on survival of mild-moderately unstable neonates &lt;2000 grams: A randomised controlled trial
EClinicalMedicine 2021cited by 43position: middledoi
Intense and Mild First Epidemic Wave of Coronavirus Disease, The Gambia
Emerging infectious diseases 2021cited by 25position: middledoi
Upper airways colonisation of Streptococcus pneumoniae in adults aged 60 years and older: A systematic review of prevalence and individual participant data meta-analysis of risk factors
Journal of Infection 2020cited by 51position: middledoi
The PRECISE (PREgnancy Care Integrating translational Science, Everywhere) Network’s first protocol: deep phenotyping in three sub-Saharan African countries
Reproductive Health 2020cited by 29position: middledoi
Persistent and Emerging Pneumococcal Carriage Serotypes in a Rural Gambian Community After 10 Years of Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine Pressure
Clinical Infectious Diseases 2020cited by 16position: lastdoi
Protocol for a randomised trial of early kangaroo mother care compared to standard care on survival of pre-stabilised preterm neonates in The Gambia (eKMC)
Trials 2020cited by 12position: middledoi
Impact of Intrapartum Oral Azithromycin on the Acquired Macrolide Resistome of Infants’ Nasopharynx: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Clinical Infectious Diseases 2020cited by 8position: lastdoi
Mass drug administration with azithromycin for trachoma elimination and the population structure of Streptococcus pneumoniae in the nasopharynx
Clinical Microbiology and Infection 2020cited by 8position: middledoi
Harnessing the PRECISE network as a platform to strengthen global capacity for maternal and child health research in sub-Saharan Africa
Reproductive Health 2020cited by 3position: middledoi
Short-term increase in the carriage of azithromycin-resistant <i>Escherichia coli</i> and <i>Klebsiella pneumoniae</i> in mothers and their newborns following intra-partum azithromycin: a post hoc analysis of a double-blind randomized trial
JAC-Antimicrobial Resistance 2020cited by 2position: lastdoi

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Frequent collaborators

Umberto D’Alessandro · MRC Unit the Gambia24 papers (2014–2025)Abdoulie Bojang · London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine24 papers (2012–2022)Christian Bottomley · London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine22 papers (2012–2022)Martín Antonio · London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine18 papers (2012–2022)Brian Greenwood · Harvard University16 papers (2012–2020)Beate Kampmann · Harvard University14 papers (2015–2023)Bully Camara · London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine13 papers (2015–2022)Effua Usuf · London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine13 papers (2014–2023)Philip C. Hill · University of Otago12 papers (2012–2020) · 11 papers (2015–2022)Richard A. Adegbola · London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine9 papers (2012–2020)Uzochukwu Egere · Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine9 papers (2012–2017)Thushan I. de Silva · University of London8 papers (2019–2023)Grant Mackenzie · London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine7 papers (2015–2025)Sheikh Jarju · London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine6 papers (2015–2023)Saffiatou Darboe · MRC Unit the Gambia6 papers (2019–2022)Abdul Karim Sesay · MRC Unit the Gambia5 papers (2022–2023)Brenda Kwanbana Adams · London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine5 papers (2015–2022)Rebecca A. Gladstone · University of Oslo5 papers (2015–2022)Momodou Jasseh · London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine5 papers (2014–2022)
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