Area of research
Epidemiology · Microbiology
Research interest
Research interests include Medicine, Pneumonia, Pediatrics, Etiology, Streptococcus pneumoniae, and Sputum.
Misclassification of malaria as pneumonia in children in sub-Saharan Africa
Epidemiology of human metapneumovirus among children with severe or very severe pneumonia in high pneumonia burden settings: the Pneumonia Etiology Research for Child Health (PERCH) study experience
Factors predicting mortality in hospitalised HIV-negative children with lower-chest-wall indrawing pneumonia and implications for management
Digitally recorded and remotely classified lung auscultation compared with conventional stethoscope classifications among children aged 1–59 months enrolled in the Pneumonia Etiology Research for Child Health (PERCH) case–control study
Impact of the introduction of pneumococcal conjugate vaccination on invasive pneumococcal disease and pneumonia in The Gambia: 10 years of population-based surveillance
The Etiology of Childhood Pneumonia in The Gambia
Global burden of acute lower respiratory infection associated with human metapneumovirus in children under 5 years in 2018: a systematic review and modelling study
The development and implementation of an oxygen treatment solution for health facilities in low and middle-income countries
The Etiology of Pneumonia From Analysis of Lung Aspirate and Pleural Fluid Samples: Findings From the Pneumonia Etiology Research for Child Health (PERCH) Study
Digital auscultation in PERCH: Associations with chest radiography and pneumonia mortality in children
The development and implementation of an oxygen treatment solution for health facilities in low and middle-income countries.
The Predictive Performance of a Pneumonia Severity Score in Human Immunodeficiency Virus–negative Children Presenting to Hospital in 7 Low- and Middle-income Countries
Zinc as an adjunct therapy in the management of severe pneumonia among Gambian children: randomized controlled trial
Global, regional, and national disease burden estimates of acute lower respiratory infections due to respiratory syncytial virus in young children in 2015: a systematic review and modelling study
Density of Upper Respiratory Colonization With Streptococcus pneumoniae and Its Role in the Diagnosis of Pneumococcal Pneumonia Among Children Aged <5 Years in the PERCH Study
Association of C-Reactive Protein With Bacterial and Respiratory Syncytial Virus–Associated Pneumonia Among Children Aged <5 Years in the PERCH Study
Impact of the introduction of pneumococcal conjugate vaccination on pneumonia in The Gambia: population-based surveillance and case-control studies
The Effect of Antibiotic Exposure and Specimen Volume on the Detection of Bacterial Pathogens in Children With Pneumonia
Is Higher Viral Load in the Upper Respiratory Tract Associated With Severe Pneumonia? Findings From the PERCH Study
Standardized Interpretation of Chest Radiographs in Cases of Pediatric Pneumonia From the PERCH Study
Chest Radiograph Findings in Childhood Pneumonia Cases From the Multisite PERCH Study
Colonization Density of the Upper Respiratory Tract as a Predictor of Pneumonia—Haemophilus influenzae, Moraxella catarrhalis, Staphylococcus aureus, and Pneumocystis jirovecii
Safety of Induced Sputum Collection in Children Hospitalized With Severe or Very Severe Pneumonia
Microscopic Analysis and Quality Assessment of Induced Sputum From Children With Pneumonia in the PERCH Study
Limited Utility of Polymerase Chain Reaction in Induced Sputum Specimens for Determining the Causes of Childhood Pneumonia in Resource-Poor Settings: Findings From the Pneumonia Etiology Research for Child Health (PERCH) Study
Standardization of Clinical Assessment and Sample Collection Across All PERCH Study Sites
Evaluation of Pneumococcal Load in Blood by Polymerase Chain Reaction for the Diagnosis of Pneumococcal Pneumonia in Young Children in the PERCH Study
Should Controls With Respiratory Symptoms Be Excluded From Case-Control Studies of Pneumonia Etiology? Reflections From the PERCH Study
Effect of the introduction of pneumococcal conjugate vaccination on invasive pneumococcal disease in The Gambia: a population-based surveillance study
Etiology of Severe Childhood Pneumonia in The Gambia, West Africa, Determined by Conventional and Molecular Microbiological Analyses of Lung and Pleural Aspirate Samples