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Lackson Kasonka

London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine · GB
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Area of research
Emergency Medicine · Infectious Diseases
Research interest
Research interests include Medicine, Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), Vitamin D and neurology, Anthropometry, Malnutrition, and Pediatrics.
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245
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19
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Recent publications

The association between 25-hydroxyvitamin D and parathyroid hormone in adolescents living with HIV in southern Africa: a cross-sectional study
British Journal Of Nutrition 2025cited by 5position: middledoi
Associations of prior wasting malnutrition with later indicators of glucose tolerance across 4 countries in Africa and Asia: The Severe Acute Malnutrition - the Role of the Pancreas (SAMPA) study
American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 2025cited by 1position: middledoi
Impact of high-dose vitamin D and calcium carbonate supplementation on bone density in adolescents living with HIV: a randomised, placebo-controlled trial
The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health 2025cited by 1position: middledoi
Update: Vitamin D3 and calcium carbonate supplementation for adolescents with HIV to reduce musculoskeletal morbidity and immunopathology (VITALITY trial): study protocol for a randomised placebo-controlled trial
Trials 2024cited by 8position: middledoi
Association Between Vitamin D Insufficiency and Impaired Bone Density Among Adolescents With Perinatally Acquired HIV Infection
Open Forum Infectious Diseases 2024cited by 4position: middledoi
The role of vitamin D metabolism in regulating bone turnover in adolescents with perinatally-acquired HIV in Southern Africa: a cross-sectional study in Zimbabwe and Zambia
Journal of Bone and Mineral Research 2024cited by 3position: middledoi
Methods for measuring body composition in Zambian adolescents living with HIV
PLOS Global Public Health 2024cited by 2position: middledoi
Associations of linear growth with body composition of perinatally HIV-infected African adolescents
British Journal Of Nutrition 2024cited by 1position: middledoi
Impact of micro- and macronutrient status on the incidence of tuberculosis: An examination of an African cohort initiating antiretroviral therapy
PLOS Global Public Health 2023cited by 3position: middledoi
Vitamin D3 and calcium carbonate supplementation for adolescents with HIV to reduce musculoskeletal morbidity and immunopathology (VITALITY trial): study protocol for a randomised placebo-controlled trial
Trials 2022cited by 12position: middledoi
Anthropometry, body composition, early growth and chronic disease risk factors among Zambian adolescents exposed or not to perinatal maternal HIV
British Journal Of Nutrition 2022cited by 4position: middledoi
Anthropometry, body composition and chronic disease risk factors among Zambian school-aged children who experienced severe malnutrition in early childhood
British Journal Of Nutrition 2021cited by 9position: firstdoi
Effects on body composition and handgrip strength of a nutritional intervention for malnourished HIV-infected adults referred for antiretroviral therapy: a randomised controlled trial
Journal of Nutritional Science 2019cited by 3position: middledoi
Nutritional status is the major factor affecting grip strength of African <scp>HIV</scp> patients before and during antiretroviral treatment
Tropical Medicine & International Health 2017cited by 18position: middledoi
Changes in serum phosphate and potassium and their effects on mortality in malnourished African HIV-infected adults starting antiretroviral therapy and given vitamins and minerals in lipid-based nutritional supplements: secondary analysis from the Nutritional Support for African Adults Starting Antiretroviral Therapy (NUSTART) trial
British Journal Of Nutrition 2017cited by 8position: middledoi
Micronutrient Adequacy and Dietary Diversity Exert Positive and Distinct Effects on Linear Growth in Urban Zambian Infants
Journal of Nutrition 2016cited by 38position: middledoi
Increased Cytomegalovirus Secretion and Risks of Infant Infection by Breastfeeding Duration From Maternal Human Immunodeficiency Virus Positive Compared to Negative Mothers in Sub-Saharan Africa
Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society 2016cited by 13position: middledoi
Growth and health outcomes at school age in HIV-exposed, uninfected Zambian children: follow-up of two cohorts studied in infancy
BMC Pediatrics 2015cited by 56position: middledoi
Effects on mortality of a nutritional intervention for malnourished HIV-infected adults referred for antiretroviral therapy: a randomised controlled trial
BMC Medicine 2015cited by 56position: middledoi

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Frequent collaborators

Suzanne Filteau · London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine16 papers (2015–2025) · 13 papers (2015–2025)Andrea M. Rehman · London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine7 papers (2015–2023)Victoria Simms · University of London6 papers (2022–2025)Celia L. Gregson · University of Southampton6 papers (2022–2025)George PrayGod · University of Cape Town6 papers (2015–2025) · 5 papers (2015–2023)Nyasha V Dzavakwa · London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine5 papers (2022–2025)Paul Kelly · Southend Hospital5 papers (2015–2025)Jonathan C. K. Wells · Virginia Commonwealth University5 papers (2019–2024)Susannah Woodd · London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine5 papers (2015–2023)Douglas C. Heimburger · University of Alabama at Birmingham4 papers (2015–2019)Henrik Friis · University of Copenhagen4 papers (2015–2019) · 4 papers (2015–2019)Rashida A. Ferrand · Aga Khan University4 papers (2022–2025)Kate A. Ward · University of the Witwatersrand3 papers (2024–2025) · 3 papers (2022–2025)Grace McHugh · London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine2 papers (2022–2024) · 2 papers (2021–2022)Ulrich E. Schaible · German Center for Infection Research2 papers (2022–2024)
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