Pregnancy-related interventions in mothers at risk for gestational diabetes in Asian India and low and middle-income countries (PRIMORDIAL study): protocol for a randomised control... by Vasan, SK, Jobe, M, Mathews, J, Cole, F, Rathore, S, Jarjou, O, Thompson, D, Jarde, A, Bittaye, M, Ulijaszek, S, Fall, C, Osmond, C, Prentice, A, Karpe, F

“…<br><strong> Ethics and dissemination </strong> The study is approved by Oxford Tropical Research Ethics Committee (44–18), ethics committees of the Christian Medical College, Vellore (IRB 11367) and MRCG Scientific Coordinating Committee (SCC 1645) and The Gambia Government/MRCG joint ethics committee (L2020.E15). …”

From the field to the clouds: data collection and publication with QGIS by Paolo Cavallini, Matteo Ghetta, Ulisse Cavallini

“…We describe the main solutions available for data collection and seamless publication over the web: MerginMaps, Qfield, Lizmap, with an example form a water resources project in Gambia. …”
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From the field to the clouds: data collection and publication with QGIS by Paolo Cavallini, Matteo Ghetta, Ulisse Cavallini

“…We describe the main solutions available for data collection and seamless publication over the web: MerginMaps, Qfield, Lizmap, with an example form a water resources project in Gambia. …”
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Malaria chemoprophylaxis, birth weight and child survival. by Greenwood, A, Armstrong, JR, Byass, P, Snow, R, Greenwood, B

“…Study of the effects of malaria chemoprophylaxis given during pregnancy on birthweight and investigation of the influence of birthweight on child survival suggest that, in a rural area of The Gambia, chemoprophylaxis given during pregnancy might reduce infant mortality by about one-fifth in the children of primigravidae but by less than 5% in the children of multigravidae. …”

Averting wildlife-borne infectious disease epidemics requires a focus on socio-ecological drivers and a redesign of the global food system by Giulia I. Wegner, Kris A. Murray, Marco Springmann, Adrian Muller, Susanne H. Sokolow, Karen Saylors, David M. Morens

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Performance evaluation of dispersed basalt fiber on strength of lightweight expanded clay concrete by Paschal Chimeremeze Chiadighikaobi, Dafe Aniekan Emiri, Mohamed Ibrahim Abu Mahadi, Kebba Camara, Foud Adnan Noman Abdullah Al-shaibani, Majeed M. Haidar, Lina Abass Saad

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The impact of tobacco taxation on illicit cigarette trade in selected low- and middle-income countries by Laura Rossouw, Hana Rossouw, Corné van Walbeek, Nicole Vellios, Kirsten van der Zee, Zunda Chisha, Megan Little

“…The objective of the project was to use the exogeneity of tobacco taxation and price policy changes in four low- and middle-income countries (the Gambia, Georgia, Mongolia and South Africa) as natural experiments to measure this impact. …”
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Classical sickle beta-globin haplotypes exhibit a high degree of long-range haplotype similarity in African and Afro-Caribbean populations by Jallow Muminatou, Pinder Margaret, Rockett Kirk, Trafford Clare, Elzein Abier, Hanchard Neil, Harding Rosalind, Kwiatkowski Dominic, McKenzie Colin

“…Here we evaluate the haplotype similarity of classical β^shaplotypes over 400 kb in population samples from Jamaica, The Gambia, and among the Yoruba of Nigeria (Hapmap YRI).…”
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COVID-19 Impact on DTP Vaccination Trends in Africa: A Joinpoint Regression Analysis by Ines Aguinaga-Ontoso, Sara Guillen-Aguinaga, Laura Guillen-Aguinaga, Rosa Alas-Brun, Luc Onambele, Enrique Aguinaga-Ontoso, Francisco Guillen-Grima

“…There were 10 countries (Angola, Cabo Verde, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eswatini, The Gambia, Mozambique, Rwanda, Senegal, and Sudan) where the joinpoint regression detected a change in the trend. …”
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A phase I randomized clinical trial of candidate human immunodeficiency virus type 1 vaccine MVA.HIVA administered to Gambian infants. by Muhammed O Afolabi, Jorjoh Ndure, Abdoulie Drammeh, Fatoumatta Darboe, Shams-Rony Mehedi, Sarah L Rowland-Jones, Nicola Borthwick, Antony Black, Gwen Ambler, Grace C John-Stewart, Marie Reilly, Tomáš Hanke, Katie L Flanagan

“…CONCLUSIONS:A single low-dose of MVA.HIVA administered to 20-week-old infants in The Gambia was found to be safe and without interference with the induction of protective antibody levels by EPI vaccines, but did not alone induce sufficient HIV-1-specific responses. …”
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Prevalence of covid-19 among patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and tuberculosis by Muhammad Muneeb Hassan, Muhammad Ameeq, Farrukh Jamal, Muhammad H. Tahir, John T. Mendy

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Pneumococcal vaccine schedules (PVS) study: a cluster-randomised, non-inferiority trial of an alternative versus standard schedule for pneumococcal conjugate vaccination—statistica... by Grant A. Mackenzie, Arto A. Palmu, Jukka Jokinen, Isaac Osei, Stefan Flasche, Brian Greenwood, Kim Mulholland, Cattram Nguyen

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Caregiver perceptions of nutrition interventions in infants and children under 24 months of age: a systematic review by Isabella Stelle, Mai-Lei Woo Kinshella, Sophie E Moore

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Moringa oleifera Lam.ameliorates the muscles function recovery following an induced insult to the Sciatic nerve in a mouse model by Aroona Razzaq, Shoaib Ahmad Malik, Farhan Saeed, Ali Imran, Azhar Rasul, Muhammad Qasim, Shamaila Zafar, Syed Kashif Shahid Kamran, Javeria Maqbool, Muhammad Imran, Ghulam Hussain, Muzzamal Hussain

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Mother’s Milk: A Purposeful Contribution to the Development of the Infant Microbiota and Immunity by Kirsty Le Doare, Kirsty Le Doare, Kirsty Le Doare, Kirsty Le Doare, Beth Holder, Beth Holder, Aisha Bassett, Pia S. Pannaraj, Pia S. Pannaraj

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DifFUZZY: a novel clustering algorithm for systems biology by Cominetti Allende, O, Ornella Cominetti

“…In order to validate these features as relevant for malaria across the continent and not only in The Gambia, we used a larger dataset for children from different sites in Sub-Saharan Africa. …”

KIR content genotypes associate with carriage of hepatitis B surface antigen, e antigen and HBV viral load in Gambians by Yindom, L, Mendy, M, Bodimeade, C, Chambion, C, Aka, P, Whittle, H, Rowland-Jones, S, Walton, R

“…HBV is highly prevalent in The Gambia and the commonest cause of liver disease. The Gambia Liver Cancer Study was a matched case-control study conducted between September 1997 and January 2001 where cases with liver disease were identified in three tertiary referral hospitals and matched with out-patient controls with no clinical evidence of liver disease. …”

A phase I randomized clinical trial of candidate human immunodeficiency virus type 1 vaccine MVA.HIVA administered to Gambian infants by Afolabi, M, Ndure, J, Drammeh, A, Darboe, F, Mehedi, SR, Rowland-Jones, S, Borthwick, N, Black, A, Ambler, G, John-Stewart, G, Reilly, M, Hanke, T, Flanagan, K

“…CONCLUSIONS: A single low-dose of MVA.HIVA administered to 20-week-old infants in The Gambia was found to be safe and without interference with the induction of protective antibody levels by EPI vaccines, but did not alone induce sufficient HIV-1-specific responses. …”

Use of insecticide-impregnated bed nets in Gambian primary health care: economic aspects. by MacCormack, C, Snow, R, Greenwood, B

“…Village-wide use of permethrin-impregnated bed nets, compared with placebo-treated nets, has reduced clinical attacks of malaria by 63% in the Gambia. Costs were calculated for nets made by local tailors and for their treatment with insecticide in the villages, as well as for targeted chemoprophylaxis and back-up treatment for fever, in a comprehensive malaria control strategy through primary health care. …”

A review of the spectrum of clinical ocular fundus findings in P. falciparum malaria in African children with a proposed classification and grading system. by Lewallen, S, Harding, S, Ajewole, J, Schulenburg, W, Molyneux, M, Marsh, K, Usen, S, White, N, Taylor, T

“…Based on examination of 735 patients in Malawi, Kenya and The Gambia by direct and indirect ophthalmoscopy with dilated pupils, we have determined that the 5 distinct clinical features (in order of frequency) include retinal whitening, haemorrhages, unique vessel abnormalities, papilloedema, and cotton wool spots. …”