Variants in the SP110 gene are associated with genetic susceptibility to tuberculosis in West Africa. by Tosh, K, Campbell, S, Fielding, K, Sillah, J, Bah, B, Gustafson, P, Manneh, K, Lisse, I, Sirugo, G, Bennett, S, Aaby, P, McAdam, K, Bah-Sow, O, Lienhardt, C, Kramnik, I, Hill, A

“…In a study of families from The Gambia we have identified three polymorphisms that are associated with disease. …”

Expression of the Iron Hormone Hepcidin Distinguishes Different Types of Anemia in African Children by Pasricha, S-R, Atkinson, SH, Armitage, AE, Khandwala, S, Veenemans, J, Cox, SE, Eddowes, LA, Hayes, T, Doherty, CP, Demir, AY, Tijhaar, E, Verhoef, H, Prentice, AM, Drakesmith, H

“…We show that hepcidin measurements in 1313 African children from The Gambia and Tanzania (samples taken in 2001 and 2008, respectively) could be used to identify iron deficiency anemia. …”

Effects of exchange rate volatility on outputs in some selected West Africa countries by Sani, Idris Ahmed, Hassan, Sallahuddin, Azam, Muhammad

“…This study investigates empirically the effect of exchange rate volatility on the output level of the five English speaking countries in ECOWAS, namely Nigeria, Ghana, Gambia, the Sierra Leones and Liberia, over the period 1991 to 2014.Co-integration test and error correction modelling were used as estimation techniques.Estimates of co-integration relations were obtained and the short-run and long-run dynamic relationships between the variables were obtained for each country utilizing the tests.In general, exchange rate volatility has a significant impact on outputs at least for all the countries considered in the study, with all except Liberia having negative impact.…”
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Intention to use contraceptives and its correlates among reproductive age women in selected high fertility sub-saharan Africa countries: a multilevel mixed effects analysis by Wubshet Debebe Negash, Habitu Birhan Eshetu, Desale Bihonegn Asmamaw

“…Thus, each national authority, especially in Chad and Gambia would be keen to know the level of contraceptive use intentions for their respective region, the drivers of contraceptive use intention and to map priorities for behavioral change. …”
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Climate change impacts and adaptation strategies for crops in West Africa: a systematic review by Tony W Carr, Siyabusa Mkuhlani, Alcade C Segnon, Zakari Ali, Robert Zougmoré, Alan D Dangour, Rosemary Green, Pauline Scheelbeek

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Variation in Human Milk Composition Is Related to Differences in Milk and Infant Fecal Microbial Communities by Ryan M. Pace, Janet E. Williams, Bianca Robertson, Kimberly A. Lackey, Courtney L. Meehan, William J. Price, James A. Foster, Daniel W. Sellen, Elizabeth W. Kamau-Mbuthia, Egidioh W. Kamundia, Samwel Mbugua, Sophie E. Moore, Andrew M. Prentice, Debela G. Kita, Linda J. Kvist, Gloria E. Otoo, Lorena Ruiz, Juan M. Rodríguez, Rossina G. Pareja, Mark A. McGuire, Lars Bode, Michelle K. McGuire

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Prevalence of bat viruses associated with land-use change in the Atlantic Forest, Brazil by Elizabeth H. Loh, Elizabeth H. Loh, Alessandra Nava, Kris A. Murray, Kevin J. Olival, Moisés Guimarães, Juliana Shimabukuro, Carlos Zambrana-Torrelio, Fernanda R. Fonseca, Daniele Bruna Leal de Oliveira, Angélica Cristine de Almeida Campos, Edison L. Durigon, Fernando Ferreira, Matthew J. Struebig, Peter Daszak

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Genomic surveillance of Anopheles mosquitoes on the Bijagós Archipelago using custom targeted amplicon sequencing identifies mutations associated with insecticide resistance by Sophie Moss, Elizabeth Pretorius, Sainey Ceesay, Harry Hutchins, Eunice Teixeira da Silva, Mamadou Ousmane Ndiath, Robert T. Jones, Hristina Vasileva, Jody Phelan, Holly Acford-Palmer, Emma Collins, Amabelia Rodrigues, Sanjeev Krishna, Taane G. Clark, Anna Last, Susana Campino

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The role of cytokines in Plasmodium vivax malaria by K. N. Mendis, R. Carter

“…Nevertheles serum TFN levels reached in acutely ill P. vivax patients were as high as in patients suffering from cerebral complications of P. falciparum malaria as reported in studies from the Gambia. Cytokine profiles and other changes accompanying clinical disease in P. vivax and P. falciparum malaria are compared in this paper with a view to discussing the potential role of cytokines in the causation of disease in malaria.…”
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Resource Curse in WAIFEM Member Countries: An Application of Seemingly Unrelated Regression by Nasiru Inuwa, Maryam Bello, Mohammed Bello Sani

“…The study applied seemingly unrelated regression (SUR) and unraveled the strengthened effect of natural resources on output growth in Gambia, Ghana, and Sierra Leone. But, the study revealed a negative and statistically significant effect on economic growth in Liberia and Nigeria, thereby upholding the presence of resource curse hypothesis only in Liberia and Nigeria. …”
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Job Expectations and Professional Role Identity in Gambian Journalists: The Mediation Role of Job Satisfaction by Gabriele Puzzo, Maha Yomn Sbaa, Salvatore Zappalà, Luca Pietrantoni

“…An online questionnaire was administered from December 2021 to January 2022 and 74 Gambian journalists living in Gambia and in European countries answered the survey. …”
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Why Has Trade Barely Moved Sub-Saharan Africa to Its Economic Potential? by Brian Tavonga Mazorodze

“…Evidence suggests that reversing this trend through expanding manufacturing potentially lifts about 50% of the sampled countries (including Rwanda, Togo, Guinea, Niger, Sierra-Leone, Gambia, Benin, Uganda, and Mozambique) from low-income status to middle-income status.…”
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Les voies vers l’Eldorado : une géocritique des migrations dans la littérature gambienne by Sylvie COLY

“…Pour analyser ce thème d’actualité, nous avons choisi de traiter de la migration masculine en nous basant sur les romans de deux auteurs gambiens Kalilu Jammeh et Papa Jeng qui ont écrit respectivement Journey of Misery : From The Gambia to Spain et The Boat Boys : Barcelona or Barrsaxa. …”
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INSECURITY AND THE QUEST FOR STATE POLICE IN THE CONTEXT OF THE RESTRUCTURING DEBATE IN NIGERIA’S FOURTH REPUBLIC by Luqman SAKA, Sherifdeen Adeoye OLADEJO

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Paediatric Bronchiectasis in a Resource-Constrained Centre: A Case Series by Kuti BP, Jallow M, Jobarteh ML

“…We report five cases of computerised tomography-diagnosed paediatric bronchiectasis managed at the Edward Francis Small Teaching Hospital (EFSTH), Banjul, The Gambia. The ages of the children at presentation ranged from 3 to 14 years, and they all had recurrent chest infections. …”
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Identification of frequently recognized dimorphic T-cell epitopes in plasmodium falciparum merozoite surface protein-1 in West and East Africans: lack of correlation of immune reco... by Lee, E, Flanagan, K, Odhiambo, K, Reece, W, Potter, C, Bailey, R, Marsh, K, Pinder, M, Hill, A, Plebanski, M

“…Surprisingly, IFN-gamma responses to allelic T-cell epitopes failed to correlate with differential antigenic exposure in The Gambia compared to Kenya. These results suggest an unexpected level of immunoregulation of IFN-gamma response with variable allelic T-cell reactivity independent of the level of antigenic exposure. …”

Use of a DNA hybridization assay for the detection of Plasmodium falciparum in field trials. by Holmberg, M, Shenton, F, Franzén, L, Janneh, K, Snow, R, Pettersson, U, Wigzell, H, Greenwood, B

“…A DNA probe consisting of 21 base pair repeats obtained from a Tanzanian isolate of Plasmodium falciparum, cloned in pBR322 and labeled with 32P by nick translation was used to detect malaria parasitemia in samples obtained during a malaria survey undertaken in The Gambia. In an initial trial the hybridization assay had a specificity for P. falciparum of 100% and a sensitivity of 68%. …”

Variations in the NRAMP1 gene and susceptibility to tuberculosis in West Africans. by Bellamy, R, Ruwende, C, Corrah, T, McAdam, K, Whittle, H, Hill, A

“…We typed polymorphisms in NRAMP1 in a case-control study of tuberculosis in the Gambia, West Africa. METHODS: Sequence-specific oligonucleotide hybridization and microsatellite analysis were used to type NRAMP1 polymorphisms in 410 adults (mean age, 34.7 years) with smear-positive pulmonary tuberculosis and 417 ethnically matched, healthy controls. …”

Unique TCR beta-subunit variable gene haplotypes in Africans. by Donaldson, I, Shefta, J, Lawson, C, Bushnell, JR, Morgan, A, Isaacs, J, Carpenter, D, Shaw, M, Rooth, I, Quinnell, R, Zumla, A, Ollier, W, Chintu, C, Muyinda, G, Hill, A, Boylston, A

“…These loci have been genotyped in individuals from five regions in Africa, including The Gambia, Nigeria, Cameroon, Tanzania, and Zambia, and in individuals from northern Britain, northern India, and Papua New Guinea (PNG). …”

Reduced mosquito survival in metal-roof houses may contribute to a decline in malaria transmission in sub-Saharan Africa by Lindsay, S, Jawara, M, Mwesigwa, J, Achan, J, Bayoh, N, Bradley, J, Kandeh, B, Kirby, M, Knudsen, J, Macdonald, M, Pinder, M, Tusting, L, Weiss, D, Wilson, A, D'Alessandro, U

“…In The Gambia, metal-roof houses were hotter during the day than thatched-roof houses. …”