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H Whittle

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1 Non-specific beneficial effect of measles immunisation: analysis of mortality studies from developing countries. BMJ 1995 3.21
2 Mobility and the spread of human immunodeficiency virus into rural areas of West Africa. Int J Epidemiol 2003 3.06
3 A novel lymphotropic herpesvirus. Lancet 1987 2.89
4 The etiology of pneumonia in malnourished and well-nourished Gambian children. Pediatr Infect Dis J 1994 2.73
5 Randomised trial of effect of vitamin A supplementation on antibody response to measles vaccine in Guinea-Bissau, west Africa. Lancet 1997 2.50
6 Risk factors for transmission of hepatitis B virus to Gambian children. Lancet 1990 2.35
7 Absence of specific mucosal antibody responses in HIV-exposed uninfected sex workers from the Gambia. AIDS 2000 2.26
8 Role of schools in the transmission of measles in rural Senegal: implications for measles control in developing countries. Am J Epidemiol 1999 2.12
9 Long-term survival after Edmonston-Zagreb measles vaccination in Guinea-Bissau: increased female mortality rate. J Pediatr 1993 2.08
10 Decline in measles case fatality ratio after the introduction of measles immunization in rural Senegal. Am J Epidemiol 1997 1.99
11 Processing of the Plasmodium falciparum major merozoite surface protein-1: identification of a 33-kilodalton secondary processing product which is shed prior to erythrocyte invasion. Mol Biochem Parasitol 1991 1.92
12 Kaposi's sarcoma in the Gambia, West Africa is less frequent in human immunodeficiency virus type 2 than in human immunodeficiency virus type 1 infection despite a high prevalence of human herpesvirus 8. J Hum Virol 1999 1.90
13 The duration of human ocular Chlamydia trachomatis infection is age dependent. Epidemiol Infect 1999 1.87
14 T-lymphocyte subsets in West African children: impact of age, sex, and season. J Pediatr 1997 1.82
15 Respiratory illness after severe respiratory syncytial virus disease in infancy in The Gambia. J Pediatr 1999 1.68
16 Hepatitis B infection and aflatoxin biomarker levels in Gambian children. Trop Med Int Health 2000 1.60
17 Sex-specific differences in mortality after high-titre measles immunization in rural Senegal. Bull World Health Organ 1994 1.54
18 Genetic regulation of immune responses to vaccines in early life. Genes Immun 2004 1.54
19 Low peripheral blood viral HIV-2 RNA in individuals with high CD4 percentage differentiates HIV-2 from HIV-1 infection. J Hum Virol 1999 1.54
20 Biological and molecular variability of human immunodeficiency virus type 2 isolates from The Gambia. J Virol 1990 1.53
21 A randomised trial of a Haemophilus influenzae type b conjugate vaccine in a developing country for the prevention of pneumonia--ethical considerations. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 1999 1.51
22 The epidemiology of HIV infection in a rural area of Guinea-Bissau. AIDS 1993 1.45
23 The clinical spectrum of respiratory syncytial virus disease in The Gambia. Pediatr Infect Dis J 1998 1.45
24 Etiology of serious infections in young Gambian infants. Pediatr Infect Dis J 1999 1.42
25 Measles incidence, vaccine efficacy, and mortality in two urban African areas with high vaccination coverage. J Infect Dis 1990 1.40
26 Cancer in the Gambia: 1988-97. Br J Cancer 2001 1.38
27 Divergent mortality for male and female recipients of low-titer and high-titer measles vaccines in rural Senegal. Am J Epidemiol 1993 1.37
28 Circulating Epstein-Barr virus-carrying B cells in acute malaria. Lancet 1991 1.35
29 A broad range of chemokine receptors are used by primary isolates of human immunodeficiency virus type 2 as coreceptors with CD4. J Virol 1998 1.35
30 Broadly cross-reactive HIV-specific cytotoxic T-lymphocytes in highly-exposed persistently seronegative donors. Immunol Lett 1999 1.32
31 Risk factors for severe respiratory syncytial virus infection leading to hospital admission in children in the Western Region of The Gambia. Int J Epidemiol 1999 1.30
32 Measles virus strains circulating in Central and West Africa: Geographical distribution of two B3 genotypes. J Med Virol 2002 1.29
33 Genetic regulation of acquired immune responses to antigens of Mycobacterium tuberculosis: a study of twins in West Africa. Infect Immun 2001 1.29
34 Maternal plasma viral RNA levels determine marked differences in mother-to-child transmission rates of HIV-1 and HIV-2 in The Gambia. MRC/Gambia Government/University College London Medical School working group on mother-child transmission of HIV. AIDS 2000 1.28
35 HIV-2-specific cytotoxic T-lymphocyte activity is inversely related to proviral load. AIDS 1995 1.28
36 Transmission of hepatitis B virus infection in Gambian families revealed by phylogenetic analysis. J Hepatol 2001 1.25
37 HIV type 2 proviral load measured by quantitative polymerase chain reaction correlates with CD4+ lymphopenia in HIV type 2-infected individuals. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses 1994 1.24
38 Environmental and genetic determinants of aflatoxin-albumin adducts in the Gambia. Int J Cancer 2000 1.22
39 Cytomegalovirus infection in Gambian mothers and their babies. J Clin Pathol 1991 1.22
40 Dietary intake of aflatoxins and the level of albumin-bound aflatoxin in peripheral blood in The Gambia, West Africa. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 1993 1.21
41 A community study of T lymphocyte subsets and malaria parasitaemia. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 1995 1.21
42 A community-based study of human immunodeficiency virus type 2 provirus load in rural village in West Africa. J Infect Dis 1996 1.18
43 Genetic linkage of mild malaria to the major histocompatibility complex in Gambian children: study of affected sibling pairs. BMJ 1997 1.16
44 Plasma RNA viral load predicts the rate of CD4 T cell decline and death in HIV-2-infected patients in West Africa. AIDS 2000 1.14
45 The Gambia Hepatitis Intervention Study: follow-up of a cohort of children vaccinated against hepatitis B. J Infect Dis 1992 1.13
46 Early two-dose measles vaccination schedule in Guinea-Bissau: good protection and coverage in infancy. Int J Epidemiol 1999 1.13
47 T cell responses to vaccines in infants: defective IFNgamma production after oral polio vaccination. Clin Exp Immunol 2002 1.12
48 Child mortality following standard, medium or high titre measles immunization in West Africa. Int J Epidemiol 1996 1.12
49 Envelope cross-reactivity in Western blot for HIV-1 and HIV-2 may not indicate dual infection. Lancet 1988 1.11
50 Does HIV-2 infection provide cross-protection against HIV-1 infection? AIDS 1997 1.11
51 Hepatitis B viral load and risk for liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma in The Gambia, West Africa. J Viral Hepat 2009 1.10
52 Natural measles causes prolonged suppression of interleukin-12 production. J Infect Dis 2001 1.10
53 Molecular dosimetry of aflatoxin-N7-guanine in human urine obtained in The Gambia, West Africa. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 1993 1.09
54 Quantification of the relative contribution of major histocompatibility complex (MHC) and non-MHC genes to human immune responses to foreign antigens. Infect Immun 1997 1.08
55 HIV-2-induced immunosuppression among asymptomatic West African prostitutes: evidence that HIV-2 is pathogenic, but less so than HIV-1. AIDS 1991 1.08
56 Association between HIV-2 infection and genital ulcer diseases among male sexually transmitted disease patients in The Gambia. AIDS 1992 1.03
57 The effects of HIV-2 infection in a rural area of Guinea-Bissau. AIDS 1994 1.02
58 A comparison of ex vivo cytokine production in venous and capillary blood. Clin Exp Immunol 2007 1.01
59 Cytotoxic T cells from human immunodeficiency virus type 2-infected patients frequently cross-react with different human immunodeficiency virus type 1 clades. J Virol 1998 1.01
60 A comparison of vaccine efficacy and mortality during routine use of high-titre Edmonston-Zagreb and Schwarz standard measles vaccines in rural Senegal. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 1996 0.99
61 Retinal manifestations of HIV-1 and HIV-2 infections among hospital patients in The Gambia, west Africa. Trop Med Int Health 1999 0.98
62 Intravenous vitamin D in the detection of vitamin-D deficiency. Lancet 1969 0.97
63 Hepatitis B vaccine in the Gambian Expanded Programme on Immunization: factors influencing antibody response. Int J Epidemiol 1991 0.96
64 Long-term follow-up of subjects with an indeterminate HIV-2 western blot. AIDS 1991 0.96
65 HIV-negative infants born to HIV-1 but not HIV-2-positive mothers fail to develop a Bacillus Calmette-Guérin scar. AIDS 1999 0.95
66 Twin children in The Gambia: evidence for genetic regulation of physical characteristics in the presence of sub-optimal nutrition. Ann Trop Paediatr 1994 0.95
67 Enlarged livers and spleens in an area endemic for malaria and schistosomiasis. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 1969 0.95
68 HIV-2 infection among prostitutes working in The Gambia: association with serological evidence of genital ulcer diseases and with generalized lymphadenopathy. AIDS 1991 0.95
69 Cytotoxic T lymphocytes recognize structurally diverse, clade-specific and cross-reactive peptides in human immunodeficiency virus type-1 gag through HLA-B53. Eur J Immunol 2001 0.95
70 Prevalence of neutralizing antibody to respiratory syncytial virus in sera from mothers and newborns residing in the Gambia and in The United States. Clin Diagn Lab Immunol 1996 0.93
71 Study of HIV type 1 gag/env variability in The Gambia, using a multiplex DNA polymerase chain reaction. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses 2000 0.93
72 Age of wife as a major determinant of male-to-female transmission of HIV-2 infection: a community study from rural West Africa. AIDS 1996 0.93
73 Labelling of T cell subsets under field conditions in tropical countries. Adaptation of the immuno-alkaline phosphatase staining method for blood smears. J Immunol Methods 1990 0.92
74 Hepatitis B surface antigenaemia and alpha-foetoprotein detection from dried blood spots: applications to field-based studies and to clinical care in hepatitis B virus endemic areas. J Viral Hepat 2005 0.92
75 Protective efficacy of high-titre measles vaccines administered from the age of five months: a community study in rural Senegal. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 1994 0.91
76 No persistent T lymphocyte immunosuppression or increased mortality after measles infection: a community study from Guinea-Bissau. Pediatr Infect Dis J 1996 0.90
77 Human antibody responses to Pfs 230, a sexual stage-specific surface antigen of Plasmodium falciparum: non-responsiveness is a stable phenotype but does not appear to be genetically regulated. Parasite Immunol 1994 0.90
78 Human-human hybridomas secreting monoclonal antibodies to the Mr 195,000 Plasmodium falciparum blood stage antigen. J Exp Med 1986 0.89
79 AIDS following mother-to-child transmission of HIV-2. AIDS 1990 0.89
80 Cancer survival in the Gambia, 1993-1997. IARC Sci Publ 2011 0.89
81 Complex mosaic structure of the partial envelope sequence from a Gambian HIV type 1 isolate. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses 1996 0.88
82 Neurological morbidity among human T-lymphotropic-virus-type-1-infected individuals in a rural West African population. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2008 0.88
83 Behaviour change and competitive exclusion can explain the diverging HIV-1 and HIV-2 prevalence trends in Guinea-Bissau. Epidemiol Infect 2007 0.88
84 Waning of vaccine-induced immunity: is it a problem in Africa? Am J Epidemiol 1999 0.87
85 Improved detection of HIV-2 proviral DNA in dually seroreactive individuals by PCR. AIDS 1998 0.87
86 Causes of mortality in twins in a rural region of The Gambia, West Africa. Ann Trop Paediatr 1998 0.87
87 Plasma HIV viral load in relation to season and to Plasmodium falciparum parasitaemia. AIDS 1999 0.87
88 Asymptomatic carriage of Haemophilus ducreyi confirmed by the polymerase chain reaction. Genitourin Med 1995 0.87
89 Mortality among human immunodeficiency virus type 2-positive villagers in rural Guinea-Bissau is correlated with viral genotype. J Virol 1998 0.85
90 Application of a novel, rapid, and sensitive oligonucleotide ligation assay for detection of cancer-predicting mutations in the precore and basal core promoter of hepatitis B virus. J Clin Microbiol 2008 0.85
91 No evidence of long-term immunosuppression after high-titer Edmonstron-Zagreb measles vaccination in Senegal. J Infect Dis 1995 0.85
92 Long term impact of high titer Edmonston-Zagreb measles vaccine on T lymphocyte subsets. Pediatr Infect Dis J 1994 0.85
93 Trials of Edmonston-Zagreb measles vaccine in Guinea-Bissau: serological responses following vaccination with Edmonston-Zagreb strain at 4-8 months versus vaccination with Schwarz strain at 9-12 months of age. Vaccine 1994 0.84
94 Prevalence of HBV core promoter/precore/core mutations in Gambian chronic carriers. J Med Virol 2001 0.84
95 A Gambian TNF haplotype matches the European HLA-A1,B8,DR3 and Chinese HLA-A33,B58,DR3 haplotypes. Tissue Antigens 2003 0.83
96 Child mortality after high-titre measles vaccines in Senegal: the complete data set. Lancet 1991 0.83
97 Modern vaccines. Practice in developing countries. Lancet 1990 0.83
98 The role of cytotoxic T-cells in HIV infection. Dev Biol Stand 1998 0.82
99 Development of a one-tube multiplex reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction assay for the simultaneous amplification of HIV type 1 group M gag and env heteroduplex mobility assay fragments. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses 2000 0.81
100 HIV-1 and HIV-2 seroprevalence rates in mother-child pairs living in The Gambia (west Africa). J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 1992 0.81
101 Acute and long-term changes in T-lymphocyte subsets in response to clinical and subclinical measles. A community study from rural Senegal. Scand J Infect Dis 1998 0.81
102 A longitudinal study of in vitro IFNgamma production and cytotoxic T cell responses of tuberculosis patients in the gambia. Tuber Lung Dis 2000 0.80
103 Hepatitis B virus transmission in West Africa: a role for tropical ulcer? Lancet 1984 0.80
104 Molecular epidemiology of respiratory syncytial virus in The Gambia. Epidemiol Infect 1999 0.80
105 Proviral load and immune function in blood and lymph node during HIV-1 and HIV-2 infection. Clin Exp Immunol 1999 0.80
106 Identification of an immunodominant neutralizing and protective epitope from measles virus fusion protein by using human sera from acute infection. J Virol 1997 0.80
107 Long-term survival in trial of medium-titre Edmonston-Zagreb measles vaccine in Guinea-Bissau: five-year follow-up. Epidemiol Infect 1994 0.80
108 Sex-associated differences in the antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity antibody response to measles vaccines. Clin Diagn Lab Immunol 2000 0.80
109 HIV type 2 pathogenicity is not related to subtype in rural Guinea Bissau. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses 1997 0.79
110 Competitive EIA for anti-HIV-2 detection in The Gambia: use as a screening assay and to identify possible dual infections. J Med Virol 1993 0.79
111 Cost-effectiveness of hepatitis B vaccine in The Gambia. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 1993 0.79
112 Sequence specificity of the human immunodeficiency virus type 2 (hiv-2) long terminal repeat u3 region in vivo allows subtyping of the principal hiv-2 viral subtypes a and b. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses 2001 0.79
113 Vitamin A and measles vaccination. Lancet 1995 0.78
114 Measles, polio and tetanus toxoid antibody levels in Gambian children aged 3 to 4 years following routine vaccination. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 1995 0.78
115 Prophylactic use of antibiotics and reduced case fatality in measles infection. Pediatr Infect Dis J 1995 0.78
116 Seroconversions in unvaccinated infants: further evidence for subclinical measles from vaccine trials in Niakhar, Senegal. Int J Epidemiol 1999 0.78
117 Immunological findings in African patients with pulmonary tuberculosis and HIV-2 infection. AIDS 1992 0.77
118 Distinct recognition of closely-related HIV-1 and HIV-2 cytotoxic T-cell epitopes presented by HLA-B*2703 and B*2705. AIDS 1998 0.77
119 Measurements of neurological functions in the evaluations of exposure to neurotoxic agents. Ann Occup Hyg 1981 0.77
120 HIV-1 subtype B in west Africa. Lancet 1996 0.76
121 Increased long term mortality associated with rash after early measles vaccination in rural Senegal. Pediatr Infect Dis J 1999 0.76
122 HTLV-I/II seroprevalence in The Gambia: a study of mother-child pairs. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses 1994 0.76
123 A clinical evaluation of 3M no sting barrier film. Ostomy Wound Manage 2000 0.76
124 The frailty hypothesis revisited: mainly weak children die of measles. Vaccine 2001 0.76
125 Evaluation of T cell subsets by an immunocytochemical method compared to flow cytometry in four countries. Scand J Immunol 1997 0.76
126 High-titre measles vaccines for boys. Lancet 1994 0.76
127 Aflatoxin exposure and cytogenetic alterations in individuals from the Gambia, West Africa. Mutat Res 1996 0.75
128 Sex differences in measles fatality and Edmonston-Zagreb measles vaccine. Lancet 1994 0.75
129 Epstein-Barr virus-carrying B cells are large, surface IgM, IgD-bearing cells in normal individuals and acute malaria patients. Immunology 1994 0.75
130 HIV-1 viral load and scrub typhus. Lancet 2000 0.75
131 An adaptation of recombinant vaccinia-based ELISPOT and intracellular cytokine staining for a comparative measurement of cellular immune responses in HIV-1 and HIV-2 infections in West Africa. Clin Exp Immunol 2006 0.75
132 Immunofluorescence technique for the identification of polioviruses. Lancet 1992 0.75
133 Five year follow-up of morbidity and mortality among recipients of high-titre measles vaccines in Senegal. Vaccine 1996 0.75
134 Immune complexes in Gambian sleeping sickness. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 1980 0.75
135 Response to hepatitis B vaccine in relation to the hepatitis B status of family members. Int J Epidemiol 1991 0.75
136 Vaccines for smallpox. Lancet 1999 0.75
137 Polymorphonuclear leucocyte function in measles. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 1980 0.75
138 Human monoclonal antibodies against Plasmodium falciparum: production, stabilization and characterization. Parasite Immunol 1992 0.75
139 [A non-specific, beneficial effect of measles vaccination. Analysis of mortality studies from developing countries]. Ugeskr Laeger 1996 0.75
140 Goitre survey, Omay Tribal Trust Lands, Kariba District, Rhodesia. Cent Afr J Med 1968 0.75
141 Nursing management of pressure ulcers using a hydrogel dressing protocol: four case studies. Rehabil Nurs 1996 0.75
142 The weights of young African children in a township in Rhodesia. Cent Afr J Med 1970 0.75
143 Diagnosis of HIV-1/2 dual infection using dilution analysis of type-specific antibody. AIDS 1998 0.75