| Rank |
Title |
Journal |
Year |
PubWeight™‹?› |
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1
|
Role of flies and provision of latrines in trachoma control: cluster-randomised controlled trial.
|
Lancet
|
2004
|
3.69
|
|
2
|
Progression to active tuberculosis, but not transmission, varies by Mycobacterium tuberculosis lineage in The Gambia.
|
J Infect Dis
|
2008
|
3.15
|
|
3
|
A CD4(+) T-cell immune response to a conserved epitope in the circumsporozoite protein correlates with protection from natural Plasmodium falciparum infection and disease.
|
Nat Med
|
2004
|
2.93
|
|
4
|
Large-scale evaluation of enzyme-linked immunospot assay and skin test for diagnosis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection against a gradient of exposure in The Gambia.
|
Clin Infect Dis
|
2004
|
2.62
|
|
5
|
Reversion of the ELISPOT test after treatment in Gambian tuberculosis cases.
|
BMC Infect Dis
|
2006
|
2.12
|
|
6
|
Influence of Mycobacterium bovis bacillus Calmette-Guérin on antibody and cytokine responses to human neonatal vaccination.
|
J Immunol
|
2002
|
1.98
|
|
7
|
Mature CD8(+) T lymphocyte response to viral infection during fetal life.
|
J Clin Invest
|
2003
|
1.85
|
|
8
|
Quantitative T cell assay reflects infectious load of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in an endemic case contact model.
|
Clin Infect Dis
|
2004
|
1.71
|
|
9
|
Comparison of enzyme-linked immunospot assay and tuberculin skin test in healthy children exposed to Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
|
Pediatrics
|
2006
|
1.56
|
|
10
|
Mycobacterium africanum elicits an attenuated T cell response to early secreted antigenic target, 6 kDa, in patients with tuberculosis and their household contacts.
|
J Infect Dis
|
2006
|
1.56
|
|
11
|
Vitamin D receptor polymorphisms and susceptibility to tuberculosis in West Africa: a case-control and family study.
|
J Infect Dis
|
2004
|
1.43
|
|
12
|
Interleukin-10, polymorphism in SLC11A1 (formerly NRAMP1), and susceptibility to tuberculosis.
|
J Infect Dis
|
2002
|
1.42
|
|
13
|
Safety and immunogenicty of RTS,S/AS02A candidate malaria vaccine in Gambian children.
|
Vaccine
|
2005
|
1.35
|
|
14
|
Polymorphism within the interferon-gamma/receptor complex is associated with pulmonary tuberculosis.
|
Am J Respir Crit Care Med
|
2006
|
1.29
|
|
15
|
Stroke presentation and outcome in developing countries: a prospective study in the Gambia.
|
Stroke
|
2005
|
1.24
|
|
16
|
Association of a polymorphism in the P2X7 gene with tuberculosis in a Gambian population.
|
J Infect Dis
|
2002
|
1.23
|
|
17
|
Immune responses to mycobacterial antigens in the Gambian population: implications for vaccines and immunodiagnostic test design.
|
Infect Immun
|
2004
|
1.21
|
|
18
|
Mapping of a novel susceptibility locus suggests a role for MC3R and CTSZ in human tuberculosis.
|
Am J Respir Crit Care Med
|
2008
|
1.16
|
|
19
|
Variants in the SP110 gene are associated with genetic susceptibility to tuberculosis in West Africa.
|
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
|
2006
|
1.16
|
|
20
|
CD209 genetic polymorphism and tuberculosis disease.
|
PLoS One
|
2008
|
1.14
|
|
21
|
Fine mapping of a putative tuberculosis-susceptibility locus on chromosome 15q11-13 in African families.
|
Hum Mol Genet
|
2002
|
1.07
|
|
22
|
Safety and immunogenicity of DNA/modified vaccinia virus ankara malaria vaccination in African adults.
|
J Infect Dis
|
2003
|
1.07
|
|
23
|
Training needs assessment for clinicians at antiretroviral therapy clinics: evidence from a national survey in Uganda.
|
Hum Resour Health
|
2009
|
1.05
|
|
24
|
Hepatitis B immunisation induces higher antibody and memory Th2 responses in new-borns than in adults.
|
Vaccine
|
2004
|
1.00
|
|
25
|
Polymorphism in IL1B: IL1B-511 association with tuberculosis and decreased lipopolysaccharide-induced IL-1beta in IFN-gamma primed ex-vivo whole blood assay.
|
J Endotoxin Res
|
2005
|
0.91
|
|
26
|
ESAT-6 and CFP-10 can be combined to reduce the cost of testing for Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection, but CFP-10 responses associate with active disease.
|
Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg
|
2007
|
0.88
|
|
27
|
HLA-B*35-restricted CD8(+)-T-cell epitope in Mycobacterium tuberculosis Rv2903c.
|
Infect Immun
|
2002
|
0.88
|
|
28
|
Safety and immunogenicity of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in combination with diphtheria, tetanus toxoid, pertussis and Haemophilus influenzae type b conjugate vaccine.
|
Pediatr Infect Dis J
|
2002
|
0.87
|
|
29
|
Dissociation between tuberculin skin test and in vitro IFN-gamma responses following neonatal BCG vaccination.
|
J Trop Pediatr
|
2005
|
0.86
|
|
30
|
Surprisingly high specificity of the PPD skin test for M. tuberculosis infection from recent exposure in The Gambia.
|
PLoS One
|
2006
|
0.86
|
|
31
|
Variants of the CD40 ligand gene are not associated with increased susceptibility to tuberculosis in West Africa.
|
Immunogenetics
|
2003
|
0.84
|
|
32
|
HIV progression and predictors of mortality in a community-based cohort of Zambian adults.
|
J Int Assoc Physicians AIDS Care (Chic)
|
2007
|
0.79
|
|
33
|
Interleukin-8 polymorphism is not associated with pulmonary tuberculosis in the gambia.
|
J Infect Dis
|
2004
|
0.78
|
|
34
|
Oedema with proteinuria in Gambian children--a descriptive study.
|
Pediatr Nephrol
|
2006
|
0.75
|