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Faculty Opinions: London, GB

2019-07-01 to 2022-03-29 | Faculty Member
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Faculty Opinions

Funding (15)

PReparing for Optimal Phase III/IV maTErnal Group B StreptococCal vaccine Trials in Africa (PROTECT) - Co-I

2024-03 to present | Grant
European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (The Hague, NL)
Source: Self-asserted source
kirsty le doare

Enabling a maternal delivery platform in low and middle-income countries – PI

2023-09 to 2025-09 | Grant
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (Seattle, Washington, US)
Source: Self-asserted source
kirsty le doare

The role of early prime boost measles strategy in reducing the burden of measles in Uganda, understanding Maternal measles antibodies (BoostMe) – Co-I

2022-12 to 2025-11 | Grant
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (Seattle, Washington, US)
Source: Self-asserted source
kirsty le doare

Understanding genetic diversity of Klebsiella pneumoniae in Uganda, a feasibility study

2022-03 to 2023-12 | Grant
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (Seattle, Washington, US)
URL: https://cnpi-vaccinology.com/research/klebsiella/
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kirsty le doare

Understanding the determinants of transmission of SARSCoV-2 from pregnant women to their babies. A national study in the UK of COVID-19 transmission using serology and genomics (periCOVID UK)

2021-01 to 2023-09 | Grant
Action Medical Research (Horsham, GB)
URL: https://cnpi-vaccinology.com/pericovid-uk/
Source: Self-asserted source
kirsty le doare

Understanding COVID-19 infections in pregnant women and their babies in Uganda, Kenya, Malawi, the Gambia and Mozambique (periCOVID Africa)

2020-11 to 2022-12 | Contract
European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (The Hague, NL)
URL: https://cnpi-vaccinology.com/pericovid-africa/
Source: Self-asserted source
kirsty le doare

Development of a serocorrelate of protection against invasive Group B Streptococcus disease in infants (iGBS3) (co-I)

2020-08 to 2024-09 | Grant
Medical Research Council (London, GB)
URL: https://cnpi-vaccinology.com/research/igbs3/
Source: Self-asserted source
kirsty le doare

The immunogenicity of combined pertussis-containing vaccine (Tdap) for HIV-infected pregnant women and their newborns - A Randomized Clinical Trial (WOMANPOWER)

2020-04 to 2023-04 | Grant
Medical Research Council (London, GB)
URL: https://cnpi-vaccinology.com/womanpower/
Source: Self-asserted source
kirsty le doare

Development of serocorrelates of protection and testing of maternal GBS vaccines in Uganda (PREPARE)

2019-10 to 2024-09 | Grant
European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (The Hague, NL)
URL: http://www.gbsprepare.org
Source: Self-asserted source
kirsty le doare

UKRI Future Leaders Fellow in Global Health

2019-07 to 2026-06 | Grant
UK Research and Innovation (Swindon, GB)
Source: Self-asserted source
kirsty le doare

Mucosal Pathogens Research Unit; Development of a Biobank for Ugandan Clinical vaccine trials

2019-05 to 2024-04 | Grant
National Institute for Health Research (London, GB)
Source: Self-asserted source
kirsty le doare

opTImisation of Methods for a human INfection model for Group B streptococcus (TIMING)

2019-01 to 2021-11 | Grant
Medical Research Council (London, GB)
URL: https://cnpi-vaccinology.com/timing/
Source: Self-asserted source
kirsty le doare

Group B Streptococcal seroepidemiology in Uganda (ProGreSs)

2018-11 to 2021-04 | Grant
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (Seattle, Washington, US)
URL: https://cnpi-vaccinology.com/progress/
Source: Self-asserted source
kirsty le doare

Global standardisation of Group B Streptococcal Immunoassays (GASTON)

2017-03 to 2025-07 | Grant
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (Seattle, Washington, US)
URL: https://cnpi-vaccinology.com/gaston/
Source: Self-asserted source
kirsty le doare

iGBS3 - Other Pathogens

2025-12 | Grant
Pfizer (United States) (New York, New York, US)
Source: Self-asserted source
kirsty le doare

Works (50 of 74)

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HIV Exposure and Neonatal Sepsis: A Descriptive Etiological Study

Open Forum Infectious Diseases
2025-03-10 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofae642
Contributors: Patience Atuhaire; Mary Kyohere; Valerie Tusubira; Hannah G Davies; Philippa Musoke; Musa Sekikubo; Amusa Wamawobe; Joseph Peacock; Kirsty Le Doare; Abdelmajid Djennad et al.
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Rapid Point-of-care Testing to Inform Intrapartum Treatment of Group B Streptococcus–Colonized Women in Uganda

Open Forum Infectious Diseases
2025-03-10 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofae605
Contributors: Juliet Nsimire Sendagala; Melanie Etti; Rose Azuba; Joseph Peacock; Kirsty Le Doare; Abdelmajid Djennad; Agnes Nyamaizi; Agnes Ssali; Alexander Amone; Amusa Wamawobe et al.
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Seroprevalence of Cytomegalovirus Among Pregnant Women at Kawempe National Referral Hospital, Uganda: A Cross-sectional Study

Open Forum Infectious Diseases
2025-03-10 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofae604
Contributors: Richard V Katungye; Moses Musooko; Musa Sekikubo; Tobius Mutabazi; Mary Kyohere; Valerie Tusubira; Juliet Nsimire Sendagala; Joseph Peacock; Kirsty Le Doare; Annettee Nakimuli et al.
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GBS vaccines in the UK: a round table discussion [version 1; peer review: awaiting peer review]

2024-05-21 | Journal article
DOI: 10.12688/f1000research.147555.1
Part of ISSN: 2046-1402
Funded by GRANT_NUMBER: MR/X011100/1
Contributors: Natasha Thorn; Rebecca L Guy; Konstantinos Karampatsas; Mair Powell; Kate F Walker; Jane Plumb; Asma Khalil; Vanessa Greening; Emma Eccleston; Caroline Trotter et al.
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F1000

Refining estimates of neurodevelopmental impairment after group B streptococcal sepsis and meningitis in infancy

Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology
2024-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/dmcn.15663
Contributors: Kirsty Le Doare
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‘Unable to have a proper conversation over the phone about my concerns’: a multimethods evaluation of the impact of COVID-19 on routine childhood vaccination services in London, UK

Public Health
2023-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2023.09.026
Contributors: Eleanor Buck; J. Burt; K. Karampatsas; Y. Hsia; G. Whyte; G. Amirthalingam; H. Skirrow; K. Le Doare
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Development of A Standardized Opsonophagocytosis Killing Assay for Group B <i>Streptococcus</i> and Assessment in an Interlaboratory Study

Vaccines
2023-11 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.3390/vaccines11111703
Contributors: Stephanie Leung; Clare F Collett; Lauren Allen; Suzanna Lim; Panagiotis Maniatis; Shanna Bolcen; Bailey Alston; Palak Y. Patel; Gaurav Kwatra; Tom Hall et al.
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Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute

A case for vaccinating adolescent girls for protection against COVID-19 during pregnancy and childbirth in resource-limited settings [version 1; peer review: 1 approved, 1 approved with reservations]

2023-01-30 | Journal article
DOI: 10.12688/gatesopenres.13777.1
Part of ISSN: 2572-4754
Funded by GRANT_NUMBER:

INV-008443
Contributors: Helena Blakeway; Lauren Hookham; Eve Nakabembe; Angela Koech; Asma Khalil; Shamez Ladhani; Marleen Temmerman; Kirsty Le Doare; Blakeway Helena; Blakeway Helena et al.
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Gates Open Research
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Protocol for a pregnancy registry of maternal and infant outcomes in Uganda –The PREPARE Study [version 1; peer review: 3 approved with reservations]

2022-08-22 | Journal article
DOI: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.17809.1
Part of ISSN: 2398-502X
Funded by GRANT_NUMBER:

104482

Funded by GRANT_NUMBER: RIA2018V-2304-PREPARE
Contributors: Hannah Davies; Simon Afrika; Ruth Olema; Gordon Rukundo; Joseph Ouma; Melanie Greenland; Merryn Voysey; Robert Mboizi; Musa Sekikubo; Kirsty Le Doare et al.
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Wellcome Open Research
grade
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The safety and immunogenicity of a combined pertussis containing vaccine Tdap for HIV infected pregnant women and their newborns (WoMANPOWER) – A study protocol for a randomized clinical trial [version 1; peer review: 1 approved]

2022-05-17 | Journal article
DOI: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.17749.1
Part of ISSN: 2398-502X
Funded by GRANT_NUMBER: http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000024
Funded by GRANT_NUMBER: http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000272
Funded by GRANT_NUMBER: http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100002992
Funded by GRANT_NUMBER: 104482
Funded by GRANT_NUMBER: MR/T004983/1
Contributors: Eve Nakabembe; Bahaa Abu-Raya; Mary Kyohere; Valerie Tusubira; Alexander Amone; Lydia Nakibuuka; Madeleine Cochet; Annettee Nakimuli; Merryn Voysey; Andrew Gorringe et al.
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Wellcome Open Research

Epidemiology of group B streptococcal disease in infants younger than 1 year in Japan: a nationwide surveillance study 2016–2020

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases
2022-04 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-021-04396-y
Contributors: Meiwa Shibata; Kousaku Matsubara; Kunihiro Matsunami; Isao Miyairi; Masashi Kasai; Masahiko Kai; Yoshinori Katayama; Tomoko Maruyama; Kirsty Le Doare
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Maternal vaccination: a review of current evidence and recommendations

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
2022-04 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2021.10.041
Contributors: Melanie Etti; Anna Calvert; Eva Galiza; Suzy Lim; Asma Khalil; Kirsty Le Doare; Paul T. Heath
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Protocol for the Birth Asphyxia in African Newborns (Baby BRAiN) Study: a Neonatal Encephalopathy Feasibility Cohort Study [version 1; peer review: 2 approved]

2022-03-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.12688/gatesopenres.13557.1
Part of ISSN: 2572-4754
Contributors: Carol Nanyunja; Samantha Sadoo; Ivan Mambule; Sean R Mathieson; Moffat Nyirenda; Emily L Webb; J Mugalu; Nicola J Robertson; A Nabawanuka; Guillaume Gilbert et al.
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Gates Open Research

COVID-19 Vaccination During Pregnancy: Coverage and Safety

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
2021-08 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2021.08.007
Contributors: Helena Blakeway; Smriti Prasad; Erkan Kalafat; Paul T. Heath; Shamez N. Ladhani; Kirsty Le Doare; Laura A. Magee; Pat O’brien; Arezou Rezvani; Peter von Dadelszen et al.
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Optimising the Timing of whooping cough Immunisation in MUMs: a randomised controlled trial investigating the timing of pertussis vaccination in pregnancy (OpTIMUM): a protocol paper

Wellcome Open Research
2021-06-14 | Journal article
DOI: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.16767.1
Contributors: Anna Calvert; Konstantinos Karampatsas; Nick Andrews; Anna England; Bassam Hallis; Christine E. Jones; Asma Khalil; Kirsty Le Doare; Mary Matheson; Matthew D. Snape et al.
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Seroepidemiology of maternally-derived antibody against Group B Streptococcus (GBS) in Mulago/Kawempe Hospitals Uganda - PROGRESS GBS [version 2; peer review: 2 approved]

2020-11-13 | Journal article
DOI: 10.12688/gatesopenres.13183.2
Part of ISSN: 2572-4754
Contributors: Mary Kyohere; Hannah Georgia Davies; Philippa Musoke; Annettee Nakimuli; Valerie Tusubira; Hannington Baluku Tasimwa; Juliet Sendagala Nsimire; Paul Heath; Stephen Cose; Carol Baker et al.
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Gates Open Research

Serocorrelates of protection against infant group B streptococcus disease

The Lancet. Infectious diseases
2019 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/s1473-3099(18)30659-5
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kirsty le doare

The impact of timing of maternal influenza immunization on infant antibody levels at birth

Clinical and experimental immunology
2019 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/cei.13234
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kirsty le doare

74th Congress of the Italian Society of Pediatrics : Rome, Italy. 12-16 June 2018

Italian journal of pediatrics
2018 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1186/s13052-018-0581-y
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kirsty le doare
grade
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Breast Milk Cytokines and Early Growth in Gambian Infants

Frontiers in pediatrics
2018 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3389/fped.2018.00414
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kirsty le doare

Diversity of Human Milk Oligosaccharides and Effects on Early Life Immune Development

Frontiers in Pediatrics
2018 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3389/fped.2018.00239
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kirsty le doare

Maternal immunization against Group B streptococcus: World Health Organization research and development technological roadmap and preferred product characteristics

Vaccine
2018 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2017.09.087
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kirsty le doare
grade
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Mother's Milk: A Purposeful Contribution to the Development of the Infant Microbiota and Immunity

Frontiers in immunology
2018 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2018.00361
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kirsty le doare

Return of vivax malaria in Cyprus

Archives of disease in childhood
2018 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2018-316459
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kirsty le doare

Uncertainties in screening and prevention of Group B Streptococcus disease

Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America
2018 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciy1069
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kirsty le doare
grade
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Vaccination in Pregnancy-Recent Developments

The Pediatric infectious disease journal
2018 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1097/inf.0000000000001822
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kirsty le doare

Association between functional antibody against Group B Streptococcus and maternal and infant colonization in a Gambian cohort

Vaccine
2017 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2017.04.013
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kirsty le doare
grade
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Estimates of the Burden of Group B Streptococcal Disease Worldwide for Pregnant Women, Stillbirths, and Children

Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America
2017 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cix664
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kirsty le doare

Group B Streptococcal Disease Worldwide for Pregnant Women, Stillbirths, and Children: Why, What, and How to Undertake Estimates?

Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America
2017 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cix653
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kirsty le doare

Group B streptococcus and respiratory syncytial virus immunisation during pregnancy: a landscape analysis

The Lancet. Infectious diseases
2017 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/s1473-3099(17)30232-3
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kirsty le doare

Infant Group B Streptococcal Disease Incidence and Serotypes Worldwide: Systematic Review and Meta-analyses

Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America
2017 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cix656
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kirsty le doare

Intrapartum Antibiotic Chemoprophylaxis Policies for the Prevention of Group B Streptococcal Disease Worldwide: Systematic Review

Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America
2017 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cix654
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kirsty le doare
grade
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Maternal Colonization With Group B Streptococcus and Serotype Distribution Worldwide: Systematic Review and Meta-analyses

Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America
2017 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cix658
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kirsty le doare

Maternal Disease With Group B Streptococcus and Serotype Distribution Worldwide: Systematic Review and Meta-analyses

Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America
2017 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cix660
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kirsty le doare

Neonatal Encephalopathy With Group B Streptococcal Disease Worldwide: Systematic Review, Investigator Group Datasets, and Meta-analysis

Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America
2017 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cix662
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kirsty le doare

Neurodevelopmental Impairment in Children After Group B Streptococcal Disease Worldwide: Systematic Review and Meta-analyses

Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America
2017 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cix663
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kirsty le doare

Preterm Birth Associated With Group B Streptococcus Maternal Colonization Worldwide: Systematic Review and Meta-analyses

Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America
2017 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cix661
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kirsty le doare

Risk of Early-Onset Neonatal Group B Streptococcal Disease With Maternal Colonization Worldwide: Systematic Review and Meta-analyses

Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America
2017 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cix655
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kirsty le doare

SIgA, TGF-β1, IL-10, and TNFα in Colostrum Are Associated with Infant Group B Streptococcus Colonization

Frontiers in Immunology
2017 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2017.01269
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kirsty le doare
grade
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Stillbirth With Group B Streptococcus Disease Worldwide: Systematic Review and Meta-analyses

Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America
2017 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cix585
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kirsty le doare

Acknowledgement to Reviewers of Vaccines in 2015

Vaccines
2016 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3390/vaccines4010001
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kirsty le doare

BMC Pediatrics reviewer acknowledgement 2015

BMC pediatrics
2016 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1186/s12887-016-0564-3
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kirsty le doare

Global maternal group B streptococcus colonisation

The Lancet. Infectious diseases
2016 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/s1473-3099(16)30072-x
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kirsty le doare
grade
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Group B Streptococcus vaccine development: present status and future considerations, with emphasis on perspectives for low and middle income countries

F1000Research
2016 | Journal article
DOI: 10.12688/f1000research.9363.1
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kirsty le doare
grade
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Lack of evidence for the efficacy of enhanced surveillance compared to other specific interventions to control neonatal healthcare-associated infection outbreaks

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
2016 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/trstmh/trv116
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kirsty le doare
grade
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Placental transfer of anti-group B Streptococcus immunoglobulin G antibody subclasses from HIV-infected and uninfected women to their uninfected infants

AIDS (London, England)
2016 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1097/QAD.0000000000000923
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kirsty le doare
grade
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Risk factors for Group B Streptococcus colonisation and disease in Gambian women and their infants

The Journal of infection
2016 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2015.12.014
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kirsty le doare
grade
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Role of human milk oligosaccharides in Group B Streptococcus colonisation

Clinical & translational immunology
2016 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/cti.2016.43
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kirsty le doare
grade
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Supporting decisions to increase the safe discharge of children with febrile illness from the emergency department: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Archives of disease in childhood
2016 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2015-309056
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kirsty le doare

Acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease in resource-limited settings

Archives of disease in childhood
2015 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2014-307938
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kirsty le doare
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