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Christian Bottomley

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Citations 3701
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Infectious Diseases
General Medicine
Public Health
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PLoS One
Clin Infect Dis
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Lancet Glob Health
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Recent Articles
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Workload in antenatal care before and after implementation of an electronic decision support system: an observed time-motion study of healthcare providers in Nepal
Radovich E, Das S, Karki S, Bottomley C, McCarthy O, Penn-Kekana L, et al.
BMC Med Inform Decis Mak . 2025 Feb; 25(1):87. PMID: 39966864
Background: Healthcare interventions are shaped by the resources needed to implement them, including staff time. This study, part of a process evaluation, aims to compare time spent on antenatal care...
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Brazil towards malaria elimination: A time-series analysis of imported cases from 2007 to 2022
Garcia K, Laporta G, Soremekun S, Bottomley C, Abrahao A, Moresco G, et al.
PLOS Glob Public Health . 2024 Oct; 4(10):e0003822. PMID: 39392834
Malaria is a global health challenge, and international efforts are underway to alleviate its impact by 2035. Within the 249 million global cases, 0.6 million occur in the Americas, mainly...
3.
Fractional Doses of Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine - A Noninferiority Trial
Gallagher K, Lucinde R, Bottomley C, Kaniu M, Suaad B, Mutahi M, et al.
N Engl J Med . 2024 Sep; 391(21):2003-2013. PMID: 39330966
Background: Pneumococcal conjugate vaccines are an expensive component of the routine immunization schedule. Fractional-dose regimens may be one option to increase the sustainability of the vaccine program. Methods: We assessed...
4.
Changes in the medical admissions and mortality amongst children in four South African hospitals following the COVID-19 pandemic: A five-year review
Naidoo K, Dorward J, Chinniah K, Lawler M, Nattar Y, Bottomley C, et al.
PLOS Glob Public Health . 2024 Sep; 4(9):e0002829. PMID: 39292683
Vulnerable children from poor communities with high HIV and Tuberculosis(TB) burdens were impacted by COVID-19 lockdowns. Concern was raised about the extent of this impact and anticipated post-pandemic surges in...
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Impact of Intrapartum Azithromycin on the Carriage and Antibiotic Resistance of Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae in Mothers and Their Newborns: A Substudy of a Randomized, Double-Blind Trial Conducted in The Gambia and Burkina Faso
Getanda P, Jagne I, Bognini J, Camara B, Sanyang B, Darboe S, et al.
Clin Infect Dis . 2024 May; 79(6):1338-1345. PMID: 38752311
Background: Limited data exist on the effects of intrapartum azithromycin on the prevalence of carriage and antibiotic resistance of Enterobacterales. Methods: We conducted a randomized trial in The Gambia and...
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Impact of pneumococcal conjugate vaccination on pneumococcal nasopharyngeal carriage in the Gambia: Population-based cross-sectional surveys
Mackenzie G, Hossain I, Salaudeen R, Badji H, Manjang A, Usuf E, et al.
Vaccine . 2024 Mar; 42(10):2680-2686. PMID: 38490820
Background: The introduction of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCV) has reduced carriage of vaccine-type (VT) pneumococci in many settings. We determined the impact of The Gambia's national PCV programme on carriage...
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Impact of active case-finding for tuberculosis on case-notifications in Blantyre, Malawi: A community-based cluster-randomised trial (SCALE)
Feasey H, Khundi M, Soko R, Bottomley C, Chiume L, Burchett H, et al.
PLOS Glob Public Health . 2023 Dec; 3(12):e0002683. PMID: 38051717
Active case-finding (ACF) for tuberculosis can help find the "missing millions" with undiagnosed tuberculosis. In a cluster-randomised trial, we investigated impact of ACF on case-notifications in Blantyre, Malawi, where ACF...
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Effect and cost-effectiveness of human-centred design-based approaches to increase adolescent uptake of modern contraceptives in Nigeria, Ethiopia and Tanzania: Population-based, quasi-experimental studies
Krug C, Neuman M, Rosen J, Weinberger M, Wallach S, Lagaay M, et al.
PLOS Glob Public Health . 2023 Oct; 3(10):e0002347. PMID: 37851610
Around half of adolescent pregnancies in low- and middle-income countries are unintended, contributing to millions of unsafe abortions per year. Adolescents 360 (A360), a girl-centred initiative, aimed to increase voluntary...
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Symptom prevalence and secondary attack rate of SARS-CoV-2 in rural Kenyan households: A prospective cohort study
Gallagher K, Nyiro J, Agoti C, Maitha E, Nyagwange J, Karani A, et al.
Influenza Other Respir Viruses . 2023 Sep; 17(9):e13185. PMID: 37752066
Background: We estimated the secondary attack rate of SARS-CoV-2 among household contacts of PCR-confirmed cases of COVID-19 in rural Kenya and analysed risk factors for transmission. Methods: We enrolled incident...
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SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence and implications for population immunity: Evidence from two Health and Demographic Surveillance System sites in Kenya, February-December 2022
Kagucia E, Ziraba A, Nyagwange J, Kutima B, Kimani M, Akech D, et al.
Influenza Other Respir Viruses . 2023 Sep; 17(9):e13173. PMID: 37752065
Background: We sought to estimate SARS-CoV-2 antibody seroprevalence within representative samples of the Kenyan population during the third year of the COVID-19 pandemic and the second year of COVID-19 vaccine...