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Prevalence and severity of malnutrition and age at menarche; cross-sectional studies in adolescent schoolgirls in western Kenya by Leenstra, T, Petersen, L.T, Kariuki, S.K, Oloo, A.J, Kager, P.A, Kuile, F.O. ter

“…Objective: Nutritional status is an important marker of overall health and linear growth retardation has serious long-term physiological and economic…”
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effect of weekly iron and vitamin A supplementation on hemoglobin levels and iron status in adolescent schoolgirls in western Kenya by Leenstra, T, Kariuki, S.K, Kurtis, J.D, Oloo, A.J, Kager, P.A, Kuile, F.O. ter

“…Background/Objectives: Iron deficiency anemia is a major public health problem in developing countries and may affect school performance and physical work…”
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Longitudinal cohort study of the epidemiology of malaria infections in an area of intense malaria transmission II. Descriptive epidemiology of malaria infection and disease among children by Bloland, P B, Boriga, D A, Ruebush, T K, McCormick, J B, Roberts, J M, Oloo, A J, Hawley, W, Lal, A, Nahlen, B, Campbell, C C

“…A large-scale longitudinal cohort project was initiated in western Kenya in June 1992. Between June 1992 and July 1994, 1,848 children less than 15 years of…”
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Prevalence and severity of anemia and iron deficiency: cross-sectional studies in adolescent schoolgirls in western Kenya by Leenstra, T, Kariuki, S.K, Kurtis, J.D, Oloo, A.J, Kager, P.A, Kuile F.O. ter

“…Objective: Anemia is a major public health concern in preschool children and pregnant women in the developing world. While many studies have examined these two…”
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Successful Double-Blinded, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Field Trial of Azithromycin and Doxycycline as Prophylaxis for Malaria in Western Kenya by Andersen, S. L., A. J. Oloo, Gordon, D. M., O. B. Ragama, G. M. Aleman, J. D. Berman, D. B. Tang, M. W. Dunne, G. D. Shanks

“…Azithromycin prevents malaria in animal models and early clinical trials. We determined the prophylactic efficacy of three antibiotic regimens given for 10…”
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Efficacy of sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine for prevention of placental malaria in an area of Kenya with a high prevalence of malaria and human immunodeficiency virus infection by Parise, M E, Ayisi, J G, Nahlen, B L, Schultz, L J, Roberts, J M, Misore, A, Muga, R, Oloo, A J, Steketee, R W

“…A fever case management (CM) approach using sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) was compared with two presumptive intertmittent SP treatment regimens in the second…”
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Diagnosis of malaria by detection of Plasmodium falciparum HRP-2 antigen with a rapid dipstick antigen-capture assay by Beadle, C, Long, G W, Weiss, W R, McElroy, P D, Maret, S M, Oloo, A J, Hoffman, S L

“…Two field studies in Kenya and an experimental challenge study in the USA were done to assess the accuracy of a dipstick antigen-capture assay based on…”
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Efficacy and Safety of Atovaquone/Proguanil as Suppressive Prophylaxis for Plasmodium falciparum Malaria by Shanks, G. Dennis, Gordon, Daniel M., Klotz, Francis W., Aleman, Gladys M., Oloo, Aggrey J., Sadie, Deborah, Scott, Trevor R.

“…Currently recommended prophylactic regimens for Plasmodium falciparum malaria are associated with a high incidence of adverse events and/or suboptimal…”
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Longitudinal study of natural immune responses to the Plasmodium falciparum apical membrane antigen (AMA-1) in a holoendemic region of malaria in western Kenya: Asembo Bay Cohort Project VIII by Udhayakumar, V, Kariuki, S, Kolczack, M, Girma, M, Roberts, J M, Oloo, A J, Nahlen, B L, Lal, A A

“…We investigated the development and maintenance of proliferative and antibody responses to apical membrane antigen-1 (AMA-1) epitopes in a holoendemic area of…”
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Longitudinal cohort study of the epidemiology of malaria infections in an area of intense malaria transmission I. Description of study site, general methodology, and study population by Bloland, P B, Ruebush, T K, McCormick, J B, Ayisi, J, Boriga, D A, Oloo, A J, Beach, R, Hawley, W, Lal, A, Nahlen, B, Udhayakumar, V, Campbell, C C

“…A large-scale longitudinal cohort project was initiated in western Kenya in June 1992. The primary purpose of the project was to study Plasmodium falciparum…”
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Self-treatment of malaria in a rural area of western Kenya by RUEBUSH, T. K, KERN, M. K, CAMPBELL, C. C, OLOO, A. J

“…Reported are the results of a study of residents' knowledge about malaria and antimalarial drugs and of their treatment-seeking behaviour in a rural area of…”
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Natural immune response to the C-terminal 19-kilodalton domain of Plasmodium falciparum merozoite surface protein 1 by SHI, Y. P, SAYED, U, QARI, S. H, ROBERTS, J. M, UDHAYAKUMAR, V, OLOO, A. J, HAWLEY, W. A, KASLOW, D. C, NAHLEN, B. L, LAL, A. A

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A longitudinal investigation of IgG and IgM antibody responses to the merozoite surface protein-1 19-kiloDalton domain of Plasmodium falciparum in pregnant women and infants: associations with febrile illness, parasitemia, and anemia by Branch, O H, Udhayakumar, V, Hightower, A W, Oloo, A J, Hawley, W A, Nahlen, B L, Bloland, P B, Kaslow, D C, Lal, A A

“…This study was aimed at delineating characteristics of naturally acquired immunity against the merozoite surface antigen-1 (MSP-1) of Plasmodium falciparum, a…”
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Daily Primaquine Is Effective for Prophylaxis against Falciparum Malaria in Kenya: Comparison with Mefloquine, Doxycycline, and Chloroquine plus Proguanil by Weiss, Walter R., Oloo, Aggrey J., Johnson, Anthony, Koech, Davy, Hoffman, Stephen L.

“…Primaquine was tested as a prophylactic drug against Plasmodium falciparum in a region in western Kenya in which malaria is holoendemic. Children 9–14 years…”
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Differential effect and interaction of monocytes, hyperimmune sera, and immunoglobulin G on the growth of asexual stage Plasmodium falciparum parasites by Shi, Y P, Udhayakumar, V, Oloo, A J, Nahlen, B L, Lal, A A

“…Using a flow cytometry-based parasite growth inhibition assay (GIA) and an antibody-dependent cellular inhibition (ADCI) assay, we have assessed the…”
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Anti-Merozoite Surface Protein-1 19-kDa IgG in Mother-Infant Pairs Naturally Exposed to Plasmodium falciparum: Subclass Analysis with Age, Exposure to Asexual Parasitemia, and Protection against Malaria. V. The Asembo Bay Cohort Project by Branch, OraLee H., Oloo, Aggrey J., Nahlen, Bernard L., Kaslow, David, Lal, Altaf A.

“…The anti-merozoite surface protein-1 19-kDa IgG ($anti-MSP1_{19KD}$) IgG responses of 33 parasitemic infants, aged 6-14 months, were compared with those of…”
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Dose- and Time-dependent Relations between Infective Anopheles Inoculation and Outcomes of Plasmodium falciparum Parasitemia among Children in Western Kenya by McElroy, Peter D., Beier, John C., Oster, Charles N., Onyango, Fred K., Oloo, Aggrey J., Lin, Xihong, Beadle, Christine, Hoffman, Stephen L

“…Blood-stage level Plasmodium falciparum infection (parasitemia density) is generally elevated prior to, or at the time of, clinical presentation of severe…”
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All-cause mortality among young children in western Kenya. VI: the Asembo Bay Cohort Project by McElroy, P D, ter Kuile, F O, Hightower, A W, Hawley, W A, Phillips-Howard, P A, Oloo, A J, Lal, A A, Nahlen, B L

“…Although all-cause mortality has been used as an indicator of the health status of childhood populations, such data are sparse for most rural areas of…”
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Effect of Plasmodium falciparum parasitemia density on hemoglobin concentrations among full-term, normal birth weight children in western Kenya, IV. The Asembo Bay Cohort Project by McElroy, P D, ter Kuile, F O, Lal, A A, Bloland, P B, Hawley, W A, Oloo, A J, Monto, A S, Meshnick, S R, Nahlen, B L

“…The relative importance of acute high-density versus persistent low-density Plasmodium falciparum parasitemia in contributing to the public health problem of…”
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Evaluation of an algorithm for integrated management of childhood illness in an area of Kenya with high malaria transmission by Perkins, B A, Zucker, J R, Otieno, J, Jafari, H S, Paxton, L, Redd, S C, Nahlen, B L, Schwartz, B, Oloo, A J, Olango, C, Gove, S, Campbell, C C

“…In 1993, the World Health Organization completed the development of a draft algorithm for the integrated management of childhood illness (IMCI), which deals…”
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