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Norbert M. Peshu
Affiliation : Kenya Medical Research Institute · KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme
- 87Publications (affiliation in Kenya)
Research profile
Norbert M. Peshu has 87 indexed publications (1992–2025). Their work appears mainly in “Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene”, “PLoS ONE” and “The Lancet”. Their most cited article, “Indicators of Life-Threatening Malaria in African Children” (1995), has been cited 1093 times. 2 of these publications date from the last three years of activity. Their work is co-authored with at least 12 researchers, including institutions in United Kingdom, Uganda, United States, Ghana.
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- Prevalence of hepatitis B virus infection and its associated factors in Ethiopia: a recent systematic review and meta-analysis
- Non-O ABO blood group genotypes differ in their associations with Plasmodium falciparum rosetting and severe malaria
- Malaria vector bionomics in Taita-Taveta County, coastal Kenya
- Malaria protection due to sickle haemoglobin depends on parasite genotype
- Improving statistical power in severe malaria genetic association studies by augmenting phenotypic precision
- The epidemiology of sickle cell disease in children recruited in infancy in Kilifi, Kenya: a prospective cohort study
- Observational study: 27 years of severe malaria surveillance in Kilifi, Kenya
- The indirect health effects of malaria estimated from health advantages of the sickle cell trait
- Human candidate gene polymorphisms and risk of severe malaria in children in Kilifi, Kenya: a case-control association study
- Two complement receptor one alleles have opposing associations with cerebral malaria and interact with α+thalassaemia
- Resistance to malaria through structural variation of red blood cell invasion receptors
- The clinical epidemiology of sickle cell anemia In A frica
- Age, Spatial, and Temporal Variations in Hospital Admissions with Malaria in Kilifi County, Kenya: A 25-Year Longitudinal Observational Study
- Four-Year Efficacy of RTS,S/AS01E and Its Interaction with Malaria Exposure
- Human SNP Links Differential Outcomes in Inflammatory and Infectious Disease to a FOXO3-Regulated Pathway
- Profile: The Kilifi Health and Demographic Surveillance System (KHDSS)
- High HIV-1 incidence, correlates of HIV-1 acquisition, and high viral loads following seroconversion among MSM
- Antiretroviral Treatment Interruptions Predict Female Genital Shedding of Genotypically Resistant HIV-1 RNA
- HIV-1 RNA May Decline More Slowly in Semen than in Blood following Initiation of Efavirenz-Based Antiretroviral Therapy
- Efficacy of RTS,S/AS01E malaria vaccine and exploratory analysis on anti-circumsporozoite antibody titres and protection in children aged 5–17 months in Kenya and Tanzania: a randomised controlled trial
- Declining Responsiveness of Plasmodium falciparum Infections to Artemisinin-Based Combination Treatments on the Kenyan Coast
- Excess child mortality after discharge from hospital in Kilifi, Kenya: a retrospective cohort analysis
- Clearance of Asymptomatic P. falciparum Infections Interacts with the Number of Clones to Predict the Risk of Subsequent Malaria in Kenyan Children
- Association Between Participant Self-Report and Biological Outcomes Used to Measure Sexual Risk Behavior in Human Immunodeficiency Virus-1-Seropositive Female Sex Workers in Mombasa, Kenya
- Antiretroviral Adherence and Development of Drug Resistance Are the Strongest Predictors of Genital HIV‐1 Shedding among Women Initiating Treatment
- Parvovirus B19 infection and severe anaemia in Kenyan children: a retrospective case control study
- Common NFKBIL2 polymorphisms and susceptibility to pneumococcal disease: a genetic association study
- Genome-wide and fine-resolution association analysis of malaria in West Africa
- Men who have sex with men and HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa
- HIV Infection, Malnutrition, and Invasive Bacterial Infection among Children with Severe Malaria
- NFKBIZ polymorphisms and susceptibility to pneumococcal disease in European and African populations
- Homozygosity and risk of childhood death due to invasive bacterial disease
- Interactions between Age and ITN Use Determine the Risk of Febrile Malaria in Children
- Increased Risk of Genital Ulcer Disease in Women During the First Month After Initiating Antiretroviral Therapy
- Effect of a fall in malaria transmission on morbidity and mortality in Kilifi, Kenya
- A global network for investigating the genomic epidemiology of malaria
- Incidence and outcome of convulsive status epilepticus in Kenyan children: a cohort study
- Promoting the social value of research in Kenya: Examining the practical aspects of collaborative partnerships using an ethical framework
- Fraction of all hospital admissions and deaths attributable to malnutrition among children in rural Kenya
- Helminth Infection and Eosinophilia and the Risk of Plasmodium falciparum Malaria in 1- to 6-Year-Old Children in a Malaria Endemic Area
- Variation in the ICAM1 gene is not associated with severe malaria phenotypes
- Health systems research in a low-income country: easier said than done
- The decline in paediatric malaria admissions on the coast of Kenya
- HIV-1 infection in high risk men who have sex with men in Mombasa, Kenya
- Common variation in the ABO glycosyltransferase is associated with susceptibility to severe Plasmodium falciparum malaria
- Systemic lupus erythematosus-associated defects in the inhibitory receptor FcγRIIb reduce susceptibility to malaria
- Burden, Features, and Outcome of Neurological Involvement in Acute Falciparum Malaria in Kenyan Children
- Initiation of antiretroviral therapy leads to a rapid decline in cervical and vaginal HIV-1 shedding
- Defining Childhood Severe Falciparum Malaria for Intervention Studies
- The Induction and Persistence of T Cell IFN-γ Responses after Vaccination or Natural Exposure Is Suppressed by Plasmodium falciparum
- ‘Are you on the market?’: a capture–recapture enumeration of men who sell sex to men in and around Mombasa, Kenya
- Extended Follow-Up Following a Phase 2b Randomized Trial of the Candidate Malaria Vaccines FP9 ME-TRAP and MVA ME-TRAP among Children in Kenya
- Positive replication and linkage disequilibrium mapping of the chromosome 21q22.1 malaria susceptibility locus
- Children with Severe Malnutrition: Can Those at Highest Risk of Death Be Identified with the WHO Protocol?
- A Phase 2b Randomised Trial of the Candidate Malaria Vaccines FP9 ME-TRAP and MVA ME-TRAP among Children in Kenya
- THROMBOCYTOPENIA IN FALCIPARUM MALARIA IS ASSOCIATED WITH HIGH CONCENTRATIONS OF IL-10
- Alternating vector immunizations encoding pre‐erythrocytic malaria antigens enhance memory responses in a malaria endemic area
- Early Gamma Interferon and Interleukin-2 Responses to Vaccination Predict the Late Resting Memory in Malaria-Naive and Malaria-Exposed Individuals
- Elevated plasma urokinase receptor predicts low birth weight in maternal malaria
- Lactate levels in severe malarial anaemia are associated with haemozoin-containing neutrophils and low levels of IL-12
- Trust and informed consent: insights from community members on the Kenyan coast
- ‘Even if they ask you to stand by a tree all day, you will have to do it (laughter)…!’: Community voices on the notion and practice of informed consent for biomedical research in developing countries
- Randomized Trial of Volume Expansion with Albumin or Saline in Children with Severe Malaria: Preliminary Evidence of Albumin Benefit
- Pre‐transfusion management of children with severe malarial anaemia: a randomised controlled trial of intravascular volume expansion
- Assessment of inpatient paediatric care in first referral level hospitals in 13 districts in Kenya
- Understanding of informed consent in a low-income setting: three case studies from the Kenyan coast
- Delivery of paediatric care at the first-referral level in Kenya
- Antibodies to Voltage‐Gated Calcium Channels in Children with Falciparum Malaria
- Impaired uteroplacental blood flow in pregnancies complicated by falciparum malaria
- A promoter polymorphism in the gene encoding interleukin-12 p40 (IL12B) is associated with mortality from cerebral malaria and with reduced nitric oxide production
- Acute bacterial meningitis in children admitted to a rural Kenyan hospital: increasing antibiotic resistance and outcome
- Malaria in pregnancy: adverse effects on haemoglobin levels and birthweight in primigravidae and multigravidae
- Intermittent sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine to prevent severe anaemia secondary to malaria in pregnancy: a randomised placebo-controlled trial
- Cognitive sequelae of severe malaria with impaired consciousness
- The epidemiology of hookworm infection and its contribution to anaemia among pre-school children on the Kenyan coast
- Environmental and entomological risk factors for the development of clinical malaria among children on the Kenyan coast
- Severe anaemia in children living in a malaria endemic area of Kenya
- Coma scales for children with severe falciparum malaria
- Glucose Homeostasis in Children with Falciparum Malaria: Precursor Supply Limits Gluconeogenesis and Glucose Production1
- Perturbations of cerebral hemodynamics in Kenyans with cerebral malaria
- An open randomized trial of artemether versus quinine in the treatment of cerebral malaria in African children
- The relationship between glucose production and plasma glucose concentration in children with falciparum malaria
- Indicators of Life-Threatening Malaria in African Children
- Interobserver variation in respiratory signs of severe malaria.
- Brain swelling and ischaemia in Kenyans with cerebral malaria.
- Periodicity and space-time clustering of severe childhood malaria on the coast of Kenya
- The role of shops in the treatment and prevention of childhood malaria on the coast of Kenya
Publication venues
- Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene × 8
- PLoS ONE × 5
- The Lancet × 5
- AIDS × 4
- Genes and Immunity × 4
- Social Science & Medicine × 4
Publications per year
- 20251
- 20231
- 20221
- 20212
- 20193
- 20182
- 20172
- 20161
- 20132
- 20124
Collaborations
Partner institutions : University of Oxford · Wellcome Trust · John Radcliffe Hospital · Imperial College London · University of Nairobi
Co-authors’ countries : United Kingdom · Uganda · United States · Ghana
Co-authors
- Kevin Marsh
- Thomas Neil Williams
- Charles R. J. C. Newton
- Kathryn Maitland
- Philip Bejon
- James Alexander Berkley
- Robert William Snow
- Neema Mturi
- Mike English
- J. Anthony G. Scott
- Brett S Lowe
- Benjamin Tsofa
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