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Tom Were
Affiliation : Kenya Medical Research Institute · Kenyatta University
- 40Publications (affiliation in Kenya)
Research profile
Tom Were has 40 indexed publications (2006–2024). Their work appears mainly in “Infection and Immunity”, “BMC Infectious Diseases” and “American Journal of Hematology”. Their most cited article, “Severe Malarial Anemia: Innate Immunity and Pathogenesis” (2011), has been cited 316 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 States, Ghana.
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- Assemblages and Subassemblages of Giardia duodenalis in Rural Western, Kenya: Association with Sources, Signs, and Symptoms
- Prevalence of Non-Tuberculosis Mycobacterium Pulmonary Disease in HIV-1 Patients with Presumptive Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Western Kenya
- Cytokine profiles in highly active antiretroviral treatment non-adherent, adherent and naive HIV-1 infected patients in Western Kenya
- Male Partner Involvement in Promoting Antenatal Care and Skilled Delivery Attendance in Bumula Sub-County, Kenya
- Birth Preparedness and Complication Readiness among Women with Pregnancy and Childbirth related Complications at Kenyatta National Teaching and Referral Hospital, Kenya
- Socio-demographic and sexual practices associated with HIV infection in Kenyan injection and non-injection drug users
- Association between Fcγ receptor IIA, IIIA and IIIB genetic polymorphisms and susceptibility to severe malaria anemia in children in western Kenya
- Escherichia coli pathotypes and Shigella sero-groups in diarrheic children in Nairobi city, Kenya.
- Knowledge, Perceptions, and Practice of Nurses on Surveillance of Adverse Events following Childhood Immunization in Nairobi, Kenya
- Circulating Interferon-Gamma Levels Are Associated with Low Body Weight in Newly Diagnosed Kenyan Non-Substance Using Tuberculosis Individuals
- Knowledge, Perception and Level of Male Partner Involvement in Choice of Delivery Site among Couples at Coast Level Five Hospital, Mombasa County, Kenya
- Hepatitis B virus sero-profiles and genotypes in HIV-1 infected and uninfected injection and Non-injection drug users from coastal Kenya
- HIV-1 protease inhibitor drug resistance in Kenyan antiretroviral treatment-naive and -experienced injection drug users and non-drug users
- Serum adiponectin in HIV-1 and hepatitis C virus mono- and co-infected Kenyan injection drug users
- Clinical chemistry profiles in injection heroin users from Coastal Region, Kenya
- Factors associated with non-adherence to Artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) to malaria in a rural population from holoendemic region of western Kenya
- Relationship between inflammatory mediator patterns and anemia in HIV‐1 positive and exposed children with Plasmodium falciparum malaria
- Reduced interferon (IFN)-α conditioned by IFNA2 (−173) and IFNA8 (−884) haplotypes is associated with enhanced susceptibility to severe malarial anemia and longitudinal all-cause mortality
- Reduced systemic bicyclo‐prostaglandin‐E2 and cyclooxygenase‐2 gene expression are associated with inefficient erythropoiesis and enhanced uptake of monocytic hemozoin in children with severe malarial anemia
- Severe Malarial Anemia: Innate Immunity and Pathogenesis
- Functional haplotypes of Fc gamma (Fcγ) receptor (FcγRIIA and FcγRIIIB) predict risk to repeated episodes of severe malarial anemia and mortality in Kenyan children
- Functional Promoter Haplotypes of Interleukin-18 Condition Susceptibility to Severe Malarial Anemia and Childhood Mortality
- Polymorphic variability in the 3' untranslated region (UTR) of IL12B is associated with susceptibility to severe anaemia in Kenyan children with acute Plasmodium falciparum malaria
- Bacteremia in Kenyan Children Presenting with Malaria
- Hematological predictors of increased severe anemia in Kenyan children coinfected with Plasmodium falciparum and HIV‐1
- Clinical predictors of severe malarial anaemia in a holoendemic Plasmodium falciparum transmission area
- Haplotypes of IL12B promoter polymorphisms condition susceptibility to severe malaria and functional changes in cytokine levels in Thai adults
- MIF(Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor) Promoter Polymorphisms and Susceptibility to Severe Malarial Anemia
- Naturally acquired hemozoin by monocytes promotes suppression of RANTES in children with malarial anemia through an IL-10-dependent mechanism
- A Novel Functional Variant in the Stem Cell Growth Factor Promoter Protects against Severe Malarial Anemia
- Suppression of a Novel Hematopoietic Mediator in Children with Severe Malarial Anemia
- Haplotypes of IL-10 promoter variants are associated with susceptibility to severe malarial anemia and functional changes in IL-10 production
- Polymorphic Variability in the Interleukin (IL)–1β Promoter Conditions Susceptibility to Severe Malarial Anemia and Functional Changes in IL‐1β Production
- Increased circulating interleukin (IL)-23 in children with malarial anemia: In vivo and in vitro relationship with co-regulatory cytokines IL-12 and IL-10
- Increased severe anemia in HIV-1-exposed and HIV-1-positive infants and children during acute malaria
- PARASITEMIA, ANEMIA, AND MALARIAL ANEMIA IN INFANTS AND YOUNG CHILDREN IN A RURAL HOLOENDEMIC PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM TRANSMISSION AREA
- Role of Monocyte-Acquired Hemozoin in Suppression of Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor in Children with Severe Malarial Anemia
- Suppression of RANTES in children with Plasmodium falciparum malaria.
- ASSOCIATION OF FCγ RECEPTOR IIA (CD32) POLYMORPHISM WITH MALARIAL ANEMIA AND HIGH-DENSITY PARASITEMIA IN INFANTS AND YOUNG CHILDREN
- A macrophage migration inhibitory factor promoter polymorphism is associated with high-density parasitemia in children with malaria
Publication venues
- Infection and Immunity × 4
- BMC Infectious Diseases × 3
- American Journal of Hematology × 3
- Human Genetics × 3
- The Journal of Infectious Diseases × 2
- American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene × 2
Publications per year
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- 20124
Collaborations
Partner institutions : University of New Mexico · Maseno University · University of Pittsburgh · Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology · Technical University of Mombasa
Co-authors’ countries : United States · Ghana
Co-authors
- Collins Ouma
- Douglas Jay Perkins
- John Michael Ong’echa
- JOHN M. VULULE
- Valentine Budambula
- Samuel B. Anyona
- Evans O Raballah
- MICHAEL F. OTIENO
- Mark Kilongosi Webale
- Stephen N. Konah
- Yamo Ouma
- Nathan Shaviya
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