Brigitte Walther

Summary

Affiliation: Medical Research Council Laboratories
Country: The Gambia

Publications

  1. ncbi Placental malaria is associated with reduced early life weight development of affected children independent of low birth weight
    Brigitte Walther
    MRC Laboratories, Atlantic Boulevard, Fajara, PO Box 273 Banjul, The Gambia
    Malar J 9:16. 2010
  2. ncbi Prescribing practice for malaria following introduction of artemether-lumefantrine in an urban area with declining endemicity in West Africa
    Joseph U Okebe
    Malaria Programme, Medical Research Council UK, Atlantic Boulevard, Fajara, PO Box 273 Banjul, The Gambia
    Malar J 9:180. 2010
  3. ncbi The breadth, but not the magnitude, of circulating memory B cell responses to P. falciparum increases with age/exposure in an area of low transmission
    Sarah I Nogaro
    Medical Research Council Laboratories, Fajara, Banjul, The Gambia
    PLoS ONE 6:e25582. 2011
  4. ncbi Comparison of surveillance methods applied to a situation of low malaria prevalence at rural sites in The Gambia and Guinea Bissau
    Judith Satoguina
    Medical Research Council Laboratories, Fajara, PO Box 273 Banjul, The Gambia
    Malar J 8:274. 2009
  5. ncbi Differences between tuberculosis cases infected with Mycobacterium africanum, West African type 2, relative to Euro-American Mycobacterium tuberculosis: an update
    Bouke C de Jong
    Bacterial Diseases Programme, MRC Laboratories, Banjul, The Gambia
    FEMS Immunol Med Microbiol 58:102-5. 2010

Detail Information

Publications5

  1. ncbi Placental malaria is associated with reduced early life weight development of affected children independent of low birth weight
    Brigitte Walther
    MRC Laboratories, Atlantic Boulevard, Fajara, PO Box 273 Banjul, The Gambia
    Malar J 9:16. 2010
    ..However, little is known about the possible direct impact of the specific disease processes occurring in PM on longer term outcomes such as subsequent retarded growth development independent of LBW...
  2. ncbi Prescribing practice for malaria following introduction of artemether-lumefantrine in an urban area with declining endemicity in West Africa
    Joseph U Okebe
    Malaria Programme, Medical Research Council UK, Atlantic Boulevard, Fajara, PO Box 273 Banjul, The Gambia
    Malar J 9:180. 2010
    ..The study presented here describes prescribing practices for malaria at health facilities in a West African country...
  3. ncbi The breadth, but not the magnitude, of circulating memory B cell responses to P. falciparum increases with age/exposure in an area of low transmission
    Sarah I Nogaro
    Medical Research Council Laboratories, Fajara, Banjul, The Gambia
    PLoS ONE 6:e25582. 2011
    ..Immunity against symptoms of malaria requires repeated exposure, suggesting either that the parasite is poorly immunogenic or that the development of effective immune responses to malaria may be impaired...
  4. ncbi Comparison of surveillance methods applied to a situation of low malaria prevalence at rural sites in The Gambia and Guinea Bissau
    Judith Satoguina
    Medical Research Council Laboratories, Fajara, PO Box 273 Banjul, The Gambia
    Malar J 8:274. 2009
    ..This study aims to provide parasite prevalence data from three sites in the Gambia and Guinea Bissau, respectively, and compares the usefulness of PCR, rapid diagnostic tests (RDT), serology and slide-microscopy for surveillance...
  5. ncbi Differences between tuberculosis cases infected with Mycobacterium africanum, West African type 2, relative to Euro-American Mycobacterium tuberculosis: an update
    Bouke C de Jong
    Bacterial Diseases Programme, MRC Laboratories, Banjul, The Gambia
    FEMS Immunol Med Microbiol 58:102-5. 2010
    ..In addition, they had worse disease on chest X-ray, despite complaining of cough for an equal duration, and were more likely severely malnourished. In this cohort, the prevalence of MAF did not change significantly over a 7-year period...