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| Grant Austin MackenzieSummaryAffiliation: Medical Research Council Laboratories Country: The Gambia Publications
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Monitoring the introduction of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines into West Africa: design and implementation of a population-based surveillance systemGrant A Mackenzie
MRC Unit, Fajara and Basse stations, The Gambia, West Africa
PLoS Med 9:e1001161. 2012..This surveillance system is expected to provide crucial information for immunisation policy and serves as a potential model for those introducing routine PCV vaccination in diverse settings...
Pneumococcal vaccination and otitis media in Australian Aboriginal infants: comparison of two birth cohorts before and after introduction of vaccinationGrant Austin Mackenzie
Bacterial Diseases Program, Medical Research Council UK Laboratories, Fajara, Gambia
BMC Pediatr 9:14. 2009..We assessed the effectiveness of pneumococcal vaccination for prevention of otitis media in this setting...
A decline in the incidence of invasive non-typhoidal Salmonella infection in The Gambia temporally associated with a decline in malaria infectionGrant Mackenzie
Medical Research Council United Kingdom The Gambia, Fajara, The Gambia
PLoS ONE 5:e10568. 2010..Malaria is a risk factor for invasive non-typhoidal Salmonella (NTS) infection in children. In the last 10 years, indices of malaria infection in The Gambia have fallen substantially...
Epidemiology of nasopharyngeal carriage of respiratory bacterial pathogens in children and adults: cross-sectional surveys in a population with high rates of pneumococcal diseaseGrant A Mackenzie
Child Health Division, Menzies School of Health Research, Darwin, Australia
BMC Infect Dis 10:304. 2010..To determine the prevalence of carriage of respiratory bacterial pathogens, and the risk factors for and serotype distribution of pneumococcal carriage in an Australian Aboriginal population...
