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D. James Nokes
Researcher at Wellcome Trust
Publications - 161
Citations - 7976
D. James Nokes is an academic researcher from Wellcome Trust. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 35, co-authored 133 publications receiving 6220 citations. Previous affiliations of D. James Nokes include University of Warwick & Kenya Medical Research Institute.
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Quantifying social contacts in a household setting of rural Kenya using wearable proximity sensors
Moses C. Kiti,Michele Tizzoni,Timothy M. Kinyanjui,Timothy M. Kinyanjui,Dorothy C. Koech,Patrick K. Munywoki,Milosch Meriac,Luca Cappa,André Panisson,Alain Barrat,Alain Barrat,Ciro Cattuto,D. James Nokes,D. James Nokes +13 more
TL;DR: The results show for a low resource setting how wearable proximity sensors can be used to objectively collect high-resolution temporal data without direct supervision and appear acceptable in this population following adequate community engagement on study procedures.
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Evaluating vaccination strategies for reducing infant respiratory syncytial virus infection in low-income settings
Piero Poletti,Stefano Merler,Marco Ajelli,Piero Manfredi,Patrick K. Munywoki,D. James Nokes,D. James Nokes,Alessia Melegaro +7 more
TL;DR: Preliminary evaluations of RSV transmission patterns in a rural setting of Kenya support the efforts to develop vaccines and related strategies that go beyond targeting vaccines to those at highest risk of severe disease.
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Factors associated with increased risk of progression to respiratory syncytial virus‐associated pneumonia in young Kenyan children*
Emelda A. Okiro,Mwanajuma Ngama,Ann Bett,Patricia A. Cane,Graham F. Medley,D. James Nokes,D. James Nokes +6 more
TL;DR: To isolate those risk factors specifically associated with RSV‐LRTI and identify targets for control, it is necessary to identify factors associated with developing severe respiratory syncytial virus pneumonia and their commonality with all‐cause lower respiratory tract infection.
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Molecular Analysis of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Reinfections in Infants from Coastal Kenya
Paul D. Scott,Rachel Ochola,Mwanajuma Ngama,Emelda A. Okiro,D. James Nokes,D. James Nokes,Graham F. Medley,Patricia A. Cane,Patricia A. Cane +8 more
TL;DR: These are the first data that specifically address strain-specific reinfections in infancy in relation to the primary infecting variant and suggest that, following primary infection, some infants lose strain- specific immunity within 7-9 months (between epidemics) and group-specific immunity within 2-4 months (during an epidemic period).
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Sensitivity of hospital-based surveillance for severe disease: a geographic information system analysis of access to care in Kilifi district, Kenya
Jennifer C. Moïsi,D. James Nokes,Hellen Gatakaa,Thomas N. Williams,Evasius Bauni,Orin S. Levine,J. Anthony G. Scott +6 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explored the relationship between homestead distance to hospital and access to care and to estimate the sensitivity of hospital-based surveillance in Kilifi district, Kenya.