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Kalifa Bojang
Researcher at University of London
Publications - 124
Citations - 9578
Kalifa Bojang is an academic researcher from University of London. The author has contributed to research in topics: Malaria & Population. The author has an hindex of 47, co-authored 116 publications receiving 8542 citations. Previous affiliations of Kalifa Bojang include Medical Research Council & Center for Excellence in Education.
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Artesunate versus quinine in the treatment of severe falciparum malaria in African children (AQUAMAT): an open-label, randomised trial.
Arjen M. Dondorp,Caterina I. Fanello,Ilse C. E. Hendriksen,Ermelinda Gomes,Amir Seni,Kajal D. Chhaganlal,Kalifa Bojang,Rasaq Olaosebikan,Nkechinyere Anunobi,Kathryn Maitland,Esther Kivaya,Tsiri Agbenyega,Samuel Blay Nguah,Jennifer R Evans,Samwel Gesase,Catherine Kahabuka,George Mtove,Behzad Nadjm,Jacqueline L. Deen,Juliet Mwanga-Amumpaire,Margaret Nansumba,Corine Karema,Noella Umulisa,Aline Uwimana,Olugbenga A. Mokuolu,Olanrewaju T. Adedoyin,W B Johnson,Antoinette Tshefu,Marie A. Onyamboko,Tharisara Sakulthaew,Wirichada Pan Ngum,Kamolrat Silamut,Kasia Stepniewska,Charles J. Woodrow,D. Bethell,Bridget Wills,Martina Oneko,Tim E. A. Peto,Lorenz von Seidlein,Nicholas P. J. Day,Nicholas J. White +40 more
TL;DR: Parenteral artesunate should replace quinine as the treatment of choice for severe falciparum malaria worldwide, according to evidence from Asia, and substantially reduces mortality in African children with severe malaria.
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Efficacy of RTS, S/AS02 malaria vaccine against Plasmodium falciparum infection in semi-immune adult men in The Gambia: a randomised trial
Kalifa Bojang,Paul Milligan,Margaret Pinder,Laurence Vigneron,Ali Alloueche,Kent E. Kester,W. Ripley Ballou,David J. Conway,William H. H. Reece,Philip Gothard,Lawrence Yamuah,Martine Delchambre,Gerald Voss,Brian Greenwood,Adrian V. S. Hill,Keith P. W. J. McAdam,Nadia Tornieporth,Joe Cohen,Tom Doherty +18 more
TL;DR: RTS,S/AS02 is safe, immunogenic, and is the first pre-erythrocytic vaccine to show significant protection against natural P. falciparum infection in semi-immune adult men in The Gambia.
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The African Genome Variation Project shapes medical genetics in Africa
Deepti Gurdasani,Tommy Carstensen,Tommy Carstensen,Fasil Tekola-Ayele,Luca Pagani,Ioanna Tachmazidou,Konstantinos Hatzikotoulas,Savita Karthikeyan,Savita Karthikeyan,Louise Iles,Martin O. Pollard,Ananyo Choudhury,Graham R. S. Ritchie,Yali Xue,Jennifer L. Asimit,Rebecca N. Nsubuga,Elizabeth H. Young,Elizabeth H. Young,Cristina Pomilla,Cristina Pomilla,Katja Kivinen,K Rockett,Anatoli Kamali,Ayo P. Doumatey,Gershim Asiki,Janet Seeley,Fatoumatta Sisay-Joof,Muminatou Jallow,Stephen Tollman,Ephrem Mekonnen,Rosemary Ekong,Tamiru Oljira,Neil Bradman,Kalifa Bojang,Michèle Ramsay,Adebowale Adeyemo,Endashaw Bekele,Ayesha A. Motala,Shane A. Norris,Fraser J. Pirie,Pontiano Kaleebu,Dominic P. Kwiatkowski,Chris Tyler-Smith,Charles N. Rotimi,Eleftheria Zeggini,Manjinder S. Sandhu,Manjinder S. Sandhu +46 more
TL;DR: It is shown that modern imputation panels (sets of reference genotypes from which unobserved or missing genotypes in study sets can be inferred) can identify association signals at highly differentiated loci across populations in sub-Saharan Africa.
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Changes in malaria indices between 1999 and 2007 in The Gambia: a retrospective analysis
Serign J. Ceesay,Climent Casals-Pascual,Jamie Erskine,Jamie Erskine,Samuel E Anya,Samuel E Anya,Nancy O. Duah,Anthony J. C. Fulford,Anthony J. C. Fulford,Sanie S. S. Sesay,Ismaela Abubakar,Samuel Dunyo,Omar Sey,Ayo Palmer,Malang Fofana,Tumani Corrah,Kalifa Bojang,Hilton Whittle,Brian Greenwood,David J. Conway,David J. Conway +20 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated the changes in malaria indices in this country, and the causes and public health significance of these changes, concluding that a large proportion of the malaria burden has been alleviated in The Gambia.
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Changes in malaria indices between 1999 and 2007 in The Gambia : a retrospective analysis. Commentary
Peter Byass,Serign J. Ceesay,Climent Casals-Pascual,Jamie Erskine,Samuel E Anya,Nancy O. Duah,Anthony J. C. Fulford,Sanie S. S. Sesay,Ismaela Abubakar,Samuel K. Dunyo,Omar Sey,Ayo Palmer,Malang Fofana,Tumani Corrah,Kalifa Bojang,Hilton Whittle,Brian Greenwood,David J. Conway +17 more
TL;DR: A large proportion of the malaria burden has been alleviated in The Gambia and the results encourage consideration of a policy to eliminate malaria as a public-health problem, while emphasising the importance of accurate and continuous surveillance.