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Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine Impact Study (PCVIS)

Principal Investigator(s): 
Anthony Scott
Other Investigator(s): 
Susan Morpeth
Other Investigator(s): 
Laura L Hammitt

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Francis Ndungu

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Email: 
fndunguatkilifi [dot] kemri-wellcome [dot] org
Group: 
Molecular Parasitology and Immunology

Immunity to malaria is slow to develop, is non-sterilising and wanes rapidly when immune adults migrate to non-endemic regions, suggesting that specific problems exist in the establishment and main

Margaret Mackinnon

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Email: 
mmackinnonatkilifi [dot] kemri-wellcome [dot] org
Group: 
Molecular Parasitology and Immunology

What is it that causes pathogens to harm their host? In my lab, we study the evolutionary pressures, and the biology underlying them, that make pathogens virulent.

Anthony Scott

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Email: 
ascottatkilifi [dot] kemri-wellcome [dot] org
Group: 
Epidemiological and Demographic Surveillance System (EPI-DSS)

Anthony Scott leads a programme of research studying invasive bacterial disease, principally pneumococcal disease.

Patricia Njuguna

Email: 
pnjugunaatkilifi [dot] kemri-wellcome [dot] org
Group: 
Clinical Group

Patricia Wambui Njuguna is Paediatrician based in Kilifi, Kenya. She graduated with a Masters in Medicine (Paediatrics and Child Health) (University of Nairobi) in 2006.

Identifying the merozoite targets of naturally acquired immunity to malaria

Principal Investigator(s): 
Faith Osier

We are currently studying antibody responses to a panel of merozoite antigens that are leading candidates for malaria blood stage vaccines including Merozoite surface proteins (MSP) -1, -2 and -3, Apical membrane antigen 1 (AMA-1), Erythrocyte binding antigen 175 (EBA-175) and Glutamate rich protein (GLURP).

Reactogenicity and immunogenicity of 10-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in children

Full Title: 
Reactogenicity and immunogenicity of 10-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in children aged 12-59 months
Principal Investigator(s): 
Laura L Hammitt

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Laura L Hammitt

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Email: 
lhammittatkilifi [dot] kemri-wellcome [dot] org
Group: 
Epidemiological and Demographic Surveillance System (EPI-DSS)

Philip Bejon

Email: 
pbejonatkilifi [dot] kemri-wellcome [dot] org
Group: 
Clinical Group

I work with Ally Olotu, Roma Chilengi and Patricia Njuguna on a series of field trials on the candidate malaria vaccine RTS,S/AS01E.