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List of works by Melanie J Newport

A mixed-methods study on perceptions towards use of Rapid Ethical Assessment to improve informed consent processes for health research in a low-income setting

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A mutation in the interferon-gamma-receptor gene and susceptibility to mycobacterial infection

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A research methodology study to map the process of initiating and operating a randomised controlled trial of podoconiosis treatment in Northern Ethiopia

scientific article published on 29 November 2013

An Improved F(st) Estimator

scientific article published on 28 August 2015

Association scan of 14,500 nonsynonymous SNPs in four diseases identifies autoimmunity variants

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Baseline Cytokine Profiles of Tuberculin-Specific CD4+ T Cells in Non–Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer May Predict Outcomes of BCG Immunotherapy

scientific article published on 17 August 2018

Clinical and pharmacogenomic implications of genetic variation in a Southern Ethiopian population

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Clinical features of dominant and recessive interferon γ receptor 1 deficiencies

scientific article published in The Lancet

Cluster randomized trial assessing the effects of rapid ethical assessment on informed consent comprehension in a low-resource setting

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Comparative high-resolution analysis of linkage disequilibrium and tag single nucleotide polymorphisms between populations in the vitamin D receptor gene

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Delay in motor development of twins in Africa: a prospective cohort study

scientific article published in August 2003

Epidemiology and individual, household and geographical risk factors of podoconiosis in Ethiopia: results from the first nationwide mapping

scientific article published on 17 November 2014

Erratum: Genome-wide association analyses identifies a susceptibility locus for tuberculosis on chromosome 18q11.2

scholarly article published in Nature Genetics

Estimating the number of cases of podoconiosis in Ethiopia using geostatistical methods.

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Evaluation of a prediction protocol to identify potential targets of epigenetic reprogramming by the cancer associated Epstein Barr virus

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Genetic studies of African populations: an overview on disease susceptibility and response to vaccines and therapeutics

scientific article published on 30 May 2008

Genome-wide association analyses identifies a susceptibility locus for tuberculosis on chromosome 18q11.2.

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Genome-wide association studies and susceptibility to infectious diseases

scientific article published on March 1, 2011

Genome-wide association study of 14,000 cases of seven common diseases and 3,000 shared controls

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HLA class II locus and susceptibility to podoconiosis

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Hepatitis E infection is an under recognized cause of acute decompensation in patients with chronic liver disease

scientific article published on May 15, 2012

Hepatobiliary infections due to non-capsulated Haemophilus influenzae

scientific article published on April 28, 2011

IFNGR1 gene promoter polymorphisms and susceptibility to cerebral malaria

scientific article published on 17 May 2002

Impact of social stigma on the process of obtaining informed consent for genetic research on podoconiosis: a qualitative study

scientific article published on 22 August 2009

Individual correlates of podoconiosis in areas of varying endemicity: a case-control study

scientific article published on 5 December 2013

Influence of Mycobacterium bovis Bacillus Calmette-Guerin on Antibody and Cytokine Responses to Human Neonatal Vaccination

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Integrated mapping of lymphatic filariasis and podoconiosis: lessons learnt from Ethiopia

scientific article published on 27 August 2014

Interferon-gamma-receptor deficiency in an infant with fatal bacille Calmette-Guérin infection

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Interleukin‐10, Polymorphism inSLC11A1(formerlyNRAMP1), and Susceptibility to Tuberculosis

scientific article published on 22 November 2002

Mapping and Modelling the Geographical Distribution and Environmental Limits of Podoconiosis in Ethiopia

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Modelling environmental factors correlated with podoconiosis: a geospatial study of non-filarial elephantiasis

scientific article published on 20 June 2014

Natural variation in immune responses to neonatal Mycobacterium bovis Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) Vaccination in a Cohort of Gambian infants

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Novel genomic signals of recent selection in an Ethiopian population

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Oedema with proteinuria in Gambian children--a descriptive study.

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Podoconiosis treatment in northern Ethiopia (GoLBet): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial

scientific article published on 16 July 2015

Podoconiosis: a tropical model for gene-environment interactions?

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Polymorphism in IL1B: IL1B-511 association with tuberculosis and decreased lipopolysaccharide-induced IL-1beta in IFN-gamma primed ex-vivo whole blood assay

scientific article published in January 2005

Polymorphism in NOD2, Crohn's disease, and susceptibility to pulmonary tuberculosis

scientific article published in June 2004

Polymorphism in the Interferon‐γ Receptor‐1 Gene and Susceptibility to Pulmonary Tuberculosis in The Gambia

scientific article published on 01 October 2003

Population differences in immune responses to Bacille Calmette-Guérin vaccination in infancy

scientific article published on March 2009

Prediction of HLA class II alleles using SNPs in an African population

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Prevalence of Nontuberculous Mycobacteria in Cystic Fibrosis Clinics, United Kingdom, 2009

scientific article published on July 1, 2013

Proceedings of a joint meeting between the Norwegian Society of Infectious Diseases and the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Oslo, 20 June 2008.

scientific article published on 27 December 2008

Rapid Ethical Appraisal: A tool to design a contextualized consent process for a genetic study of podoconiosis in Ethiopia

scholarly article by Tewodros Tariku Gebresilase et al published 10 October 2017 in Wellcome Open Research

Spatial distribution of podoconiosis in relation to environmental factors in Ethiopia: a historical review

scientific article (publication date: 2013)

Tailoring consent to context: designing an appropriate consent process for a biomedical study in a low income setting

scientific article published on 21 July 2009

The Art of HIV Elimination: Past and Present Science

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The specialty choices of graduates from Brighton and Sussex Medical School: a longitudinal cohort study

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Understanding of research, genetics and genetic research in a rapid ethical assessment in north west Cameroon

scientific article published on 12 May 2015

Variation in Toll-like receptor 4 and susceptibility to group A meningococcal meningitis in Gambian children

scientific article published in November 2003