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Sheikh Jarju

MRC Unit the Gambia(GM)

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Sheikh Jarju is an academic researcher from MRC Unit the Gambia. The author has contributed to research in topics: Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections & Respiratory viral infections research & Influenza Virus Research Studies. The author has an h-index of 22, co-authored 60 publications.

ORCID: 0000-0003-2621-8406

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Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections Respiratory viral infections research Influenza Virus Research Studies SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Bacterial Infections and Vaccines

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Effect of the introduction of pneumococcal conjugate vaccination on invasive pneumococcal disease in The Gambia: a population-based surveillance study

2016 · The Lancet Infectious Diseases · 183 citations

https://doi.org/10.1016/s1473-3099(16)00054-2

Grant Mackenzie Philip C. Hill David Jeffries Ilias Hossain

Risk factors for Group B Streptococcus colonisation and disease in Gambian women and their infants

2016 · Journal of Infection · 75 citations

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jinf.2015.12.014

Kirsty Le Doaré Sheikh Jarju Saffiatou Darboe Fiona Warburton

Associations between nasopharyngeal carriage of Group B Streptococcus and other respiratory pathogens during early infancy

2016 · BMC Microbiology · 19 citations

https://doi.org/10.1186/s12866-016-0714-7

Ebenezer Foster-Nyarko Brenda Kwambana-Adams Odutola Aderonke Fatima Ceesay

Genomic epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 infections in The Gambia: an analysis of routinely collected surveillance data between March, 2020, and January, 2022

2023 · The Lancet Global Health · 16 citations

https://doi.org/10.1016/s2214-109x(22)00553-8

Abdoulie Kanteh Haruna S. Jallow Jarra Manneh Bakary Sanyang

Interactions between live attenuated influenza vaccine and nasopharyngeal microbiota among children aged 24–59 months in The Gambia: a phase 4, open-label, randomised controlled trial

2025 · The Lancet Microbe · 5 citations

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lanmic.2024.100971

Chikondi Peno Ya Jankey Jagne Mélanie Clerc Carlos Balcazar Lopez

Evaluating clinical decision rules and rapid diagnostic tests for the diagnosis of Streptococcus pyogenes pharyngitis in Gambian children: A diagnostic accuracy study

2025 · Journal of Infection · 3 citations

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jinf.2025.106546

Edwin P. Armitage Elina Senghore Fatoumata E. Camara Sheikh Jarju

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Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections

Respiratory viral infections research

Influenza Virus Research Studies

SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research

Bacterial Infections and Vaccines

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