Seeking diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers for childhood bacterial pneumonia in sub-Saharan Africa: study protocol for an observational study

• Julio Ramírez,
• Quique Bassat,
• Wilco de Jager,
• Grant A Mackenzie,
• Umberto D’Alessandro,
• Clarissa Valim,
• Yekin Ajauoi Olatunji,
• Yasir Shitu Isa,
• Rasheed Salaudeen,
• Sarwar Golam,
• Edward F Knol,
• Sheriffo Kanyi,
• Abdoulie Jammeh,
• Alejandro A Diaz,
• Roger C Wiegand,
• Marsha A Moses

Affiliations

Julio Ramírez

Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, USA

Quique Bassat

Hospital Clínic, Universitat de Barcelona, ISGlobal, Barcelona, Spain

Wilco de Jager

Center of Translational Immunology, Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Grant A Mackenzie

Medical Research Council Unit, The Gambia at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Fajara, The Gambia

Umberto D’Alessandro

Disease Elimination and Control, Medical Research Council Unit, Fajara, Gambia

Clarissa Valim

Department of Global Health, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Yekin Ajauoi Olatunji

Medical Research Council Unit, The Gambia at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Fajara, The Gambia

Yasir Shitu Isa

Medical Research Council Unit, The Gambia at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Fajara, The Gambia

Rasheed Salaudeen

Medical Research Council Unit, The Gambia at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Fajara, The Gambia

Sarwar Golam

Medical Research Council Unit, The Gambia at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Fajara, The Gambia

Edward F Knol

Center of Translational Immunology, Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Sheriffo Kanyi

Bansang Hospital, Bansang, The Gambia

Abdoulie Jammeh

Basse Hospital, Basse, The Gambia

Alejandro A Diaz

Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Roger C Wiegand

Independent Researcher, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Marsha A Moses

Vascular Biology Program, Children’s Hospital Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, USA