By Mr William Saila Pomat

Journal articles

Lisciandro JG; Prescott SL; Nadal-Sims MG; Devitt CJ; Pomat W; Siba PM; Holt PG; Strickland D; van den Biggelaar AHJ, 2012, 'Comparison of neonatal T regulatory cell function in Papua New Guinean and Australian newborns.', Pediatr Allergy Immunol, 23, pp. 173 - 180, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1399-3038.2011.01242.x

Jackson KJ; Wang Y; Gaeta BA; Pomat W; Siba PM; Sewell WA; Collins AM, 2012, 'Divergent human populations show extensive shared IGK rearrangements in peripheral blood B cells', Immunogenetics, 64, pp. 3 - 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00251-011-0559-z

van den Biggelaar AHJ; Pomat WS; Phuanukoonnon S; Michael A; Aho C; Nadal-Sims MA; Devitt CJ; Jacoby PA; Hales BJ; Smith W-A; Mitchell T; Wiertsema S; Richmond P; Siba P; Holt PG; Lehmann D, 2012, 'Effect of early carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae on the development of pneumococcal protein-specific cellular immune responses in infancy.', Pediatr Infect Dis J, 31, pp. 243 - 248, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/INF.0b013e318245a5a8

Lisciandro JG; Prescott SL; Nadal-Sims MG; Devitt CJ; Richmond PC; Pomat W; Siba PM; Holt PG; Strickland DH; van den Biggelaar AHJ, 2012, 'Neonatal antigen-presenting cells are functionally more quiescent in children born under traditional compared with modern environmental conditions.', J Allergy Clin Immunol, 130, pp. 1167 - 1174.e10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaci.2012.06.005

Lisciandro JG; Prescott SL; Nadal-Sims MG; Devitt CJ; Pomat W; Siba PM; Tulic MC; Holt PG; Strickland D; van den Biggelaar AHJ, 2012, 'Ontogeny of Toll-like and NOD-like receptor-mediated innate immune responses in Papua New Guinean infants.', PLoS One, 7, pp. e36793, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0036793

Chidlow GR; Laing IA; Harnett GB; Greenhill AR; Phuanukoonnon S; Siba PM; Pomat WS; Shellam GR; Smith DW; Lehmann D, 2012, 'Respiratory viral pathogens associated with lower respiratory tract disease among young children in the highlands of Papua New Guinea.', J Clin Virol, 54, pp. 235 - 239, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcv.2012.04.008

van den Biggelaar AHJ; Pomat W; Bosco A; Phuanukoonnon S; Devitt CJ; Nadal-Sims MA; Siba PM; Richmond PC; Lehmann D; Holt PG, 2011, 'Pneumococcal conjugate vaccination at birth in a high-risk setting: no evidence for neonatal T-cell tolerance.', Vaccine, 29, pp. 5414 - 5420, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2011.05.065

Wang Y; Jackson KJ; Gaeta BA; Pomat W; Rim ; Sewell WA; Collins AM, 2011, 'Genomic screening by 454 pyrosequencing identifies a new human IGHV gene and sixteen other new IGHV allelic variants', Immunogenetics, 63, pp. 259 - 265, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00251-010-0510-8

Wang Y; Jackson KJ; Chen Z; Gaeta BA; Siba P; Pomat W; Walpole E; Rimmer J; Sewell WA; Collins AM, 2011, 'IgE sequences in individuals living in an area of endemic parasitism show little mutational evidence of antigen selection', Scandinavian Journal of Immunology, 73, pp. 496 - 504, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3083.2011.02525.x

Pomat WS; Greenhill AR; Lehmann D, 2010, 'Pneumonia in Papua New Guinea: lessons learnt for the way forward.', Papua and New Guinea medical journal, 53, pp. 89 - 93

Phuanukoonnon S; Reeder JC; Pomat WS; Van den Biggelaar AH; Holt PG; Saleu G; Opa C; Michael A; Aho C; Yoannes M; Francis J; Orami T; Namuigi P; Siba PM; Richmond PC; Lehmann D; Neonatal Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine Trial Study Team , 2010, 'A neonatal pneumococcal conjugate vaccine trial in Papua New guinea: study population, methods and operational challenges.', Papua and New Guinea medical journal, 53, pp. 191 - 206

Greenhill A; Pomat W; Duke T; Lagani W; Mokela D; Lehmann D, 2010, 'The role of biomedical research in the fight against pneumonia in Papua New Guinea.', P N G Med J, 53, pp. 1 - 4, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22768473

van den Biggelaar AHJ; Richmond PC; Pomat WS; Phuanukoonnon S; Nadal-Sims MA; Devitt CJ; Siba PM; Lehmann D; Holt PG, 2009, 'Neonatal pneumococcal conjugate vaccine immunization primes T cells for preferential Th2 cytokine expression: a randomized controlled trial in Papua New Guinea.', Vaccine, 27, pp. 1340 - 1347, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2008.12.046

Francis JP; Richmond PC; Pomat WS; Michael A; Keno H; Phuanukoonnon S; Nelson JB; Whinnen M; Heinrich T; Smith W-A; Prescott SL; Holt PG; Siba PM; Lehmann D; van den Biggelaar AHJ, 2009, 'Maternal antibodies to pneumolysin but not to pneumococcal surface protein A delay early pneumococcal carriage in high-risk Papua New Guinean infants.', Clin Vaccine Immunol, 16, pp. 1633 - 1638, http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/CVI.00247-09

van den Biggelaar AHJ; Prescott SL; Roponen M; Nadal-Sims MA; Devitt CJ; Phuanukoonnon S; Pomat W; Tulic MK; Lehmann D; Siba PM; Richmond PC; Holt PG, 2009, 'Neonatal innate cytokine responses to BCG controlling T-cell development vary between populations.', J Allergy Clin Immunol, 124, pp. 544 - 550.e2, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaci.2009.03.040

Lehmann D; Pomat WS; Riley ID; Alpers MP, 2003, 'Studies of maternal immunisation with pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine in Papua New Guinea.', Vaccine, 21, pp. 3446 - 3450, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0264-410x(03)00348-7

Lehmann D; Pomat WS; Combs B; Dyke T; Alpers MP, 2002, 'Maternal immunization with pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine in the highlands of Papua New Guinea.', Vaccine, 20, pp. 1837 - 1845, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0264-410x(02)00040-3

Pomat WS; Lehmann D; Sanders RC; Lewis DJ; Wilson J; Rogers S; Dyke T; Alpers MP, 1994, 'Immunoglobulin G antibody responses to polyvalent pneumococcal vaccine in children in the highlands of Papua New Guinea.', Infect Immun, 62, pp. 1848 - 1853, http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/iai.62.5.1848-1853.1994

POMAT WS; SMITH TA; SANDERS RC; WITT CS; MONTGOMERY J; LEHMANN D; ALPERS MP, 1993, 'LEVELS OF ANTIPNEUMOCOCCAL ANTIBODIES IN YOUNG-CHILDREN IN PAPUA-NEW-GUINEA', EPIDEMIOLOGY AND INFECTION, 111, pp. 109 - 119, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0950268800056739

Witt CS; Pomat W; Lehmann D; Alpers MP, 1991, 'Antibodies to pneumococcal polysaccharides in pneumonia and response to pneumococcal vaccination in young children in Papua New Guinea.', Clin Exp Immunol, 83, pp. 219 - 224, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2249.1991.tb05618.x

Witt CS; Pomat W, 1991, 'Immune function risk factors for acute lower respiratory tract infections.', P N G Med J, 34, pp. 211 - 214, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1750266

Witt CS; Montgomery JM; Pomat W; Lehmann D; Alpers MP, 1990, 'Detection of Streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenzae type b antigens in the serum and urine of patients with pneumonia in Papua New Guinea: comparison of latex agglutination and counterimmunoelectrophoresis.', Rev Infect Dis, 12 Suppl 8, pp. S1001 - S1005, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/clinids/12.supplement_8.s1001

Witt CS; Pomat W; Alpers MP, 1989, 'Pneumococcal antibody concentrations in young Papua New Guinean Highland children with pneumonia.', Pediatr Infect Dis J, 8, pp. 533 - 534, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/00006454-198908000-00013

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