Newcastle University

Qualifications

MD
MRCP
MBBS

Research Interests

Principle research interest: Helicobacter pylori infection in childhood; factors influencing disease outcome and nutrition

Other research interests: Undernutrition in childhood and neurodevelopment

Future Research

Helicobacter pylori in Childhood

• Secka O, Thomas JE, Berg DE, Antonio M, Tapgun M, Thomas V, Walton R, Corrah T, Bottomley C, Adegbola RA. Prevalence of CAGA and VACA genes in helicobacter pylori from the Gambia in relation to disease phenotype. In: Helicobacter: Abstracts of the XXIVth International Workshop on Helicobacter and related bacteria in chronic digestive inflammation and gastric cancer. 2011, Dublin: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
• Thomas JE, Dale A, Bunn JEG, Harding M, Coward WA, Cole TJ, Weaver LT. Early Helicobacter pylori colonisation: The association with growth faltering in The Gambia. Archives of Disease in Childhood 2004,89 12 1149-1154.
• Campbell DI, Pearce MS, Parker L, Thomas JE. IgG Subclass Responses in Childhood Helicobacter pylori Duodenal Ulcer: Evidence of T-Helper Cell Type 2 Responses. Helicobacter 2004, 9(4), 289-292.
• McNulty SL, Mole BM, Dailidiene D, Segal I, Ally R, Mistry R, Secka O, Adegbola RA, Thomas JE, Lenarcic EM, Peek RM, Berg DE, Forsyth MH. Novel 180- and 480-base-pair insertions in African and African-American strains of Helicobacter pylori. Journal of Clinical Microbiology 2004,42 12 5658-5663.
• Thomas JE, Bunn JEG, Kleanthous H, Monath TP, Harding M, Coward WA, Weaver LT. Specific immunoglobulin A antibodies in maternal milk and delayed Helicobacter pylori colonization in Gambian infants. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2004,39 8 1155-1160.
• Bunn JEG, MacKay WG, Thomas JE, Reid DC, Weaver LT. Detection of Helicobacter pylori DNA in drinking water biofilms: implications for transmission in early life. Letters in Applied Microbiology 2002, 34(6), 450-454.
• Campbell DI, Warren BF, Thomas JE, Figura N, Telford JL, Sullivan PB. The African enigma: Low prevalence of gastric atrophy, high prevalence of chronic inflammation in West African adults and children. Helicobacter 2001, 6(4), 263-267.
• Kersulyte D, Mukhopadhyay AK, Velapatino B, Su WW, Pan ZJ, Garcia C, Hernandez V, Valdez Y, Mistry RS, Gilman RH, Yuan Y, Gao H, Alarcon T, Lopez-Brea M, Nair GB, Chowdhury A, Datta S, Shirai M, Nakazawa T, Ally R, Segal I, Wong BCY, Lam SK, Olfat FO, Boren T, Engstrand L, Torres O, Schneider R, Thomas JE, Czinn S, Berg DE. Differences in genotypes of Helicobacter pylori from different human populations. Journal of Bacteriology 2000, 182(11), 3210-3218.
• Thomas JE, Dale A, Harding M, Coward WA, Cole TJ, Weaver LT. Helicobacter pylori colonization in early life. Pediatr Res 1999, 45, 218-223.
• Thomas JE, Dale A, Harding M, Coward WA, Cole TJ, Sullivan PB, Campbell DI, Warren BF, Weaver LT. Interpreting the C-13-urea breath test among a large population of young children from a developing country. Pediatr Res 1999, 46, 147-151.