{"id":1469,"date":"2025-02-21T22:57:51","date_gmt":"2025-02-21T22:57:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/cirg\/?post_type=people&#038;p=1469"},"modified":"2025-11-13T10:33:21","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T10:33:21","slug":"dr-oliver-koch","status":"publish","type":"people","link":"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/cirg\/people\/dr-oliver-koch\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr Oliver Koch"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.kb-row-layout-id1469_9dbf6a-92 > .kt-row-column-wrap{align-content:center;}:where(.kb-row-layout-id1469_9dbf6a-92 > .kt-row-column-wrap) > .wp-block-kadence-column{justify-content:center;}.kb-row-layout-id1469_9dbf6a-92 > .kt-row-column-wrap{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);row-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);max-width:1520px;padding-top:60px;padding-right:60px;padding-bottom:100px;padding-left:60px;min-height:450px;grid-template-columns:repeat(2, minmax(0, 1fr));}.kb-row-layout-id1469_9dbf6a-92 > .kt-row-layout-overlay{opacity:0.30;}@media all and 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class=\"has-text-align-left has-link-color alignwide wp-elements-7f0e93526abd321ff1f7582370c35923 wp-block-post-title has-text-color has-standard-white-color\">Dr Oliver Koch<\/h1>\n\n<div class=\"has-text-align-left has-link-color cirg-screen-excerpt people-excerpt wp-elements-673e67c071a659143e2b05686475d045 wp-block-post-excerpt has-text-color has-standard-white-color\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Consultant in Infectious Diseases <\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<style>.kb-row-layout-id1469_4a4ecf-75 > .kt-row-column-wrap{align-content:start;}:where(.kb-row-layout-id1469_4a4ecf-75 > .kt-row-column-wrap) > .wp-block-kadence-column{justify-content:start;}.kb-row-layout-id1469_4a4ecf-75 > .kt-row-column-wrap{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);row-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);max-width:1280px;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;padding-top:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 1.5rem);padding-bottom:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 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.kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column1469_2d7e52-75{position:relative;}.kadence-column1469_2d7e52-75, .kt-inside-inner-col > .kadence-column1469_2d7e52-75:not(.specificity){margin-top:-70px;margin-bottom:15px;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kt-row-column-wrap > .kadence-column1469_2d7e52-75{align-self:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kt-inner-column-height-full:not(.kt-has-1-columns) > .wp-block-kadence-column.kadence-column1469_2d7e52-75{align-self:auto;}}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kt-inner-column-height-full:not(.kt-has-1-columns) > .wp-block-kadence-column.kadence-column1469_2d7e52-75 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column1469_2d7e52-75 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kt-row-column-wrap > .kadence-column1469_2d7e52-75{align-self:center;}.kt-inner-column-height-full:not(.kt-has-1-columns) > .wp-block-kadence-column.kadence-column1469_2d7e52-75{align-self:auto;}.kt-inner-column-height-full:not(.kt-has-1-columns) > .wp-block-kadence-column.kadence-column1469_2d7e52-75 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}.kadence-column1469_2d7e52-75 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column1469_2d7e52-75\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading alignwide\">Position:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Consultant in Infectious Diseases &amp; Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading alignwide\">Research Interests:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>COVID-19<br>Travel Medicine<br>Tropical Medicine<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading alignwide\">Projects\/Grants:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"\/cirg\/projects\/isaric-4c\/\">ISARIC4C<\/a>&nbsp;\u2013 Coronavirus Clinical Characterisation Consortium<br><a href=\"\/cirg\/projects\/recovery\/\">RECOVERY<\/a>&nbsp;\u2013 International clinical trial aiming to identify treatments that may be beneficial for adults hospitalised with confirmed COVID-19.<br><a href=\"\/cirg\/projects\/define\/\">DEFINE<\/a>&nbsp;\u2013 Phase 2 interventional trial is looking at various drug treatments in the treatment of COVID-19<br><a href=\"\/cirg\/projects\/heal-covid\/\">HEAL-COVID<\/a>&nbsp;\u2013 clinical trial to compare different treatments to determine whether they can improve the longer-term outcomes for patients who have been hospitalised due to COVID-19<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading alignwide\">Background:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>After graduating from the University of Witten \/ Herdecke Medical School (Germany) in 1999 Dr Oliver Koch undertook research focussed on genetic susceptibility to malaria and malaria parasite genetics at the University of Oxford. He completed his clinical training in Nottingham, London and Oxford with periods overseas in Thailand and Cambodia as part of a clinical lectureship. Since 2013 he has worked as a clinical consultant in Infectious Diseases for NHS Lothian. He has a particular interest in tuberculosis, travel &amp; tropical medicine. He is the clinical lead for high consequence infectious diseases and travel medicine for the Regional Infectious Diseases Unit, Edinburgh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide cirg-key-publications has-light-accent-blue-background-color has-background\" style=\"margin-top:40px;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:30px;padding-right:30px;padding-bottom:40px;padding-left:30px\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-26a12442 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading alignwide publications-header\">Key Publications<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-pb-accordion-item c-accordion__item js-accordion-item no-js\" data-initially-open=\"false\" data-click-to-close=\"true\" data-auto-close=\"true\" data-scroll=\"false\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\"><h2 id=\"at-146914\" class=\"c-accordion__title js-accordion-controller\" role=\"button\">2025<\/h2><div id=\"ac-146914\" class=\"c-accordion__content\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/academic.oup.com\/jtm\/advance-article\/doi\/10.1093\/jtm\/taaf094\/8249910\">Complementing the case for standardized travel health competencies: a UK perspective.<\/a> <strong>Koch, O.<\/strong>, Chiodini, J., Gannon, A., Bailey, M. S., Allen, S. H., Mclean, A., &amp; Ross, D. A. (2025). <em><strong>Journal of Travel Medicine<\/strong><\/em>, taaf094. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1093\/jtm\/taaf094<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S1477893925000778?via%3Dihub\">Yellow fever in South America\u2013A plea for action and call for prevention also in travelers from SLAMVI, ESGITM, EVASG, ALEIMC, GEPI-SEIMC, SEMEVI, and CMTZMV-ACIN.<\/a> Alfonso, J., Abdulaziz, H. A., Katime, A., \u00c1lvaro, A., Carlos, \u00c1. M., David, A., &#8230; <strong>Koch, O.<\/strong>, &#8230; &amp; Semevi, G. S. (2025).\u00a0<em><strong>Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease<\/strong><\/em>, 1-12. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.tmaid.2025.102871<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-pb-accordion-item c-accordion__item js-accordion-item no-js\" data-initially-open=\"false\" data-click-to-close=\"true\" data-auto-close=\"true\" data-scroll=\"false\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\"><h2 id=\"at-146928\" class=\"c-accordion__title js-accordion-controller\" role=\"button\">2023<\/h2><div id=\"ac-146928\" class=\"c-accordion__content\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S1477893923001357?via%3Dihub\">Human granulocytic anaplasmosis in a Scottish traveller returning from Canada.<\/a> Kelly, J., &amp; <strong>Koch, O.<\/strong> (2023). <em><strong>Travel medicine and infectious disease<\/strong><\/em>,\u00a0<em>56<\/em>, 102675. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.tmaid.2023.102675\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.tmaid.2023.102675<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S2590088923000410?via%3Dihub\">The PATH to PPE Mastery &#8211; Programme for Assessment and Training in HCID (High Consequence Infectious Diseases) PPE (Personal Protective Equipment), Mastery.<\/a>\u00a0 Mutch, C. P., Tiernan, J.,<strong> Koch, O.<\/strong>, &amp; Poller, B. (2023). <em><strong>Infection Prevention in Practice<\/strong><\/em>,\u00a0<em>5<\/em>(4), 100308. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.infpip.2023.100308. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.atsjournals.org\/doi\/10.1164\/rccm.202203-0477OC\">An Inhaled Galectin-3 Inhibitor in COVID-19 Pneumonitis (DEFINE): A Phase Ib\/IIa Randomised Controlled Trial.<\/a>&nbsp;Gaughan EE., Quinn TM., Mills A., Bruce AM., Antonelli J., MacKinnon A., Alanis V., Li F., O\u2019Connor R., Boz C., Mills R., Emanuel P., Burgess M., Rinaldi G., Valanciute A., Mills B., Scholefield E., Hardisty G., Gwyer Findlay E., Parker RA., Norrie J., Dear JW., Akram AR.,&nbsp;<strong>Koch O.<\/strong>, et al.&nbsp;<em><strong>Am J Respir Crit Care Med.<\/strong><\/em>&nbsp;<em>207(2):138-149. doi: 10.1164\/rccm.202203-0477OC.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-pb-accordion-item c-accordion__item js-accordion-item no-js\" data-initially-open=\"false\" data-click-to-close=\"true\" data-auto-close=\"true\" data-scroll=\"false\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\"><h2 id=\"at-146915\" class=\"c-accordion__title js-accordion-controller\" role=\"button\">2022<\/h2><div id=\"ac-146915\" class=\"c-accordion__content\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pure.ed.ac.uk\/ws\/portalfiles\/portal\/294007229\/RCPE_COVID_paper_2022.pdf\">Performance status: A key factor in predicting mortality in the first wave of COVID-19 in South-East Scotland.<\/a>&nbsp;Mutch CP., Ross DA., Bularga A., Cave RNR., Chase-Topping ME., Anand A., Mills NL.,&nbsp;<strong>Koch O.<\/strong>, Mackintosh CL., Perry MR.; DataLocj COVID-19 Collaborative.<strong><em>&nbsp;J R Coll Physicians Edinb.<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;<em>52(3):204-212. doi: 10.1177\/14782715221120137.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelancet.com\/journals\/ebiom\/article\/PIIS2352-3964(22)00040-8\/fulltext\">Randomised controlled trial of intravenous nafamostat mesylate in COVID pneumonitis: Phase 1b\/2a experimental study to investigate safety, Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics<\/a>. Quinn TM., Gaughan EE., Bruce A., Antonelli J., O\u2019Connor R., Li F., McNamara S.,&nbsp;<strong>Koch O.<\/strong>, et al.&nbsp;<em><strong>Ebiomedicine<\/strong>&nbsp;76:103856.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-pb-accordion-item c-accordion__item js-accordion-item no-js\" data-initially-open=\"false\" data-click-to-close=\"true\" data-auto-close=\"true\" data-scroll=\"false\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\"><h2 id=\"at-146916\" class=\"c-accordion__title js-accordion-controller\" role=\"button\">2021<\/h2><div id=\"ac-146916\" class=\"c-accordion__content\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/33823800\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Diagnostic performance of the combined nasal and throat swab in patients admitted to hospital with suspected COVID-19.<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;Lee K.K., Doudesis D., Ross D.A., Bularga A\u2026&nbsp;<strong>Koch O<\/strong>\u2026 Mills N.L.&nbsp;<em><strong>Bmc Infect Dis<\/strong>&nbsp;21, 318. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1186\/s12879-021-05976-1<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-pb-accordion-item c-accordion__item js-accordion-item no-js\" data-initially-open=\"false\" data-click-to-close=\"true\" data-auto-close=\"true\" data-scroll=\"false\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\"><h2 id=\"at-146917\" class=\"c-accordion__title js-accordion-controller\" role=\"button\">2020<\/h2><div id=\"ac-146917\" class=\"c-accordion__content\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/32234116\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) Community Testing Team in Scotland: A 14-day review, 6 to 20 February 2020.<\/a>&nbsp;Mark, K., Steel, K., Stevenson, J., Evans, C., McCormick, D., Willocks, L., McCallum, A., Jones, L., Johannessen, I.,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cirg-edinburgh.co.uk\/people\/dr-kate-templeton\/\">Templeton, K<\/a>.,&nbsp;<strong>Koch, O<\/strong>.,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cirg-edinburgh.co.uk\/people\/dr-claire-mackintosh\/\">Mackintosh, C<\/a>.&nbsp;<em><strong>European Communicable Disease Bulletin<\/strong>, 2020, 25(12). http:\/\/doi.org\/10.2807\/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.12.2000217<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/32408918\/\"><em>Two cases of imported respiratory diphtheria in Edinburgh, Scotland, October 2019.&nbsp;<\/em><\/a>Li, L., Ross, D., Hill, K., Clifford, S.,\u2026&nbsp;<strong>Koch, O.,&nbsp;<\/strong>\u2026Stevenson, J.&nbsp;<strong><em>Epidemiology and Infection,&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><em>2020, 1-11. http:\/\/doi.org\/10.1017\/S0950268820001028<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/32205138\/\"><em>The index case of SARS-CoV-2 in Scotland.&nbsp;<\/em><\/a>&nbsp;Hill, K. J., Russell, C. D., Clifford, S., Templeton, K., \u2026<strong>Koch, O., \u2026<\/strong>Sutherland, R. K.&nbsp;<strong><em>The Journal of Infection.&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><em>2020. http:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.jinf.2020.03.022<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/32420456\/\">Interferon-gamma polymorphisms and risk of iron deficiency and anaemia in Gambian children.<\/a>&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong>Abuga, K. M., Rockett, K. A., Muriuki, J. M.,&nbsp;<strong>Koch, O.,&nbsp;<\/strong>\u2026Atkinson, SH.&nbsp;<strong><em>Wellcome Open Research,&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><em>2020. 5, 40. http:\/\/doi.org\/10.12688\/wellcomeopenres.15750.1<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/31910823\/\">Case report: meningitis as a presenting feature of anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong>Stavrou, M., Yeo, J. M., Slater, A. D.,&nbsp;<strong>Koch, O.<\/strong>, Irani, S., &amp; Foley, P.&nbsp;<strong><em>BMC Infectious Diseases,&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><em>2020. (1), 21\u20134. http:\/\/doi.org\/10.1186\/s12879-020-4761-1<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/32414716\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Drive-through testing in COVID-19: experience from NHS Lothian.<\/a>&nbsp;Hill, K., Campbell, R., Mutch, C.,&nbsp;<strong>Koch, O<\/strong>., &amp;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cirg-edinburgh.co.uk\/people\/dr-claire-mackintosh\/\">Mackintosh, C<\/a>.&nbsp;<em><strong>Clinical Medicine<\/strong>&nbsp;(London, England), 20(3), 290\u2013291. http:\/\/doi.org\/10.7861\/clinmed.2020-0160<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-pb-accordion-item c-accordion__item js-accordion-item no-js\" data-initially-open=\"false\" data-click-to-close=\"true\" data-auto-close=\"true\" data-scroll=\"false\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\"><h2 id=\"at-146918\" class=\"c-accordion__title js-accordion-controller\" role=\"button\">2019<\/h2><div id=\"ac-146918\" class=\"c-accordion__content\">\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/31188340\/\">Successful reintroduction of tumour necrosis factor-alpha inhibition after treatment of disseminated Lyme borreliosis<\/a>. &nbsp;<\/em>Bulteel, N. S., Russell, C. D., Perry, M. R., &amp;&nbsp;<strong>Koch, O.&nbsp;<em>The Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh,&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><em>2019. 49(2), 122\u2013124. http:\/\/doi.org\/10.4997\/JRCPE.2019.207<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-pb-accordion-item c-accordion__item js-accordion-item no-js\" data-initially-open=\"false\" data-click-to-close=\"true\" data-auto-close=\"true\" data-scroll=\"false\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\"><h2 id=\"at-146919\" class=\"c-accordion__title js-accordion-controller\" role=\"button\">2016<\/h2><div id=\"ac-146919\" class=\"c-accordion__content\">\n<p><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/26810613\/\">Diagnosis and features of hospital-acquired pneumonia: a retrospective cohort study.&nbsp;<\/a>&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong>Russell, C. D.,&nbsp;<strong>Koch, O.,<\/strong>&nbsp;Laurenson, I. F., O\u2019Shea, D. T., Sutherland, R., &amp; Mackintosh, C. L.&nbsp;<strong><em>Journal of Hospital Infection,&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><em>2016. 92(3),273\u2013279.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/28348787\/\"><em>Staphylococcus caprae native mitral valve infective endocarditis.&nbsp;<\/em><\/a>Kwok TC, Poyner J, Olson E, Henriksen P,&nbsp;<strong>Koch O.<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong><em>JMM Case Rep,&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><em>2016. 3(5):e005065. Doi 10.1099\/jmmcr.0.005065&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-pb-accordion-item c-accordion__item js-accordion-item no-js\" data-initially-open=\"false\" data-click-to-close=\"true\" data-auto-close=\"true\" data-scroll=\"false\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\"><h2 id=\"at-146920\" class=\"c-accordion__title js-accordion-controller\" role=\"button\">2015<\/h2><div id=\"ac-146920\" class=\"c-accordion__content\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/281426410_Rapidly_growing_mycobacteria_as_emerging_pathogens_in_bloodstream_and_device-related_infection_a_case_of_pacemaker_infection_with_Mycobacterium_neoaurum\"><em>Rapidly growing mycobacteria as emerging pathogens in bloodstream and device-related infection: a case of pacemaker infection with Mycobacterium neoaurum.&nbsp;<\/em><\/a>Hayton E-J R,&nbsp;<strong>Koch O,<\/strong>&nbsp;Scarborough M, Sabharwal N, Drobniewski F, Bowler ICJW.&nbsp;<strong><em>Journal of Medical Microbiology Case Reports.&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><em>2015. 2(3). http:\/\/doi.org\/doi:10.1099\/jmmcr.0.000054<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-pb-accordion-item c-accordion__item js-accordion-item no-js\" data-initially-open=\"false\" data-click-to-close=\"true\" data-auto-close=\"true\" data-scroll=\"false\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\"><h2 id=\"at-146921\" class=\"c-accordion__title js-accordion-controller\" role=\"button\">2013<\/h2><div id=\"ac-146921\" class=\"c-accordion__content\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/23624527\/\"><em>Multiple populations of artemisinin\u2010resistant Plasmodium falciparum in Cambodia.&nbsp;<\/em><\/a>Miotto O, Almagro\u2010Garcia J, Manske M, MacInnis B\u2026&nbsp;<strong>Koch, O., \u2026<\/strong>Kwiatkowski DP.&nbsp;<strong><em>Nat Genet.&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><em>2013. Jun;45(6):648-55.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-pb-accordion-item c-accordion__item js-accordion-item no-js\" data-initially-open=\"false\" data-click-to-close=\"true\" data-auto-close=\"true\" data-scroll=\"false\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\"><h2 id=\"at-146922\" class=\"c-accordion__title js-accordion-controller\" role=\"button\">2012<\/h2><div id=\"ac-146922\" class=\"c-accordion__content\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/22321373\/\"><em>Using CF11 cellulose columns to inexpensively and effectively remove human DNA from Plasmodium falciparum-infected whole blood samples.&nbsp;<\/em><\/a>Venkatesan M, Amaratunga C, Campino S, Auburn S, \u2026<strong>Koch, O., \u2026<\/strong>Plowe CV.&nbsp;<strong><em>Malaria Journal.&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><em>2012. 11:41.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-pb-accordion-item c-accordion__item js-accordion-item no-js\" data-initially-open=\"false\" data-click-to-close=\"true\" data-auto-close=\"true\" data-scroll=\"false\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\"><h2 id=\"at-146923\" class=\"c-accordion__title js-accordion-controller\" role=\"button\">2008<\/h2><div id=\"ac-146923\" class=\"c-accordion__content\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/18397564\/\"><em>Does using self-completed sexual history questionnaires in HIV-positive men who have sex with men affect clinical outcomes?&nbsp;<\/em><\/a><strong>Koch O,<\/strong>&nbsp;De Silva S, Edwards S, Peake T, \u2026Benn P.&nbsp;<strong><em>International Journal of STD &amp; AIDS.&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><em>2008. 19(3): 203-205.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-pb-accordion-item c-accordion__item js-accordion-item no-js\" data-initially-open=\"false\" data-click-to-close=\"true\" data-auto-close=\"true\" data-scroll=\"false\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\"><h2 id=\"at-146924\" class=\"c-accordion__title js-accordion-controller\" role=\"button\">2006<\/h2><div id=\"ac-146924\" class=\"c-accordion__content\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/16738941\/\"><em>Implications of inter-population linkage disequilibrium patterns on the approach to a disease association study in the human MHC class III.&nbsp;<\/em><\/a>Hanchard N, Diakite M,<strong>&nbsp;Koch O,&nbsp;<\/strong>Keating B, \u2026Rockett K.&nbsp;<strong><em>Immunogenetics.&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><em>2006. 58(5-6): 465-70.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/16600993\/\">Context-specific functional effects of IFNGR1 promoter polymorphism.<\/a>&nbsp;<\/em><strong>Koch O,&nbsp;<\/strong>Kwiatkowski D and Udalova I.&nbsp;<strong><em>Human Molecular Genetics,&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><em>2006. 15(9):1475-1481.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/16341054\/\"><em>An investigation of transmission ratio distortion in the central region of the human MHC.&nbsp;<\/em><\/a>Hanchard N, Rockett K, Udalova I, Wilson J, \u2026&nbsp;<strong>Koch, O., \u2026<\/strong>Kwiatkowski D.&nbsp;<strong><em>Genes Immun.&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><em>2006. Jan;7(1):51-8.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-pb-accordion-item c-accordion__item js-accordion-item no-js\" data-initially-open=\"false\" data-click-to-close=\"true\" data-auto-close=\"true\" data-scroll=\"false\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\"><h2 id=\"at-146925\" class=\"c-accordion__title js-accordion-controller\" role=\"button\">2005<\/h2><div id=\"ac-146925\" class=\"c-accordion__content\">\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/15858598\/\">Investigation of malaria susceptibility determinants in the IFNG\/IL26\/IL22 genomic region.<\/a>&nbsp;<\/em><strong>Koch O,<\/strong>&nbsp;Rockett K, Jallow M, Pinder M, Sisay-Joof F, Kwiatkowski D.&nbsp;<strong><em>Genes Immun.&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><em>2005 Jun;6(4):312-8.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/15789056\/\"><em>Risk of trachomatous scarring and trichiasis in Gambians varies with SNP haplotypes at the interferon-gamma and interleukin-10 loci.&nbsp;<\/em><\/a>Natividad A, Wilson J,&nbsp;<strong>Koch O,&nbsp;<\/strong>Holland MJ, \u2026Bailey RL.&nbsp;<strong><em>Genes Immun.&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><em>2005 Jun;6(4):332-40.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-pb-accordion-item c-accordion__item js-accordion-item no-js\" data-initially-open=\"false\" data-click-to-close=\"true\" data-auto-close=\"true\" data-scroll=\"false\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\"><h2 id=\"at-146926\" class=\"c-accordion__title js-accordion-controller\" role=\"button\">2004<\/h2><div id=\"ac-146926\" class=\"c-accordion__content\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/15047947\/\"><em>No association between interferon-gamma receptor-1 gene polymorphism and pulmonary tuberculosis in a Gambian population sample.&nbsp;<\/em><\/a>Awomoyi A, Nejentsev S, Richardson A, Hull J,&nbsp;<strong>Koch O,<\/strong>\u2026Newport MJ.&nbsp;<strong><em>Thorax.&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><em>2004. 59:291-294.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div 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