Prof. Monica Patricia Smikle

Research Interests

• Antimicrobial resistance and molecular studies of enterococci
• Risk factors and aetiology of hospital acquired infection at the UHWI
• The HLA human immunonodeficiency virus associations in Jamaicans
• The HLA and reactive arthritis
• HLA and other molecular investigations on insulin dependent diabetes

Citations

Journal, Article

• Smikle, Monica , Wright-Pascoe, Rosemarie A., Barton, Everard N., Dowe, Gwendolyn, Gilbert, David T., Choo-Kang, Eric G., Morgan, Owen St. C.. Autoantibodies, human T lymphotropic virus type 1 and type 1 diabetes mellitus in Jamaicans
• Kahwa, E. K. , Sargeant, L. A. , McCaw-Binns, Affette M. , McFarlane-Anderson, N. , Smikle, M. , Forrester, T. , Wilks, Rainford J. . Anticardiolipin antibodies in Jamaican primiparae
• Steel-Duncan, Julianne C., Pierre, Russell B., Evans-Gilbert, Tracy., Rodriquez B., Palmer, Paulette, Whorms, S., Smikle, Monica , Figueroa, J. P., Christie, Celia D.. Outcomes of Infants Born to Women with HIV Infection in Greater Kingston, 2002-2003: A Preliminary Report of the Kingston Paediatric and Perinatal HIV/AIDS (KPAIDS) Programme. [Abstract]
• Kahwa, Eulalia , Sargeant, Lincoln A., McFarlane-Anderson, Norma , Smikle, Monica , Forrester, Terrence E., Wilks, Rainford J. . Anticardiolipin antibodies and risk of thromboembolic disease in young Jamaican women
• Jackson, S. T. , Smikle, M. F. , Antoine, M. G. , Roberts, G. D. . Paecilomyces lilacinus fungemia in a Jamaican neonate
• Barton, Everard N.,, Morgan, Owen St. C., Smikle, Monica , Blattner, William A.. Reactive serological test for syphilis in tropical spastic paraparesis: A dilemma.
• Lee, Michael G.., Arthurs, Milton H., Smikle, Monica , Dowe, Gwendolyn, Levy, V. A., Barton, Everard N.. Antibiotic Sensitivity of Helicobacter Pylori in Jamaica.
• Wharfe, Gillian H. , Smikle, Monica , Dowe, Gwendolyn, Buchner, L., Choo-Kang, Eric G., Graham, S., King, D.. Seroprevalence of Hepatitis C Virus in Haemophiliacs in Jamaica.
• Jackson, S. T. , Smikle, M. F. , Rainford, L. , Wright-Pascoe, R. . Primary cutaneous nocardiosis: an emerging pathogen associated with a peripheral intravenous catheter
• Vickers, I.E., Alveranga, H., Smikle, M. F.. Clinical and epidemiological characteristics of adult and adolescent patients newly diagnosed with the human immunodeficiency virus at a Jamaica clinic for sexually transmitted infections
• Saunders, Geoffrey , Roye-Green, Karen J., Bodonaik, Nabin C., Smikle, Monica . Plasmid content of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL) Escherichia coli [abstract]
• Dowe, Gwendolyn , Smikle, Monica , King, S. D. , Baum, M. K., Chout, Roger, Williams, Y. . Symptomatic and asymptomatic chlamydial non-gonococcal urethritis in Jamaica: The potential for HIV transmission
• Smikle, Monica , Wharfe, Gillian H., Fletcher, Horace M., Reid, Marvin E., Roye-Green, Karen J., Frederick, Joseph, Pierangeli, Silvia S.. Anticardiolipin, other antiphospholipid antibody tests and diagnosis of the antiphospholipid syndrome
• Wharfe, Gillian H. , Fletcher, Horace M., Smikle, Monica , Frederick, Joseph , Reid, Marvin E.. The prevalence of positive anticardiolipin antibody in Jamaican women with spontaneous abortion and the correlation with past clinical history
• Akpaka, P.E., Christian, Nicole, Bodonaik, Nabin C., Smikle, Monica . The Prevalence of Coagulase Negative Staphylococci in Blood Cultures at the University Hospital of the West Indies [Abstract]
• Williams, Winston, Sargeant, Lincoln A., Smikle, Monica , Smith, R., Edwards, H., Shah, Dipak J.. The Outcome of Lupus Nephritis in a Cohort of Black Jamaican Patients. [Abstract]
• Saunders, Geoffrey, Nicholson, Alison M., Roye-Green, Karen J., Akpaka, P. E., Bodonaik, Nabin C., Jackson-Betty, Sandra, Smikle, Monica . Yields from Paired Blood Culture Bottles [Abstract]
• Saunders, Geoffrey, Bodonaik. Nabin C., Smikle, Monica , Jones, A., Jones, J.. Multi-Resistant Escherichia Coli [Abstract]
• Smikle, Monica , Dowe, Gwendolyn, Williams, Evadne M. , Thesiger, Charles H.. Antibodies to hepatitis B virus and hepatitis C virus in residential detoxification clients in Jamaica
• Steiner, M. J., Hylton-Kong, T., Figueroa, J. P., Hobbs, M., Behets, F., Smikle, Monica , Tweedy, K., Powell, S., McNeil, L., Brathwaite, Alfred R.. Does a choice of iondom impact sexually tranmitted infections: A randomized controlled trial [Abstract]
• Saunders, Geoffrey, Bodonaik, Nabin C., Smikle, Monica , Parsad-Asnani, M.. Ceftazidime resistant Salmonella enteritidis in Jamaica
• Smikle, Monica , Wright-Pascoe, Rosemarie A., Barton, Everard N. , Morgan, Owen St.C., Christian, Nicole, Dowe, Gwendolyn , Roye-Green, Karen J., Bailey, V. E., James, Owen B.. HLA-DRB3*0101 is associated with Graves' disease in Jamaicans
• Heslop, O. D. , Smikle, M. F. , Deer, D. , Christian, N. A. , Vickers, I. E. , Harvey, K. M. , Figueroa, J. P. , Christie, C. D. , Bain, B. , Barton, E. N. . Human immunodeficiency virus type-1 (HIV-1) subtypes in Jamaica
• Smikle, Monica , Dowe, Gwendolyn, Hylton-Kong, T. , Williams, Elaine E. . Hepatitis B and C viruses and sexually transmitted disease patients in Jamaica
• Akpaka, P.E., Christian, Nicole, Bodonaik, Nabin C., Smikle, Monica . Epidemiology of Blood Isolates of Coagulase Negative Staphlococci at the University Hospital of the West Indies [Abstract]
• Bazuaye, P. E., Fletcher, Horace M., Smikle, Monica , Jackson, Maria D., McFarlane-Anderson, Norma. Class 1 HLA-A-B Haplotypes and Tumour Factors (TNF-à) - 308 Polymorphism and Cervical Dysplasia [Abstract]
• Akpaka, P. E. , Christian, N. , Bodonaik, N. C. , Smikle, M. F. . Epidemiology of coagulase-negative Staphylococci isolated from clinical blood specimens at the University Hospital of the West Indies
• Steel-Duncan, Julianne C., Pierre, Russell B., Evans-Gilbert, Tracy , Rodriguez, B. , Smikle, Monica , Palmer, Paulette, Whorms, S. , Hambleton, Ian R. , Figueroa, J. P. , Christie, Celia D.. Uptake of interventions, outcomes and challenges in caring for HIV-exposed infants in Kingston, Jamaica
• Smikle, Monica , Barton, Everard N., Morgan, Owen St. C., DeCeulaer, Karel. Photosensitivity and antinuclear antibodies in black patients with systemic lupus erythematosus.
• Smikle, Monica , Barton, Everard N., DeCeulaer, Karel, Williams, Winston, James, Owen B. . Systemic lupus erythematosus, rheumatoid arthritis and HLA phenotypes in Jamaicans.
• Vickers, Ivan E, Smikle, Monica. The immunomodulatory effect of antibiotics on the secretion of tumour necrosis factor alpha by peripheral blood mononuclear cells in response to stenotrophomonas maltophilia stimulation
• McFarlane-Anderson, N. , Bazuaye, P. E. , Jackson, M. D. , Smikle, M. , Fletcher, H. M. . Cervical dysplasia and cancer and the use of hormonal contraceptives in Jamaican women
• Dowe, Gwendolyn, Smikle, Monica , Thesiger, Charles H., Williams, Evadne M. . Bloodborne sexually transmitted infections in patients presenting for substance abuse treatment in Jamaica
• Saunders, Geoffrey, Bodonaik, Nabin C., Smikle, Monica . Diffusible betalactamase from Enterobacter cloacae [Abstract]
• Saunders, Geoffrey, Roye-Green, Karen J., Bodonaik, Nabin C., Smikle, Monica . Plasmid content of Extended Spectrum Betalactamase (ESBL) producing Eschericha coli [Abstract]
• Gilbert, David T., Morgan, Owen St C., Smikle, Monica , Simeon, Donald T., Barton, Everard N. . HTLV-1 associated polymyositis in Jamaica
• Christian, N. , Smikle, M. F. , DeCeulaer, K. , Daniels, L. , Walravens, M. J. , Barton, E. N. . Antinuclear antibodies and HLA class II alleles in Jamaican patients with systemic lupus erythematosus
• Dowe, Gwendolyn, Smikle, Monica , King, S. D. , Wynter, Hugh H., Frederick, Joseph, Hylton-Kong, T. . High prevalence of genital Chlamydia trachomatis infection in women presenting in different clinical settings in Jamaica: Implications for control strategies
• Barton, Everard N.,, Chung, Edward E., Smikle, Monica , DeCeulaer, Karel, West, Wayne M., Barrow, K. Orrin. Asymptomatic cardiac involvement in systemic lupus erythematosus.
• Boyne, Michael S., Smikle, Monica , De La Haye, W.. Hypoglycaemia- was it all in the head
• Bazuaye, K.P., Fletcher, Horace M., Smikle, Monica , Jackson, Maria D., McFarlane-Anderson, Norma . Cervical dysplasia in Jamaican women: The role of lifestyle and sexual practices [abstract]
• Simon, S. , Stephenson, S. , Whyte, K. , Stubbs, M. , Vickers, I. E. , Smikle, Monica , Gilbert, David T. , Barton, Everard N.. Prevalence of Chronic Renal Failure in the Diabetic Population at the University Hospital of the West Indies
• Barton, Everard N. , Sargeant, Lincoln A. , Samuels, D. , Smith, R. , James, J. , Wilson, R. , Smith, F. , Falconer, H. , Yeates, Curtis B., Smikle, Monica , Gilbert, David T. . A Survey of Chronic Renal Failure in Jamaica
• Johnson, N. , Mullings, A. A. , Harvey, K. M. , Alexander, G. , McDonald, D. , Smikle, M. F. , Williams, E. , Palmer, P.M. , Whorms, S. , Figueroa, J. P. , Christie, Celia D. HIV seroprevalence, uptake of interventions to reduce mother-to-child transmission and birth outcomes in greater Kingston, Jamaica
• Dowe, Gwendolyn , Smikle, Monica , Williams Elaine E. , Hylton-Kong, T. , Shorposner, G. . Non-ulcerative Sexually Transmitted Disease and Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection in Patients Attending a Sexually Transmitted Disease Clinic in Jamaica
• Smikle, Monica , Heslop, Orville D., Vickers, I. E., Dowe, Gwendolyn, Deer, D. , Sue-Ho, Robert, Denbow, Charles E. , Morgan, Owen St. C. , Bain, Brendan C. , Barton, Everard N.. A Serosurvey of Hepatitis B Virus, Hepatitis C Virus, Human T Lymphotropic Virus Type-1 and Syphilis in HIV-1-Infected Patients in Jamaica
• Bazuaye, P. E., Fletcher, Horace M., Smikle, Monica , Jackson, Maria D., McFarlane-Anderson, Norma. The Association Between Tumor Necrosis factor (TNFa) - 308 Polymorphism and Cervical Dysplasia in Jamaican Women [Abstract]
• Bazuaye, P.E., Fletcher, Horace M., Smikle, Monica , Jackson, Maria D., McFarlane-Anderson, Norma. Class 1 HLA-A-B Haplotypes and Tumour Necrosis Factor (TNF-a) - 308 Polymorphism and Cervical dysplasia [Abstract]
• Smikle, Monica , Barton, Everard N. , Morgan, Owen St. C. , Luseko, J. , Bailey, V. E., Williams, Evadne M. . The significance of immune disorder in tropical spastic paraparesis
• Watt, Angela. , Garwood, D. , Jackson, M. , Younger, Novie, Ragin, C. , Smikle, M. , Fletcher, H. , McFarlane-Anderson, N. . High-risk and multiple human papillomavirus (HPV) infections in cancer-free Jamaican women
• Steiner, M. J. , Hylton-Kong, T. , Figueroa, J. P. , Hobbs, M. M. , Behets, F. , Smikle, M. , Tweedy, K. , Powell, S. , McNeil, L. , Brathwaite, A. . Does a choice of condoms impact sexually transmitted infection incidence? A randomized, controlled trial
• Justiz-Vaillant, A., Smikle, Monica , McFarlane-Anderson, Norma . Novel interactions between streptococcal protein G (SpG) and immunoglobulins [abstract]
• Wilson, Wendell A.,, Morgan, Owen St. C, Barton, Everard N, Smikle, Monica , Hanchard, Barrie, Blattner, William A, Doggett, Sarah, Gharavi, Azzudin E.. IGA antiphospholipid antibodies in HLTV-1-associated tropical spastic paraparesis
• Smikle, Monica, Morgan, Owen St. C, Barton, Everard N., Bailey, V. E., Blattner, William A.. Serological tests for Lyme disease in patients with tropical spastic paraparesis and healthy Jamaicans.
• Williams, W. , Sargeant, L. A. , Smikle, M. , Smith, R. , Edwards, H. , Shah, D. . The outcome of lupus nephritis in Jamaican patients
• Akpaka, P.E., Smikle, Monica. Molecular epidemiology of methicillin resistant coagulase-negative staphylococci isolates from blood specimens at a tertiary hospital in the Caribbean
• Smikle, Monica ., Christian, Nicole, DeCeulaer, Karel, Barton, Everard N., Roye-Green, Karen J., Dowe, Gwendolyn, McFarlane-Anderson, Norma, Nicholson, G. D.. HLA-DRB Alleles and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus in Jamaicans
• McFarlane-Anderson, Norma, Bazuaye, P.E., Jackson, Maria D., Smikle, Monica, Fletcher, Horace M.. Cervical dysplasia and cancer and the use of hormonal contraceptives in Jamaican women.
• Williams, Winston, Sargeant, L.A., Smikle, Monica, Smith, Roger, Edwards, Heron, Shah, Dipak.. The outcome of lupus nephritis in Jamaican patients
• Kahwa, Eulalia , Sargeant, Lincoln A., McCaw-Binns, Affette M., McFarlane-Anderson, Norma, Smikle, Monica , Forrester, Terrence E., Wilks, Rainford J.. Anticardiolipin antibodies in Jamaican primiparae [Abstract]
• Christie, Celia D., Bain, Brendan C., Pierre, Russell B., Smikle, Monica , Evans-Gilbert, Tracy , Frederick, Joseph, Mullings, Anthony M., Rattray, Carole A., Pottinger, Audrey M.. HIV/AIDS in women, infants, children and adolescents in Jamaica: A further 'call to action'
• Smikle, Monica , Dowe, Gwendolyn, Hylton-Kong, T., Williams, Elaine E., Baum, M. K.. Risky behaviour in Jamaican adolescent patients attending a sexually transmitted disease clinic
• Akpaka, P.E, Tulloch-Reid, A, Justiz-Vaillant, A, Smikle, M.F. Prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus infection in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis at the National Chest Hospital
• Pierre, Russell B., Steel-Duncan, Julianne C., Evans-Gilbert, Tracy, Rodriguez, B., Palmer, Paulette, Smikle, Monica , Whorms, S., Hambleton, Ian R., Figueroa, J. P. , Christie, Celia D.. CDC-Defined Diseases and Opportunistic Infections in Jamaican Children with HIV/AIDS
• Bazuaye, K.P., Jackson, Maria D., Smikle, Monica ., Fletcher, Horace M., Rattray, Carole A., McFarlane-Anderson, Norma . Cervical dysplasia and use of hormonal contraceptives in Jamaican women [abstract]
• Denbow, Charles E. , Barton, Everard N. , Smikle, Monica . The prophylaxis of acute rheumatic fever in a pair of monozygotic twins: The public health implications
• Akpaka, P.E., Christian, Nicole, Bodonaik, Nabin C., Smikle, Monica . Molecular Epidemiology of Blood Isolates of Methicillin Resistant Coagulase Negative Staphylococci at the University Hospital of the West Indies. [Abstract]
• Barton, Everard N.,, Morgan, Owen St. C., Smikle, Monica , Blattner, William A.. Seroprevalence of HTLV-1 in chronic patients in Jamaica.
• Wright-Pascoe, Rosemarie A., Smikle, Monica , Barton, Everard N., James, Owen B. . Limited usefulness of antithyroperoxidase and antithyroglobulin assays in Jamaicans with Graves' disease
• Dowe, Gwendolyn, King, S. D., Smikle, Monica , Wynter, Hugh H., Chout, Roger, Klaskala, W.. Prevalence of viral and bacterial sexually transmitted pathogens in Jamaican pregnant women.
• Williams, L.A.D., Igietseme, J.U., Whittaker, J.A., Smikle, Monica, Bailey-Shaw, Y.A., Barton, Everard N. Immunological evidence supporting the use of extracts from boehmeria jamaicensis urb for treating the common cold and sinus infections

Abstract

• Christian, Nicole, Roye-Green, Karen, Smikle, Monica. Epidemiological study of multidrug resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae by pulsed field gel electrophoresis at the University Hospital of the West Indies 2000-2004. Caribbean Health Research Council 53rd Annual Council and Scientific Meetings, April 2008, Paramaribo, Suriname
• Watt, Angela I., Ragin, C., Younger, Novie O., Garwood, D., Jackson, Maria D., Smikle, Monica P., Fletcher, Horace M., McFarlane-Anderson, Norma D.. Human papilloma-virus (HPV) infection in Jamaican women
• Pierre, Russell B., Steel-Duncan, J., Evans-Gilbert, Tracy D., Rodriquez, B., Moore, Jacynth T., Palmer, Paulette M., Smikle, Monica P., Davis, Denver E., Figueroa, John P., Christie, Celia D.. Outcomes of interventions in treating pediatric HIV/AIDS in Jamaican children

Conference Proceedings

• Pierre, Russell B., Singh-Minott, Indira, Moore, Jacynth T., Carrington, D., Harvey, K., Smikle, Monica P., Figueroa, John .P., Christie, Celia D., Kingston Pediatric & Perinatal HIV/AIDS Program (KPAIDS) Research Group. . Failure of antiretroviral therapy (ART) in Jamaican children: Poster presentation and Abstract
• Christie, Celia D.C., Steel-Duncan, J., Palmer, Paulette, Pierre, Russell, Harvey, K.M., Johnson, Nadine, Samuels, L., Dunkley-Thompson, J., Singh-Minott, Indira., Anderson-Allen, Millicent, Billings, Collette, Evans-Gilbert, T., Rodriquez, B., Moore, Jacynth, McDonald-Kerr, C., Taylor, F., Smikle, Monica, Williams, Eric, Whorms, S., Davis, Denver, Mullings, Anthony, Morgan, Orville, McDonald, D., Alexander, G., Onyonyur, A., Hylton-Kong, T., Weller, Peter, Harris, Michelle, Haughton, D., Wo. Effectiveness of highly active antiretroviral drugs in preventing mother to child HIV transmission and reducing HIV-attributable mortality in Jamaican children.