Epidemiology & Demography

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Prof. James Nokes

Principal Investigator


Publications

Temporal changes in the positivity rate of common enteric viruses among paediatric admissions in coastal Kenya, during the COVID-19 pandemic, 2019-2022.
Lambisia, A. W., Murunga, N., Mutunga, M., Cheruiyot, R., Maina, G., Makori, T. O., Nokes, D. J., Agoti, C. N.
Gut Pathog, (2024). 16:2

Changes in the global hospitalisation burden of respiratory syncytial virus in young children during the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic analysis.
Cong, B., Koç, U., Bandeira, T., Bassat, Q., Bont, L., Chakhunashvili, G., Cohen, C., Desnoyers, C., Hammitt, L. L., Heikkinen, T., Huang, Q. S., Markić, J., Mira-Iglesias, A., Moyes, J., Nokes, D. J., Ploin, D., Seo, E., Singleton, R., Wolter, N., Fu Yung, C., Zar, H. J., Feikin, D. R., Sparrow, E. G., Nair, H., Li, Y.
Lancet Infect Dis, (2023). S1473-3099:00630-8

Genetic and potential antigenic evolution of influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 viruses circulating in Kenya during 2009-2018 influenza seasons.
Owuor, D. C., de Laurent, Z. R., Nyawanda, B. O., Emukule, G. O., Kondor, R., Barnes, J. R., Nokes, D. J., Agoti, C. N., Chaves, S. S.
Sci Rep, (2023). 13:22342

Symptom prevalence and secondary attack rate of SARS-CoV-2 in rural Kenyan households: A prospective cohort study.
Gallagher, K. E., Nyiro, J., Agoti, C. N., Maitha, E., Nyagwange, J., Karani, A., Bottomley, C., Murunga, N., Githinji, G., Mutunga, M., Ochola-Oyier, L. I., Kombe, I., Nyaguara, A., Kagucia, E. W., Warimwe, G., Agweyu, A., Tsofa, B., Bejon, P., Scott, J. A. G., Nokes, D. J.
Influenza Other Respir Viruses, (2023). 17:e13185

New SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Variant with Spike Protein Mutation Y451H, Kilifi, Kenya, March-May 2023.
Mwanga, M. J., Lambisia, A. W., Morobe, J. M., Murunga, N., Moraa, E., Ndwiga, L., Cheruiyot, R., Musyoki, J., Mutunga, M., Guzman-Rincon, L. M., Sande, C., Mwangangi, J., Bejon, P., Ochola-Oyier, L. I., Nokes, D. J., Agoti, C. N., Nyiro, J., Githinji, G.
Emerg Infect Dis, (2023). 29:

Assessment of gestational age at antenatal care visits among Kenyan women to inform delivery of a maternal respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine in low- and middle-income countries.
Nyiro, J. U., Nyawanda, B. O., Bukusi, E., Mureithi, M. W., Murunga, N., Nokes, D. J., Bigogo, G., Otieno, N. A., Opere, V. A., Ouma, A., Pecenka, C., Munywoki, P. K.
Wellcome Open Res, (2023). 8:154

Genomic epidemiology of the rotavirus G2P[4] strains in coastal Kenya pre- and post-rotavirus vaccine introduction, 2012-8.
Makori, T. O., Bargul, J. L., Lambisia, A. W., Mwanga, M. J., Murunga, N., de Laurent, Z. R., Lewa, C. S., Mutunga, M., Kellam, P., Cotten, M., Nokes, D. J., Phan, M., Agoti, C. N.
Virus Evol, (2023). 9:vead025

Genomic epidemiology of human adenovirus F40 and F41 in coastal Kenya: A retrospective hospital-based surveillance study (2013-2022).
Lambisia, A. W., Makori, T. O., Mutunga, M., Cheruiyot, R., Murunga, N., Quick, J., Githinji, G., Nokes, D. J., Houldcroft, C. J., Agoti, C. N.
Virus Evol, (2023). 9:vead023

Phylogenomic analysis uncovers a 9-year variation of Uganda influenza type-A strains from the WHO-recommended vaccines and other Africa strains.
Nabakooza, G., Owuor, D. C., de Laurent, Z. R., Galiwango, R., Owor, N., Kayiwa, J. T., Jjingo, D., Agoti, C. N., Nokes, D. J., Kateete, D. P., Kitayimbwa, J. M., Frost, S. D. W., Lutwama, J. J.
Sci Rep, (2023). 13:5516

Estimates of the national burden of respiratory syncytial virus in Kenyan children aged under 5 years, 2010-2018.
Nyawanda, B. O., Murunga, N., Otieno, N. A., Bigogo, G., Nyiro, J. U., Vodicka, E., Bulterys, M., Nokes, D. J., Munywoki, P. K., Emukule, G. O.
BMC Med, (2023). 21:122