Scott JAG

Seroprevalence of antibodies against Diphtheria, Tetanus and Pertussis over a 12-year period in children in Kilifi, Kenya (2009-2021).Mburu CN, Ojal J, Selim R, Ombati R, Akech D, Karia B, Tuju J, Sigilai A, Smits G, van Gageldonk PGM, van der Klis FRM, Flasche S, Kagucia EW, Scott JAG, Adetifa I MO
Int J Infect Dis, (2026). :108396

The effect of a 5-day course of azithromycin on Streptococcus pneumoniae carriage and antimicrobial resistance among Kenyan children discharged from hospital.Libby TE, Karani A, Tickell KD, Akech D, Singa B, Rwigi D, Kariuki K, Onamu N, Ounga D, Berkley JA, Walson JL, Scott JAG, Pavlinac PB
J Infect Dis, (2026). :

Determining the dose-response relationship for pneumococcal conjugate vaccines: a nested analysis of the fractional dose PCV trial.Martinez-de-Albeniz I, Bottomley C, Lucinde R, Kaniu MW, Badaud S, Mutahi M, Mwalekwa L, Ragab S, Twi-Yeboah L, Berkley JA, Hamaluba M, Karani A, Shangala J, Otiende M, Gardiner E, Mugo D, Smith PG, Tabu C, Were F, Goldblatt D, Scott JAG, Gallagher KE
Vaccine, (2026). 73:128186

Correction: Comparison of causes of stillbirth and child deaths as determined by verbal autopsy and minimally invasive tissue sampling.Assefa N, Scott JAG, Madrid L, Dheresa M, Mengesha G, Madhi S, Mahtab S, Dangor Z, Myburgh N, Mothibi LK, Sow SO, Kotloff KL, Tapia MD, Onwuchekwa UU, Djiteye M, Varo R, Mandomando I, Nhacolo A, Sacoor C, Xerinda E, Ogbuanu I, Samura S, Duduyemi B, Swarray-Deen A, Bah A, Arifeen SE, Gurley ES, Hossain MZ, Rahman A, Chowdhury AI, Bassat Q, Mutevedzi P, Cunningham SA, Blau D, Whitney CG
PLOS Glob Public Health, (2025). 5:e0005586

Active vaccine safety surveillance: Experience from a prospective cohort event monitoring study of COVID-19 vaccines in Kenya.Odhiambo DB, Akech D, Karia B, Kimani M, Sang S, Sigilai A, Voller S, Mataza C, Mang'ong'o D, Jalang'o R, Mandale M, Etyang AO, Scott JAG, Agweyu A, Kagucia EW
PLOS Glob Public Health, (2025). 5:e0005080

Assessing the Impact of SARS-CoV-2 Spike Mutations on Antibody Binding: A Comparative Assessment of the Wuhan and JN.1 Variants' Full-Length Spikes in a Multiplex Luminex Assay.Waweru G, Nyakundi R, Kutima B, Owuor S, Konyino G, Gitonga J, Lugano D, Maina A, Musyoki J, Ochola L, Omondi M, Kariuki CK, Ogongo P, Mwachari C, Shee F, Agoti C, Sande C, Uyoga S, Kagucia E, Agweyu A, Bejon P, Scott JAG, Warimwe GM, Ochola-Oyier LI, Nyagwange J
Viruses, (2025). 17:

Pneumococcal carriage prevalence, serotype distribution, and vaccine coverage in Ethiopia 12 years after pneumococcal vaccine introduction.Bizuayehu HY, Kebede Y, Deressa M, Solomon E, Marami D, Karani A, Gardiner E, Dessie Y, Scott JAG, Gallagher KE
Vaccine, (2025). 64:127762

Major Causes of Perinatal and Paediatric Mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia: Adjustment for Selection Bias in the CHAMPS Network.Vyas KJ, Muir JA, Madewell ZJ, Gupta PM, Blau DM, Arifeen SE, Gurley ES, Chowdhury AI, Islam KM, Rahman A, Scott JAG, Assefa N, Madrid L, Asefa YA, Abdullahi YY, Onyango D, Akelo V, Tippett-Barr BA, Aol G, Sow SO, Kotloff KL, Tapia MD, Keita AM, Chawla K, Bassat Q, Mandomando I, Nhacolo A, Sacoor C, Ogbuanu I, Kowuor D, Duduyemi B, Moseray A, Squire JS, Madhi S, Mahtab S, Adam Y, Wise A, Machemedza T, Whitney CG
Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol, (2025). :

The impact of 10-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine on the incidence of admissions to hospital with hypoxaemic and non-hypoxaemic pneumonia in Kenyan children.Haeusler IL, Kagucia EW, Bottomley C, Otiende M, Nyiro J, Scott JAG
PLOS Glob Public Health, (2025). 5:e0004888

Use of minimally invasive tissue sampling to determine the contribution of diarrheal diseases to under-five mortality and associated co-morbidities and co-infections in children with fatal diarrheal diseases in Africa and Bangladesh.Mutevedzi PC, Madewell ZJ, Kotloff KL, Bassat Q, Chirinda PJ, Cossa ACA, Xerinda EG, Akelo V, Mitei PK, Oele E, Omore R, Onyango D, Bangura J, Luke R, Moseray A, Ogbuanu IU, Sesay T, Assefa N, Libe TT, Madrid L, Yeshi MM, Scott JAG, Govender NP, Lala SG, Madhi SA, Mahtab S, Keita AM, Sanogo D, Sow SO, Tapia MD, El Arifeen S, Gurley ES, Barr BAT, Whitney CG, Blau DM, Mandomando I
PLOS Glob Public Health, (2025). 5:e0004772

Seroprevalence of Immunoglobulin G against measles and rubella over a 12-year period (2009-2021) in Kilifi, Kenya and the impact of the Measles-Rubella (MR) vaccine campaign of 2016.Mburu CN, Ojal J, Selim R, Ombati R, Akech D, Karia B, Tuju J, Sigilai A, Smits G, van Gageldonk PGM, van der Klis FRM, Flasche S, Kagucia EW, Scott JAG, Adetifa IMO
Vaccine, (2025). 61:127425

Post-mortem study of endemic human coronaviruses (HCoV-NL63, OC43, 229E and HKU-1) in deaths of children under five in low- and middle-income countries: Findings from the Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance (CHAMPS) study.Baillie V, Dangor Z, Blau DM, Mahtab S, du Toit J, Assefa N, Oundo J, Kidanemariam ZT, Scott JAG, Ameh S, Ogbuanu IU, Ojulong J, Bunn J, Kotloff KL, Sow SO, Tapia MD, Keita AM, Garrine M, Mandomando I, Varo R, Xerinda EG, Rakislova N, Alam M, El Arifeen S, Gurley ES, Hossain MZ, Rahman A, Akelo V, Onyango C, Onyango D, Mutevedzi PC, Whitney CG, Bassat Q, Madhi SA
J Clin Virol, (2025). 178:105804

Epidemiology of Community-acquired Bacteremia Among Children One to Fifty-nine Months of Age Admitted to a Tertiary Hospital in Harar, Eastern Ethiopia.Edris Y, Ayana DA, Aiken AM, Mengesha G, Hassen FA, Ahmed F, Marami D, Getnet B, Assefa N, Scott JAG, Madrid L
Pediatr Infect Dis J, (2025). :

Misclassification of malaria as pneumonia in children in sub-Saharan Africa.Bottomley C, Kamau A, Awori JO, Driscoll AJ, Park DE, Sow SO, Tapia MD, Kotloff KL, Ebruke BE, Antonio M, Howie SRC, Hayes RJ, Scott JAG
Int J Epidemiol, (2025). 54:

Investigating the role of cytomegalovirus as a cause of stillbirths and child deaths in low and middle-income countries through postmortem minimally invasive tissue sampling.Velaphi S, Madewell ZJ, Tippett-Barr B, Blau DM, Rogena EA, Lala SG, Mahtab S, Swart PJ, Akelo V, Onyango D, Otieno K, Rogena EA, Were JA, Bassat Q, Carrilho C, Mandomando I, Torres-Fernandez D, Varo R, Luke R, Moses F, Nwajiobi-Princewill P, Ogbuanu IU, Ojulong J, El Arifeen S, Gurley ES, Assefa N, Gedefa L, Madrid L, Scott JAG, Wale H, Juma J, Keita AM, Kotloff KL, Sow SO, Tapia MD, Mutevedzi P, Whitney CG, Madhi SA
Clin Infect Dis, (2025). :ciaf098

Effect of mass campaigns with full and fractional doses of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (Pneumosil) on the reduction of nasopharyngeal pneumococcal carriage in Niger: a three-arm, open-label, cluster-randomised trial.Coldiron ME, Soumana I, Baudin E, Langendorf C, Mamiafo Tchoula C, Brah S, Karani A, Gallagher KE, Kagucia EW, Scott JAG, Grais RF
Lancet Infect Dis, (2025). 24:S1473-3099

Comparative performance of the InBios SCoV-2 Detect (TM) IgG ELISA and the in-house KWTRP ELISA in detecting SARS-CoV-2 spike IgG antibodies in Kenyan populations.Kutima B, Kagucia EW, Mwai K, Kimani M, Sigilai A, Mugo D, Karanja H, Gitonga JN, Karani A, Akech D, Toroitich M, Karia B, Tuju J, Ziraba AK, Bigogo G, Ochieng C, Onyango C, Lidechi S, Munywoki PK, Uyoga S, Adetifa IMO, Oyier LIO, Bejon P, Scott JAG, Agweyu A, Warimwe GM, Nyagwange J
Wellcome Open Res, (2024). 9:349

Profile: The Kenya Multi-Site Serosurveillance (KEMIS) collaboration.Kagucia EW, Voller S, Ziraba AK, Bigogo G, Munywoki PK, Makobu K, Nokes DJ, Nyagwange J, Orlendo C, Akech D, Sigilai A, Onyango C, Juma B, Herman-Roloff A, Munyua P, Apondi C, Lidechi S, Audi A, Ouma A, Aol G, Misore T, Nasimiyu C, Onyango D, Lo T, Kasera K, Jalang'o R, Kingwara L, Adetifa I, Etyang AO, Warimwe G, Agweyu A, Scott JAG
Gates Open Res, (2024). 8:60

Evaluation of population immunity against SARS-CoV-2 variants, EG.5.1, FY.4, BA.2.86, JN.1, JN.1.4, and KP.3.1.1 using samples from two health demographic surveillance systems in Kenya.Lugano D, Kutima B, Kimani M, Sigilai A, Gitonga J, Karani A, Akech D, Karia B, Ziraba AK, Maina A, Lambisia A, Omuoyo D, Mugo D, Lucinde R, Owuor S, Konyino G, Newman J, Bailey D, Nduati E, Githinji G, Agoti CN, Bejon P, Scott JAG, Agweyu A, Kagucia W, Warimwe GM, Sande C, Ochola-Oyier LI, Nyagwange J
BMC Infect Dis, (2024). 24:1474

Contribution of malnutrition to infant and child deaths in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia.Madewell ZJ, Keita AM, Das PM, Mehta A, Akelo V, Oluoch OB, Omore R, Onyango D, Sagam CK, Cain CJ, Chukwuegbo C, Kaluma E, Luke R, Ogbuanu IU, Bassat Q, Kincardett M, Mandomando I, Rakislova N, Varo R, Xerinda EG, Dangor Z, du Toit J, Lala SG, Madhi SA, Mahtab S, Breines MR, Degefa K, Heluf H, Madrid L, Scott JAG, Sow SO, Tapia MD, El Arifeen S, Gurley ES, Hossain MZ, Islam KM, Rahman A, Mutevedzi PC, Whitney CG, Blau DM, Suchdev PS, Kotloff KL
BMJ Glob Health, (2024). 9: