Recent publications

Primary motivations for and experiences with paediatric minimally invasive tissue sampling (MITS) participation in Malawi: a qualitative study.Lawrence S, Namusanya D, Mohamed SB, Hamuza A, Huwa C, Chasweka D, Kelley M, Molyneux S, Voskuijl W, Denno D, Desmond N
BMJ Open, (2022). 12:e060061

The impact of malaria-protective red blood cell polymorphisms on parasite biomass in children with severe Plasmodium falciparum malaria.Uyoga S, Watson JA, Wanjiku P, Rop JC, Makale J, Macharia AW, Kariuki SN, Nyutu GM, Shebe M, Mosobo M, Mturi N, Rockett KA, Woodrow CJ, Dondorp AM, Maitland K, White NJ, Williams TN
Nat Commun, (2022). 13:3307

URCHOICE: Preferences for Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Options for HIV Prevention Among Kenyan men who have sex with men and Transgender Women in Nairobi, Kisumu and the Coast.Bailey RC, Kimani M, Kabuti R, Gumbe E, Otieno G, Kimani J, Okall D, Sanders EJ, Otieno FO
AIDS Behav, (2022). 27:25-36

Social mixing patterns relevant to infectious diseases spread by close contact in urban Blantyre, Malawi.Thindwa D, Jambo KC, Ojal J, MacPherson P, Dennis Phiri M, Pinsent A, Khundi M, Chiume L, Gallagher KE, Heyderman RS, Corbett EL, French N, Flasche S
Epidemics, (2022). 40:100590

Delineating natural catchment health districts with routinely collected health data from women's travel to give birth in Ghana.Dotse-Gborgbortsi W, Tatem AJ, Matthews Z, Alegana V, Ofosu A, Wright J
BMC Health Serv Res, (2022). 22:772

Transmission networks of SARS-CoV-2 in Coastal Kenya during the first two waves: A retrospective genomic study.Agoti CN, Ochola-Oyier LI, Dellicour S, Mohammed KS, Lambisia AW, de Laurent ZR, Morobe JM, Mburu MW, Omuoyo DO, Ongera EM, Ndwiga L, Maitha E, Kitole B, Suleiman T, Mwakinangu M, Nyambu JK, Otieno J, Salim B, Musyoki J, Murunga N, Otieno E, Kiiru JN, Kasera K, Amoth P, Mwangangi M, Aman R, Kinyanjui S, Warimwe G, Phan M, Agweyu A, Cotten M, Barasa E, Tsofa B, Nokes DJ, Bejon P, Githinji G
Elife, (2022). 11:e71703

Controlled Human Malaria Infection Studies in Africa-Past, Present, and Future.Kibwana E, Kapulu M, Bejon P
Curr Top Microbiol Immunol, (2022). :

Neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin is elevated in children with acute kidney injury and sickle cell anemia, and predicts mortality.Batte A, Menon S, Ssenkusu JM, Kiguli S, Kalyesubula R, Lubega J, Berrens Z, Mutebi EI, Ogwang R, Opoka RO, John CC, Conroy AL
Kidney Int, (2022). 102:885-893

Randomised controlled trial of Fosfomycin in Neonatal Sepsis..Obiero C, Williams P, Berkley JA
Global Health Security Conference 2022, (2022). :

The policy and legal environment surrounding HIV prevention through community pharmacies in Kenya.Mugo P, Munene D, Molyneux S, Barasa E
The 42nd Annual Pharmaceutical Society of Kenya Conference, (2022). :

Delivery of HIV self-testing and pre-exposure prophylaxis through private retail pharmacies in Kenya:a mixed methods evaluation..Mugo PM
24th International AIDS conference, (2022). :

Gender Quotas, the ‘Two-Thirds Gender Rule’ and Health Leadership: The Case of Kenya.Muraya K
Women and Global Health Leadership: Power and Transformation, (2022). :85-94

The importance of perinatal maternal depression as a public health problem in Africa.Kariuki SM, Newton CRJC
Lancet Psychiatry, (2022). 9:527-528

Global, regional, and national disease burden estimates of acute lower respiratory infections due to respiratory syncytial virus in children younger than 5 years in 2019: a systematic analysis.Li Y, Wang X, Blau DM, Caballero MT, Feikin DR, Gill CJ, Madhi SA, Omer SB, Simoes EAF, Campbell H, Pariente AB, Bardach D, Bassat Q, Casalegno JS, Chakhunashvili G, Crawford N, Danilenko D, Do LAH, Echavarria M, Gentile A, Gordon A, Heikkinen T, Huang QS, Jullien S, Krishnan A, Lopez EL, Markic J, Mira-Iglesias A, Moore HC, Moyes J, Mwananyanda L, Nokes DJ, Noordeen F, Obodai E, Palani N, Romero C, Salimi V, Satav A, Seo E, Shchomak Z, Singleton R, Stolyarov K, Stoszek SK, von Gottberg A, Wurzel D, Yoshida LM, Yung CF, Zar HJ, Respiratory Virus Global Epidemiology Network, Nair H, RESCEU investigators
Lancet, (2022). 399:2047-2064

Severe anaemia and paediatric mortality after hospital discharge in Africa.Ngari MM, Berkley JA
Lancet Child Adolesc Health, (2022). 6:447-449

Detection of pathogens associated with early-onset neonatal sepsis in cord blood at birth using quantitative PCR.Obiero CW, Gumbi W, Mwakio S, Mwangudzah H, Seale AC, Taniuchi M, Liu J, Houpt E, Berkley JA
Wellcome Open Res, (2022). 7:3

The erythrocyte membrane properties of beta thalassaemia heterozygotes and their consequences for Plasmodium falciparum invasion.Introini V, Marin-Menendez A, Nettesheim G, Lin YC, Kariuki SN, Smith AL, Jean L, Brewin JN, Rees DC, Cicuta P, Rayner JC, Penman BS
Sci Rep, (2022). 12:8934

Enteral Feeding Practices for Very Preterm and Very Low Birth Weight Infants in Nigeria and Kenya.Tongo OO, Olwala MA, Talbert AW, Nabwera HM, Akindolire AE, Otieno W, Nalwa GM, Andang'o PEA, Mwangome MK, Abdulkadir I, Ezeaka CV, Ezenwa BN, Fajolu IB, Imam ZO, Umoru DD, Abubakar I, Embleton ND, Allen SJ
Front Pediatr, (2022). 10:892209

Condom failure and pre-exposure prophylaxis use experience among female sex workers in Ethiopia: a qualitative study.Amogne MD, Sanders EJ, Belihu WB, Sundewall J, Agardh A
BMC Public Health, (2022). 22:1079

Is triple artemisinin-based combination therapy necessary for uncomplicated malaria?.van der Pluijm RW, Peto TJ, Hamaluba M, Callery JJ, Tripura R, White NJ, Dondorp AM
Lancet Infect Dis, (2022). 22:765-766