Publications

Epidemiology and Demography

An Intensive, Active Surveillance Reveals Continuous Invasion and High Diversity of Rhinovirus in Households.Kamau E Onyango CO Otieno GP Kiyuka PK Agoti CN Medley GF Cane PA Nokes DJ Munywoki PK
J Infect Dis, (2019). 219:1049-1057

Hydroxyurea for Children with Sickle Cell Anemia in Sub-Saharan Africa.Tshilolo L Tomlinson G Williams TN Santos B Olupot-Olupot P Lane A Aygun B Stuber SE Latham TS McGann PT Ware RE Reach Investigators
N Engl J Med, (2019). 380:121-131

The population dynamics of hemoglobins A, A(2), F and S in the context of the hemoglobinopathies HbS and alpha-thalassemia in Kenyan infants.Macharia AW Uyoga S Ndila C Nyutu G Makale J Tendwa M Nyatichi E Ojal J Atkinson S Williams TN
Haematologica, (2019). 104:e184-e186

Iron Status and Associated Malaria Risk Among African Children.Muriuki JM Mentzer AJ Kimita W Ndungu FM Macharia AW Webb EL Lule SA Morovat A Hill AVS Bejon P Elliott AM Williams TN Atkinson SH
Clin Infect Dis, (2019). 68:1807-1814

Journal of Open Source Software (JOSS): design and first-year review.Smith AM Niemeyer KE Katz DS Barba LA Githinji G Gymrek M Huff KD Madan CR Mayes AC Moerman KM Prins P Ram K Rokem A Teal TK Guimera RV Vanderplas JT
PeerJ Prepr, (2018). 4:e147

Molecular characterization of rotavirus group A strains circulating prior to vaccine introduction in rural coastal Kenya, 2002-2013.Owor BE Mwanga MJ Njeru R Mugo R Ngama M Otieno GP Nokes DJ Agoti CN
Wellcome Open Res, (2018). 3:150

Evaluation of the diagnostic accuracy and cost of different methods for the assessment of severe anaemia in hospitalised children in Eastern Uganda.Olupot-Olupot P Prevatt N Engoru C Nteziyaremye J Amorut D Chebet M Senyondo T Ongodia P Ndila CM Williams TN Maitland K
Wellcome Open Res, (2018). 3:130

Sickle Cell and alpha+-Thalassemia Traits Influence the Association between Ferritin and Hepcidin in Rural Kenyan Children Aged 14-26 Months.Byrd KA Williams TN Lin A Pickering AJ Arnold BF Arnold CD Kiprotich M Dentz HN Njenga SM Rao G Colford JM, Jr Null C Stewart CP
J Nutr, (2018). 148:1903-1910

Human rhinovirus spatial-temporal epidemiology in rural coastal Kenya, 2015-2016, observed through outpatient surveillance.Morobe JM Nyiro JU Brand S Kamau E Gicheru E Eyase F Otieno GP Munywoki PK Agoti CN Nokes DJ
Wellcome Open Res, (2018). 3:128

Evaluating the performance of tools used to call minority variants from whole genome short-read data.Said Mohammed K Kibinge N Prins P Agoti CN Cotten M Nokes DJ Brand S Githinji G
Wellcome Open Res, (2018). 3:21

Erratum: Whole genome analysis of local Kenyan and global sequences unravels the epidemiological and molecular evolutionary dynamics of RSV genotype ON1 strains.Otieno JR Kamau EM Oketch JW Ngoi JM Gichuki AM Binter S Otieno GP Ngama M Agoti CN Cane PA Kellam P Cotten M Lemey P Nokes DJ
Virus Evol, (2018). 4:vey036

Coverage and timeliness of vaccination and the validity of routine estimates: Insights from a vaccine registry in Kenya.Adetifa IMO Karia B Mutuku A Bwanaali T Makumi A Wafula J Chome M Mwatsuma P Bauni E Hammitt LL Mataza C Tabu C Kamau T Williams TN Scott JAG
Vaccine, (2018). 36:7965-7974

Modifying Intestinal Integrity and Micro Biome in Severe Malnutrition with Legume-Based Feeds (MIMBLE 2.0): protocol for a phase II refined feed and intervention trial.Walsh K Calder N Olupot-Olupot P Ssenyondo T Okiror W Okalebo CB Muhindo R Mpoya A Holmes E Marchesi J Delamare de la Villenaise de Chenevarin G Frost G Maitland K
Wellcome Open Res, (2018). 3:95

Whole genome analysis of local Kenyan and global sequences unravels the epidemiological and molecular evolutionary dynamics of RSV genotype ON1 strains.Otieno JR Kamau EM Oketch JW Ngoi JM Gichuki AM Binter S Otieno GP Ngama M Agoti CN Cane PA Kellam P Cotten M Lemey P Nokes DJ
Virus Evol, (2018). 4:vey027

Untargeted analysis of the airway proteomes of children with respiratory infections using mass spectrometry based proteomics.Sande CJ Mutunga M Muteti J Berkley JA Nokes DJ Njunge J
Sci Rep, (2018). 8:13814

Surveillance of respiratory viruses in the outpatient setting in rural coastal Kenya: baseline epidemiological observations.Nyiro JU Munywoki P Kamau E Agoti C Gichuki A Etyang T Otieno G Nokes DJ
Wellcome Open Res, (2018). 3:89

Impact of viral upper respiratory tract infection on the concentration of nasopharyngeal pneumococcal carriage among Kenyan children.Morpeth SC Munywoki P Hammitt LL Bett A Bottomley C Onyango CO Murdoch DR Nokes DJ Scott JAG
Sci Rep, (2018). 8:11030

Human candidate gene polymorphisms and risk of severe malaria in children in Kilifi, Kenya: a case-control association study.Ndila CM Uyoga S Macharia AW Nyutu G Peshu N Ojal J Shebe M Awuondo KO Mturi N Tsofa B Sepulveda N Clark TG Band G Clarke G Rowlands K Hubbart C Jeffreys A Kariuki S Marsh K Mackinnon M Maitland K Kwiatkowski DP Rockett KA Williams TN Malaria GENConsortium
Lancet Haematol, (2018). 5:e333-e345

Risk factors for mortality and effect of correct fluid prescription in children with diarrhoea and dehydration without severe acute malnutrition admitted to Kenyan hospitals: an observational, association study.Akech S Ayieko P Gathara D Agweyu A Irimu G Stepniewska K English M Clinical Information Network authors
Lancet Child Adolesc Health, (2018). 2:516-524

Caregiver oral rehydration solution fluid monitoring charts versus standard care for the management of some dehydration among Kenyan children: a randomized controlled trial.Kailemia M Kariuki N Laving A Agweyu A Wamalwa D
Int Health, (2018). 10:442-450