Publications

Epidemiology and Demography

Absence of Association between Cord Specific Antibody Levels and Severe Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Disease in Early Infants: A Case Control Study from Coastal Kenya.Nyiro, J. U. Sande, C. J. Mutunga, M. Kiyuka, P. K. Munywoki, P. K. Scott, J. A. Nokes, D. J.
PLoS One, (2016). 11:e0166706

Pertussis-Associated Pneumonia in Infants and Children From Low- and Middle-Income Countries Participating in the PERCH Study.Barger-Kamate, B. Deloria Knoll, M. Kagucia, E. W. Prosperi, C. Baggett, H. C. Brooks, W. A. Feikin, D. R. Hammitt, L. L. Howie, S. R. Levine, O. S. Madhi, S. A. Scott, J. A. Thea, D. M. Amornintapichet, T. Anderson, T. P. Awori, J. O. Baillie, V. L. Chipeta, J. DeLuca, A. N. Driscoll, A. J. Goswami, D. Higdon, M. M. Hossain, L. Karron, R. A. Maloney, S. Moore, D. P. Morpeth, S. C. Mwananyanda, L. Ofordile, O. Olutunde, E. Park, D. E. Sow, S. O. Tapia, M. D. Murdoch, D. R. O'Brien, K. L. Kotloff, K. L. Pneumonia Etiology Research for Child Health Study, Group
Clin Infect Dis, (2016). 63:S187-S196

Validation of triple pass 24-hour dietary recall in Ugandan children by simultaneous weighed food assessment.Nightingale, H. Walsh, K. J. Olupot-Olupot, P. Engoru, C. Ssenyondo, T. Nteziyaremye, J. Amorut, D. Nakuya, M. Arimi, M. Frost, G. Maitland, K.
BMC Nutr, (2016). 2:

Quantifying social contacts in a household setting of rural Kenya using wearable proximity sensors.Kiti, M. C. Tizzoni, M. Kinyanjui, T. M. Koech, D. C. Munywoki, P. K. Meriac, M. Cappa, L. Panisson, A. Barrat, A. Cattuto, C. Nokes, D. J.
EPJ Data Sci, (2016). 5:21

Human Rhinovirus B and C Genomes from Rural Coastal Kenya.Agoti, C. N. Kiyuka, P. K. Kamau, E. Munywoki, P. K. Bett, A. van der Hoek, L. Kellam, P. Nokes, D. J. Cotten, M.
Genome Announc, (2016). 4:

Age, Spatial, and Temporal Variations in Hospital Admissions with Malaria in Kilifi County, Kenya: A 25-Year Longitudinal Observational Study.Mogeni, P. Williams, T. N. Fegan, G. Nyundo, C. Bauni, E. Mwai, K. Omedo, I. Njuguna, P. Newton, C. R. Osier, F. Berkley, J. A. Hammitt, L. L. Lowe, B. Mwambingu, G. Awuondo, K. Mturi, N. Peshu, N. Snow, R. W. Noor, A. Marsh, K. Bejon, P.
PLoS Med, (2016). 13:e1002047

Human metapneumovirus epidemiological and evolutionary patterns in Coastal Kenya, 2007-11.Owor, B. E. Masankwa, G. N. Mwango, L. C. Njeru, R. W. Agoti, C. N. Nokes, D. J.
BMC Infect Dis, (2016). 16:301

Polymorphism in a lincRNA Associates with a Doubled Risk of Pneumococcal Bacteremia in Kenyan Children.Kenyan Bacteraemia Study, Group Wellcome Trust Case Control, Consortium Rautanen, A. Pirinen, M. Mills, T. C. Rockett, K. A. Strange, A. Ndungu, A. W. Naranbhai, V. Gilchrist, J. J. Bellenguez, C. Freeman, C. Band, G. Bumpstead, S. J. Edkins, S. Giannoulatou, E. Gray, E. Dronov, S. Hunt, S. E. Langford, C. Pearson, R. D. Su, Z. Vukcevic, D. Macharia, A. W. Uyoga, S. Ndila, C. Mturi, N. Njuguna, P. Mohammed, S. Berkley, J. A. Mwangi, I. Mwarumba, S. Kitsao, B. S. Lowe, B. S. Morpeth, S. C. Khandwalla, I. Kilifi Bacteraemia Surveillance, Group Blackwell, J. M. Bramon, E. Brown, M. A. Casas, J. P. Corvin, A. Duncanson, A. Jankowski, J. Markus, H. S. Mathew, C. G. Palmer, C. N. A. Plomin, R. Sawcer, S. J. Trembath, R. C. Viswanathan, A. C. Wood, N. W. Deloukas, P. Peltonen, L. Williams, T. N. Scott, J. A. G. Chapman, S. J. Donnelly, P. Hill, A. V. S. Spencer, C. C. A.
Am J Hum Genet, (2016). 98:1092-1100

The Malaria-High Blood Pressure Hypothesis.Etyang, A. O. Smeeth, L. Cruickshank, J. K. Scott, J. A.
Circ Res, (2016). 119:36-40

Influenza activity in Kenya, 2007-2013: timing, association with climatic factors, and implications for vaccination campaigns.Emukule, G. O. Mott, J. A. Spreeuwenberg, P. Viboud, C. Commanday, A. Muthoka, P. Munywoki, P. K. Nokes, D. J. van der Velden, K. Paget, J. W.
Influenza Other Respir Viruses, (2016). 10:375-85

Building Learning Health Systems to Accelerate Research and Improve Outcomes of Clinical Care in Low- and Middle-Income Countries.English, M. Irimu, G. Agweyu, A. Gathara, D. Oliwa, J. Ayieko, P. Were, F. Paton, C. Tunis, S. Forrest, C. B.
PLoS Med, (2016). 13:e1001991

Sickle Cell Disease in Sub-Saharan Africa.Williams, T. N.
Hematol Oncol Clin North Am, (2016). 30:343-58

Molecular Evolutionary Dynamics of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Group A in Recurrent Epidemics in Coastal Kenya.Otieno, J. R. Agoti, C. N. Gitahi, C. W. Bett, A. Ngama, M. Medley, G. F. Cane, P. A. Nokes, D. J.
J Virol, (2016). 90:4990-5002

Effect of Haemophilus influenzae type b vaccination without a booster dose on invasive H influenzae type b disease, nasopharyngeal carriage, and population immunity in Kilifi, Kenya: a 15-year regional surveillance study.Hammitt, L. L. Crane, R. J. Karani, A. Mutuku, A. Morpeth, S. C. Burbidge, P. Goldblatt, D. Kamau, T. Sharif, S. Mturi, N. Scott, J. A.
Lancet Glob Health, (2016). 4:e185-94

Red blood cell complement receptor one level varies with Knops blood group, alpha(+)thalassaemia and age among Kenyan children.Opi, D. H. Uyoga, S. Orori, E. N. Williams, T. N. Rowe, J. A.
Genes Immun, (2016). 17:171-8

Increased adhesion of Plasmodium falciparum infected erythrocytes to ICAM-1 in children with acute intestinal injury.Church, J. A. Nyamako, L. Olupot-Olupot, P. Maitland, K. Urban, B. C.
Malar J, (2016). 15:54

Invasive Group A Streptococcus Infection among Children, Rural Kenya.Seale, A. C. Davies, M. R. Anampiu, K. Morpeth, S. C. Nyongesa, S. Mwarumba, S. Smeesters, P. R. Efstratiou, A. Karugutu, R. Mturi, N. Williams, T. N. Scott, J. A. Kariuki, S. Dougan, G. Berkley, J. A.
Emerg Infect Dis, (2016). 22:224-32

Environmental Correlation Analysis for Genes Associated with Protection against Malaria.Mackinnon, M. J. Ndila, C. Uyoga, S. Macharia, A. Snow, R. W. Band, G. Rautanen, A. Rockett, K. A. Kwiatkowski, D. P. Williams, T. N.
Mol Biol Evol, (2016). 33:1188-204

Observed and expected frequencies of structural hemoglobin variants in newborn screening surveys in Africa and the Middle East: deviations from Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium.Piel, F. B. Adamkiewicz, T. V. Amendah, D. Williams, T. N. Gupta, S. Grosse, S. D.
Genet Med, (2016). 18:265-74

Hydroxyurea Therapy for Children With Sickle Cell Anemia in Sub-Saharan Africa: Rationale and Design of the REACH Trial.McGann, P. T. Tshilolo, L. Santos, B. Tomlinson, G. A. Stuber, S. Latham, T. Aygun, B. Obaro, S. K. Olupot-Olupot, P. Williams, T. N. Odame, I. Ware, R. E. Reach Investigators
Pediatr Blood Cancer, (2016). 63:98-104