Epidemiology and Demography
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
Hypertension in Sub-Saharan Africa: Burden, Barriers and Priorities for Improving Treatment Outcomes.Jobe M, Beye SM, Gaye ND, Ka MM, Perel P, Perkins AD, Kane A, Prentice AM, Ojji DB, Jaiteh LES, Etyang AO, Shah ASV, Gaye B
Circ Res, (2025). 137:106-118
Intravenous Rehydration for Severe Acute Malnutrition with Gastroenteritis.Maitland K, Ouattara SM, Sainna H, Chara A, Ogundipe OF, Sunyoto T, Hamaluba M, Olupot-Olupot P, Alaroker F, Connon R, Saidou Maguina A, Okiror W, Amorut D, Mwajombo E, Oguda E, Mogaka C, Langendorf C, Dewez JE, Ciglenecki I, Gibb DM, Coldiron ME, Petrucci R, George EC
N Engl J Med, (2025). :
The genome sequence of varicella-zoster virus (Varicellovirus humanalpha3) obtained by metagenomics from a patient presenting with an exanthem rash.Musundi S, Okanda D, Lambisia A, Morobe JM, Muthanje E, Ochola-Oyier LI, Carter DP, Agoti CN, Kiiru J, Githinji G
Microbiol Resour Announc, (2025). :e0024825
OSBPL11 is an African-specific locus associated with 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations and cardiometabolic health.Mogire RM, Muriuki JM, Bayimenye RF, Mentzer AJ, Chong A, Gouveia MH, Bentley AR, Band G, King'ori P, Mitchell R, Webb EL, Sengupta D, Ekunwe L, Ndungu FM, Morovat A, Macharia AW, Cutland CL, Hemani G, Sirima SB, Ramsay M, Figueiredo CA, Prentice AM, Madhi SA, Raffield LM, Sandhu MS, Bejon P, Smith GD, Elliott AM, Williams TN, Rotimi C, Bourne CR, Burgett A, Adeyemo A, Atkinson SH
medRxiv, (2025). :
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
COVID-19 mortality in Africa and Asia - Authors' reply.Bejon P, Agweyu A, Oyier I, Hamaluba M, Kamuya D, Kinyanjui S, Barasa E
Lancet Infect Dis, (2025). :
Implementation strategies to improve outcomes in patients with established cardiovascular disease in sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review.Sanga LA, Hudson JA, Perkins AD, Murphy A, Etyang A, Perel P, Shah ASV
PLOS Glob Public Health, (2025). 5:e0004544
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). :
Countries should strengthen their health information systems.Strong K, Abajobir A, Aboud F, Agweyu A, Billah SM, Black M, Brinkman S, Cerna-Turoff I, Dandona R, Ekman C, Horiuchi S, Huicho L, Jamaluddine Z, Lazzerini M, Maiga A, Munos M, Weigel R
Bmj, (2025). 389:r791
Identification of coxsackievirus A24 variant during an acute hemorrhagic conjunctivitis outbreak in coastal Kenya, 2024.Lambisia AW, Mwita Morobe J, Moraa E, Mwarumba S, Korir FKN, Seif Athman R, Kiptui R, Mbee M, Mugo N, Amoth P, Muange P, Houldcroft JC, Barasa E, Mwangangi J, Githinji G, Holmes CE, Ochola-Oyier LI, Agoti CN
Wellcome Open Res, (2025). 10:28
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:
Rethinking the evidence on COVID-19 in Africa.Bejon P, Agweyu A, Ochola-Oyier LI, Hamaluba M, Kamuya D, Kinyanjui S, Barasa E
Lancet Infect Dis, (2025). 25:S1473-3099
Predictors of HIV testing and status disclosure among young adolescents in postconflict settings: findings from a pre-post study design in Nimule per-urban town of South Sudan.Bojo S, Kokwaro G, Agweyu A
BMJ Open, (2025). 15:e094008
Investigating the dynamics of Plasmodium falciparum gametocyte carriage in expectant women under intermittent preventive treatment with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine in Kilifi, study protocol.Kiyuka PK, Muricho M, Ouma N, Muiruri C, Nyaguara A, Rono M, Oyier I, Hamaluba M
Open Res Eur, (2025). 5:60
Uptake and determinants of routine immunization among vulnerable children and adolescents in sub-Saharan Africa: A scoping review.Chege CK, Karanja S, Ogallo W, Were F, van Hensbroek MB, Agweyu A
Vaccine, (2025). 54:127021
Hepatitis B Core-Related Antigen Point-of-Care Tests as a Risk Stratification Tool for Treatment Eligibility: Experience From Kenya.Downs LO, Okanda D, Chirro O, Zaharani M, Safari B, Aliyan N, Andersson MI, Tanaka Y, Etyang AO, Shimakawa Y, Githinji G, Matthews PC
Open Forum Infect Dis, (2025). 12:ofaf125
Pilot implementation of short message service for randomisation in a multisite pragmatic factorial clinical trial in Kenya.Chepkirui M, Kimego D, Nzioki C, Jowi E, Opondo C, Agweyu A
Pilot Feasibility Stud, (2025). 11:29
Comparing HemoCue® and Quantitative Buffy Coat® and Coulter Counter-measured haemoglobin concentrations in African children with acute uncomplicated malaria: a Bland-Altman analysis.Ayuen DS, Olupot-Olupot P, Muhindo R, Onyamboko MA, Ajayi S, Chimjinda N, Taya C, Uyoga S, Williams TN, Maitland K, Fanello C, Day NPJ, Taylor WR, Mukaka M
Malar J, (2025). 24:77
Comparing HemoCue® and Quantitative Buffy Coat® and Coulter Counter-measured haemoglobin concentrations in African children with acute uncomplicated malaria: a Bland-Altman analysis.Ayuen DS, Olupot-Olupot P, Muhindo R, Onyamboko MA, Ajayi S, Chimjinda N, Taya C, Uyoga S, Williams TN, Maitland K, Fanello C, Day NPJ, Taylor WR, Mukaka M
Malar J, (2025). 24:77
