Publications

Epidemiology and Demography

Characterising the asynchronous resurgence of common respiratory viruses following the COVID-19 pandemic.Zhao C Zhang T Guo L Sun S Miao Y Yung CF Tomlinson J Stolyarov K Shchomak Z Poovorawan Y Nokes DJ Munoz-Almagro C Mandelboim M Keck JW Langley JM Heikkinen T Deng J Colson P Chakhunashvili G Caballero MT Bont L Feikin DR Nair H Wang X Li Y Respiratory Virus Global Epidemiology Network
Nat Commun, (2025). 16:1610

Global impact of 10- and 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccines on pneumococcal meningitis in all ages: The PSERENADE project.Yang Y Knoll MD Herbert C Bennett JC Feikin DR Garcia Quesada M Hetrich MK Zeger SL Kagucia EW Xiao M Cohen AL van der Linden M du Plessis M Yildirim I Winje BA Varon E Valenzuela MT Valentiner-Branth P Steens A Scott JA Savrasova L Sanz JC Khan AS Oishi K Nzoyikorera N Nuorti JP Mereckiene J McMahon K McGeer A Mackenzie GA MacDonald L Ladhani SN Kristinsson KG Kleynhans J Kellner JD Jayasinghe S Ho PL Hilty M Hammitt LL Guevara M Gilkison C Gierke R Desmet S De Wals P Dagan R Colzani E Ciruela P Chuluunbat U Chan G Camilli R Bruce MG Brandileone MC Ampofo K O'Brien KL Hayford K Pserenade Team
J Infect, (2025). 90:106426

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). 25:634-642

Malaria prophylaxis in sickle cell anaemia: some answers, more questions.Williams TN Ware RE
Lancet Infect Dis, (2025). 25:601-602

Serotype distribution of remaining invasive pneumococcal disease after extensive use of ten-valent and 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (the PSERENADE project): a global surveillance analysis.Garcia Quesada M Peterson ME Bennett JC Hayford K Zeger SL Yang Y Hetrich MK Feikin DR Cohen AL von Gottberg A van der Linden M van Sorge NM de Oliveira LH de Miguel S Yildirim I Vestrheim DF Verani JR Varon E Valentiner-Branth P Tzanakaki G Sinkovec Zorko N Setchanova LP Serhan F Scott KJ Scott JA Savulescu C Savrasova L Reyburn R Oishi K Nuorti JP Napoli D Mwenda JM Munoz-Almagro C Morfeldt E McMahon K McGeer A Mad'arova L Mackenzie GA Eugenia Leon M Ladhani SN Kristinsson KG Kozakova J Kleynhans J Klein NP Kellner JD Jayasinghe S Ho PL Hilty M Harker-Jones MA Hammitt LL Grgic-Vitek M Gilkison C Gierke R French N Diawara I Desmet S De Wals P Dalby T Dagan R Corcoran M Colzani E Chanto Chacon G Castilla J Camilli R Ang M Ampofo K Almeida SCG Alarcon P O'Brien KL Deloria Knoll M Pserenade Team
Lancet Infect Dis, (2025). 25:445-456

Global impact of ten-valent and 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccines on invasive pneumococcal disease in all ages (the PSERENADE project): a global surveillance analysis.Bennett JC Deloria Knoll M Kagucia EW Garcia Quesada M Zeger SL Hetrich MK Yang Y Herbert C Ogyu A Cohen AL Yildirim I Winje BA von Gottberg A Viriot D van der Linden M Valentiner-Branth P Suga S Steens A Skoczynska A Sinkovec Zorko N Scott JA Savulescu C Savrasova L Sanz JC Russell F Ricketson LJ Puentes R Nuorti JP Mereckiene J McMahon K McGeer A Mad'arova L Mackenzie GA MacDonald L Lepp T Ladhani SN Kristinsson KG Kozakova J Klein NP Jayasinghe S Ho PL Hilty M Heyderman RS Hasanuzzaman M Hammitt LL Guevara M Grgic-Vitek M Gierke R Georgakopoulou T Galloway Y Diawara I Desmet S De Wals P Dagan R Colzani E Cohen C Ciruela P Chuluunbat U Chan G Camilli R Bruce MG Brandileone MC Bigogo G Ampofo K O'Brien KL Feikin DR Hayford K Pserenade Team
Lancet Infect Dis, (2025). 25:457-470

Infections in sickle cell disease.Scourfield LEA Nardo-Marino A Williams TN Rees DC
Haematologica, (2025). 110:546-561

Relation Between the Dantu Blood Group Variant and Bacteremia in Kenyan Children: A Population-Based Case-Control Study.Kariuki SN Gilchrist JJ Uyoga S Macharia A Makale J Rayner JC Williams TN
J Infect Dis, (2025). 231:e10-e16

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 Kenya Sars-CoV-Serology Consortium
Wellcome Open Res, (2024). 9:349

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

Breastfeeding mothers in DR Congo should have access to the mpox vaccine.Hombach J Lewis R Holten JV Scott JA Neuzil KM
Lancet Glob Health, (2024). 12:e1932

Azithromycin in severe malaria bacterial co-infection in African children (TABS-PKPD): a phase II randomised controlled trial.Connon R Olupot-Olupot P Pistorius AMA Okiror W Ssenyondo T Muhindo R Uyoga S Mpoya A Williams TN Gibb DM Walker AS Ter Heine R George EC Maitland K
BMC Med, (2024). 22:516

Prospective clinical surveillance for severe acute respiratory illness and COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness in Kenyan hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic.Lucinde RK Gathuri H Isaaka L Ogero M Mumelo L Kimego D Mbevi G Wanyama C Otieno EO Mwakio S Saisi M Isinde E Oginga IN Wachira A Manuthu E Kariuki H Nyikuli J Wekesa C Otedo A Bosire H Okoth SB Ongalo W Mukabi D Lusamba W Muthui B Adembesa I Mithi C Sood M Ahmed N Gituma B Giabe M Omondi C Aman R Amoth P Kasera K Were F Nganga W Berkley JA Tsofa B Mwangangi J Bejon P Barasa E English M Scott JAG Akech S Kagucia EW Agweyu A Etyang AO
BMC Infect Dis, (2024). 24:1246

Recommendations for Using Health Service Coverage Cascades to Measure Effective Coverage for Maternal, Newborn, Child, and Adolescent Health Services or Interventions.Strong K Konstantinou G Agweyu A Diaz T Jackson D Kim M Kubota S Leslie H Lazzerini M Marchant T Munos M Muzigaba M Quach A Sheffel A Yaqub N, Jr Life Stages Quality of Care Metrics Technical Working Group for Maternal Newborn Child Adolescent Health Ageing,
Glob Health Sci Pract, (2024). 12:

Inno4Vac Workshop Report Part 2: RSV-Controlled Human Infection Model (CHIM) Strain Selection and Immune Assays for RSV CHIM Studies, November 2021, MHRA, UK.Waldock J Cox RJ Engelhardt OG Ascough S Osterhaus A Rimmelzwaan GF Ludlow M Tregoning JS McDonald JU Buchholz UJ Jeeninga RE Sande C Chiu C
Influenza Other Respir Viruses, (2024). 18:e70013

Inpatient and postdischarge mortality among children with anaemia and malaria parasitaemia in Kenya: a cohort study.Ngari M Mwangome M Ouma N Nyaguara A Mturi N Obiero C Kamau A Walson JL Iversen PO Maitland K Snow RW Berkley J
BMJ Glob Health, (2024). 9:

Local patterns of spread of influenza A H3N2 virus in coastal Kenya over a 1-year period revealed through virus sequence data.Owuor DC Ngoi JM Nyasimi FM Murunga N Nyiro JU Chaves SS Nokes DJ Agoti CN
Sci Rep, (2024). 14:23426

Is fat mass a better predictor of 6-month survival than muscle mass among African children aged 6-59 months with severe pneumonia?.Nalwanga D Musiime V Kiguli S Olupot-Olupot P Alaroker F Opoka R Tagoola A Mnjalla H Mogaka C Nabawanuka E Giallongo E Karamagi C Briend A Maitland K
BMC Nutr, (2024). 10:130

Spatio-temporal distribution of rhinovirus types in Kenya: a retrospective analysis, 2014.Morobe JM Kamau E Luka MM Murunga N Lewa C Mutunga M Bigogo G Otieno N Nyawanda B Onyango C Nokes DJ Agoti CN Munywoki PK
Sci Rep, (2024). 14:22298

The respiratory syncytial virus vaccine and monoclonal antibody landscape: the road to global access.Terstappen J Hak SF Bhan A Bogaert D Bont LJ Buchholz UJ Clark AD Cohen C Dagan R Feikin DR Graham BS Gupta A Haldar P Jalang'o R Karron RA Kragten L Li Y Lowensteyn YN Munywoki PK Njogu R Osterhaus A Pollard AJ Nazario LR Sande C Satav AR Srikantiah P Stein RT Thacker N Thomas R Bayona MT Mazur NI
Lancet Infect Dis, (2024). 24:e747-e761