Publications

Recent publications

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

The aetiologies, mortality, and disability of non-traumatic coma in African children: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Ray STJ, Fuller CE, Boubour A, Tshimangani T, Kafoteka E, Muiruri-Liomba A, Malenga A, Tebulo A, Pensulo P, Gushu MB, Nielsen M, Raees M, Stockdale E, Langton J, Birbeck GL, Waithira N, Bonnett LJ, Henrion MY, Fink EL, Postels DG, O'Brien N, Page AL, Baron E, Gordon SB, Molyneux E, Dondorp A, George EC, Maitland K, Michael BD, Solomon T, Chimalizeni Y, Lalloo DG, Moxon CA, Taylor T, Mallewa M, Idro R, Seydel K, Griffiths MJ
Lancet Glob Health, (2025). :

Protein-specific immune response elicited by the Shigella sonnei 1790GAHB GMMA-based candidate vaccine in adults with varying exposure to Shigella.Randall AZ, Conti V, Nakakana U, Liang X, Teng AA, Di Pasquale AL, Kapulu M, Frenck RJr, Launay O, Ferruzzi P, ScirÃ© AS, Marchetti E, Obiero C, Pablo JV, Edgar J, Bejon P, Shandling AD, Campo JJ, Yee A, Martin LB, Podda A, Micoli F
mSphere, (2025). :e0105724

Costs and cost-effectiveness of community health worker programs focussed on HIV, TB and malaria infectious diseases in low- and middle-income countries (2015-2024): A scoping literature review.O'Donovan J, Baskin C, Stansert Katzen L, Ballard M, Kok M, Jimenez A, Iberico M, Cook J, Bienvenue Ishimwe A, Martin L, Kawooya P, Aranda Z, Mantus M, Bruce Kumar M, Finnegan KE, Mudhune S, Dennis M, Palazuelos D, Mbewe D, Nshimayesu M, Vaughan K
PLOS Glob Public Health, (2025). 5:e0004596

Reversible host cell surface remodelling limits immune recognition and maximizes survival of Plasmodium falciparum gametocytes.Ngotho P, Dantzler Press K, Peedell M, Muasya W, Omondi BR, Otoboh SE, Gomez J, Coronado L, Seydel KB, Kapulu M, Laufer M, Taylor T, Bousema T, Marti M
PLoS Pathog, (2025). 21:e1013110

Mortality among children aged 28 days-17 years with pneumonia who are not severely undernourished and the effect of macronutrient supplementation: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Nalwanga D, Kinengyere AA, Kiggwe A, Negash AA, Ocan M, Loyce N, Briend A, Maitland K, Musiime V, Karamagi C
BMJ Open, (2025). 15:e091766

Characterization of SARS-CoV-2 intrahost genetic evolution in vaccinated and non-vaccinated patients from the Kenyan population.Lugano D, Mwangi K, Mware B, Kibet G, Osiany S, Kiritu E, Dobi P, Muli C, Njeru R, de Oliveira T, Njenga MK, Routh A, Oyola SO
J Virol, (2025). :e0048225

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

Functional Seizures-A Critical Comorbidity Overlooked in Epilepsy Research-Reply.Kwon CS, JettÃ© N, Newton CR
JAMA Neurol, (2025). :

When health data go dark: the importance of the DHS Program and imagining its future.Khaki JJ, Molenaar J, Karki S, Olal E, Straneo M, Mosuse MA, Fouogue JT, Hensen B, Baguiya A, Musau Nkola A, Wong KLM, Ba OA, Kikula A, Grovogui FM, Semaan A, Asefa A, Macharia PM, Chikwari CD, OuÃ©draogo MO, Christou A, Okiro EA, Mutua MK, Amodu A, Phiri M, Athanase R, Kitara DL, Owolabi O, Pembe AB, Afolabi BB, BeÅˆovÃ¡ L
BMC Med, (2025). 23:241

Examining national health insurance fund members' preferences and trade-offs for the attributes of contracted outpatient facilities in Kenya: A discrete choice experiment.Kazungu J, Barasa E, Nonvignon J, Quaife M
PLOS Glob Public Health, (2025). 5:e0003557

Characterisation of febrile non-traumatic coma in sub-Saharan Africa.Kariuki SM, Newton CR
Lancet Glob Health, (2025). :

Geographic inequalities, and social-demographic determinants of reproductive, maternal and child health at sub-national levels in Kenya.Karimi J, Cherono A, Alegana V, Mutua M, Kiarie H, Muthee R, Temmerman M, Gichangi P
BMC Public Health, (2025). 25:1656

Association between gestational age-specific weight gain in pregnancy and risk of adverse perinatal outcomes: a secondary analysis of the INTERBIO-21st Fetal Study.Jabin N, Malla L, Otieno G, Ismail LC, Papageorghiou AT, Kennedy SH, Villar J, Ohuma EO
Am J Clin Nutr, (2025). :

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). :

Correction: Evaluating the generalisability of region-naÃ¯ve machine learning algorithms for the identification of epilepsy in low-resource settings.Duta I, Kariuki SM, Ngugi AK, Mwesige AK, Masanja H, Mwanga DM, Owusu-Agyei S, Wagner R, Cross JH, Sander JW, Newton CR, Sen A, Jones GD
PLOS Digit Health, (2025). 4:e0000841

Sociodemographic influences on substance use in psychosis in an African cohort.Campbell ML, Odokonyero R, Akena D, Alemayehu M, Atwoli L, Chibnik LB, Gelaye B, Gichuru S, Kariuki SM, Koenen KC, Kwobah E, Kyebuzibwa J, Mwema RM, Newton CRJC, Post K, Pretorius A, Stevenson A, Stroud RE, 2nd Teferra S, Zingela Z, Stein DJ, Hook K
Schizophr Res, (2025). 281:157-163

Situational analysis of antibiotic prescriptions in Kenyan neonatal units for antimicrobial stewardship: a retrospective longitudinal study.Aluvaala J, Tuti T, Ogola M, Lim C, Cavany S, English M
EClinicalMedicine, (2025). 82:103156

Task sharing for increasing access to obstetric ultrasonography: a formative qualitative study of nurse-led scanning with telemedicine review in Kenya.Kumar MB, Mulongo CM, Pincerato L, De Vita MV, Saidi S, Gakii Y, Morino G, Kumar P
Oxf Open Digit Health, (2024). 2:oqae037

Plasmodium falciparum reticulocyte-binding homologues are targets of human inhibitory antibodies and play a role in immune evasion.Reiling L, Persson KEM, McCallum FJ, Gicheru N, Kinyanjui SM, Chitnis CE, Fowkes FJI, Marsh K, Beeson JG
Front Immunol, (2025). 16:1532451