Publications

Biosciences

COVID-19 transmission dynamics underlying epidemic waves in Kenya.Brand SPC, Ojal J, Aziza R, Were V, Okiro EA, Kombe IK, Mburu C, Ogero M, Agweyu A, Warimwe GM, Nyagwange J, Karanja H, Gitonga JN, Mugo D, Uyoga S, Adetifa IMO, Scott JAG, Otieno E, Murunga N, Otiende M, Ochola-Oyier LI, Agoti CN, Githinji G, Kasera K, Amoth P, Mwangangi M, Aman R, Ng'ang'a W, Tsofa B, Bejon P, Keeling MJ, Nokes DJ, Barasa E
Science, (2021). 374:989-994

Prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 Antibodies From a National Serosurveillance of Kenyan Blood Donors, January-March 2021.Uyoga S, Adetifa IMO, Otiende M, Yegon C, Agweyu A, Warimwe GM, Scott JAG
JAMA, (2021). 326:1436-1438

Assessing the Level and Determinants of COVID-19 Vaccine Confidence in Kenya.Orangi S, Pinchoff J, Mwanga D, Abuya T, Hamaluba M, Warimwe G, Austrian K, Barasa E
Vaccines (Basel), (2021). 9:936

Malaria infection and severe disease risks in Africa.Paton RS, Kamau A, Akech S, Agweyu A, Ogero M, Mwandawiro C, Mturi N, Mohammed S, Mpimbaza A, Kariuki S, Otieno NA, Nyawanda BO, Mohamed AF, Mtove G, Reyburn H, Gupta S, Bejon P, Lourenço J, Snow RW
Science, (2021). 373:926-931

Equity for excellence in academic institutions: a manifesto for change.Wedekind L, Noe A, Mokaya J, Tamandjou C, Kapulu M, Ruecker A, Kestelyn E, Zimba M, Khatamzas E, Eziefula AC, Mackintosh CL, Nascimento R, Ariana P, Best D, Gibbs E, Dunachie S, Hadley G, Ravenswood H, Young B, Kamau C, Marsh K, McShane H, Hale R, McPhilbin E, Ovseiko PV, Oxford Equity in Academia consortium, Surender R, Worland C, White LJ, Matthews PC
Wellcome Open Res, (2021). 6:142

Tracking the introduction and spread of SARS-CoV-2 in coastal Kenya.Githinji G, de Laurent ZR, Mohammed KS, Omuoyo DO, Macharia PM, Morobe JM, Otieno E, Kinyanjui SM, Agweyu A, Maitha E, Kitole B, Suleiman T, Mwakinangu M, Nyambu J, Otieno J, Salim B, Kasera K, Kiiru J, Aman R, Barasa E, Warimwe G, Bejon P, Tsofa B, Ochola-Oyier LI, Nokes DJ, Agoti CN
Nat Commun, (2021). 12:4809

Understanding the benefits and burdens associated with a malaria human infection study in Kenya: experiences of study volunteers and other stakeholders.Chi PC, Owino EA, Jao I, Olewe F, Ogutu B, Bejon P, Kapulu M, Kamuya D, Marsh V, CHMI-SIKA Study Team
Trials, (2021). 22:494

Improving statistical power in severe malaria genetic association studies by augmenting phenotypic precision.Watson JA, Ndila CM, Uyoga S, Macharia A, Nyutu G, Mohammed S, Ngetsa C, Mturi N, Peshu N, Tsofa B, Rockett K, Leopold S, Kingston H, George EC, Maitland K, Day NP, Dondorp AM, Bejon P, Williams TN, Holmes CC, White NJ
Elife, (2021). 10:69698

Chronic Immune Activation and CD4(+) T Cell Lymphopenia in Healthy African Individuals: Perspectives for SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine Efficacy.Wolday D, Ndungu FM, Gomez-Perez GP, de Wit TFR
Front Immunol, (2021). 12:693269

What Constitutes Protective Immunity Following Yellow Fever Vaccination?.Mokaya J, Kimathi D, Lambe T, Warimwe GM
Vaccines (Basel), (2021). 9:671

Temporal trends of SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence during the first wave of the COVID-19 epidemic in Kenya.Adetifa IMO, Uyoga S, Gitonga JN, Mugo D, Otiende M, Nyagwange J, Karanja HK, Tuju J, Wanjiku P, Aman R, Mwangangi M, Amoth P, Kasera K, Ng'ang'a W, Rombo C, Yegon C, Kithi K, Odhiambo E, Rotich T, Orgut I, Kihara S, Bottomley C, Kagucia EW, Gallagher KE, Etyang A, Voller S, Lambe T, Wright D, Barasa E, Tsofa B, Bejon P, Ochola-Oyier LI, Agweyu A, Scott JAG, Warimwe GM
Nat Commun, (2021). 12:3966

Identifying prognostic factors of severe metabolic acidosis and uraemia in African children with severe falciparum malaria: a secondary analysis of a randomized trial.Mzumara G, Leopold S, Marsh K, Dondorp A, Ohuma EO, Mukaka M
Malar J, (2021). 20:282

The Plasmodium falciparum Rh5 invasion protein complex reveals an excess of rare variant mutations.Ndwiga L, Osoti V, Ochwedo KO, Wamae K, Bejon P, Rayner JC, Githinji G, Ochola-Oyier LI
Malar J, (2021). 20:278

Epilepsy in Onchocerca volvulus Sero-Positive Patients From Northern Uganda-Clinical, EEG and Brain Imaging Features.Ogwang R, Ningwa A, Akun P, Bangirana P, Anguzu R, Mazumder R, Salamon N, Henning OJ, Newton CR, Abbo C, Mwaka AD, Marsh K, Idro R
Front Neurol, (2021). 12:687281

A review of the frequencies of Plasmodium falciparum Kelch 13 artemisinin resistance mutations in Africa.Ndwiga L, Kimenyi KM, Wamae K, Osoti V, Akinyi M, Omedo I, Ishengoma DS, Duah-Quashie N, Andagalu B, Ghansah A, Amambua-Ngwa A, Tukwasibwe S, Tessema SK, Karema C, Djimde AA, Dondorp AM, Raman J, Snow RW, Bejon P, Ochola-Oyier LI
Int J Parasitol Drugs Drug Resist, (2021). 16:155-161

Using cross-species vaccination approaches to counter emerging infectious diseases.Warimwe GM, Francis MJ, Bowden TA, Thumbi SM, Charleston B
Nat Rev Immunol, (2021). 21:815-822

Coordinated Fc-effector and neutralization functions in HIV-infected children define a window of opportunity for HIV vaccination.Nduati EW, Gorman MJ, Sein Y, Hermanus T, Yuan D, Oyaro I, Muema DM, Ndung'u T, Alter G, Moore PL
AIDS, (2021). 35:1895-1905

Arterolane-piperaquine-mefloquine versus arterolane-piperaquine and artemether-lumefantrine in the treatment of uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Kenyan children: a single-centre, open-label, randomised, non-inferiority trial.Hamaluba M, van der Pluijm RW, Weya J, Njuguna P, Ngama M, Kalume P, Mwambingu G, Ngetsa C, Wambua J, Boga M, Mturi N, Lal AA, Khuroo A, Taylor WRJ, Goncalves S, Miotto O, Dhorda M, Mutinda B, Mukaka M, Waithira N, Hoglund RM, Imwong M, Tarning J, Day NPJ, White NJ, Bejon P, Dondorp AM
Lancet Infect Dis, (2021). 21:1395-1406

Determinants of the varied profiles of Plasmodium falciparum infections among infants living in Kintampo, Ghana.Botwe AK, Oppong FB, Gyaase S, Owusu-Agyei S, Asghar M, Asante KP, Farnert A, Osier F
Malar J, (2021). 20:240

Systemic and cerebrospinal fluid immune and complement activation in Ugandan children and adolescents with long-standing nodding syndrome: A case-control study.Ogwang R, Muhanguzi D, Mwikali K, Anguzu R, Kubofcik J, Nutman TB, Taylor M, Newton CR, Vincent A, Conroy AL, Marsh K, Idro R
Epilepsia Open, (2021). 6:297-309