Clinical Research
Applying WHO Prioritization Criteria for Moderate Wasting: Programmatic Implications.Potani I, Tausanovitch Z, Heymsfield G, Ritz C, Cazes C, James PT, Briend A, Coulibaly IN, Khaki JJ, Manda G, Potani O, Berkley JA, Bailey J, Kangas ST
Matern Child Nutr, (2026). 22:e70152
Pharmacokinetics and safety of fosfomycin and flomoxef administered as part of neonatal sepsis treatment (NeoSep1 Part 1).Bekker A, Panjasawatwong N, Hill LF, Stohr W, Walker AS, Ellis S, Dramowski A, Whitelaw A, Obiero C, Berkley JA, Makazi A, Velaphi S, Thomas R, Magagula P, Abrahams I, Nakwa FL, Barday MM, Van Kwawegen A, Pillay K, Gastine S, Standing JF, Skoutari P, Schiavone F, Sharland M, O'Brien S, Bielicki JA, Cressey TR
Antimicrob Agents Chemother, (2025). :e0112625
Prevalence, incidence, and outcome of tuberculosis among young hospitalised children with acute illness in Sub-Saharan Africa and South East Asia.Chisti MJ, Mupere E, Shahid Asmsb, Mukisa J, Mamun GMS, Lwanga C, Shaima SN, Atuhairwe M, Kabir MF, Aber P, Ssengooba W, Shahrin L, Banu S, Graham SM, Walson JL, Berkley JA, Ahmed T, Lancioni CL
J Glob Health, (2025). 15:4338
Assessing neurocognitive functioning among adults ageing with and without HIV at the Kenyan Coast: measurement issues and correlates.Mwangala PN, Nasambu C, Wagner RG, Duta M, Scerif G, Newton CR, Abubakar A
Front Aging Neurosci, (2025). 17:1702869
A "Familiar Foe Revisited": examining the relationship between endemic Burkitt's lymphoma and changing malaria admissions in the coastal region of Kenya.Mwaniki MK, Mohammed S, Kariuki N, Wamalwa DC, Mutisya F, Newton CR
BMC Cancer, (2025). 25:1907
Burden of Neurodevelopmental Disorders in Kenyan Children.Kariuki SM, Kipkemoi P, Kombe MZ, Bitta MA, Owen JP, Abubakar A, Newton Crjc
JAMA Netw Open, (2025). 8:e2548853
"They recognize me as a doctor": A peer mobilisation training programme to promote oral HIV self-testing and referral for acute HIV infection screening among gay and bisexual men and transgender women in coastal Kenya, an exploratory study.Palmer S, Dijkstra M, Kigoro A, Mohamed K, Mukuria N, Mahmoud S, Gichuru E, van der Elst EM, Sanders EJ
PLoS One, (2025). 20:e0322255
Well-being and quality of life of Kenyan nurses, midwives and community health volunteers: Measurement properties and correlates of the BBQ and WHO-5.Mwangi P, Odero SA, Odhiambo R, Nzioka BM, Shumba CS, Ndirangu-Mugo E, Abubakar A
PLOS Glob Public Health, (2025). 5:e0005510
Correction: Evaluation of the Psychometric Properties of the Social Communication Questionnaire in Rural Kenya.Kipkemoi P, Savage JE, Gona J, Rimba K, Kombe M, Mwangi P, Kipkoech C, Posthuma D, Newton Crjc Abubakar A
J Autism Dev Disord, (2025). :
Target product profiles for paediatric formulations of azithromycin and nitrofurantoin.Nisar YB, Brigadoi G, Ariff S, Arora NK, Bekker A, Berkley JA, Bielicki JA, Cressey TR, Dixit D, Frigati L, Gwee A, Karim M, Kshirsagar R, Mujuru HA, Musiime V, Ojoo M, Ranganathan SS, Roilides E, Sharland M, Tuleu C, Wammanda RD, Williams P, Penazzato M
Bull World Health Organ, (2025). 103:807-813
Inflammation impairs post-hospital discharge growth among children hospitalised with acute illness in sub-Saharan Africa and south Asia.Njunge JM, Mudibo EO, Bogaert J, Orindi B, Sande CJ, Bourdon C, Tigoi C, Ngari MM, Ngao N, Omer E, Gumbi W, Musyimi R, Timbwa M, Mwaringa S, Gwela A, Thitiri J, Mupere E, Lancioni CL, Gonzales GB, Singa BO, Mbale E, Voskuijl WP, Denno DM, Diallo AH, Bamouni RM, Chisti MJ, Shahid Asmsb Ahmed T, Saleem AF, Ali SA, Uhlig HH, Tickell KD, Bandsma RHJ, Walson JL, Berkley JA
Nat Commun, (2025). 16:10788
Plasma lipopolysaccharide levels predict mortality in acutely ill children in Low- and Middle-Income Countries.Allen CAD, Ghate A, Njunge JM, Gartner L, Diallo AH, Lancioni C, Mupere E, Gwela A, Tigoi C, Singa BO, Gumbi W, Bandsma RHJ, Voskuijl WP, Chisti MJ, Ahmed T, Shahid Asmsb Ahmed D, Saleem A, Kazi Z, Jones K, Tickell KD, Walson JL, Berkley JA, Uhlig HH
Nat Commun, (2025). 16:10787
Pf8: an open dataset of Plasmodium falciparum genome variation in 33,325 worldwide samples.Abdel Hamid MM, Abdelraheem MH, Acheampong DO, Adam I, Aide P, Ajibaye O, Ali M, Almagro-Garcia J, Amambua-Ngwa A, Amenga-Etego L, Aniebo I, Aninagyei E, Ansah F, Apinjoh TO, Ariani CV, Auburn S, Awandare GA, Balmer A, Bejon P, Boene S, Bwire G, Candrinho B, Chidimatembue A, Chindavongsa K, Comiche K, Conway D, Dara A, Diakite M, Djimde A, Dondorp A, Doumbia S, Drury E, Fanello CA, Ferdig M, Figueroa K, Gamboa D, Golassa L, Gonçalves S, Guindo MDA, Hamaluba M, Hanboonkunupakarn B, Howe K, Hussien M, Imwong M, Ishengoma D, Jeans J, Kabaghe A, Kamuhabwa A, Kindermans JM, Konate DS, Kwiatkowski DP, Lee C, Lee SK, Lee SJ, Ley B, Llanos-Cuentas A, Marfurt J, Matambisso G, Maude RR, Maude RJ, Mayor A, Mayxay M, Maïga-Ascofaré O, McCann RS, Miles A, Miotto O, Mohamed AO, Morang'a CM, Murie K, Ngasala BE, Nguyen TN, Nolasco O, Nosten F, Noviyanti R, O'Connor Í Oboh M, Ochola-Oyier LI, Olufunke Falade C, Olukosi A, Olumide A, Olusola FI, Onyamboko MA, Oriero EC, Oyibo WA, Pannebaker D, Pearson RD, Phiri K, van der Pluijm RW, Price RN, Quang HH, Rajkumar Devaraju V, Randrianarivelojosia M, Ranford-Cartwright L, Rayner JC, Rovira-Vallbona E, Rowlands K, Ruano-Rubio V, Sanchez JF, Saúte F, Shettima S, da Silva C, Simpson VJ, Suddaby S, Takken W, Thu AM, Toure M, Unlu E, Valdivia HO, van Vugt M, Waithira N, Wellems T, Wendler J, White N, Wuendrich Ogidan R
Wellcome Open Res, (2025). 10:325
Oesophageal cancer and its associated factors among patients attending surgical and oncology clinics at Garissa County Referral Hospital, Kenya: a case-control study.Bashir A, Ngari M, Otieno B, Y'Dhidha AMjidho M, Abdullahi O, Kariuki SM
BMJ Open, (2025). 15:e097376
A Pragmatic Trial of Glucocorticoids for Community-Acquired Pneumonia.Lucinde RK, Gathuri H, Mwaniki P, Orindi B, Otieno EO, Mwakio S, Mulemi L, Isaaka L, Shangala J, Saisi M, Isinde E, Oginga IN, Wachira AW, Manuthu E, Kariuki H, Asaava P, Nyikuli J, Wekesa C, Otedo A, Bosire H, Okoth SB, Ongalo W, Mukabi DM, Lusamba W, Muthui B, Adembesa I, Mithi C, Sood M, Aliyan NA, Gituma B, Matiko MG, Omondi CA, Ombajo LA, Kirui N, Ochola L, Abdi AI, Kagucia EW, English M, Hamaluba M, Ochola-Oyier I, Kamuya D, Bejon P, Barasa E, Agweyu A, Akech S, Etyang AO
N Engl J Med, (2025). :
Plasma folate dynamics in Plasmodium falciparum-infected African children treated with artemisinin combination therapy and single low-dose primaquine or placebo.Ajayi S, Onyamboko MA, Olupot-Olupot P, Ayuen DS, Chimjinda N, Taya C, Williams TN, Uyoga S, Maitland K, Fanello C, Day NPJ, Mukaka M, Taylor WRJ
Malar J, (2025). 24:342
Peer-assisted HIV partner notification services to strengthen index partner testing for newly diagnosed men who have sex with men in coastal Kenya.Adrian H, Dijkstra M, Mahmoud S, Mohamed K, Gichuru E, Sanders EJ, Operario D, van der Elst EM
PLoS One, (2025). 20:e0333707
The relationship between lifetime trauma exposure and psychosis in a multi-country case-control study in Africa.Stevenson A, Misra S, Girma E, Akena D, Alemayehu M, Ametaj AA, Gelaye B, Gichuru S, Kariuki SM, Koenen KC, Kwobah EK, Kyebuzibwa J, Mwema RM, Newman CP, Newton CRJC, Ongeri L, Pretorius A, Sharma M, Stein DJ, Stroud RE, 2nd Teferra S, Zingela Z, Atwoli L
SSM Ment Health, (2025). 7:
Heterozygous pathogenic variants in the splicing factor SF1 lead to a large spectrum of neurodevelopmental disorders.Bou-Rouphael J, Cospain A, Courtin T, Keren B, Marie C, Lesieur-Sebellin M, Heron D, de Sainte Agathe JM, Heide S, Lejeune E, Quelin C, Lecoquierre F, Nizon M, Isidor B, Besnard T, Cogne B, Latypova X, Levy J, Joset P, Steindl K, Palomares-Bralo M, Santos-Simarro F, Thomas MA, Abubakar A, Lynch SA, Müller AJ, Haack TB, Zenker M, Parker M, Clossick E, Spiller M, Crookes R, Holder-Espinasse M, Bayat A, Møller RS, Mieszczanek TS, de la Grange P, Buratti J, Marijon P, Ataf S, Gavin R, Parras C, Hassan BA, Mignot C, El Khattabi L
Am J Hum Genet, (2025). :
Antimicrobial Usage Among Acutely Ill Hospitalized Children Aged 2‒23 Months in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia.Tigoi C, Bourdon C, Ngari M, Musyimi R, Timbwa M, Mwaringa S, Ngao N, Maronga C, Mburu M, Ndirangu A, Arif F, Kazi Z, Ejaz MS, Saleem AF, Singa BO, Mupere E, Shahid Asmsb Khan AF, Chisti MJ, Ahmed T, Lancioni C, Diallo A, Voskuijl W, Bandsma RH, Tickell KD, Sukhtanar P, Walson JL, Stoesser N, Berkley JA
Open Forum Infect Dis, (2025). 12:ofaf487
