Epidemiology and Demography
External validation of paediatric pneumonia and bronchiolitis risk scores to predict mortality in children hospitalised in Kenya: a retrospective cohort study.Gordon B, Nyiro JU, Nair H, Sheikh Z, Katama E, Agoti CN, Pei R, Zar H, Shi T
J Infect Dis, (2025). :
Addressing the challenges of estimating the target population in calculation of routine infant immunization coverage in Kenya.Karanja-Chege C, Agweyu A, Were F, Boele van Hensbroek M, Ogallo W
PLOS Glob Public Health, (2025). 5:e0004298
Implementing community-based interventions for the management of chronic conditions in low- and middle-income countries: A scoping review of qualitative evidence.Hassan S, Kagwanja N, Diallo B, Oyando R, Perel P, Etyang A, Tsofa B, Nolte E
PLOS Glob Public Health, (2025). 5:e0004860
Lessons learnt during establishment of COVID-19 active vaccine safety surveillance in nine African countries.Cutland CL, Gutu K, Yun JA, Izu A, Mahtab S, Peter J, Ansah NA, Obaro S, Tilahun B, Jambo K, Sow S, Kagucia EW, Chicumbe S, Dlamini T, Browne M, Clothier H, Griffin J, Jiang Y, Lee A, Ghebreab L, Madhi SA, Black SB
Vaccine, (2025). 62:127441
Trials for LLM-supported clinical decisions in African primary healthcare.Mateen BA, Menon V, Agweyu A, Korom R, Omoluabi E, McAfee D, Shimelash N, Rutunda S, Rugege C, Williams G, Emmanuel-Fabula M, Denniston AK, Liu X, Miles M
Nat Med, (2025). :
Single low dose primaquine to block the transmission of Plasmodium falciparum-proposed stand-alone and ACT-adapted regimens.Taylor WRJ, Olupot-Olupot P, Onyamboko MA, Chimjinda N, Taya C, Pouplin JNN, Williams TN, Maitland K, Fanello CA, Day NPJ, Tarning J, White NJ, Mukaka M
BMC Med, (2025). 23:397
Early weaning from oxygen therapy in African children with severe pneumonia.Maitland K, Giallongo E, Hamaluba M, Alaroker F, Opoka RO, Tagoola A, Nalwanga D, Nabawanuka E, Okiror W, Nakuya M, Aromut D, Williams TN, Thomas K, Harrison DA, Mouncey P, Bush A, Fraser JF, Rowan K, Olupot-Olupot P, Kiguli S
BMC Med, (2025). 23:366
GRAPEVNE - Graphical Analytical Pipeline Development Environment for Infectious Diseases.Brittain JS, Tsui J, Inward R, Gutierrez B, Mwanyika G, Tegally H, Huynh T, Githinji G, Tessema SK, McCrone JT, Bhatt S, Dasgupta A, Ratcliffe S, Kraemer MUG
Wellcome Open Res, (2025). 10:279
Emergence and transmission dynamics of the FY.4 Omicron variant in Kenya.Musundi S, Mwanga M, Lambisia A, Morobe JM, Murunga N, Moraa E, Ndwiga L, Cheruiyot R, Musyoki J, Mutunga M, Guzman-Rincon LM, Sande C, Mwangangi J, Bejon P, Ochola-Oyier LI, Nokes DJ, Agoti CN, Nyiro J, Githinji G
Virus Evol, (2025). 11:veaf035
Use of minimally invasive tissue sampling to determine the contribution of diarrheal diseases to under-five mortality and associated co-morbidities and co-infections in children with fatal diarrheal diseases in Africa and Bangladesh.Mutevedzi PC, Madewell ZJ, Kotloff KL, Bassat Q, Chirinda PJ, Cossa ACA, Xerinda EG, Akelo V, Mitei PK, Oele E, Omore R, Onyango D, Bangura J, Luke R, Moseray A, Ogbuanu IU, Sesay T, Assefa N, Libe TT, Madrid L, Yeshi MM, Scott JAG, Govender NP, Lala SG, Madhi SA, Mahtab S, Keita AM, Sanogo D, Sow SO, Tapia MD, El Arifeen S, Gurley ES, Barr BAT, Whitney CG, Blau DM, Mandomando I
PLOS Glob Public Health, (2025). 5:e0004772
Deploying Metagenomics to Characterize Microbial Pathogens During Outbreak of Acute Febrile Illness Among Children in Tanzania.Mziray SR, Githinji G, de Laurent ZR, Mbelele PM, Mohammed KS, Wadugu BD, Grundy BS, Heysell SK, Mpagama SG, Chilongola JO
Pathogens, (2025). 14:
Supplementation with ready-to-use therapeutic food has no effect on adverse outcomes among undernourished children aged 6-59 months with severe pneumonia.Nalwanga D, Giallongo E, Musiime V, Kiguli S, Olupot PO, Alaroker F, Opoka R, Tagoola A, Hamaluba M, Mogaka C, Nabawanuka E, Karamagi C, Briend A, Maitland K
Front Nutr, (2025). 12:1507360
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
