Publications

Epidemiology and Demography

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

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). :

Countries should strengthen their health information systems.Strong K, Abajobir A, Aboud F, Agweyu A, Billah SM, Black M, Brinkman S, Cerna-Turoff I, Dandona R, Ekman C, Horiuchi S, Huicho L, Jamaluddine Z, Lazzerini M, Maiga A, Munos M, Weigel R
Bmj, (2025). 389:r791

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

Misclassification of malaria as pneumonia in children in sub-Saharan Africa.Bottomley C, Kamau A, Awori JO, Driscoll AJ, Park DE, Sow SO, Tapia MD, Kotloff KL, Ebruke BE, Antonio M, Howie SRC, Hayes RJ, Scott JAG
Int J Epidemiol, (2025). 54:

Rethinking the evidence on COVID-19 in Africa.Bejon P, Agweyu A, Ochola-Oyier LI, Hamaluba M, Kamuya D, Kinyanjui S, Barasa E
Lancet Infect Dis, (2025). 25:S1473-3099

Predictors of HIV testing and status disclosure among young adolescents in postconflict settings: findings from a pre-post study design in Nimule per-urban town of South Sudan.Bojo S, Kokwaro G, Agweyu A
BMJ Open, (2025). 15:e094008

Investigating the dynamics of Plasmodium falciparum gametocyte carriage in expectant women under intermittent preventive treatment with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine in Kilifi, study protocol.Kiyuka PK, Muricho M, Ouma N, Muiruri C, Nyaguara A, Rono M, Oyier I, Hamaluba M
Open Res Eur, (2025). 5:60

Uptake and determinants of routine immunization among vulnerable children and adolescents in sub-Saharan Africa: A scoping review.Chege CK, Karanja S, Ogallo W, Were F, van Hensbroek MB, Agweyu A
Vaccine, (2025). 54:127021

Hepatitis B Core-Related Antigen Point-of-Care Tests as a Risk Stratification Tool for Treatment Eligibility: Experience From Kenya.Downs LO, Okanda D, Chirro O, Zaharani M, Safari B, Aliyan N, Andersson MI, Tanaka Y, Etyang AO, Shimakawa Y, Githinji G, Matthews PC
Open Forum Infect Dis, (2025). 12:ofaf125

Pilot implementation of short message service for randomisation in a multisite pragmatic factorial clinical trial in Kenya.Chepkirui M, Kimego D, Nzioki C, Jowi E, Opondo C, Agweyu A
Pilot Feasibility Stud, (2025). 11:29

Comparing HemoCue® and Quantitative Buffy Coat® and Coulter Counter-measured haemoglobin concentrations in African children with acute uncomplicated malaria: a Bland-Altman analysis.Ayuen DS, Olupot-Olupot P, Muhindo R, Onyamboko MA, Ajayi S, Chimjinda N, Taya C, Uyoga S, Williams TN, Maitland K, Fanello C, Day NPJ, Taylor WR, Mukaka M
Malar J, (2025). 24:77

Comparing HemoCue® and Quantitative Buffy Coat® and Coulter Counter-measured haemoglobin concentrations in African children with acute uncomplicated malaria: a Bland-Altman analysis.Ayuen DS, Olupot-Olupot P, Muhindo R, Onyamboko MA, Ajayi S, Chimjinda N, Taya C, Uyoga S, Williams TN, Maitland K, Fanello C, Day NPJ, Taylor WR, Mukaka M
Malar J, (2025). 24:77

Investigating the role of cytomegalovirus as a cause of stillbirths and child deaths in low and middle-income countries through postmortem minimally invasive tissue sampling.Velaphi S, Madewell ZJ, Tippett-Barr B, Blau DM, Rogena EA, Lala SG, Mahtab S, Swart PJ, Akelo V, Onyango D, Otieno K, Rogena EA, Were JA, Bassat Q, Carrilho C, Mandomando I, Torres-Fernandez D, Varo R, Luke R, Moses F, Nwajiobi-Princewill P, Ogbuanu IU, Ojulong J, El Arifeen S, Gurley ES, Assefa N, Gedefa L, Madrid L, Scott JAG, Wale H, Juma J, Keita AM, Kotloff KL, Sow SO, Tapia MD, Mutevedzi P, Whitney CG, Madhi SA
Clin Infect Dis, (2025). :ciaf098

Development of an oral regimen of unithiol for the treatment of snakebite envenoming: a phase 1 open-label dose-escalation safety trial and pharmacokinetic analysis in healthy Kenyan adults.Abouyannis M, Nyambura YK, Ngome S, Riako D, Musyoki J, Muiruri C, Orindi B, Else L, Amara A, Dickinson L, Clare RH, Albulescu LO, Westhorpe AP, Kool J, Adetifa I, Ndungu FM, FitzGerald R, Khoo S, Lalloo DG, Casewell NR, Hamaluba M
EBioMedicine, (2025). 113:105600

Catastrophic expenditure associated with childhood hospitalisation for acute illness in Kenya and Uganda: a cross-sectional study.Jemutai J, Njuguna RG, Laurence YV, Murunga S, Ogwang C, Mwaringa S, Mwalekwa L, Timbwa M, Paasi G, Olupot-Olupot P, Juma M, Thitiri J, Ngao N, Singa B, Mukisa J, Mupere E, Lancioni C, Sukhtankar P, Tickell KD, Fakhar Uddin M, Molyneux S, Walson JL, Vassall A, Berkley J
BMJ Public Health, (2025). 3:e001173

Evaluating the level of knowledge of HIV prevention methods and associated socio-demographic factors among adolescents before and after participating in health education in Nimule town of South Sudan.Bojo S, Kokwaro G, Agweyu A
BMC Public Health, (2025). 25:746

Effect of nutritional supplementation with lipid-based therapeutic food on body composition of non-severely malnourished African children aged 6-59 months hospitalized with severe pneumonia.Nalwanga D, Musiime V, Kiguli S, Olupot-Olupot P, Alaroker F, Opoka R, Tagoola A, Mnjala H, Mogaka C, Nabawanuka E, Giallongo E, Karamagi C, Briend A, Maitland K
J Trop Pediatr, (2025). 71: