Publications

Epidemiology and Demography

Development of a controlled human infection model to study respiratory syncytial virus infection in older adults.Sande CJ
Lancet Healthy Longev, (2022). 3:e370-e371

Substantial misdiagnosis of severe malaria in African children.White NJ, Watson JA, Uyoga S, Williams TN, Maitland KM
Lancet, (2022). 400:807

A Scoping Review of Preterm Births in Sub-Saharan Africa: Burden, Risk Factors and Outcomes.Mabrouk A, Abubakar A, Too EK, Chongwo E, Adetifa IM
Int J Environ Res Public Health, (2022). 19:10537

A computational framework for modelling infectious disease policy based on age and household structure with applications to the COVID-19 pandemic.Hilton J, Riley H, Pellis L, Aziza R, Brand SPC, Kombe IK, Ojal J, Parisi A, Keeling MJ, Nokes DJ, Manson-Sawko R, House T
PLoS Comput Biol, (2022). 18:e1010390

The significance of spleen size in children with sickle cell anemia.Nardo-Marino A, Glenthoj A, Brewin JN, Petersen J, Braunstein TH, Kurtzhals JAL, Williams TN, Rees DC
Am J Hematol, (2022). 97:1520-1528

"We should be at the table together from the beginning": perspectives on partnership from stakeholders at four research institutions in sub-Saharan Africa.Voller S, Chitalu CM, Nyondo-Mipando AL, Opobo T, Bangirana CA, Thorogood N, Schellenberg J, Chi P
Int J Equity Health, (2022). 21:111

Respiratory syncytial virus prevention within reach: the vaccine and monoclonal antibody landscape.Mazur NI, Terstappen J, Baral R, Bardaji A, Beutels P, Buchholz UJ, Cohen C, Crowe JE, Cutland CL, Eckert L, Feikin D, Fitzpatrick T, Fong Y, Graham BS, Heikkinen T, Higgins D, Hirve S, Klugman KP, Kragten-Tabatabaie L, Lemey P, Libster R, Lowensteyn Y, Mejias A, Munoz FM, Munywoki PK, Mwananyanda L, Nair H, Nunes MC, Ramilo O, Richmond P, Ruckwardt TJ, Sande C, Srikantiah P, Thacker N, Waldstein KA, Weinberger D, Wildenbeest J, Wiseman D, Zar HJ, Zambon M, Bont L
Lancet Infect Dis, (2022). 23:e2-e21

Differences in epidemiology of enteropathogens in children pre- and post-rotavirus vaccine introduction in Kilifi, coastal Kenya.Agoti CN, Curran MD, Murunga N, Ngari M, Muthumbi E, Lambisia AW, Frost SDW, Blacklaws BA, Nokes DJ, Drumright LN
Gut Pathog, (2022). 14:32

Epidemiological impact and cost-effectiveness analysis of COVID-19 vaccination in Kenya.Orangi S, Ojal J, Brand SP, Orlendo C, Kairu A, Aziza R, Ogero M, Agweyu A, Warimwe GM, Uyoga S, Otieno E, Ochola-Oyier LI, Agoti CN, Kasera K, Amoth P, Mwangangi M, Aman R, Ng'ang'a W, Adetifa IM, Scott JAG, Bejon P, Keeling MJ, Flasche S, Nokes DJ, Barasa E
BMJ Glob Health, (2022). 7:e009430

BIRC6 modifies risk of invasive bacterial infection in Kenyan children.Gilchrist JJ, Kariuki SN, Watson JA, Band G, Uyoga S, Ndila CM, Mturi N, Mwarumba S, Mohammed S, Mosobo M, Alasoo K, Rockett KA, Mentzer AJ, Kwiatkowski DP, Hill AVS, Maitland K, Scott JAG, Williams TN
Elife, (2022). 11:e77461

Insights on the differentiation of stillbirths and early neonatal deaths: A study from the Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance (CHAMPS) network.Quincer E, Philipsborn R, Morof D, Salzberg NT, Vitorino P, Ajanovic S, Onyango D, Ogbuanu I, Assefa N, Sow SO, Mutevedzi P, El Arifeen S, Tippet Barr BA, Scott JAG, Mandomando I, Kotloff KL, Jambai A, Akelo V, Cain CJ, Chowdhury AI, Gure T, Igunza KA, Islam F, Keita AM, Madrid L, Mahtab S, Mehta A, Mitei PK, Ntuli C, Ojulong J, Rahman A, Samura S, Sidibe D, Thwala BN, Varo R, Madhi SA, Bassat Q, Gurley ES, Blau DM, Whitney CG
PLoS One, (2022). 17:e0271662

Improving the diagnosis of severe malaria in African children using platelet counts and plasma PfHRP2 concentrations.Watson JA, Uyoga S, Wanjiku P, Makale J, Nyutu GM, Mturi N, George EC, Woodrow CJ, Day NPJ, Bejon P, Opoka RO, Dondorp AM, John CC, Maitland K, Williams TN, White NJ
Sci Transl Med, (2022). 14:eabn5040

Sickle cell anaemia and severe Plasmodium falciparum malaria: a secondary analysis of the Transfusion and Treatment of African Children Trial (TRACT).Uyoga S, Olupot-Olupot P, Connon R, Kiguli S, Opoka RO, Alaroker F, Muhindo R, Macharia AW, Dondorp AM, Gibb DM, Walker AS, George EC, Maitland K, Williams TN
Lancet Child Adolesc Health, (2022). 6:606-613

Genomic Epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 in Seychelles, 2020-2021.Morobe JM, Pool B, Marie L, Didon D, Lambisia AW, Makori T, Mohammed KS, de Laurent ZR, Ndwiga L, Mburu MW, Moraa E, Murunga N, Musyoki J, Mwacharo J, Nyamako L, Riako D, Ephnatus P, Gambo F, Naimani J, Namulondo J, Tembo SZ, Ogendi E, Balde T, Dratibi FA, Yahaya AA, Gumede N, Achilla RA, Borus PK, Wanjohi DW, Tessema SK, Mwangangi J, Bejon P, Nokes DJ, Ochola-Oyier LI, Githinji G, Biscornet L, Agoti CN
Viruses, (2022). 14:1318

The impact of intermittent presumptive treatment for malaria in pregnancy on hospital birth outcomes on the Kenyan coast.Kamau A, Musau M, Mwakio S, Amadi D, Nyaguara A, Bejon P, Seale AC, Berkley JA, Snow RW
Clin Infect Dis, (2022). 76:e875-e883

Transmission networks of SARS-CoV-2 in Coastal Kenya during the first two waves: A retrospective genomic study.Agoti CN, Ochola-Oyier LI, Dellicour S, Mohammed KS, Lambisia AW, de Laurent ZR, Morobe JM, Mburu MW, Omuoyo DO, Ongera EM, Ndwiga L, Maitha E, Kitole B, Suleiman T, Mwakinangu M, Nyambu JK, Otieno J, Salim B, Musyoki J, Murunga N, Otieno E, Kiiru JN, Kasera K, Amoth P, Mwangangi M, Aman R, Kinyanjui S, Warimwe G, Phan M, Agweyu A, Cotten M, Barasa E, Tsofa B, Nokes DJ, Bejon P, Githinji G
Elife, (2022). 11:e71703

Social mixing patterns relevant to infectious diseases spread by close contact in urban Blantyre, Malawi.Thindwa D, Jambo KC, Ojal J, MacPherson P, Dennis Phiri M, Pinsent A, Khundi M, Chiume L, Gallagher KE, Heyderman RS, Corbett EL, French N, Flasche S
Epidemics, (2022). 40:100590

The impact of malaria-protective red blood cell polymorphisms on parasite biomass in children with severe Plasmodium falciparum malaria.Uyoga S, Watson JA, Wanjiku P, Rop JC, Makale J, Macharia AW, Kariuki SN, Nyutu GM, Shebe M, Mosobo M, Mturi N, Rockett KA, Woodrow CJ, Dondorp AM, Maitland K, White NJ, Williams TN
Nat Commun, (2022). 13:3307

The erythrocyte membrane properties of beta thalassaemia heterozygotes and their consequences for Plasmodium falciparum invasion.Introini V, Marin-Menendez A, Nettesheim G, Lin YC, Kariuki SN, Smith AL, Jean L, Brewin JN, Rees DC, Cicuta P, Rayner JC, Penman BS
Sci Rep, (2022). 12:8934

Global, regional, and national disease burden estimates of acute lower respiratory infections due to respiratory syncytial virus in children younger than 5 years in 2019: a systematic analysis.Li Y, Wang X, Blau DM, Caballero MT, Feikin DR, Gill CJ, Madhi SA, Omer SB, Simoes EAF, Campbell H, Pariente AB, Bardach D, Bassat Q, Casalegno JS, Chakhunashvili G, Crawford N, Danilenko D, Do LAH, Echavarria M, Gentile A, Gordon A, Heikkinen T, Huang QS, Jullien S, Krishnan A, Lopez EL, Markic J, Mira-Iglesias A, Moore HC, Moyes J, Mwananyanda L, Nokes DJ, Noordeen F, Obodai E, Palani N, Romero C, Salimi V, Satav A, Seo E, Shchomak Z, Singleton R, Stolyarov K, Stoszek SK, von Gottberg A, Wurzel D, Yoshida LM, Yung CF, Zar HJ, Respiratory Virus Global Epidemiology Network, Nair H, RESCEU investigators
Lancet, (2022). 399:2047-2064