Publications

Epidemiology and Demography

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, P. K. 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, C. K. Karanja, S. Ogallo, W. Were, F. van Hensbroek, M. B. 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, L. O. Okanda, D. Chirro, O. Zaharani, M. Safari, B. Aliyan, N. Andersson, M. I. Tanaka, Y. Etyang, A. O. Shimakawa, Y. Githinji, G. Matthews, P. C.
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(R) and Quantitative Buffy Coat(R) and Coulter Counter-measured haemoglobin concentrations in African children with acute uncomplicated malaria: a Bland-Altman analysis.Ayuen, D. S. Olupot-Olupot, P. Muhindo, R. Onyamboko, M. A. Ajayi, S. Chimjinda, N. Taya, C. Uyoga, S. Williams, T. N. Maitland, K. Fanello, C. Day, N. P. J. Taylor, W. R. Mukaka, M.
Malar J, (2025). 24:77

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, Y. K. Ngome, S. Riako, D. Musyoki, J. Muiruri, C. Orindi, B. Else, L. Amara, A. Dickinson, L. Clare, R. H. Albulescu, L. O. Westhorpe, A. P. Kool, J. Adetifa, I. Ndungu, F. M. FitzGerald, R. Khoo, S. Lalloo, D. G. Casewell, N. R. 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, R. G. Laurence, Y. V. 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, K. D. Fakhar Uddin, M. Molyneux, S. Walson, J. L. 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:

Molecular Analysis of Human Respiratory Syncytial Virus Group B Strains Isolated in Kenya Before and During the Emergence of Pandemic Influenza A/H1N1.Wangui, J. Gachara, G. Mobegi, V. Agoti, C. Otieno, J. Opanda, S. Opot, B. Ngeranwa, J. N. Njeru, R. Bulimo, W.
Influenza Other Respir Viruses, (2025). 19:e70082

Prevalence and Predictors of Adverse Birth Outcomes and Their Implications in Assessing the Safety of New Maternal Vaccines in Kenya.Nyiro, J. U. Bukusi, E. Mureithi, M. W. Walumbe, D. Nyaguara, A. Kipkoech, C. Nyawanda, B. Bigogo, G. Otieno, N. Aol, G. Audi, A. Murunga, N. Berkley, J. A. Nokes, D. J. Munywoki, P. K.
Pediatr Infect Dis J, (2025). 44:S114-S118

Characterising the asynchronous resurgence of common respiratory viruses following the COVID-19 pandemic.Zhao, C. Zhang, T. Guo, L. Sun, S. Miao, Y. Yung, C. F. Tomlinson, J. Stolyarov, K. Shchomak, Z. Poovorawan, Y. Nokes, D. J. Munoz-Almagro, C. Mandelboim, M. Keck, J. W. Langley, J. M. Heikkinen, T. Deng, J. Colson, P. Chakhunashvili, G. Caballero, M. T. Bont, L. Feikin, D. R. Nair, H. Wang, X. Li, Y. Respiratory Virus Global Epidemiology, Network
Nat Commun, (2025). 16:1610

Global impact of 10- and 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccines on pneumococcal meningitis in all ages: The PSERENADE project.Yang, Y. Knoll, M. D. Herbert, C. Bennett, J. C. Feikin, D. R. Garcia Quesada, M. Hetrich, M. K. Zeger, S. L. Kagucia, E. W. Xiao, M. Cohen, A. L. van der Linden, M. du Plessis, M. Yildirim, I. Winje, B. A. Varon, E. Valenzuela, M. T. Valentiner-Branth, P. Steens, A. Scott, J. A. Savrasova, L. Sanz, J. C. Khan, A. S. Oishi, K. Nzoyikorera, N. Nuorti, J. P. Mereckiene, J. McMahon, K. McGeer, A. Mackenzie, G. A. MacDonald, L. Ladhani, S. N. Kristinsson, K. G. Kleynhans, J. Kellner, J. D. Jayasinghe, S. Ho, P. L. Hilty, M. Hammitt, L. L. Guevara, M. Gilkison, C. Gierke, R. Desmet, S. De Wals, P. Dagan, R. Colzani, E. Ciruela, P. Chuluunbat, U. Chan, G. Camilli, R. Bruce, M. G. Brandileone, M. C. Ampofo, K. O'Brien, K. L. Hayford, K. Pserenade Team
J Infect, (2025). 90:106426

Effect of mass campaigns with full and fractional doses of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (Pneumosil) on the reduction of nasopharyngeal pneumococcal carriage in Niger: a three-arm, open-label, cluster-randomised trial.Coldiron, M. E. Soumana, I. Baudin, E. Langendorf, C. Mamiafo Tchoula, C. Brah, S. Karani, A. Gallagher, K. E. Kagucia, E. W. Scott, J. A. G. Grais, R. F.
Lancet Infect Dis, (2025). 25:634-642

Malaria prophylaxis in sickle cell anaemia: some answers, more questions.Williams, T. N. Ware, R. E.
Lancet Infect Dis, (2025). 25:601-602

Serotype distribution of remaining invasive pneumococcal disease after extensive use of ten-valent and 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (the PSERENADE project): a global surveillance analysis.Garcia Quesada, M. Peterson, M. E. Bennett, J. C. Hayford, K. Zeger, S. L. Yang, Y. Hetrich, M. K. Feikin, D. R. Cohen, A. L. von Gottberg, A. van der Linden, M. van Sorge, N. M. de Oliveira, L. H. de Miguel, S. Yildirim, I. Vestrheim, D. F. Verani, J. R. Varon, E. Valentiner-Branth, P. Tzanakaki, G. Sinkovec Zorko, N. Setchanova, L. P. Serhan, F. Scott, K. J. Scott, J. A. Savulescu, C. Savrasova, L. Reyburn, R. Oishi, K. Nuorti, J. P. Napoli, D. Mwenda, J. M. Munoz-Almagro, C. Morfeldt, E. McMahon, K. McGeer, A. Mad'arova, L. Mackenzie, G. A. Eugenia Leon, M. Ladhani, S. N. Kristinsson, K. G. Kozakova, J. Kleynhans, J. Klein, N. P. Kellner, J. D. Jayasinghe, S. Ho, P. L. Hilty, M. Harker-Jones, M. A. Hammitt, L. L. Grgic-Vitek, M. Gilkison, C. Gierke, R. French, N. Diawara, I. Desmet, S. De Wals, P. Dalby, T. Dagan, R. Corcoran, M. Colzani, E. Chanto Chacon, G. Castilla, J. Camilli, R. Ang, M. Ampofo, K. Almeida, S. C. G. Alarcon, P. O'Brien, K. L. Deloria Knoll, M. Pserenade Team
Lancet Infect Dis, (2025). 25:445-456

Global impact of ten-valent and 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccines on invasive pneumococcal disease in all ages (the PSERENADE project): a global surveillance analysis.Bennett, J. C. Deloria Knoll, M. Kagucia, E. W. Garcia Quesada, M. Zeger, S. L. Hetrich, M. K. Yang, Y. Herbert, C. Ogyu, A. Cohen, A. L. Yildirim, I. Winje, B. A. von Gottberg, A. Viriot, D. van der Linden, M. Valentiner-Branth, P. Suga, S. Steens, A. Skoczynska, A. Sinkovec Zorko, N. Scott, J. A. Savulescu, C. Savrasova, L. Sanz, J. C. Russell, F. Ricketson, L. J. Puentes, R. Nuorti, J. P. Mereckiene, J. McMahon, K. McGeer, A. Mad'arova, L. Mackenzie, G. A. MacDonald, L. Lepp, T. Ladhani, S. N. Kristinsson, K. G. Kozakova, J. Klein, N. P. Jayasinghe, S. Ho, P. L. Hilty, M. Heyderman, R. S. Hasanuzzaman, M. Hammitt, L. L. Guevara, M. Grgic-Vitek, M. Gierke, R. Georgakopoulou, T. Galloway, Y. Diawara, I. Desmet, S. De Wals, P. Dagan, R. Colzani, E. Cohen, C. Ciruela, P. Chuluunbat, U. Chan, G. Camilli, R. Bruce, M. G. Brandileone, M. C. Bigogo, G. Ampofo, K. O'Brien, K. L. Feikin, D. R. Hayford, K. Pserenade Team
Lancet Infect Dis, (2025). 25:457-470

Infections in sickle cell disease.Scourfield, L. E. A. Nardo-Marino, A. Williams, T. N. Rees, D. C.
Haematologica, (2025). 110:546-561

Relation Between the Dantu Blood Group Variant and Bacteremia in Kenyan Children: A Population-Based Case-Control Study.Kariuki, S. N. Gilchrist, J. J. Uyoga, S. Macharia, A. Makale, J. Rayner, J. C. Williams, T. N.
J Infect Dis, (2025). 231:e10-e16