Neema Mturi

Should First-line Empiric Treatment Strategies for Neonates Cover Coagulase-negative Staphylococcal Infections in Kenya?.Seale AC, Obiero CW, Jones KD, Barsosio HC, Thitiri J, Ngari M, Morpeth S, Mohammed S, Fegan G, Mturi N, Berkley JA
Pediatr Infect Dis J, (2017). 36:1073-1078

Diagnostic criteria for severe acute malnutrition among infants aged under 6 mo.Mwangome M, Ngari M, Fegan G, Mturi N, Shebe M, Bauni E, Berkley JA
Am J Clin Nutr, (2017). 105:1415-1423

Human genetic and metabolite variation reveals that methylthioadenosine is a prognostic biomarker and an inflammatory regulator in sepsis.Wang L, Ko ER, Gilchrist JJ, Pittman KJ, Rautanen A, Pirinen M, Thompson JW, Dubois LG, Langley RJ, Jaslow SL, Salinas RE, Rouse DC, Moseley MA, Mwarumba S, Njuguna P, Mturi N, Wellcome Trust Case Control Consortium, Kenyan Bacteraemia Study Group, Williams TN, Scott JA, Hill AV, Woods CW, Ginsburg GS, Tsalik EL, Ko DC
Sci Adv, (2017). 3:e1602096

Mortality after Inpatient Treatment for Severe Pneumonia in Children: a Cohort Study.Ngari MM, Fegan G, Mwangome MK, Ngama MJ, Mturi N, Scott JAG, Bauni E, Nokes DJ, Berkley JA
Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol, (2017). 31:233-242

Maternal colonization with Streptococcus agalactiae and associated stillbirth and neonatal disease in coastal Kenya.Seale AC, Koech AC, Sheppard AE, Barsosio HC, Langat J, Anyango E, Mwakio S, Mwarumba S, Morpeth SC, Anampiu K, Vaughan A, Giess A, Mogeni P, Walusuna L, Mwangudzah H, Mwanzui D, Salim M, Kemp B, Jones C, Mturi N, Tsofa B, Mumbo E, Mulewa D, Bandika V, Soita M, Owiti M, Onzere N, Walker AS, Schrag SJ, Kennedy SH, Fegan G, Crook DW, Berkley JA
Nat Microbiol, (2016). 1:16067

Age, Spatial, and Temporal Variations in Hospital Admissions with Malaria in Kilifi County, Kenya: A 25-Year Longitudinal Observational Study.Mogeni P, Williams TN, Fegan G, Nyundo C, Bauni E, Mwai K, Omedo I, Njuguna P, Newton CR, Osier F, Berkley JA, Hammitt LL, Lowe B, Mwambingu G, Awuondo K, Mturi N, Peshu N, Snow RW, Noor A, Marsh K, Bejon P
PLoS Med, (2016). 13:e1002047

Daily co-trimoxazole prophylaxis to prevent mortality in children with complicated severe acute malnutrition: a multicentre, double-blind, randomised placebo-controlled trial.Berkley JA, Ngari M, Thitiri J, Mwalekwa L, Timbwa M, Hamid F, Ali R, Shangala J, Mturi N, Jones KD, Alphan H, Mutai B, Bandika V, Hemed T, Awuondo K, Morpeth S, Kariuki S, Fegan G
Lancet Glob Health, (2016). 4:e464-73

Polymorphism in a lincRNA Associates with a Doubled Risk of Pneumococcal Bacteremia in Kenyan Children.Kenyan Bacteraemia Study Group, Wellcome Trust Case Control Consortium, Rautanen A, Pirinen M, Mills TC, Rockett KA, Strange A, Ndungu AW, Naranbhai V, Gilchrist JJ, Bellenguez C, Freeman C, Band G, Bumpstead SJ, Edkins S, Giannoulatou E, Gray E, Dronov S, Hunt SE, Langford C, Pearson RD, Su Z, Vukcevic D, Macharia AW, Uyoga S, Ndila C, Mturi N, Njuguna P, Mohammed S, Berkley JA, Mwangi I, Mwarumba S, Kitsao BS, Lowe BS, Morpeth SC, Khandwalla I, Kilifi Bacteraemia Surveillance Group, Blackwell JM, Bramon E, Brown MA, Casas JP, Corvin A, Duncanson A, Jankowski J, Markus HS, Mathew CG, Palmer CNA, Plomin R, Sawcer SJ, Trembath RC, Viswanathan AC, Wood NW, Deloukas P, Peltonen L, Williams TN, Scott JAG, Chapman SJ, Donnelly P, Hill AVS, Spencer CCA
Am J Hum Genet, (2016). 98:1092-1100

Effect of Haemophilus influenzae type b vaccination without a booster dose on invasive H influenzae type b disease, nasopharyngeal carriage, and population immunity in Kilifi, Kenya: a 15-year regional surveillance study.Hammitt LL, Crane RJ, Karani A, Mutuku A, Morpeth SC, Burbidge P, Goldblatt D, Kamau T, Sharif S, Mturi N, Scott JA
Lancet Glob Health, (2016). 4:e185-94

Invasive Group A Streptococcus Infection among Children, Rural Kenya.Seale AC, Davies MR, Anampiu K, Morpeth SC, Nyongesa S, Mwarumba S, Smeesters PR, Efstratiou A, Karugutu R, Mturi N, Williams TN, Scott JA, Kariuki S, Dougan G, Berkley JA
Emerg Infect Dis, (2016). 22:224-32

Invasive Salmonellosis in Kilifi, Kenya.Muthumbi E, Morpeth SC, Ooko M, Mwanzu A, Mwarumba S, Mturi N, Etyang AO, Berkley JA, Williams TN, Kariuki S, Scott JA
Clin Infect Dis, (2015). 61 Suppl 4:S290-301

Risk and causes of paediatric hospital-acquired bacteraemia in Kilifi District Hospital, Kenya: a prospective cohort study.Aiken AM, Mturi N, Njuguna P, Mohammed S, Berkley JA, Mwangi I, Mwarumba S, Kitsao BS, Lowe BS, Morpeth SC, Hall AJ, Khandawalla I, Scott JAG
Lancet, (2011). 378:2021-2027

Excess child mortality after discharge from hospital in Kilifi, Kenya: a retrospective cohort analysis.Moisi JC, Gatakaa H, Berkley JA, Maitland K, Mturi N, Newton CR, Njuguna P, Nokes J, Ojal J, Bauni E, Tsofa B, Peshu N, Marsh K, Williams TN, Scott JA
Bull World Health Organ, (2011). 89:725-32, 732A

Efficacy of RTS,S/AS01E malaria vaccine and exploratory analysis on anti-circumsporozoite antibody titres and protection in children aged 5-17 months in Kenya and Tanzania: a randomised controlled trial.Olotu A, Lusingu J, Leach A, Lievens M, Vekemans J, Msham S, Lang T, Gould J, Dubois MC, Jongert E, Vansadia P, Carter T, Njuguna P, Awuondo KO, Malabeja A, Abdul O, Gesase S, Mturi N, Drakeley CJ, Savarese B, Villafana T, Lapierre D, Ballou WR, Cohen J, Lemnge MM, Peshu N, Marsh K, Riley EM, von Seidlein L, Bejon P
Lancet Infect Dis, (2011). 11:102-9

Safety of the malaria vaccine candidate, RTS,S/AS01E in 5 to 17 month old Kenyan and Tanzanian Children.Lusingu J, Olotu A, Leach A, Lievens M, Vekemans J, Olivier A, Benns S, Olomi R, Msham S, Lang T, Gould J, Hallez K, Guerra Y, Njuguna P, Awuondo KO, Malabeja A, Abdul O, Gesase S, Dekker D, Malle L, Ismael S, Mturi N, Drakeley CJ, Savarese B, Villafana T, Ballou WR, Cohen J, Riley EM, Lemnge MM, Marsh K, Bejon P, von Seidlein L
PLoS One, (2010). 5:e14090

Congenital and neonatal malaria in a rural Kenyan district hospital: an eight-year analysis.Mwaniki MK, Talbert AW, Mturi FN, Berkley JA, Kager P, Marsh K, Newton CR
Malar J, (2010). 9:313

An increase in the burden of neonatal admissions to a rural district hospital in Kenya over 19 years.Mwaniki MK, Gatakaa HW, Mturi FN, Chesaro CR, Chuma JM, Peshu NM, Mason L, Kager P, Marsh K, English M, Berkley JA, Newton CR
BMC Public Health, (2010). 10:591

Neonatal seizures in a rural Kenyan District Hospital: aetiology, incidence and outcome of hospitalization.Mwaniki M, Mathenge A, Gwer S, Mturi N, Bauni E, Newton CR, Berkley J, Idro R
BMC Med, (2010). 8:16

Cerebrospinal Fluid Studies in Kenyan Children with Severe Falciparum Malaria.Mturi N, Keir G, Maclennan CA, Ross A, Willis AC, Elford BC, Berkley JA, Newton CR
Open Trop Med J, (2008). 1:56-62

Efficacy of RTS,S/AS01E vaccine against malaria in children 5 to 17 months of age.Bejon P, Lusingu J, Olotu A, Leach A, Lievens M, Vekemans J, Mshamu S, Lang T, Gould J, Dubois MC, Demoitie MA, Stallaert JF, Vansadia P, Carter T, Njuguna P, Awuondo KO, Malabeja A, Abdul O, Gesase S, Mturi N, Drakeley CJ, Savarese B, Villafana T, Ballou WR, Cohen J, Riley EM, Lemnge MM, Marsh K, von Seidlein L
N Engl J Med, (2008). 359:2521-32