Recent publications

Evaluation of an audit and feedback intervention to reduce gentamicin prescription errors in newborn treatment (ReGENT) in neonatal inpatient care in Kenya: a controlled interrupted time series study protocol.Tuti T, Aluvaala J, Malla L, Irimu G, Mbevi G, Wainaina J, Mumelo L, Wairoto K, Mochache D, Hagel C, Maina M, English M
Implement Sci, (2022). 17:32

Digitally recorded and remotely classified lung auscultation compared with conventional stethoscope classifications among children aged 1-59 months enrolled in the Pneumonia Etiology Research for Child Health (PERCH) case-control study.Park DE, Watson NL, Focht C, Feikin D, Hammit L, Brooks WA, Howie SRC, Kotloff KL, Levine OS, Madhi SA, Murdoch DR, O'Brien KL, Scott JAG, Thea DM, Amorninthapichet T, Awori J, Bunthi C, Ebruke B, Elhilali M, Higdon M, Hossain L, Jahan Y, Moore DP, Mulindwa J, Mwananyanda L, Naorat S, Prosperi C, Thamthitiwat S, Verwey C, Jablonski KA, Power MC, Young HA, Deloria Knoll M, McCollum ED
BMJ Open Respir Res, (2022). 9:

Undertaking Community Engagement for a Controlled Human Malaria Infection Study in Kenya: Approaches and Lessons Learnt.Mumba N, Njuguna P, Chi P, Marsh V, Awuor E, Hamaluba M, Mauncho C, Mwalukore S, Masha J, Mwangoma M, Kalama B, Alphan H, Wambua J, Bejon P, Kamuya D, Kapulu MC
Front Public Health, (2022). 10:793913

Understanding intra- and interprofessional team and teamwork processes by exploring facility-based neonatal care in kenyan hospitals.Jepkosgei J, English M, Adam MB, Nzinga J
BMC Health Serv Res, (2022). 22:636

Insights on Distinct Left Atrial Remodeling Between Atrial Fibrillation and Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction.Kuo JY, Jin X, Sun JY, Chang SH, Chi PC, Sung KT, Mok GSP, Yun CH, Chang SC, Chung FP, Yu CH, Wu TH, Hung CL, Yeh HI, Lam CSP
Front Cardiovasc Med, (2022). 9:857360

Incidence of chikungunya virus infections among Kenyan children with neurological disease, 2014-2018: A cohort study.Nyamwaya DK, Otiende M, Mwango L, Kariuki SM, Otieno B, Omuoyo DO, Githinji G, Kitsao BS, Karanja HK, Gitonga JN, de Laurent ZR, Davies A, Mwarumba S, Agoti CN, Thumbi SM, Hamaluba MM, Newton CR, Bejon P, Warimwe GM
PLoS Med, (2022). 19:e1003994

HIV virological non-suppression is highly prevalent among 18- to 24-year-old youths on antiretroviral therapy at the Kenyan coast.Nyongesa MK, Mwatasa MH, Kagonya VA, Mwambingu G, Ngetsa C, Newton CRJC, Abubakar A
BMC Infect Dis, (2022). 22:449

Transcriptomic signatures induced by the Ebola virus vaccine rVSVΔG-ZEBOV-GP in adult cohorts in Europe, Africa, and North America: a molecular biomarker study.Vianello E, Gonzalez-Dias P, van Veen S, Engele CG, Quinten E, Monath TP, Medaglini D, Santoro F, Huttner A, Dubey S, Eichberg M, Ndungu FM, Kremsner PG, Essone PN, Agnandji ST, Siegrist CA, Nakaya HI, Ottenhoff THM, Haks MC
Lancet Microbe, (2022). 3:e113-e123

Characterising Kenyan hospitals' suitability for medical officer internship training: a secondary data analysis of a cross-sectional study.Zhao Y, Osano B, Were F, Kiarie H, Nicodemo C, Gathara D, English M
BMJ Open, (2022). 12:e056426

Comparing modelled with self-reported travel time and the used versus the nearest facility: modelling geographic accessibility to family planning outlets in Kenya.Bouanchaud P, Macharia PM, Demise EG, Nakimuli D
BMJ Glob Health, (2022). 7:

The economics of sex work and major sporting events: Learning from the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa.Kazungu J, Richter M, Luchters S, Chersich MF, Quaife M
Soc Sci Humanit Open, (2022). 5:100251

The social networks of hospital staff: A realist synthesis.Blacklock C, Darwin A, English M, McKnight J, Hinton L, Harriss E, Wong G
J Health Serv Res Policy, (2022). :13558196221076699

Modeling the Impact of HIV-1 Nucleic Acid Testing among Symptomatic Adult Outpatients in Kenya.Hamilton DT, Agutu C, Babigumira JB, van der Elst E, Hassan A, Gichuru E, Mugo P, Farquhar C, Ndung'u T, Sirengo M, Chege W, Goodreau SM, Elder A, Sanders EJ, Graham SM
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr, (2022). :

Epidemiology of COVID-19 infections on routine polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and serology testing in Coastal Kenya.Nyagwange J, Ndwiga L, Muteru K, Wamae K, Tuju J, Testing Team C, Kutima B, Gitonga J, Karanja H, Mugo D, Kasera K, Amoth P, Murunga N, Babu L, Otieno E, Githinji G, Nokes DJ, Tsofa B, Orindi B, Barasa E, Warimwe G, Agoti CN, Bejon P, Ochola-Oyier LI
Wellcome Open Res, (2022). 7:69

Epstein-Barr virus and malaria upregulate AID and APOBEC3 enzymes, but only AID seems to play a major mutagenic role in Burkitt lymphoma.Summerauer AM, Jäggi V, Ogwang R, Traxel S, Colombo L, Amundsen E, Eyer T, Subramanian B, Fehr J, Mantel PY, Idro R, Bürgler S
Eur J Immunol, (2022). :

Health service utilisation during the COVID-19 pandemic in sub-Saharan Africa in 2020: a multicountry empirical assessment with a focus on maternal, newborn and child health services.Amouzou A, Maïga A, Faye CM, Chakwera S, Melesse DY, Mutua MK, Thiam S, Abdoulaye IB, Afagbedzi SK, Ag Iknane A, Ake-Tano OS, Akinyemi JO, Alegana V, Alhassan Y, Sam AE, Atweam DK, Bajaria S, Bawo L, Berthé M, Blanchard AK, Bouhari HA, Boulhassane OMA, Bulawayo M, Chooye O, Coulibaly A, Diabate M, Diawara F, Esleman O, Gajaa M, Garba KHA, Getachew T, Jacobs C, Jacobs GP, James F, Jegede AS, Joachim C, Kananura RM, Karimi J, Kiarie H, Kpebo D, Lankoandé B, Lawanson AO, Mahamadou Y, Mahundi M, Manaye T, Masanja H, Millogo MR, Mohamed AK, Musukuma M, Muthee R, Nabié D, Nyamhagata M, Ogwal J, Orimadegun A, Ovuoraye A, Pongathie AS, Sable SP, Saydee GS, Shabini J, Sikapande BM, Simba D, Tadele A, Tadlle T, Tarway-Twalla AK, Tassembedo M, Tehoungue BZ, Terera I, Traoré S, Twalla MP, Waiswa P, Wondirad N, Boerma T
BMJ Glob Health, (2022). 7:

Cessation of exclusive breastfeeding and seasonality, but not small intestinal bacterial overgrowth, are associated with environmental enteric dysfunction: A birth cohort study amongst infants in rural Kenya.Crane RJ, Parker EPK, Fleming S, Gwela A, Gumbi W, Ngoi JM, de Laurent ZR, Nyatichi E, Ngari M, Wambua J, Uhlig HH, Berkley JA
EClinicalMedicine, (2022). 47:101403

Group B streptococcus infection during pregnancy and infancy: estimates of regional and global burden.Gonçalves BP, Procter SR, Paul P, Chandna J, Lewin A, Seedat F, Koukounari A, Dangor Z, Leahy S, Santhanam S, John HB, Bramugy J, Bardají A, Abubakar A, Nasambu C, Libster R, Sánchez Yanotti C, Horváth-Puhó E, Sørensen HT, van de Beek D, Bijlsma MW, Gardner WM, Kassebaum N, Trotter C, Bassat Q, Madhi SA, Lambach P, Jit M, Lawn JE
Lancet Glob Health, (2022). 10:e807-e819

Automating Pitted Red Blood Cell Counts Using Deep Neural Network Analysis: A New Method for Measuring Splenic Function in Sickle Cell Anaemia.Nardo-Marino A, Braunstein TH, Petersen J, Brewin JN, Mottelson MN, Williams TN, Kurtzhals JAL, Rees DC, Glenthøj A
Front Physiol, (2022). 13:859906

The burden of neurological impairments and disability in older children measured in disability-adjusted life-years in rural Kenya.Abuga JA, Kariuki SM, Abubakar A, Kinyanjui SM, van Hensbroek MB, Newton CR
PLOS Glob Public Health, (2022). 2:e0000151