Publications

Epidemiology and Demography

A pragmatic randomized controlled trial of standard care versus corticosteroids plus standard care for treatment of pneumonia in adults admitted to Kenyan hospitals (SONIA).Lucinde R Abdi A Orindi B Mwakio S Gathuri H Onyango E Chira S Ogero M Isaaka L Shangala J Oginga IN Wachira A Manuthu E Kariuki H Nyikuli J Wekesa C Otedo A Bosire H Okoth SB Ongalo W Mukabi D Lusamba W Muthui B Kirui N Adembesa I Mithi C Sood M Ahmed N Gituma B Ongaki VB Giabe M Omondi C Ombajo LA Kagucia W English M Hamaluba M Ochola-Oyier LI Kamuya D Bejon P Agweyu A Akech S Etyang AO
Wellcome Open Res, (2025). 7:269

Intravenous Rehydration for Severe Acute Malnutrition with Gastroenteritis.Maitland K Ouattara SM Sainna H Chara A Ogundipe OF Sunyoto T Hamaluba M Olupot-Olupot P Alaroker F Connon R Saidou Maguina A Okiror W Amorut D Mwajombo E Oguda E Mogaka C Langendorf C Dewez JE Ciglenecki I Gibb DM Coldiron ME Petrucci R George EC Gastrosam Trial Group
N Engl J Med, (2025). 393:1257-1268

Profile: The Kenya Multi-Site Serosurveillance (KEMIS) collaboration.Kagucia EW Voller S Ziraba AK Bigogo G Munywoki PK Makobu K Nokes DJ Nyagwange J Orlendo C Akech D Sigilai A Onyango C Juma B Herman-Roloff A Munyua P Apondi C Lidechi S Audi A Ouma A Aol G Misore T Nasimiyu C Onyango D Lo T Kasera K Jalang'o R Kingwara L Adetifa I Etyang AO Warimwe G Agweyu A Scott JAG
Gates Open Res, (2025). 8:60

The genome sequence of varicella-zoster virus (Varicellovirus humanalpha3) obtained by metagenomics from a patient presenting with an exanthem rash.Musundi S Okanda D Lambisia A Morobe JM Muthanje E Ochola-Oyier LI Carter DP Agoti CN Kiiru J Githinji G
Microbiol Resour Announc, (2025). 14:e0024825

OSBPL11 is an African-specific locus associated with 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations and cardiometabolic health.Mogire RM Muriuki JM Bayimenye RF Mentzer AJ Chong A Gouveia MH Bentley AR Band G King'ori P Mitchell R Webb EL Sengupta D Ekunwe L Ndungu FM Morovat A Macharia AW Cutland CL Hemani G Sirima SB Ramsay M Figueiredo CA Prentice AM Madhi SA Raffield LM Sandhu MS Bejon P Smith GD Elliott AM Williams TN Rotimi C Bourne CR Burgett A Adeyemo A Atkinson SH
medRxiv, (2025). :

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). 25:e440

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

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 JHouldcroft C Barasa E Mwangangi J Githinji G CHolmes E Ochola-Oyier LI Agoti CN
Wellcome Open Res, (2025). 10:28

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:e463-e471

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(R) and Quantitative Buffy Coat(R) 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

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: