Symon Kariuki

An overview of mental health care system in Kilifi, Kenya: results from an initial assessment using the World Health Organization's Assessment Instrument for Mental Health Systems.Bitta MA, Kariuki SM, Chengo E, Newton CRJC
Int J Ment Health Syst, (2017). 11:28

Burden, risk factors, and comorbidities of behavioural and emotional problems in Kenyan children: a population-based study.Kariuki SM, Abubakar A, Kombe M, Kazungu M, Odhiambo R, Stein A, Newton CRJC
Lancet Psychiatry, (2017). 4:136-145

Risk of convulsive epilepsy following acute seizures in Kenyan children.Bistervels IM, Kariuki SM, Newton CRJC
Epilepsia Open, (2016). 1:112-120

The Association Between Childhood Seizures and Later Childhood Emotional and Behavioral Problems: Findings From a Nationally Representative Birth Cohort.Kariuki SM, Newton CR, Prince MJ, Das-Munshi J
Psychosom Med, (2016). 78:620-8

Evaluation of psychometric properties and factorial structure of the pre-school child behaviour checklist at the Kenyan Coast.Kariuki SM, Abubakar A, Murray E, Stein A, Newton CR
Child Adolesc Psychiatry Ment Health, (2016). 10:1

Electroencephalographic features of convulsive epilepsy in Africa: A multicentre study of prevalence, pattern and associated factors.Kariuki SM, White S, Chengo E, Wagner RG, Ae-Ngibise KA, Kakooza-Mwesige A, Masanja H, Ngugi AK, Sander JW, Neville BG, Newton CR, SEED investigators
Clin Neurophysiol, (2016). 127:1099-1107

Differential Plasmodium falciparum surface antigen expression among children with Malarial Retinopathy.Abdi AI, Kariuki SM, Muthui MK, Kivisi CA, Fegan G, Gitau E, Newton CR, Bull PC
Sci Rep, (2015). 5:18034

Incidence, causes and phenotypes of acute seizures in Kenyan children post the malaria-decline period.Serem GK, Newton CR, Kariuki SM
BMC Neurol, (2015). 15:180

Community perceptions of developmental and behavioral problems experienced by children living with epilepsy on the Kenyan coast: A qualitative study.Abubakar A, Kariuki SM, Tumaini JD, Gona J, Katana K, Owen JA, Newton CR
Epilepsy Behav, (2015). 45:74-8

Incidence and risk factors for neonatal tetanus in admissions to Kilifi County Hospital, Kenya.Ibinda F, Bauni E, Kariuki SM, Fegan G, Lewa J, Mwikamba M, Boga M, Odhiambo R, Mwagandi K, Seale AC, Berkley JA, Dorfman JR, Newton CR
PLoS One, (2015). 10:e0122606

Prevalence and factors associated with convulsive status epilepticus in Africans with epilepsy.Kariuki SM, Kakooza-Mwesige A, Wagner RG, Chengo E, White S, Kamuyu G, Ngugi AK, Sander JW, Neville BG, Newton CR, Seeds Writing Group
Neurology, (2015). 84:1838-45

Burden, causes, and outcomes of people with epilepsy admitted to a rural hospital in Kenya.Kariuki SM, Chengo E, Ibinda F, Odhiambo R, Etyang A, Ngugi AK, Newton CR
Epilepsia, (2015). 56:577-84

Impairment of executive function in Kenyan children exposed to severe falciparum malaria with neurological involvement.Kariuki SM, Abubakar A, Newton CR, Kihara M
Malar J, (2014). 13:365

Retinopathy, histidine-rich protein-2 and perfusion pressure in cerebral malaria.Kariuki SM, Newton CR
Brain, (2014). 137:e298

Evaluation of Kilifi epilepsy education programme: a randomized controlled trial.Ibinda F, Mbuba CK, Kariuki SM, Chengo E, Ngugi AK, Odhiambo R, Lowe B, Fegan G, Carter JA, Newton CR
Epilepsia, (2014). 55:344-52

Clinical features, proximate causes, and consequences of active convulsive epilepsy in Africa.Kariuki SM, Matuja W, Akpalu A, Kakooza-Mwesige A, Chabi M, Wagner RG, Connor M, Chengo E, Ngugi AK, Odhiambo R, Bottomley C, White S, Sander JW, Neville BG, Newton CR, SEEDS writing group, Twine R, Gomez Olive FX, Collinson M, Kahn K, Tollman S, Masanja H, Mathew A, Pariyo G, Peterson S, Ndyomughenyi D, Bauni E, Kamuyu G, Odera VM, Mageto JO, Ae-Ngibise K, Akpalu B, Agbokey F, Adjei P, Owusu-Agyei S, Kleinschmidt I, Doku VC, Odermatt P, Nutman T, Wilkins P, Noh J
Epilepsia, (2014). 55:76-85

Value of Plasmodium falciparum histidine-rich protein 2 level and malaria retinopathy in distinguishing cerebral malaria from other acute encephalopathies in Kenyan children.Kariuki SM, Gitau E, Gwer S, Karanja HK, Chengo E, Kazungu M, Urban BC, Newton CR
J Infect Dis, (2014). 209:600-9

Status epilepticus in sub-Saharan Africa: New findings.Newton CR, Kariuki SM
Epilepsia, (2013). 54 Suppl 6:50-3

The genetic risk of acute seizures in African children with falciparum malaria.Kariuki SM, Rockett K, Clark TG, Reyburn H, Agbenyega T, Taylor TE, Birbeck GL, Williams TN, Newton CR
Epilepsia, (2013). 54:990-1001

Behavioral problems in children with epilepsy in rural Kenya.Kariuki SM, Abubakar A, Holding PA, Mung'ala-Odera V, Chengo E, Kihara M, Neville BG, Newton CR
Epilepsy Behav, (2012). 23:41-6