CDC Kenya Publications

Abong’o B, Yu X, Donnelly MJ, Geier M, Gibson G, Gimnig J, Ter Kuile F, Lobo NF, Ochomo E, Munga S, Ombok M, Samuels A, Torr SJ, Hawkes FM. Host Decoy Trap (HDT) with cattle odour is highly effective for collection of exophagic malaria vectors. Parasit Vectors. 2018 Oct 15;11(1):533.

Abudho BO, Ndombi EM, Guya B, Carter JM, Riner DK, Kittur N, Karanja DMS, Secor WE, Colley DG. Impact of Four Years of Annual Mass Drug Administration on Prevalence and Intensity of Schistosomiasis among Primary and High School Children in Western Kenya: A Repeated Cross-Sectional Study. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2018 May;98(5):1397-1402.

Achwoka D, Pintye J, McGrath CJ, Kinuthia J, Unger JA, Obudho N, Langat A, John-Stewart G, Drake AL; Collaborative HIV Impact on MCH Evaluation (CHIME) Study Team. Uptake and correlates of contraception among postpartum women in Kenya: results from a national cross-sectional survey. Contraception. 2018 Mar;97(3):227-235.

Akama E, Mburu M, Mutegi E, Nyanaro G, Otieno JP, Ndolo S, Ochanda B, Ojwang L, Lewis-Kulzer J, Abuogi L, Oyaro P, Cohen CR, Bukusi EA, Onono M. Impact of a Rapid Results Initiative Approach on Improving Male Partner Involvement in Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV in Western Kenya. AIDS Behav. 2018 Sep;22(9):2956-2965.

Akullian A, Montgomery JM, John-Stewart G, Miller SI, Hayden HS, Radey MC, Hager KR, Verani JR, Ochieng JB, Juma J, Katieno J, Fields B, Bigogo G, Audi A, Walson J. Multi-drug resistant non-typhoidal Salmonella associated with invasive disease in western Kenya. PLoS Negl Trop Dis, 2018. 12(1): p. e0006156.

Alexander KT, Zulaika G, Nyothach E, Oduor C, Mason L, Obor D, Eleveld A, Laserson KF, Phillips-Howard PA. Do Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Conditions in Primary Schools Consistently Support Schoolgirls’ Menstrual Needs? A Longitudinal Study in Rural Western Kenya. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2018 Aug 7;15(8).

Ali H, Kiama C, Muthoni L, Waruru A, Young PW, Zielinski-Gutierrez E, Waruiru W, Harklerode R, Kim AA, Swaminathan M, De Cock KM, Wamicwe J. Evaluation of an HIV-Related Mortuary Surveillance System – Nairobi, Kenya, Two Sites, 2015. MMWR Surveill Summ. 2018 Dec 21;67(14):1-12.

Amek NO, Van Eijk A, Lindblade KA, Hamel M, Bayoh N, Gimnig J, Laserson KF, Slutsker L, Smith T, Vounatsou P. Infant and child mortality in relation to malaria transmission in KEMRI/CDC HDSS, Western Kenya: validation of verbal autopsy. Malar J. 2018 Jan 18;17(1):37.

Baker BJ. ART and lifelong IPT for health care workers with HIV: a priority for infection control. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2018 Apr 1;22(4):356.

Berendes DM, O’Reilly CE, Kim S, Omore R, Ochieng JB, Ayers T, Fagerli K, Farag TH, Nasrin D, Panchalingam S, Nataro JP, Kotloff KL, Levine MM, Oundo J, Laserson K, Breiman RF, Mintz ED. Diarrhoea, enteric pathogen detection and nutritional indicators among controls in the Global Enteric Multicenter Study, Kenya site: an opportunity to understand reference populations in case-control studies of diarrhoea. Epidemiol Infect. 2018 Nov 15:1-9.

Bergenfeld I, Nganga SW, Andrews CA, Fenimore VL, Otieno NA, Wilson AD, Chaves SS, Verani JR, Widdowson MA, Wairimu WN, Wandera SN, Atito RO, Adero MO, Frew PM, Omer SB, Malik FA. Provider perspectives on demand creation for maternal vaccines in Kenya. Gates Open Res. 2018 Jul 19;2:34.

Bigogo G, Cain K, Nyole D, Masyongo G, Auko JA, Wamola N, Okumu A, Agaya J, Montgomery J, Borgdorff M, Burton D. Tuberculosis case finding using population-based disease surveillance platforms in urban and rural Kenya. BMC Infect Dis, 2018. 18(1): p. 262.

Borgdorff MW, Kwaro D, Obor D, Otieno G, Kamire V, Odongo F, Owuor P, Muthusi J, Mills LA, Joseph R, Schmitz ME, Young PW, Zielinski-Gutierrez E, De Cock KM. HIV incidence in western Kenya during scale-up of antiretroviral therapy and voluntary medical male circumcision: a population-based cohort analysis. Lancet HIV. 2018 May; 5(5):e241-e249.

Caini S, Spreeuwenberg P, Kusznierz GF, Rudi JM, Owen R, Pennington K, Wangchuk S, Gyeltshen S, Ferreira de Almeida WA, Pessanha Henriques CM, Njouom R, Vernet MA, Fasce RA, Andrade W, Yu H, Feng L, Yang J, Peng Z, Lara J, Bruno A, de Mora D, de Lozano C, Zambon M, Pebody R, Castillo L, Clara AW, Matute ML, Kosasih H, Nurhayati, Puzelli S, Rizzo C, Kadjo HA, Daouda C, Kiyanbekova L, Ospanova A, Mott JA, Emukule GO, Heraud JM, Razanajatovo NH, Barakat A, El Falaki F, Huang SQ, Lopez L, Balmaseda A, Moreno B, Rodrigues AP, Guiomar R, Ang LW, Lee VJM, Venter M, Cohen C, Badur S, Ciblak MA, Mironenko A, Holubka O, Bresee J, Brammer L, Hoang PVM, Le MTQ, Fleming D, Séblain CE, Schellevis F, Paget J; Global Influenza B Study group. Distribution of influenza virus types by age using case-based global surveillance data from twenty-nine countries, 1999-2014. BMC Infect Dis, 2018. 18(1): p. 269.

Carter RJ, Idriss A, Widdowson MA, Samai M, Schrag SJ, Legardy-Williams JK, Estivariz CF, Callis A, Carr W, Webber W, Fischer ME, Hadler S, Sahr F, Thompson M, Greby SM, Edem-Hotah J, Momoh RM, McDonald W, Gee JM, Kallon AF, Spencer-Walters D, Bresee JS, Cohn A, Hersey S, Gibson L, Schuchat A, Seward JF. Implementing a Multisite Clinical Trial in the Midst of an Ebola Outbreak: Lessons Learned From the Sierra Leone Trial to Introduce a Vaccine Against Ebola.
J Infect Dis. 2018 May 18;217(suppl_1):S16-S23.

Chiang L, Howard A, Gleckel J, Ogoti C, Karlsson J, Hynes M, Mwangi M. Cycle of violence among young Kenyan women: The link between childhood violence and adult physical intimate partner violence in a population-based survey. Child Abuse Negl. 2018 Oct;84: 45-52.

Click ES, Murithi W, Ouma GS, McCarthy K, Willby M, Musau S, Alexander H, Pevzner E, Posey J, Cain KP. Detection of Apparent Cell-free M. tuberculosis DNA from Plasma. Sci Rep. 2018 Jan 12;8(1):645.

Curran KG, Wells E, Crowe SJ, Narra R, Oremo J, Boru W, Githuku J, Obonyo M, De Cock KM, Montgomery JM, Makayotto L, Langat D, Lowther SA, O’Reilly C, Gura Z, Kioko J. Systems, supplies, and staff: a mixed-methods study of health care workers’ experiences and health facility preparedness during a large national cholera outbreak, Kenya 2015. BMC Public Health, 2018. 18(1): p. 723.

D’Alessandro U, Hill J, Tarning J, Pell C, Webster J, Gutman J, Sevene E. Treatment of uncomplicated and severe malaria during pregnancy. Lancet Infect Dis. 2018 Apr;18(4):e133-e146.

Davis SM, Pals S, Yang C, Odoyo-June E, Chang J, Walters MS, Jaoko W, Bock N, Westerman L, Toledo C, Bailey RC. Circumcision status at HIV infection is not associated with plasma viral load in men: analysis of specimens from a randomized controlled trial. BMC Infect Dis. 2018 Jul 28;18(1):350.

Davis SM, Pals S, Yang C,Odoy-June E, Chang J, Walters MS, Jaoko W, Bock N, Westerman L, Toledo C, Bailey RC. Circumcision status at HIV infection is not associated with plasma viral load in men: analysis of specimens from a randomized controlled trial. BMC Infectious Diseases. 2018;18:350.

Dawa JA, Chaves SS, Nyawanda B, Njuguna HN, Makokha C, Otieno NA, Anzala O, Widdowson MA, Emukule GO. National burden of hospitalized and non-hospitalized influenza-associated severe acute respiratory illness in Kenya, 2012-2014. Influenza Other Respir Viruses, 2018. 12(1): p. 30-37.

DeCock KM, Holmes KK, Mutisya I, Mwabe J; The History and Emergence of Global Health. Maxey-Rosenau-Last Public Health and Preventive Medicine: Sixteenth Edition; In Press

Delahoy MJ, Omore R, Ayers TL, Schilling KA, Blackstock AJ, Ochieng JB, Moke F, Jaron P, Awuor A, Okonji C, Juma J, Farag TH, Nasrin D, Panchalingam S, Nataro JP, Kotloff KL, Levine MM, Oundo J, Roellig DM, Xiao L, Parsons MB, Laserson K, Mintz ED, Breiman RF, O’Reilly CE. Clinical, environmental, and behavioral characteristics associated with Cryptosporidium infection among children with moderate-to-severe diarrhea in rural western Kenya, 2008-2012: The Global Enteric Multicenter Study (GEMS). PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2018 Jul 12;12(7):e0006640.

Desai M, Hill J, Fernandes S, Walker P, Pell C, Gutman J, Kayentao K, Gonzalez R, Webster J, Greenwood B, Cot M, Ter Kuile FO. Prevention of malaria in pregnancy. Lancet Infect Dis. 2018 Apr;18(4):e119-e132.

Diallo A, Victor JC, Feser J, Ortiz JR, Kanesa-Thasan N, Ndiaye M, Diarra B, Cheikh S, Diene D, Ndiaye T, Ndiaye A, Lafond KE, Widdowson MA, Neuzil KM. Immunogenicity and safety of MF59-adjuvanted and full-dose unadjuvanted trivalent inactivated influenza vaccines among vaccine-naïve children in a randomized clinical trial in rural Senegal. Vaccine. 2018 Oct 15;36(43):6424-6432.

Enos M, Sitienei J, Ong’ang’o J, Mungai B, Kamene M, Wambugu J, Kipruto H, Manduku V, Mburu J, Nyaboke D, Ngari F, Omesa E, Omale N, Mwirigi N, Okallo G, Njoroge J, Githiomi M, Mwangi M, Kirathe D, Kiplimo R, Ndombi A, Odeny L, Mailu E, Kandie T, Maina M, Kasera K, Mulama B, Mugi B, Weyenga H. Kenya tuberculosis prevalence survey 2016: Challenges and opportunities of ending TB in Kenya. PLoS One. 2018 Dec 26;13(12):e0209098.

Etiang’ NA, Arvelo W, Galgalo T, Amwayi S, Gura Z, Kioko J, Omondi G, Patta S, Lowther SA, Brown MJ. Environmental Assessment and Blood Lead Levels of Children in Owino Uhuru and Bangladesh Settlements in Kenya. J Health Pollut. 2018 Jun 11;8(18):180605.

Fogel JM, Sandfort T, Zhang Y, Guo X, Clarke W, Breaud A, Cummings V, Hamilton EL, Ogendo A, Kayange N, Panchia R, Dominguez K, Chen YQ, Eshleman SH. Accuracy of Self-Reported HIV Status Among African Men and Transgender Women Who Have Sex with Men Who were Screened for Participation in a Research Study: HPTN 075. AIDS Behav. 2018 Jul 26.

Gatei W, Galgalo T, Abade A, Henderson A, Rayfield M, McAlister D, Montgomery JM, Peruski LF, Albetkova AA. Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Program, Where Is the L-Track? Front Public Health, 2018. 6: p. 264.

Gimnig JE, Ochomo E. New opportunities for malaria vector control. Lancet. 2018 Aug 18;392(10147):534-536.

Golicha Q, Shetty S, Nasiblov O, Hussein A, Wainaina E, Obonyo M, Macharia D, Musyoka RN, Abdille H, Ope M, Joseph R, Kabugi W, Kiogora J, Said M, Boru W, Galgalo T, Lowther SA, Juma B, Mugoh R, Wamola N, Onyango C, Gura Z, Widdowson MA, DeCock KM, Burton JW. Cholera Outbreak in Dadaab Refugee Camp, Kenya – November 2015-June 2016. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2018 Aug 31;67(34):958-961.

Haaland RE, Otieno K, Martin A, Katana A, Dinh C, Slutsker L, Menendez C, Gonzalez R, Williamson J, Heneine W, Desai M. Short Communication: Reduced Nevirapine Concentrations Among HIV-Positive Women Receiving Mefloquine for Intermittent Preventive Treatment for Malaria Control During Pregnancy. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses. 2018 Nov;34(11):912-915.

Hercik C, Cosmas L, Mogeni OD, Wamola N, Kohi W, Houpt E, Liu J, Ochieng C, Onyango C, Fields B, Mfinanga S, Montgomery JM. A Combined Syndromic Approach to Examine Viral, Bacterial, and Parasitic Agents among Febrile Patients: A Pilot Study in Kilombero, Tanzania. Am J Trop Med Hyg, 2018. 98(2): p. 625-632.

Hinkle LE, Toledo C, Grund JM, Byams VR, Bock N, Ridzon R, Cooney C, Njeuhmeli E, Thomas AG, Odhiambo J, Odoyo-June E, Talam N, Matchere F, Msungama W, Nyirenda R, Odek J, Come J, Canda M, Wei S, Bere A, Bonnecwe C, Choge IA, Martin E, Loykissoonlal D, Lija GJI, Mlanga E, Simbeye D, Alamo S, Kabuye G, Lubwama J, Wamai N, Chituwo O, Sinyangwe G, Zulu JE, Ajayi CA, Balachandra S, Mandisarisa J, Xaba S, Davis SM. Bleeding and Blood Disorders in Clients of Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision for HIV Prevention — Eastern and Southern Africa, 2015–2016. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2018;67(11):337-339.

Ho A, Mallewa J, Peterson I, SanJoaquin M, Garg S, Bar-Zeev N, Menyere M, Alaerts M, Mapurisa G, Chilombe M, Nyirenda M, Lalloo DG, Rothe C, Widdowson MA, McMorrow M, French N, Everett D, Heyderman RS. Epidemiology of Severe Acute Respiratory Illness and Risk Factors for Influenza Infection and Clinical Severity among Adults in Malawi, 2011-2013. Am J Trop Med Hyg, 2018. 99(3): p. 772-779.

Iuliano AD, Roguski KM, Chang HH, Muscatello DJ, Palekar R, Tempia S, Cohen C, Gran JM, Schanzer D, Cowling BJ, Wu P, Kyncl J, Ang LW, Park M, Redlberger-Fritz M, Yu H, Espenhain L, Krishnan A, Emukule G, van Asten L, Pereira da Silva S, Aungkulanon S, Buchholz U, Widdowson MA, Bresee JS. Estimates of global seasonal influenza-associated respiratory mortality: a modelling study. The Lancet, 2018. 391(10127): p. 1285-1300.

Jusu MO, Glauser G, Seward JF, Bawoh M, Tempel J, Friend M, Littlefield D, Lahai M, Jalloh HM, Sesay AB, Caulker AF, Samai M, Thomas V, Farrell N, Widdowson MA. Rapid Establishment of a Cold Chain Capacity of -60°C or Colder for the STRIVE Ebola Vaccine Trial During the Ebola Outbreak in Sierra Leone. J Infect Dis. 2018 May 18;217(suppl_1):S48-S55.

Kadima J, Patterson E, Mburu M, Blat C, Nyanduko M, Bukusi EA, Cohen C, Oyaro P, Abuogi L. Adoption of routine virologic testing and predictors of virologic failure among HIV-infected children on antiretroviral treatment in western Kenya. PLoS One. 2018 Nov 9;13(11):e0200242. Erratum in: PLoS One. 2019 Jan 10;14(1):e0210908.

Kamau E, Ongus J, Gitau G, Galgalo T, Lowther SA, Bitek A, Munyua P. Knowledge and practices regarding Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus among camel handlers in a Slaughterhouse, Kenya, 2015. Zoonoses Public Health. 2018 Sep 20.

Kigen HT, Galgalo T, Githuku J, Odhiambo J, Lowther S, Langat B, Wamicwe J, Too R, Gura Z. Predictors of loss to follow up among HIV-exposed children within the prevention of mother to child transmission cascade, Kericho County, Kenya, 2016. Pan Afr Med J. 2018 Jun 27;30:178.

Kim AA, Rehle T. Short Communication: Assessing Estimates of HIV Incidence with a Recent Infection Testing Algorithm That Includes Viral Load Testing and Exposure to Antiretroviral Therapy. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses. 2018 Oct;34(10):863-866.

Kinuthia J, Singa B, McGrath CJ, Odeny B, Langat A, Katana A, Ng’ang’a L, Pintye J, John-Stewart G. Prevalence and correlates of non-disclosure of maternal HIV status to male partners: a national survey in Kenya. BMC Public Health. 2018;18:671.

Kisangau EN, Awour A, Juma B, Odhiambo D, Muasya T, Kiio SN, Too R, Lowther SA. Prevalence of hepatitis B virus infection and uptake of hepatitis B vaccine among healthcare workers, Makueni County, Kenya 2017. J Public Health (Oxf), 2018.

Kleinschmidt I, Bradley J, Knox TB, Mnzava AP, Kafy HT, Mbogo C, Ismail BA, Bigoga JD, Adechoubou A, Raghavendra K, Cook J, Malik EM, Nkuni ZJ, Macdonald M, Bayoh N, Ochomo E, Fondjo E, Awono-Ambene HP, Etang J, Akogbeto M, Bhatt RM, Chourasia MK, Swain DK, Kinyari T, Subramaniam K, Massougbodji A, Okê-Sopoh M, Ogouyemi-Hounto A, Kouambeng C, Abdin MS, West P, Elmardi K, Cornelie S, Corbel V, Valecha N, Mathenge E, Kamau L, Lines J, Donnelly MJ. Implications of insecticide resistance for malaria vector control with long-lasting insecticidal nets: a WHO-coordinated, prospective, international, observational cohort study. Lancet Infect Dis. 2018 Jun;18(6):640-649.

Koul PA, Mir H, Saha S, Chadha MS, Potdar V, Widdowson MA, Lal RB, Krishnan A. Respiratory viruses in returning Hajj & Umrah pilgrims with acute respiratory illness in 2014-2015. Indian J Med Res. 2018 Sep;148(3):329-333.

Kwambai TK, Dhabangi A, Idro R, Opoka R, Kariuki S, Samuels AM, Desai M, van Hensbroek MB, John CC, Robberstad B, Wang D, Phiri K, Ter Kuile FO. Malaria chemoprevention with monthly dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine for the post-discharge management of severe anaemia in children aged less than 5 years in Uganda and Kenya: study protocol for a multi-centre, two-arm, randomised, placebo-controlled, superiority trial. Trials. 2018 Nov 6;19(1):610.

Leidman E, Mwirigi LM, Maina-Gathigi L, Wamae A, Imbwaga AA, Bilukha OO. Assessment of Anthropometric Data Following Investments to Ensure Quality: Kenya Demographic Health Surveys Case Study, 2008 to 2009 and 2014. Food Nutr Bull. 2018 Sep;39(3):406-419.

Ly KN, Kim AA, Drobeniuc J, Kodani M, Montgomery JM, Fields BS, Teshale EH. The Prevalence of Hepatitis C Virus Antibody in HIV-Negative Persons in Kenya, 2007. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2018 Jun;98(6):1876-1879.

Masaba R, Borkowf CB, Girde S, Zeh C, Ndivo R, Nyang’au I, Achola K, Thomas TK, Lecher SL. Adverse fetal and infant outcomes among HIV-infected women who received either NNRTI- or PI-based ART for PMTCT. AIDS. 2018 Jul 31;32(12):1625-1632.

Masyuko S, Mukui I, Njathi O, Kimani M, Oluoch P, Wamicwe J, Mutegi J, Njogo S, Anyona M, Muchiri P, Maikweki L, Musyoki H, Bahati P, Kyongo J, Marwa T, Irungu E, Kiragu M, Kioko U, Ogando J, Were D, Bartilol K, Sirengo M, Mugo N, Baeten JM, Cherutich P, PrEP Technical Working Group OBOT. Pre-exposure prophylaxis rollout in a national public sector program: the Kenyan case study. Sex Health. 2018 Nov;15(6):578-586.

McCann RS, Gimnig JE, Bayoh MN, Ombok M, Walker ED. Microdam Impoundments Provide Suitable Habitat for Larvae of Malaria Vectors: An Observational Study in Western Kenya. J Med Entomol. 2018 May 4;55(3):723-730.

McGrath CJ, Singa B, Langat A, Kinuthia J, Ronen K, Omolo D, Odongo BE, Wafula R, Muange P, Katana A, Ng’anga’ L, John-Stewart GC. Non-disclosure to male partners and incomplete PMTCT regimens associated with higher risk of mother-to-child HIV transmission: a national survey in Kenya. AIDS care. 2018;30(6):765-773.

Mecha, J.O, Kubo EN, Nganga LW, Muiruri PN, Njagi LN, Ilovi S, Ngethe R, Mutisya I, Ngugi E, Maleche-Obimbo E. Trends, treatment outcomes, and determinants for attrition among adult patients in care at a large tertiary HIV clinic in Nairobi, Kenya: a 2004–2015 retrospective cohort study. HIV/AIDS (Auckland, N.Z.), 10, 103–114.

Mitchell T, Lee D, Weinberg M, Phares C, James N, Amornpaisarnloet K, Aumpipat L, Cooley G, Davies A, Tin Shwe VD, Gajdadziev V, Gorbacheva O, Khwan-Niam C, Klosovsky A, Madilokkowit W, Martin D, Htun Myint NZ, Yen Nguyen TN, Nutman TB, O’Connell EM, Ortega L, Prayadsab S, Srimanee C, Supakunatom W, Vesessmith V, Stauffer WM. Impact of Enhanced Health Interventions for United States-Bound Refugees: Evaluating Best Practices in Migration Health. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2018 Mar;98(3):920-928.

Modi S, Broyles LN, Montandon M, Itoh M, Ochanda B, Langat A, Sullivan D, Dale H. Beyond Early Infant Diagnosis: Changing the Approach to HIV-Exposed Infants. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2018 Aug 15;78 Suppl 2:S107-S114

Morris JF, Murphy J, Fagerli K, Schneeberger C, Jaron P, Moke F, Juma J, Ochieng JB, Omore R, Roellig D, Xiao L, Priest JW, Narayanan J, Montgomery JM, Hill V, Mintz E, Ayers TL, O’Reilly CE. A Randomized Controlled Trial to Assess the Impact of Ceramic Water Filters on Prevention of Diarrhea and Cryptosporidiosis in Infants and Young Children-Western Kenya, 2013. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2018 May;98(5):1260-1268.

Moyo S, Young PW, Gouws E, Naidoo I, Wamicwe J, Mukui I, marsh K, Igumbor EU, Kim AA, Rehle T. Equity of antiretroviral treatment use in high HIV burden countries: Analyses of data from nationally-representative surveys in Kenya and South Africa. PLoS One 13(8): e0201899.

Munyua P, Onyango C, Mwasi L, Waiboci LW, Arunga G, Fields B, Mott JA, Cardona CJ, Kitala P, Nyaga PN, Njenga MK. Identification and characterization of influenza A viruses in selected domestic animals in Kenya, 2010-2012. PLoS One, 2018. 13(2): p. e0192721.

Muthee V, Bochner AF, Osterman A, Liku N, Akhwale W, Kwach J, Prachi M, Wamicwe J, Odhiambo J, Onyango F, Puttkammer N. The impact of routine data quality assessments on electronic medical record data quality in Kenya. PLoS One. 2018 Apr 18;13(4):e0195362.

Mutua MM, Manderson L, Musenge E, Achia TNO. Policy, law and post-abortion care services in Kenya. PLoS One. 2018 Sep 21;13(9):e0204240.

Muturi M, Gachohi J, Mwatondo A, Lekolool I, Gakuya F, Bett A, Osoro E, Bitek A, Thumbi SM, Munyua P, Oyas H, Njagi ON, Bett B, Njenga MK. Recurrent Anthrax Outbreaks in Humans, Livestock, and Wildlife in the Same Locality, Kenya, 2014-2017. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2018 Oct;99(4):833-839.

Mwangi M, Waruru A, Waruiru W, Gichangi A, Toroitich –Ruto C, Kim AA. Factors associated with unsafe sex among Kenyan Youth: Results from a nationally representative population-based survey. EAJHME. 2018 Feb: Issue 2: 25-37

Mwangi W, Gachuno O, Desai M, Obor D, Were V, Odhiambo F, Nyaguara A, Laserson KF. Uptake of skilled attendance along the continuum of care in rural Western Kenya: selected analysis from Global Health initiative survey-2012. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2018 May 16;18(1):175.

Namageyo-Funa A, Aketch M, Tabu C, MacNeil A, Bloland P. Assessment of select electronic health information systems that support immunization data capture – Kenya, 2017. BMC Health Serv Res. 2018 Aug 8;18(1):621.

Ndegwa L, Hatfield KM, Sinkowitz-Cochran R, D’Iorio E, Gupta N, Kimotho J, Woodard T, Chaves SS, Ellingson K. Evaluation of a program to improve hand hygiene in Kenyan hospitals through production and promotion of alcohol-based Handrub – 2012-2014. Antimicrob Resist Infect Control. 2019 Jan 3;8:2.

Ndombi EM, Abudho B, Kittur N, Carter JM, Korir H, Riner DK, Ochanda H, Lee YM, Secor WE, Karanja DM, Colley DG. Effect of four rounds of annual school-wide mass praziquantel treatment for schistosoma mansoni control on schistosome-specific immune responses. Parasite Immunol. 2018 Jun;40(6):e12530.

Nduba V, Van’t Hoog AH, Mitchell EMH,Borgdoff M, Laserson KF. Incidence of Active Tuberculosis and Cohort Retention among Adolescents in Western Kenya. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2018 Jan;37(1):10-15.

Ng AHC, Fobel R, Fobel C, Lamanna J, Rackus DG, Summers A, Dixon C, Dryden MDM, Lam C, Ho M, Mufti NS, Lee V, Asri MAM, Sykes EA, Chamberlain MD, Joseph R, Ope M, Scobie HM, Knipes A, Rota PA, Marano N, Chege PM, Njuguna M, Nzunza R, Kisangau N, Kiogora J, Karuingi M, Burton JW, Borus P, Lam E, Wheeler AR. A digital microfluidic system for serological immunoassays in remote settings. Sci Transl Med. 2018 Apr 25;10(438)

Ngeno B, Waruru A, Inwani I, Ng’ang’a L, Ngugi EW, Katana A, Gichangi A, Mwangi A, Mukui I, Rutherford G. Disclosure and Clinical Outcomes Among Young Adolescents Living With HIV in Kenya. J Adolesc Health. 2018 Oct 25. pii: S1054-139X(18)30396-3.

Ng’eno BN, Kellogg TA, Kim AA, Mwangi A, Mwangi M, Wamicwe J, Rutherford GW. Modes of HIV transmission among adolescents and young adults aged 10-24 years in Kenya. Int J STD AIDS. 2018; 29(8):800-805.

Njuguna HN, Zaki SR, Roberts DJ, Fligner CL, Keating MK, Rogena E, Walong E, Gachii AK, Maleche-Obimbo E, Irimu G, Mathaiya J, Orata N, Lopokoiyit R, Maina J, Emukule GO, Onyango CO, Gikunju S, Owuor C, Kinuthia P, Bunei M, Fields B, Widdowson MA, Mott JA, Chaves SS. Determining the Cause of Death Among Children Hospitalized With Respiratory Illness in Kenya: Protocol for Pediatric Respiratory Etiology Surveillance Study (PRESS). JMIR Res Protoc. 2019 Jan 10;8(1):e10854.

Octaria R, Salyer SJ, Blanton J, Pieracci EG, Munyua P, Millien M, Nel L, Wallace RM. From recognition to action: A strategic approach to foster sustainable collaborations for rabies elimination. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2018 Oct 25;12(10):e0006756.

Odero I, Ondeng’e K, Mudhune V, Okola P, Oruko J, Otieno G, Akelo V, Gust DA. Participant satisfaction with clinical trial experience and post-trial transitioning to HIV care in Kenya. Int J STD AIDS. 2018 Aug 29:956462418791946.

Odoyo-June E, Agot K, Mboya E, Grund J, Musingila P, Emusu D, Soo L, Otieno-Nyunya B. Agreement between self-reported and physically verified male circumcision status in Nyanza region, Kenya: Evidence from the TASCO study. Hills RK, ed. PLoS ONE. 2018;13(2):e0192823.

Okumu A, Alexander H, Posey J, Cain KP. No evidence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in breast milk of 18 women with confirmed TB disease in Kisumu, Kenya. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2018 Apr 1;22(4):464-465.

Oliver VO, Otieno G, Gvetadze R, Desai MA, Makanga M, Akelo V, Gust DA, Nyagol B, McLellan-Lemal E. High prevalence of sexually transmitted infections among women screened for a contraceptive intravaginal ring study, Kisumu, Kenya. 2014. Int J STD AIDS. 2018 Aug 2:956462418782810.

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