Recent publications by Researchers affiliated with the Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health
Deploying Metagenomics to Characterize Microbial Pathogens During Outbreak of Acute Febrile Illness Among Children in Tanzania.
Mziray SR. et al, (2025), Pathogens, 14
The genome sequence of varicella-zoster virus (<i>Varicellovirus humanalpha3</i>) obtained by metagenomics from a patient presenting with an exanthem rash.
Musundi S. et al, (2025), Microbiology resource announcements
Hepatitis B Core-Related Antigen Point-of-Care Tests as a Risk Stratification Tool for Treatment Eligibility: Experience From Kenya
Downs LO. et al, (2025), Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 12
Emergence and transmission dynamics of the FY.4 Omicron variant in Kenya.
Musundi S. et al, (2025), Virus Evol, 11
GRAPEVNE - Graphical Analytical Pipeline Development Environment for Infectious Diseases.
Brittain J-S. et al, (2025), Wellcome Open Res, 10
Identification of coxsackievirus A24 variant during an acute hemorrhagic conjunctivitis outbreak in coastal Kenya, 2024.
Lambisia AW. et al, (2025), Wellcome open research, 10
Where do those data go? Reuse of screening results from clinical trials to estimate population prevalence of HBV infection in adults in Kilifi, Kenya.
Downs LO. et al, (2023), Journal of virus eradication, 9
New SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Variant with Spike Protein Mutation Y451H, Kilifi, Kenya, March-May 2023.
Mwanga MJ. et al, (2023), Emerging infectious diseases, 29, 2376 - 2379
Symptom prevalence and secondary attack rate of SARS-CoV-2 in rural Kenyan households: A prospective cohort study.
Gallagher KE. et al, (2023), Influenza and other respiratory viruses, 17
A pan-African pathogen genomics data sharing platform to support disease outbreaks.
Christoffels A. et al, (2023), Nature medicine, 29, 1052 - 1055
High-throughput sequencing approaches applied to SARS-CoV-2
Ong'era EM. et al, (2023), Wellcome Open Research, 8, 150 - 150
Characterising paediatric mortality during and after acute illness in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia: a secondary analysis of the CHAIN cohort using a machine learning approach.
Childhood Acute Illness and Nutrition (CHAIN) Network None., (2023), EClinicalMedicine, 57
SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant of concern in the Seychelles: Introduction and spread
Morobe JM. et al, (2023), Wellcome Open Research, 8, 105 - 105
A systematic review of Hepatitis B virus (HBV) prevalence and genotypes in Kenya: Data to inform clinical care and health policy
Downs LO. et al, (2023), PLOS Global Public Health, 3, e0001165 - e0001165