Outbreak of Serotype 1 Invasive Pneumococcal Disease, Kibera Urban Informal Settlement, Nairobi, Kenya, 2023.

Authors: Komo, Terry¹, tkomo@kemri.go.ke, Munywoki, Patrick K.², da Gloria Carvalho, Maria³, Auko, Joshua¹, Ouma, Alice¹, Audi, Allan¹, Agogo, George O.², Omondi, Daniel¹, Odoyo, Arthur¹, Odiembo, Herine¹, Wamola, Newton¹, Osita, Mike¹, Onyango, Clayton², Lucchi, Naomi², Munyua, Peninah², Herman-Roloff, Amy², Larson, Shanda³, Chochua, Sopio³, Pimenta, Fabiana C.³, Bigogo, Godfrey¹

Source: Emerging Infectious Diseases; Feb2025, Vol. 31 Issue 2, p345-349, 5p

Population Structure and Antimicrobial Resistance in Campylobacter jejuni and C. coli Isolated from Humans with Diarrhea and from Poultry, East Africa.

Authors: French, Nigel P.¹, rn.p.french@massey.ac.nz, Thomas, Kate M.², Amani, Nelson B.³, Benschop, Jackie¹, Bigogo, Godfrey M.⁴, Cleaveland, Sarah⁵, Fayaz, Ahmed¹, Hugho, Ephrasia A.³, Karimuribo, Esron D.⁶, Kasagama, Elizabeth³, Maganga, Ruth⁵, Melubo, Matayo L.³, Midwinter, Anne C.¹, Mmbaga, Blandina T.^3,7, Mosha, Victor V.³, Mshana, Fadhili I.³, Munyua, Peninah⁸, Ochieng, John B.⁴, Rogers, Lynn¹, Sindiyo, Emmanuel⁹

Source: Emerging Infectious Diseases; Oct2024, Vol. 30 Issue 10, p2079-2089, 11p

Characterization of Avian Influenza Viruses Detected in Kenyan Live Bird Markets and Wild Bird Habitats Reveal Genetically Diverse Subtypes and High Proportion of A(H9N2), 2018–2020.

Authors: Munyua, Peninah¹ (AUTHOR) ikg2@cdc.gov, Osoro, Eric² (AUTHOR), Jones, Joyce³ (AUTHOR), Njogu, George⁴ (AUTHOR), Yang, Genyan³ (AUTHOR), Hunsperger, Elizabeth¹ (AUTHOR), Szablewski, Christine M.³ (AUTHOR), Njoroge, Ruth² (AUTHOR), Marwanga, Doris² (AUTHOR), Oyas, Harry⁴ (AUTHOR), Andagalu, Ben⁵ (AUTHOR), Ndanyi, Romona⁴ (AUTHOR), Otieno, Nancy⁶ (AUTHOR), Obanda, Vincent⁷ (AUTHOR), Nasimiyu, Carolyne² (AUTHOR), Njagi, Obadiah⁴ (AUTHOR), DaSilva, Juliana³ (AUTHOR), Jang, Yunho³ (AUTHOR), Barnes, John³ (AUTHOR), Emukule, Gideon O.⁵ (AUTHOR)

Source: Viruses (1999-4915). Sep2024, Vol. 16 Issue 9, p1417. 14p.

Subject Terms: *AVIAN influenza A virus, *POULTRY diseases, *INFLUENZA viruses, *INFLUENZA A virus, *BIRD habitats, *AVIAN influenza, *POULTRY farms

Geographic Terms: AFRICA

Epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 in Kakuma Refugee Camp Complex, Kenya, 2020-2021.

Authors: Ope, Maurice¹, ybf8@cdc.gov, Musyoka, Raymond¹, Kiogora, John², Wambugu, Jesse³, Hunsperger, Elizabeth¹, Emukule, Gideon O.¹, Munyua, Peninah¹, Juma, Bonaventure¹, Simiyu, Elizabeth⁴, Gagnidze, Levan⁵, Burton, John⁶, Eidex, Rachel B.¹

Source: Emerging Infectious Diseases; May2024, Vol. 30 Issue 5, p900-907, 8p

Documenting challenges in achieving rabies elimination by 2030 in low-middle income countries; a Kenyan case study from Lamu County, 2020–2022: mixed methods approach.

Authors: Mwanyalu, Nassoro, Mwatondo, Athman, Chuchu, Veronicah, Maina, Kimani, Muturi, Mathew, Mutiiria, Mathew, Chepkwony, Daniel, Owiny, Maurice, Munyua, Peninah

Source: One Health Outlook; 2/9/2025, Vol. 7 Issue 1, p1-14, 14p

Subject Terms: RABIES vaccines, HEALTH information systems, HEALTH information exchanges, BITES & stings, MEDICAL personnel

Geographic Terms: KENYA

Association between low maternal serum aflatoxin B1 exposure and adverse pregnancy outcomes in Mombasa, Kenya, 2017–2019: A nested matched case–control study.

Authors: Osoro, Eric, Awuor, Abigael O., Inwani, Irene, Mugo, Cyrus, Hunsperger, Elizabeth, Verani, Jennifer R., Nduati, Ruth, Kinuthia, John, Okutoyi, Lydia, Mwaengo, Dufton, Maugo, Brian, Otieno, Nancy A., Mirieri, Harriet, Ombok, Cynthia, Nyawanda, Bryan, Agogo, George O., Ngere, Isaac, Zitomer, Nicholas C., Rybak, Michael E., Munyua, Peninah

Source: Maternal & Child Nutrition; Oct2024, Vol. 20 Issue 4, p1-10, 10p

Subject Terms: MISCARRIAGE, RISK assessment, ARM circumference, MYCOTOXINS, MATERNAL exposure, T-test (Statistics), CORN, MATERNAL age, RESEARCH funding, FISHER exact test, MULTIPLE regression analysis, PERINATAL death, DESCRIPTIVE statistics, CHI-squared test, MANN Whitney U Test, AFLATOXINS, LOW birth weight, LONGITUDINAL method, ODDS ratio, CASE-control method, STATISTICS, GESTATIONAL age, PREGNANCY complications, CONFIDENCE intervals, DATA analysis software, DISEASE risk factors, PREGNANCY

Geographic Terms: KENYA

Mobile phone-based surveillance for animal disease in rural communities : implications for detection of zoonoses spillover

Authors: Thumbi, Samuel M., Njenga, M. Kariuki, Otiang, Elkanah, Otieno, Linus, Munyua, Peninah, Eichler, Sarah, Widdowson, Marc-Alain, McElwain, Terry F., Palmer, Guy H.

Source: Philosophical Transactions: Biological Sciences, 2019 Sep . 374(1782), 1-7.

Access URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/26777742

Diagnostic accuracy of the Panbio COVID-19 antigen rapid test device for SARS-CoV-2 detection in Kenya, 2021: A field evaluation.

Authors: Irungu, Jack Karuga¹ (AUTHOR) jkarugah@gmail.com, Munyua, Peninah² (AUTHOR), Ochieng, Caroline³ (AUTHOR), Juma, Bonventure² (AUTHOR), Amoth, Patrick⁴ (AUTHOR), Kuria, Francis⁴ (AUTHOR), Kiiru, John⁴ (AUTHOR), Makayotto, Lyndah⁴ (AUTHOR), Abade, Ahmed¹ (AUTHOR), Bulterys, Marc² (AUTHOR), Hunsperger, Elizabeth² (AUTHOR), Emukule, Gideon O.² (AUTHOR), Onyango, Clayton² (AUTHOR), Samandari, Taraz² (AUTHOR), Barr, Beth A. Tippett² (AUTHOR), Akelo, Victor² (AUTHOR), Weyenga, Herman² (AUTHOR), Munywoki, Patrick K.² (AUTHOR), Bigogo, Godfrey³ (AUTHOR), Otieno, Nancy A.³ (AUTHOR)

Source: PLoS ONE. 1/25/2023, Vol. 18 Issue 1, p1-15. 15p.

Subject Terms: *COVID-19 testing, *ANTIGEN analysis, *HEALTH facilities, *COVID-19, *COVID-19 pandemic, *RECEIVER operating characteristic curves

Geographic Terms: KENYA

Acute febrile illness in Kenya: Clinical characteristics and pathogens detected among patients hospitalized with fever, 2017–2019.

Authors: Verani, Jennifer R., eno, Eric Ng', Hunsperger, Elizabeth A., Munyua, Peninah, Osoro, Eric, Marwanga, Doris, Bigogo, Godfrey, Amon, Derrick, Ochieng, Melvin, Etau, Paul, Bandika, Victor, Zimbulu, Victor, Kiogora, John, Burton, John Wagacha, Okunga, Emmanuel, Samuels, Aaron M., Njenga, Kariuki, Montgomery, Joel M., Widdowson, Marc-Alain

Source: PLoS ONE; 8/1/2024, Vol. 19 Issue 8, p1-15, 15p

Building laboratory capacity to detect and characterize pathogens of public and global health security concern in Kenya

Authors: Hunsperger, Elizabeth, Juma, Bonventure, Onyango, Clayton, Ochieng, John, Omballa, Victor, Fields, Barry, Njenga, M., Mwangi, Jane, Bigogo, Godfrey, Omore, Richard, Otieno, Nancy, Chaves, Sandra, Munyua, Peninah, Njau, Daniel, Verani, Jennifer, Lowther, Sara, Breiman, Robert, Montgomery, Joel, Cock, Kevin, Widdowson, Marc-Alain

Source: BMC public health. 19(3):1-10

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Successes and challenges of the One Health approach in Kenya over the last decade

Authors: Munyua, Peninah, Njenga, M., Osoro, Eric, Onyango, Clayton, Bitek, Austine, Mwatondo, Athman, Muturi, Mathew, Musee, Norah, Bigogo, Godfrey, Otiang, Elkanah, Ade, Fredrick, Lowther, Sara, Breiman, Robert, Neatherlin, John, Montgomery, Joel, Widdowson, Marc-Alain

Source: BMC public health. 19(3):1-9

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Recurrent Anthrax Outbreaks in Humans, Livestock, and Wildlife in the Same Locality, Kenya, 2014—2017

Authors: Muturi, Mathew, Gachohi, John, Mwatondo, Athman, Lekolool, Isaac, Gakuya, Francis, Bett, Alice, Osoro, Eric, Bitek, Austine, Thumbi, S. Mwangi, Munyua, Peninah

Source: American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene. 99(4):833-839

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Risk factors of adverse birth outcomes among a cohort of pregnant women in Coastal Kenya, 2017–2019.

Authors: Mirieri, Harriet, Nduati, Ruth, Dawa, Jeanette, Okutoyi, Lydia, Osoro, Eric, Mugo, Cyrus, Wamalwa, Dalton, Jin, Hafsa, Mwaengo, Dufton, Otieno, Nancy, Marwanga, Doris, Shabibi, Mufida, Munyua, Peninah, Kinuthia, John, Clancey, Erin, Widdowson, Marc-Alain, Njenga, M. Kariuki, Verani, Jennifer R., Inwani, Irene

Source: BMC Pregnancy & Childbirth; 2/12/2024, Vol. 24 Issue 1, p1-11, 11p

Subject Terms: PREGNANT women, PREGNANCY outcomes, SMALL for gestational age, GASTROSCHISIS, HYPERTENSION, PREMATURE labor

Geographic Terms: KENYA, SUB-Saharan Africa

Understanding the poultry trade network in Kenya: Implications for regional disease prevention and control

Authors: McCarron, Margaret, Munyua, Peninah, Cheng, Po-Yung, Manga, Thomas, Wanjohi, Cathryn, Moen, Ann, Mounts, Anthony, Katz, Mark A.

Source: In Preventive Veterinary Medicine 1 July 2015 120(3-4):321-327

No serologic evidence of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus infection among camel farmers exposed to highly seropositive camel herds: A household linked study, Kenya, 2013

Authors: Munyua, Peninah, Corman, Victor Max, Bitek, Austine, Osoro, Eric, Meyer, Benjamin, Müller, Marcel A., Lattwein, Erik, Thumbi, S. M., Murithi, Rees, Widdowson, Marc-Alain

Source: American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene. 96(6):1318-1324

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Low-Level Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus among Camel Handlers, Kenya, 2019.

Authors: Munyua, Peninah M.¹ ikg2@cdc.gov, Ngere, Isaac^2,3, Hunsperger, Elizabeth¹, Kochi, Adano³, Amoth, Patrick⁴, Mwasi, Lydia⁵, Suxiang Tong⁶, Mwatondo, Athman¹, Thornburg, Natalie⁶, Widdowson, Marc-Alain^1,4, Njenga, M. Kariuki³, Tong, Suxiang (AUTHOR)

Source: Emerging Infectious Diseases. Apr2021, Vol. 27 Issue 4, p1201-1205. 5p.

Subject Terms: *MERS coronavirus, *CORONAVIRUS diseases, *MIDDLE East respiratory syndrome, *CAMELS

Geographic Terms: KENYA, MIDDLE East

High incidence of human brucellosis in a rural Pastoralist community in Kenya, 2015.

Authors: Munyua, Peninah¹ (AUTHOR) ikg2@cdc.gov, Osoro, Eric² (AUTHOR), Hunsperger, Elizabeth¹ (AUTHOR), Ngere, Isaac² (AUTHOR), Muturi, Mathew³ (AUTHOR), Mwatondo, Athman⁴ (AUTHOR), Marwanga, Doris⁵ (AUTHOR), Ngere, Philip⁶ (AUTHOR), Tiller, Rebekah⁷ (AUTHOR), Onyango, Clayton O.¹ (AUTHOR), Njenga, Kariuki² (AUTHOR), Widdowson, Marc-Alain¹ (AUTHOR)

Source: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 2/1/2021, Vol. 15 Issue 2, p1-15. 15p.

Subject Terms: *BRUCELLA, *BRUCELLOSIS, *BACTERIAL diseases, *HEALTH facilities, *GENDER, *OCCUPATIONAL exposure

Geographic Terms: MIDDLE East, KENYA, WESTERN Europe

A mixed methods assessment of knowledge, attitudes and practices related to aflatoxin contamination and exposure among caregivers of children under 5 years in western Kenya.

Authors: Awuor, Abigael O, Wambura, Gati, Ngere, Isaac, Hunsperger, Elizabeth, Onyango, Clayton, Bigogo, Godfrey, Blum, Lauren S, Munyua, Peninah, Njenga, M Kariuki, Widdowson, Marc-Alain

Source: Public Health Nutrition; Dec2023, Vol. 26 Issue 12, p3013-3022, 10p

Subject Terms: AFLATOXINS, AGRICULTURE, FARM management, SUBSISTENCE farming, ECONOMIC impact, FARMERS

Geographic Terms: KENYA, EAST Africa

Comparison of knowledge, attitude, and practices of animal and human brucellosis between nomadic pastoralists and non-pastoralists in Kenya

Authors: Njenga, M. Kariuki, Ogolla, Eric, Thumbi, Samuel Mwangi, Ngere, Isaac, Omulo, Sylvia, Muturi, Mathew, Marwanga, Doris, Bitek, Austine, Bett, Bernard, Widdowson, Marc-Alain, Munyua, Peninah, Osoro, Eric Mogaka

Source: BMC public health. 20(1)

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Strong association between human and animal Brucella seropositivity in a linked study in Kenya, 2012-2013

Authors: Osoro, Eric Mogaka, Munyua, Peninah, Omulo, Sylvia, Ogola, Eric, Ade, Fredrick, Mbatha, Peter, Mbabu, Murithi, Ng ang a, Zipporah, Kairu, Salome, Maritim, Marybeth

Source: American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene. 93(2):224-231

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