KEMRI | Wellcome Trust
KEMRI | Wellcome Trust
Genomics and infectious disease transmission
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Cross- Wellcome Africa Asian Programmes (AAPs) Acceleration of Genomics for Escalating infectious Diseases, (CAGED) Consortium
[version 2; peer review: 2 approved, 1 approved with reservations]
Peer Reviewers
Rakesh K Mishra;
Marina Igorova Reyne;
Gerald Mboowa
- Funder
- Wellcome
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Molecular Epidemiology of Human Metapneumovirus in Kilifi, Coastal Kenya, 2016-2017 and 2021-2024
[version 1; peer review: 1 approved, 1 approved with reservations]
Peer Reviewers
Stephanie Goya;
Carla della Ventura
- Funders
- Wellcome
- National Institute of Health and Care Research
Research Article
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Surveillance of respiratory viruses at health facilities from across Kenya, 2014
[version 4; peer review: 2 approved, 1 approved with reservations]
Peer Reviewers
David P Moore;
W. Abdullah Brooks;
Rino Rappuoli
- Funders
- Wellcome Trust
- U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Research Note
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Coxsackievirus A24 variant whole genome sequencing from clinical samples using a three overlapping amplicons strategy
[version 2; peer review: 3 approved, 1 approved with reservations]
Peer Reviewers
Peter van Heusden;
Sanjay Tikute;
Charles Patrick Mcclure;
Jake D'Addiego
- Funders
- Wellcome Trust
- Rockefeller Foundation
- National Institute of Health and Care Research
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Contexts, Facilitators, and Barriers to Integrating Portable Genomics for Outbreak Response in Coastal Kenya: A Qualitative Analysis of Participatory Stakeholder Discussions
[version 1; peer review: 2 approved with reservations]
Peer Reviewers
JAIME BRISENO-RAMIREZ;
Alicia Arnott
- Funders
- Wellcome Trust
- Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), UK
Research Article
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Comparative performance of the InBios SCoV-2 DetectTM IgG ELISA and the in-house KWTRP ELISA in detecting SARS-CoV-2 spike IgG antibodies in Kenyan populations
[version 2; peer review: 2 approved]
Peer Reviewers
Samira Bührer-Sékula and Matheus Bernardes Torres;
Abhinay Gontu
- Funders
- Wellcome Trust
- Gates Foundation
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Metagenomic exploration of antimicrobial resistance genes in marine bacteria ecosystem
[version 1; peer review: 1 approved with reservations, 1 not approved]
Peer Reviewers
Adenike Adenaya;
Alan Elena
- Funder
- This work was supported by Science for Africa Foundation to the Developing Excellence in Leadership, Training, and Science in Africa (DELTAS Africa) program [DEL-22-012] with support from Wellcome Trust and the UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office and is part of the EDCPT2 programme supported by the European Union.
Research Article
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Kinetics of naturally induced binding and neutralising anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibody levels and potencies among SARS-CoV-2 infected Kenyans with diverse grades of COVID-19 severity: an observational study
[version 2; peer review: 2 approved]
Peer Reviewers
Eleonora Nicolai;
Flaminia Tomassetti
- Funders
- Wellcome Trust
- European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership
- Medical Research Council
- The Developing Excellence in Leadership, Training, and Science in Africa
Research Article
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Targeted amplicon deep sequencing of ama1 and mdr1 to track within-host P. falciparum diversity throughout treatment in a clinical drug trial
[version 4; peer review: 2 approved, 2 approved with reservations]
Peer Reviewers
Ian M. Hastings;
Toshihiro Mita;
Eniyou Cheryll Oriero;
Aurel Holzschuh
- Funders
- Wellcome Trust
- Developing Excellence in Leadership, Training and Science (DELTAS) Africa Initiative
- National Institutes of Health
Research Article
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Metagenomic analysis of coastal Kenya female Aedes aegypti mosquito RNA metaviromes reveal presence of diverse insect specific viruses
[version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 1 approved with reservations]
Peer Reviewers
Jandouwe Villinger;
Lícia Natal Fernandes
- Funders
- Wellcome Trust
- Medical Research Council, Wellcome Trust, and Newton Fund
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SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant of concern in the Seychelles: Introduction and spread
[version 1; peer review: 2 approved with reservations]
Peer Reviewers
Jordan Douglas;
Steven C. Holland
- Funders
- Wellcome Trust
- National Institute for Health Research (NIHR)
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Detection of a SARS-CoV-2 Beta-like variant in coastal Kenya after more than a year of disappearance
[version 1; peer review: 2 approved with reservations]
Peer Reviewers
Zahra Hasan;
Kathleen Subramoney
- Funders
- UK Department of Health and Social Care
- Wellcome
- National Institute for Health and Care Research
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Revealing the extent of the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Kenya based on serological and PCR-test data
[version 3; peer review: 2 approved, 1 approved with reservations]
Peer Reviewers
Mark Kimathi;
Amy Wesolowski;
Benjamin J. Cowling
- Funders
- Wellcome Trust
- National Institute for Health Research
- Medical Research Council
- Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
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Efficiency of transplacental transfer of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) specific antibodies among pregnant women in Kenya
[version 2; peer review: 2 approved]
Peer Reviewers
Kondwani Charles Jambo;
Beate Kampmann
- Funders
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Wellcome
- Pfizer
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Epidemiology of COVID-19 infections on routine polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and serology testing in Coastal Kenya
[version 1; peer review: 2 approved]
Peer Reviewers
Olusola Anuoluwapo Akanbi;
Maryam Meskini
- Funders
- African Academy of Sciences
- USAID
- EDCTP
- GAVI
- Oak Foundation
- UNITAID
- International AIDS Vaccine Initiative
- Government of the United Kingdom
- Wellcome
- National Institute for Health Research
- New Partnership for Africa's Development
- Gates Foundation
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Spatio-temporal distribution of antimalarial drug resistant gene mutations in a Plasmodium falciparum parasite population from Kilifi, Kenya: A 25-year retrospective study
[version 1; peer review: 2 approved with reservations]
Peer Reviewers
Fatima Nogueira;
Melissa Conrad
- Funder
- Wellcome Trust
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Enrichment approach for unbiased sequencing of respiratory syncytial virus directly from clinical samples
[version 1; peer review: 3 approved, 1 approved with reservations]
Peer Reviewers
Martin M. Nyaga and Milton Mogotsi;
Gerald Mboowa;
Tanya Golubchik;
Christopher Illingworth
- Funders
- Wellcome Trust
- DELTAS Africa Initiative
- National Institutes of Health
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Impact of Plasmodium falciparum small-sized extracellular vesicles on host peripheral blood mononuclear cells
[version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 2 not approved]
Peer Reviewers
Smart Ikechukwu Mbagwu;
Carmenza Spadafora;
Valery Combes and Ricardo Correa
- Funders
- Wellcome Trust
- African Academy of Sciences
- Alliance for Accelerating Excellence in Science in Africa
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Systemic inflammation is negatively associated with early post discharge growth following acute illness among severely malnourished children - a pilot study
[version 2; peer review: 2 approved]
Peer Reviewers
Sana Syed and Lubaina Ehsan;
Keith P. West
- Funders
- Wellcome Trust
- Department for International Development, UK Government
- Medical Research Council
- Gates Foundation
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Pooled testing conserves SARS-CoV-2 laboratory resources and improves test turn-around time: experience on the Kenyan Coast
[version 2; peer review: 3 approved]
Peer Reviewers
Ernest Wandera Apondi and Jesse Gitaka;
Kenny Voon;
James A Hay
- Funders
- Wellcome Trust
- African Academy of Sciences
- Alliance for Accelerating Excellence in Science in Africa
- New Partnership for Africa's Development
- National Institute for Health Research
- Department for International Development, UK Government