There are other viruses to be concerned about. RSV is the most important cause of early childhood pneumonia. This household structured modelling study explores different options for vaccine control in LMIC elifesciences.org/articles/47003 KEMRI-Wellcome Warwick Uni SBIDER

Currently live on K24 TV is Dr. Benjamin Tsofa sharing insights into our #KomeshaCorona efforts.

Great work led by our Virus Epi & Control team!!

Tremendous support from Ministry of Health, ARTIC Network Oxford Nanopore Africa CDC Funding Wellcome National Institute for Health and Care Research Tiba Partnership Exemplary team work from our research scientists KEMRI-Wellcome NPHLS Kenya & Kenya Medical Research Institute View Policy Brief⤵️ bit.ly/2U1Vgwv

Endemic human coronavirus OC43 strains spread rapidly both locally and across the globe with limited genetic evolution in the spike gene. Read more here: shrts.net/a6iXa Carol Abidha James Nokes Everlyn Kamau IDeAL, Africa Pwani University Ministry of Health Kenya Medical Research Institute

Check out our recent publication, Epidemiological and evolutionary dynamics of influenza B virus in coastal Kenya as revealed by genomic analysis of strains sampled over a single season academic.oup.com/ve/advance-art… James Nokes Charles Agoti @Collowuor Virus Epi & Control IDeAL, Africa

The finding of divergent and reassorted Influenza B Virus strains co-circulating in a single season locally and across East Africa emphasizes why broad immunity vaccines are the most ideal for influenza control in Kenya. shrts.net/a6iXb IDeAL, Africa Kenya Medical Research Institute

Watch this space for a detailed genomic analysis of #flu A(H1N1)pdm09 virus, which caused the 2009 #flu #pandemic; a decade of transmission in Kenya, 2009-18 (In-Prep). This will provide insights into #COVID19 trasmission trajectory it being a respiratory virus.

PCR testing for COVID - not all kits are equal - especially for specificity - and we can save on reagents by diluting them. wellcomeopenresearch.org/articles/5-162# Helpful technical information here for anyone running a lab.

Manuscript published. See our findings on diversity of rotaviruses in Kenya. Many thanks to Virus Epi & Control James Nokes Charles Agoti Elizabeth Owor, PhD Dr. James Richard Otieno, PhD bmcinfectdis.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…

Great job to the team Virus Epi & Control and KEMRI-Wellcome . Investigating evolution and transmission patterns of the RSV in Kilifi, coastal Kenya. An important respiratory pathogen - main cause of childhood pneumonia globally. Read more: doi.org/10.1093/ve/vea…

With Ke Yuan we've a data scientist/computational biologist & software engineer posts to work on #SARSCOV2 genome data, evolution & epidemiology with our Africa based collaborators @mlcotten13 george James Nokes & Martin Antonio: nature.com/naturecareers/…. 26th Oct closing data!

Fantastic work Charles Agoti Virus Epi & Control Multiple Introductions and Predominance of Rotavirus Group A Genotype G3P[8] in Kilifi, Coastal Kenya, 4 Years after Nationwide Vaccine Introduction ##mdpipathogens via MDPI

Congratulations to Martha Luka, the first MSc Bioinformatics student to successfully defend her thesis Pwani University, and Joseph Atemia who passed his thesis defense with flying colours today. Others in absentia are John oketch and @Landy_Cofia. The smiles tell it all 😊

Our manuscript, "Characterizing the countrywide epidemic spread of #influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 #virus in #Kenya, 2009-2018", is available on medRxiv; James Nokes, Charles Agoti, and Virus Epi & Control; read 👉 medrxiv.org/content/10.110….

Chikungunya virus infections are common in coastal Kenya, and may be a significant public health burden among children with neurological illness.. more in our preprint: medrxiv.org/content/10.110… KEMRI-Wellcome CEPI Wellcome WHO R&D Blueprint

Congratulations to George Warimwe of KEMRI-Wellcome on Royal Society Africa Prize - royalsociety.org/grants-schemes… - for work on a vaccine against Rift Valley Fever. Summary here - tinyurl.com/8cw6jp76 and peer reviewed write up of vaccine efficacy here- nature.com/articles/s4154…

Now peer reviewed, our whole genome sequencing #wgs experience of #rhinovirus and comparison of wgs to partial sequencing in #virus #transmission inference. wellcomeopenresearch.org/articles/6-178… Virus Epi & Control EANBiT IDeAL, Africa

A great milestone for the team, ably led by george and Charles Agoti and supported by Kenya Medical Research Institute family.

Local patterns of spread of #influenza A(H3N2) #virus in coastal #Kenya over a one-year period revealed through #virus sequence data. Virus Epi & Control.