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Idori publications

Wits IDORI is a recognised research institute of Wits University and a Division of the Wits Health Consortium. Our researchers regularly publish their research in peer-reviewed academic journals. Whilst the list below in not exhaustive, it gives an indication of the type of work that is carried out by our team:

2024

  1. Coussens, A. K., Zaidi, S. M. A., Allwood, B. W., Dewan, P. K., Gray, G., Kohli, M., Kredo, T., Marais, B. J., Marks, G. B., Martinez, L., Ruhwald, M., Scriba, T. J., Seddon, J. A., Tisile, P., Warner, D. F., Wilkinson, R. J., Esmail, H., Houben, R. M. G. J., Alland, D., … Yi, S. (2024). Classification of early tuberculosis states to guide research for improved care and prevention: an international Delphi consensus exercise. In The Lancet Respiratory Medicine (Vol. 12, Issue 6). https://doi.org/10.1016/S2213-2600(24)00028-6
  2. Gomez, E. G., Igunza, K. A., Madewell, Z. J., Akelo, V., Onyango, D., Arifeen, S. el, Gurley, E. S., Hossain, M. Z., Chowdhury, M. A. I., Islam, K. M., Assefa, N., Scott, J. G. A., Madrid, L., Tilahun, Y., Orlien, S., Kotloff, K. L., Tapia, M. D., Keita, A. M., Mehta, A., … Rees, C. A. (2024). Identifying delays in healthcare seeking and provision: The Three Delays-in-Healthcare and mortality among infants and children aged 1–59 months. PLOS Global Public Health, 4(2). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0002494
  3. Jaumdally, S., Tomasicchio, M., Pooran, A., Esmail, A., Kotze, A., Meier, S., Wilson, L., Oelofse, S., van der Merwe, C., Roomaney, A., Davids, M., Suliman, T., Joseph, R., Perumal, T., Scott, A., Shaw, M., Preiser, W., Williamson, C., Goga, A., … Dheda, K. (2024). Frequency, kinetics and determinants of viable SARS-CoV-2 in bioaerosols from ambulatory COVID-19 patients infected with the Beta, Delta or Omicron variants. Nature Communications, 15(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-45400-1
  4. Javaid, N., Lo, S. W., Nisar, M. I., Basharat, A., Jaleel, H., Rasool, K., Sultana, Q., Kabir, F., Hotwani, A., Breiman, R. F., Bentley, S. D., Shakoor, S., & Mirza, S. (2024). Strain features of pneumococcal isolates in the pre-and post-PCV10 era in Pakistan. Microbial Genomics, 10(1). https://doi.org/10.1099/mgen.0.001163
  5. Magaret, C. A., Li, L., deCamp, A. C., Rolland, M., Juraska, M., Williamson, B. D., Ludwig, J., Molitor, C., Benkeser, D., Luedtke, A., Simpkins, B., Heng, F., Sun, Y., Carpp, L. N., Bai, H., Dearlove, B. L., Giorgi, E. E., Jongeneelen, M., Brandenburg, B., … Gilbert, P. B. (2024). Quantifying how single dose Ad26.COV2.S vaccine efficacy depends on Spike sequence features. Nature Communications, 15(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-46536-w
  6. Mahtab, S., Blau, D. M., Madewell, Z. J., Ogbuanu, I., Ojulong, J., Lako, S., Legesse, H., Bangura, J. S., Bassat, Q., Mandomando, I., Xerinda, E., Fernandes, F., Varo, R., Sow, S. O., Kotloff, K. L., Tapia, M. D., Keita, A. M., Sidibe, D., Onyango, D., … Zaman, K. (2024). Post-mortem investigation of deaths due to pneumonia in children aged 1–59 months in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia from 2016 to 2022: an observational study. The Lancet Child and Adolescent Health, 8(3). https://doi.org/10.1016/S2352-4642(23)00328-0
  7. Marks, F., Im, J., Park, S. E., Pak, G. D., Jeon, H. J., Wandji Nana, L. R., Phoba, M. F., Mbuyi-Kalonji, L., Mogeni, O. D., Yeshitela, B., Panzner, U., Cruz Espinoza, L. M., Beyene, T., Owusu-Ansah, M., Twumasi-Ankrah, S., Yeshambaw, M., Alemu, A., Adewusi, O. J., Adekanmbi, O., … Rakotozandrindrainy, R. (2024). Incidence of typhoid fever in Burkina Faso, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Ghana, Madagascar, and Nigeria (the Severe Typhoid in Africa programme): a population-based study. The Lancet Global Health, 12(4). https://doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(24)00007-X
  8. Rees, C. A., Ideh, R. C., Kisenge, R., Kamara, J., Coleman-Nekar, Y. J. G., Samma, A., Godfrey, E., Manji, H. K., Sudfeld, C. R., Westbrook, A. L., Niescierenko, M., Morris, C. R., Whitney, C. G., Breiman, R. F., Duggan, C. P., & Manji, K. P. (2024). Identifying neonates at risk for post-discharge mortality in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and Monrovia, Liberia: Derivation and internal validation of a novel risk assessment tool. BMJ Open, 14(2). https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-079389
  9. Riou, C., Bhiman, J. N., Ganga, Y., Sawry, S., Ayres, F., Baguma, R., Balla, S. R., Benede, N., Bernstein, M., Besethi, A. S., Cele, S., Crowther, C., Dhar, M., Geyer, S., Gill, K., Grifoni, A., Hermanus, T., Kaldine, H., Keeton, R. S., … Fairlie, L. (2024). Safety and immunogenicity of booster vaccination and fractional dosing with Ad26. COV2.S or BNT162b2 in Ad26.COV2.Svaccinated participants. PLOS Global Public Health, 4(4). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0002703
  10. Takalani, A., Robinson, M., Jonas, P., Bodenstein, A., Sambo, V., Jacobson, B., Louw, V., Opie, J., Peter, J., Rowji, P., Seocharan, I., Reddy, T., Yende-Zuma, N., Khutho, K., Sanne, I., Bekker, L. G., Gray, G., Garrett, N., & Goga, A. (2024). Safety of a second homologous Ad26.COV2.S vaccine among healthcare workers in the phase 3b implementation Sisonke study in South Africa. Vaccine, 42(6). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2024.01.066
  11. van de Perre, P., Scarlatti, G., Moore, P. L., Molès, J. P., Nagot, N., Tylleskär, T., Gray, G., & Goga, A. (2024). Preventing breast milk HIV transmission using broadly neutralizing monoclonal antibodies: One size does not fit all. In Immunity, Inflammation and Disease (Vol. 12, Issue 3). https://doi.org/10.1002/iid3.1216
  12. Verani, J. R., Blau, D. M., Gurley, E. S., Akelo, V., Assefa, N., Baillie, V., Bassat, Q., Berhane, M., Bunn, J., Cossa, A. C. A., el Arifeen, S., Gunturu, R., Hale, M., Igunza, A., Keita, A. M., Kenneh, S., Kotloff, K. L., Kowuor, D., Mabunda, R., … Breiman, R. F. (2024). Child deaths caused by Klebsiella pneumoniae in sub-Saharan Africa and south Asia: a secondary analysis of Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance (CHAMPS) data. The Lancet Microbe, 5(2). https://doi.org/10.1016/S2666-5247(23)00290-2
  13. Williamson, C., Dyason, K., McNamara, C., & Aslanyan, G. (2024). “The Learning of Learned ‘Learning Organizations’?”: How Southern African Universities Use a Professional Competency Framework for Research Management and Administration: Selective Cases. Systemic Practice and Action Research, 37(2). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11213-023-09660-0

2023

  1. Bassat, Q., Blau, D. M., Ogbuanu, I. U., Samura, S., Kaluma, E., Bassey, I. A., Sow, S., Keita, A. M., Tapia, M. D., Mehta, A., Kotloff, K. L., Rahman, A., Islam, K. M., Alam, M., el Arifeen, S., Gurley, E. S., Baillie, V., Mutevedzi, P., Mahtab, S., … Madhi, S. A. (2023). Causes of Death among Infants and Children in the Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance (CHAMPS) Network. JAMA Network Open, 6(7). https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.22494
  2. Breiman, R. F., Demetriou, G., Naidu, G., Papathanasopoulos, M. A., Ruff, P., & Madhi, S. A. (2023a). Shifting the center of gravity for addressing the rising cancer disease burden in Africa: A rationale for African-based integrative infectious diseases and oncology research. PLOS Global Public Health, 3(5). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0001970
  3. Das, R., Palit, P., Haque, M. A., Levine, M. M., Kotloff, K. L., Nasrin, D., Hossain, M. J., Sur, D., Ahmed, T., Breiman, R. F., Freeman, M. C., & Faruque, A. S. G. (2023). Symptomatic and asymptomatic enteric protozoan parasitic infection and their association with subsequent growth parameters in under five children in South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 17(10 October). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0011687
  4. Hawkins, P. A., Chochua, S., Lo, S. W., Belman, S., Antonio, M., Kwambana-Adams, B., Gottberg, A. von, Plessis, M. du, Cornick, J., Beall, B., Breiman, R. F., Bentley, S. D., & McGee, L. (2023). A global genomic perspective on the multidrug-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae 15A-CC63 sub-lineage following pneumococcal conjugate vaccine introduction. Microbial Genomics, 9(4). https://doi.org/10.1099/mgen.0.000998
  5. Kyobe Bosa, H., Njenga, M. K., Wayengera, M., Kirenga, B., Muttamba, W., Dawa, J., Breiman, R. F., Osoro, E., Ngere, I., Omaswa, F., Okware, S., Kabanda, R., Mwebesa, H., Atwine, D., Woldemariam, Y. T., & Aceng, J. R. (2023). Leveraging the structures of the COVID-19 pandemic response for successful control of Ebola in Uganda. In Nature Medicine (Vol. 29, Issue 8). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-023-02395-4
  6. Lo, S. W., Hawkins, P. A., Jibir, B., Hassan-Hanga, F., Gambo, M., Olaosebikan, R., Olanipekun, G., Munir, H., Kocmich, N., Rezac-Elgohary, A., Gambo, S., Bagenda, D., Fey, P., Breiman, R. F., McGee, L., Bentley, S. D., Obaro, S. K., Haruna, Z. A., Ibrahim, S. A., … Shehu, H. K. (2023). Molecular characterization of streptococcus pneumoniae causing disease among children in nigeria during the introduction of pcv10 (Gsk). Microbial Genomics, 9(9). https://doi.org/10.1099/mgen.0.001094
  7. Madrid, L., Alemu, A., Seale, A. C., Oundo, J., Tesfaye, T., Marami, D., Yigzaw, H., Ibrahim, A., Degefa, K., Dufera, T., Teklemariam, Z., Gure, T., Leulseged, H., Wittmann, S., Abayneh, M., Fentaw, S., Temesgen, F., Yeshi, M. M., Dubale, M., … Getnet, F. (2023). Causes of stillbirth and death among children younger than 5 years in eastern Hararghe, Ethiopia: a population-based post-mortem study. The Lancet Global Health, 11(7). https://doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(23)00211-5
  8. Magaço, A., Alonso, Y., Maixenchs, M., Ambrosio, C., Sitoe, A., Vitorino, P., Blau, D., Garel, M., Breiman, R., Amouzou, A., Bassat, Q., Mandomando, I., Blevins, J., & Munguambe, K. (2023). A Qualitative Assessment of Community Acceptability and Its Determinants in the Implementation of Minimally Invasive Tissue Sampling in Children in Quelimane City, Mozambique. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 108. https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.22-0343
  9. Magaço, A., Maixenchs, M., Macete, Y., Escritório, N., Mucor, R., Calia, A., Sitoe, A., Xirinda, E., Vitorino, P., Garel, M., Breiman, R. F., Amouzou, A., Bassat, Q., Mandomando, I., Blevins, J., & Munguambe, K. (2023). Experiences of parents and caretakers going through the consent process to perform minimally invasive tissue sampling (MITS) on their deceased children in Quelimane, Mozambique: A qualitative study. PLoS ONE, 18(6 JUNE). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0286785
  10. Mahtab, S., Madhi, S. A., Baillie, V. L., Els, T., Thwala, B. N., Onyango, D., Tippet-Barr, B. A., Akelo, V., Igunza, K. A., Omore, R., el Arifeen, S., Gurley, E. S., Alam, M., Chowdhury, A. I., Rahman, A., Bassat, Q., Mandomando, I., Ajanovic, S., Sitoe, A., … Shiraz, I. (2023). Causes of death identified in neonates enrolled through Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance (CHAMPS), December 2016 –December 2021. PLOS Global Public Health, 3(3). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0001612
  11. Ng’eno, E., Lind, M., Audi, A., Ouma, A., Oduor, C., Munywoki, P. K., Agogo, G. O., Odongo, G., Kiplangat, S., Wamola, N., Osita, M. P., Mugoh, R., Ochieng, C., Omballa, V., Mogeni, O. D., Mikoleit, M., Fields, B. S., Montgomery, J. M., Gauld, J., … Verani, J. R. (2023). Dynamic Incidence of Typhoid Fever over a 10-Year Period (2010-2019) in Kibera, an Urban Informal Settlement in Nairobi, Kenya. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 109(1). https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.22-0736
  12. Oduor, C., Omwenga, I., Ouma, A., Mutinda, R., Kiplangat, S., Mogeni, O. D., Cosmas, L., Audi, A., Odongo, G. S., Obor, D., Breiman, R., Montgomery, J., Agogo, G., Munywoki, P., Bigogo, G., & Verani, J. R. (2023). Mortality patterns over a 10-year period in Kibera, an urban informal settlement in Nairobi, Kenya, 2009–2018. Global Health Action, 16(1). https://doi.org/10.1080/16549716.2023.2238428
  13. Rees, C. A., Igunza, K. A., Madewell, Z. J., Akelo, V., Onyango, D., el Arifeen, S., Gurley, E. S., Hossain, M. Z., Rahman, A., Alam, M., Scott, J. A. G., Assefa, N., Madrid, L., Belachew, A., Leulseged, H., Kotloff, K. L., Sow, S. O., Tapia, M. D., Keita, A. M., … Bhandari, M. (2023). Provider adherence to clinical care recommendations for infants and children who died in seven low- and middle-income countries in the Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance (CHAMPS) network. EClinicalMedicine, 63. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eclinm.2023.102198
  14. Rees, C. A., Kisenge, R., Ideh, R. C., Kamara, J., Coleman, Y. J., Samma, A., Godfrey, E., Manji, H. K., Sudfeld, C. R., Westbrook, A. L., Niescierenko, M., Morris, C. R., Whitney, C. G., Breiman, R. F., Manji, K. P., & Duggan, C. P. (2023). Predictive value of clinician impression for readmission and postdischarge mortality among neonates and young children in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and Monrovia, Liberia. BMJ Paediatrics Open, 7(1). https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjpo-2023-001972
  15. Salmon, D. A., Dudley, M. Z., Brewer, J., Shaw, J., Schuh, H. B., Proveaux, T. M., Jamison, A. M., Forr, A., Goryn, M., Breiman, R. F., Orenstein, W. A., Kao, L. S., Josiah Willcock, R., Cantu, M., Decea, T., Mowson, R., Tsubata, K., Bucci, L. M., Lawler, J., … Orton, P. Z. (2023). LetsTalkShots: personalized vaccine risk communication. Frontiers in Public Health, 11. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1195751
  16. Schuh, H. B., Rimal, R. N., Breiman, R. F., Orton, P. Z., Dudley, M. Z., Kao, L. S., Sargent, R. H., Laurie, S., Weakland, L. F., Lavery, J. v., Orenstein, W. A., Brewer, J., Jamison, A. M., Shaw, J., Josiah Willock, R., Gust, D. A., & Salmon, D. A. (2023). Evaluation of online videos to engage viewers and support decision-making for COVID-19 vaccination: how narratives and race/ethnicity enhance viewer experiences. Frontiers in Public Health, 11. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1192676

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  2. Dwolatzky, B., Trengove, E., Struthers, H., McIntyre, J. A., & Martinson, N. A. (2006). Linking the global positioning system (GPS) to a personal digital assisstant (PDA) to support tuberculosis control in South Africa: A pilot study. International Journal of Health Geographics, 5. https://doi.org/10.1186/1476-072X-5-34
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