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Sidi Kazungu
Researcher at Kenya Medical Research Institute
Publications - 15
Citations - 1549
Sidi Kazungu is an academic researcher from Kenya Medical Research Institute. The author has contributed to research in topics: Pneumonia & Sputum. The author has an hindex of 14, co-authored 15 publications receiving 1221 citations. Previous affiliations of Sidi Kazungu include Medical Research Council & Wellcome Trust.
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Causes of severe pneumonia requiring hospital admission in children without HIV infection from Africa and Asia: the PERCH multi-country case-control study
Katherine L. O'Brien,Henry C. Baggett,W. Abdullah Brooks,Daniel R. Feikin,Laura L. Hammitt,Melissa M. Higdon,Stephen R. C. Howie,Maria Deloria Knoll,Karen L. Kotloff,Orin S. Levine,Shabir A. Madhi,David R. Murdoch,Christine Prosperi,J. Anthony G. Scott,Qiyuan Shi,Donald M. Thea,Zhenke Wu,Scott L. Zeger,Peter V. Adrian,Pasakorn Akarasewi,Trevor P. Anderson,Martin Antonio,Juliet O. Awori,Vicky L. Baillie,Charatdao Bunthi,James Chipeta,Mohammod Jobayer Chisti,Jane Crawley,Andrea DeLuca,Amanda J. Driscoll,Bernard E. Ebruke,Hubert P. Endtz,Nicholas Fancourt,Wei Fu,Doli Goswami,Michelle J. Groome,Meredith Haddix,Lokman Hossain,Yasmin Jahan,E Wangeci Kagucia,Alice Kamau,Ruth A. Karron,Sidi Kazungu,Nana Kourouma,Locadiah Kuwanda,Geoffrey Kwenda,Mengying Li,Eunice M. Machuka,Grant A. Mackenzie,Nasreen Mahomed,Susan A. Maloney,Jessica McLellan,Joanne L. Mitchell,David P. Moore,Susan C. Morpeth,Azwifarwi Mudau,Lawrence Mwananyanda,James Mwansa,Micah Silaba Ominde,Uma Onwuchekwa,Daniel E. Park,Julia Rhodes,Pongpun Sawatwong,Phil Seidenberg,Arifin Shamsul,Eric A. F. Simões,Seydou Sissoko,Somwe Wa Somwe,Samba O. Sow,Mamadou Sylla,Boubou Tamboura,Milagritos D. Tapia,Somsak Thamthitiwat,Aliou Toure,Nora L. Watson,Khalequ Zaman,Syed M. A. Zaman +76 more
TL;DR: Estimating causes of pneumonia in young African and Asian children, using novel analytical methods applied to clinical and microbiological findings, estimated that viruses accounted for 61·4% (95% credible interval [CrI] 57·3–65·6) of causes, whereas bacteria accounted for 27·3% (23·3-31·6).
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Viral etiology of severe pneumonia among Kenyan infants and children.
James A. Berkley,Patrick K. Munywoki,Mwanajuma Ngama,Sidi Kazungu,John Abwao,Anne Bett,Ria Lassaunière,T.L. Kresfelder,Patricia A. Cane,Marietjie Venter,J. Anthony G. Scott,D. James Nokes,D. James Nokes,D. James Nokes +13 more
TL;DR: In a sample of Kenyan infants and children admitted with severe pneumonia to a rural hospital, RSV was the predominant viral pathogen and was associated with severe disease.
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A Preliminary Study of Pneumonia Etiology Among Hospitalized Children in Kenya
Laura L. Hammitt,Laura L. Hammitt,Sidi Kazungu,Susan C. Morpeth,Susan C. Morpeth,Dustin G. Gibson,Benedict Mvera,Andrew Brent,Andrew Brent,Salim Mwarumba,Clayton Onyango,Anne Bett,Donald Akech,David R. Murdoch,D. James Nokes,D. James Nokes,J. Anthony G. Scott,J. Anthony G. Scott +17 more
TL;DR: A potential etiology was detected in >75% of children admitted with severe pneumonia or very severe pneumonia, and bacterial causes outnumbered viral causes when the results of the case-control analysis were considered.
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Assessing cognitive outcomes in a rural African population: development of a neuropsychological battery in Kilifi District, Kenya.
Penny Holding,H. Gerry Taylor,Sidi Kazungu,Thadeaus Mkala,Joseph Gona,Bernard Mwamuye,Leonard Mbonani,Jim Stevenson +7 more
TL;DR: Evaluated neuropsychological test procedures developed for use in North America and Europe to children in a rural region of Kenya suggested that adaptations of existing tests can be made in such a way as to preserve their utility in measuring the cross-cultural sequelae of childhood neurological diseases.
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Added Value of an Oropharyngeal Swab in Detection of Viruses in Children Hospitalized with Lower Respiratory Tract Infection
Laura L. Hammitt,Laura L. Hammitt,Sidi Kazungu,Steve Welch,Anne Bett,Clayton Onyango,R.N. Gunson,J. Anthony G. Scott,J. Anthony G. Scott,D. James Nokes,D. James Nokes +10 more
TL;DR: Oropharyngeal swabs increased the number of viral infections detected by 15%, compared to collection of a nasopharyngeAL swab alone, most pronounced for detection of influenza, parainfluenza, and adenovirus.