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James A. Berkley

Childhood Acute Illness and Nutrition Network

Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) - Kemri-Wellcome Trust Research Programme

KEMRI Wellcome Trust Research Programme,Lenana 197

PO Box 43640

Kilifi, Nairobi 00100

Kenya

University of Oxford - Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health

United Kingdom

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

10

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Scholarly Papers (10)

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Analysis from the NeoOBS Global Neonatal Sepsis Prospective Observational Cohort Study Across 19 Hospitals in 11 Countries; Clinical Presentation, Treatment, Mortality Outcomes and Development of the NeoSEP Sepsis Severity Score

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 21 Jun 2021
St. George’s University of London - Paediatric Infectious Diseases Research Group, University College London - Medical Research Council Clinical Trials Unit, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education & Research (JIPMER) - Department of Neonatology, St. George’s University of London - Paediatric Infectious Diseases Research Group, Childhood Acute Illness and Nutrition Network, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education & Research (JIPMER) - Department of Neonatology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) - Newborn Division and WHO-CC, Global Antibiotic Research and Development Partnership (GARDP), University of the Witwatersrand - School of Clinical Medicine, Stellenbosch University - Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Santa Casa de São Paulo - Pediatric Infectious Diseases Unit, Penta Foundation, Queen Sirikit National Institute of Child Health, University of São Paulo (USP) - Department of Pediatrics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) - Department of Paediatrics, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital - Academic Hospital Paediatric Department, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine - Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Chiang Mai University - PHPT/IRD, Vietnam National Children’s Hospital, Capital Medical University - Department of Neonatology, Stellenbosch University - Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Seth GS Medical College - Neonatology Department, Lady Hardinge Medical College - Department of Neonatology, Shenzhen Children's Hospital - Department of Neonatology, University of Antwerp - Laboratory of Medical Microbiology, University of Antwerp - Laboratory of Medical Microbiology, Dhaka Shishu Hospital - Child Health Research Foundation (CHRF), Santa Casa de São Paulo - Pediatric Infectious Diseases Unit, Global Antibiotic Research and Development Partnership (GARDP), Queen Sirikit National Institute of Child Health - Neonatal Unit, University of Antwerp - Laboratory of Medical Microbiology, Karolinska Institutet - Department of Global Public Health, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital - Academic Hospital Paediatric Department, University of Antwerp - Laboratory of Medical Microbiology, University of São Paulo (USP) - Department of Pediatrics, Seth GS Medical College - Neonatology Department, Lady Hardinge Medical College - Department of Neonatology, Makerere University - Johns Hopkins University Research Collaboration, Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative (DNDi), Kemri-Wellcome Trust Research Programme - Clinical Research Department,, Makerere University - Johns Hopkins University Research Collaboration, Capital Medical University - Beijing Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital, Chiangrai Prachanukroh Hospital, World Health Organization (WHO) - Department of Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health, University of the Witwatersrand - School of Clinical Medicine, St. George’s University of London - Paediatric Infectious Diseases Research Group, Aristotle University and Hippokration General Hospital - Infectious Diseases Unit, Dhaka Shishu Hospital - Child Health Research Foundation (CHRF), Aristotle University and Hippokration General Hospital - Infectious Diseases Unit, University of the Witwatersrand - School of Clinical Medicine, University of the Witwatersrand - School of Clinical Medicine, University of Antwerp - Laboratory of Medical Microbiology, Capital Institute of Pediatrics - Department of Neonatology, Shenzhen Children's Hospital - Department of Neonatology, Capital Medical University - Beijing Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital, Global Antibiotic Research and Development Partnership (GARDP), St. George’s University of London - Paediatric Infectious Diseases Research Group, University College London - Medical Research Council Clinical Trials Unit, University of London - Institute of Infection and Immunity and St. George’s University of London - Paediatric Infectious Diseases Research Group
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Clinical Presentation and 28-Day Mortality in Hospitalized Neonates and Young Infants with Clinical Sepsis: The Global NeoOBS Observational Cohort

Number of pages: 21 Posted: 11 Oct 2021
St. George’s University of London - Paediatric Infectious Diseases Research Group, University College London - Medical Research Council Clinical Trials Unit, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education & Research (JIPMER) - Department of Neonatology, St. George’s University of London - Paediatric Infectious Diseases Research Group, Childhood Acute Illness and Nutrition Network, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education & Research (JIPMER) - Department of Neonatology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) - Newborn Division and WHO-CC, Global Antibiotic Research and Development Partnership (GARDP), University of the Witwatersrand - School of Clinical Medicine, Stellenbosch University - Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Santa Casa de São Paulo - Pediatric Infectious Diseases Unit, Penta Foundation, Queen Sirikit National Institute of Child Health, University of São Paulo (USP) - Department of Pediatrics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) - Department of Paediatrics, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital - Academic Hospital Paediatric Department, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine - Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Chiang Mai University - PHPT/IRD, Vietnam National Children’s Hospital, Capital Medical University - Department of Neonatology, Stellenbosch University - Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Seth GS Medical College - Neonatology Department, Lady Hardinge Medical College - Department of Neonatology, Shenzhen Children's Hospital - Department of Neonatology, University of Antwerp - Laboratory of Medical Microbiology, University of Antwerp - Laboratory of Medical Microbiology, Dhaka Shishu Hospital - Child Health Research Foundation (CHRF), Santa Casa de São Paulo - Pediatric Infectious Diseases Unit, Global Antibiotic Research and Development Partnership (GARDP), Queen Sirikit National Institute of Child Health - Neonatal Unit, University of Antwerp - Laboratory of Medical Microbiology, Karolinska Institutet - Department of Global Public Health, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital - Academic Hospital Paediatric Department, University of Antwerp - Laboratory of Medical Microbiology, University of São Paulo (USP) - Department of Pediatrics, Seth GS Medical College - Neonatology Department, Lady Hardinge Medical College - Department of Neonatology, Makerere University - Johns Hopkins University Research Collaboration, Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative (DNDi), Kemri-Wellcome Trust Research Programme - Clinical Research Department,, Makerere University - Johns Hopkins University Research Collaboration, Capital Medical University - Beijing Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital, Chiangrai Prachanukroh Hospital, World Health Organization (WHO) - Department of Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health, University of the Witwatersrand - School of Clinical Medicine, St. George’s University of London - Paediatric Infectious Diseases Research Group, Aristotle University and Hippokration General Hospital - Infectious Diseases Unit, Dhaka Shishu Hospital - Child Health Research Foundation (CHRF), Aristotle University and Hippokration General Hospital - Infectious Diseases Unit, University of the Witwatersrand - School of Clinical Medicine, University of the Witwatersrand - School of Clinical Medicine, University of Antwerp - Laboratory of Medical Microbiology, Capital Institute of Pediatrics - Department of Neonatology, Shenzhen Children's Hospital - Department of Neonatology, Capital Medical University - Beijing Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital, Global Antibiotic Research and Development Partnership (GARDP), St. George’s University of London - Paediatric Infectious Diseases Research Group, University College London - Medical Research Council Clinical Trials Unit, University of London - Institute of Infection and Immunity and St. George’s University of London - Paediatric Infectious Diseases Research Group
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neonatalinfantsepsisseverity mortality scoreantibiotic resistance LMIClow and middle income global

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First Line Antimicrobials in Children with Complicated Severe Acute Malnutrition (FLACSAM) Statistical Analysis Plan

Number of pages: 14 Posted: 15 Oct 2021 Last Revised: 31 Jan 2022
Sheila Abukayo, James A. Berkley, Moses Ngari and Greg Fegan
Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) - Kemri-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Childhood Acute Illness and Nutrition Network, Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) - Kemri-Wellcome Trust Research Programme and Swansea University - Swansea University Medical School
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child health, malnutrition, mortality, statistics, randomised clinical trial, antimicrobial resistance, antibiotics

4.

Antimicrobial Usage Among Acutely Ill Hospitalised Children Aged 2-23 Months in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 15 Mar 2024
Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) - Kemri-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Childhood Acute Illness and Nutrition Network, Childhood Acute Illness and Nutrition Network, Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) - Kemri-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) - Kemri-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) - Kemri-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Childhood Acute Illness and Nutrition Network, Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) - Kemri-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) - Kemri-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) - Kemri-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Aga Khan University, Aga Khan University, Aga Khan University, Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), Aga Khan University, Childhood Acute Illness and Nutrition Network, Childhood Acute Illness and Nutrition Network, Aga Khan University, Childhood Acute Illness and Nutrition Network, - Nutrition and Clinical Services Division (NCSD), Childhood Acute Illness and Nutrition Network, Université Joseph Ki-Zerbo, Childhood Acute Illness and Nutrition Network, Childhood Acute Illness and Nutrition Network, Childhood Acute Illness and Nutrition Network, Childhood Acute Illness and Nutrition Network, Johns Hopkins University - Bloomberg School of Public Health, University of Oxford - Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine and Childhood Acute Illness and Nutrition Network
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Antimicrobials, antibiotics, antimicrobial resistance, AMR, mortality, children, risk, targeting, guidelines, mortality

5.

Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Hospital Admissions and Inpatient Mortality in Kenya: A Retrospective Cohort Study

Number of pages: 22 Posted: 19 Oct 2023
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) - Kemri-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) - Kemri-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) - Kemri-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) - Kemri-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) - Kemri-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) - Kemri-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) - Kemri-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) - Kemri-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) - Kemri-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), Childhood Acute Illness and Nutrition Network, Childhood Acute Illness and Nutrition Network, Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) - Kemri-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Childhood Acute Illness and Nutrition Network, Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), University of Oxford - KEMRI-Coast Centre for Geographical Medicine and Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) - Kemri-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) - Kemri-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) - Epidemiology and Demography and Independent
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COVID-19, Syndromic Surveillance, Inpatient Mortality, Sub-Saharan Africa, Severe Pneumonia, Hospitisation

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Genomic Atlas of Early Life Bifidobacteria for Rational Development of Next-Generation Probiotics for Infant Health

Number of pages: 57 Posted: 14 Jan 2025
Wellcome Sanger Institute, Wellcome Sanger Institute, Wellcome Sanger Institute, Wellcome Sanger Institute, Wellcome Sanger Institute, Wellcome Sanger Institute, Wellcome Sanger Institute, Wellcome Sanger Institute, Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) - Kemri-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) - Kemri-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Childhood Acute Illness and Nutrition Network, Childhood Acute Illness and Nutrition Network, Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), Université Joseph Ki-Zerbo, Aga Khan University, Aga Khan University, Childhood Acute Illness and Nutrition Network, Childhood Acute Illness and Nutrition Network, Childhood Acute Illness and Nutrition Network, Childhood Acute Illness and Nutrition Network, Childhood Acute Illness and Nutrition Network, Childhood Acute Illness and Nutrition Network, - Nutrition and Clinical Services Division (NCSD), Johns Hopkins University, Childhood Acute Illness and Nutrition Network, Wellcome Sanger Institute and Independent
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Persistent Immune, Coagulation and Cardiac Dysregulation Predict Late Post-Discharge Mortality in Children with Severe Malnutrition

Number of pages: 20 Posted: 30 Aug 2025
Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) - Kemri-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) - Kemri-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) - Kemri-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) - Kemri-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Wellcome Sanger Institute, Pwani University, Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) - Kemri-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) - Kemri-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Childhood Acute Illness and Nutrition Network, Childhood Acute Illness and Nutrition Network, Childhood Acute Illness and Nutrition Network and Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) - Kemri-Wellcome Trust Research Programme
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Complicated severe malnutrition, post-discharge mortality, inflammation, immunosuppression, coagulation, endothelial activation, cardiac dysfunction

8.

Estimating the Hidden Burden of Iron Deficiency Among African Children

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 17 May 2019
Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) - Kemri-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, University of Oxford - Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Oxford University Hospitals - Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) - Kemri-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) - Kemri-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) - Kemri-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) - Kemri-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Childhood Acute Illness and Nutrition Network, University College London - Institute for Global Health, University of the Witwatersrand - Faculty of Health Sciences, Groupe de Recherche Action en Santé (GRAS), Groupe de Recherche Action en Santé (GRAS), Groupe de Recherche Action en Santé (GRAS), Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) - Kemri-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, University of the Witwatersrand - Vaccines and Infectious Diseases Analytics Research Unit, University of Oxford - The Jenner Institute, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine - Medical Research Council Unit The Gambia, Emory University, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) - Kemri-Wellcome Trust Research Programme and Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) - Kemri-Wellcome Trust Research Programme
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Iron deficiency; Ferritin; Transferrin saturation; Inflammation; Malaria; Malnutrition; African children

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Plasma Proteomic Signatures Associated with Enteric Permeability Among Hospitalized and Community Children Under Two Years of Age in Kenya and Pakistan

Number of pages: 22 Posted: 24 Mar 2023
Childhood Acute Illness and Nutrition Network, University of Washington, Aga Khan University, Aga Khan University, Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), University of Washington - Department of Global Health, University of Iceland, University of Washington, Childhood Acute Illness and Nutrition Network and Childhood Acute Illness and Nutrition Network
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Enteric dysfunction, pediatric acute illness, environment enteric dysfunction

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Pancreatic Enzymes and/or Bile Acids for Acutely Ill Severely Malnourished Children – a Double-Blind Randomized Placebo-Controlled Trial

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 02 Feb 2026
Childhood Acute Illness and Nutrition Network, Childhood Acute Illness and Nutrition Network, Childhood Acute Illness and Nutrition Network, Childhood Acute Illness and Nutrition Network, Childhood Acute Illness and Nutrition Network, Childhood Acute Illness and Nutrition Network, Childhood Acute Illness and Nutrition Network, Childhood Acute Illness and Nutrition Network, Childhood Acute Illness and Nutrition Network, Childhood Acute Illness and Nutrition Network, Childhood Acute Illness and Nutrition Network, Childhood Acute Illness and Nutrition Network, Childhood Acute Illness and Nutrition Network, Childhood Acute Illness and Nutrition Network, Childhood Acute Illness and Nutrition Network, Childhood Acute Illness and Nutrition Network, Childhood Acute Illness and Nutrition Network, Childhood Acute Illness and Nutrition Network, Childhood Acute Illness and Nutrition Network, Childhood Acute Illness and Nutrition Network, Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) - Kemri-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Childhood Acute Illness and Nutrition Network, Childhood Acute Illness and Nutrition Network, Childhood Acute Illness and Nutrition Network, Childhood Acute Illness and Nutrition Network, Childhood Acute Illness and Nutrition Network, Childhood Acute Illness and Nutrition Network, - Nutrition and Clinical Services Division (NCSD), Childhood Acute Illness and Nutrition Network and Childhood Acute Illness and Nutrition Network
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malnutrition, paediatrics, pancreas insufficiency, bile acids, microbiome, small bowel bacterial overgrowth