| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
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| 1 | Global, regional, and national disease burden estimates of acute lower respiratory infections due to respiratory syncytial virus in young children in 2015: a systematic review and modelling study | Lancet, The | 2017 | 1,634 |
| 2 | Convergent adaptation of human lactase persistence in Africa and Europe | Nature Genetics | 2007 | 1,375 |
| 3 | The Genetic Structure and History of Africans and African Americans | Science | 2009 | 1,267 |
| 4 | Estimation of the burden of active and life‐time epilepsy: A meta‐analytic approach | Epilepsia | 2010 | 1,045 |
| 5 | Global burden of respiratory infections due to seasonal influenza in young children: a systematic review and meta-analysis | Lancet, The | 2011 | 789 |
| 6 | Global variations in prevalence of eczema symptoms in children from ISAAC Phase Three | Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology | 2009 | 744 |
| 7 | Cofactors in Male-Female Sexual Transmission of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 | Journal of Infectious Diseases | 1991 | 736 |
| 8 | Visceral leishmaniasis: current status of control, diagnosis, and treatment, and a proposed research and development agenda | Lancet Infectious Diseases, The | 2002 | 678 |
| 9 | Long-term neurodevelopmental outcomes after intrauterine and neonatal insults: a systematic review | Lancet, The | 2012 | 674 |
| 10 | Use of quantitative molecular diagnostic methods to identify causes of diarrhoea in children: a reanalysis of the GEMS case-control study | Lancet, The | 2016 | 658 |
| 11 | National and regional estimates of term and preterm babies born small for gestational age in 138 low-income and middle-income countries in 2010 | The Lancet Global Health | 2013 | 577 |
| 12 | Protective effects of the sickle cell gene against malaria morbidity and mortality | Lancet, The | 2002 | 544 |
| 13 | Identification of a point mutation in the voltage-gated sodium channel gene of Kenyan Anopheles gambiae associated with resistance to DDT and pyrethroids | Insect Molecular Biology | 2000 | 536 |
| 14 | Evidence for the Involvement of VAR2CSA in Pregnancy-associated Malaria | Journal of Experimental Medicine | 2004 | 518 |
| 15 | Antibiotic resistance is the quintessential One Health issue | Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene | 2016 | 500 |
| 16 | Acyclovir and Transmission of HIV-1 from Persons Infected with HIV-1 and HSV-2 | New England Journal of Medicine | 2010 | 476 |
| 17 | Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra for detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and rifampicin resistance: a prospective multicentre diagnostic accuracy study | Lancet Infectious Diseases, The | 2018 | 474 |
| 18 | The International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC) Phase Three: A global synthesis | Allergologia Et Immunopathologia | 2013 | 465 |
| 19 | Climate change and vector-borne diseases: a regional analysis | Bulletin of the World Health Organization | 2000 | 440 |
| 20 | Effects of water quality, sanitation, handwashing, and nutritional interventions on diarrhoea and child growth in rural Kenya: a cluster-randomised controlled trial | The Lancet Global Health | 2018 | 427 |
| 21 | Risk of childhood undernutrition related to small-for-gestational age and preterm birth in low- and middle-income countries | International Journal of Epidemiology | 2013 | 413 |
| 22 | Workgroup Report: Public Health Strategies for Reducing Aflatoxin Exposure in Developing Countries | Environmental Health Perspectives | 2006 | 393 |
| 23 | Evolution of mosquito preference for humans linked to an odorant receptor | Nature | 2014 | 389 |
| 24 | Effect of a fall in malaria transmission on morbidity and mortality in Kilifi, Kenya | Lancet, The | 2008 | 386 |
| 25 | Intracontinental spread of human invasive Salmonella Typhimurium pathovariants in sub-Saharan Africa | Nature Genetics | 2012 | 370 |
| 26 | Incidence of epilepsy | Neurology | 2011 | 367 |
| 27 | Efficacy of RTS,S/AS01E Vaccine against Malaria in Children 5 to 17 Months of Age | New England Journal of Medicine | 2008 | 365 |
| 28 | Anopheles gambiae: historical population decline associated with regional distribution of insecticide-treated bed nets in western Nyanza Province, Kenya | Malaria Journal | 2010 | 361 |
| 29 | A Four-Month Gatifloxacin-Containing Regimen for Treating Tuberculosis | New England Journal of Medicine | 2014 | 352 |
| 30 | Reduced Susceptibility to Praziquantel among Naturally Occurring Kenyan Isolates of Schistosoma mansoni | PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases | 2009 | 346 |
| 31 | The epilepsy treatment gap in developing countries: A systematic review of the magnitude, causes, and intervention strategies | Epilepsia | 2008 | 315 |
| 32 | Bacterial Vaginosis Associated with Increased Risk of Female-to-Male HIV-1 Transmission: A Prospective Cohort Analysis among African Couples | PLoS Medicine | 2012 | 306 |
| 33 | Antimicrobial resistance in developing countries | BMJ: British Medical Journal | 1998 | 303 |
| 34 | Shigella Isolates From the Global Enteric Multicenter Study Inform Vaccine Development | Clinical Infectious Diseases | 2014 | 297 |
| 35 | Profile: The Kilifi Health and Demographic Surveillance System (KHDSS) | International Journal of Epidemiology | 2012 | 295 |
| 36 | Life-threatening bacteraemia in HIV-1 seropositive adults admitted to hospital in Nairobi, Kenya | Lancet, The | 1990 | 290 |
| 37 | Levels of heavy metals in wastewater and soil samples from open drainage channels in Nairobi, Kenya: community health implication | Scientific Reports | 2020 | 289 |
| 38 | Characteristics of Larval Anopheline (Diptera: Culicidae) Habitats in Western Kenya | Journal of Medical Entomology | 2001 | 280 |
| 39 | A Low Interleukin‐10 Tumor Necrosis Factor‐α Ratio Is Associated with Malaria Anemia in Children Residing in a Holoendemic Malaria Region in Western Kenya | Journal of Infectious Diseases | 1999 | 276 |
| 40 | Effect of blood transfusion on survival among children in a Kenyan hospital | Lancet, The | 1992 | 275 |
| 41 | Viral Etiology of Severe Pneumonia Among Kenyan Infants and Children | JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association | 2010 | 267 |
| 42 | Host-directed therapies for infectious diseases: current status, recent progress, and future prospects | Lancet Infectious Diseases, The | 2016 | 265 |
| 43 | An Outbreak of Rift Valley Fever in Northeastern Kenya, 1997-98 | Emerging Infectious Diseases | 2002 | 263 |
| 44 | Factors Affecting Antenatal Care Attendance: Results from Qualitative Studies in Ghana, Kenya and Malawi | PLoS ONE | 2013 | 262 |
| 45 | Chronic Exposure to Plasmodium falciparum Is Associated with Phenotypic Evidence of B and T Cell Exhaustion | Journal of Immunology | 2013 | 261 |
| 46 | Estimates of burden and consequences of infants born small for gestational age in low and middle income countries with INTERGROWTH-21ststandard: analysis of CHERG datasets | BMJ: British Medical Journal | 2017 | 258 |
| 47 | Blood Stage Malaria Vaccine Eliciting High Antigen-Specific Antibody Concentrations Confers No Protection to Young Children in Western Kenya | PLoS ONE | 2009 | 257 |
| 48 | Variant surface antigen-specific IgG and protection against clinical consequences of pregnancy-associated Plasmodium falciparum malaria | Lancet, The | 2004 | 255 |
| 49 | Human Antibodies Fix Complement to Inhibit Plasmodium falciparum Invasion of Erythrocytes and Are Associated with Protection against Malaria | Immunity | 2015 | 250 |
| 50 | Defining success with HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis | Aids | 2015 | 247 |
