Elimination of transmission of onchocerciasis (river blindness) with long-term ivermectin mass drug administration with or without vector control in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Authors: Mutono, Nyamai ^{*, *}, Basáñez, Maria-Gloria ^*, James, Ananthu, Stolk, Wilma A, Makori, Anita, Kimani, Teresia Njoki, Hollingsworth, T Déirdre, Vasconcelos, Andreia, Dixon, Matthew A, de Vlas, Sake J, Thumbi, S M

Source: In The Lancet Global Health May 2024 12(5):e771-e782

Geographic Distribution of Rabies Virus and Genomic Sequence Alignment of Wild and Vaccine Strains, Kenya.

Authors: Wambugu, Evalyne N.^1,2,3,4, Kimita, Gathii¹, Kituyi, Sarah N.², Washington, Michael A.¹, Masakhwe, Clement¹, Mutunga, Lucy M.⁵, Jaswant, Gurdeep⁵, Thumbi, S. M.^5,6, Schaefer, Brian C.⁷, Waitumbi, John N.¹, john.waitumbi@usamru-k.org

Source: Emerging Infectious Diseases; Aug2024, Vol. 30 Issue 8, p1642-1650, 9p

A call to accelerate an end to human rabies deaths

Authors: Thumbi, S M ^*, Blumberg, Lucille, le Roux, Kevin, Salahuddin, Naseem, Abela, Bernadette

Source: In The Lancet 17 December 2022-6 January 2023 400(10369):2261-2264

The COVID-19 pandemic and disruptions to essential health services in Kenya: a retrospective time-series analysis

Authors: Kiarie, Helen, Temmerman, Marleen, Nyamai, Mutono, Liku, Nzisa, Thuo, Wangari, Oramisi, Violet, Nyaga, Lilly, Karimi, Janette, Wamalwa, Phidelis, Gatheca, Gladwell, Mwenda, Valerian, Ombajo, Loice Achieng, Thumbi, S M

Source: Lancet.Global health. 10(9):e1257-e1267

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The COVID-19 pandemic and disruptions to essential health services in Kenya: a retrospective time-series analysis

Authors: Cosmas, Leonard, Gatheca, Gladwell, Kiarie, James, Soe, Khaing, Munyao, Oliver, Gathiti, Zipporah, Maina, Lucy, Godana, Adano, Muthee, Rose, Onyango, Brian, Langat, Chirchir, Wangari, Claudine, Sadia, Christine, Onyango, Joyce, Kimanga, Davies, Nyangasi, Mary, Otieno, David, Kamau, Peter, Cheburet, Samuel, Kibet, Sergon, Gitau, Shikoh, Kiarie, Helen, Temmerman, Marleen, Nyamai, Mutono, Liku, Nzisa, Thuo, Wangari, Oramisi, Violet, Nyaga, Lilly, Karimi, Janette, Wamalwa, Phidelis, Mwenda, Valerian, Ombajo, Loice Achieng, Thumbi, S M ^*

Source: In The Lancet Global Health September 2022 10(9):e1257-e1267

Beyond the jab: Unravelling the complexities of vaccine adoption for East Coast Fever in rural Kenya.

Authors: Muthiru, Ann W., Muema, Josphat, Mutono, Nyamai, Thumbi, S. M., Bukachi, Salome A.

Source: PLoS ONE; 1/28/2025, Vol. 20 Issue 1, p1-18, 18p

Subject Terms: LIVESTOCK mortality, FEVER, VACCINES, LIVESTOCK

Factors Influencing Iron Levels Among Women of Reproductive Age and Children 6–48 Months in Livestock‐Keeping Communities in Narok County, Kenya.

Authors: Wakhungu, H. K., Abong, G., Muthike, C., Mutono, N., Muema, J., Omondi, G. P., Thumbi, S. M., Bukania, Z.

Source: Food Science & Nutrition; Jan2025, Vol. 13 Issue 1, p1-10, 10p

Safety and efficacy of toll-like receptor agonists as therapeutic agents and vaccine adjuvants for infectious diseases in animals: a systematic review.

Authors: Oboge, Harriet, Riitho, Victor, Mutono Nyamai, Omondi, George P., Lacasta, Anna, Githaka, Naftaly, Nene, Vishvanath, Aboge, Gabriel, Thumbi, S. M.

Source: Frontiers in Veterinary Science; 10/1/2024, p01-12, 12p

Subject Terms: TOLL-like receptor agonists, ANIMAL diseases, COLD-blooded animals, VACCINE effectiveness, COMMUNICABLE diseases, HUMORAL immunity

Explanatory models and animal health-seeking behavior for East Coast fever in rural Kenya: an ethnographic study.

Authors: Muthiru, Ann W., Muema, Josphat, Nyamai Mutono, Thumbi, S. M., Bukachi, Salome A.

Source: Frontiers in Veterinary Science; 2024, p1-12, 12p

Subject Terms: ANIMAL herds, MEDICAL personnel, TSETSE-flies, ANIMAL behavior, TICK control

Geographic Terms: KENYA

Assessment of dietary intake in children (6-48 months) and mothers (15-49 years) in different farming systems in Kenya using multiple pass 24-h recall.

Authors: Wakhungu, H. K.^1,2,3, hilwak88@gmail.com, Abong', G.¹, Muthike, C.¹, Muema, J.^3,4,5, Mutono, N.^3,4,5, Omondi, G. P.^3,6, Thumbi, S. M.^3,4,5,7, Bukania, Z.^3,8

Source: Frontiers in Food Science & Technology (2674-1121); 2024, p1-12, 12p

The evolution of Kenya's animal health surveillance system and its potential for efficient detection of zoonoses.

Authors: Kahariri, Samuel, Thumbi, S. M., Bett, Bernard, Mureithi, Marianne W., Nyaga, Nazaria, Ogendo, Allan, Muturi, Mathew, Thomas, Lian Francesca

Source: Frontiers in Veterinary Science; 2024, p1-16, 16p

Subject Terms: ANIMAL health surveillance, BIOSURVEILLANCE, SENTINEL health events, VETERINARY services, TECHNOLOGICAL innovations, ELECTRONIC surveillance

Geographic Terms: KENYA

How Does Treatment Coverage and Proportion Never Treated Influence the Success of Schistosoma mansoni Elimination as a Public Health Problem by 2030?

Authors: Kura, Klodeta, Mutono, Nyamai, Basáñez, Maria-Gloria, Collyer, Benjamin S, Coffeng, Luc E, Thumbi, S M, Anderson, Roy M

Source: Clinical Infectious Diseases; 2024 Supplement, Vol. 78, pS126-S130, 5p

Subject Terms: SUCCESS, MEDICAL protocols, INSURANCE, TREMATODA, RESEARCH funding, DRUG administration, DISEASE prevalence, INFECTION, SCHOOL children, ANIMAL experimentation, PUBLIC health, INFECTIOUS disease transmission, ANTHELMINTICS, ADULTS

Company/Entity: WORLD Health Organization

Proof of concept of mass dog vaccination for the control and elimination of canine rabies

Authors: Cleaveland, S., Thumbi, S. M., Sambo, M., Lugelo, A., Lushasi, K., Hampson, K., Lankester, F. J.

Source: Revue scientifique et technique. 37(2):559-563

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Animal pathogens and their impact on animal health, the economy, food security, food safety and public health

Authors: McElwain, T. F., Thumbi, S. M.

Source: Revue scientifique et technique. 36(2):423-428

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No serologic evidence of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus infection among camel farmers exposed to highly seropositive camel herds: A household linked study, Kenya, 2013

Authors: Munyua, Peninah, Corman, Victor Max, Bitek, Austine, Osoro, Eric, Meyer, Benjamin, Müller, Marcel A., Lattwein, Erik, Thumbi, S. M., Murithi, Rees, Widdowson, Marc-Alain

Source: American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene. 96(6):1318-1324

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Conflicting COVID-19 excess mortality estimates

Authors: Moeti, Matshidiso, Makubalo, Lindiwe, Gueye, Abdou Salam, Balde, Thierno, Karamagi, Humphrey, Awandare, Gordon, Thumbi, S M, Zhang, Feifei, Mutapi, Francisca, Woolhouse, Mark

Source: Lancet. 401(10375):431-431

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Ecological and subject-level drivers of interepidemic Rift Valley fever virus exposure in humans and livestock in Northern Kenya.

Authors: Muturi, Mathew, Mwatondo, Athman, Nijhof, Ard M., Akoko, James, Nyamota, Richard, Makori, Anita, Nyamai, Mutono, Nthiwa, Daniel, Wambua, Lilian, Roesel, Kristina, Thumbi, S. M., Bett, Bernard

Source: Scientific Reports; 11/20/2023, Vol. 13 Issue 1, p1-11, 11p

Subject Terms: RIFT Valley fever, IMMUNOGLOBULIN M, IMMUNOGLOBULIN G, LIVESTOCK, INFECTIOUS disease transmission

Geographic Terms: KENYA

An Assessment of Inter-Observer Agreement in Water Source Classification and Sanitary Risk Observations

Authors: Okotto-Okotto, Joseph, Wanza, Peggy, Kwoba, Emmah, Yu, Weiyu, Dzodzomenyo, Mawuli, Thumbi, S. M., da Silva, Diogo Gomes, Wright, Jim A.

Source: Exposure and Health; 20240101, Issue: Preprints p1-14, 14p

The epidemiology of tick-borne haemoparasites as determined by the reverse line blot hybridization assay in an intensively studied cohort of calves in western Kenya

Authors: Njiiri, N. E., Bronsvoort, B. M., Collins, N. E., Steyn, H. C., Troskie, M., Vorster, I., Thumbi, S. M., Sibeko, K. P., Jennings, A., van Wyk, I. C.

Source: VETERINARY PARASITOLOGY. 210(1/2):69-76

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Genome-wide analysis reveals the ancient and recent admixture history of East African Shorthorn Zebu from Western Kenya

Authors: Mbole-Kariuki, M. N., Sonstegard, T., Orth, A., Thumbi, S. M., Bronsvoort, B. M., Kiara, H., Toye, P., Conradie, I., Jennings, A., Coetzer, K.

Source: HEREDITY -LONDON-. 113(4):297-305

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