John N Waitumbi
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Recent Articles
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Wambugu E, Kimita G, Kituyi S, Washington M, Masakhwe C, Mutunga L, et al.
Emerg Infect Dis
. 2024 Jul;
30(8):1642-1650.
PMID: 39043404
Rabies, a viral disease that causes lethal encephalitis, kills ≈59,000 persons worldwide annually, despite availability of effective countermeasures. Rabies is endemic in Kenya and is mainly transmitted to humans through...
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Kituyi S, Nyakoe N, Ngeranwa J, Runo S, Waitumbi J
Malariaworld J
. 2024 May;
5:7.
PMID: 38764802
Background: Accurate diagnosis of malaria is key to proper management and control and an ideal diagnostic parameter that correlates to disease outcome is required. The former would be helpful in...
3.
Sifuna P, Mbinji M, Lucas T, Onyango I, Akala H, Waitumbi J, et al.
Am J Trop Med Hyg
. 2024 Apr;
110(6):1069-1079.
PMID: 38653233
The Walter Reed Project is a collaboration between the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research of the United States Department of Defense and the Kenya Medical Research Institute. The Kisumu...
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Niare K, Chege T, Rosenkranz M, Mwai K, Sassmannshausen Z, Odera D, et al.
Front Immunol
. 2023 May;
14:1156806.
PMID: 37122725
Introduction: Detailed analyses of genetic diversity, antigenic variability, protein localization and immunological responses are vital for the prioritization of novel malaria vaccine candidates. Comprehensive approaches to determine the most appropriate...
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Kifude C, Roberds A, Oyieko J, Ocholla S, Otieno S, Waitumbi J, et al.
Front Cell Infect Microbiol
. 2022 Dec;
12:1025944.
PMID: 36506016
Interactions between malaria and HIV-1 have important public health implications. Our previous cross-sectional studies showed significant associations between HIV-1 positivity and malarial parasitemia with an increased risk of gametocytemia. In...
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Waitumbi J, Omuseni E, Nyataya J, Masakhwe C, Sigei F, Lemtudo A, et al.
Afr J Lab Med
. 2022 Aug;
11(1):1737.
PMID: 35937764
Background: The Basic Science Laboratory (BSL) of the Kenya Medical Research Institute/Walter Reed Project in Kisumu, Kenya addressed mass testing challenges posed by the emergent coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in...
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Manabe Y, Betz J, Jackson O, Asoala V, Bazan I, Blair P, et al.
Lancet Infect Dis
. 2022 Jun;
22(9):1356-1364.
PMID: 35716700
Background: Acute febrile illness is a common presentation for patients at hospitals globally. Assays that can diagnose a variety of common pathogens in blood could help to establish a diagnosis...
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Lemtudo A, Mutai B, Mwamburi L, Waitumbi J
Vet Med Sci
. 2021 May;
7(5):2093-2099.
PMID: 33955713
Q fever is not routinely diagnosed in Kenyan hospitals. This study reports on Q fever in patients presenting at Marigat District Hospital, Kenya, with febrile illness. ELISA was used to...
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Torrevillas B, Garrison S, McKeeken A, Patel D, Van Leuven J, Dizon N, et al.
Front Cell Infect Microbiol
. 2020 Dec;
10:600112.
PMID: 33324580
Antifolate resistance is significant in Kenya and presumed to result from extensive use and cross-resistance between antifolate antimalarials and antibiotics, including cotrimoxazole/Bactrim used for HIV-1 chemotherapy. However, little is known...
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Waitumbi J, Kifude C, Hunja C, Ogutu B
PLoS One
. 2018 Sep;
13(9):e0203455.
PMID: 30204801
The quantity of the intra-erythrocytic deoxyhemoglobin S (Hb S) affects the level of protection against malaria and also the sickling phenomenon. This study reports on significantly lower concentration of Hb...