Browsing Articles: Department of Biological Sciences by Author "Akoko, James M."

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    • Mapping brucellosis risk in Kenya and its implications for control strategies in sub‑Saharan Africa 

      Akoko, James M.; Mwatondo, Athman; Muturi, Mathew; Wambua, Lillian; Abkallo, Hussein M.; Nyamota, Richard; Bosire, Caroline; Oloo, Stephen; Limbaso, Konongoi S.; Gakuya, Francis; Nthiwa, Daniel; Bartlow, Andrew; Middlebrook, Earl; Fair, Jeanne; Ogutu, Joseph O.; Gachohi, John; Njenga, Kariuki; Bett, Bernard (UoEm, 2023-11-30)
      In Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), effective brucellosis control is limited, in part, by the lack of long-term commitments by governments to control the disease and the absence of reliable national human and livestock population-based ...

    • Molecular epidemiology of Brucella species in mixed livestock‑human ecosystems in Kenya 

      Akoko, James M.; Pelle, Roger; Lukambagire, AbdulHamid S.; Machuka, Eunice M.; Nthiwa, Daniel M.; Mathew, Coletha; Fèvre, Eric M.; Bett, Bernard; Cook, Elizabeth A. J.; Othero, Doreen; Bonfoh, Bassirou; Kazwala, Rudovick R.; Shirima, Gabriel; Schelling, Esther; Halliday, Jo E. B.; Ouma, Collins (Nature, 2021-03)
      Brucellosis, caused by several species of the genus Brucella, is a zoonotic disease that afects humans and animal species worldwide. Information on the Brucella species circulating in diferent hosts in Kenya is largely ...