2024
Data release: targeted systematic literature search for tick and tick-borne pathogen distributions in six countries in sub-Saharan Africa from 1901 to 2020
Lilak A, Pecor D, Matulis G, Potter A, Wofford R, Kearney M, Mitchell S, Jaradat F, Kano A, Zimmerman D, Hassell J, Kumsa B, Kamau M, Linton Y, von Fricken M. Data release: targeted systematic literature search for tick and tick-borne pathogen distributions in six countries in sub-Saharan Africa from 1901 to 2020. Parasites & Vectors 2024, 17: 84. PMID: 38389097, PMCID: PMC10885379, DOI: 10.1186/s13071-023-06086-4.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2022
A Novel Coronavirus and a Broad Range of Viruses in Kenyan Cave Bats
Kamau J, Ergunay K, Webala P, Justi S, Bourke B, Kamau M, Hassell J, Chege M, Mwaura D, Simiyu C, Kibiwot S, Onyuok S, Caicedo-Quiroga L, Li T, Zimmerman D, Linton Y. A Novel Coronavirus and a Broad Range of Viruses in Kenyan Cave Bats. Viruses 2022, 14: 2820. PMID: 36560824, PMCID: PMC9785147, DOI: 10.3390/v14122820.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2021
Molecular evidence of Anaplasma phagocytophilum in olive baboons and vervet monkeys in Kenya
Masika SJ, Muchemi GM, Okumu TA, Mutura S, Zimmerman D, Kamau J. Molecular evidence of Anaplasma phagocytophilum in olive baboons and vervet monkeys in Kenya. BMC Veterinary Research 2021, 17: 385. PMID: 34906141, PMCID: PMC8669034, DOI: 10.1186/s12917-021-03095-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPolymerase chain reactionAnaplasma phagocytophilumConventional polymerase chain reactionA. phagocytophilumTick-borne infectionsVervet monkeysPublic health implicationsZoonotic A. phagocytophilumOlive baboonsOverall prevalenceBlood samplesConclusionThis studyTropical diseasesGranulocytic anaplasmosisAnaplasma speciesChain reactionHealth implicationsIntracellular bacteriaBaboonsPhagocytophilumMonkeysPrevalenceObligate intracellular bacteriaIxodid ticksInfectionThe intersection of land use and human behavior as risk factors for zoonotic pathogen exposure in Laikipia County, Kenya
Kamau J, Ashby E, Shields L, Yu J, Murray S, Vodzak M, Kwallah AO, Ambala P, Zimmerman D. The intersection of land use and human behavior as risk factors for zoonotic pathogen exposure in Laikipia County, Kenya. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases 2021, 15: e0009143. PMID: 33606671, PMCID: PMC7894889, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0009143.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2019
Endemicity of Yaws and Seroprevalence of Treponema pallidum Antibodies in Nonhuman Primates, Kenya - Volume 25, Number 11—November 2019 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC
Zimmerman DM, Hardgrove EH, von Fricken ME, Kamau J, Chai D, Mutura S, Kivali V, Hussein F, Ambala P, Surmat A, Maina JG, Knauf S. Endemicity of Yaws and Seroprevalence of Treponema pallidum Antibodies in Nonhuman Primates, Kenya - Volume 25, Number 11—November 2019 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC. Emerging Infectious Diseases 2019, 25: 2147-2149. PMID: 31625860, PMCID: PMC6810213, DOI: 10.3201/eid2511.190716.Peer-Reviewed Original Research