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George Githinji

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Bioinformatics Lead

KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme

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Platform for Rapid Immunological Characterization of SARS CoV- 2 Variants in Kenya and the Eastern Africa Region

Open Date: 2023-03-01

Close Date: 2025-12-01

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Translational genomics to inform Policy in Kenya

Open Date: 2022-08-01

Close Date: 2023-12-01

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Support to KWTRP for the Next Generation Sequencing of COVID-19 cases in Kenya

Open Date: 2021-10-01

Close Date: 2023-04-01

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COVID-19 Intervention Modelling in East Africa (CIMEA).

Open Date: 2020-04-01

Close Date: 2022-05-01

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Building Capacity for Whole Genome Sequencing Of SARS-CoV-2 In East Africa to Inform Epidemic Response Preparedness

Open Date: 2020-03-01

Close Date: 2020-12-01

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Collaborators (14)

Christine McGrath

Associate Professor

University of Washington

UNITED STATES

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Kevin Wamae

KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme

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Charlotte J Houldcroft

University of Cambridge

UNITED KINGDOM

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Philippa Matthews

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

UNITED KINGDOM

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Samir Bhatt

Senior Lecturer in Geostatistics (Associate Professor)

Københavns Universitet

DENMARK

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Kirkby Tickell

Assistant Research Professor

University of Washington

UNITED STATES

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Charles Nyaigoti Agoti

Principal Investigator/ Group Leader

KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme

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Edward Holmes

Professor

University of Sydney

AUSTRALIA

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Philip Bejon

Director MMM Unit

University of Oxford

UNITED KINGDOM

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Cori Campbell

Assistant Professor

London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

UNITED KINGDOM

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Lynette Ochola-Oyier

Head of Department

KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme

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James Nokes

Professor

University of Warwick

UNITED KINGDOM

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James Nyagwange

Mid-career researcher

KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme

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My VT Phan

Assistant Professor

Arizona State University

UNITED STATES

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George Githinji

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Articles (20)

Longitudinal Epidemiology and Variant Dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 in Coastal Kenya (2020-2025): Clinical Features and Wave Patterns

Cholera in Kenya: A scoping review of current research, evidence gaps and future directions

Molecular Epidemiology of Human Metapneumovirus in Kilifi, Coastal Kenya, 2016-2017 and 2021-2024 [version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations]

Eight coding-complete genomes of human metapneumovirus recovered by virus metagenomics in coastal Kenya, 2021–2024

GRAPEVNE - Graphical Analytical Pipeline Development Environment for Infectious Diseases

Coxsackievirus A24 variant whole genome sequencing from clinical samples using a three overlapping amplicons strategy

Coxsackievirus A24 variant whole genome sequencing from clinical samples using a three overlapping amplicons strategy [version 2; peer review: 2 approved with reservations]

Identification of coxsackievirus A24 variant during an acute hemorrhagic conjunctivitis outbreak in coastal Kenya, 2024 [version 2; peer review: 4 approved with reservations]

The genome sequence of varicella-zoster virus ( Varicellovirus humanalpha3 ) obtained by metagenomics from a patient presenting with an exanthem rash

Deploying Metagenomics to Characterize Microbial Pathogens During Outbreak of Acute Febrile Illness Among Children in Tanzania

Metagenomic exploration of antimicrobial resistance genes in marine bacteria ecosystem [version 1; peer review: awaiting peer review]

Genomic epidemiology of human adenovirus F40 and F41 in coastal Kenya: A retrospective hospital-based surveillance study (2013–2022)

High-throughput sequencing approaches applied to SARS-CoV-2

A systematic review of Hepatitis B virus (HBV) prevalence and genotypes in Kenya: Data to inform clinical care and health policy

Characterising paediatric mortality during and after acute illness in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia: a secondary analysis of the CHAIN cohort using a machine learning approach.

Temporal distribution and clinical characteristics of the Alpha, Delta and Omicron SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern in Laikipia, Kenya: institutional and community-based genomic surveillance [version 2; peer review: 2 approved with reservations]

SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant of concern in the Seychelles: Introduction and spread [version 1; peer review: 2 approved with reservations]

Detection of a SARS-CoV-2 Beta-like variant in coastal Kenya after more than a year of disappearance [version 1; peer review: 2 approved with reservations]

A pan-African pathogen genomics data sharing platform to support disease outbreaks

Toward a global virus genomic surveillance network

Collaborators (14)

Christine McGrath

Kevin Wamae

Charlotte J Houldcroft

Philippa Matthews

Samir Bhatt

Kirkby Tickell

Charles Nyaigoti Agoti

Edward Holmes

Philip Bejon

Cori Campbell

Lynette Ochola-Oyier

James Nokes

James Nyagwange

My VT Phan

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