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Samuel M. Thumbi
Affiliation : University of Nairobi · Kenya Medical Research Institute
- 72Publications (affiliation in Kenya)
Research profile
Samuel M. Thumbi has 72 indexed publications (2008–2025). Their work appears mainly in “PLoS ONE”, “Vaccine” and “Frontiers in Public Health”. Their most cited article, “A systematic review of Rift Valley Fever epidemiology 1931–2014” (2015), has been cited 219 times. 15 of these publications date from the last three years of activity. Their work is co-authored with at least 12 researchers, including institutions in United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Uganda.
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- Optimising human rabies vaccine supply chains: A modelling study
- One health surveillance: linking human and animal rabies surveillance data in Kenya
- Spatio-temporal pattern and risk factors associated with cholera outbreaks in selected high-risk areas of Kenya
- Diagnostic Underuse and Antimicrobial Resistance Patterns Among Hospitalized Children in a National Referral Hospital in Kenya: A Five-Year Retrospective Study
- 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
- The evolution of Kenya’s animal health surveillance system and its potential for efficient detection of zoonoses
- Biphasic MERS-CoV Incidence in Nomadic Dromedaries with Putative Transmission to Humans, Kenya, 2022–2023
- Strengthening health policy modelling in Africa
- Viral sequencing to inform the global elimination of dog-mediated rabies - a systematic review
- A global analysis of One Health Networks and the proliferation of One Health collaborations
- Ecological and subject-level drivers of interepidemic Rift Valley fever virus exposure in humans and livestock in Northern Kenya
- United Against Rabies Forum: The first 2 years
- Effect of Phone Text Message Reminders on Compliance with Rabies Post-Exposure Prophylaxis following Dog Bites in Rural Kenya
- Addressing child and maternal nutrition: a qualitative study on food prescriptions and proscriptions determining animal source food consumption in rural Kenya
- The Livestock for Health Study: A Field Trial on Livestock Interventions to Prevent Acute Malnutrition Among Women and Children in Pastoralist Communities in Northern Kenya
- The COVID-19 pandemic and disruptions to essential health services in Kenya: a retrospective time-series analysis
- United Against Rabies Forum: The One Health Concept at Work
- A call to accelerate an end to human rabies deaths
- Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of patients hospitalised with COVID-19 in Kenya: a multicentre cohort study
- Endemicity of Coxiella burnetii infection among people and their livestock in pastoral communities in northern Kenya
- Incidence of chikungunya virus infections among Kenyan children with neurological disease, 2014–2018: A cohort study
- The global burden of Chikungunya fever among children: A systematic literature review and meta-analysis
- Rabies Elimination in Rural Kenya: Need for Improved Availability of Human Vaccines, Awareness and Knowledge on Rabies and Its Management Among Healthcare Workers
- Infectious disease modelling for SARS-CoV-2 in Africa to guide policy: A systematic review
- Sero – epidemiology of brucellosis in people and their livestock: A linked human – animal cross-sectional study in a pastoralist community in Kenya
- Impact of traffic congestion on spatial access to healthcare services in Nairobi
- A spatiotemporal analysis of cattle herd movement in relation to drinking-water sources: implications for Cryptosporidium control in rural Kenya
- Using cross-species vaccination approaches to counter emerging infectious diseases
- Carriage of antimicrobial-resistant bacteria in a high-density informal settlement in Kenya is associated with environmental risk-factors
- Serological evidence of single and mixed infections of Rift Valley fever virus, Brucella spp. and Coxiella burnetii in dromedary camels in Kenya
- Endemic chikungunya fever in Kenyan children: a prospective cohort study
- The nexus between improved water supply and water-borne diseases in urban areas in Africa: a scoping review
- Spatio-temporal patterns of domestic water distribution, consumption and sufficiency: Neighbourhood inequalities in Nairobi, Kenya
- Delays in initiating rabies post-exposure prophylaxis among dog bite victims in Wakiso and Kampala districts, Uganda
- Impact of routine Newcastle disease vaccination on chicken flock size in smallholder farms in western Kenya
- Digital Biosurveillance for Zoonotic Disease Detection in Kenya
- A mixed methods study to evaluate participatory mapping for rural water safety planning in western Kenya
- Impact of livestock interventions on maternal and child nutrition outcomes in Africa: A systematic review and meta-analysis protocol
- Assessing the practicalities of joint snakebite and dog rabies control programs: Commonalities and potential pitfalls
- One Health for neglected tropical diseases
- Portable Rabies Virus Sequencing in Canine Rabies Endemic Countries Using the Oxford Nanopore MinION
- Rapid in-country sequencing of whole virus genomes to inform rabies elimination programmes
- One Health education in Kakuma refugee camp (Kenya): From a MOOC to projects on real world challenges
- Rapid in-country sequencing of whole virus genomes to inform rabies elimination programmes
- Epidemiology and preclinical management of dog bites among humans in Wakiso and Kampala districts, Uganda: Implications for prevention of dog bites and rabies
- Linking calving intervals to milk production and household nutrition in Kenya
- The nexus between improved water supply and water-borne diseases in urban areas in Africa: a scoping review protocol
- Mortality as the primary constraint to enhancing nutritional and financial gains from poultry: A multi-year longitudinal study of smallholder farmers in western Kenya
- A longitudinal study of the association between domestic contact with livestock and contamination of household point-of-use stored drinking water in rural Siaya County (Kenya)
- Overview of rabies post-exposure prophylaxis access, procurement and distribution in selected countries in Asia and Africa, 2017–2018
- Mobile phone-based surveillance for animal disease in rural communities: implications for detection of zoonoses spillover
- A social justice perspective on access to human rabies vaccines
- Rabies vaccine and immunoglobulin supply and logistics: Challenges and opportunities for rabies elimination in Kenya
- Why isn’t everyone using the thermotolerant vaccine? Preferences for Newcastle disease vaccines by chicken-owning households in Tanzania
- Proof of concept of mass dog vaccination for thecontrol and elimination of canine rabies
- Newcastle disease vaccine adoption by smallholder households in Tanzania: Identifying determinants and barriers
- Zoonotic disease research in East Africa
- Animal pathogens and their impact on animal health, the economy, food security, food safety and public health
- 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
- Evidence of superficial knowledge regarding antibiotics and their use: Results of two cross-sectional surveys in an urban informal settlement in Kenya
- Seroprevalence and Factors Associated with Coxiella burnetii Infection in Small Ruminants in Baringo County, Kenya
- Catalysts for implementation of One Health in Kenya
- Cryptosporidium infection in calves and the environment in Asembo, Western Kenya: 2015
- Tool for Eliminating Dog-Mediated Human Rabies through Mass Dog Vaccination Campaigns
- Prioritization of Zoonotic Diseases in Kenya, 2015
- Seroepidemiological Survey of Rift Valley Fever Virus in Ruminants in Garissa, Kenya
- A systematic review of Rift Valley Fever epidemiology 1931–2014
- Linking Human Health and Livestock Health: A “One-Health” Platform for Integrated Analysis of Human Health, Livestock Health, and Economic Welfare in Livestock Dependent Communities
- Strong Association Between Human and Animal Brucella Seropositivity in a Linked Study in Kenya, 2012–2013
- The Relationship between Livestock Ownership and Child Stunting in Three Countries in Eastern Africa Using National Survey Data
- Mortality in East African shorthorn zebu cattle under one year: predictors of infectious-disease mortality
- Comparative evaluation of three PCR base diagnostic assays for the detection of pathogenic trypanosomes in cattle blood
Publication venues
- PLoS ONE × 10
- Vaccine × 4
- Frontiers in Public Health × 4
- AAS Open Research × 4
- The Lancet Global Health × 3
- Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene × 2
Publications per year
- 20254
- 20245
- 20236
- 202212
- 202112
- 202010
- 20195
- 20183
- 20177
- 20162
Collaborations
Partner institutions : Washington State University · Ministry of Health · Ministry of Agriculture Livestock and Fisheries · KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme · Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Co-authors’ countries : United States · United Kingdom · Germany · Uganda
Co-authors
- Nyamai Mutono
- Athman Juma Mwatondo
- Mathew Muturi
- Josphat Muema
- Peninah M. Munyua
- Veronicah Mbaire Chuchu
- Bernard Bett
- Julius Otieno Oyugi
- Mumbua Mutunga
- Elkanah Otiang
- Austine O. Bitek
- Sylvia Omulo
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