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Brian Polo

Affiliation : Kenya Medical Research Institute

• 7Publications (affiliation in Kenya)

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Brian Polo has 7 indexed publications (2022–2025). Their work appears mainly in “Science”, “PLOS Global Public Health” and “BMC Genomics”. Their most cited article, “Effect of a spatial repellent on malaria incidence in an area of western Kenya characterised by high malaria transmission, insecticide resis” (2024), has been cited 47 times. 6 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 Kingdom, United States.

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Publications (7)

• Genomic diversity of the African malaria vector Anopheles funestus
  2025 · Science · cited 21 times
• Attractive targeted sugar baits for malaria control in western Kenya (ATSB-Kenya) – Effect of ATSBs on epidemiologic and entomologic indicators: A Phase III, open-label, cluster-randomised, controlled trial
  2025 · PLOS Global Public Health · cited 17 times
• Genomic surveillance reveals geographical heterogeneity and differences in known and novel insecticide resistance mechanisms in Anopheles arabiensis across Kenya
  2025 · BMC Genomics · cited 10 times
• Effect of a spatial repellent on malaria incidence in an area of western Kenya characterised by high malaria transmission, insecticide resistance, and universal coverage of insecticide treated nets (part of the AEGIS Consortium): a cluster-randomised, controlled trial
  2024 · The Lancet · cited 47 times
• Discovery of Knock‐Down Resistance in the Major African Malaria Vector Anopheles funestus
  2024 · Molecular Ecology · cited 30 times
• A comparison of the attractiveness of flowering plant blossoms versus attractive targeted sugar baits (ATSBs) in western Kenya
  2023 · PLoS ONE · cited 20 times
• Natural sugar feeding rates of Anopheles mosquitoes collected by different methods in western Kenya
  2022 · Scientific Reports · cited 27 times

Publication venues

• Science × 1
• PLOS Global Public Health × 1
• BMC Genomics × 1
• The Lancet × 1
• Molecular Ecology × 1
• PLoS ONE × 1

Publications per year

• 20253
• 20242
• 20231
• 20221

Collaborations

Partner institutions : Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine · Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria · Ministry of Health · Kenyatta National Hospital

Co-authors’ countries : United Kingdom · United States

Co-authors

• Eric Ochomo
• Jackline Jeruto Kosgei
• Vincent Moshi
• Bernard Abong’o
• Silas Agumba
• Seline Omondi
• Edith Ramaita
• Aaron M. Samuels
• Nick Yalla
• Kizito Obiet
• Frank Aduwo
• Kephas Otieno

Bibliographic data from OpenAlex (open database).