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Martin N. Mutunga
Affiliation : Kenya Medical Research Institute · KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme
- 18Publications (affiliation in Kenya)
Research profile
Martin N. Mutunga has 18 indexed publications (2011–2026). Their work appears mainly in “Open Forum Infectious Diseases”, “Virus Evolution” and “PLoS ONE”. Their most cited article, “Improved Detection of Respiratory Viruses in Pediatric Outpatients with Acute Respiratory Illness by Real-Time PCR Using Nasopharyngeal Floc” (2011), has been cited 48 times. 5 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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Create my free profile Add my publicationsPublications (18)
- Longitudinal Epidemiology and Variant Dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 in Coastal Kenya (2020–2025): Clinical Features and Wave Patterns
- Genomic and clinical epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 in coastal Kenya: insights into variant circulation, reinfection, and multiple lineage importations during a post-pandemic wave
- Temporal changes in the positivity rate of common enteric viruses among paediatric admissions in coastal Kenya, during the COVID-19 pandemic, 2019–2022
- The cost of care for children hospitalized with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) associated lower respiratory infection in Kenya
- Multispecies Cocirculation of Adenoviruses Identified by Next-Generation Sequencing During an Acute Gastroenteritis Outbreak in Coastal Kenya in 2023
- Genomic epidemiology of human adenovirus F40 and F41 in coastal Kenya: A retrospective hospital-based surveillance study (2013–2022)
- Validation of saline, PBS and a locally produced VTM at varying storage conditions to detect the SARS-CoV-2 virus by qRT-PCR
- Genomic epidemiology of the rotavirus G2P[4] strains in coastal Kenya pre- and post-rotavirus vaccine introduction, 2012–8
- Symptom prevalence and secondary attack rate of SARS‐CoV‐2 in rural Kenyan households: A prospective cohort study
- An optimisation of four SARS-CoV-2 qRT-PCR assays in a Kenyan laboratory to support the national COVID-19 rapid response teams
- Pooled testing conserves SARS-CoV-2 laboratory resources and improves test turn-around time: experience on the Kenyan Coast
- Airway response to respiratory syncytial virus has incidental antibacterial effects
- Untargeted analysis of the airway proteomes of children with respiratory infections using mass spectrometry based proteomics
- Absence of Association between Cord Specific Antibody Levels and Severe Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Disease in Early Infants: A Case Control Study from Coastal Kenya
- Quantifying maternally derived respiratory syncytial virus specific neutralising antibodies in a birth cohort from coastal Kenya
- Kinetics of the Neutralizing Antibody Response to Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections in a Birth Cohort
- Group- and Genotype-Specific Neutralizing Antibody Responses Against Respiratory Syncytial Virus in Infants and Young Children With Severe Pneumonia
- Improved Detection of Respiratory Viruses in Pediatric Outpatients with Acute Respiratory Illness by Real-Time PCR Using Nasopharyngeal Flocked Swabs
Publication venues
- Open Forum Infectious Diseases × 2
- Virus Evolution × 2
- PLoS ONE × 2
- Wellcome Open Research × 2
- BMC Global and Public Health × 1
- Gut Pathogens × 1
Publications per year
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- 20234
- 20202
- 20191
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- 20161
- 20151
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Collaborations
Partner institutions : University of Oxford · University of Warwick · Pwani University · London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine · Wellcome Trust
Co-authors’ countries : United Kingdom · United States
Co-authors
- D. James Nokes
- Charles N. Agoti
- Arnold W. Lambisia
- Charles Sande
- Joyce Uchi Nyiro
- Lynette Isabella Ochola‐Oyier
- Nickson Murunga
- John Mwita Morobe
- Robinson Cheruiyot
- Patience Kerubo Kiyuka
- Clement Lewa
- Patrick K. Munywoki
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