Publications

Suzuki, K., Ongaya, A., Okomo, G., Nzou, M., Amukoye, E., & Kamiya, Y. (2024). Treatment-seeking behaviours of patients with tungiasis in endemic areas of Homa Bay County, Kenya: a mixed-methods study. Tropical Medicine and Health, 52(1), 73. https://doi.org/10.1186/s41182-024-00639-8

Siuluta, N., Sato, M., Linh, L. K., Wanjihia, V., Changoma, M. S., Huy, N. T., & Kaneko, S. (2024). Assessment of gestational diabetes mellitus knowledge, attitudes, and practices and associated factors among pregnant women at a district hospital in Coastal Kenya. Tropical Medicine and Health, 52, 74. https://doi.org/10.1186/s41182-024-00630-3

Muriithi, B., Wandera, E. A., Takeuchi, R., Mutunga, F., Kathiiko, C., Wachira, M., Tinkoi, J., Meiguran, M., Akumu, P., Ndege, V., Mochizuki, R., Kaneko, S., Morita, K., Ouma, C., & Ichinose, Y. (2024). Impact of integrated WASH and maternal and child health interventions on diarrhea disease prevalence in a resource-constrained setting in Kenya. Tropical Medicine and Health, 52(1), 56. https://doi.org/10.1186/s41182-024-00616-1

Santa, K., Tamaki, R., Watanabe, K., & Nagaoka, I. (2024). Comparative Analysis of COVID-19 Responses in Japan and Africa: Diet, Phytochemicals, Vitamin D, and Gut Microbiota in Reducing Mortality -A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Frontiers in Nutrition, 11. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnut.2024.1465324

Inziani, M., Kilonzo, J., Kerubo, M., Mango, S., Kavurani, M., Ndirangu, A., Njeri, E., Oigara, D., Ayoro, S., Inoue, S., Morita, K., & Mwau, M. (2023). Risk factors for arboviral seropositivity in children in Teso South Sub County, Western Kenya. medRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.04.06.23288220

Ngetich, B. C., Nagi, S., Chadeka, E. A., Takeuchi, R., Sassa, M., Bahati, F., Kobayashi, N., Moriyasu, T., Masaku, J., Okomo, G., Ouma, C., Njomo, D., Njenga, S., & Hamano, S. (2024). Barriers and Misconceptions Hindering Reduction of Intestinal Schistosomiasis in Mbita Sub-County, Western Kenya. https://repository.maseno.ac.ke/handle/123456789/6003

Ko, Y. K., Kagaya, W., Omondi, P., Musyoka, K. B., Okai, T., Chan, C. W., Kongere, J., Opiyo, V., Oginga, J., Mbugua, S. M., Kanoi, B. N., Kanamori, M., Yoneoka, D., Statistics (KNBS), K. N. B. of, Keitany, K., Songok, E., Okomo, G., Minakawa, N., Gitaka, J., & Kaneko, A. (2024). Evaluation of the protective efficacy of Olyset®Plus ceiling nets for reduction of malaria incidence in children in Homa Bay County, Kenya: a cluster-randomized controlled study protocol. medRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.04.20.24306116

Kagaya, W., Chan, C. W., Kongere, J., Kanoi, B. N., Ngara, M., Omondi, P., Osborne, A., Barbieri, L., Kc, A., Minakawa, N., Gitaka, J., & Kaneko, A. (2023). Evaluation of the protective efficacy of Olyset®Plus ceiling net on reducing malaria prevalence in children in Lake Victoria Basin, Kenya: study protocol for a cluster-randomized controlled trial. Trials, 24(1), 354. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-023-07372-3

Shah, M. M., Bundi, M., Kathiiko, C., Guyo, S., Galata, A., Miringu, G., Ichinose, Y., & Yoshida, L.-M. (2023). Antibiotic-Resistant Vibrio cholerae O1 and Its SXT Elements Associated with Two Cholera Epidemics in Kenya in 2007 to 2010 and 2015 to 2016. Microbiology Spectrum, 11(3), e04140-22. https://doi.org/10.1128/spectrum.04140-22

Oumar, D. K., Munyao, M. M., Mwangi, A. W., Waihenya, R. W., Rotich, P. K., Irekwa, R. M., Nyandwaro, T. T., Njoroge, C. W., Yego, J. J., Ndungu, P. M., Mageto, S. K., Kilei, D. M., Stephen, O. P., Tanchu, N. S., Kanyita, G. N., Inoue, S., Gitau, L., & Nzou, S. M. (2023). Use of Polyclonal Antibody for the Diagnosis of Human African Trypanosomiasis. American Journal of Molecular Biology, 13(2), 127–139. https://doi.org/10.4236/ajmb.2023.132009

Mageto, S. K., Waihenya, R. W., Mwangi, A. W., Rotich, P. K., Munyao, M. M., Teya, T., Irekwa, R. M., Yego, J. J., Njoroge, C. W., Kanyita, G. N., Tanchu, N. S., Oumar, D. K., Ndungu, P. M., & Nzou, S. M. (2023). Expression and Evaluation of Wb-SXP-1 and Wb-123 Recombinant Antigens as Potential Diagnostic Biomarkers for Lymphatic Filariasis. American Journal of Molecular Biology, 13(2), 95–112. https://doi.org/10.4236/ajmb.2023.132007

Chepkirui, F., Osero, J., Nyandieka, L., Hitachi, M., Kaneko, S., Wekesa, N., Changoma, J., & Wanjihia, V. (2023). Maternal Factors Associated with Dietary Diversity Scores of Children aged 6-23 Months in Kwale County, Kenya. EA Health Research Journal, 7(2), 248–255. https://doi.org/10.24248/eahrj.v7i2.727

Kishino, M., Hida, A., Chadeka, E. A., Inoue, M., Osada-Oka, M., Matsumoto, S., Njenga, S. M., Hamano, S., & Nagi, S. (2024). Association between diet quality and risk of stunting among school-aged children in Schistosoma mansoni endemic area of western Kenya: a cross-sectional study. Tropical Medicine and Health, 52(1), 12. https://doi.org/10.1186/s41182-023-00566-0

Wasonga, J., Miyamichi, K., Hitachi, M., Ozaki, R., Karama, M., Hirayama, K., & Kaneko, S. (2023). Effects of Community-Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) Boosting and Household Factors on Latrine Ownership in Siaya County, Kenya. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20(18), 6781. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20186781

Koda, Y., Takahashi, A., Ito, K., Aoki, T., Kaneko, S., & NZOU, S. M. (2019). Development of 2,400ppi Fingerprint Sensor for Capturing Neonate Fingerprint within 24 Hours after Birth. 2019 International Conference of the Biometrics Special Interest Group (BIOSIG), 1–7.

Koda, Y., Imai, H., Sasuga, N., Ito, K., Aoki, T., Kaneko, S., & Nzou, S. M. (2022). Fundamental Study of Neonate Fingerprint Recognition Using Fingerprint Classification. 2022 International Conference of the Biometrics Special Interest Group (BIOSIG), 1–6. https://doi.org/10.1109/BIOSIG55365.2022.9897017

Suzuki, K., Kamiya, Y., Smith, C., Kaneko, S., Ongaya, A., & Amukoye, E. (2023). Protocol for a Randomized Control Trial for Tungiasis Treatment in Homa Bay County, Kenya: Dimeticone versus Sodium Carbonate. Methods and Protocols, 6(1), 12. https://doi.org/10.3390/mps6010012

Hyuga, A., Larson, P. S., Ndemwa, M., Muuo, S. W., Changoma, M., Karama, M., Goto, K., & Kaneko, S. (2021). Environmental and Household-Based Spatial Risks for Tungiasis in an Endemic Area of Coastal Kenya. Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 7(1), 2. https://doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed7010002

Wandera, E. A., Muriithi, B., Kathiiko, C., Mutunga, F., Wachira, M., Mumo, M., Mwangi, A., Tinkoi, J., Meiguran, M., Akumu, P., Ndege, V., Kasiku, F., Ang’awa, J., Mochizuki, R., Kaneko, S., Morita, K., Ouma, C., & Ichinose, Y. (2022). Impact of integrated water, sanitation, hygiene, health and nutritional interventions on diarrhoea disease epidemiology and microbial quality of water in a resource‐constrained setting in Kenya: A controlled intervention study. Tropical Medicine & International Health, 27(8), 669–677. https://doi.org/10.1111/tmi.13793

Miring’u, G., Muriithi, B., Shoji, H., Symekher, S. M. L., Wandera, E. A., Majisu, C., Takei, M., Mwiraria, K., Saito, Y., Kaneko, S., & Tokimatsu, I. (2022). Characterization of influenza infection in a high-income urban setting in Nairobi, Kenya. Tropical Medicine and Health, 50(1), 69. https://doi.org/10.1186/s41182-022-00463-y

Muriithi, B., Karanja, S., Karama, M., Okoyo, C., Ndemwa, M., Ichinose, Y., & Kaneko, S. (2021). Occurrence of Acute Respiratory Tract Infections among Children Under Five Years Attending Kinango SubCounty Hospital, Kenya. Austin Journal of Public Health and Epidemiology, 8(3), ajphe-v8-id1105. https://austinpublishinggroup.com/public-health-epidemiology/fulltext/ajphe-v8-id1105.pdf

Larson, P. S., Ndemwa, M., Thomas, A. F., Tamari, N., Diela, P., Changoma, M., Mohamed, A., Larson, M. C., Ketenci, K. C., Goto, K., & Kaneko, S. (2022). Snakebite victim profiles and treatment-seeking behaviors in two regions of Kenya: results from a health demographic surveillance system. Tropical Medicine and Health, 50(1), 31. https://doi.org/10.1186/s41182-022-00421-8

Mizuta, S., Otaki, H., Ishikawa, T., Makau, J. N., Yamaguchi, T., Fujimoto, T., Takakura, N., Sakauchi, N., Kitamura, S., Nono, H., Nishi, R., Tanaka, Y., Takeda, K., Nishida, N., & Watanabe, K. (2022). Lead Optimization of Influenza Virus RNA Polymerase Inhibitors Targeting PA–PB1 Interaction. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 65(1), 369–385. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jmedchem.1c01527

Takeuchi, R., Njomo, D. W., Njenga, S. M., Tomokawa, S., Mutua, A., Kazama, H., Walema, B., Akiyama, T., Asakura, T., Kamiya, Y., & Kobayashi, J. (2021). Has the double burden of malnutrition reached pupils in rural western Kenya? Pediatrics International, n/a(n/a). https://doi.org/10.1111/ped.14729

Wandera, E. A., Hatazawa, R., Tsutsui, N., Kurokawa, N., Kathiiko, C., Mumo, M., Waithira, E., Wachira, M., Mwaura, B., Nyangao, J., Khamadi, S. A., Njau, J., Fukuda, S., Murata, T., Taniguchi, K., Ichinose, Y., Kaneko, S., & Komoto, S. (2021). Genomic characterization of an African G4P[6] human rotavirus strain identified in a diarrheic child in Kenya: Evidence for porcine-to-human interspecies transmission and reassortment. Infection, Genetics and Evolution, 96, 105133. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.meegid.2021.105133

Munyekenye, O. G., Githeko, A. K., Zhou, G., Mushinzimana, E., Minakawa, N., & Yan, G. (2005). Plasmodium falciparum spatial analysis, western Kenya highlands. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 11(10), 1571–1577. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1110.050106

Munga, S., Minakawa, N., Zhou, G., Barrack, O.-O. J., Githeko, A. K., & Yan, G. (2005). Oviposition site preference and egg hatchability of Anopheles gambiae: effects of land cover types. Journal of Medical Entomology, 42(6), 993–997. https://doi.org/10.1093/jmedent/42.6.993

Minakawa, N., Omukunda, E., Zhou, G., Githeko, A., & Yan, G. (2006). Malaria vector productivity in relation to the highland environment in Kenya. The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 75(3), 448–453.

Zhou, G., Munga, S., Minakawa, N., Githeko, A. K., & Yan, G. (2007). Spatial relationship between adult malaria vector abundance and environmental factors in western Kenya highlands. The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 77(1), 29–35.

Munga, S., Minakawa, N., Zhou, G., Githeko, A. K., & Yan, G. (2007). Survivorship of immature stages of Anopheles gambiae s.l. (Diptera: Culicidae) in natural habitats in western Kenya highlands. Journal of Medical Entomology, 44(5), 758–764. https://doi.org/10.1603/0022-2585(2007)44[758:soisoa]2.0.co;2

Hashizume, M., Terao, T., & Minakawa, N. (2009). The Indian Ocean Dipole and malaria risk in the highlands of western Kenya. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 106(6), 1857–1862. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0806544106

Hashizume, M., Chaves, L. F., & Minakawa, N. (2012). Indian Ocean Dipole drives malaria resurgence in East African highlands. Scientific Reports, 2, 269. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep00269

Matsushita, N., Kim, Y., Ng, C. F. S., Moriyama, M., Igarashi, T., Yamamoto, K., Otieno, W., Minakawa, N., & Hashizume, M. (2019). Differences of Rainfall-Malaria Associations in Lowland and Highland in Western Kenya. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16(19), E3693. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16193693

Larson, P. S., Ono, M., Changoma, M., Goto, K., Kaneko, S., Moji, K., & Minakawa, N. (2021). Presence of dogs and proximity to a wildlife reserve increase household level risk of tungiasis in Kwale, Kenya. Tropical Medicine and Health, 49(1), 54. https://doi.org/10.1186/s41182-021-00338-8

Munga, S., Yakob, L., Mushinzimana, E., Zhou, G., Ouna, T., Minakawa, N., Githeko, A., & Yan, G. (2009). Land use and land cover changes and spatiotemporal dynamics of anopheline larval habitats during a four-year period in a highland community of Africa. The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 81(6), 1079–1084. https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.2009.09-0156

Ndenga, B., Githeko, A., Omukunda, E., Munyekenye, G., Atieli, H., Wamai, P., Mbogo, C., Minakawa, N., Zhou, G., & Yan, G. (2006). Population Dynamics of Malaria Vectors in Western Kenya Highlands. Journal of Medical Entomology, 43(2), 200–206. https://doi.org/10.1093/jmedent/43.2.200

CHAVES, L. F., HASHIZUME, M., SATAKE, A., & MINAKAWA, N. (2012). Regime shifts and heterogeneous trends in malaria time series from Western Kenya Highlands. Parasitology, 139(1), 14–25. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0031182011001685

Mwangangi, J. M., Mbogo, C. M., Muturi, E. J., Nzovu, J. G., Githure, J. I., Yan, G., Minakawa, N., Novak, R., & Beier, J. C. (2007). Spatial distribution and habitat characterisation of Anopheles larvae along the Kenyan coast. Journal of Vector Borne Diseases, 44(1), 44–51. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2731850/

Mushinzimana, E., Munga, S., Minakawa, N., Li, L., Feng, C., Bian, L., Kitron, U., Schmidt, C., Beck, L., Zhou, G., Githeko, A. K., & Yan, G. (2006). Landscape determinants and remote sensing of anopheline mosquito larval habitats in the western Kenya highlands. Malaria Journal, 5(1), 13. https://doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-5-13

Climate variability and malaria epidemics in the highlands of East Africa. (2005). Trends in Parasitology, 21(2), 54–56. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pt.2004.11.002

Zhou, G., Githeko, A. K., Minakawa, N., & Yan, G. (2010). Community-wide benefits of targeted indoor residual spray for malaria control in the Western Kenya Highland. Malaria Journal, 9(1), 67. https://doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-9-67

Tamari, N., Minakawa, N., Sonye, G. O., Awuor, B., Kongere, J. O., Hashimoto, M., Kataoka, M., & Munga, S. (2020). Protective effects of Olyset® Net on Plasmodium falciparum infection after three years of distribution in western Kenya. Malaria Journal, 19(1), 373. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-020-03444-w

Minakawa, N., Kongere, J. O., Sonye, G. O., Lutiali, P. A., Awuor, B., Kawada, H., Isozumi, R., & Futami, K. (2021). Long-Lasting Insecticidal Nets Incorporating Piperonyl Butoxide Reduce the Risk of Malaria in Children in Western Kenya: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial. The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 1(aop). https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.20-1069

Minakawa, N., Kongere, J. O., Sonye, G. O., Lutiali, P. A., Awuor, B., Kawada, H., Isozumi, R., & Futami, K. (2020). A preliminary study on designing a cluster randomized control trial of two new mosquito nets to prevent malaria parasite infection. Tropical Medicine and Health, 48(1), 98. https://doi.org/10.1186/s41182-020-00276-x

Yu, F., Adungo, F., Konongoi, S. L., Inoue, S., Sang, R., Ashur, S., Kwallah, A. ole, Uchida, L., Buerano, C. C., Mwau, M., Zha, Y., Nie, Y., & Morita, K. (2018). Comparison of enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay systems using rift valley fever virus nucleocapsid protein and inactivated virus as antigens. Virology Journal, 15(1), 178. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12985-018-1071-y

Matsushita, N., Kim, Y., Ng, C. F. S., Moriyama, M., Igarashi, T., Yamamoto, K., Otieno, W., Minakawa, N., & Hashizume, M. (2019). Differences of Rainfall–Malaria Associations in Lowland and Highland in Western Kenya. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16(19), 3693. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16193693

Saito, A., Karama, M., & Kamiya, Y. (2020). HIV infection, and overweight and hypertension: a cross-sectional study of HIV-infected adults in Western Kenya. Tropical Medicine and Health, 48. https://doi.org/10.1186/s41182-020-00215-w

Futami, K., Iwashita, H., Higa, Y., Lutiali, P. A., Sonye, G. O., Mwatele, C., Njenga, S. M., & Minakawa, N. (2020). Geographical Distribution of Aedes aegypti aegypti and Aedes aegypti formosus (Diptera: Culicidae) in Kenya and Environmental Factors Related to Their Relative Abundance. Journal of Medical Entomology, 57(3), 772–779. https://doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjz233

Numair, T., Harrell, D. T., Huy, N. T., Nishimoto, F., Muthiani, Y., Nzou, S. M., Lasaphonh, A., Palama, K., Pongvongsa, T., Moji, K., Hirayama, K., & Kaneko, S. (2021). Barriers to the Digitization of Health Information: A Qualitative and Quantitative Study in Kenya and Lao PDR Using a Cloud-Based Maternal and Child Registration System. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(12), 6196. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18126196

Tanaka, M., Kildemoes, A. O., Chadeka, E. A., Cheruiyot, B. N., Sassa, M., Moriyasu, T., Nakamura, R., Kikuchi, M., Fujii, Y., Dood, C. J. de, Corstjens, P. L. A. M., Kaneko, S., Maruyama, H., Njenga, S. M., Vrueh, R. de, Hokke, C. H., & Hamano, S. (2021). Potential of antibody test using Schistosoma mansoni recombinant serpin and RP26 to detect light-intensity infections in endemic areas. Parasitology International, 83, 102346. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.parint.2021.102346