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h-index: 30
Works: 105
Citations: 2,996

Most-cited papers

Bats are a major natural reservoir for hepaciviruses and pegiviruses
Phenix-Lan Quan, C. Firth, Juliette M. Conte, S. Williams +30 more
2013Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America297 citations Open access
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Detection of Novel SARS-like and Other Coronaviruses in Bats from Kenya
S. Tong, C. Conrardy, S. Ruone, I. Kuzmin +8 more
2009Emerging Infectious Diseases217 citations Open access
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Shimoni bat virus, a new representative of the Lyssavirus genus.
I. Kuzmin, Anne E. Mayer, M. Niezgoda, W. Markotter +3 more
2010Virus Research170 citations Open access
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Bartonella spp. in Bats, Kenya
M. Kosoy, Ying Bai, T. Lynch, I. Kuzmin +5 more
2010Emerging Infectious Diseases113 citations Open access
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Mitochondrial Diversity and Distribution of African Green Monkeys (Chlorocebus Gray, 1870)
T. Haus, E. Akom, B. Agwanda, M. Hofreiter +2 more
2013American Journal of Primatology102 citations Open access
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Reassortant Group A Rotavirus from Straw-colored Fruit Bat (Eidolon helvum)
M. Esona, S. Mijatovic-Rustempasic, C. Conrardy, S. Tong +8 more
2010Emerging Infectious Diseases91 citations Open access
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Uncovering cryptic diversity and refugial persistence among small mammal lineages across the Eastern Afromontane biodiversity hotspot.
T. Demos, J. K. Kerbis Peterhans, B. Agwanda, M. Hickerson
2014Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution88 citations
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2021 TAXONOMIC UPDATE OF PHYLUM Negarnaviricota (Riboviria: Orthornavirae), INCLUDING THE LARGE ORDERS Bunyavirales AND Mononegavirales
J. Kuhn, S. Adkins, B. Agwanda, Rim Al Kubrusli +247 more
2021Archives of Virology87 citations Open access
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Marburg Virus in Fruit Bat, Kenya
I. Kuzmin, M. Niezgoda, R. Franka, B. Agwanda +5 more
2010Emerging Infectious Diseases85 citations Open access
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Metagenomic Virome Analysis of Culex Mosquitoes from Kenya and China
E. Atoni, Yujuan Wang, Samuel Karungu, C. Waruhiu +6 more
2018Viruses83 citations Open access
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Global camera trap synthesis highlights the importance of protected areas in maintaining mammal diversity
Cheng Chen, J. Brodie, Roland Kays, T. Davies +34 more
2022Conservation Letters76 citations Open access
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Molecular detection of viruses in Kenyan bats and discovery of novel astroviruses, caliciviruses and rotaviruses
C. Waruhiu, S. Ommeh, V. Obanda, B. Agwanda +7 more
2017Virologica Sinica70 citations Open access
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Urban Leptospirosis in Africa: A Cross-Sectional Survey of Leptospira Infection in Rodents in the Kibera Urban Settlement, Nairobi, Kenya
J. Halliday, D. Knobel, K. Allan, B. M. de C. Bronsvoort +9 more
2013American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene67 citations Open access
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Discovery of diverse polyomaviruses in bats and the evolutionary history of the Polyomaviridae.
Y. Tao, M. Shi, C. Conrardy, I. Kuzmin +12 more
2013Journal of General Virology66 citations Open access
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Context-dependent effects of large-wildlife declines on small-mammal communities in central Kenya.
H. Young, D. McCauley, R. Dirzo, J. Goheen +10 more
2015Ecological Applications62 citations Open access
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Genetic Evidence of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-Cov) and Widespread Seroprevalence among Camels in Kenya
S. Ommeh, Wei Zhang, A. Zohaib, Jing Chen +23 more
2018Virologica Sinica61 citations Open access
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The discovery and global distribution of novel mosquito‐associated viruses in the last decade (2007‐2017)
E. Atoni, Lu Zhao, Samuel Karungu, V. Obanda +3 more
2019Reviews in Medical Virology59 citations
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Title Interacting effects of land use and climate on rodent-borne pathogens in central Kenya
H. Young, D. McCauley, R. Dirzo, Charles L. Nunn +13 more
201751 citations
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Viromes and surveys of RNA viruses in camel-derived ticks revealing transmission patterns of novel tick-borne viral pathogens in Kenya
You Zhang, Ben Hu, B. Agwanda, Yao-Hui Fang +12 more
2021Emerging Microbes and Infections44 citations Open access
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Drivers of Intensity and Prevalence of Flea Parasitism on Small Mammals in East African Savanna Ecosystems
H. Young, R. Dirzo, D. McCauley, B. Agwanda +9 more
2015Journal of Parasitology42 citations Open access
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A poisonous surprise under the coat of the African crested rat
J. Kingdon, B. Agwanda, M. Kinnaird, T. O’Brien +4 more
2012Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences41 citations Open access
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Substantial viral diversity in bats and rodents from East Africa: insights into evolution, recombination, and cocirculation
Da-Xi Wang, Xing-Lou Yang, Zi-Rui Ren, Ben Hu +25 more
2024Microbiome35 citations Open access
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Simultaneous identification of host, ectoparasite and pathogen DNA via in‐solution capture
M. G. Campana, Melissa T. R. Hawkins, Lauren H. Henson, K. Stewardson +10 more
2016Molecular Ecology Resources35 citations
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Prevalence and Diversity of Small Mammal-Associated Bartonella Species in Rural and Urban Kenya
J. Halliday, D. Knobel, B. Agwanda, Ying Bai +4 more
2015PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases35 citations Open access
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Comparative Population Genomics of African Montane Forest Mammals Support Population Persistence across a Climatic Gradient and Quaternary Climatic Cycles
T. Demos, J. K. Kerbis Peterhans, Tyler A. Joseph, John D. Robinson +2 more
2015PLoS ONE35 citations Open access
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Molecular Detection of Adenoviruses, Rhabdoviruses, and Paramyxoviruses in Bats from Kenya
C. Conrardy, Y. Tao, I. Kuzmin, M. Niezgoda +5 more
2014American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene34 citations Open access
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Schistosomes of small mammals from the Lake Victoria Basin, Kenya: new species, familiar species, and implications for schistosomiasis control
B. Hanelt, I. Mwangi, Joseph M. Kinuthia, Giuseppe Maina +8 more
2010Parasitology34 citations
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Novel Paramyxoviruses in Bats from Sub-Saharan Africa, 2007–2012
Marinda Mortlock, I. Kuzmin, J. Weyer, A. Gilbert +6 more
2015Emerging Infectious Diseases32 citations Open access
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Evolutionary relationships and population genetics of the Afrotropical leaf-nosed bats (Chiroptera, Hipposideridae)
Bruce D. Patterson, P. Webala, T. Lavery, B. Agwanda +3 more
2020ZooKeys29 citations Open access
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Mosquitoes of Etiological Concern in Kenya and Possible Control Strategies
Samuel Karungu, E. Atoni, Joseph Ogalo, Caroline Mwaliko +3 more
2019Insects28 citations Open access
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Molecular Characterization of Newcastle Disease Virus from Backyard Poultry Farms and Live Bird Markets in Kenya
I. Ogali, Lucy Wamuyu, J. Lichoti, E. Mungube +2 more
2018International Journal of Microbiology28 citations Open access
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Isolation and molecular characterization of Fikirini rhabdovirus, a novel virus from a Kenyan bat.
Rebekah C. Kading, A. Gilbert, Eric C. Mossel, M. Crabtree +8 more
2013Journal of General Virology28 citations
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Molecular Detection and Genetic Characterization of Novel RNA Viruses in Wild and Synanthropic Rodents and Shrews in Kenya
S. Onyuok, Ben Hu, Bei Li, Yi Fan +8 more
2019Frontiers in Microbiology27 citations Open access
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Commerson's Leaf-Nosed Bat (Hipposideros commersoni) is the Likely Reservoir of Shimoni Bat Virus
I. Kuzmin, A. Turmelle, B. Agwanda, W. Markotter +3 more
2011Vector Borne and Zoonotic Diseases27 citations
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Genomes reveal selective sweeps in kiang and donkey for high-altitude adaptation
Lin Zeng, He-Qun Liu, Xiao-Long Tu, Chang-Mian Ji +22 more
2021Zoological Research24 citations Open access
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Serological evidence of MERS-CoV and HKU8-related CoV co-infection in Kenyan camels
Wei Zhang, Xiao-Shuang Zheng, B. Agwanda, S. Ommeh +16 more
2019Emerging Microbes and Infections23 citations Open access
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Livestock Presence Influences the Seroprevalence of Crimean Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus on Sympatric Wildlife in Kenya
V. Obanda, B. Agwanda, I. Blanco-Penedo, I. Mwangi +5 more
2021Vector Borne and Zoonotic Diseases20 citations Open access
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Integrative taxonomy within the Hylomyscus denniae complex (Rodentia: Muridae) and a new species from Kenya
T. Demos, B. Agwanda, M. Hickerson
201419 citations Open access
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Phenotypic and morphometric differentiation of indigenous chickens from Kenya and other tropical countries augments perspectives for genetic resource improvement and conservation
N. Otecko, I. Ogali, S. I. Ng'ang'a, David H Mauki +7 more
2019Poultry Science18 citations Open access
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Seroepidemiology of Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus (CCHFV) in Cattle across Three Livestock Pastoral Regions in Kenya
I. Blanco-Penedo, V. Obanda, Edward Kingori, B. Agwanda +2 more
2021Dairy17 citations Open access
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Sengi (Elephant-Shrew) Observations from Northern Coastal Kenya
S. Andanje, B. Agwanda, G. Ngaruiya, Rajan Amin +1 more
201017 citations Open access
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Parasite responses to large mammal loss in an African savanna.
S. B. Weinstein, Georgia C. Titcomb, B. Agwanda, C. Riginos +1 more
2017Ecology16 citations Open access
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Serologic evidence of human exposure to the severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus and associated viruses in Kenya
Ali Zohaib, Jing-Yuan Zhang, B. Agwanda, Jing Chen +10 more
2024Infectious Diseases15 citations Open access
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Epidemiology and ecology of the sylvatic cycle of African Swine Fever Virus in Kenya
Vincent Obanda, M. Akinyi, E. King'ori, Ruth Nyakundi +13 more
2024Virus Research14 citations Open access
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Genomic Analyses Unveil Helmeted Guinea Fowl (Numida meleagris) Domestication in West Africa
Quankuan Shen, Min-Sheng Peng, A. Adeola, Ling Kui +27 more
2021Genome Biology and Evolution14 citations Open access
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Build international biorepository capacity
J. Colella, B. Agwanda, Faisal Ali Anwarali Khan, J. Bates +13 more
2020Science13 citations Open access
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A cryptic mitochondrial DNA link between North European and West African dogs.
A. Adeola, S. Ommeh, Jiao-Jiao Song, S. C. Olaogun +11 more
2017Journal of genetics and genomics = Yi chuan xue bao13 citations
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Combining camera trap surveys and IUCN range maps to improve knowledge of species distributions
Cheng Chen, A. Granados, J. Brodie, R. Kays +36 more
2023Conservation Biology12 citations Open access
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Genomic and Pathogenic Characteristics of Virulent Newcastle Disease Virus Isolated from Chicken in Live Bird Markets and Backyard Flocks in Kenya
I. Ogali, P. Okumu, E. Mungube, J. Lichoti +4 more
2020International Journal of Microbiology12 citations Open access
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Discovery of novel DNA viruses in small mammals from Kenya
G. Ochola, Bei Li, V. Obanda, S. Ommeh +6 more
2022Virologica Sinica10 citations Open access
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