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F. Mutuku

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h-index: 26
Works: 86
Citations: 2,045

Most-cited papers

Impact of insecticide-treated bed nets on malaria transmission indices on the south coast of Kenya
F. Mutuku, C. King, P. Mungai, Charles Mbogo +4 more
2011Malaria Journal149 citations Open access
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Characterization and productivity profiles of Aedes aegypti (L.) breeding habitats across rural and urban landscapes in western and coastal Kenya
H. N. Ngugi, F. Mutuku, B. Ndenga, P. S. Musunzaji +7 more
2017Parasites & Vectors129 citations Open access
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Climate predicts geographic and temporal variation in mosquito-borne disease dynamics on two continents
Jamie M. Caldwell, A. LaBeaud, E. Lambin, Anna M. Stewart-Ibarra +14 more
2021Nature Communications126 citations Open access
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High Rates of O’Nyong Nyong and Chikungunya Virus Transmission in Coastal Kenya
A. D. LaBeaud, Tamara Banda, Julie Brichard, E. Muchiri +11 more
2015PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases103 citations Open access
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Impact of recent climate extremes on mosquito-borne disease transmission in Kenya
Cameron Nosrat, J. Altamirano, A. Anyamba, Jamie M. Caldwell +4 more
2021PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases98 citations Open access
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Characteristics of Aedes aegypti adult mosquitoes in rural and urban areas of western and coastal Kenya
B. Ndenga, F. Mutuku, H. N. Ngugi, J. O. Mbakaya +6 more
2017PLoS ONE97 citations Open access
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Physical condition and maintenance of mosquito bed nets in Kwale County, coastal Kenya
F. Mutuku, Maureen Khambira, D. Bisanzio, P. Mungai +4 more
2013Malaria Journal85 citations Open access
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Impact of polyparasitic infections on anemia and undernutrition among Kenyan children living in a Schistosoma haematobium-endemic area.
A. Bustinduy, I. Parraga, Charles L. Thomas, P. Mungai +4 more
2013American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene79 citations Open access
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Consumption of galacto-oligosaccharides increases iron absorption from a micronutrient powder containing ferrous fumarate and sodium iron EDTA: a stable-isotope study in Kenyan infants.
D. Paganini, Mary A. Uyoga, C. Cercamondi, Diego Moretti +8 more
2017American Journal of Clinical Nutrition76 citations Open access
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Measuring Fitness of Kenyan Children with Polyparasitic Infections Using the 20-Meter Shuttle Run Test as a Morbidity Metric
A. Bustinduy, Charles L. Thomas, Justin J. Fiutem, I. Parraga +5 more
2011PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases59 citations Open access
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Evaluation of the Health-related Quality of Life of Children in Schistosoma haematobium-endemic Communities in Kenya: A Cross-sectional Study
C. C. Terer, A. Bustinduy, Ruth V. Magtanong, N. Muhoho +5 more
2013PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases56 citations Open access
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High Dengue Burden and Circulation of 4 Virus Serotypes among Children with Undifferentiated Fever, Kenya, 2014–2017
Melisa M. Shah, B. Ndenga, F. Mutuku, David M. Vu +16 more
2020Emerging Infectious Diseases50 citations Open access
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Source reduction with a purpose: Mosquito ecology and community perspectives offer insights for improving household mosquito management in coastal Kenya
J. Forsyth, F. Mutuku, L. Kibe, L. Mwashee +4 more
2020PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases49 citations Open access
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Malaria and Chikungunya Detected Using Molecular Diagnostics Among Febrile Kenyan Children
J. Waggoner, Julie Brichard, F. Mutuku, B. Ndenga +9 more
2017Open Forum Infectious Diseases47 citations Open access
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Cross-sectional Study of the Burden of Vector-Borne and Soil-Transmitted Polyparasitism in Rural Communities of Coast Province, Kenya
D. Bisanzio, F. Mutuku, A. Bustinduy, P. Mungai +3 more
2014PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases44 citations Open access
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Unrecognized Dengue Virus Infections in Children, Western Kenya, 2014–2015
David M. Vu, Noah Mutai, C. Heath, J. Vulule +3 more
2017Emerging Infectious Diseases43 citations Open access
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Age-Stratified Profiles of Serum IL-6, IL-10, and TNF-α Cytokines Among Kenyan Children with Schistosoma haematobium, Plasmodium falciparum, and Other Chronic Parasitic Co-Infections.
A. Bustinduy, L. J. Sutherland, Alicia Chang-Cojulun, I. Malhotra +7 more
2015American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene42 citations Open access
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Monitoring Malaria Vector Control Interventions: Effectiveness of Five Different Adult Mosquito Sampling Methods
S. Onyango, U. Kitron, P. Mungai, E. Muchiri +3 more
2013Journal of medical entomology39 citations Open access
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Dengue and West Nile Virus Transmission in Children and Adults in Coastal Kenya.
David M. Vu, Tamara Banda, Crystal Y. Teng, Chelsea Heimbaugh +10 more
2017American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene38 citations Open access
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Potent neutralization of Rift Valley fever virus by human monoclonal antibodies through fusion inhibition
N. Chapman, Haiyan Zhao, Nurgun Kose, Jonna L. B. Westover +12 more
2021Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America36 citations Open access
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Spatiotemporal overlapping of dengue, chikungunya, and malaria infections in children in Kenya
Aslam Khan, D. Bisanzio, F. Mutuku, B. Ndenga +7 more
2023BMC Infectious Diseases32 citations Open access
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Malaria smear positivity among Kenyan children peaks at intermediate temperatures as predicted by ecological models
Melisa M Shah, Amy R. Krystosik, B. Ndenga, F. Mutuku +13 more
2019Parasites & Vectors30 citations Open access
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Cross-sectional interview study of fertility, pregnancy, and urogenital schistosomiasis in coastal Kenya: Documented treatment in childhood is associated with reduced odds of subfertility among adult women
Sarah C Miller-Fellows, L. Howard, Rebekah Kramer, Vanessa M. Hildebrand +5 more
2017PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases30 citations Open access
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Impact of drought on the spatial pattern of transmission of Schistosoma haematobium in coastal Kenya.
F. Mutuku, C. King, A. Bustinduy, P. Mungai +2 more
2011American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene30 citations Open access
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Acute Flavivirus and Alphavirus Infections among Children in Two Different Areas of Kenya, 2015.
Jimmy Hortion, F. Mutuku, Ana L Eyherabide, David M. Vu +5 more
2019American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene27 citations Open access
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Use of prospective hospital surveillance data to define spatiotemporal heterogeneity of malaria risk in coastal Kenya
D. Bisanzio, F. Mutuku, A. LaBeaud, P. Mungai +5 more
2015Malaria Journal26 citations Open access
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Molecular epidemiology and evolutionary characteristics of dengue virus 2 in East Africa
Sindiso Nyathi, Izabela M. Rezende, Katharine S Walter, P. Thongsripong +16 more
2024Nature Communications24 citations Open access
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Principles, practices and knowledge of clinicians when assessing febrile children: a qualitative study in Kenya
Anneka M. Hooft, Kelsey Ripp, B. Ndenga, F. Mutuku +6 more
2017Malaria Journal23 citations Open access
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Anemia Among Children Exposed to Polyparasitism in Coastal Kenya.
Alicia Chang Cojulun, A. Bustinduy, L. J. Sutherland, P. Mungai +4 more
2015American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene23 citations Open access
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Larval source reduction with a purpose: Designing and evaluating a household- and school-based intervention in coastal Kenya
J. Forsyth, Arielle Kempinsky, H. Pitchik, C. Alberts +4 more
2022PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases22 citations Open access
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Rift Valley Fever Seroprevalence in Coastal Kenya.
E. Grossi-Soyster, Tamara Banda, Crystal Y. Teng, E. Muchiri +6 more
2017American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene22 citations Open access
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Risk factors for Aedes aegypti household pupal persistence in longitudinal entomological household surveys in urban and rural Kenya
H. N. Ngugi, Sindiso Nyathi, Amy R. Krystosik, B. Ndenga +8 more
2020Parasites & Vectors21 citations Open access
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Night Time Extension of Aedes aegypti Human Blood Seeking Activity.
B. Ndenga, F. Mutuku, H. N. Ngugi, J. O. Mbakaya +3 more
2022American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene17 citations Open access
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Understanding the factors contributing to dengue virus and chikungunya virus seropositivity and seroconversion among children in Kenya
A. Tariq, Aslam Khan, F. Mutuku, B. Ndenga +8 more
2024PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases14 citations Open access
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Urban risk factors for human Rift Valley fever virus exposure in Kenya
K. N. Gerken, F. Mutuku, B. Ndenga, Gladys Adhiambo Agola +6 more
2022PLOS Global Public Health14 citations Open access
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Parasitic Infections in Pregnancy Decrease Placental Transfer of Antipneumococcus Antibodies
Noah D McKittrick, David M. Vu, I. Malhotra, C. King +2 more
2017Clinical and Vaccine Immunology14 citations Open access
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Development of a Real-Time Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction for O'nyong-nyong Virus and Evaluation with Clinical and Mosquito Specimens from Kenya.
J. Waggoner, C. Heath, B. Ndenga, F. Mutuku +6 more
2017American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene14 citations Open access
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Detection of acute dengue virus infection, with and without concurrent malaria infection, in a cohort of febrile children in Kenya, 2014–2019, by clinicians or machine learning algorithms
David M. Vu, Amy R. Krystosik, B. Ndenga, F. Mutuku +17 more
2023PLOS Global Public Health12 citations Open access
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Majority of pediatric dengue virus infections in Kenya do not meet 2009 WHO criteria for dengue diagnosis
Aslam Khan, B. Ndenga, F. Mutuku, C. Bosire +11 more
2022PLOS Global Public Health12 citations Open access
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High frequency of antibiotic prescription in children with undifferentiated febrile illness in Kenya.
A. Hooft, B. Ndenga, F. Mutuku, Victoria Otuka +8 more
2020Clinical Infectious Diseases12 citations Open access
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Longitudinal surveillance of Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) in urban coastal Kenya: population dynamics, blood feeding frequency and dengue virus infection rates
Josephine Osalla, Louis-Clément Gouagna, Gilbert Rotich, Maureen Nzilani +5 more
2025Scientific Reports11 citations Open access
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OVIPOSITION PREFERENCES OF AEDES AEGYPTI IN MSAMBWENI, KWALE COUNTY, KENYA
P. S. Musunzaji, B. Ndenga, S. Mzee, L. Abubakar +3 more
2023Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association11 citations Open access
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Factors associated with early childhood stunted growth in a 2012–2015 birth cohort monitored in the rural Msambweni area of coastal Kenya: a cross-sectional study
Shanique Martin, F. Mutuku, Julia Sessions, Justin Lee +4 more
2020BMC Pediatrics11 citations Open access
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Modelling the effects of precipitation and temperature on malaria incidence in coastal and western Kenya
A. Tariq, D. Bisanzio, F. Mutuku, B. Ndenga +6 more
2025Malaria Journal10 citations Open access
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Development of a trash classification system to map potential Aedes aegypti breeding grounds using unmanned aerial vehicle imaging
J. Rosser, Morgan S. Tarpenning, J. Bramante, Anoushka Tamhane +6 more
2024Environmental science and pollution research international10 citations Open access
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Geographic origin and evolution of dengue virus serotypes 1 and 3 circulating in Africa
Sindiso Nyathi, Izabela M. Rezende, Katharine S Walter, P. Thongsripong +9 more
2024Virus Evolution10 citations Open access
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Pupal productivity of larval habitats of Aedes aegypti in Msambweni, Kwale County, Kenya
Alawih S. Mwakutwaa, H. N. Ngugi, B. Ndenga, Amy R. Krystosik +6 more
2023Parasitology Research10 citations Open access
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Parasitic infections during pregnancy need not affect infant antibody responses to early vaccination against Streptococcus pneumoniae, diphtheria, or Haemophilus influenzae type B
Noah D McKittrick, I. Malhotra, David M. Vu, D. Boothroyd +5 more
2019PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases10 citations Open access
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Research agenda for preventing mosquito-transmitted diseases through improving the built environment in sub-Saharan Africa
F. Shenton, A. Addissie, G. Alabaster, Dorothy Baziwe +22 more
2019Cities & Health9 citations Open access
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Early Childhood Anemia in a Birth Cohort in Coastal Kenya: Links to Infection and Nutrition
Julia Kao, F. Mutuku, Shanique Martin, Justin Lee +5 more
2019American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene9 citations Open access
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