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J. Rumunu

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h-index: 18
Works: 60
Citations: 896

Most-cited papers

Effectiveness of one dose of oral cholera vaccine in response to an outbreak: a case-cohort study.
A. Azman, L. A. Parker, J. Rumunu, Fisseha Tadesse +21 more
2016Lancet Global Health120 citations Open access
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The First Use of the Global Oral Cholera Vaccine Emergency Stockpile: Lessons from South Sudan
A. Abubakar, A. Azman, J. Rumunu, I. Ciglenecki +8 more
2015PLoS Medicine76 citations Open access
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Integrated Mapping of Neglected Tropical Diseases: Epidemiological Findings and Control Implications for Northern Bahr-el-Ghazal State, Southern Sudan
Hugh J. W. Sturrock, D. Picón, Anthony Sabasio, D. Oguttu +5 more
2009PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases59 citations Open access
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Seroprevalence of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 IgG in Juba, South Sudan, 2020
K. Wiens, Pinyi Nyimol Mawien, J. Rumunu, D. Slater +22 more
2021Emerging Infectious Diseases41 citations Open access
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Population-Level Effect of Cholera Vaccine on Displaced Populations, South Sudan, 2014
A. Azman, J. Rumunu, A. Abubakar, Haley West +10 more
2016Emerging Infectious Diseases40 citations Open access
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The first reactive vaccination campaign against hepatitis E.
I. Ciglenecki, J. Rumunu, J. Wamala, P. Nkemenang +8 more
2022Lancet. Infectious Diseases (Print)36 citations Open access
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Adapting to the global shortage of cholera vaccines: targeted single dose cholera vaccine in response to an outbreak in South Sudan.
L. A. Parker, J. Rumunu, Christine Jamet, Yona Kenyi +7 more
2017Lancet. Infectious Diseases (Print)36 citations
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Seroprevalence of anti-SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibodies in Juba, South Sudan: a population-based study
K. Wiens, Pinyi Nyimol Mawien, J. Rumunu, D. Slater +22 more
2021medRxiv33 citations Open access
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Neighborhood-targeted and case-triggered use of a single dose of oral cholera vaccine in an urban setting: Feasibility and vaccine coverage
L. A. Parker, J. Rumunu, Christine Jamet, Yona Kenyi +9 more
2017PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases33 citations Open access
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High Hepatitis E Seroprevalence Among Displaced Persons in South Sudan
A. Azman, Malika Bouhenia, A. Iyer, J. Rumunu +9 more
2017American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene31 citations Open access
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Southern Sudan: An opportunity for NTD control and elimination?
J. Rumunu, S. Brooker, A. Hopkins, P. Emerson +2 more
2009Trends in Parasitology31 citations Open access
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Successive epidemic waves of cholera in South Sudan between 2014 and 2017: a descriptive epidemiological study
Forrest K. Jones, J. Wamala, J. Rumunu, Pinyi Nyimol Mawien +9 more
2020Lancet Planetary Health28 citations Open access
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Immune Responses to an Oral Cholera Vaccine in Internally Displaced Persons in South Sudan
A. Iyer, Malika Bouhenia, J. Rumunu, A. Abubakar +13 more
2016Scientific Reports27 citations Open access
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Knowledge, attitudes and practices about human African trypanosomiasis and their implications in designing intervention strategies for Yei county, South Sudan
S. Bukachi, Angeline A Mumbo, A. C. D. Alak, Wilson Sebit +3 more
2018PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases25 citations Open access
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Advance distribution of misoprostol for the prevention of postpartum hemorrhage in South Sudan
J. Smith, A. Dimiti, Vikas Dwivedi, Isabella Ochieng +7 more
2014International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics25 citations
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Risk Factors for Sustained Cholera Transmission, Juba County, South Sudan, 2014
T. T. Ujjiga, J. Wamala, Juma J. H. Mogga, Thabo O. Othwonh +12 more
2015Emerging Infectious Diseases24 citations Open access
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Protecting the gains: analysis of HIV treatment and service delivery programme data and interventions implemented in 19 African countries during COVID‐19
P. Bachanas, Helen Chun, Neha Mehta, J. Aberle-Grasse +44 more
2022Journal of the International AIDS Society23 citations Open access
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Vaccination coverage and adverse events following a reactive vaccination campaign against hepatitis E in Bentiu displaced persons camp, South Sudan
R. Nesbitt, Vincent Kinya Asilaza, E. Gignoux, A. Koyuncu +13 more
2023medRxiv18 citations Open access
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Cholera Epidemic in South Sudan and Uganda and Need for International Collaboration in Cholera Control
A. Abubakar, Godfrey Bwire, A. Azman, Malika Bouhenia +10 more
2018Emerging Infectious Diseases18 citations Open access
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The effectiveness of two doses of recombinant hepatitis E vaccine in response to an outbreak in Bentiu, South Sudan: a case–control and bias indicator study
R. Nesbitt, Vincent Kinya Asilaza, C. Alvarez, P. Gitahi +15 more
2025Lancet. Infectious Diseases (Print)16 citations Open access
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Cholera outbreak--southern Sudan, 2007.
L. Kur, C. Mounir, J. Lagu, M. Muita +6 more
2009MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report13 citations
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Burden of trachoma in five counties of Eastern Equatoria state, South Sudan: Results from population-based surveys
A. M. Sanders, Aisha E. P. Stewart, S. Makoy, J. Chebet +7 more
2017PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases12 citations Open access
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A retrospective analysis of oral cholera vaccine use, disease severity and deaths during an outbreak in South Sudan
C. Bekolo, J. V. van Loenhout, J. Rodriguez-Llanes, J. Rumunu +2 more
2016Bulletin of the World Health Organization12 citations Open access
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Safety of hepatitis E vaccine in pregnancy: an emulated target trial following a mass reactive vaccination campaign in Bentiu internally displaced persons camp, South Sudan
R. Nesbitt, A. S. Azman, Vincent Kinya Asilaza, J. K. Edwards +14 more
2024Lancet Global Health11 citations Open access
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Trachoma in Western Equatoria State, Southern Sudan: Implications for National Control
L. Kur, D. Picón, Obec Adibo, Emily Robinson +7 more
2009PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases11 citations Open access
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The first sixty days of COVID-19 in a humanitarian response setting: a descriptive epidemiological analysis of the outbreak in South Sudan
Joy Luba Lomole Waya, R. Lako, Sudhir Bunga, Helen Chun +11 more
2020The Pan African Medical Journal10 citations Open access
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Integrated disease surveillance and response in humanitarian context: South Sudan experience
J. Rumunu, J. Wamala, Sheila Baya Konga, Alice Lado Igale +8 more
2022The Pan African Medical Journal9 citations
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Evaluation of community-based surveillance for Guinea worm, South Sudan, 2006
M. Lado, S. Mackoy, B. Stève, J. Rumunu
20129 citations
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Seroincidence of Enteric Fever, Juba, South Sudan
K. Aiemjoy, J. Rumunu, J. J. Hassen, K. Wiens +9 more
2022Emerging Infectious Diseases8 citations Open access
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Prevalence and factors associated with transmission of lymphatic filariasis in South Sudan: a cross-sectional quantitative study
Mutale Nsakashalo Senkwe, K. Berta, Samuel Makoy Yibi Logora, Julia Sube +8 more
2022The Pan African Medical Journal8 citations
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Evaluation of integrated disease surveillance and response (IDSR) and early warning and response network (EWARN) in South Sudan 2021
J. Rumunu, J. Wamala, Robert Sakaya, Sheila Baya Konga +9 more
2022The Pan African Medical Journal8 citations
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Analysis of the 2017-2018 Rift valley fever outbreak in Yirol East County, South Sudan: a one health perspective
Otim Patrick Cossy Ramadan, K. Berta, J. Wamala, Sylvester Maleghemi +7 more
2022The Pan African Medical Journal6 citations
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Impact of Policy and Funding Decisions on COVID-19 Surveillance Operations and Case Reports — South Sudan, April 2020–February 2021
T. Shragai, Aimee Summers, Olu Olushayo, J. Rumunu +3 more
2021MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report6 citations Open access
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High Prevalence of Shigella or Enteroinvasive Escherichia coli Carriage among Residents of an Internally Displaced Persons Camp in South Sudan.
J. Bliss, Malika Bouhenia, P. Hale, B. Couturier +10 more
2017American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene6 citations Open access
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SARS-CoV-2 Variants, South Sudan, January–March 2021
D. Bugembe, My V. T. Phan, A. G. Abias, James Ayei +9 more
2021Emerging Infectious Diseases5 citations Open access
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Diagnostic Performance and Kinetics of Hepatitis E Viral RNA and IgM Antibody Test Positivity in a Genotype 1 Outbreak in South Sudan
A. Koyuncu, R. Nesbitt, C. Alvarez, K. V. Asilaza +12 more
2025medRxiv4 citations Open access
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Assessment of infection prevention and control readiness for Ebola virus and other diseases outbreaks in a humanitarian crisis setting: a cross-sectional study of health facilities in six high-risk States of South Sudan
Alex Yao Sokemawu Freeman, J. Rumunu, Z. Modi, A. G. Guyo +7 more
2022The Pan African Medical Journal4 citations
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Vaccination against cholera in Juba - Authors' reply.
I. Ciglenecki, A. Azman, J. Rumunu, J. Cabrol +1 more
2017Lancet. Infectious Diseases (Print)4 citations Open access
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Moving from rhetoric to action: how Africa can use scientific evidence to halt the COVID-19 pandemic
O. Olu, Joy Luba Lomole Waya, Sylvester Maleghemi, J. Rumunu +2 more
2020Infectious Diseases of Poverty3 citations Open access
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Epidemiological characterization of COVID-19 in displaced populations of South Sudan
J. Wamala, F. Loro, S. Deng, K. Berta +4 more
2022The Pan African Medical Journal2 citations
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Successive epidemic waves of cholera in South Sudan, 2014 - 2017
Forrest K. Jones, J. Wamala, J. Rumunu, Pinyi Nyimol Mawien +9 more
2020medRxiv2 citations Open access
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NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES AND THEIR CONTROL IN SOUTHERN SUDAN
J. Rumunu, Samson Baba Onchocerciasis, L. Hickson, Samuel Makoy Dracunculiasis +19 more
20082 citations
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High confidence and demand for hepatitis E vaccine during an outbreak in Bentiu, South Sudan: A qualitative study
A. Koyuncu, K. V. Asilaza, J. Rumunu, J. Wamala +14 more
2024medRxiv1 citations Open access
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Snakebite incidence and case fatality rate in Agok, South Sudan: a cross-sectional survey using two sampling methods
Mohamad K. Haidar, E. Gignoux, T. Newport, L. F. Neira +5 more
20161 citations Open access
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Use of Dried Blood Spots for Identifying Hepatitis E Infections in an Outbreak Setting
Catia Alvarez, R. Nesbitt, K. V. Asilaza, P. Sattonnet-Roche +11 more
2026Journal of Medical Virology0 citations Open access
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Avidity as a marker of protection against hepatitis E during a genotype 1 outbreak in South Sudan
C. B. G. Bionda Valera, C. Alvarez, A. Dighe, I. Ciglenecki +8 more
2026medRxiv0 citations Open access
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Developing a communicable and infectious diseases research agenda in South Sudan: A multi-stakeholder prioritisation approach
Amanya Jacob, Ezbon WApary, Dhieu Daniel, A. Dau +17 more
2026South Sudan Medical Journal0 citations Open access
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The field performance of hepatitis E diagnostics during an outbreak in Bentiu, South Sudan
A. Azman, A. Koyuncu, R. Nesbitt, C. Alvarez +12 more
2025The field performance of hepatitis E diagnostics during an outbreak in Bentiu, South Sudan0 citations Open access
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Dry blood spots as a practical alternative for confirming hepatitis E
A. Azman, R. Nesbitt, C. Alvarez, KV Asilaza +9 more
2025Dry blood spots as a practical alternative for confirming hepatitis E0 citations Open access
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Use of Dry Blood Spots for Identifying Hepatitis E Infections
C. Alvarez, R. Nesbitt, K. V. Asilaza, P. Sattonnet +11 more
2025medRxiv0 citations
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