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h-index: 30
Works: 151
Citations: 3,662

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Global burden of 292 causes of death in 204 countries and territories and 660 subnational locations, 1990–2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023
M. Naghavi, H. Kyu, B. A, M. Aalipour +496 more
2025The Lancet460 citations Open access
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Burden of 375 diseases and injuries, risk-attributable burden of 88 risk factors, and healthy life expectancy in 204 countries and territories, including 660 subnational locations, 1990–2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023
S. Hay, K. Ong, D. Santomauro, B. A +496 more
2025The Lancet401 citations Open access
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A pooled testing strategy for identifying SARS-CoV-2 at low prevalence
L. Mutesa, P. Ndishimye, Y. Butera, J. Souopgui +18 more
2020Nature213 citations Open access
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Global age-sex-specific all-cause mortality and life expectancy estimates for 204 countries and territories and 660 subnational locations, 1950–2023: a demographic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023
Austin E. Schumacher, P. Zheng, Ryan M. Barber, B. A +496 more
2025The Lancet159 citations Open access
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Global, regional, and national trends in routine childhood vaccination coverage from 1980 to 2023 with forecasts to 2030: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023
Emily Haeuser, Sam Byrne, Jason Nguyen, Cat Raggi +496 more
2025The Lancet117 citations Open access
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Global burden of lower respiratory infections and aetiologies, 1990-2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023.
Sarah Brooke Sirota, Rose G. Bender, R. Dominguez, Amanda Movo +496 more
2025Lancet. Infectious Diseases (Print)67 citations Open access
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Knowledge and attitudes towards antibiotic use and resistance among undergraduate healthcare students at University of Rwanda
Lyduine Nisabwe, H. Brice, Marie Christine Umuhire, Olivia Gwira +6 more
2020Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice61 citations Open access
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Antimicrobial Resistance in the WHO African Region: A Systematic Literature Review 2016–2020
Laetitia Gahimbare, C. Muvunyi, Nathalie Guessennd, Jean Pierre Rutanga +8 more
2024Antibiotics43 citations Open access
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HIV self-testing in Rwanda: awareness and acceptability among male clinic attendees in Kigali, Rwanda: A cross-sectional survey
T. Dzinamarira, C. Muvunyi, Collins Kamanzi, T. Mashamba-Thompson
2020Heliyon37 citations Open access
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Advancing Sustainable HIV Services Through Integration in Primary Healthcare in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Perspective on Practical Recommendations
T. Dzinamarira, G. Rwibasira, Loveday Mwila, Enos Moyo +6 more
2025Healthcare35 citations Open access
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Reduction of diagnostic and treatment delays reduces rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis mortality in Rwanda.
J. Ngabonziza, Y. Habimana, T. Decroo, P. Migambi +19 more
2020The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease35 citations Open access
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Maternal genitourinary infections and poor nutritional status increase risk of preterm birth in Gasabo District, Rwanda: a prospective, longitudinal, cohort study
Etienne Nsereko, Aline Uwase, Assumpta Mukabutera, C. Muvunyi +7 more
2020BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth33 citations Open access
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Evidence-Based Guidance for One Health Preparedness, Prevention, and Response Strategies to Marburg Virus Disease Outbreaks
C. Muvunyi, J. Ngabonziza, Noella Bigirimana, N. Ndembi +3 more
2024Diseases31 citations Open access
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A strategy for finding people infected with SARS-CoV-2: optimizing pooled testing at low prevalence
L. Mutesa, P. Ndishimye, Y. Butera, Jacob Souopgui +17 more
2020medRxiv31 citations Open access
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Genomic and transmission dynamics of the 2024 Marburg virus outbreak in Rwanda
Y. Butera, L. Mutesa, E. Parker, R. Muvunyi +63 more
2024Nature Medicine30 citations Open access
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Mpox in East Africa: Learning from COVID-19 and Ebola to Strengthen Public Health Responses
Pierre Gashema, Tumusime Musafiri, Felix Ndahimana, Hyppolyte Iradukunda +7 more
2024Viruses27 citations Open access
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Three promising antimycobacterial medicinal plants reviewed as potential sources of drug hit candidates against multidrug-resistant tuberculosis.
Naasson Tuyiringire, S. Deyno, A. Weisheit, C. Tolo +5 more
2020Tuberculosis22 citations Open access
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Emergence of the first molecularly-confirmed outbreak of Rift Valley fever among humans in Rwanda, calls for institutionalizing One Health Strategy
E. Remera, E. Rwagasore, C. Muvunyi, Ayman Ahmed
2024IJID One Health21 citations Open access
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Half-decade of scaling up malaria control: malaria trends and impact of interventions from 2018 to 2023 in Rwanda
A. Umugwaneza, Mathijs Mutsaers, J. Ngabonziza, J. Kattenberg +12 more
2025Malaria Journal20 citations Open access
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Marburg Virus Disease in Rwanda, 2024 - Public Health and Clinical Responses.
S. Nsanzimana, E. Remera, M. Nkeshimana, Ryan P. Westergaard +63 more
2025New England Journal of Medicine19 citations
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Enhancing Global Health Security in Sub-Saharan Africa: The case for integrated One Health surveillance against zoonotic diseases and environmental threats
Pierre Gashema, Placide Sesonga, P. Iradukunda, R. Muvunyi +15 more
2025One Health19 citations Open access
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Genomic Epidemiology of Rift Valley Fever Virus Involved in the 2018 and 2022 Outbreaks in Livestock in Rwanda
Isidore Nsengimana, J. Juma, Kristina Roesel, M. Gasana +9 more
2024Viruses19 citations Open access
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Expansion of artemisinin partial resistance mutations and lack of histidine rich protein-2 and -3 deletions in Plasmodium falciparum infections from Rukara, Rwanda
C. Schreidah, D. Giesbrecht, Pierre Gashema, N. Young +7 more
2024Malaria Journal19 citations Open access
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Efficacy of artemether-lumefantrine versus dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine for the treatment of uncomplicated malaria among children in Rwanda: an open-label, randomized controlled trial.
A. Uwimana, Michael J. Penkunas, Marie Paul Nisingizwe, M. Warsame +11 more
2019Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene18 citations
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The impact of Bacillus thuringiensis var. israelensis (Vectobac® WDG) larvicide sprayed with drones on the bio-control of malaria vectors in rice fields of sub-urban Kigali, Rwanda
Dunia Munyakanage, Elias Niyituma, Alphonse Mutabazi, Xavier Misago +10 more
2024Malaria Journal15 citations Open access
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Community-Based Control of Malaria Vectors Using Bacillus thuringiensis var. Israelensis (Bti) in Rwanda
Emmanuel Hakizimana, C. Ingabire, Alexis Rulisa, F. Kateera +7 more
2022International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health15 citations Open access
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Immunogenicity, Pathogenesis, and Host’s Immuno-Responses to Marburg Virus Infection
E. Siddig, Nicaise Ndembi, Ayman Ahmed, C. Muvunyi
2025Pathogens14 citations Open access
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Genomic Evolution and Phylodynamics of the Species Orthomarburgvirus marburgense (Marburg and Ravn Viruses) to Understand Viral Adaptation and Marburg Virus Disease’s Transmission Dynamics
C. Muvunyi, N. Mohamed, E. Siddig, Ayman Ahmed
2024Pathogens14 citations Open access
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Rift Valley Fever Epizootic, Rwanda, 2022
E. Remera, E. Rwagasore, Olivier Nsekuye, M. Semakula +8 more
2024Emerging Infectious Diseases13 citations
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Emerging Strategies and Progress in the Medical Management of Marburg Virus Disease
S. Musafiri, E. Siddig, J. Nkuranga, A. Rukundo +5 more
2025Pathogens12 citations Open access
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Safety and efficacy of sofosbuvir-velpatasvir-voxilaprevir for re-treatment of chronic hepatitis C virus infection in patients with previous direct-acting antiviral treatment failure in Rwanda (SHARED-3): a single-arm trial.
Neil Gupta, Linda Manirambona, Fabienne Shumbusho, Jules Kabihizi +10 more
2022The Lancet Gastroenterology and Hepatology12 citations
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Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis control in Rwanda overcomes a successful clone that causes most disease over a quarter century
J. Ngabonziza, L. Rigouts, G. Torrea, T. Decroo +22 more
2022Journal of Clinical Tuberculosis and Other Mycobacterial Diseases11 citations Open access
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Undetectable = Untransmittable (U = U): insights from people living with HIV attending health facilities in Rwanda
Pierre Gashema, Felix Ndahimana, Eric Saramba, Tumisime Musafiri +9 more
2025BMC Public Health10 citations Open access
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Mapping Plasmodium falciparum mutations in Africa: A critical review of emerging drug resistance and implications for malaria control
Pierre Gashema, J. Kagame, P. Iradukunda, E. Siddig +7 more
2025International Journal of Infectious Diseases9 citations Open access
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Early detection of SARS-CoV-2 variants using genomic surveillance: insights from aircraft wastewater and nasal swabs at Kigali International Airport, Rwanda
Misbah Gashegu, R. Muvunyi, J. Musabyimana, Esperance Umumararungu +17 more
2025IJID Regions9 citations
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Safety and efficacy of sofosbuvir-velpatasvir to treat chronic hepatitis C virus infection in treatment-naive patients in Rwanda (SHARED-3): a single-arm trial.
F. Kateera, Fabienne Shumbusho, Linda Manirambona, Jules Kabihizi +10 more
2022The Lancet Gastroenterology and Hepatology9 citations
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Paucibacillary Tuberculosis Drives the Low Positive Predictive Value of Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra for Rifampicin Resistance Detection in Low-Prevalence Settings
I. Cuella-Martin, F. Hakizayezu, Ayman Ahmed, D. Runyambo +12 more
2025Clinical Infectious Diseases8 citations Open access
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Undetected circulation of major arboviruses in West Sudan: urging for institutionalizing multisectoral one health strategy for the preparedness, prevention, and control of zoonotic arboviral diseases
N. Mohamed, E. Siddig, C. Muvunyi, Abdualmoniem O. Musa +2 more
2024BMC Research Notes8 citations Open access
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Prevalence of Human Papillomavirus in Different Mucous Membranes in HIV Concordant Couples in Rwanda
S. Uwamungu, Bethelehem Nigussie, C. Muvunyi, B. Hasséus +2 more
2023Viruses8 citations Open access
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RPA-Based Method For The Detection Of SARS-CoV2
A. Nassir, Mazarati Jean Baptiste, I. Mwikarago, Majidi R. Habimana +7 more
2020medRxiv8 citations Open access
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Highly successful treatment outcome of multidrug‐resistant and genetic diversity of multidrug‐resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains in Rwanda
C. Muvunyi, J. Ngabonziza, I. Uwimana, J. de Dieu Harelimana +7 more
2019Tropical medicine & international health8 citations
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Global, regional, and national burden of meningitis, its risk factors, and aetiologies, 1990-2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023.
Sarah Brooke Sirota, Rose G. Bender, R. Dominguez, Avina Vongpradith +496 more
2026Lancet Neurology7 citations Open access
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Rwandan National Reference Laboratory Championing Biosafety and Biosecurity While Leading the Response to Marburg Virus Outbreak in the Country
E. Siddig, Ayman Ahmed, J. Ngabonziza, I. Mukagatare +1 more
2025Laboratories7 citations Open access
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The Mpox Response Among Key Populations at High Risk of or Living with HIV in Rwanda: Leveraging the Successful National HIV Control Program for More Impactful Interventions
G. Rwibasira, T. Dzinamarira, J. Ngabonziza, Albert Tuyishime +2 more
2025Vaccines7 citations Open access
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Diversity and Distribution of Fungal Infections in Rwanda: High Risk and Gaps in Knowledge, Policy, and Interventions
C. Muvunyi, J. Ngabonziza, Masaisa Florence, I. Mukagatare +3 more
2024Journal of Fungi7 citations Open access
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Marburg Virus Disease: Epidemiology, Immune Responses, and Innovations in Vaccination and Treatment for Enhanced Public Health Strategies
T. Dzinamarira, C. Muvunyi
2025Pathogens6 citations Open access
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Factors affecting community participation in drone-based larviciding using Bacillus thuringiensis var. israelensis (Bti) for bio-control of malaria vectors in Rwanda
Dunia Munyakanage, Elias Niyituma, Alphonse Mutabazi, Xavier Misago +10 more
2025Malaria Journal6 citations Open access
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An Assessment of the Knowledge and Perceptions of Precision Medicine (PM) in the Rwandan Healthcare Setting
C. Musanabaganwa, Hinda Ruton, D. Ruhangaza, Nicaise Nsabimana +17 more
2023Journal of Personalized Medicine6 citations Open access
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Use of trained scent dogs for detection of COVID-19 and evidence of cost-saving
L. Mutesa, Gashegu Misbah, E. Remera, H. Ebbers +26 more
2022Frontiers in Medicine6 citations Open access
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Barriers to the implementation of sexual and reproductive health education programmes in low-income and middle-income countries: a scoping review protocol
M. Mashora, T. Dzinamarira, C. Muvunyi
2019BMJ Open6 citations Open access
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