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  • Characterization of a Novel Orbivirus from Cattle Reveals Active Circulation of a Previously Unknown and Pathogenic Orbivirus in Ruminants in Kenya 
    Omoga, Dorcus C. A.; Tchouassi, David P.; Venter, Marietjie; Ogola, Edwin O.; Langat, Solomon; Getugi, Caroline; Eibner, Georg; Kopp, Anne; Slothouwer, Inga; Torto, Baldwyn; Junglen, Sandra; Sang, Rosemary (ASM Journal, 2023)
    Arboviruses are among emerging pathogens of public and veterinary health significance. However, in most of sub-Saharan Africa, their role in the aetiologies of diseases in farm animals is poorly described due to paucity ...
  • Early infestation volatile biomarkers of fruit fly Bactrocera dorsalis (Hendel) ovipositional activity in mango (Mangifera indica L.) 
    Cheseto, Xavier; Caitlin, C. Rering; Geoffrey, T. Broadhead; Torto, Baldwyn; Beck, John J. (Phytochemistry, 2023)
    Infestation of agricultural commodities by insect pests results in significant economic, import and export, food safety, and invasive insect introduction issues for growers, consumers, and inspectors. The Oriental fruit ...
  • Field evaluation of glutathione and glutamicacid as host marking pheromones for controlof Tephritid fruitflies in a mango orchard inKenya 
    Cheseto, Xavier.; Kirwa, Hillary.; Samira, Abuelgasim Mohamed.; Ekesi, Sunday.; Beck, John J.; Torto, Baldwyn (Pest Management Science, 2023)
    BACKGROUND: Tephritid fruitflies are a major constraint to the global production of horticultural crops. In Africa, an array ofnative and alien invasive fruitfly species represents a key challenge to the horticultural ...
  • Jingmen Tick Virus in Ticks from Kenya 
    Ogola, Edwin Ochieng; Kopp, Anne; Bastos, Armanda; Slothouwer, Inga; Marklewitz, Marco; Achieng Omoga, Dorcus Caroline; Rotich, Gilbert; Getugi, Caroline; Sang, Rosemary; Torto, Baldwyn; Junglen, Sandra; Tchouassi, David P. (MDPI-Viruses, 2022)
    Jingmen tick virus (JMTV) is an arbovirus with a multisegmented genome related to those of unsegmented flaviviruses. The virus first described in Rhipicephalus microplus ticks collected in Jingmen city (Hubei Province, ...
  • Patterns of Aedes aegypti abundance, survival, human-blood feeding and relationship with dengue risk, Kenya 
    Kamau, W.Winnie; Sang, C.Rosemary; Rotich, Gilbert; Agha, B.Sheila; Menza, Nelson; Torto, Baldwyn; Tchouassi, David P. (Frontiers in Tropical Diseases, 2023)
    Dengue virus (DENV) transmission risk is influenced by the bionomic traits of the key vector, Aedes aegypti. We investigated patterns of abundance, survival, and human blood-feeding of Ae. aegypti populations in two ...
  • Phlebovirus diversity in ticks from livestock in arid ecologies in Kenya 
    Ogola, Edwin O; Kopp, Anne; Bastos, Armanda D.S; Slothouwer, Inga; Omoga, Dorcus C.A.; Osalla, Josephine; Sang, Rosemary; Torto, Baldwyn; Junglen, Sandra; Tchouassi, David P (Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases, 2022)
    Phleboviruses are emerging pathogens of public health importance. However, their association with ticks is poorly described, particularly in Africa. Here, adult ticks infesting cattle, goats and sheep were collected in two ...
  • Phlebovirus diversity in ticks from livestock in arid ecologies in Kenya 
    Ogola, Edwin O.; Kopp, Anne; Bastos, Armanda D.S.; Slothouwer, Inga; Osalla, Josephine; Sang, Rosemary; Torto, Baldwyn; Junglen, Sandra; Tchouassi, David P. (Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases, 2023)
    Phleboviruses are emerging pathogens of public health importance. However, their association with ticks is poorly described, particularly in Africa. Here, adult ticks infesting cattle, goats and sheep were collected in two ...

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