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Profile

Name: Dr. Godwil Munyekenye

Qualifications

  • Molecular Medicine Biology(Entomology), JKUAT, 2011
  • Cell and Molecular Biology, Egerton University, 2008
  • Biochemistry and Zoology, Egerton University, 1998

Research Interests

  • Malaria Vector population genetics and adaptation 

External Links/Affiliations

  1. https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=DPBk3CUAAAAJ&hl=en
  2. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Godwil-Munyekenye

Publications- 

  1. Munyekenye, G.O. (2017). Heterogeneity in distribution of An. gambiae s.l and 2La chromosomal inversion in western Kenya. International Journal of Mosquito Research, 4, 32-37
  2. Munyekenye GO, Githeko AK, Zhou G, Mushinzimana E, Minakawa N, Yan G. Plasmodium falciparum spatial analysis, western Kenya highlands. Emerging Infectious Diseases. 2005. 11(10):1571-7.
  3. Kamau L, Munyekenye GO, Vulule JM, Lehmann T. Evaluating genetic differentiation of Anopheles arabiensis in relation to larval habitats in Kenya. Infection Genetics and Evolution. 2007. 7(2):293-7.
  4. Kamau L, Munyekenye GO, Koekemoer LL, Hunt RH, Coetzee M. A survey of the Anopheles funestus (Diptera: Culicidae) group of mosquitoes from 10 sites in Kenya with special emphasis on population genetic structure based on chromosomal inversion karyotypes. Journal of Medical Entomology. 40(5):664-71.
  5. Wangai, L.N., Kamau, K., Munyekenye, G.O., Nderu, D., Maina, E., Gitau, W., Murigi, M.W., Kamau, S., Njuguna, M.G., Gichuki, J., & Otieno, F. (2020). Efficacy of Plant-based Repellents Against Anopheles Mosquitoes: A Systematic Review
  6. Temu EA, Maxwell C, Munyekenye G, Howard AF, Munga S, Avicor SW, Poupardin R, Jones JJ, Allan R, Kleinschmidt I, Ranson H. Pyrethroid resistance in Anopheles gambiae, in Bomi County, Liberia, compromises malaria vector control. PLoS One. 2012;7(9):e44986. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0044986.
  7. Mark Kilongosi Webale, Christine Wanjala, Bernard Guyah, Nathan Shaviya, Godwil O Munyekenye, Peter Lokamar Nyanga, Immaculate Nyaseba Marwa , Sammy Kagoiyo, Laura Nyawira Wangai, Sella K Webale, Kenny Kamau, Nicholas Kitungulu. Epidemiological patterns and antimicrobial resistance of bacterial diarrhea among children in Nairobi City, Kenya. Gastroenterol Hepatol Bed Bench. Summer 2020;13(3):238-246.
  8. Chimbevo, L., Malala, J., Oshule, P., Muchiri, W., Otundo, D., Essuman, S., Oginga, F., Webale, M., Munyekenye, G.O., & Ndambuki, J. (2017). A Comparison of Parasitological Techniques (Microscopy) and Loop-mediated Isothermal Amplification (LAMP) of DNA in Diagnosis and Monitoring Treatment of Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense Infection in Vervet Monkeys (Chlorocebus aethiops). International Journal of Biochemistry Research and Review, 18, 1-14.
  9. Ndenga B, Githeko A, Omukunda E, Munyekenye G, Atieli H, Wamai P, Mbogo C, Minakawa N, Zhou G, Yan G. Population dynamics of malaria vectors in western Kenya highlands. Journal of Medical Entomology. 2006. 43(2):200-6.
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