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D. Collins Owuor, PhD
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D. Collins Owuor, PhD
@DavidCollinsO
Disease Outbreaks & Pandemics (Response & Preparedness) | Epidemic Intelligence | Vaccines
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Tesfaye et al., 2025. Epidemiology and Genetic Characterization of Orphan Polioviruses in Africa, 2022 – 2024: Unmasking Silent Transmission and Implications for Eradication
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D. Collins Owuor, PhD@DavidCollinsO
July-December 2025 1. Owuor DC et al., 2025…. 2. Owuor DC et al., 2025…. 3. Owuor DC et al., 2025…. 4. 1, 2, 3, Owuor DC (2025) 5. 1, 2, Owuor DC (2025) To do list ✅
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Kiage et al., 2025. link.springer.com/article/10.118…. “The congruence of local and global strains in circulating lineages and amino acid changes suggests potential effectiveness of vaccines recommended for the Northern and Southern Hemispheres in East Africa”.
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Willis et al., 2025. Science. Vaccination with mRNA-encoded nanoparticles drives early maturation of HIV bnAb precursors in humans. science.org/doi/10.1126/sc….
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Willis et al., 2025. Science. Vaccination with mRNA-encoded nanoparticles drives early maturation of HIV bnAb precursors in humans. science.org/doi/10.1126/sc….
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Owuor DC et al., 2025. Bio-protocol 15(13):e5376. doi.org/10.21769/BioPr….
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Owuor DC et al., 2025. Bio-protocol 15(13):e5376. doi.org/10.21769/BioPr….
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Owuor DC et al., 2025. Visualization of the Evolution and Transmission of Circulating Vaccine-Derived Poliovirus (cVDPV) Outbreaks in the African Region. VeriXiv 2:151. doi.org/10.12688/verix….
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Owuor DC et al., 2025. Visualization of the Evolution and Transmission of Circulating Vaccine-Derived Poliovirus (cVDPV) Outbreaks in the African Region. VeriXiv 2:151. doi.org/10.12688/verix….
D. Collins Owuor, PhD@DavidCollinsO
July-December 2025 1. Owuor DC et al., 2025…. 2. Owuor DC et al., 2025…. 3. Owuor DC et al., 2025…. 4. 1, 2, 3, Owuor DC (2025) 5. 1, 2, Owuor DC (2025) To do list ✅
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Dear Influenza,
I hope you are doing well. I have not forgotten you even though I moved on to other pathogens. You still remain the spikiest virus virus 🦠 wow. See, I even participated in studying you again medrxiv.org/content/10.110….
Sincerely…
D. Collins Owuor, PhD@DavidCollinsO
Owuor et. al., 2024, “Local patterns of spread of influenza A H3N2 virus 🦠 in coastal Kenya 🇰🇪over a 1-year period revealed through virus 🦠 sequence data" nature.com/articles/s4159… just published @nokesdj @cnyaigoti @veclab_KEMRI_WT. Publication 5 of 5 🥼
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Call for MSc. Bioinformatics scholarship applications
Deadline: 21st November, 2024
Interested candidates are advised to apply simultaneously for admission into the MSc. Bioinformatics programme at PU and DAAD In-Country/In-Region Scholarship Programme through the DAAD portal.
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Owuor et. al., 2024, “Local patterns of spread of influenza A H3N2 virus 🦠 in coastal Kenya 🇰🇪over a 1-year period revealed through virus 🦠 sequence data" nature.com/articles/s4159… just published @nokesdj @cnyaigoti @veclab_KEMRI_WT.
Publication 5 of 5 🥼
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Owuor et al., 2024 “Phylogeography and reassortment patterns of human influenza A viruses in sub‑Saharan Africa”🦠 nature.com/articles/s4159… published online @nokesdj @cnyaigoti @jamesrichotieno @LadieGraceBako @veclab_KEMRI_WT.
D. Collins Owuor, PhD@DavidCollinsO
In our recent work we report an important role of sub-Saharan Africa in the global spread of influenza 🦠; medrxiv.org/content/10.110…. Further knowledge of 🦠 variants circulating in understudied regions is needed to inform💉 vaccination strategies in those regions @veclab_KEMRI_WT
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Breaking News - I will also be dissolving my cabinet shortly.
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Finally, for 2023-24 Rotary year, Rotary Club (RC) of Kilifi @KilifiRotary hosted RC Northumpton, UK for a needs assessment visit, resulting in a successful desks project to be undertaken by Kilifi GK prisons where desks will be made for a deserving school.
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D. Collins Owuor, PhD retweetet
Calling all #microbiologists working in Africa!
It's time to learn how to apply #genomics tools and approaches to your clinical research.
Join our free #ClinicalMicrobAfrica24 course at @StellenboschUni.
Apply by 28 May➡️ bit.ly/3JFaKjN
Travel bursaries available 🚋
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D. Collins Owuor, PhD retweetet
JOBS: Come and join us at The Pirbright Institute and lead innovative research in virology or immunology focused on high consequence livestock viral diseases.
Apply now to become a Group Leader or Fellow ➡️ ow.ly/upjV50Rm4VK
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Rotary Club of Kilifi @KilifiRotary partnering with Roll Out the Barrels Trust (UK) delivered durable and mobile water barrels to villages in Moshi 🇹🇿. The barrels are easily rolled on the ground making fetching of water easier in drought-affected areas.
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Multiple short term fellowships for advanced genomics and bioinformatics at CERI, South Africa.
Tulio de Oliveira@Tuliodna
15 Short-term fellowships for advanced genomics ^ bioinformatics training with us in South Africa, deadline for application: 10 May 2024! ceri.org.za/news/?token=739
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Rotary Club of Kilifi @KilifiRotary participated in the inaugural Sunshine Rally, coast region recently; a day for entertainment for children with disabilities in coast. Rotary Sunshine Rally dates back to 1979, and has been held countrywide since.
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D. Collins Owuor, PhD retweetet
Detailed Mpox presentation on the new clade that has emerged in the DRC, which following our naming scheme was named as Clade Ib. Clade I of Mpox is more severe and seems to be a recent emergence from non-human reservoir. Detailed results at: medrxiv.org/content/10.110… #VirologyAfrica2024 @KindrachukJason
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Rotary Club of Kilifi @KilifiRotary received a small grant to run a water harvesting and farming projects at Kaya Godoma rescue center for neglected elderly in Kilifi.
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