Public Health

The Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology would like to congratulate Dr Sam Kahariri, and team including the department chair Dr. Marianne Mureithi & Prof. Thumbi Mwangi for their fantastic article titled "The evolution of Kenya’s animal health surveillance system and its potential for efficient detection of zoonoses" published in Frontiers in Veterinary Science!

To read the article click here or download the PDF

A new publication by members of the Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology and their collaborators was recently published focusing on the Biphasic MERS-CoV Incidence in Nomadic Dromedaries with Putative Transmission to Humans, Kenya, 2022–2023.

Athman Mwatondo, a PhD scholar from the University of Nairobi's Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, has led a critical study on brucellosis, a neglected zoonotic disease impacting humans and livestock. This research, part of his ongoing doctoral research, was supervised by mentors Dr. Marianne Mureithi and Dr.

A new study by a team of scientists Faculty of Health Sciences, the University of Nairobi and from multiple institutions in Kenya and the United States, led by James Mburu Kangethe (PhD Scholar from the Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology and a CARTA Fellow), who is co-supervised by Dr. Stephen Gichuhi and Dr.

Member of the Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology and Director of KAVI-Institute of Clinical Research, Prof. Walter Jaoko recently attended the launch of UNESCO (03) Plus Project for Academic Institutions which aims to support countries to deliver comprehensive sexuality education for adolescents and young people in Sub-Saharan Africa.