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John Kiiru

Observed names: J. Kiiru, J.N Kiiru, J.N. Kiiru, John Maina, John N Kiiru, John N. Kiiru, John N. O. Kiiru, John Ndemi Kiiru, JohnNdemi Kiiru, Kiiru, John
Observed institutions: University of Nairobi, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences, Kenyatta National Hospital, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Veterinary and Agrochemical Research Centre, Ministry of Health, Government of Kenya, KU Leuven
ORCID: 0000-0002-0571-5190
Observed ORCID: 0000-0002-0571-5190
OpenAlex ID: A5091865922
Urban informal settlements as hotspots of antimicrobial resistance and the need to curb environmental transmission
2020 · Maya L. Nadimpalli, Sara J. Marks, et al. · Nature Microbiology · 225
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Invasive multidrug-resistant non-typhoidal Salmonella infections in Africa: zoonotic or anthroponotic transmission?
2006 · Samuel Kariuki, Gunturu Revathi, et al. · Journal of Medical Microbiology · 214
Genomic insights into the 2016–2017 cholera epidemic in Yemen
2018 · François-Xavier Weill, Daryl Domman, et al. · Nature · 179
Typhoid in Kenya Is Associated with a Dominant Multidrug-Resistant Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhi Haplotype That Is Also Widespread in Southeast Asia
2010 · Samuel Kariuki, Gunturu Revathi, et al. · Journal of Clinical Microbiology · 156
Characterisation of community acquired non-typhoidal Salmonella from bacteraemia and diarrhoeal infections in children admitted to hospital in Nairobi, Kenya.
2006 · Samuel Kariuki, Gunturu Revathi, et al. · BMC Microbiology · 149
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Clinically relevant antimicrobial resistance at the wildlife–livestock–human interface in Nairobi: an epidemiological study
2019 · James M Hassell, Melissa J Ward, et al. · The Lancet Planetary Health · 112
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Population genomics of Escherichia coli in livestock-keeping households across a rapidly developing urban landscape
2022 · Dishon M. Muloi, Bryan A. Wee, et al. · Nature Microbiology · 102
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Analysis of β-lactamase phenotypes and carriage of selected β-lactamase genes among Escherichia coli strains obtained from Kenyan patients during an 18-year period
2012 · John Kiiru, Samuel Kariuki, et al. · BMC Microbiology · 95
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The role of multidimensional poverty in antibiotic misuse: a mixed-methods study of self-medication and non-adherence in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda
2022 · Dominique L Green, Katherine Keenan, et al. · The Lancet Global Health · 89
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Antimicrobial resistance genes in Salmonella and Escherichia coli isolates from chicken droppings in Nairobi, Kenya
2019 · Lydia Mali Langata, John M. Maingi, et al. · BMC Research Notes · 85
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Escherichia coli from community-acquired urinary tract infections resistant to fluoroquinolones and extended-spectrum beta-lactams
2007 · Samuel Kariuki, Gunturu Revathi, et al. · The Journal of Infection in Developing Countries · 80
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Campylobacter, a zoonotic pathogen of global importance: Prevalence and risk factors in the fast-evolving chicken meat system of Nairobi, Kenya
2018 · Maud Carron, Yu-Mei Chang, et al. · PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 71
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Ceftriaxone-Resistant Salmonella enterica Serotype Typhimurium Sequence Type 313 from Kenyan Patients Is Associated with the bla CTX-M-15 Gene on a Novel IncHI2 Plasmid
2015 · Samuel Kariuki, Chinyere Okoro, et al. · Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy · 71
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Epidemiology of antimicrobial-resistant Escherichia coli carriage in sympatric humans and livestock in a rapidly urbanizing city
2019 · Dishon Muloi, John Kiiru, et al. · International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents · 63
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Analysis for prevalence and physical linkages amongst integrons, ISEcp1, ISCR1, Tn21 and Tn7 encountered in Escherichia coli strains from hospitalized and non-hospitalized patients in Kenya during a 19-year period (1992–2011)
2013 · John Kiiru, Patrick Butaye, et al. · BMC Microbiology · 57
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Protocol for an interdisciplinary cross-sectional study investigating the social, biological and community-level drivers of antimicrobial resistance (AMR): Holistic Approach to Unravel Antibacterial Resistance in East Africa (HATUA)
2021 · Benon B. Asiimwe, John Kiiru, et al. · BMJ Open · 49
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Urinary Tract Infection among Pregnant Women at Pumwani Maternity Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya: Bacterial Etiologic Agents, Antimicrobial Susceptibility Profiles and Associated Risk Factors
2018 · Hellen A. Onyango, Carolyne Ngugi, et al. · Advances in Microbiology · 46
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Genomic epidemiology of Escherichia coli: antimicrobial resistance through a One Health lens in sympatric humans, livestock and peri-domestic wildlife in Nairobi, Kenya
2022 · Dishon M. Muloi, James M. Hassell, et al. · BMC Medicine · 45
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Deterministic processes structure bacterial genetic communities across an urban landscape
2019 · J. M. Hassell, M. J. Ward, et al. · Nature Communications · 44
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Tracking the introduction and spread of SARS-CoV-2 in coastal Kenya
2021 · George Githinji, Zaydah R. de Laurent, et al. · Nature Communications · 42
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A Study on the Geophylogeny of Clinical and Environmental Vibrio cholerae in Kenya
2013 · John Kiiru, Ankur Mutreja, et al. · PLoS ONE · 42
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HIV-1 Recent Infection Testing Algorithm With Antiretroviral Drug Detection to Improve Accuracy of Incidence Estimates
2021 · Andrew C. Voetsch, Yen T. Duong, et al. · JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes · 40
Epidemiological connectivity between humans and animals across an urban landscape
2023 · James M. Hassell, Dishon M. Muloi, et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 38
Urinary Tract Infection among Adults Seeking Medicare at Kiambu Level 5 Hospital, Kenya: Prevalence, Diversity, Antimicrobial Susceptibility Profiles and Possible Risk Factors
2021 · Fredrick Wanja, Caroline Ngugi, et al. · Advances in Microbiology · 37
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Molecular characterisation of Vibrio cholerae O1 strains carrying an SXT/R391-like element from cholera outbreaks in Kenya: 1994-2007
2009 · John N Kiiru, Suleiman M Saidi, et al. · BMC Microbiology · 32
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Works count: 109
Citation count: 2,707
H-index: 28
I10-index: 44
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