Publications

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Yura K Ko, Wataru Kagaya, Bernard N Kanoi, James Kongere, Jesse Gitaka, Noboru Minakawa

Evaluating the impacts of piperonyl butoxide-treated ceiling nets on malaria risk among high-risk populations with limited access to conventional LLINs in Homa Bay Country Kenya: study protocol for a household randomized control trial

FTrials

2026

Takafumi Tsuboi, Bernard Kanoi, Nirianne Querijero Palacpac, Wang Nguitragool

Dissecting malaria protective immunity: acquired by natural infection and/or vaccination

Frontiers Media SA

https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=view_citation&hl=en&user=POuN6S8AAAAJ&sortby=pubdate&citation_for_view=POuN6S8AAAAJ:5Ul4iDaHHb8C2026

Lucy Mwai, Purity Gacheri Limbua, Jesse Gitaka, Bernard N Kanoi

Beyond VAR2CSA: redefining the antigenic landscape of placental malaria vaccines

Open Research Africa

https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=view_citation&hl=en&user=POuN6S8AAAAJ&sortby=pubdate&citation_for_view=POuN6S8AAAAJ:8AbLer7MMksC2026

Ariana R Cardenas-Jara, Asiko Ongaya, Clement Shiluli, Lourdes B Ramos, Liz C Senador, Juan A Flores, Bernard N Kanoi, Josephine F Reijneveld, Angel Ruvalcaba, Danny Perez, Paul Waiganjo, Cecilia S Lindestam-Arlehamn, Timothy J Henrich, Michael J Peluso, Segundo R Leon, Jesse Gitaka, Sara Suliman

Prevalence of Long COVID in Mycobacterium tuberculosis-exposed groups

Journal of Clinical Tuberculosis and Other Mycobacterial Diseases

https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=view_citation&hl=en&user=POuN6S8AAAAJ&sortby=pubdate&citation_for_view=POuN6S8AAAAJ:geHnlv5EZngC2026

Sebastian Musundi, Racheal Kimani, Harrison Waweru, Patrick Wakaba, David Mbogo, Suliman Essuman, Frank Onyambu, Bernard N Kanoi, Jesse Gitaka

Genomic characterization of Escherichia coli and Enterobacter hormaechei clinical isolates from a tertiary healthcare facility in Kenya

Journal of Clinical Tuberculosis and Other Mycobacterial Diseases

https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=view_citation&hl=en&user=POuN6S8AAAAJ&sortby=pubdate&citation_for_view=POuN6S8AAAAJ:sSrBHYA8nusC2026

Moreen Mbuki, Brian Njuguna, George Paul Omondi, Stephanie Kamunya, Geoffrey Githinji, James Kiarie, Kibor Keitany, Blaise Tchapnda, Cecil Ouma, Bernard N Kanoi, Jesse Gitaka, SM Thumbi, Nyamai Mutono

Climate-Informed Malaria Risk Mapping and Stratification in Kenya: Spatiotemporal Modelling of Incidence, 2016-2025

Available at SSRN 6513937

https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=65139372026

Bernard Kanoi, Wang Nguitragool, Nirianne Querijero Palacpac, Takafumi Tsuboi

Dissecting malaria protective immunity: acquired by natural infection and/or vaccination

Frontiers in Immunology

https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/immunology/articles/10.3389/fimmu.2026.1830558/full2026

Rachael Wachuka, Samuel Mwalili, Winnie Kulei, Peter M Mbugua, Protus Omondi, Wataru Kagaya, Amos Kipkorir Langat, Akira Kaneko, Bernard N Kanoi, Jesse Gitaka

Modeling Malaria Rebound After Mass Drug Administration: The Role of Importation and Waning Immunity in Lake Victoria, Kenya

Frontiers in Immunology

https://www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-8799575/latest2026

Robai Linet Ayiela, Joseph Mukala, Bernard N Kanoi, Peter Mwaura, Ogweno Kennedy, Kamau Njoroge David

Outcomes associated with the BReATHE (Beating Regional Asthma Through Health Education) intervention among asthmatic children: A hospital-based quasi-experimental evaluation in Kenya

Frontiers in Immunology

https://www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-9192384/latest2026

Robai Linet Ayiela, Joseph Mukala, Bernard N Kanoi, Peter Mwaura, Ogweno Kennedy, Kamau Njoroge David

Who uses the only mosquito net? Sex and age disparities

Tropical Medicine and Health

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s41182-026-00906-w2026

Benedicta Obenewaa Dankyi, Takaaki Yuguchi, Rattanaporn Rojrung, Hikaru Nagaoka, Bernard Kanoi, TIONO Alfred, Issa Nebie, Alphonse Ouedraogo, Keiko Tanaka, Yoshihiro Miyake, Kazutoyo Miura, Jetsumon Sattabongkot, Sodiomon B Sirima, Takafumi Tsuboi, Eizo Takashima

IgG and IgM responses to PfEMP1 domains associated with semi-immunity to clinical malaria in Burkinabe children under five

Frontiers in Immunology

https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/immunology/articles/10.3389/fimmu.2026.1781670/full2026

Robai Linet, Mukala Joseph, Kanoi Bernard, Peter Mwaura, Ogweno Kennedy, Kamau David

Sociodemographic predictors of asthma control and exacerbation among children in Central Kenya: A hospital-based cross-sectional study

medRxiv

https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.02.05.26345704.abstract2026

Sarah Naulika Kituyi, Alfred Owino Odongo, Rachael Wachuka, Shadrack Wambua, Francis Kobia, Jesse Gitaka, Bernard N Kanoi

High Incidence of Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes are Associated with Maternal Age and Infection Status in a Resource-Limited Community

medRxiv

https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.05.29.26354424.abstract2026