Author

Kamau JK

Lecturer, University of Nairobi - Cited by 1,147 - Biochemistry - Molecular Biology - Zoonoses - Bioinformatics

Biography

Dr. Kamau JK is an Associate professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Kenyatta University,Nairobi, Kenya. His study interests major on Biochemistry and the Biotechnology. Currently , Dr. Kamau is the author in several international journals. He published 10 articles in many journals and the articles are informative and got good citations.
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Food from faeces: Evaluating the efficacy of scat DNA metabarcoding in dietary analyses
D Thuo, E Furlan, F Broekhuis, J Kamau, K Macdonald, DM GleesonPLoS One 14 (12), e0225805, 2019201
34
2019
Molecular characterization and antibiotic resistance profiles of Salmonella isolated from fecal matter of domestic animals and animal products in Nairobi
D Nyabundi, N Onkoba, R Kimathi, A Nyachieo, G Juma, P Kinyanjui, ...Tropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and Vaccines 3, 1-7, 2017201
32
2017
Urbanization and market integration have strong, nonlinear effects on cardiometabolic health in the Turkana
AJ Lea, D Martins, J Kamau, M Gurven, JF AyrolesScience advances 6 (43), eabb1430, 2020202
23
2020
Phenotypic and genotypic diversity of Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. manihotis causing bacterial blight disease of cassava in Kenya
MN Chege, F Wamunyokoli, J Kamau, EN NyabogaJournal of Applied Biology and Biotechnology 5 (2), 038-044, 2017201
15
2017
14
2020
Utilization of rumen fluid in production of bio–energy from market waste using microbial fuel cells technology
JM Kamau, DN Mbui, JM Mwaniki, FB MwauraJ Appl Biotechnol Bioeng 5 (4), 227-231, 20120
8
2018
An ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants commonly traded in Kajiado, Narok and Nairobi counties, Kenya: Medicinal Plant Species Traded in Kenya
A Mwaura, J Kamau, O OmboriEast African Journal of Science, Technology and Innovation 1 (3), 2020202
8
2020
Dealing with farmers’ Ethnolinguistic differences when collecting crop diversity on-farm
JI Kamau, V Labeyrie, GN Njoroge, AK Wanjoya, PW Wambugu, ...Plant Genetic Resources 15 (5), 400-408, 20120
7
2017
Endemicity of yaws and seroprevalence of Treponema pallidum antibodies in nonhuman primates, Kenya
DM Zimmerman, EH Hardgrove, ME von Fricken, J Kamau, D Chai, ...Emerging Infectious Diseases 25 (11), 214, 2019201
7
2019
Genotyping for Blast (Pyricularia oryzae) Resistance Genes in F2 Population of Supa Aromatic Rice (Oryza sativa L.)
L Kanyange, J Kamau, O Ombori, A Ndayiragije, M MuthiniInternational Journal of Genomics 2019, 2019201
6
2019
An insight into the prey spectra and livestock predation by cheetahs in Kenya using faecal DNA metabarcoding
D Thuo, F Broekhuis, E Furlan, LD Bertola, J Kamau, DM GleesonZoology 143, 1283, 2020202
5
2020
The intersection of land use and human behavior as risk factors for zoonotic pathogen exposure in Laikipia County, Kenya
J Kamau, E Ashby, L Shields, J Yu, S Murray, M Vodzak, AO Kwallah, ...PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases 1 (2), e0009143, 2021202
5
2021
Socioeconomic status effects on health vary between rural and urban Turkana
AJ Lea, C Waigwa, B Muhoya, F Lotukoi, J Peng, LP Henry, V Abhyankar, ...Evolution, medicine, and public health 9 (1), 06-19, 2021202
4
2021
Metagenomic investigation of ticks from Kenyan wildlife reveals diverse microbial pathogens and new country pathogen records
K Ergunay, M Mutinda, B Bourke, SA Justi, L Caicedo-Quiroga, J Kamau, ...Frontiers in Microbiology 13, 93222, 2022202
4
2022
Predicting the potential for zoonotic transmission and host associations for novel viruses
PS Pandit, SJ Anthony, T Goldstein, KJ Olival, MM Doyle, NR Gardner, ...Communications biology 5 (1), 8, 2022202
4
2022
Influence of bank stability on the financial performance of commercial banks in South Sudan
BB Chol, EK Nthambi, J KamauAmerican Journal of Finance (1), 20-30, 2019201
4
2019
Molecular evidence of Anaplasma phagocytophilum in olive baboons and vervet monkeys in Kenya
SJ Masika, GM Muchemi, TA Okumu, S Mutura, D Zimmerman, J KamauBMC Veterinary Research 17 (1), 1-7, 2021202
3
2021
Worldwide interconnections of Africa using crops as historical and cultural markers
G Coppens d’Eeckenbrugge, M Schiavo, E Caron, D Ongwen, ...Les Cahiers d’Afrique de l’Est/The East African Review, 7-41, 01901
2
2019
A novel coronavirus and a broad range of viruses in Kenyan cave bats
J Kamau, K Ergunay, PW Webala, SA Justi, BP Bourke, MW Kamau, ...Viruses 14 (1), 80, 0
2
2022