Author

Sammy M Njenga

Research Scientist - Cited by 5,295 - Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) - public health - epidemiology - molecular parasitology

Biography

Sammy M Njenga, is affiliated with the Eastern and Southern Africa Centre of International Parasite Control (ESACIPAC), Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya.He has done 176 publications.  
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The WASH Benefits and SHINE trials: interpretation of WASH intervention effects on linear growth and diarrhoea
AJ Pickering, C Null, PJ Winch, G Mangwadu, BF Arnold, AJ Prendergast, ...The Lancet Global Health 7 (8), e1139-e1146, 2019201
280
2019
Urban informal settlements as hotspots of antimicrobial resistance and the need to curb environmental transmission
ML Nadimpalli, SJ Marks, MC Montealegre, RH Gilman, MJ Pajuelo, ...Nature microbiology 5 (6), 787-795, 2020202
100
2020
Effects, equity, and cost of school-based and community-wide treatment strategies for soil-transmitted helminths in Kenya: a cluster-randomised controlled trial
RL Pullan, KE Halliday, WE Oswald, C Mcharo, E Beaumont, S Kepha, ...The Lancet 393 (10185), 2039-2050, 2019201
75
2019
Results of a national school-based deworming programme on soil-transmitted helminths infections and schistosomiasis in Kenya: 2012–2017
C Mwandawiro, C Okoyo, J Kihara, E Simiyu, S Kepha, SJ Campbell, ...Parasites & vectors 12 (1), 1-18, 2019201
51
2019
Effects of single and integrated water, sanitation, handwashing, and nutrition interventions on child soil-transmitted helminth and Giardia infections: A cluster-randomized …
AJ Pickering, SM Njenga, L Steinbaum, J Swarthout, A Lin, BF Arnold, ...PLoS medicine 16 (6), e1002841, 2019201
47
2019
Community-level epidemiology of soil-transmitted helminths in the context of school-based deworming: Baseline results of a cluster randomised trial on the coast of Kenya
KE Halliday, WE Oswald, C Mcharo, E Beaumont, PM Gichuki, S Kepha, ...PLoS neglected tropical diseases 13 (8), e0007427, 2019201
39
2019
First international external quality assessment scheme of nucleic acid amplification tests for the detection of Schistosoma and soil-transmitted helminths, including …
P Cools, L van Lieshout, R Koelewijn, D Addiss, SSR Ajjampur, M Ayana, ...PLoS neglected tropical diseases 14 (6), e0008231, 2020202
32
2020
Diagnostics and the neglected tropical diseases roadmap: setting the agenda for 2030
AA Souza, C Ducker, D Argaw, JD King, AW Solomon, MA Biamonte, ...Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 115 (2 …, 2021202
29
2021
Heterogeneity in transmission parameters of hookworm infection within the baseline data from the TUMIKIA study in Kenya
JE Truscott, AK Ower, M Werkman, K Halliday, WE Oswald, PM Gichuki, ...Parasites & vectors 12, 1-13, 2019201
22
2019
Integrated cross-sectional multiplex serosurveillance of IgG antibody responses to parasitic diseases and vaccines in coastal Kenya
SM Njenga, HM Kanyi, BF Arnold, SH Matendechero, JK Onsongo, ...The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 102 (1), 164, 2020202
21
2020
Molecular identification of zoonotic hookworms in dogs from four counties of Kenya
E Mulinge, SM Njenga, D Odongo, J Magambo, E Zeyhle, C Mbae, ...Journal of Helminthology 94, e43,
20
2020
Household finished flooring and soil-transmitted helminth and Giardia infections among children in rural Bangladesh and Kenya: a prospective cohort study
J Benjamin-Chung, YS Crider, A Mertens, A Ercumen, AJ Pickering, A Lin, ...The Lancet Global Health 9 (3), e301-e308, 2021202
19
2021
Soil-transmitted helminths and schistosomiasis among pre-school age children in a rural setting of Busia County, Western Kenya: a cross-sectional study of prevalence, and …
J Masaku, DW Njomo, A Njoka, C Okoyo, FM Mutungi, SM NjengaBMC public health 20 (1), 1-11, 2020202
17
2020
A high-intensity cluster of Schistosoma mansoni infection around Mbita causeway, western Kenya: a confirmatory cross-sectional survey
EA Chadeka, S Nagi, NB Cheruiyot, F Bahati, T Sunahara, SM Njenga, ...Tropical medicine and health 47 (1), 1-4, 2019201
16
2019
Is there a gap between health education content and practice toward schistosomiasis prevention among schoolchildren along the shores of Lake Victoria in Kenya?
R Takeuchi, SM Njenga, Y Ichinose, S Kaneko, CA Estrada, J KobayashiPLoS neglected tropical diseases 13 (8), e0007572, 2019201
16
2019
Geographical Distribution of Aedes aegypti aegypti and Aedes aegypti formosus (Diptera: Culicidae) in Kenya and Environmental Factors Related to Their …
K Futami, H Iwashita, Y Higa, PA Lutiali, GO Sonye, C Mwatele, ...Journal of Medical Entomology 57 (3), 772-779, 2020202
13
2020
Effects of individual and combined water, sanitation, handwashing, and nutritional interventions on child respiratory infections in rural Kenya: a cluster-randomized controlled …
J Swarthout, PK Ram, CD Arnold, HN Dentz, BF Arnold, S Kalungu, A Lin, ...The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 102 (6), 86, 2020202
12
2020
Prevalence and risk factors of Schistosoma mansoni infection among children under two years of age in Mbita, Western Kenya
M Sassa, EA Chadeka, NB Cheruiyot, M Tanaka, T Moriyasu, S Kaneko, ...PLoS neglected tropical diseases 14 (8), e0008473, 2020202
12
2020
Fine-scale heterogeneity in Schistosoma mansoni force of infection measured through antibody response
BF Arnold, H Kanyi, SM Njenga, FO Rawago, JW Priest, WE Secor, ...Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 7 (37), 23174-23181, 2020202
11
2020
Prevalence of intestinal parasitic infections and associated water, sanitation, and hygiene risk factors among school children in Mwea Irrigation Scheme, Kirinyaga County, Kenya
E Njambi, D Magu, J Masaku, C Okoyo, SM NjengaJournal of tropical medicine 2020, 2020202
10
2020

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