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Dr. Daniel Mutiso Nthiwa Publications

Publications in Journals

  1. Muturi, M., Mwatondo, A., Nijhof, A.M., Akoko, J., Nyamota, R., Makori, A., Nyamai, M., Nthiwa, D., Wambua, L., Roesel, K. and Thumbi, S.M., 2023. Ecological and subject-level drivers of interepidemic Rift Valley fever virus exposure in humans and livestock in Northern Kenya. Scientific Reports, 13(1), p.15342.
  2. Njeru, J., Nthiwa, D., Akoko, J., Oyas, H., & Bett, B. (2021). Incidence of Brucella infection in various livestock species raised under the pastoral production system in Isiolo County, Kenya. BMC veterinary research, 17(1), 1-12.
  3. Akoko, J. M., Pelle, R., Lukambagire, A. S., Machuka, E. M., Nthiwa, D., Mathew, C., ... & Ouma, C. (2021). Molecular epidemiology of Brucella species in mixed livestock-human ecosystems in Kenya. Scientific reports, 11(1), 1-11.
  4. Muturi, M., Akoko, J., Nthiwa, D., Chege, B., Nyamota, R., Mutiiria, M., ... & Bett, B. (2021). Serological evidence of single and mixed infections of Rift Valley fever virus, Brucella spp. and Coxiella burnetii in dromedary camels in Kenya. PLoS neglected tropical diseases, 15(3), e0009275.
  5. Nthiwa D., Bett B., Odongo D., Kenya E., et al (2020). Seroprevalence of foot-and-mouth disease virus in cattle herds raised in Maasai Mara ecosystem in Kenya. Preventive Veterinary Medicine 176 (2020) 104929. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prevetmed.2020.104929
  6. Nthiwa, D. (PhD Thesis - 2020): Epidemiology of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD), brucellosis and leptospirosis at a wildlife-livestock interface area in Maasai Mara, Kenya. http://repository.embuni.ac.ke/handle/embuni/3745 
  7. Nthiwa, D. M., Alonso, S., Odongo, D., Kenya, E., Bett, B. (2019) Zoonotic Pathogen Seroprevalence in Cattle in a Wildlife–Livestock Interface, Kenya. EcoHealth ISSN 1612-9202. DOI 10.1007/s10393-019-01453-z
  8. Nthiwa, D. M., Alonso, S., Odongo, D., Kenya, E., Bett, B. (2019) A participatory epidemiological study of major cattle diseases amongst Maasai pastoralists living in wildlife-livestock interfaces in Maasai Mara, Kenya. Tropical Animal Health and Production . https://doi.org/10.1007/s11250-018-01790-1
  9. Bett, B., Ngwili, N., Nthiwa, D. M. and Alonso, S. (2018). Association between land use change and exposure to zoonotic pathogens – Evidence from selected case studies in Africa. IN: Reference module in food science.
  10. Enström, S., Nthiwa, D. M., Bett, B., Karlsson, A., Alonso, S. and Lindahl J. F. (2017). Brucella seroprevalence in cattle near a wildlife reserve in Kenya.
    https://doi.org/10.1186/s13104-017-2941-x
  11. Nthiwa, D. M., Odongo,D. O., Ochanda, H., Khamadi, S., and Gichimu,B. M. (2015). “Trypanosoma Infection Rates in Glossina Species in Mtito Andei Division, Makueni County, Kenya,” Journal of Parasitology Research, vol. 2015, Article ID 607432, 8 pages, 2015. doi:10.1155/2015/607432
  12. Nthiwa, D.M. (2013) Trypanasoma Infection Rates In Glossina Species In Mtito Andei Division, Makueni County, Kenya
    http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/58775

Book Chapters

  1. Bett, B., Ngwili, N., Nthiwa, D., and Alonso, S. (2019). Association between land use change and exposure to zoonotic pathogens - Evidence from selected case studies in Africa. Reference Module in Food Science. Encyclopedia of Food Security and Sustainability. Vol. 3, 2019. Pages 463-468.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-08-100596-5.21573-4

Selected conferences/seminars

1. Njeru, J., Nthiwa, D., Akoko, J., Oyas, H., and Bett, B. 2020. Incidence of Brucella spp. in various livestock species raised under the pastoral production system in Isiolo County, Kenya. Oral presentation at the 101st Conference of Research Workers in Animal Diseases (CRWAD). Virtual  conference, 5-8th
 December, 2020.  
2. Nthiwa, D., Alonso, S., Odongo, D., Kenya, E. and Bett, B. 2019. Seroprevalence of zoonotic pathogens at the wildlife-livestock interface area in Maasai Mara, Kenya. Oral presentation at the 2nd annual  postgraduate seminar, University of Embu, 20th  June 2019. Book of abstracts page 15/56.  
3. Nthiwa, D., Alonso, S., Odongo, D., Kenya, E. and Bett, B. 2018. Sero-epidemiological investigation of foot and mouth disease in cattle at the livestock–wildlife interface in Maasai Mara, Kenya. Poster presentation at the 15th International Symposium of Veterinary Epidemiology and Ecology, Chiang
Mai, Thailand, 12–16 November 2018.
4. Nthiwa, D., Alonso, S., Odongo, D., Kenya, E. and Bett, B. 2017. Sero-epidemiological investigation of foot and mouth disease in cattle at the livestock–wildlife interface in Maasai Mara, Kenya. Poster presentation at the 5th Medical and Veterinary Virus Research Symposium (MVRS) at the Bomas Hotel,
Nairobi, Kenya,7-8th December 2017.  
5. Nthiwa, D., Alonso, S., Odongo, D., Kenya, E. and Bett, B. 2017. Participatory epidemiology of Foot and Mouth Disease amongst the Maasai pastoralists living in wildlife-livestock interfaces, Maasai Mara, Kenya. Oral presentation at the 1st annual postgraduate seminar, University of Embu, 25th May
2017. Book of abstracts page 22/30.