D. Collins Owuor, PhD

Disease Outbreaks & Pandemics (Response & Preparedness) | Epidemic Intelligence | Vaccines

[D. Collins Owuor, PhD @DavidCollinsO]

July-December 2025

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[D. Collins Owuor, PhD @DavidCollinsO]

Tesfaye et al., 2025. Epidemiology and Genetic Characterization of Orphan Polioviruses in Africa, 2022 – 2024: Unmasking Silent Transmission and Implications for Eradication
https://t.co/U9HhE6Ttzr.

[D. Collins Owuor, PhD @DavidCollinsO]

July-December 2025

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[D. Collins Owuor, PhD @DavidCollinsO]

Kiage et al., 2025. https://t.co/FBYWaALmEp. “The congruence of local and global strains in circulating lineages and amino acid changes suggests potential effectiveness of vaccines recommended for the Northern and Southern Hemispheres in East Africa”.

[D. Collins Owuor, PhD @DavidCollinsO]

Willis et al., 2025. Science. Vaccination with mRNA-encoded nanoparticles drives early maturation of HIV bnAb precursors in humans. https://t.co/w0mTsZW1gR.

[D. Collins Owuor, PhD @DavidCollinsO]

Willis et al., 2025. Science. Vaccination with mRNA-encoded nanoparticles drives early maturation of HIV bnAb precursors in humans. https://t.co/w0mTsZW1gR.

[D. Collins Owuor, PhD @DavidCollinsO]

Owuor DC et al., 2025. Bio-protocol 15(13):e5376. https://t.co/6Qz33WiZ9e.

[D. Collins Owuor, PhD @DavidCollinsO]

Owuor DC et al., 2025. Bio-protocol 15(13):e5376. https://t.co/6Qz33WiZ9e.

[D. Collins Owuor, PhD @DavidCollinsO]

Owuor DC et al., 2025. Visualization of the Evolution and Transmission of Circulating Vaccine-Derived Poliovirus (cVDPV) Outbreaks in the African Region. VeriXiv 2:151. https://t.co/czIsp8EEYS.

[D. Collins Owuor, PhD @DavidCollinsO]

Owuor DC et al., 2025. Visualization of the Evolution and Transmission of Circulating Vaccine-Derived Poliovirus (cVDPV) Outbreaks in the African Region. VeriXiv 2:151. https://t.co/czIsp8EEYS.

[D. Collins Owuor, PhD @DavidCollinsO]

July-December 2025

1. Owuor DC et al., 2025….
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4. 1, 2, 3, Owuor DC (2025)
5. 1, 2, Owuor DC (2025)

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[D. Collins Owuor, PhD @DavidCollinsO]

Dear Influenza,
I hope you are doing well. I have not forgotten you even though I moved on to other pathogens. You still remain the spikiest virus virus 🦠 wow. See, I even participated in studying you again https://t.co/X95kJlucp5.
Sincerely…

[D. Collins Owuor, PhD @DavidCollinsO]

Owuor et. al., 2024, “Local patterns of spread of influenza A H3N2 virus 🦠 in coastal Kenya 🇰🇪over a 1-year period revealed through virus 🦠 sequence data" https://t.co/NcbJ9yYZqP just published @nokesdj @cnyaigoti @veclab_KEMRI_WT.

Publication 5 of 5 🥼

[D. Collins Owuor, PhD @DavidCollinsO]

@PU_Kilifi https://t.co/LJSr8I1wed

[D. Collins Owuor, PhD @DavidCollinsO]

Owuor et. al., 2024, “Local patterns of spread of influenza A H3N2 virus 🦠 in coastal Kenya 🇰🇪over a 1-year period revealed through virus 🦠 sequence data" https://t.co/NcbJ9yYZqP just published @nokesdj @cnyaigoti @veclab_KEMRI_WT.

Publication 5 of 5 🥼

[D. Collins Owuor, PhD @DavidCollinsO]

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[D. Collins Owuor, PhD @DavidCollinsO]

Owuor et al., 2024 “Phylogeography and reassortment patterns of human influenza A viruses in sub‑Saharan Africa”🦠 https://t.co/umM1PeeI2w published online @nokesdj @cnyaigoti @jamesrichotieno @LadieGraceBako @veclab_KEMRI_WT.

[D. Collins Owuor, PhD @DavidCollinsO]

In our recent work we report an important role of sub-Saharan Africa in the global spread of influenza 🦠; https://t.co/2lmrauUkxd. Further knowledge of 🦠 variants circulating in understudied regions is needed to inform💉 vaccination strategies in those regions @veclab_KEMRI_WT

[D. Collins Owuor, PhD @DavidCollinsO]

Breaking News - I will also be dissolving my cabinet shortly.

[D. Collins Owuor, PhD @DavidCollinsO]

Finally, for 2023-24 Rotary year, Rotary Club (RC) of Kilifi @KilifiRotary hosted RC Northumpton, UK for a needs assessment visit, resulting in a successful desks project to be undertaken by Kilifi GK prisons where desks will be made for a deserving school.

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[D. Collins Owuor, PhD @DavidCollinsO]

Rotary Club of Kilifi @KilifiRotary partnering with Roll Out the Barrels Trust (UK) delivered durable and mobile water barrels to villages in Moshi 🇹🇿. The barrels are easily rolled on the ground making fetching of water easier in drought-affected areas.

[D. Collins Owuor, PhD @DavidCollinsO]

Multiple short term fellowships for advanced genomics and bioinformatics at CERI, South Africa.

[Tulio de Oliveira @Tuliodna]

15 Short-term fellowships for advanced genomics ^ bioinformatics training with us in South Africa, deadline for application: 10 May 2024! https://t.co/ioP0UdFRV0

[D. Collins Owuor, PhD @DavidCollinsO]

Rotary Club of Kilifi @KilifiRotary participated in the inaugural Sunshine Rally, coast region recently; a day for entertainment for children with disabilities in coast. Rotary Sunshine Rally dates back to 1979, and has been held countrywide since.

[Tulio de Oliveira @Tuliodna]

Detailed Mpox presentation on the new clade that has emerged in the DRC, which following our naming scheme was named as Clade Ib. Clade I of Mpox is more severe and seems to be a recent emergence from non-human reservoir. Detailed results at: https://t.co/cR6ZTnG2N5 #VirologyAfrica2024 @KindrachukJason

[D. Collins Owuor, PhD @DavidCollinsO]

Rotary Club of Kilifi @KilifiRotary received a small grant to run a water harvesting and farming projects at Kaya Godoma rescue center for neglected elderly in Kilifi.