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Ifedayo Adetifa

Kenya Medical Research Institute · KE
Area of research
Infectious Diseases · Modeling and Simulation
Research interest
Research interests include Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research, COVID-19 epidemiological studies, and Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections.
h-index
49
citations
11,125
works
225
NIH funding
primary concept
Medicine
email

Recent publications

A qualitative risk assessment of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever in Nigeria: implications for One Health response.
2026cited by 0position: contributordoi
Genomics reveals zoonotic and sustained human mpox spread in West Africa
Nature 2025cited by 15position: middledoi
Development of an oral regimen of unithiol for the treatment of snakebite envenoming: a phase 1 open-label dose-escalation safety trial and pharmacokinetic analysis in healthy Kenyan adults
EBioMedicine 2025cited by 12position: middledoi
Genomics reveals zoonotic and sustained human mpox spread in West Africa.
2025cited by 7position: contributordoi
Profile: The Kenya Multi-Site Serosurveillance (KEMIS) collaboration
Gates Open Research 2025cited by 1position: middledoi
Evaluation of statistical models of carriage to predict the impact of the 10-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine on invasive pneumococcal disease in Nigeria
Vaccine X 2025cited by 1position: middledoi
Seroprevalence of antibodies against Diphtheria, Tetanus and Pertussis over a 12-year period in children in Kilifi, Kenya (2009-2021)
2025cited by 1position: contributordoi
Seroprevalence of Immunoglobulin G against measles and rubella over a 12-year period (2009 – 2021) in Kilifi, Kenya and the impact of the Measles-Rubella (MR) Vaccine campaign of 2016
2025cited by 0position: contributordoi
Tungiasis among children in Kenya is associated with poor nutrition status, absenteeism, poor school performance and high impact on quality of life
PLoS neglected tropical diseases 2024cited by 14position: middledoi
Tobacco smoking clusters in households affected by tuberculosis in an individual participant data meta-analysis of national tuberculosis prevalence surveys: Time for household-wide interventions?
PLOS Global Public Health 2024cited by 9position: middledoi
Profile: The Kenya Multi-Site Serosurveillance (KEMIS) collaboration
Gates Open Research 2024cited by 2position: middledoi
Assessing the impact of Enhanced-Case-Finding on tuberculosis case notifications and transmission in The Gambia using epidemiological and phylodynamic approaches
2024cited by 1position: contributordoi
Sustained impact of 10-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine on invasive pneumococcal disease in Kenya, 2011-2022
2024cited by 0position: contributordoi
Evaluation of statistical models of carriage to predict the impact of the 10-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine on invasive pneumococcal disease in Nigeria
2024cited by 0position: contributordoi
APOBEC3 deaminase editing in mpox virus as evidence for sustained human transmission since at least 2016
Science 2023cited by 198position: middledoi
APOBEC3 deaminase editing in mpox virus as evidence for sustained human transmission since at least 2016.
2023cited by 163position: contributordoi
Distinct monkeypox virus lineages co-circulating in humans before 2022
Nature Medicine 2023cited by 80position: middledoi
Distinct monkeypox virus lineages co-circulating in humans before 2022.
2023cited by 64position: contributordoi
Mpox neglect and the smallpox niche: a problem for Africa, a problem for the world
The Lancet 2023cited by 62position: firstdoi
Mpox (monkeypox) risk and mortality associated with HIV infection: a national case–control study in Nigeria
BMJ Global Health 2023cited by 49position: middledoi
National prevalence and risk factors for tungiasis in Kenya
Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2023cited by 23position: middledoi
SARS‐CoV‐2 seroprevalence and implications for population immunity: Evidence from two Health and Demographic Surveillance System sites in Kenya, February–December 2022
Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses 2023cited by 22position: middledoi
A long-term observational study of paediatric snakebite in Kilifi County, south-east Kenya
PLoS neglected tropical diseases 2023cited by 19position: middledoi
The impact of introduction of the 10-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine on pneumococcal carriage in Nigeria
Nature Communications 2023cited by 18position: lastdoi
Tetanus and Diphtheria Seroprotection among Children Younger Than 15 Years in Nigeria, 2018: Who Are the Unprotected Children?
2023cited by 17position: contributordoi
Association of diabetes, smoking, and alcohol use with subclinical-to-symptomatic spectrum of tuberculosis in 16 countries: an individual participant data meta-analysis of national tuberculosis prevalence surveys
EClinicalMedicine 2023cited by 16position: middledoi
Impact of COVID-19 on mortality in coastal Kenya: a longitudinal open cohort study
Nature Communications 2023cited by 12position: middledoi
Impact of COVID-19 on mortality in coastal Kenya: a longitudinal open cohort study.
2023cited by 12position: contributordoi
Population immunity to pneumococcal serotypes in Kilifi, Kenya, before and 6 years after the introduction of PCV10 with a catch-up campaign: an observational study of cross-sectional serosurveys
The Lancet Infectious Diseases 2023cited by 8position: middledoi
Children with tungiasis in Kenya have poor school performance and quality of life
2023cited by 0position: contributordoi

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Frequent collaborators

· 30 papers (2020–2026)J. Anthony G. Scott · Haramaya University13 papers (2016–2023)Martín Antonio · London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine11 papers (2013–2022)D. James Nokes · Kenya Medical Research Institute9 papers (2016–2022)Sophie Uyoga · Wellcome Trust9 papers (2021–2022)Stefan Flasche · University of Alberta8 papers (2017–2025)Martin O. C. Ota · New York University7 papers (2013–2017)George Warimwe · Kenya Medical Research Institute6 papers (2021–2022)John Ojal · London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine6 papers (2017–2025)Florian Gehre · New York University6 papers (2013–2022)Simon Donkor · MRC Unit the Gambia6 papers (2013–2024)Christian Bottomley · London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine6 papers (2013–2023)Beate Kampmann · Harvard University6 papers (2013–2022)Laura L. Hammitt · Johns Hopkins University6 papers (2016–2023) · 6 papers (2017–2025) · 5 papers (2021–2022)Eunice W. Kagucia · Wellcome Trust5 papers (2021–2024)Edward Otieno · Kenya Medical Research Institute5 papers (2021–2022)Sam Brand · SpringerNature5 papers (2021–2023)Angela Karani · University of London5 papers (2018–2025)