Mosquito microevolution drives Plasmodium falciparum dynamics

M Gildenhard, EK Rono, A Diarra, A Boissière… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Malaria, a major cause of child mortality in Africa, is engendered by Plasmodium parasites
that are transmitted by anopheline mosquitoes. Fitness of Plasmodium parasites is closely …

Covid-19 genomic analysis reveals clusters of emerging sublineages within the delta variant

EK Rono - Biorxiv, 2021 - biorxiv.org
The emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants may potentially have enhanced transmissibility and
virulence of the virus, and impacts on performance of diagnostic tools and efficacy of vaccines. …

Covid-19 genomic analysis reveals clusters of emerging sublineages within the delta variant (preprint)

EK Rono - 2021 - pesquisa.bvsalud.org
The emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants may potentially have enhanced transmissibility and
virulence of the virus, and impacts on performance of diagnostic tools and efficacy of vaccines. …

Functional characterization of a new metallochaperone for reducing cadmium concentration in rice crop

IU Khan, JK Rono, XS Liu, SJ Feng, H Li… - Journal of cleaner …, 2020 - Elsevier
Evans blue staining was conducted using the same fresh leaves of plants. Leaf samples
were submerged in the 0.25% Evans blue chemical solution, vacuumed for 10 min and kept in …

[HTML][HTML] Silencing of the rift valley fever virus s-genome segment transcripts using RNA interference in Sf21 insect cells

JR Ongus, EK Rono… - African Journal of …, 2017 - academicjournals.org
Rift Valley fever (RVF) is a mosquito-borne disease that affects humans and livestock. It
results in economically disastrous livestock deaths in Africa. The causative agent is RVF virus (…

[HTML][HTML] Imported SARS-Cov-2 variants of concern drove spread of infections across Kenya during the second year of the pandemic

C Nasimiyu, D Matoke-Muhia, GK Rono, E Osoro… - Covid, 2022 - mdpi.com
Using classical and genomic epidemiology, we tracked the COVID-19 pandemic in Kenya
over 23 months to determine the impact of SARS-CoV-2 variants on its progression. SARS-…

OsNHAD is a chloroplast membrane-located transporter required for resistance to salt stress in rice (Oryza sativa)

…, SJ Feng, MQ Wang, YN Zhao, HW Cao, JK Rono… - Plant science, 2020 - Elsevier
Evans blue staining Evans blue staining was conducted based on the method described …
Leaves were incubated with 0.25% Evans blue solution. Leaf chlorophyll was eliminated with a …

Identification of a new function of metallothionein-like gene OsMT1e for cadmium detoxification and potential phytoremediation

JK Rono, L Le Wang, XC Wu, HW Cao, YN Zhao… - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
Cadmium (Cd) is a biologically non-essential and toxic heavy metal leaking to the
environment via natural emission or anthropogenic activities, thereby contaminating crops and …

[HTML][HTML] Smartphone-based screening for visual impairment in Kenyan school children: a cluster randomised controlled trial

HK Rono, A Bastawrous, D Macleod… - The Lancet Global …, 2018 - thelancet.com
… We commend Hillary Rono and colleagues 2 for contributing to the solution space with
their cluster randomised trial in this issue of The Lancet Global Health of a smartphone-based …

Maternal obesity and gestational diabetes: Impact on arterial wall layer thickness and stiffness in early childhood-RADIEL study six-year follow-up

JKM Sundholm, L Litwin, K Rönö, SB Koivusalo… - Atherosclerosis, 2019 - Elsevier
Background and aims Gestational diabetes (GDM) and maternal obesity are linked to weight
gain in childhood and an increased risk of cardiovascular disease later in life. We assessed …