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pathogens

Kevin Marsh

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Email: 
kmarshatkilifi [dot] kemri-wellcome [dot] org
Group: 
Molecular Parasitology and Immunology

Professor Kevin Marsh has a broad research interest in child health in the tropics, with a particular focus in the immune epidemiology of malaria.

Alexis Nzila

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Email: 
anzilaatkilifi [dot] kemri-wellcome [dot] org
Group: 
Molecular Parasitology and Immunology

Molecular parasitology

(Lynette) Isabella Ochola

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Email: 
liocholaatkilifi [dot] kemri-wellcome [dot] org
Group: 
Molecular Parasitology and Immunology

Studies of natural selection on merozoite genes. Previous work on merozoite antigens, such as AMA1, MSP1 and EBA175 have shown evidence of these genes being under balancing selection.

Vandana Thathy

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Email: 
vthathyatkilifi [dot] kemri-wellcome [dot] org
Group: 
Molecular Parasitology and Immunology

The deadliest human malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum, infects red blood cells during part of its lifecycle, producing the symptoms of malaria.

Virulence evolution of pathogens

Over the last 10 years, in collaboration with Prof. Andrew Read and colleagues (www.thereadgroup.net),  a comprehensive body of empirical and theoretical data has been built up to show that human disease interventions such as vaccines can cause pathogens to evolve higher virulence.

Andrew Brent

Andrew Brent
Email: 
abrentatkilifi [dot] kemri-wellcome [dot] org
Group: 
Clinical Group

Tuberculosis (TB) is an important cause of childhood illness and death worldwide.