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Dr. Lynne Elson 9
Principal Investigator
Biography
Lynne’s first post-doctoral position was at the National Institutes of Health in USA where she studied immune responses to filarial infections. She continued with this area of research with Case Western Reserve University and KEMRI in Kenya and expanded into neonatal immune responses to parasitic infections. During an extended research career break to work in Public Health in Kenya, she came across tungiasis, a tropical skin disease with an enormous gap in knowledge regarding its ecology, epidemiology and control methods. This led me recently to return to the research arena with a Wellcome Trust Career Re-Entry Fellowship to study Tungiasis
Biography
Lynne’s first post-doctoral position was at the National Institutes of Health in USA where she studied immune responses to filarial infections. She continued with this area of research with Case Western Reserve University and KEMRI in Kenya and expanded into neonatal immune responses to parasitic infections. During an extended research career break to work in Public Health in Kenya, she came across tungiasis, a tropical skin disease with an enormous gap in knowledge regarding its ecology, epidemiology and control methods. This led me recently to return to the research arena with a Wellcome Trust Career Re-Entry Fellowship to study Tungiasis
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Identifying Potential Determinants of Faecal Contamination on Domestic Floors in Three Settings in Rural Kenya: A Mixed Methods Analysis.
Legge, H., Kazungo, K., Muli, S., Elson, L., Mwongeli, J., Halliday, K. E., Ochwal, V., Oswald, W., Dreibelbis, R., Njomo, D., Mwandawiro, C., Fillinger, U., Pullan, R., Kepha, S.
Environ Health Insights, (2024). 18:1.17863022412465E+016
Tungiasis among children in Kenya is associated with poor nutrition status, absenteeism, poor school performance and high impact on quality of life.
Elson, L., Kamau, C., Koech, S., Muthama, C., Gachomba, G., Sinoti, E., Chondo, E., Mburu, E., Wakio, M., Lore, J., Maia, M., Adetifa, I., Orindi, B., Bejon, P., Fillinger, U.
PLoS Negl Trop Dis, (2024). 18:e0011800
Identification of tungiasis infection hotspots with a low-cost, high-throughput method for extracting Tunga penetrans (Siphonaptera) off-host stages from soil samples-An observational study.
Matharu, A. K., Ouma, P., Njoroge, M. M., Amugune, B. L., Hyuga, A., Mutebi, F., Krücken, J., Feldmeier, H., Elson, L., Fillinger, U.
PLoS Negl Trop Dis, (2024). 18:e0011601
Identification of tungiasis infection hotspots with a low-cost, high-throughput method for extracting Tunga penetrans (Siphonaptera) off-host stages from soil samples-An observational study.
Matharu, A. K., Ouma, P., Njoroge, M. M., Amugune, B. L., Hyuga, A., Mutebi, F., Krücken, J., Feldmeier, H., Elson, L., Fillinger, U.
PLoS Negl Trop Dis, (2024). 18:e0011601
Developing low-cost house floors to control tungiasis in Kenya - a feasibility study.
Elson, L., Nyawa, S. M., Matharu, A., Fillinger, U.
BMC Public Health, (2023). 23:2483