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  1. Sand fly endosymbionts in Kenya: Rickettsia and Wolbachia associations with Leishmania and detection of Rickettsia africae

    Article • Parasites & Vectors, February 2026, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Jandouwe Villinger

  2. Species-, sex-, and tissue-dependent microbiome structure reveals symbiont-pathogen dynamics in Amblyomma gemma and Rhipicephalus pulchellus ticks and their cattle hosts

    Article • January 2026, Elsevier

    Dr Jandouwe Villinger

  3. Tetrigidae of Ethiopia: First Species Delimitation via DNA Barcoding and Description of Three New Species

    Article • Taxonomy, September 2025, MDPI AG

    Dr Jandouwe Villinger

  4. Diversity and bio-ecology of edible caterpillars in the bimodal rainforest of Cameroon

    Article • Journal of Insects as Food and Feed, May 2025, De Gruyter

    Dr Jandouwe Villinger

  5. Exploring the microbiomes of camel ticks to infer vector competence: insights from tissue-level symbiont-pathogen relationships

    Article • Scientific Reports, February 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Jandouwe Villinger

  6. Comparison of test performance of a conventional PCR and two field-friendly tests to detect Coxiella burnetii DNA in ticks using Bayesian latent class analysis

    Article • Frontiers in Veterinary Science, June 2024, Frontiers

    Dr Jandouwe Villinger

  7. Tissue-specific localization of tick-borne pathogens in ticks collected from camels in Kenya: insights into vector competence

    Article • Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, April 2024, Frontiers

    Dr Jandouwe Villinger

  8. Coxiella burnetii serostatus in dromedary camels (Camelus dromedarius) is associated with the presence of C. burnetii DNA in attached ticks in Laikipia County, Kenya

    Article • Zoonoses and Public Health, April 2024, Wiley

    Dr Jandouwe Villinger

  9. Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) infesting cattle in coastal Kenya harbor a diverse array of tick-borne pathogens

    Article • Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases, January 2024, Elsevier

    Dr Jandouwe Villinger

  10. Insect diversity is a good indicator of biodiversity status in Africa

    Article • Communications Earth & Environment, July 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Jandouwe Villinger

  11. Discovery of the vector of visceral leishmaniasis, Phlebotomus (Artemievus) alexandri Sinton, 1928, in Kenya suggests complex transmission dynamics

    Article • Current Research in Parasitology and Vector-Borne Diseases, January 2023, Elsevier

    Dr Jandouwe Villinger

  12. History of Arbovirus Research in Kenya

    Article • January 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Jandouwe Villinger

  13. Editorial overview: Vectors and medical and veterinary entomology: Aedes-borne viral disease transmission: vector dynamics, plasticity, and prospects for control

    Article • Current Opinion in Insect Science, December 2022, Elsevier

    Dr Jandouwe Villinger

  14. Epidemiology of tick-borne pathogens of cattle and tick control practices in coastal Kenya

    Article • Preventive Veterinary Medicine, December 2022, Elsevier

    Dr Jandouwe Villinger

  15. The distinctive bionomics of Aedes aegypti populations in Africa

    Article • Current Opinion in Insect Science, December 2022, Elsevier

    Dr Jandouwe Villinger

  16. Molecular characterization of pathogenic African trypanosomes in biting flies and camels in surra-endemic areas outside the tsetse fly belt in Kenya

    Article • International Journal of Tropical Insect Science, October 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Jandouwe Villinger

  17. Molecular screening reveals non-uniform malaria transmission in western Kenya and absence of Rickettsia africae and selected arboviruses in hospital patients

    Article • Malaria Journal, September 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Jandouwe Villinger

  18. Genetic Variation and Population Structure of the Old World Bollworm Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner, 1808) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in Ethiopia

    Article • Environmental Entomology, July 2022, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Jandouwe Villinger

  19. Molecular detection of novel Anaplasma sp. and zoonotic hemopathogens in livestock and their hematophagous biting keds (genus Hippobosca) from Laisamis, northern Kenya

    Article • Open Research Africa, June 2022, Faculty of 1000, Ltd.

    Dr Jandouwe Villinger

  20. Detection of Antibodies to Ehrlichia spp. in Dromedary Camels and Co-Grazing Sheep in Northern Kenya Using an Ehrlichia ruminantium Polyclonal Competitive ELISA

    Article • Microorganisms, April 2022, MDPI AG

    Dr Jandouwe Villinger

  21. The developmentally dynamic microRNA transcriptome of Glossina pallidipes tsetse flies, vectors of animal trypanosomiasis

    Article • Bioinformatics Advances, December 2021, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Jandouwe Villinger

  22. Detection of Species Substitution in the Meat Value Chain by High-Resolution Melting Analysis of Mitochondrial PCR Products

    Article • Foods, December 2021, MDPI AG

    Dr Jandouwe Villinger

  23. Distribution and mating type characterization of chickpea blight (Didymella rabiei (Kov.) v. Arx) in Ethiopia

    Article • Current Plant Biology, December 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Jandouwe Villinger

  24. Molecular prevalence and risk factors associated with tick-borne pathogens in cattle in western Kenya

    Article • BMC Veterinary Research, November 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Jandouwe Villinger

  25. Genetic Diversity and Population Structure of Didymella rabiei Affecting Chickpea in Ethiopia

    Article • Journal of Fungi, September 2021, MDPI AG

    Dr Jandouwe Villinger

  26. Transmission of ‘Candidatus Anaplasma camelii’ to mice and rabbits by camel-specific keds, Hippobosca camelina

    Article • PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, August 2021, PLOS

    Dr Jandouwe Villinger

  27. Ticks and Tick-Borne Pathogens Associated with Dromedary Camels (Camelus dromedarius) in Northern Kenya

    Article • Microorganisms, June 2021, MDPI AG

    Dr Jandouwe Villinger

  28. A survey of mosquito-borne and insect-specific viruses in hospitals and livestock markets in western Kenya

    Article • PLOS One, May 2021, PLOS

    Dr Jandouwe Villinger

  29. Ehrlichia spp. close to Ehrlichia ruminantium, Ehrlichia canis, and “Candidatus Ehrlichia regneryi” linked to heartwater-like disease in Kenyan camels (Camelus dromedarius)

    Article • Tropical Animal Health and Production, January 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Jandouwe Villinger

  30. Molecular detection of Leishmania donovani, Leishmania major, and Trypanosoma species in Sergentomyia squamipleuris sand flies from a visceral leishmaniasis focus in Merti sub-County, eastern Kenya

    Article • Parasites & Vectors, January 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Jandouwe Villinger

  31. Tsetse blood-meal sources, endosymbionts and trypanosome-associations in the Maasai Mara National Reserve, a wildlife-human-livestock interface

    Article • PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, January 2021, PLOS

    Dr Jandouwe Villinger

  32. Tick‐borne pathogens, including Crimean‐Congo haemorrhagic fever virus, at livestock markets and slaughterhouses in western Kenya

    Article • Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, December 2020, Wiley

    Dr Jandouwe Villinger

  33. Anaplasma and Theileria Pathogens in Cattle of Lambwe Valley, Kenya: A Case for Pro-Active Surveillance in the Wildlife–Livestock Interface

    Article • Microorganisms, November 2020, MDPI AG

    Dr Jandouwe Villinger

  34. Pathogens, endosymbionts, and blood-meal sources of host-seeking ticks in the fast-changing Maasai Mara wildlife ecosystem

    Article • PLOS One, August 2020, PLOS

    Dr. Maamun Jeneby , Dr Jandouwe Villinger

  35. Tick-borne pathogens, including Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus, at livestock markets and slaughterhouses in western Kenya

    Article • July 2020, Wiley

    Dr Jandouwe Villinger

  36. Molecular detection ofLeishmania donovani, Leishmania major, andTrypanosomaspp. inSergentomyia squamipleurissandflies from a visceral leishmaniasis focus in Merti sub-County, eastern Kenya

    Article • July 2020, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Jandouwe Villinger

  37. Exploiting insect-specific viruses as a novel strategy to control vector-borne disease

    Article • Current Opinion in Insect Science, June 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Jandouwe Villinger

  38. Arboviruses and Blood Meal Sources in Zoophilic Mosquitoes at Human-Wildlife Interfaces in Kenya

    Article • Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases, June 2020, Mary Ann Liebert Inc

    Dr Jandouwe Villinger

  39. Detection of blood pathogens in camels and their associated ectoparasitic camel biting keds, Hippobosca camelina: the potential application of keds in xenodiagnosis of camel haemopathogens

    Article • AAS Open Research, May 2020, Faculty of 1000, Ltd.

    Dr Jandouwe Villinger

  40. Tsetse blood-meal sources, endosymbionts, and trypanosome infections provide insight into African trypanosomiasis transmission in the Maasai Mara National Reserve, a wildlife-human-livestock interface

    Article • April 2020, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Jandouwe Villinger

  41. Three-gene PCR and high-resolution melting analysis for differentiating vertebrate species mitochondrial DNA for biodiversity research and complementing forensic surveillance

    Article • Scientific Reports, March 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Jandouwe Villinger

  42. Broad diversity of simian immunodeficiency virus infecting Chlorocebus species (African green monkey) and evidence of cross‐species infection in Papio anubis (olive baboon) in Kenya

    Article • Journal of Medical Primatology, February 2020, Wiley

    Dr. Maamun Jeneby , Dr Jandouwe Villinger

  43. Pathogens, endosymbionts, and blood-meal sources of host-seeking ticks in the fast-changing Maasai Mara wildlife ecosystem

    Article • January 2020, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Jandouwe Villinger

  44. Detection of blood pathogens in camels and their associated ectoparasitic camel biting keds, Hippobosca camelina: the potential application of keds in xenodiagnosis of camel haemopathogens

    Article • AAS Open Research, November 2019, Faculty of 1000, Ltd.

    Dr Jandouwe Villinger

  45. Three-gene PCR and high-resolution melting analysis for differentiating vertebrate species mitochondrial DNA for forensic and biodiversity research pipelines

    Article • May 2019, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Jandouwe Villinger

  46. Mother to child virus transmission in mosquitoes

    Article • PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, November 2018, PLOS

    Dr Jandouwe Villinger, Yvonne Ukamaka Ajamma

  47. Insights into malaria transmission among Anopheles funestus mosquitoes, Kenya

    Article • Parasites & Vectors, November 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Jandouwe Villinger

  48. Haematology of N’Dama and West African Shorthorn cattle herds under natural Trypanosoma vivax challenge in Ghana

    Article • F1000Research, August 2018, Faculty of 1000, Ltd.

    Dr Jandouwe Villinger

  49. Morphological re-description and molecular identification of Tabanidae (Diptera) in East Africa

    Article • ZooKeys, June 2018, Pensoft Publishers

    Dr Jandouwe Villinger

  50. Haematology of N’Dama and West African Short Horn cattle herds under natural Trypanosoma vivax challenge in Ghana

    Article • F1000Research, March 2018, Faculty of 1000, Ltd.

    Daniel Masiga, Dr Jandouwe Villinger, Paa Kobina Turkson

  51. Erratum to: Composition of Anopheles mosquitoes, their blood-meal hosts, and Plasmodium falciparum infection rates in three islands with disparate bed net coverage in Lake Victoria, Kenya

    Article • Malaria Journal, September 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Jandouwe Villinger

  52. Composition of Anopheles mosquitoes, their blood-meal hosts, and Plasmodium falciparum infection rates in three islands with disparate bed net coverage in Lake Victoria, Kenya

    Article • Malaria Journal, September 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Jandouwe Villinger

  53. Molecular Detection of Tick-Borne Pathogen Diversities in Ticks from Livestock and Reptiles along the Shores and Adjacent Islands of Lake Victoria and Lake Baringo, Kenya

    Article • Frontiers in Veterinary Science, June 2017, Frontiers

    Dr Jandouwe Villinger

  54. A survey of root knot nematodes and resistance to Meloidogyne incognita in sweet potato varieties from Kenyan fields

    Article • Crop Protection, February 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Jandouwe Villinger

  55. Novel Rickettsia and emergent tick-borne pathogens: A molecular survey of ticks and tick-borne pathogens in Shimba Hills National Reserve, Kenya.

    Article • Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases, September 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Jandouwe Villinger

  56. Pan-Arbovirus Surveillance and Discovery

    Article • Molecular Ecology Resources, August 2016, Wiley

    Dr Jandouwe Villinger

  57. Rapid molecular identification of mosquito barcode genes

    Article • F1000Research, August 2016, Faculty of 1000, Ltd.

    Daniel Masiga, Dr Jandouwe Villinger, Yvonne Ukamaka Ajamma, Mr Enock EM Mararo

  58. NATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM (NSP)—KENYA

    Article • July 2016, World Scientific Pub Co Pte Lt

    Dr Jandouwe Villinger

  59. Composition and Genetic Diversity of Mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) on Islands and Mainland Shores of Kenya’s Lakes Victoria and Baringo

    Article • Journal of Medical Entomology, July 2016, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Jandouwe Villinger, Yvonne Ukamaka Ajamma

  60. Has Rift Valley fever virus evolved with increasing severity in human populations in East Africa?

    Article • Emerging Microbes & Infections, June 2016, Nature

    Dr Jandouwe Villinger

  61. Chemical parameters and bacterial communities of larval mosquito habitats in Kenya

    Article • International Journal of Tropical Insect Science, June 2016, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Jandouwe Villinger, Yvonne Ukamaka Ajamma

  62. Mitigating dengue outbreaks in East Africa

    Article • Reviews in Medical Virology, February 2016, Wiley

    Professor Marycelin Mandu Baba, Dr Jandouwe Villinger

  63. Unraveling host-vector-arbovirus interactions by two-gene high resolution melting mosquito bloodmeal analysis in a Kenyan wildlife-livestock interface

    Article • January 2016, Entomological Society of America

    Dr Jandouwe Villinger

  64. Unraveling Host-Vector-Arbovirus Interactions by Two-Gene High Resolution Melting Mosquito Bloodmeal Analysis in a Kenyan Wildlife-Livestock Interface

    Article • PLOS One, July 2015, PLOS

    Dr Jandouwe Villinger, Yvonne Ukamaka Ajamma

  65. First Report of Lethal Necrosis Disease Associated With Co-Infection of Finger Millet With Maize chlorotic mottle virus and Sugarcane mosaic virus in Kenya

    Article • Plant Disease, June 2015, Scientific Societies

    Dr Jandouwe Villinger

  66. Erratum to “Use ofMetarhizium anisopliaeChitinase Genes for Genotyping and Virulence Characterization”

    Article • BioMed Research International, January 2014, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Dr Subramanian Sevgan Sevgan Subramanian, Dr Jandouwe Villinger, DR SALIOU NIASSY

  67. High-resolution melting analysis reveals low Plasmodium parasitaemia infections among microscopically negative febrile patients in western Kenya

    Article • Malaria Journal, January 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Jandouwe Villinger

  68. Use ofMetarhizium anisopliaeChitinase Genes for Genotyping and Virulence Characterization

    Article • BioMed Research International, January 2013, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Dr Subramanian Sevgan Sevgan Subramanian, Dr Jandouwe Villinger, DR SALIOU NIASSY

  69. Social discrimination by quantitative assessment of immunogenetic similarity

    Article • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, September 2012, Royal Society Publishing

    Professor Bruce Waldman, Dr Jandouwe Villinger

  70. First Report of Tomato yellow ring virus ( Tospovirus , Bunyaviridae) Infecting Tomato in Kenya

    Article • Plant Disease, September 2012, Scientific Societies

    Dr Jandouwe Villinger

  71. Ecological immunogenetics of life-history traits in a model amphibian

    Article • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, November 2011, Royal Society Publishing

    Dr Jandouwe Villinger

  72. Major Histocompatibility Complex Based Resistance to a Common Bacterial Pathogen of Amphibians

    Article • PLOS One, July 2008, PLOS

    Professor Bruce Waldman, Dr Jandouwe Villinger

  73. Self-referent MHC type matching in frog tadpoles

    Article • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, May 2008, Royal Society Publishing

    Dr Jandouwe Villinger