Publications
2025
Rift Valley fever virus remains infectious in milk stored in a wide range of temperatures.
Dawes, B. E., De La Mota-Peynado, A., Rezende, I. M., Buyukcangaz, E. K., Harvey, A. M., Gerken, K. N., . . . LaBeaud, A. D. (2025). Rift Valley fever virus remains infectious in milk stored in a wide range of temperatures.. The Journal of infectious diseases, jiaf060. doi:10.1093/infdis/jiaf060
2024
Moving milk and shifting risk: A mixed methods assessment of food safety risks along informal dairy value chains in Kisumu, Kenya.
Smith, L. C., Stringer, A., Owuor, K. O., Ndenga, B. A., Winter, C., & Gerken, K. N. (2024). Moving milk and shifting risk: A mixed methods assessment of food safety risks along informal dairy value chains in Kisumu, Kenya.. One health (Amsterdam, Netherlands), 19, 100914. doi:10.1016/j.onehlt.2024.100914
Expanding Understanding of Urban Rift Valley Fever Risk and Associated Vector Ecology at Slaughterhouses in Kisumu, Kenya.
Gerken, K. N., Owuor, K. O., Ndenga, B., Wambua, S., Winter, C., Chemutai, S., . . . LaBeaud, A. D. (2024). Expanding Understanding of Urban Rift Valley Fever Risk and Associated Vector Ecology at Slaughterhouses in Kisumu, Kenya.. Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland), 13(6), 488. doi:10.3390/pathogens13060488
2023
Exploring potential risk pathways with high risk groups for urban Rift Valley fever virus introduction, transmission, and persistence in two urban centers of Kenya.
Gerken, K. N., Maluni, J., Mutuku, F. M., Ndenga, B. A., Mwashee, L., Ichura, C., . . . LaBeaud, A. D. (2023). Exploring potential risk pathways with high risk groups for urban Rift Valley fever virus introduction, transmission, and persistence in two urban centers of Kenya.. PLoS neglected tropical diseases, 17(1), e0010460. doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0010460
2022
Leveraging livestock movements to urban slaughterhouses for wide-spread Rift Valley fever virus surveillance in Western Kenya.
Gerken, K. N., Ndenga, B. A., Owuor, K. O., Winter, C. A., Seetah, K., & LaBeaud, A. D. (2022). Leveraging livestock movements to urban slaughterhouses for wide-spread Rift Valley fever virus surveillance in Western Kenya.. One health (Amsterdam, Netherlands), 15, 100457. doi:10.1016/j.onehlt.2022.100457
Urban risk factors for human Rift Valley fever virus exposure in Kenya.
Gerken, K. N., Mutuku, F. M., Ndenga, B. A., Agola, G. A., Migliore, E., Fabre, E. P., . . . LaBeaud, A. D. (2022). Urban risk factors for human Rift Valley fever virus exposure in Kenya.. PLOS global public health, 2(7), e0000505. doi:10.1371/journal.pgph.0000505
Paving the way for human vaccination against Rift Valley fever virus: A systematic literature review of RVFV epidemiology from 1999 to 2021.
Gerken, K. N., LaBeaud, A. D., Mandi, H., L'Azou Jackson, M., Breugelmans, J. G., & King, C. H. (2022). Paving the way for human vaccination against Rift Valley fever virus: A systematic literature review of RVFV epidemiology from 1999 to 2021.. PLoS neglected tropical diseases, 16(1), e0009852. doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0009852