Bio

DR. CAROLINE WASONGA OTIENO

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I am a Kenyan national, Christian, female, married and currently working as a Tutorial Fellow in the Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, University of Nairobi. I have gained vast experience in Research, training and mentoring, having lectured in the University of Nairobi for the last eight years and conducted research at the Kenya Medical Research institute for the last 6 years, mainly working on Diagnostics, immunology and molecular biology of viruses.

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(Last updated: July 11, 2019)

Publications

2015

Wasonga c, et al.  2015.  Genetic divergence of Chikungunya virus plaque variants from the Comoros Island (2005).. Virus Genes. 51(3):323-328..
Wasonga, C.  2015.  Development and Evaluation of an in-house IgM-capture ELISA for the Detection of Chikungunya and Application to a Dengue Outbreak Situation in Kenya in 2013. Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases. 68(5):410-414.cwasonga_jjid-2014-482.r1_proof.pdf

2011

Wasonga O. Carolyne, Sang Rosemary, MLOJ.  2011.  Characterization and Isolation of Chikungunya Viral antigen for development of ELISA diagnostics, 29th and 2th Dec.  Virology Africa Conference . , Cape Town , South Africa

2009

and DO Ogoyi, CJ Mwita, EKNCOWPMS.  2009.  Effect of heavy metal pollution on microalgae richness and diversity in Lake Victoria. in Lake Victoria Research Initiative Proceedings;Pollution of Heavy Metal cluster. :pp.193-210., Bujumbura, Burundi: VICRES

2008

Wasonga, et al.  2008.  Mushroom polysaccharide extracts delay progression of carcinogenesis in mice. Journal of Experimental Therapeutics and Oncology.. 7(2):147-152.

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