Philip Bejon
Director Modernising Medical Microbiology
I am Director of Modernising Medical Microbiology, co-leading with Sarah Walker. I was previously Director of the KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, a collaborative Programme formed by the Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), Wellcome and University of Oxford. I am a clinician with specialist training in infectious disease. I have an interest in the evaluation of vaccines, including malaria, yellow fever and Ebola vaccines. I have undertaken studies of naturally acquired immunity to malaria and human challenge models, and have an interest in bone infection and osteomyelitis.
Recent publications
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The mRNA content of plasma extracellular vesicles provides a window into molecular processes in the brain during cerebral malaria
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Kioko M. et al, (2024), Science Advances, 10
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Comparative performance of the InBios SCoV-2 DetectTM IgG ELISA and the in-house KWTRP ELISA in detecting SARS-CoV-2 spike IgG antibodies in Kenyan populations
Journal article
Kutima B. et al, (2024), Wellcome Open Research, 9, 349 - 349
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Utility of MALDI-TOF MS for determination of species identity and blood meal sources of primary malaria vectors on the Kenyan coast
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Karisa J. et al, (2024), Wellcome Open Research, 8, 151 - 151
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Distinct transcriptomic signatures define febrile malaria depending on initial infective states, asymptomatic or uninfected.
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Kimenyi KM. et al, (2024), BMC infectious diseases, 24
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Extracellular vesicles could be a putative posttranscriptional regulatory mechanism that shapes intracellular RNA levels in Plasmodium falciparum.
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Kioko M. et al, (2023), Nature communications, 14