Dennis Makau

Dennis Makau

University of Minnesota-Twin Cities

H-index: 10

North America-United States

About Dennis Makau

Dennis Makau, With an exceptional h-index of 10 and a recent h-index of 10 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, specializes in the field of Epidemiology, Data science, One health, Infectious diseases, Bayesian analysis.

His recent articles reflect a diverse array of research interests and contributions to the field:

Mapping the dynamics of contemporary PRRSV-2 evolution and its emergence and spreading hotspots in the US Using Phylogeography

Interplay between cross sectional analysis of risk factors associated with Toxoplasma gondii infection in pregnant women and their domestic cats

Predicting Antigenic Distance from Genetic Data for PRRSV-Type 1: Applications of Machine Learning

Prevalence, risk factors, and molecular identity of Giardia infections in dogs in Nairobi County, Kenya

Unveiling invisible farm‐to‐farm PRRSV‐2 transmission links and routes through transmission tree and network analysis

A molecular and epidemiological description of a severe porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome outbreak in a commercial swine production system in Russia

Seroprevalence of Q fever in humans and associated risk factors in a livestock-wildlife interface in Hoima District, western Uganda

Factors influencing usage of antimicrobial drugs among pastoralists in Kenya

Dennis Makau Information

University

Position

Department of Vet. Population Medicine

Citations(all)

275

Citations(since 2020)

269

Cited By

58

hIndex(all)

10

hIndex(since 2020)

10

i10Index(all)

10

i10Index(since 2020)

10

Email

University Profile Page

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Dennis Makau Skills & Research Interests

Epidemiology

Data science

One health

Infectious diseases

Bayesian analysis

Top articles of Dennis Makau

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Journal

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Publication Date

Mapping the dynamics of contemporary PRRSV-2 evolution and its emergence and spreading hotspots in the US Using Phylogeography

Pathogens

Nakarin Pamornchainavakul

Igor AD Paploski

Dennis N Makau

Mariana Kikuti

Albert Rovira

...

2023/5/20

Interplay between cross sectional analysis of risk factors associated with Toxoplasma gondii infection in pregnant women and their domestic cats

Frontiers in Veterinary Science

Eman AA Hassanen

Dennis N Makau

Mohamed Afifi

Omar A Al-Jabr

Mohammed Abdulrahman Alshahrani

...

2023/3/24

Predicting Antigenic Distance from Genetic Data for PRRSV-Type 1: Applications of Machine Learning

Microbiology Spectrum

Dennis N Makau

Cinta Prieto

Francisco J Martínez-Lobo

IAD Paploski

Kimberly VanderWaal

2023/2/14

Prevalence, risk factors, and molecular identity of Giardia infections in dogs in Nairobi County, Kenya

Hellen Njeri Maingi

Willy Edwin Mwangi

James Ng'ang'a Chege

Peter Kimeli

Makau Dennis N

...

2023/10/18

Unveiling invisible farm‐to‐farm PRRSV‐2 transmission links and routes through transmission tree and network analysis

Evolutionary Applications

Nakarin Pamornchainavakul

Dennis N Makau

Igor AD Paploski

Cesar A Corzo

Kimberly VanderWaal

2023/10

A molecular and epidemiological description of a severe porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome outbreak in a commercial swine production system in Russia

Viruses

Karyn A Havas

Dennis N Makau

Sergei Shapovalov

Ekaterina Tolkova

Kim VanderWaal

...

2022/2/11

Seroprevalence of Q fever in humans and associated risk factors in a livestock-wildlife interface in Hoima District, western Uganda

APHA 2022 Annual Meeting and Expo

Dennis Makau

Michael Mahero

Ayako Fujita

Mediatrice Uwanyirigira

Shamilah Namusisi

...

2022/11/6

Factors influencing usage of antimicrobial drugs among pastoralists in Kenya

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Dennis N Makau

Ilya Slizovskiy

Vincent Obanda

Noelle R Noyes

James R Johnson

...

2022/10

Ecological and evolutionary dynamics of multi-strain RNA viruses

Dennis N Makau

Samantha Lycett

Matthew Michalska-Smith

Igor AD Paploski

Maxim C-J Cheeran

...

2022/10

Measuring how recombination re-shapes the evolutionary history of PRRSV-2: A genome-based phylodynamic analysis of the emergence of a novel PRRSV-2 variant

Frontiers in Veterinary Science

Nakarin Pamornchainavakul

Mariana Kikuti

Igor AD Paploski

Dennis N Makau

Albert Rovira

...

2022/3/25

Dynamic network connectivity influences the spread of a sub‐lineage of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus

Transboundary and Emerging Diseases

Dennis N Makau

Igor AD Paploski

Cesar A Corzo

Kimberly VanderWaal

2022/3

Potential novel N-glycosylation patterns associated with the emergence of new genetic variants of PRRSV-2 in the US

Vaccines

Igor AD Paploski

Dennis N Makau

Nakarin Pamornchainavakul

Julia P Baker

Declan Schroeder

...

2022/11/26

Phylogenetically distinct near-complete genome sequences of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus type 2 variants from four distinct disease outbreaks at US swine …

Microbiology Resource Announcements

Declan C Schroeder

Nkechi M Odogwu

Jessica Kevill

My Yang

Venkatramana D Krishna

...

2021/8/19

Chronic Wasting Disease Transmission Risk Assessment for Farmed Cervids in Minnesota and Wisconsin

Viruses

James M. Kincheloe

Dennis N. Makau

Scott J. Wells

Amy R. Horn-Delzer

2021/8

Seroprevalence and risk factors of Neospora caninum and Bovine Viral Diarrhoea Virus in smallholder dairy cattle in Kenya

East African Journal of Science, Technology and Innovation

John VanLeeuwen

Joan Muraya

George Gitau

Dennis Makau

Bronwyn Crane

...

2021/12/17

Phylogenetic structure and sequential dominance of sub-lineages of PRRSV type-2 lineage 1 in the United States

Vaccines

Igor AD Paploski

Nakarin Pamornchainavakul

Dennis N Makau

Albert Rovira

Cesar A Corzo

...

2021/6/5

Electrocardiography, echocardiography, and vertebral heart score in healthy local Egyptian male dogs: Bias corrected bootstrap reference intervals

Slovenian Veterinary Research

B. M. El-said

A. R. M. Mahmoud

S. E. Mohamed

S. M. Gouda

D. N. Makau

...

2021/12

Temporal stability of swine movement networks in the US

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Dennis N Makau

Igor AD Paploski

Kimberly VanderWaal

2021/6/1

Integrating animal movements with phylogeography to model the spread of PRRSV in the USA

Virus Evolution

Dennis N Makau

Moh A Alkhamis

Igor a D Paploski

Cesar A Corzo

Samantha Lycett

...

2021/12

Antimicrobial drug use among pastoralists in Kenya

Dennis Makau

2021

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