Mr Lwitiko Sikana

  • Affiliate Researcher (School of Biodiversity, One Health & Veterinary Medicine)

Publications

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Number of items: 9.

2025

Ferguson, Elaine A. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2010-765X, Lugelo, Ahmed, Czupryna, Anna ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8004-1678, Anderson, Danni, Lankester, Felix, Sikana, Lwitiko, Dushoff, Jonathan and Hampson, Katie ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5392-6884 (2025) Improved effectiveness of vaccination campaigns against rabies by reducing spatial heterogeneity in coverage. PLoS Biology, 23(5), e3002872. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3002872) (PMID:40324021) (PMCID:PMC12068718)

Luka, Martha M., Ferguson, Elaine A. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2010-765X, Rees, Eleanor ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4993-2795, Hoffu, Husna, Changalucha, Joel ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0758-2480, Lushasi, Kennedy, Sikana, Lwitiko, Mutunga, Mumbua, Thumbi, SM and Hampson, Katie ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5392-6884 (2025) Optimising human rabies vaccine supply chains: a modelling study. Vaccine, (doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2025.127108) (PMID:40274463) (Early Online Publication)

2024

Durrant, R. et al. (2024) Examining the molecular clock hypothesis for the contemporary evolution of the rabies virus. PLoS Pathogens, 20(11), e1012740. (doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1012740) (PMID:39585914) (PMCID:PMC11627394)

Jaswant, G. et al. (2024) Molecular characterisation of human rabies in Tanzania and Kenya: a case series report and phylogenetic investigation. Infectious Diseases of Poverty, 13, 79. (doi: 10.1186/s40249-024-01245-w) (PMID:39468631) (PMCID:PMC11514914)

2023

Lushasi, K. et al. (2023) Integrating contact tracing and whole-genome sequencing to track the elimination of dog-mediated rabies: an observational and genomic study. eLife, 12, e85262. (doi: 10.7554/elife.85262) (PMID:37227428) (PMCID:PMC10299823)

2022

Hayes, Sarah, Lushasi, Kennedy, Sambo, Maganga, Changalucha, Joel ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0758-2480, Ferguson, Elaine A. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2010-765X, Sikana, Lwitiko, Hampson, Katie ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5392-6884, Nouvellet, Pierre and Donnelly, Christl A. (2022) Understanding the incidence and timing of rabies cases in domestic animals and wildlife in south-east Tanzania in the presence of widespread domestic dog vaccination campaigns. Veterinary Research, 53, 106. (doi: 10.1186/s13567-022-01121-1) (PMID:36510331) (PMCID:PMC9743725)

2021

Sikana, Lwitiko, Lembo, Tiziana ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6405-1849, Hampson, Katie ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5392-6884, Lushasi, Kennedy, Mtenga, Sally, Sambo, Maganga, Wight, Daniel ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1234-3110, Coutts, Jane and Kreppel, Katharina (2021) Dog ownership practices and responsibilities for children’s health in terms of rabies control and prevention in rural communities in Tanzania. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 15(3), e0009220. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0009220) (PMID:33690720) (PMCID:PMC7946275)

2019

Changalucha, J. et al. (2019) The need to improve access to rabies post-exposure vaccines: lessons from Tanzania. Vaccine, 37(S1), A45-A53. (doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2018.08.086) (PMID:30309746) (PMCID:PMC6863039)

2018

Sambo, Maganga, Hampson, Katie ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5392-6884, Changalucha, Joel, Cleaveland, Sarah ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0456-0959, Lembo, Tiziana ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6405-1849, Lushasi, Kennedy, Mbunda, Eberhard, Mtema, Zacharia, Sikana, Lwitiko and Johnson, Paul C.D. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6663-7520 (2018) Estimating the size of dog populations in Tanzania to inform rabies control. Veterinary Sciences, 5(3), 77. (doi: 10.3390/vetsci5030077) (PMID:30205470) (PMCID:PMC6164483)

This list was generated on Sat Jul 5 14:52:10 2025 BST.
Jump to: Articles
Number of items: 9.

Articles

Ferguson, Elaine A. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2010-765X, Lugelo, Ahmed, Czupryna, Anna ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8004-1678, Anderson, Danni, Lankester, Felix, Sikana, Lwitiko, Dushoff, Jonathan and Hampson, Katie ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5392-6884 (2025) Improved effectiveness of vaccination campaigns against rabies by reducing spatial heterogeneity in coverage. PLoS Biology, 23(5), e3002872. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3002872) (PMID:40324021) (PMCID:PMC12068718)

Luka, Martha M., Ferguson, Elaine A. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2010-765X, Rees, Eleanor ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4993-2795, Hoffu, Husna, Changalucha, Joel ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0758-2480, Lushasi, Kennedy, Sikana, Lwitiko, Mutunga, Mumbua, Thumbi, SM and Hampson, Katie ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5392-6884 (2025) Optimising human rabies vaccine supply chains: a modelling study. Vaccine, (doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2025.127108) (PMID:40274463) (Early Online Publication)

Durrant, R. et al. (2024) Examining the molecular clock hypothesis for the contemporary evolution of the rabies virus. PLoS Pathogens, 20(11), e1012740. (doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1012740) (PMID:39585914) (PMCID:PMC11627394)

Jaswant, G. et al. (2024) Molecular characterisation of human rabies in Tanzania and Kenya: a case series report and phylogenetic investigation. Infectious Diseases of Poverty, 13, 79. (doi: 10.1186/s40249-024-01245-w) (PMID:39468631) (PMCID:PMC11514914)

Lushasi, K. et al. (2023) Integrating contact tracing and whole-genome sequencing to track the elimination of dog-mediated rabies: an observational and genomic study. eLife, 12, e85262. (doi: 10.7554/elife.85262) (PMID:37227428) (PMCID:PMC10299823)

Hayes, Sarah, Lushasi, Kennedy, Sambo, Maganga, Changalucha, Joel ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0758-2480, Ferguson, Elaine A. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2010-765X, Sikana, Lwitiko, Hampson, Katie ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5392-6884, Nouvellet, Pierre and Donnelly, Christl A. (2022) Understanding the incidence and timing of rabies cases in domestic animals and wildlife in south-east Tanzania in the presence of widespread domestic dog vaccination campaigns. Veterinary Research, 53, 106. (doi: 10.1186/s13567-022-01121-1) (PMID:36510331) (PMCID:PMC9743725)

Sikana, Lwitiko, Lembo, Tiziana ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6405-1849, Hampson, Katie ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5392-6884, Lushasi, Kennedy, Mtenga, Sally, Sambo, Maganga, Wight, Daniel ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1234-3110, Coutts, Jane and Kreppel, Katharina (2021) Dog ownership practices and responsibilities for children’s health in terms of rabies control and prevention in rural communities in Tanzania. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 15(3), e0009220. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0009220) (PMID:33690720) (PMCID:PMC7946275)

Changalucha, J. et al. (2019) The need to improve access to rabies post-exposure vaccines: lessons from Tanzania. Vaccine, 37(S1), A45-A53. (doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2018.08.086) (PMID:30309746) (PMCID:PMC6863039)

Sambo, Maganga, Hampson, Katie ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5392-6884, Changalucha, Joel, Cleaveland, Sarah ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0456-0959, Lembo, Tiziana ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6405-1849, Lushasi, Kennedy, Mbunda, Eberhard, Mtema, Zacharia, Sikana, Lwitiko and Johnson, Paul C.D. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6663-7520 (2018) Estimating the size of dog populations in Tanzania to inform rabies control. Veterinary Sciences, 5(3), 77. (doi: 10.3390/vetsci5030077) (PMID:30205470) (PMCID:PMC6164483)

This list was generated on Sat Jul 5 14:52:10 2025 BST.