Mr Lwitiko Sikana
- Affiliate Researcher (School of Biodiversity, One Health & Veterinary Medicine)
Publications
2025
Ferguson, Elaine A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2010-765X, Lugelo, Ahmed, Czupryna, Anna
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8004-1678, Anderson, Danni, Lankester, Felix, Sikana, Lwitiko, Dushoff, Jonathan and Hampson, Katie
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5392-6884
(2025)
Improved effectiveness of vaccination campaigns against rabies by reducing spatial heterogeneity in coverage.
PLoS Biology,
(doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3002872)
(Early Online Publication)
Luka, Martha M., Ferguson, Elaine A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2010-765X, Rees, Eleanor
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4993-2795, Hoffu, Husna, Changalucha, Joel
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0758-2480, Lushasi, Kennedy, Sikana, Lwitiko, Mutunga, Mumbua, Thumbi, SM and Hampson, Katie
ORCID: 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: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0758-2480, Ferguson, Elaine A.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2010-765X, Sikana, Lwitiko, Hampson, Katie
ORCID: 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: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6405-1849, Hampson, Katie
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5392-6884, Lushasi, Kennedy, Mtenga, Sally, Sambo, Maganga, Wight, Daniel
ORCID: 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: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5392-6884, Changalucha, Joel, Cleaveland, Sarah
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0456-0959, Lembo, Tiziana
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6405-1849, Lushasi, Kennedy, Mbunda, Eberhard, Mtema, Zacharia, Sikana, Lwitiko and Johnson, Paul C.D.
ORCID: 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)
Articles
Ferguson, Elaine A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2010-765X, Lugelo, Ahmed, Czupryna, Anna
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8004-1678, Anderson, Danni, Lankester, Felix, Sikana, Lwitiko, Dushoff, Jonathan and Hampson, Katie
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5392-6884
(2025)
Improved effectiveness of vaccination campaigns against rabies by reducing spatial heterogeneity in coverage.
PLoS Biology,
(doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3002872)
(Early Online Publication)
Luka, Martha M., Ferguson, Elaine A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2010-765X, Rees, Eleanor
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4993-2795, Hoffu, Husna, Changalucha, Joel
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0758-2480, Lushasi, Kennedy, Sikana, Lwitiko, Mutunga, Mumbua, Thumbi, SM and Hampson, Katie
ORCID: 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: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0758-2480, Ferguson, Elaine A.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2010-765X, Sikana, Lwitiko, Hampson, Katie
ORCID: 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: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6405-1849, Hampson, Katie
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5392-6884, Lushasi, Kennedy, Mtenga, Sally, Sambo, Maganga, Wight, Daniel
ORCID: 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: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5392-6884, Changalucha, Joel, Cleaveland, Sarah
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0456-0959, Lembo, Tiziana
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6405-1849, Lushasi, Kennedy, Mbunda, Eberhard, Mtema, Zacharia, Sikana, Lwitiko and Johnson, Paul C.D.
ORCID: 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)