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Dr Caroline Mburu is a Research Fellow at the University of 58吃瓜. She is a Medical Anthropologist whose research focuses on the socio ecological aspects of zoonotic diseases in East Africa. Her particular interests include lay knowledge and awareness of zoonoses, perceptions of risk, treatment pathways and cultural and structural drivers of disease. Caroline鈥檚 PhD (2017-2022) at the University of Nairobi in Kenya examined the socio ecological dimensions of brucellosis and brucellosis control in Kilombero district in Tanzania.
Currently, she is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Social Antthropology in the MRC/UKRI funded project鈥�Developing Effective Rodent Control Strategies to Reduce Disease Risk in Ecologically and Culturally Diverse Rural Landscapes鈥�. She will be conducting ethnographic fieldwork in rural Tanzania where she will examine how local communities interact with rats in the course of their daily life and agricultural activities, as well as their approach to rodent-borne infection risk and rodent control methods and techniques.
Prior to joining the University of 58吃瓜, her previous studies explored lay perceptions and impact of Rift Valley fever among the Somali in Kenya, prioritization of livestock diseases among the Maasai in Kenya and stakeholder perceptions related to the impact of COVID-19 on wet markets reforms in Kenya. She has worked in Interdisciplinary projects including the Dynamic Drivers of Disease in Africa (DDDAC), Afrique-One ASPIRE and the One Health Network for the HORN of Africa (HORN Project).
Selected publications
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Mburu, C., 5 Mar 2026, In: Journal of Southern African Studies. 51, 4, p. 583-596
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Mburu, C. M., Bukachi, S., Majiwa, H., Ongore, D., Baylis, M., Mochabo, K., Fevre, E. & Howland, O., 12 Jul 2023, In: PLoS ONE. 18, 7, 16 p., e0287456.
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Mirieri, H., Nasimiyu, C., Dawa, J., Mburu, C., Jalang'o, R., Kamau, P., Igboh, L., Ebama, M., Wainaina, D., Gitonga, J., Karanja, J., Njenga, E., Kariuki, J., Machani, J., Oginga, P., Baraka, I., Wamaru, P., Muhula, S., Ratemo, P. & Ayugi, J. & 4 others, , 18 Dec 2023, In: Vaccine. 41, 52, p. 7695-7704
Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥� Article 鈥� peer-review
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Bardosh, K., Guinto, R. R., Bukachi, S. A., Hang, T. M., Bongcac, M. K., de los Santos, M. Y. M., Mburu, C. M., Abela, J., Kelly, D. & Maller, C., 6 Sept 2023, In: PLOS Global Public Health. 3, 9, 23 p., e0001704.
Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥� Article 鈥� peer-review
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Mburu, C., Bukachi, S. A. & Bett, B., 6 Jun 2022, In: Pastoralism: Research, Policy and Practice. 12, 8 p., 24.
Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥� Article 鈥� peer-review
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Mburu, C., Bukachi, S. A., Shilabukha, K., Tokpa, K. H., Ezekiel, M., Fokou, G., Bonfoh, B. & Kazwala, R., 5 Jun 2021, In: BMC Public Health. 21, 11 p., 1075.
Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥� Article 鈥� peer-review
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Mburu, C., Bukachi, S. A., Tokpa, K. H., Fokou, G., Shilabukha, K., Ezekiel, M., Bonfoh, B., Kazwala, R. & Kreppel, K., 10 Jun 2021, In: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 15, 6, 22 p., e0009500.
Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥� Article 鈥� peer-review
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Mburu, C., Bukachi, S. A. & Bett, B. K., 13 Jan 2016, In: BMC Public Health. 16, 10 p., 32.
Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥� Article 鈥� peer-review
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