Transforming data insights into actionable outcomes, disseminated through peer-reviewed publications and diverse media platforms.
Journal publications and reports
Gunasekera U, Mohamed Fazi MA, Bartels C, Punyapornwithaya V, Perez A, VanderWaal K, Makau DN. Optimizing risk-based disease control strategies through network analysis: Case insights from FMD in Sri Lanka. Prev Vet Med.
Gelalcha B, Chepkwony M, Corzo C, Yoder C, Perez A, Perez Aguirreburualde MS, Makau DN, Mahero MW. Education and Economic Factors Shape Clusters of Biosecurity Beliefs and Practices: Insights from an Exploratory Survey of Midwest U.S. Swine Producers. Pathog.
Makau DN, Artz J, VanderWaal K. An update on the phylogeography and dynamics of pool 4 FMDV spread in East and Horn of Africa. Virus Evol.
Makau DN, Artz J, VanderWaal K. Machine learning approaches for forecasting r1-based protective interactions among FMD virus variants. Plos Comp Bio.
Chepkwony M, Makau DN, Yoder C, Corzo CA, Culhane MR, Perez AM, Pérez Aguirreburualde MS, Nault AJ, Mahero MW. A scoping review of knowledge, attitudes, and practices on biosecurity in swine production farms in North America. Front Vet Sci.
Chepkwony MC, Yoder C, Culhane MR, Aguirreburualde MSP, Perez AM, Corzo CA, Makau DN, Mahero MW. Beliefs, behaviors, and practices of farm biosecurity in the Midwestern U.S. swine operations. Animals (Basel).
Pamornchainavakul N, Paploski I, Makau DN, Baker J, Huang J, Ferreira C, Corzo C, Rovira A, Cheeran M, Lycett S, Doeschl-Wilson A, Schroeder D, VanderWaal K. Experimental evidence of vaccine-driven evolution of PRRSV-2. Virus Evol.
Cho M, Koo D, Rief R, Makau DN. Patterns of early risk factors for juvenile justice outcomes in youth with high-incidence disabilities. Crime and Delinquency.
VanderWaal K, Pamornchainavakul N, Kikuti M, Zhang J, Zeller M, Trevisan G, Rossow S, Schwartz M, Linhares D, Holtkamp D, da Silva J, Corzo C, Baker J, Anderson T, Makau DN, Paploski I. PRRSV-2 variant classification: a dynamic nomenclature for enhanced monitoring and surveillance. mSphere.
Dinede G., Keba A., Amenu K., Makau DN and Grace D. Enhancing evidence-informed decision-making in Ethiopia's animal health sector with Global Burden of Animal Diseases support: Game learning of evidence ecosystem. (Nairobi, Kenya: ILRI).
Sentamu DN, Arasio RL, Akala H, Makau DN, Wasonga OV, Onono JO. Stakeholder analysis and their roles in livestock disease reporting and response in Northern Kenya. Pastoralism.
Makau DN, VanderWaal K, Kikuti M, Picasso-Risso C, Geary E, Corzo CA. Endemic epidemiology of porcine epidemic diarrhea virus in the United States. Transbound Emerg Dis.
Schultze M, Kincheloe JM, Makau DN, Knauer W, Wells SJ. Assessment of use of biosecurity practices to prevent chronic wasting disease in Minnesota cervid herds. Prev Vet Med.
Paploski IAD, Kiesel G, Makau DN, Pamornchainavakul N, Baker JP, Kikuti M, Corzo CA, VanderWaal K. Weathering the storm: extreme weather events and their association with PED and PRRS occurrence. Vet Microbiol.
Kikuti M, Melini CM, Yue X, Paploski IAD, Pamornchainavakul N, Baker J, Makau DN, VanderWaal K, Maschhoff A, Henness K, Drebes D, Corzo CA. Monitoring of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus variant emergence. Vet Microbiol.