Biography:Rosemary Chepkorir Sang
Rosemary Chepkorir Sang is a Kenyan virologist at the Kenya Medical Research Institute, who specialises in the transmission and treatment of arboviruses.[1][2] She has a PhD in zoology[3] and an MSc in medical virology[4] and entomology.[3] She has investigated several major outbreaks of arbovirus in East Africa.[4] She has been outspoken on the need for African countries to be part of global policy discussions on climate change.[5] During the COVID-19 pandemic she expressed concern about the welfare of street children.[6] She has been a member of a number of Expert Committees for the World Health Organisation, including on International Health Regulation, and Rift Valley fever.[1] She was elected a Fellow of the African Academy of Sciences in 2014.[1]
Selected publications
- Crabtree M, Sang R, Miller BR. Kupe Virus, a New Virus in the Family Bunyaviridae, Genus Nairovirus, Kenya. Emerg Infect Dis. 2009;15(2):147-154.[7]
- Sergon, Kibet, et al. "Seroprevalence of chikungunya virus (CHIKV) infection on Lamu Island, Kenya, October 2004." The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 78.2 (2008): 333-337.
- Sang, Rosemary, et al. "Rift Valley fever virus epidemic in Kenya, 2006/2007: the entomologic investigations." The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 83.2 Suppl (2010): 28.
- Aubry, Fabien, et al. "Enhanced Zika virus susceptibility of globally invasive Aedes aegypti populations." Science 370.6519 (2020): 991-996.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Sang Rosemary Chepkorir | The AAS". 2021-10-12. https://www.aasciences.africa/fellow/sang-rosemary-chepkorir.
- ↑ "Children's health to worsen in Kenya due to climate change". 2021-10-12. https://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2020-01-05-childrens-health-to-worsen-in-kenya-due-to-climate-change/.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Physiology, Rosemary Sangicipe-International Centre of Insect; HealthPhDMScMSc, Ecology | ICIPE · Human. "Rosemary SANG | PhD (Zoology) MSc (Medical Virology) MSc (Entomology) | icipe – International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology, Nairobi | ICIPE | Human Health" (in en). https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Rosemary-Sang-2.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Rosemary Sang | icipe - International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology". 2021-10-12. http://www.icipe.org/about/staff/rosemary-sang.
- ↑ "Climate change damaging livestock and children's health, Lancet report says – Kenya News Agency". 2021-10-12. https://www.kenyanews.go.ke/climate-change-damaging-livestock-and-childrens-health-lancet-report-says/.
- ↑ "How Covid-19 is changing the lives of street children". 2021-10-12. https://www.the-star.co.ke/news/big-read/2020-07-30-how-covid-19-is-changing-the-lives-of-street-children/.
- ↑ Crabtree, Mary; Sang, Rosemary; Miller, Barry R. (February 2009). "Kupe Virus, a New Virus in the Family Bunyaviridae, Genus Nairovirus, Kenya" (in en-us). Emerging Infectious Diseases 15 (2): 147–154. doi:10.3201/eid1502.080851. PMID 19193256. PMC 2657624. https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/15/2/08-0851_article.
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