Dr. Christine Bii

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Dr. Christine Bii

Medical Microbiology

Biography

Dr. Christine C. Bii has a PhD in Medical Mycology from Kyorin University-Japan. Her research interest is on human mycoses. She has over 25 years of experience in research and training in fungal infections. She established the only Research and Training in Medical Mycology at KEMRI and coordinates the Microbiology (Medical Mycology) course at the KEMRI-Graduate School. She
has mentored over 50 post graduate students and published over 60 manuscripts in peer reviewed journals. Her research focus is on; cryptococcal infections, Candida speciation, antifungal drug resistance, mycotoxicological food safety, aspergillosis and opportunistic fungal infections in NCD. She has a number of active grants addressing fungal infections as emerging yet neglected significant pathogens.

Education

PhD, Medical Mycology, Kyorin University, JPN, 2005
MSc, Mycology, University of Nairobi, KE, 1998
BSc, Biological Sciences, University of Nairobi, KE, 1990

Selected Publications

Peter Koskei, Christine C. Bii, Protus Musotsi and Simon Muturi. Postharvest Storage Practices of Maize in Rift Valley and Lower Eastern Regions of Kenya: A Cross-Sectional Study. International Journal of Microbiology. Volume 2020 |Article ID 6109214 | 10 pages | Feb 2020 . https://doi.org/10.1155/2020/6109214
Gebreselema Gebreyohannes, Andrew Nyerere, Christine Bii and Desta Berhe Sbhatu. Determination of Antimicrobial Activity of Extracts of Indigenous Wild Mushrooms against Pathogenic Organisms. Hindawi Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine. Volume 2019, Article ID 6212673. https://doi.org/10.1155/2019/6212673
Abigael Obura Awuor, Joel Montgomery, Ellen Yard, Collen Martin, Johnni Daniel, Nicholas Zitomer, Michael Rybak, Lauren Lewis, Timothy Phillips, Amelia Romoser, Sarah Elmore, Elvis Oyugi, Samwel Amwayi, Christine Bii & John Vulule (2016): Evaluation of Efficacy, Acceptability and Palatability of Calcium montmorillonite Clay used to reduce aflatoxin B1 dietary exposure in a Crossover study in Kenya, Food Additives & Contaminants. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19440049.2016.1224933
Langat, G., Tetsuhiro, M., Gonoi, T., Matiru, V. and Bii, C. (2016) Aflatoxin M1 Contamination of Milk and Its Products in Bomet County, Kenya. Advances in Microbiology, 6, 528-536. http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/aim.2016.67053
Martha F. Mushi , Conjester I. Mtemisika, Oliver Bader , Christine Bii C, Mariam M. Mirambo, Uwe Groß, Stephen E. Mshana High Oral Carriage of Non-albicans Candida spp. among HIV-infected individuals. International Journal of Infectious Diseases 49 (2016) 185– 188. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2016.07.001
John A Guto, Christine C Bii, David W Denning. Estimated burden of fungal infections in Kenya. J Infect Dev Ctries 2016; 10(8):777-784. doi:10.3855/jidc.

Dr. Christine Bii

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