Dr. Evans Chadeka

echadeka@kemri.go.ke

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Dr. Evans Chadeka

Post-doctoral Fellow

Biography

Dr. Evans Chadeka is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the KEMRI Graduate School of Health Sciences. Recently, Dr. Chadeka was awarded a Career Development Fellowship grant from the European Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP) for his project on identifying potential morbidity markers for intestinal schistosomiasis/bilharzia. The project is part of the EDCTP2 programme supported by the European Union (grant number TMA2019CDF-2746).

Education

PhD in Medical Science in Infection Research – Nagasaki University, Japan: March 2019
Master of Public Health (MPH) – Moi University, Kenya: December 2010
Bachelor of Science (Microbiology) – Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Kenya: July 2005

Selected Publications

Mio T, Anna OK, Chadeka EA, Cheruiyot BN, Sassa M, et al (2021) Potential of antibody test using Schistosoma mansoni recombinant serpin and RP26 to detect light-intensity infections in endemic areas. Parasitology International 83-102346
Sassa M, Chadeka EA, Cheruiyot NB, Mio T, Moriyasu T et al (2020) Prevalence and risk factors of Schistosoma mansoni infection among children under two years of age in Mbita, western Kenya. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. (14). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008473
Chadeka EA, Nagi S, Cheruiyot NB, Bahati F, Sunahara T, et al (2019) A highintensity cluster of Schistosoma mansoni infection around Mbita causeway, western Kenya: a confirmatory cross-sectional survey. Tropical Medicine and Health 47:26. https://doi.org/10.1186/s41182-019-0152-y
Inoue M, Niki M, Ozeki Y, Nagi S, Chadeka EA, et al (2018) High-density lipoprotein suppresses tumor necrosis factor alpha production by mycobacteria infected human macrophages. Sci Rep. 30; 8(1):6736. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018- 24233-1.
Caroline Kijogi, Daisuke Kimura, Lam Quoc Bao, Risa Nakamura, Chadeka EA, et al (2018) Modulation of immune responses by Plasmodium falciparum infection in asymptomatic children living in the endemic region of Mbita, western Kenya. Parasitology International 67(3): 284-293.
Chadeka EA, Nagi S, Sunahara T, Cheruiyot NB, Bahati F, et al (2017) Spatial distribution and risk factors of Schistosoma haematobium and hookworm infections among schoolchildren in Kwale, Kenya. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 11(9): e0005872. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0005872.

Dr. Evans Chadeka

Dr. Evans Chadeka

KEMRI Graduate School

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