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 Organization, 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. 1 2 3 "Sang Rosemary Chepkorir | The AAS". 2021-10-12. Archived from the original on 2021-10-12. Retrieved 2021-10-12.
  2. ↑ "Children's health to worsen in Kenya due to climate change". 2021-10-12. Archived from the original on 2021-10-12. Retrieved 2021-10-12.
  3. 1 2 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". ResearchGate. Retrieved 2021-10-12.
  4. 1 2 "Rosemary Sang | icipe - International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology". 2021-10-12. Archived from the original on 2021-10-12. Retrieved 2021-10-12.
  5. ↑ "Climate change damaging livestock and children's health, Lancet report says – Kenya News Agency". 2021-10-12. Archived from the original on 2021-10-12. Retrieved 2021-10-12.
  6. ↑ "How Covid-19 is changing the lives of street children". 2021-10-12. Archived from the original on 2021-10-12. Retrieved 2021-10-12.
  7. ↑ Crabtree, Mary; Sang, Rosemary; Miller, Barry R. (February 2009). "Kupe Virus, a New Virus in the Family Bunyaviridae, Genus Nairovirus, Kenya". Emerging Infectious Diseases. 15 (2): 147–154. doi:10.3201/eid1502.080851. PMC 2657624. PMID 19193256.


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