Malaria Control & Elimination

Walter G. Z. O. Jura

Department of Zoology, Maseno University, Maseno, Kenya

Biography

Undertook Doctoral Research on Tropical Animal Health, especially on early invasive mechanisms of Theileria annulata and Theileria parva in in vitro culture systems at The University of Edinburgh· Centre for Tropical Veterinary Medicine, Theileria group United Kingdom · Edinburgh. Undertook research as part of a team using immunochemistry and in situ hybridisation techniques to localize calcitonin gene-related peptide, Substance P and enkephalins in tissues at University of London· Histochemistry, Hammersmith Hospital, London.  Currently working as Professor of Parasitology and Head of Department, Maseno University · Department of Zoology, Kisumu, Kenya.

Research Interest

Zoonotic Diseases, Parasitic Diseases, Zoonoses, Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Emerging Infectious Diseases, Veterinary Parasitology, Medical Parasitology, Molecular Parasitology, Protozoology, Veterinary Epidemiology, Infectious Disease Transmission, Animal Parasitic Diseases, Animal Parasitology, Tick-Borne Diseases, Mosquitoes, Malaria, Parasitology, Dissection.