Published
2026
Disentangling Temporal Trends of Clade Ib Monkeypox Virus Transmission in Burundi
Shihui Jin , Toshiaki R Asakura , Hiroaki Murayama , Sung-mok Jung , David Niyukuri , Joseph Nyandwi , Liliane Nkengurutse , Olivier Kamatari , Jue Tao Lim , Akira Endo , Borame L Dickens
The Journal of Infectious Diseases, Volume 233, Issue 1, 15 January 2026, Pages e140–e144
Published
2026
Role of community and sexual contacts as drivers of MPXV clade I
Hiroaki Murayama, Toshiaki R. Asakura, Borame L. Dickens, Dorothy Boyle, Jen Han Foo, Shihui Jin, Patrick K. Mukadi, Keisuke Ejima, Sung-mok Jung, Akihiro Nishi, Kiesha Prem, Audry M. Wakamba, Diafuka Saila-Ngita, David Niyukuri & Akira Endo
Nature Health volume 1, pages595–606
Published
2026
Epidemiological characteristics and vaccination impact scenario modelling of concurrent Clade I mpox outbreaks in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Burundi
Ruth McCabe, Edward Knock, Alba Halliday, Victoria M Cox, Daniela Olivera Mesa, Kieran Chopra, Brian Ajong, Jean-Claude Bizimana, Thierry Kalonji, Olivier Kamatari, Trystan Leng, Rosie Maddren, Hypolite Muhindo Mavoko, Placide Mbala, Guillaume Morel, Liliane Nkengurutse, Odette Nsavyimana, Joseph Nyandwi, Kanchan Parchani, Anh Pham, Thomas Rawson, Alexander Shaw, Charles Whittaker, Azra C Ghani, Neil Ferguson, David Niyukuri, Lilith K Whittles
medRxiv
Published
2026
From COVID-19 to Mpox to Ebola: Reusable, African-Led Artificial Intelligence Infrastructure for Epidemic Response, and a Roadmap toward Continental Zoonotic Disease Intelligence
Jude Dzevela Kong, Gelan Ayana, Nsagha Dickson Shey, Benjamin Emikpe, Elia Badjo, David Niyukuri, Adesina Sodiya, Chaitali Sinha, Sylvain Landry Faye
African-Led Artificial Intelligence Infrastructure for Epidemic Response, and a Roadmap toward Continental Zoonotic Disease Intelligence (August 02, 2026)
Published
2025
Vaccination Strategies to Achieve Outbreak Control for MPXV Clade I with a One-Time Mass Campaign in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Scenario-Based Modelling Study.
Jin, S., Asakura, T.R., Murayama, H., Saila-Ngita, D., Niyukuri, D., Lim, J.T., Endo, A., & Dickens, B.L.
PLOS Medicine
Published
2025
Disentangling Temporal Trends of Clade Ib Monkeypox Virus Transmission in Burundi.
Jin, S., Asakura, T.R., Murayama, H., Jung, S., Niyukuri, D., Nyandwi, J., Nkengurutse, L., Kamatari, O., Lim, J.T., Endo, A., & Dickens, B.L.
The Journal of Infectious Diseases
Published
2024
A Mathematical Model Exploring the Impact of Climatic Factors on Malaria Transmission Dynamics in Burundi.
Sinigirira, K., Ogana, W., Nyandwi, S., Kwizera, J., & Niyukuri, D.
Journal of Applied Mathematics and Physics, 12, 3728xe2x80x933757
Published
2024
Predicting Malaria Dynamics in Burundi Using Deep Learning Models.
Sakubu, D., Sinigirira, K., & Niyukuri, D.
Journal of Applied Mathematics and Physics, 12, 2904xe2x80x932917
Published
2022
Evaluation of a Health Systems Strengthening Intervention to Improve Ebola Virus Disease Infection Prevention and Control in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Ousman, K. et al.
Journal of Global Health Reports, 6, e2022037
Published
2022
Performance of Highly Sensitive and Conventional Rapid Diagnostic Tests for Clinical and Subclinical Plasmodium Falciparum Infections, and HRP2/3 Deletion Status in Burundi.
Niyukuri, D. et al.
PLOS Global Public Health, 2(7), e0000828
Published
2022
Exploring Predictive Frameworks for Malaria in Burundi.
Mfisimana, L.D., Nibayisabe, E., Badu, K., & Niyukuri, D.
Infectious Disease Modelling, 7(2), 33xe2x80x9344
Published
2021
Inferring HIV Transmission Network Determinants Using Agent-Based Models Calibrated to Multi-Data Sources.
Niyukuri, D., Chibawara, T., Nyasulu, P.S., & Delva, W.
Mathematics, 9, 2645
Published
2021
Assessing the Uncertainty Around Age-Mixing Patterns in HIV Transmission Inferred from Phylogenetic Trees.
Niyukuri, D., Nyasulu, P., & Delva, W.
PLoS ONE, 16(3), e0249013
Published
2019
SimpactCyan 1.0: An Open-Source Simulator for Individual-Based Models in HIV Epidemiology with R and Python Interfaces.
Liesenborgs, J. et al.
Scientific Reports, 9(1), 1xe2x80x9313
Published
2018
The Effect of the Mechanism and Amount of Missingness on Phylodynamic Inference of Heterosexual HIV Transmission Networks.
Niyukuri, D., & Delva, W.
Virus Evolution, 4(suppl1), vey010-006
Published
2016
Entice Africa's Scientists to Stay.
Bassioni, G., Adzaho, G., & Niyukuri, D.
Nature, 535(7611), 231xe2x80x93231