2025
Mwaura DK, Anderson JA, Kiboi DM, Akinyi MY, Tung J. Enhancing Student Comprehension of Paternity Assignment in Molecular Primatology: A Pilot Study Using a Shiny Web Application in Kenya. Am J Primatol. 2025 Mar;87(3):e70024. doi: 10.1002/ajp.70024. PMID: 40119860; PMCID: PMC11929524.
Chege M, Ferretti P, Webb S, Macharia RW, Obiero G, Kamau J, Alberts SC, Tung J, Akinyi MY, Archie EA. Eukaryotic composition across seasons and social groups in the gut microbiota of wild baboons. anim microbiome 7, 70 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1186/s42523-025-00436-6
2024
Obanda V, Akinyi M, King’ori E, Nyakundi R, Ochola G, Oreng P, et al. Epidemiology and ecology of the sylvatic cycle of African Swine Fever Virus in Kenya. Virus Res. 2024 Oct;348:199434.
Akinyi MY, Chifwete M, Ndwiga L, Kimenyi KM, Osoti V, Ochola-Oyier LI. A cross-sectional analysis identifies a low prevalence of Plasmodium ovale species infections in symptomatic and asymptomatic individuals in Kilifi county, Kenya. Wellcome Open Res. 2024 Sep;7:207
Anderson JA, Lin D, Lea AJ, Johnston RA, Voyles T, Akinyi MY, et al. DNA methylation signatures of early-life adversity are exposure-dependent in wild baboons. Proc Natl Acad Sci. 2024 Mar;121(11).
Kimenyi KM, Akinyi MY, Mwikali K, Gilmore T, Mwangi S, Omer E, et al. Distinct transcriptomic signatures define febrile malaria depending on initial infective states, asymptomatic or uninfected. BMC Infect Dis. 2024 Jan;24(1):140.
2023
Lewis CM, Akinyi MY, DeWitte SN, Stone AC. Ancient pathogens provide a window into health and well-being. Proc Natl Acad Sci. 2023 Jan;120(4).
2022
Anderson JA, Lea AJ, Voyles TN, Akinyi MY, Nyakundi R, Ochola L, et al. Distinct gene regulatory signatures of dominance rank and social bond strength in wild baboons. Philos Trans R Soc B Biol Sci. 2022 Feb;377(1845).
Osoti V, Akinyi M, Wamae K, Kimenyi KM, Laurent Z de, Ndwiga L, et al. Targeted Amplicon Deep Sequencing for Monitoring Antimalarial Resistance Markers in Western Kenya. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2022 Apr;66(4).
Nyakundi RK, Hau J, Ogongo P, Nyamongo O, Jeneby M, Akinyi M, et al. Acquired Clinical Immunity to Malaria in Nonhuman Primates Coinfected with Schistosoma and Plasmodium Parasites. Infect Immun. 2022 Feb;90(2).
2021
Ndwiga L, Kimenyi KM, Wamae K, Osoti V, Akinyi M, Omedo I, et al. A review of the frequencies of Plasmodium falciparum Kelch 13 artemisinin resistance mutations in Africa. Int J Parasitol Drugs Drug Resist. 2021 Aug;16:155–61.
Mbuthia P, Murungi E, Owino V, Akinyi M, Eastwood G, Nyamota R, et al. Potentially zoonotic gastrointestinal nematodes co‐infecting free ranging non‐human primates in Kenyan urban centres. Vet Med Sci. 2021 May;7(3):1023–33.
Anderson JA, Johnston RA, Lea AJ, Campos FA, Voyles TN, Akinyi MY, et al. High social status males experience accelerated epigenetic aging in wild baboons. eLife. 2021 Apr;10
Akinyi MY, Kivai S, Mbuthia P, Kiragu D, Wango T, Shikoli C, et al. Surveillance of emerging infectious diseases in wild non-human primates in Kenya: Successes and challenges. 2021.
Fredrick M, Danson M, John K, Stanislaus K, David N, Maina N, Gicheru M, Mbaruk S, Akinyi MY. Schistosoma mansoni and soil transmtted helminths in olive baboons and potential zoonosis. Vet Med Sci. 2021 Sep;7(5):2026–31.
2016-2019
Akinyi MY, Jansen D, Habig B, Gesquiere LR, Alberts SC, Archie EA. Costs and drivers of helminth parasite infection in wild female baboons. J Anim Ecol. 2019;88(7).
Habig B, Jansen DAWAM, Akinyi MY, Gesquiere LR, Alberts SC, Archie EA. Multi-scale predictors of parasite risk in wild male savanna baboons (Papio cynocephalus). Behav Ecol Sociobiol. 2019;73(10).
Lea AJ, Akinyi MY, Nyakundi R, Mareri P, Nyundo F, Kariuki T, et al. Dominance rank-associated gene expression is widespread, sex-specific, and a precursor to high social status in wild male baboons. Proc Natl Acad Sci. 2018 Dec;115(52).
Akinyi MY, Gesquiere LR, Franz M, Onyango PO, Altmann J, Alberts SC. Hormonal correlates of natal dispersal and rank attainment in wild male baboons. Horm Behav. 2017;94.
Nyakundi RK, Nyamongo O, Maamun J, Akinyi M, Mulei I, Farah IO, et al. Protective effect of chronic schistosomiasis in baboons coinfected with Schistosoma mansoni and Plasmodium knowlesi. Infect Immun. 2016;
Mwangi DK, Akinyi M, Maloba F, Ngotho M, Kagira J, Ndeereh D, et al. Socioeconomic and health implications of human–wildlife interactions in Nthongoni, Eastern Kenya. 2016
2014-2011
Schapiro SJ, Coleman K, Akinyi M, Koenig P, Hau J, Domaingue MC. Chapter 13 – Nonhuman Primate Welfare in the Research Environment. In: Bayne K, Turner PV, editors. Laboratory Animal Welfare [Internet]. Academic Press; 2014. p. 197–212. Available from: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780123851031000130
Akinyi MY, Tung J, Jeneby M, Patel NB, Altmann J, Alberts SC. Role of grooming in reducing tick load in wild baboons (Papio cynocephalus). Anim Behav. 2013;85(3).
Tung J, Akinyi MY, Mutura S, Altmann J, Wray GA, Alberts SC. Allele-specific gene expression in a wild nonhuman primate population. Mol Ecol. 2011;20:725–39.
Maamun JM, Suleman MA, Akinyi M, Ozwara H, Kariuki T, Carlsson HE. Prevalence of Babesia microti in free-ranging baboons and African green monkeys. J Parasitol. 2011;97(1):63–7.