Hussein Abkallo

Hussein Abkallo

Post Doctoral Fellow - Molecular Biology/Virology

Hussein Abkallo joined ILRI in August 2017 as a Post-Doctoral Fellow (Molecular Biology & Virology) with a remit to establish the cutting edge CRISPR/Cas9 technology for editing ASF virus genome, as well as the development of a reverse genetics system for generating synthetic ASF viral genomes, with a view to developing live attenuated vaccines (LAVs) against ASF virus. Hussein is a Biomedical Scientist who holds a PhD & MSc in Medical Sciences (Infections Research) from the Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University, Japan and BSc Biomedical Sciences from Maseno University, Kenya. Before joining ILRI, he was a Royal Society Newton International Fellow at the University of Edinburgh in the UK where he was using CRISPR/Cas9 to edit P. falciparum genome. Hussein is keen on broader applications of CRISPR/Cas technology and Synthetic biology in developing vaccines and establishing ultra-sensitive diagnostics.

 

My Publications

Co-deletion of A238L and EP402R genes from a genotype IX African swine fever virus results in partial attenuation and protection in swine

  • Abkallo, Hussein M.
  • Hemmink, Johanneke D.
  • Oduor, Bernard
  • Khazalwa, Emmanuel M.
  • Svitek, Nicholas
  • Assad-Garcia, N.
  • Khayumbi, Jeremiah
  • Fuchs, W.
  • Vashee, S.
  • Steinaa, Lucilla

Deletion of the CD2v gene from the genome of ASFV-Kenya-IX-1033 partially reduces virulence and induces protection in pigs

  • Hemmink, Johanneke D.
  • Khazalwa, Emmanuel M.
  • Abkallo, Hussein M.
  • Oduor, Bernard
  • Khayumbi, Jeremiah
  • Svitek, Nicholas
  • Henson, Sonal P.
  • Blome, S.
  • Keil, G.
  • Bishop, Richard P.
  • Steinaa, Lucilla

The African swine fever isolate ASFV-Kenya-IX-1033 is highly virulent and stable after propagation in the wild boar cell line WSL

  • Hemmink, Johanneke D.
  • Abkallo, Hussein M.
  • Henson, Sonal P.
  • Khazalwa, Emmanuel M.
  • Oduor, Bernard
  • Lacasta, Anna
  • Okoth, Edward A.
  • Riitho, Victor
  • Fuchs, W.
  • Bishop, Richard P.
  • Steinaa, Lucilla

High prevalence of Plasmodium malariae and Plasmodium ovale in co-infections with Plasmodium falciparum in asymptomatic malaria parasite carriers in southwestern Nigeria

  • Abdulraheem, M.A.
  • Ernest, M.
  • Ugwuanyi, I.
  • Abkallo, Hussein M.
  • Nishikawa, S.
  • Adeleke, M.
  • Orimadegun, A.E.
  • Culleton, R.

Healthy animals for healthy lives in low- and middle-income countries

  • Hung Nguyen-Viet
  • Nene, Vishvanath
  • Grace, Delia
  • Alonso, Silvia
  • Kinyua, Charity
  • Svitek, Nicholas
  • Schieck, Elise G.
  • Bett, Bernard K.
  • Unger, Fred
  • Abkallo, Hussein M.
  • Roesel, Kristina
  • Sinh Dang-Xuan

Rapid CRISPR/Cas9 editing of genotype IX African swine fever virus circulating in eastern and central Africa

  • Abkallo, Hussein M.
  • Svitek, Nicholas
  • Oduor, Bernard
  • Awino, Elias
  • Henson, Sonal P.
  • Oyola, Samuel O.
  • Mwalimu, Stephen
  • Assad-Garcia, N.
  • Fuchs, W.
  • Vashee, S.
  • Steinaa, Lucilla
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