John Rek

2.7k citations

50 papers · 976 indexed · h-index 18

Impact in

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health top 2%
- Malaria Research and Control
- Mosquito-borne diseases and control
Parasitology top 5%
- Parasites and Host Interactions

Papers in ⓘ

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 47
- Malaria Research and Control 46
- Mosquito-borne diseases and control 41
- Travel-related health issues 5
Parasitology 10
- Parasites and Host Interactions 7

Co-authors: Moses R. Kamya (41 shared papers)Grant Dorsey (42 shared papers)Emmanuel Arinaitwe (42 shared papers)Sarah G. Staedke (24 shared papers)Joaniter I. Nankabirwa (27 shared papers)Bryan Greenhouse (26 shared papers)Steve W. Lindsay (7 shared papers)Maxwell Kilama (7 shared papers)
Journals: Malaria Journal (12 papers)American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (8 papers)The Journal of Infectious Diseases (5 papers)PLoS ONE (4 papers)Scientific Reports (3 papers)
Partner nations: Uganda United States United Kingdom

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John Rek

46 papers receiving 971 citations

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1	Mind the Gap: House Structure and the Risk of Malaria in Uganda PLoS ONE ·Humphrey Wanzirah, Lucy S. Tusting, Emmanuel Arinaitwe, Agaba Katureebe, Maxwell Kilama, John Rek, Christian Bottomley, Sarah G. Staedke, Moses R. Kamya, Grant Dorsey, Steve W. Lindsay	2015	95
2	Quantification of anti-parasite and anti-disease immunity to malaria as a function of age and exposure eLife ·Isabel Rodríguez-Barraquer, Emmanuel Arinaitwe, Prasanna Jagannathan, Moses R. Kamya, Phillip Rosenthal, John Rek, Grant Dorsey, Joaniter I. Nankabirwa, Sarah G. Staedke, Maxwell Kilama, Chris Drakeley, Isaac Ssewanyana, David L. Smith, Bryan Greenhouse	2018	84
3	Impact of vector control interventions on malaria transmission intensity, outdoor vector biting rates and Anopheles mosquito species composition in Tororo, Uganda Malaria Journal ·Alex Musiime, David L. Smith, Maxwell Kilama, John Rek, Emmanuel Arinaitwe, Joaniter I. Nankabirwa, Moses R. Kamya, Melissa D. Conrad, Grant Dorsey, Anne M. Akol, Sarah G. Staedke, Steve W. Lindsay, James P. Egonyu	2019	62
4	Why is malaria associated with poverty? Findings from a cohort study in rural Uganda Infectious Diseases of Poverty ·Lucy S. Tusting, John Rek, Emmanuel Arinaitwe, Sarah G. Staedke, Moses R. Kamya, Jorge Cano, Christian Bottomley, Deborah Johnston, Grant Dorsey, Steve W. Lindsay, Jo Lines	2016	61
5	Vδ2+ T cell response to malaria correlates with protection from infection but is attenuated with repeated exposure Scientific Reports ·Prasanna Jagannathan, Fredrick Lutwama, Michelle J. Boyle, Felistas Nankya, Lila A. Farrington, Tara I. McIntyre, Katherine Bowen, Kate Naluwu, Mayimuna Nalubega, Kenneth Musinguzi, Esther Sikyomu, Rachel Budker, Agaba Katureebe, John Rek, Bryan Greenhouse, Grant Dorsey, Moses R. Kamya, Margaret E. Feeney	2017	55
6	Rapid improvements to rural Ugandan housing and their association with malaria from intense to reduced transmission: a cohort study The Lancet Planetary Health ·John Rek, Victor A. Alegana, Emmanuel Arinaitwe, Ewan Cameron, Moses R. Kamya, Agaba Katureebe, Steve W. Lindsay, Maxwell Kilama, Sarah G. Staedke, Jim Todd, Grant Dorsey, Lucy S. Tusting	2018	52
7	Both inflammatory and regulatory cytokine responses to malaria are blunted with increasing age in highly exposed children Malaria Journal ·Lila A. Farrington, Hilary Vance, John Rek, Mary Prahl, Prasanna Jagannathan, Agaba Katureebe, Emmanuel Arinaitwe, Moses R. Kamya, Grant Dorsey, Margaret E. Feeney	2017	48
8	Sex-based differences in clearance of chronic Plasmodium falciparum infection eLife ·Jessica Briggs, Noam Teyssier, Joaniter I. Nankabirwa, John Rek, Prasanna Jagannathan, Emmanuel Arinaitwe, Teun Bousema, Chris Drakeley, Margaret Murray, Emily Crawford, Nicholas J. Hathaway, Sarah G. Staedke, David L. Smith, Phillip Rosenthal, Moses R. Kamya, Grant Dorsey, Isabel Rodríguez-Barraquer, Bryan Greenhouse	2020	47
9	Characterizing microscopic and submicroscopic malaria parasitaemia at three sites with varied transmission intensity in Uganda Malaria Journal ·John Rek, Shereen Katrak, Hosanna Nnennaya Obasi, Patience Nayebare, Agaba Katureebe, Elijah Kakande, Emmanuel Arinaitwe, Joaniter I. Nankabirwa, Prasanna Jagannathan, Chris Drakeley, Sarah G. Staedke, David L. Smith, Teun Bousema, Moses R. Kamya, Philip J. Rosenthal, Grant Dorsey, Bryan Greenhouse	2016	35
10	The Development of Plasmodium falciparum-Specific IL10 CD4 T Cells and Protection from Malaria in Children in an Area of High Malaria Transmission Frontiers in Immunology ·Michelle J. Boyle, Prasanna Jagannathan, Katherine Bowen, Tara I. McIntyre, Hilary M. Vance, Lila A. Farrington, Alanna Schwartz, Felistas Nankya, Kate Naluwu, Samuel Wamala, Esther Sikyomu, John Rek, Bryan Greenhouse, Emmanuel Arinaitwe, Grant Dorsey, Moses R. Kamya, Margaret E. Feeney	2017	33
11	Malaria Transmission, Infection, and Disease following Sustained Indoor Residual Spraying of Insecticide in Tororo, Uganda American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene ·Joaniter I. Nankabirwa, Emmanuel Arinaitwe, John Rek, Maxwell Kilama, Timothy Kizza, Sarah G. Staedke, Phillip Rosenthal, Isabel Rodríguez-Barraquer, Jessica Briggs, Bryan Greenhouse, Teun Bousema, Chris Drakeley, David S. Roos, Sheena Shah Tomko, David L. Smith, Moses R. Kamya, Grant Dorsey	2020	33
12	Measuring Socioeconomic Inequalities in Relation to Malaria Risk: A Comparison of Metrics in Rural Uganda American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene ·Lucy S. Tusting, John Rek, Emmanuel Arinaitwe, Sarah G. Staedke, Moses R. Kamya, Christian Bottomley, Deborah Johnston, Jo Lines, Grant Dorsey, Steve W. Lindsay	2016	26
13	Clinical consequences of submicroscopic malaria parasitaemia in Uganda Malaria Journal ·Shereen Katrak, Patience Nayebare, John Rek, Emmanuel Arinaitwe, Joaniter I. Nankabirwa, Moses R. Kamya, Grant Dorsey, Philip J. Rosenthal, Bryan Greenhouse	2018	25
14	Effector Phenotype ofPlasmodium falciparum–Specific CD4⁺T Cells Is Influenced by Both Age and Transmission Intensity in Naturally Exposed Populations The Journal of Infectious Diseases ·Michelle J. Boyle, Prasanna Jagannathan, Katherine Bowen, Tara I. McIntyre, Hilary M. Vance, Lila A. Farrington, Bryan Greenhouse, Felistas Nankya, John Rek, Agaba Katureebe, Emmanuel Arinaitwe, Grant Dorsey, Moses R. Kamya, Margaret E. Feeney	2015	24
15	Asymptomatic School-Aged Children Are Important Drivers of Malaria Transmission in a High Endemicity Setting in Uganda The Journal of Infectious Diseases ·John Rek, Sara Lynn Blanken, Joseph Okoth, Daniel Ayo, Ismail Onyige, Eric Musasizi, Jordache Ramjith, Chiara Andolina, Kjerstin Lanke, Emmanuel Arinaitwe, Peter Olwoch, Katharine A. Collins, Moses R. Kamya, Grant Dorsey, Chris Drakeley, Sarah G. Staedke, Teun Bousema, Melissa D. Conrad	2022	20
16	Non-adherence to long-lasting insecticide treated bednet use following successful malaria control in Tororo, Uganda PLoS ONE ·John Rek, Alex Musiime, Maato Zedi, Geoffrey Otto, Patrick Kyagamba, Jackson Asiimwe Rwatooro, Emmanuel Arinaitwe, Joaniter I. Nankabirwa, Sarah G. Staedke, Chris Drakeley, Philip J. Rosenthal, Moses R. Kamya, Grant Dorsey, Paul J. Krezanoski	2020	19
17	Is that a real oocyst? Insectary establishment and identification of Plasmodium falciparum oocysts in midguts of Anopheles mosquitoes fed on infected human blood in Tororo, Uganda Malaria Journal ·Alex Musiime, Joseph Okoth, Melissa D. Conrad, Daniel Ayo, Ismail Onyige, John Rek, Joaniter I. Nankabirwa, Emmanuel Arinaitwe, Moses R. Kamya, Grant Dorsey, Geert‐Jan van Gemert, Sarah G. Staedke, Chris Drakeley, Teun Bousema, Chiara Andolina	2019	17
18	Persistent Parasitemia Despite Dramatic Reduction in Malaria Incidence After 3 Rounds of Indoor Residual Spraying in Tororo, Uganda The Journal of Infectious Diseases ·Joaniter I. Nankabirwa, Jessica Briggs, John Rek, Emmanuel Arinaitwe, Patience Nayebare, Shereen Katrak, Sarah G. Staedke, Philip J. Rosenthal, Isabel Rodríguez-Barraquer, Moses R. Kamya, Grant Dorsey, Bryan Greenhouse	2018	17
19	The Impact of Control Interventions on Malaria Burden in Young Children in a Historically High-Transmission District of Uganda: A Pooled Analysis of Cohort Studies from 2007 to 2018 American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene ·Moses R. Kamya, Abel Kakuru, Mary Muhindo, Emmanuel Arinaitwe, Joaniter I. Nankabirwa, John Rek, Victor Bigira, James Kapisi, Humphrey Wanzira, Jane Achan, Paul Natureeba, Anne Gasasira, Diane V. Havlir, Prasanna Jagannathan, Philip J. Rosenthal, Isabel Rodríguez-Barraquer, Grant Dorsey	2020	16
20	Multiplex Human Malaria Array: Quantifying Antigens for Malaria Rapid Diagnostics American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene ·Ihn Kyung Jang, Abby Tyler, Chris Lyman, John Rek, Emmanuel Arinaitwe, Harriet Adrama, Maxwell Murphy, Mallika Imwong, Stéphane Proux, Warat Haohankhunnatham, Rebecca Barney, Andrew Rashid, Michael Kalnoky, Maria Kahn, Allison Golden, François Nosten, Bryan Greenhouse, Dionicia Gamboa, Gonzalo J. Domingo	2020	16

About John Rek

John Rek is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Parasitology, Virology, Immunology and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, having authored 50 papers that have together received 976 indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Malaria Research and Control (46 papers), Mosquito-borne diseases and control (41 papers), Parasites and Host Interactions (7 papers), Global Maternal and Child Health (6 papers), Invertebrate Immune Response Mechanisms (5 papers), Travel-related health issues (5 papers), Viral Infections and Vectors (4 papers) and Insect Pest Control Strategies (4 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health (798 citations), Parasitology (157 citations), Immunology (192 citations), Modeling and Simulation (33 citations) and Infectious Diseases (129 citations). John Rek has collaborated with scholars based in Uganda, United States and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Moses R. Kamya, Grant Dorsey, Emmanuel Arinaitwe, Sarah G. Staedke, Joaniter I. Nankabirwa, Bryan Greenhouse, Steve W. Lindsay, Maxwell Kilama, Agaba Katureebe and Prasanna Jagannathan. Their work appears in journals such as Malaria Journal, American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, The Journal of Infectious Diseases, PLoS ONE and Scientific Reports.

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