Selected Recent Publications
Effectiveness of three types of dual active ingredient treated nets compared to pyrethroid-only long-lasting insecticidal nets to prevent malaria transmitted by pyrethroid insecticide-resistant vector mosquitoes in Tanzania: A four parallel-arm, single-blind, cluster-randomized trial.
Mosha, J.F.*, Kulkarni, M.A.*, Lukole, E., Matowo, N., Messenger, L., Pitt, C., Taljaard, M., Martin, J., Thickstun, C., Manjurano, A., Kleinschmidt, I., Mosha, F.W., Rowland, M., Protopopoff, N. (2022) The Lancet 399: 1227–41.
Durability of three types of dual active ingredient long-lasting insecticidal net compared to a pyrethroid-only LLIN in Tanzania: protocol for a prospective cohort study nested in a cluster randomized controlled trial.
Martin, J., Messenger, L.A., Mosha, F.W., Lukole, E., Mosha, J.F., Kulkarni, M.A., Sherrard-Smith, E., Churcher, T.S., Manjurano, A., Protopopoff, N., Rowland, M. (2022) Malaria Journal 21: 96.
Charting the evidence for climate change impacts on the global spread of malaria and dengue and adaptive responses: a scoping review of reviews.
Kulkarni, M.A., Duguay, C., Ost, K. (2022) Globalization & Health 18, Article number: 1.
Entomological characterization of Aedes mosquitoes and arbovirus detection in Ibagué, a Colombian city with co-circulation of Zika, dengue and chikungunya viruses.
Carrasquilla, M.C, Ortiz, M.I., León, C., Rondón, S., Kulkarni, M.A., Talbot, B., Sander, B., Vásquez, H., Cordovez, J.M., González, C. (2021) Parasites & Vectors 14: 446.
Determinants of Aedes mosquito density as an indicator of arbovirus transmission risk in three sites affected by co-circulation of globally spreading arboviruses in Colombia, Ecuador and Argentina
Talbot, B., Sander, B., Cevallos, V., González, C., Benítez, D., Carissimo, C., Carrasquilla Ferro, M.C., Gauto, N., Litwiñiuk, S., López, K., Ortiz Yanine, M.I., Ponce, P., Villota, S., Zelaya, F., Espinel, M., Wu, J., Miretti, M., Kulkarni, M.A. (2021) Parasites & Vectors14: 482.
Increasing role of pyrethroid-resistant Anopheles funestus in malaria transmission in the Lake Zone, Tanzania: implications for the evaluation of novel vector control products.
Matowo, N., Martine, J., Kulkarni, M.A., Mosha, J.F., Isaya, G., Shirima, B., Kaaya, R., Mpoyes, C., Hancock, P., Rowland, M., Manjurano, A., Mosha, F.W., Protopopoff, N., Messenger, L.A. (2021) Scientific Reports 11:13457.
Spatial variability in factors influencing maternal healthcare service use in Ethiopia: a geographically-weighted regression analysis.
Kurji, J., Thickstun, C., Bulcha, G., Taljaard, M., Li, Z., Kulkarni, M.A. (2021) BMC Health Services Research 21, Article number: 454.
Convergence research for emerging zoonoses.
Talbot, B., Kulkarni, M.A., Colautti, R. (2021) Trends in Parasitology37(6): 465-467.
Factors influencing antenatal care attendance for Indigenous and non-Indigenous women in Bwindi, Southwestern Uganda.
Steele, V., Patterson, K., Berrang-Ford, L., King, N., Kulkarni, M.A., Lwasa, S., Namanya, D., Harper, S.L. (2021) Rural & Remote Health (In Press).
A multi-year assessment of blacklegged tick (Ixodes scapularis) population establishment and Lyme disease risk areas in Ottawa, Canada, 2017-2019.
Burrows, H., Talbot, B., McKay, R., Slatculescu, A., Logan, J., Thickstun, C., Lindsay, L.R., Dibernardo, A., Koffi, J.K., Ogden. N., Kulkarni, M.A. (2021) PLOS ONE 16(2):e0246484.
Protocol for a four parallel-arm, single-blind, cluster-randomized trial to assess the effectiveness of three types of dual active ingredient treated nets compared to pyrethroid-only long-lasting insecticidal nets to prevent malaria transmitted by pyrethroid insecticide-resistant vector mosquitoes in Tanzania.
Mosha, J.F., Messenger, L., Kulkarni, M.A., Matowo, N., Pitt, C., Lukole, E., Thickstun, C., Rowland, M., Taljaard, M., Manjurano, A., Mosha, F.W., Kleinschmidt, I., Protopopoff, N. (2021) BMJ Open 11:e046664.
Effectiveness of upgraded maternity waiting homes and local leader training on improving institutional births: a cluster-randomized controlled trial in Jimma, Ethiopia.
Kurji J., Abebe, L., Abera, M., Morankar, S., Haji Bedru, K., Bulcha, G., Bergen, N., Kiros, G., Asefa, Y., Asfaw, S., Mamo, A., Endale, E., Thavorn, K., Labonté. R., Taljaard, M., Kulkarni, M.A. (2020) BMC Public Health 20, Article number: 1593
Sentinel surveillance of Lyme disease risk in Canada, 2019: results from the first year of the Canadian Lyme Sentinel Network (CLSN).
Guillot, C., Badcock, J., Bouchard, C., Cram, J., Clow, K., Dergousoff, S., Dibernardo, A., Evason, M., Fraser, E., Galanis, E., Gasmi, S., German, G.J., Howes, D.T., Jardine, C., Jenkins, E., Koffi, J., Kulkarni, M.A., Lindsay, L.R., Lumsden, G., McKay, R., Moore, K., Morshed, M., Munn, D., Nelder, M., Nocera, J., Ripoche, M., Rochon, K., Russell, C., Slatculescu, A., Talbot, B., Thivierge, K., Voordouw, M. & Leighton, P. (2020) Canada Communicable Disease Report 46(10):354-361.
Species distribution models for the eastern blacklegged tick, Ixodes scapularis, and the Lyme disease pathogen, Borrelia burgdorferi, in Ontario, Canada.
Slatculescu, A.M., Clow, K.M, McKay, R., Talbot, B., Logan, J.J., Thickstun, C.R., Jardine, C.M., Ogden, N.H., Knudby, A.J., Kulkarni, M.A. (2020) PLOS ONE 15(9): e0238126.
Genetic melting pot in blacklegged ticks at the northern edge of their expansion front.
Talbot, B., Leighton, P.A., Kulkarni, M.A. (2020) Journal of Heredity 111(4): 371–378.
Uncovering spatial variation in maternal healthcare service use at subnational level in Jimma Zone, Ethiopia
Kurji, J., Talbot, B., Bulcha, G., Bedru Haji, K., Morankar, S., Abebe, L., Abera, M., Welch, V., Labonte, R., Kulkarni, M.A. (2020) BMC Health Services Research 20, Article number: 703.
Arbovirus Vectors of Epidemiological Concern in the Americas: A Scoping Review of Entomological Studies on Zika, Dengue and Chikungunya Virus Vectors
Jones R, Kulkarni MA, Davidson T, RADAM-LAC Research Team, Talbot B (2020) PLOS One 15(2): e0220753.
Woodchip borders at the forest ecotone as an environmental control measure to reduce questing tick density along recreational trails in Ottawa, Canada
McKay R, Talbot B, Slatculescu A, Stone A, Kulkarni MA (2020) Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases 11(2):101361. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ttbdis.2019.101361
Health outcomes associated with Zika virus infection in humans: a systematic review of systematic reviews.
Ximenes R, Ramsay LC, Miranda RN, Morris SK, Murphy K, Sander B, RADAM-LAC Research Team (2019)
BMJ Open 9(11):e032275. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-032275.
Landscape determinants of density of blacklegged ticks, vectors of Lyme disease, at the northern edge of their distribution in Canada
Talbot B, Slatculescu A, Thickstun CR, Koffi JK, Leighton PA, McKay R, Kulkarni MA (2019) Scientific Reports 9(1):16652. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-50858-x.
Dengue incidence and sociodemographic conditions in Pucallpa, Peruvian Amazon: what role for modification of the dengue-temperature relationship?
Charette, M., Berrang-Ford, L., Coomes, O., Llanos Cuentas, A., Cárcamo, C., Kulkarni, M.A., Harper, S. (2019) American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.19-0033. [Epub ahead of print]
Utilization of key preventive measures for pregnancy complications and malaria among women in Jimma Zone, Ethiopia
Ouedraogo M, Kurji J, Abebe L, Labonté R, Morankar S, Haji Bedru K, Bulcha G, Abera M, Potter BK, Roy-Gagnon M-H, Kulkarni MA. (2019) BMC Public Health 9(1):1443. doi: 10.1186/s12889-019-7727-8.
Effectiveness of Upgraded Maternity Waiting Homes and Local Leader Training in Improving Institutional Births among Women in Jimma Zone, Ethiopia: study protocol for a cluster-randomized controlled trial
Kurji J*, Kulkarni MA*, Abebe L, Abera M, Morankar S, HajiBedru K, Bulcha G, Thavorn K, Labonte R, Taljaard M. (2019) Trials 20(1):671 [*co-primary authors]
Promoting and delivering antenatal care in rural Jimma Zone, Ethiopia: a qualitative analysis of midwives’ perceptions
Bergen N, Hudani A, Asfaw S, Mamo A, Kiros G, Kurji J, Morankar S, Abebe L, Kulkarni MA, Labonte R. (2019) BMC Health Services Research 19, Article number: 719.
Factors associated with maternity waiting home use among women in Jimma Zone, Ethiopia: a multilevel cross-sectional analysis
Kurji J, Abebe L, Abera M, Sudhakar M, Asefa Y, Kiros G, Mamo A, Bergen N, Asfaw S, Haji Bedru K, Bulcha G, Labonte R, Taljaard M, Kulkarni MA (2019) BMJ Open 9:e028210. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-028210
Subnational health management and the advancement of health equity: a case study of Ethiopia.
Bergen, N., Ruckert, A., Kulkarni, M.A., Abebe, L., Sudhakar, M., Labonté, R. (2019) Global Health Research and Policy 17;4:12.
Maternity waiting areas – serving all women? Barriers and enablers of an equity-oriented maternal health intervention in Jimma Zone, Ethiopia.
Bergen, N., Abebe, L., Asfaw, S., Kiros, G., Kulkarni, M.A., Mamo, A., Morankar, S., Labonté, R. (2019) Global Public Health doi: 10.1080/17441692.2019.1597142. [Epub ahead of print].
A quality assessment of Health Management Information System (HMIS) data for maternal and child health in Jimma Zone, Ethiopia.
Ouedraogo M, Kurji J, Abebe L, Labonté R, Morankar S, Bedru KH, Bulcha G, Abera M, Potter BK, Roy-Gagnon MH, Kulkarni MA. (2019) PLoS One. 2019 Mar 11;14(3):e0213600.
Talking health: trusted health messengers and effective ways of delivering health messages for rural mothers in Southwest Ethiopia.
Asfaw S, Morankar S, Abera M, Mamo A, Abebe L, Bergen N, Kulkarni MA, Labonté R. (2019) Arch Public Health. 21;77:8.
Lyme disease emergence following invasion of the blacklegged tick, Ixodes scapularis, in Ontario, Canada, 2010-2016
Kulkarni MA, Narula I, Slatculescu AM, Russell C (2019) Emerging Infectious Diseases 25(2):328-332.
Linking bird and mosquito data to assess spatiotemporal West Nile Virus risk in humans
Talbot B, Caron-Levesque M, Ardis M, Kryuchkov R, Kulkarni MA (2019) EcoHealth (In Press).
Influence of Demography, Land Use, and Urban Form on West Nile Virus Risk and Human West Nile Virus Incidence in Ottawa, Canada
Talbot B. Ardis M, Kulkarni MA (2019)Vector-borne & Zoonotic Diseases (In Press)
Ixodes scapularis tick distribution and infection rates in Ottawa, Ontario, 2017
Kulkarni MA, Kryuchkov R, Statculescu A, Thickstun C, Dibernardo A, Lindsay L, Talbot B. (2018) Can Commun Dis Rep 44(10):237–42.
Perceptions and experiences related to health and health inequality among rural communities in Jimma Zone, Ethiopia: a rapid qualitative assessment
Bergen, N., Mamo, A., Asfaw, S., Kiros, G., Abebe, L., Kurji, J., Kulkarni, M.A., Abera, M., Bulcha, G., Morankar, S., Labonté, R. (2018) International Journal for Equity and Health 17:84.
Factors associated with Human West Nile Virus Infection in Ontario: A Generalized Linear Mixed Modeling Approach
Mallya S, Sander, B, Roy-Gagnon, M-H, Taljaard M, Jolly A, Kulkarni M.A. (2018) BMC Infectious Diseases 18(1):141.
High-resolution ecological niche modelling of Ixodes scapularis ticks based on passive surveillance data at the northern frontier of Lyme disease emergence in North America
Soucy, J-P., Slatculescu, A., Nyiraneza, C., Ogden, N., Leighton, P.A., Kerr, J.T., Kulkarni, M.A. (2018) Vectorborne & Zoonotic Diseases 18(5):235-242.
Mapping clusters of chikungunya and dengue transmission in Northeastern Tanzania using disease exposure and vector data
Kajeguka, D., Kaaya, R., Desrochers, R., Iranpour, M., Kavishe, R.A., Mwakalinga, S., Schiøler, K.L., Alifrangis, M., Lindsay, L.R., Dibernardo, A., Mosha, F.W., Kulkarni, M.A. (2017) Tanzania Journal of Health Research 19(4): 1-12
Principal Component Analysis of Socioeconomic Factors and their Association with Malaria and Arbovirus Risk in Tanzania: A Sensitivity Analysis
Homenauth, E., Kajeguka, D., Kulkarni, M.A. (2017) Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health 71(11): 1046-1051
Knowledge and Practice Regarding Dengue and Chikungunya: a cross sectional study among Healthcare Workers and Community in Northern Tanzania
Kajeguka, D.C., Desrochers, R., Mwangi, R., Mgabo, M.R., Alifrangis, M., Kavishe, R.A., Mosha, F.W., Kulkarni, M.A. (2017) Tropical Medicine & International Health 22(5): 583-593
What caused the 2012 dengue outbreak in Pucallpa, Peru? A socio-ecological autopsy.
Charette, M., Berrang-Ford, L., Llanos Cuentas, E.A., Cárcamo, C. and Kulkarni, M.A. (2017) Social Science and Medicine 174: 122-132
Examination of antibody responses as a measure of exposure to malaria in the Indigenous Batwa and their non-Indigenous neighbours in southwestern Uganda
Kulkarni, M.A., Garrod, G., Berrang-Ford, L., Ssewanyana, I., Harper, S., Baraheberwa, N., Donnelly, B., Patterson, K., Namanya, D.B., Lwasa, S., Drakeley, C.D. (2017) American Journal of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene 9(2): 330-334
Ten years of environmental change on the slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro and its associated shift in malaria vector distributions
Kulkarni, M.A., Desrochers, R.E., Kajeguka, D.C., Kaaya, R., Tomayer, A., Kweka, E.J., Protopopoff, N., Mosha, F.W. (2016) Frontiers in Public Health 4(281): 1-10
Global spread and impact of emerging vector-borne diseases
Kulkarni, M.A. (2016) Canadian Communicable Disease Report 42(10): 198-199
A longitudinal analysis of mosquito net ownership and use in an Indigenous Batwa population after a targeted distribution
Clark, S., Berrang-Ford, L., Lwasa, S., Namanya, D.B., IHACC research team, Kulkarni, M.A. (2016) PloS ONE 11(5): e0154808
Plasmodium falciparum malaria parasitaemia among indigenous Batwa and non-Indigenous communities of Kanungu district, Uganda
Donnelly, B., Berrang-Ford, L., Labbé, J., Twesigomwe, S., Lwasa, S., Namanya, D.B., Harper, S.L., Kulkarni, M.A., Ross, N.A., IHACC Research Team, Michel, P. (2016) Malaria Journal 15: 254
Potential for Zika virus introduction and transmission in resource limited countries in Africa and Asia-Pacific
Bogoch, I.I., Brady, O., Kraemer, M.U.G., German, M., Creatore, M.I., Kulkarni, M.A., Brownstein, J. S., Brent, S., Watts, A., Hay, S., Khan, K. (2016) Lancet Infectious Diseases 16(11): 1237-1245
Anticipating the international spread of Zika virus from Brazil
Bogoch, I.I., Brady, O.J., M.U.G., German, M., Creatore, M.I., Kulkarni, M.A., Brownstein, J.S., Mekaru, S.R., Hay, S.I., Groot, E., Watts, A., Khan, K. (2016) The Lancet 387(10016): 335-336
Major emerging vector-borne zoonotic diseases of public health significance in Canada
Kulkarni, M.A., Berrang-Ford, L., Buck, P.A., Drebot, M., Lindsay, L.R., and Ogden, N.O. (2015) Emerging Microbes & Infections 4: e33
Food and Environmental Parasitology Network: A Network for the Facilitation of Collaborative Research
Dixon, B.R., Ndao, M., Tetro, J.A., Maal-Bared, R., Bidawid, S., Farber, J.M. and Members of the Food and Environmental Parasitology Network (FEPN) (including Kulkarni, M.A.) (2014) Food Protection Trends 34(6): 376-385
Distribution and Spread of Pyrethroid and DDT Resistance among the Anopheles gambiae complex in Tanzania
Kabula, B., Tungu, P., Malima, R., Rowland, M., Minja, J., Willilo, R., Ramsan, M., McElroy, P., Kafuko, J., Kulkarni, M.A., Protopopoff, N., Magesa, S., Mosha, F., and Kisinza, W. (2014) Medical & Veterinary Entomology 28(3): 244-252