Publications

2024

Expediting pathogen genomics adoption for enhanced foodborne disease surveillance in Africa

Molecular epidemiology and AMR perspective of diarrhoeagenic Escherichia coli in Africa: A systematic review and meta-analysis 

Whole genome sequencing assisted outbreak investigation of Salmonella Enteritidis, at a hospital in South Africa, September 2022

A prolonged outbreak of enteric fever associated with illegal miners in the City of Matlosana, South Africa, November 2020-September 2022

2023

Imported cholera cases, South Africa, 2023

Enteric fever cluster identification in South Africa using genomic surveillance of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi

2022

PulseNet International survey on the implementation of whole genome sequencing in low and middle-income countries for foodborne disease surveillance

2021

Genomic diversity of Escherichia coli isolates from backyard chickens and guinea fowl in the Gambia

Genomic diversity of Escherichia coli isolates from healthy children in rural Gambia

2020

Highly resistant cholera outbreak strain in Zimbabwe

Outbreak of listeriosis in South Africa associated with processed Meat

Whole-genome sequencing to investigate two concurrent outbreaks of SalmonellaEnteritidis in South Africa, 2018

2019

Outbreak of Listeria monocytogenes in South Africa, 2017-2018: Laboratory activities and experiences associated with whole-genome sequencing analysis of isolates

Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O26:H11 associated with a cluster of haemolytic uraemic syndrome cases in South Africa, 2017

Prevalence and antibiotic susceptibility patterns of enteric bacterial pathogens in human and non-human sources in an urban informal settlement in Cape Town, South Africa

Review of molecular subtyping methodologies used to investigate outbreaks due to multidrug-resistant enteric bacterial pathogens in sub-Saharan Africa

2017

Laboratory-acquired infections of Salmonella enterica serotype Typhi in South Africa: phenotypic and genotypic analysis of isolates

PulseNet International: Vision for the implementation of whole genome sequencing (WGS) for global food-borne disease surveillance

2015

Comparative characterization of Vibrio cholerae O1 from five sub-Saharan African countries using various phenotypic and genotypic techniques

Microbiological characterization of Salmonella enterica serotype Paratyphi, South Africa, 2003-2014

2014

Similarities between Salmonella Enteritidis isolated from humans and captive wild animals in South Africa

2013

Development and application of MLVA methods as a tool for inter-laboratory surveillance

Diagnosis of Vibrio cholerae O1 infection in Africa

Occurrence of Listeria spp. in retail meat and dairy products in the area of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

2012

Possible laboratory contamination leads to incorrect reporting of Vibrio cholerae O1 and initiates an outbreak response

2011

International collaboration tracks typhoid fever cases over two continents from South Africa to Australia

Genetic characterization of multidrug-resistant, extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Vibrio cholerae O1 outbreak strains, Mpumalanga, South Africa, 2008

Molecular epidemiological investigation of a typhoid fever outbreak in South Africa, 2005: the relationship to a previous epidemic in 1993

An outbreak of foodborne salmonellosis in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

2009

Analysis of a temporal cluster of Shigella boydii isolates in Mpumalanga, South Africa, November to December 2007

Analysis of Vibrio cholerae isolates from the Northern Cape province of South Africa

2008

Characterization of cholera outbreak isolates from Namibia, December 2006 to February 2007

2007

Outbreaks of food-borne disease – a common occurrence but rarely reported