ORCID Profile
0000-0002-8986-1135
Current Organisation
National Institute for Communicable Diseases
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Publisher: American Society for Microbiology
Date: 02-2012
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.05785-11
Abstract: Vibrio cholerae O1 in a river water specimen in South Africa was reported, and a public health response followed in order to prevent an outbreak. Further investigation determined this to be a pseudoalert of V. cholerae O1, possibly linked to laboratory contamination. Following culture of bacteria from the water specimen, the testing laboratory possibly contaminated the culture with a V. cholerae O1 reference strain and then mistakenly reported isolation of V. cholerae O1.
Publisher: Journal of Infection in Developing Countries
Date: 15-12-2012
DOI: 10.3855/JIDC.2448
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Publisher: Research Square Platform LLC
Date: 26-05-2023
DOI: 10.21203/RS.3.RS-2923767/V1
Abstract: Shigellosis, a leading cause of diarrhoeal mortality and morbidity globally, predominantly affects children under five years of age living in low- and middle-income countries. While whole genome sequence analysis (WGSA) has been effectively used to further our understanding of shigellosis epidemiology, antimicrobial resistance, and transmission, it has been under-utilised in sub-Saharan Africa. In this study, we applied WGSA to large sub-s le of surveillance isolates from South Africa, collected from 2011 to 2015, focussing on Shigella flexneri 2a and Shigella sonnei. We found each serotype was epidemiologically distinct. The four identified S. flexneri 2a clusters having distinct geographical distributions, and antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and virulence profiles, while the four sub-Clades of S. sonnei varied in virulence plasmid retention. Our results support serotype specific ecology as a driver for epidemiological differences, show AMR is not required for epidemiological success in S. flexneri, and that the HIV epidemic may have promoted Shigella population expansion.
Publisher: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Date: 03-12-2021
Abstract: Analyses of ~2000 genomes of Listeria monocytogenes main clinical clone reveal its global spread and dynamics.
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 20-04-2011
Publisher: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Date: 12-2013
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 06-10-2015
Publisher: Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Date: 20-02-2013
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