GENOMIC SURVEILLANCE TO CONTROL PATHOGEN INFECTIONS IN AFRICA

Project Information

GenPath Africa

Grant agreement ID: 101103171

DOI

10.3030/101103171

EC signature date 28 August 2023

Start date 1 May 2023

End date 30 April 2027

Funded under

• Health

Total cost

€ 4 999 170,25

EU contribution

€ 4 999 170,25

Coordinated by

STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY
South Africa

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Publications

Peer reviewed articles (10)

Detection of Mycobacterium bovis in nasal swabs from communal goats (Capra hircus) in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Author(s): Deborah M. Cooke; Charlene Clarke; Tanya J. Kerr; Robin M. Warren; Carmel Witte, Michele A. Miller; Wynand J. Goosen
Published in: Frontiers in Microbiology, Issue 15:1349163, 2024, ISSN 1664-302X
Publisher: Frontiers Media S.A.
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2024.1349163

The third era of genomics is at risk of being dismantled across the global south

Author(s): Tulio de Oliveira
Published in: Science, Issue 386:6718, 2024, ISSN 0036-8075
Publisher: American Association for the Advancement of Science
DOI: 10.1126/science.adt484

Genomic Characterization of Circulating Dengue Virus, Ethiopia, 2022–2023

Author(s): Adugna Abera, Houriiyah Tegally, Geremew Tasew, Eduan Wilkinson, Abraham Ali, Feyisa Regasa, Molalegne Bitew, Mahlet Belachew, Lucious Chabuka, Gaspary Mwanyika, Derek Tshiabuila, Jennifer Giandhari, Sureshnee Pillay, Jenicca Poogavanan, Monika Moir, Moritz U.G. Kraemer, Kamran Khan, Carmen Huber, Getachew Tollera, Tobias F. Rinke de Wit, Cheryl Baxter, Richard Lessells, Dawit Wolday, Dereje Beyene, Tulio de Oliveira, null null
Published in: Emerging Infectious Diseases, Issue 31, 2025, ISSN 1080-6040
Publisher: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
DOI: 10.3201/EID3103.240996

An Oxford Nanopore Technology-Based Hepatitis B Virus Sequencing Protocol Suitable for Genomic Surveillance Within Clinical Diagnostic Settings

Author(s): Derek Tshiabuila, Wonderful Choga, James E. San, Tongai Maponga, Gert Van Zyl, Jennifer Giandhari, Sureshnee Pillay, Wolfgang Preiser, Yeshnee Naidoo, Cheryl Baxter, Darren P. Martin, Tulio de Oliveira
Published in: International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Issue 25, 2024, ISSN 1422-0067
Publisher: MDPI AG
DOI: 10.3390/ijms252111702

Evidence of Mycobacterium bovis DNA in shared water sources at livestock–wildlife–human interfaces in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Author(s): Megan C. Matthews, Deborah M. Cooke, Tanya J. Kerr, Andre G. Loxton, Robin M. Warren, Giovanni Ghielmetti, Elizabeth M. Streicher, Carmel S. Witte, Michele A. Miller, Wynand J. Goosen
Published in: Frontiers in Veterinary Science, Issue 12, 2025, ISSN 2297-1769
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
DOI: 10.3389/FVETS.2025.1483162

A decade of dengue disease burden in Africa (2013–2023): a systematic review

Author(s): Gaspary O. Mwanyika, Monika Moir, Abdualmoniem O. Musa, Jenicca Poongavanan, Graeme Dor, Eduan Wilkinson, Cheryl Baxter, Tulio de Oliveira, Houriiyah Tegally
Published in: Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease, Issue 67, 2025, ISSN 1477-8939
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.TMAID.2025.102897

Insights into mycobacteriome composition in Mycobacterium bovis-infected African buffalo (Syncerus caffer) tissue samples

Author(s): Giovanni Ghielmetti; Tanya J. Kerr; Netanya Bernit; Sinegugu K. Mhlophe; Elizma Streicher; Andre G. Loxton; Robin M. Warren; Michele A. Miller; Wynand J. Goosen
Published in: Scientific Reports, Issue 14:17537, 2024, ISSN 2045-2322
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-68189-x

Genomic Epidemiology of Rift Valley Fever Virus Involved in the 2018 and 2022 Outbreaks in Livestock in Rwanda

Author(s): Isidore Nsengimana; John Juma; Kristina Roesel; Methode N. Gasana; Fabrice Ndayisenga; Claude M. Muvunyi; Emmanuel Hakizimana; Jean N. Hakizimana; Gillian Eastwood; Augustino A. Chengula; Bernard Bett; Christopher J. Kasanga; Samuel O. Oyola
Published in: Viruses, Issue 16(7):1148, 2024, ISSN 1999-4915
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
DOI: 10.3390/v16071148

Identification and molecular characterization of Mycobacterium bovis DNA in GeneXpert® MTB/RIF ultra-positive, culture-negative sputum from a rural community in South Africa

Author(s): Wynand J. Goosen; Sashen Moodley; Giovanni Ghielmetti; Yumna Moosa; Thando Zulu; Theresa Smit; Vukuzazi Team; Leanie Kleynhans; Tanya J. Kerr; Elizabeth M. Streicher; Willem A. Hanekom; Robin M. Warren; Emily B. Wong; Michele A. Miller
Published in: One Health, Issue 18:100702, 2024, ISSN 2352-7714
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/j.onehlt.2024.100702

Targeted deep sequencing of mycobacteria species from extrapulmonary sites not identified by routine line probe assays: a retrospective laboratory analysis of stored clinical cultures

Author(s): Christoffel Opperman, Janré Steyn, Megan Ceris Matthews, Sarishna Singh, Yonas Ghebrekristos, Tanya Jane Kerr, Michele Miller, Aliasgar Esmail, Helen Cox, Robin Warren, Giovanni Ghielmetti, Wynand Goosen
Published in: IJID Regions, 2024, ISSN 2772-7076
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijregi.2024.100464