Estimating the Health Risk Associated with the Use of Ecological Sanitation Toilets in Malawi

by Save Kumwenda, Chisomo Msefula, Wilfred Kadewa, Bagrey Ngwira, Tracy Morse
Published 2017-01-01

Is there a difference in prevalence of helminths between households using ecological sanitation and those using traditional pit latrines? A latrine based cross sectional comparativ...

by Save Kumwenda, Chisomo Msefula, Wilfred Kadewa, Yohane Diness, Charles Kato, Tracy Morse, Bagrey Ngwira
Published 2017-06-01

The Sensitivity and Specificity of Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification (LAMP) Assay for Tuberculosis Diagnosis in Adults with Chronic Cough in Malawi.

by Marriott Nliwasa, Peter MacPherson, Palesa Chisala, Mercy Kamdolozi, McEwen Khundi, Kruger Kaswaswa, Mphatso Mwapasa, Chisomo Msefula, Hojoon Sohn, Clare Flach, Clare Flach, Elizabeth L Corbett
Published 2016-01-01

Performance of molecular methods for the detection of Salmonella in human stool specimens [version 2; peer review: 2 approved]

by Angeziwa Chunga Chirambo, Tonney S. Nyirenda, Ndaru Jambo, Chisomo Msefula, Arox Kamng'ona, Sandra Molina, Wilson L. Mandala, Robert S. Heyderman, Miren Iturizza-Gomara, Marc Y.R. Henrion, Melita A. Gordon
Published 2021-05-01

Rapid emergence of multidrug resistant, H58-lineage Salmonella typhi in Blantyre, Malawi.

by Nicholas A Feasey, Katherine Gaskell, Vanessa Wong, Chisomo Msefula, George Selemani, Save Kumwenda, Theresa J Allain, Jane Mallewa, Neil Kennedy, Aisleen Bennett, Joram O Nyirongo, Patience A Nyondo, Madalitso D Zulu, Julian Parkhill, Gordon Dougan, Melita A Gordon, Robert S Heyderman
Published 2015-04-01

Molecular Surveillance Identifies Multiple Transmissions of Typhoid in West Africa.

by International Typhoid Consortium, Vanessa K Wong, Kathryn E Holt, Chinyere Okoro, Stephen Baker, Derek J Pickard, Florian Marks, Andrew J Page, Grace Olanipekun, Huda Munir, Roxanne Alter, Paul D Fey, Nicholas A Feasey, Francois-Xavier Weill, Simon Le Hello, Peter J Hart, Samuel Kariuki, Robert F Breiman, Melita A Gordon, Robert S Heyderman, Jan Jacobs, Octavie Lunguya, Chisomo Msefula, Calman A MacLennan, Karen H Keddy, Anthony M Smith, Robert S Onsare, Elizabeth De Pinna, Satheesh Nair, Ben Amos, Gordon Dougan, Stephen Obaro
Published 2016-09-01