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List of works by Chisomo L Msefula

"I have always wondered why there is relatively such a large burden of infectious diseases in our part of Africa and the world...” Dr Chisomo Msefula talks to Thengo Kavinya on his career

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Ascertaining the burden of invasive Salmonella disease in hospitalised febrile children aged under four years in Blantyre, Malawi

scientific article published on 17 July 2019

Bactericidal Immunity to Salmonella in Africans and Mechanisms Causing Its Failure in HIV Infection

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Case-control investigation of invasive Salmonella disease in Malawi reveals no evidence of environmental or animal transmission of invasive strains, and supports human to human transmission

scientific article published in 2022

Costing and cost-effectiveness of Cepheid Xpert HIV -1 Qual Assay using whole blood protocol versus PCR by Abbott Systems in Malawi

scientific article published in 2022

Cytokine Profiles during Invasive Nontyphoidal Salmonella Disease Predict Outcome in African Children

scientific article published on 11 May 2016

Cytokine Profiles in Malawian Children Presenting with Uncomplicated Malaria, Severe Malarial Anemia, and Cerebral Malaria.

scientific article published on 25 January 2017

Distinct Salmonella Enteritidis lineages associated with enterocolitis in high-income settings and invasive disease in low-income settings

scientific article published on 22 August 2016

Drug resistance in Salmonella enterica ser. Typhimurium bloodstream infection, Malawi.

scientific article published on November 2014

Dysregulated humoral immunity to nontyphoidal Salmonella in HIV-infected African adults

scientific article published on April 2010

Epidemic multiple drug resistant Salmonella Typhimurium causing invasive disease in sub-Saharan Africa have a distinct genotype

scientific article published on 9 November 2009

Erratum: Distinct Salmonella Enteritidis lineages associated with enterocolitis in high-income settings and invasive disease in low-income settings

scientific article published in March 2017

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

scientific article published on 8 November 2017

Genomic analysis of Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates from Malawi reveals acquisition of multiple ESBL determinants across diverse lineages

scientific article published on 01 May 2019

Genomic characterization of novel Neisseria species

scientific article published on 24 September 2019

Genomic landscape of extended-spectrum β-lactamase resistance in Escherichia coli from an urban African setting

scientific article published on 5 March 2017

Genotypic homogeneity of multidrug resistant S. Typhimurium infecting distinct adult and childhood susceptibility groups in Blantyre, Malawi

scientific article published on 27 July 2012

High multiple carriage and emergence of Streptococcus pneumoniae vaccine serotype variants in Malawian children.

scientific article published on 20 June 2015

Identification of a common immune signature in murine and human systemic Salmonellosis

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Inactivation of pathogens in ecological sanitation latrines in Malawi: An observational follow up study

scientific article published on 01 March 2019

Intestinal Perforations Associated With a High Mortality and Frequent Complications During an Epidemic of Multidrug-resistant Typhoid Fever in Blantyre, Malawi

scientific article published on 01 July 2020

Intracontinental spread of human invasive Salmonella Typhimurium pathovariants in sub-Saharan Africa

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

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Loss of Humoral and Cellular Immunity to Invasive Nontyphoidal Salmonella during Current or Convalescent Plasmodium falciparum Infection in Malawian Children

scientific article published on 17 May 2017

Loss of Multicellular Behavior in Epidemic African Nontyphoidal Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium ST313 Strain D23580.

scientific article published on March 2016

Lymphocyte Perturbations in Malawian Children with Severe and Uncomplicated Malaria

scientific article published on 18 November 2015

Mathematical Modeling to Assess the Drivers of the Recent Emergence of Typhoid Fever in Blantyre, Malawi

scientific article published in November 2015

Molecular Surveillance Identifies Multiple Transmissions of Typhoid in West Africa

scientific article published on 22 September 2016

Phylogeographical analysis of the dominant multidrug-resistant H58 clade of Salmonella Typhi identifies inter- and intracontinental transmission events

scientific article published on 11 May 2015

Population genetic structure, antibiotic resistance, capsule switching and evolution of invasive pneumococci before conjugate vaccination in Malawi

scientific article published on 12 July 2017

Presentation of life-threatening invasive nontyphoidal Salmonella disease in Malawian children: A prospective observational study

scientific article published on 7 December 2017

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

scientific article published on 24 April 2015

Rapid transcriptional responses to serum exposure are associated with sensitivity and resistance to antibody-mediated complement killing in invasive Salmonella Typhimurium ST313.

scientific article published on 25 April 2019

Research capacity. Enabling the genomic revolution in Africa

scientific article published in June 2014

Risk of nontyphoidal Salmonella bacteraemia in African children is modified by STAT4.

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

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The neglected role of antibody in protection against bacteremia caused by nontyphoidal strains of Salmonella in African children

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Three Epidemics of Invasive Multidrug-Resistant Salmonella Bloodstream Infection in Blantyre, Malawi, 1998-2014.

scientific article published in November 2015

Trends in antimicrobial resistance in bloodstream infection isolates at a large urban hospital in Malawi (1998-2016): a surveillance study

scientific article published on 14 August 2017

‘If I am on ART, my new-born baby should be put on treatment immediately’: Exploring the acceptability, and appropriateness of Cepheid Xpert HIV-1 Qual assay for early infant diagnosis of HIV in Malawi

scientific article published in 2023