Arshad Ismail

The paper isolates and characterizes Candidozyma auris from the gut of South African brown locusts, finding fluconazole resistance and Clade III classification.

This paper reports on mpox cases in South Africa in 2024, finding that the virus was reintroduced and transmitted locally, clustering with known outbreak variants.

This study uses genomic data from 8746 SARS-CoV-2 genomes across 33 African countries to show that most epidemics were initiated by European importations and later driven by local transmission and mobility, leading to the spread of variants of concern.

The paper analyzes ESBL-Ec from swine microbiomes in Cameroon and South Africa to assess their resistance and pathogenic potential using whole genome sequencing.