NHRTI · Ndola, Zambia
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From malaria and tuberculosis to immunisation, diagnostics, maternal health, nutrition, cancer and health systems, our research addresses health priorities in Zambia and the region.
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2026
16 publicationsAssessing the effectiveness of school-based vaccination checks to identify and reach un- and under-vaccinated students in Zambia
Vaccine · 79, 128453
Hasan AZ, Dombola AM, Prosperi C, Mufwambi W, Sakala R, Kapungu K, Chongwe G, Singh P, Wang Q, Siputuma K, Luulu M, Muchengwa MM, Sakala C, Kamiji E, Bobo P, Sakala J, Matanda K, Mwansa FD, Ward K, Winter AK, Carcelen AC, Truelove SA, Moss WJ, Mutembo S
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2026.128453 (opens in a new tab)Diagnostic accuracy of an enzyme-based point-of-care test versus Nugent score for bacterial vaginosis among pregnant women attending routine antenatal care in Zambia
BMC Infectious Diseases · 24(S1), 1483
Sorano S, Chaponda EB, Mirandola M, Chikwanda E, Mwewa V, Mulenga JM, Chaponda M, Ghilardi L, Harding-Esch EM, Smith C, Matsui M, Chandramohan D, Ali MM, Blondeel K, Unemo M, Toskin I, Chico RM
DOI: 10.1186/s12879-026-12714-y (opens in a new tab)Early-evening indoor and outdoor foraging by major malaria vectors in Nchelenge, Zambia
PLOS Global Public Health · 6(7), e0005307
Gebhardt ME, Markle HL, Krizek RS, Mbewe D, Mulenga FK, Lupiya JS, Barnett EE, Muleba M, Ippolito MM, Stevenson JC, Moss WJ, Norris DE
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0005307 (opens in a new tab)Feasibility of establishing a serosurveillance system using residual specimens from district-level hospitals: a case study in Choma and Ndola Districts of Zambia
PLOS ONE · 21(8), e0341389
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Prosperi C, Kostandova N, Carcelen AC, Matakala KH, Bwalya IC, Musukwa G, Hamahuwa M, Mutale I, Situtu K, Chongwe G, Ndubani P, Simulundu E, Chipulu G, Musowoya J, Mwansa JK, Malambo V, Chakopo M, Hachoose C, Kabalo M, Luwaya E, Madzire A, Moyo R, Mukwengo CC, Mwansa TC, Nkoma S, Siwakwi B, Syamungulu C, Nafukwe S, Betha E, Kampamba L, Kapungu K, Matoba J, Munachoonga P, Muleka M, Mufwambi W, Vwalika S, Hasan AZ, Winter AK, Sakala C, Mwansa FD, Moss WJ, Mutembo S
HIV viral suppression outcomes of tenofovir- and abacavir-based antiretroviral regimens among children on ART in Zambia
Frontiers in Public Health · 14, 1860427
Gwasupika J, Magura J, Phiri L, Chikwanda E, Kabeta E, Handema R
DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2026.1860427 (opens in a new tab)How can the use of digital molecular diagnostic tools help to tackle malaria?
Expert Review of Anti-Infective Therapy · 24(5), 461-464
Chamai M, Jebreel WMA, Kabuya JB, Rakotomalala Robinson D, Cunnington AJ
DOI: 10.1080/14787210.2026.2675010 (opens in a new tab)Impact of a youth and caregiver intervention on HIV self-management among youth living with HIV: a protocol for the Family Connections cluster RCT in Zambia
Trials · 27(1), 193
Schue JL, Mainga T, Nonyane BA, Peterson TL, Miti S, Chongwe G, McCarraher DR, Denison JA
DOI: 10.1186/s13063-026-09455-3 (opens in a new tab)Integrating HPV vaccination into ART clinics: perspectives from an ethnographic study with girls aged 9-14 years in Ndola District, Zambia
AIDS Care · Advance online publication, 26 March 2026
Hunleth J, Ngalande T, Mwanza D, Singogo P, Kaufman L, Shato T, Asante C, Baumann A, Dombola A, Miti S, Silver M, Chongwe G, Kapungu K
DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2026.2647904 (opens in a new tab)Orthostatic hypotension and psychosocial adversity among postpartum women in Zambia: a cross-sectional analysis
La Clinica Terapeutica · 177(3), 496-501
Balapala KR, Chandran SP, Nyirenda NN, Tende C, Katende G, Sayana SB, Kapalu V
DOI: 10.7417/CT.2026.2034 (opens in a new tab)Prevalence and correlates of active syphilis diagnosed using serological assays and the molecular research-use-only Aptima Treponema pallidum assay among pregnant women in Zambia, 2023
Frontiers in Public Health · 14, 1758573
Shipitsyna E, Sorano S, Schroder D, Chaponda EB, Golparian D, Chikwanda E, Mwewa V, Mulenga JM, Chaponda M, Smith C, Matsui M, Mirandola M, Blondeel K, Toskin I, Chico RM, Unemo M
DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2026.1758573 (opens in a new tab)Prevalence of antimalarial drug resistance markers and factors associated with Plasmodium falciparum infection in asymptomatic children prior to rectal artesunate implementation in Kapolowe Health District, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Malaria Journal · Advance online publication, 29 June 2026
Luzolo Khote F, Raposo M, Maseko T, Kanyamukenge D, Hachizovu S, Makenga G, Mukomena E, Kakudji A, Mutombo A, Kikunda G, Sombola J, Maketa V, Nambozi M, Duparc S, Rietveld H, Alifrangis M, Hansson H, Wellmann L, Ouare N, Manyando C, Van Geertruyden JP, Baraka V, Muhindo Mavoko H
DOI: 10.1186/s12936-026-06016-6 (opens in a new tab)Prevalence of intestinal parasites and associated risk factors among inmates at correctional facilities in Central Zambia
Parasite Epidemiology and Control · 33, e00503
Munsaka G, Gwasupika J, Mfune RL, Mutanekelwa I, Chewe B, Hakayuwa CM, Daka M, Chipampe M, Kasanga M, Phiri AM, Mutengo M, Mwenechanya O, Mudenda S, Daka V
DOI: 10.1016/j.parepi.2026.e00503 (opens in a new tab)Risk factors and treatment outcomes of drug-resistant tuberculosis among patients attending Ndola Teaching Hospital in Ndola, Zambia: a retrospective case control study
Pan African Medical Journal · 53, 84
Mckees R, Gwasupika J, Mfune RL, Hakayuwa CM, Tembo M, Kalasa CS, Mwabafu S, Monde N, Mutanekelwa I, Kasumu N, Kasanga M, Asante C, Mudenda S, Daka V
DOI: 10.11604/pamj.2026.53.84.50004 (opens in a new tab)Severe malaria treatment with rectal artesunate and artemisinin-based combination therapy in remote settings: an effectiveness-implementation hybrid type 3 study protocol (SEMA ReACT)
Malaria Journal · 25(1), 127
Hachizovu S, Manyando C, Nambozi M, Khondowe S, Hamainza B, Mukumbuta D, Rietveld H, Mukomena Sompwe E, Kikunda G, Muhindo-Mavoko H, Luzolo Khote F, Kanyamukenge D, Bastiaens H, Kakudji A, Maseko T, Makenga G, Baraka V, Mutombo A, Duparc S, Van Geertruyden JP
DOI: 10.1186/s12936-026-05816-0 (opens in a new tab)Species sorting shapes the divergence of a traditional fermented dairy-derived bacterial community with repeatable functionality during propagation with alternative substrates
World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology · 42(5), 243
Nehanda S, Alekseeva AY, van Mastrigt O, Chileshe J, Zwaan BJ, Smid EJ, Schoustra SE
DOI: 10.1007/s11274-026-04830-3 (opens in a new tab)Young children with severe malaria in the Kapolowe health zone: an analysis of their parents' health-seeking behaviors and the challenges they face
Malaria Journal · 25(1), 113
Kanyamukenge DB, Maseko T, Khote FL, Makenga G, Mavoko HM, Tevuzula VM, Mulangu AM, Sompwe EM, Rietveld H, Manyando C, Van Geertruyden JP, Kakudji A, Bastiaens H
DOI: 10.1186/s12936-026-05819-x (opens in a new tab)2025
25 publicationsAdherence to and factors moderating the implementation of childhood TB contact tracing guidelines in selected facilities in Ndola District, Zambia: a cross-sectional study
Discover Public Health · 22(1), 167
Kashindi E, Maritim P, Silumbwe A, Zulu JM, Chongwe G, Kaonga P, Jacobs C
DOI: 10.1186/s12982-025-00497-7 (opens in a new tab)Adjusting mobile phone data to account for children's travel and the impact on measles dynamics in Zambia
American Journal of Epidemiology · 194(6), 1584-1594
Kostandova N, Prosperi C, Mutembo S, Nakazwe C, Namukoko H, Nachinga B, Chongwe G, Chilumba I, Kabalo EN, Makungo K
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwae304 (opens in a new tab)Antibiotic prescription patterns and associated symptoms in children living with HIV at Arthur Davison Children's Hospital in Ndola, Zambia
PLOS ONE · 20(3), e0316735
Gwasupika J, Hamer DH, Daka V, Chikwanda E, Mwakazanga D, Mfune RL, Jacobs C
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0316735 (opens in a new tab)Classification and regulatory interactions of key transcription factors in COVID-19
Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology · 15, 1645333
Modipane N, Mbambara S, Serite T, Sathekge M, Kgatle M
DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2025.1645333 (opens in a new tab)Clinical, immune and genetic risk factors of malaria-associated acute kidney injury in Zambian children: a study protocol
PLOS ONE · 20(2), e0316205
Mwaba C, Munsaka S, Mwakazanga D, Rutagwerae D, Ngalamika O, Mwanza S, McCulloch M, Mpabalwani E
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0316205 (opens in a new tab)Comparing and integrating human mobility data sources for measles transmission modeling in Zambia
PLOS Global Public Health · 5(5), e0003906
Kostandova N, Prosperi C, Mutembo S, Nakazwe C, Namukoko H, Nachinga B, Lai S, Tatem AJ, Duan Q, Kabalo EN, Makungo K, Chongwe G, Chilumba I, Musukwa G, Matakala KH, Hamahuwa M, Mufwambi W, Matoba J, Mutale I, Situtu K, Simulundu E, Ndubani P, Hasan AZ, Truelove SA, Winter AK, Carcelen AC, Lau B, Moss WJ, Wesolowski A
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0003906 (opens in a new tab)Diagnostic accuracy of an antigen-based point-of-care test versus nucleic acid amplification testing for genital trichomoniasis among pregnant women attending antenatal care facilities in Zambia
BMC Infectious Diseases · 24(S1), 1482
Sorano S, Chaponda EB, Mirandola M, Chikwanda E, Mwewa V, Mulenga JM, Chaponda M, Ghilardi L, Harding-Esch EM, Smith C, Matsui M, Chandramohan D, Schroder D, Golparian D, Ali MM, Blondeel K, Unemo M, Toskin I, Chico RM
DOI: 10.1186/s12879-025-10698-9 (opens in a new tab)Emergence and spread of the SARS-CoV-2 omicron (BA.1) variant across Africa: an observational study
The Lancet Global Health · 13(2), e256-e267
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Fischer C, Maponga TG, Yadouleton A, Abilio N, Aboce E, Adewumi P, Afonso P, Akorli J, Andriamandimby SF, Anga L, Ashong Y, Beloufa MA, Bensalem A, Birtles R, Boumba ALM, Bwanga F, Chaponda M, Chibukira P, Chico RM, Chileshe J, Choga W, Chongwe G, Cisse A, Cisse F, D'Alessandro U, de Lamballerie X, de Morais JFM, Derrar F, Dia N, Diarra Y, Doumbia L, Drosten C, Dussart P, Echodu R, Eloualid A, Faye O, Feldt T, Fruhauf A, Gaseitsiwe S, Halatoko A, Iipumbu E, Ilouga PV, Ismael N, Jambou R, Jarju S, Kamprad A, Katowa B, Kayiwa J, King'wara L, Koita O, Lacoste V, Lagare A, Landt O, Lekana-Douki SE, Lekana-Douki JB, Loemba H, Luedde T, Lutwama J, Mamadou S, Maman I, Manyisa B, Martinez PA, Matoba J, Mhuulu L, Moreira-Soto A, Moyo S, Mwangi J, N'dilimabaka N, Nassuna CA, Ndiath MO, Nepolo E, Njouom R, Nourlil J, Nyanjom SG, Odari EO, Okeng A, Ouoba JB, Owusu M, Owusu Donkor I, Phadu KK, Phillips RO, Preiser W, Roques P, Ruhanya V, Salah F, Salifou S, Sylverken AA, Tagnouokam-Ngoupo PA, Tarnagda Z, Tchikaya FO, Tordo N, Tufa TB, Drexler JF
High measles and rubella vaccine coverage and seroprevalence among Zambian children participating in a measles and rubella supplementary immunization activity
PLOS Global Public Health · 5(8), e0003209
Prosperi C, Truelove S, Carcelen AC, Chongwe G, Mwansa FD, Ndubani P, Simulundu E, Bwalya IC, Hamahuwa M, Kapungu K
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0003209 (opens in a new tab)Impact of late-rainy season indoor residual spraying on holoendemic malaria transmission: a cohort study in northern Zambia
The Journal of Infectious Diseases · 231(4), 1020-1030
Martin AC, Chaponda M, Muleba M, Lupiya J, Gebhardt ME, Berube S, Shields T, Wesolowski A, Kobayashi T, Norris DE, Impoinvil DE, Chirwa B, Zulu R, Psychas P, Ippolito M, Moss WJ
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiae609 (opens in a new tab)Implications for malaria transmission: a cross-sectional study on the bionomics and susceptibility of local malaria vectors in urban and periurban settings of Ndola district
BMJ Open · 15(3), e091319
Hamwata W, Hazyondo M, Daka V, Muleba M, Shimaponda-Mataa NM
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-091319 (opens in a new tab)Local data for local programming: results from an HIV biobehavioral survey among people who inject drugs in Livingstone, Lusaka, and Ndola, Zambia, 2021
PLOS ONE · 20(5), e0323919
Woytowich D, McIntyre AF, Solomon H, Hanunka B, Chelu L, Nkumbula T, Tally L, Handema R, Khondowe S, Kapungu K, Chilukutu L, Bwalya I, Mulemfwe C, Mwansa M, Mutale K, Philip NM, Reid G, Neal JJ, Lahuerta M, Parmley LE, Chung H, Hakim AJ, Hines JZ, Kim E, Mwale J, Mulenga LB
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0323919 (opens in a new tab)Malaria in their words: thematic analysis of online narratives from Sub-Saharan Africa
International Journal for Equity in Health · 24(1), 264
Zhang SH, Nwankwoala O, Jakazi CS, D'Amiano AJ, Kabuya JB, Kapungu K, Laker M, Ippolito MM
DOI: 10.1186/s12939-025-02570-8 (opens in a new tab)Parasite clearance and protection from Plasmodium falciparum infection (PCPI): a two-arm, parallel, double-blinded, placebo-controlled, randomised trial of presumptive sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine versus artesunate monotherapy among asymptomatic children 3-5 years of age in Zambia
BMC Infectious Diseases · 25(1), 1547
Martinez-Vega R, Chaponda M, Mousa A, Gwasupika J, Chaponda EB, Daka V, Mwanza S, Chipunga M, Beshir KB, Chopo-Pizarro A, Kaur H, Okell L, Hansson H, Hocke EF, Alifrangis M, Gosling R, Roper C, Sutherland C, Chico RM
DOI: 10.1186/s12879-025-11975-3 (opens in a new tab)Pharmacokinetics, safety and efficacy of an optimized dose of artemether-lumefantrine in the treatment of acute uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria in neonates and infants of less than 5 kg body weight: a multicentre, open-label, single-arm phase 2/3 study (CALINA)
Tropical Medicine and Health · 53(1), 151
Wounounou G, Tiono AB, Ogutu B, Manyando C, Sagara I, Schneitter S, Bassat Q, Gaaloul ME, Marrast AC, Demin I, Winnips C, Risterucci C, Hugot S, Hofstetter G, Qian Z, Su G, Zhang J, Renner KC, Cousin M, Venishetty VK, Sayyed S, Gandhi P, Kabore B
DOI: 10.1186/s41182-025-00828-z (opens in a new tab)Phylogenetic taxonomy of the Zambian Anopheles coustani group using a mitogenomics approach
Malaria Journal · 24(1), 203
Usmani S, Gebhardt ME, Simubali L, Saili K, Hamwata W, Chilusu H, Muleba M, McMeniman CJ, Martin AC, Moss WJ, Norris DE, Ali RLMN
DOI: 10.1186/s12936-025-05461-z (opens in a new tab)Prevalence and epidemiology of Mycoplasma genitalium and the absence of macrolide resistance in M. genitalium among pregnant women attending antenatal care in Zambia
Frontiers in Public Health · 13, 1576376
Schroder D, Sorano S, Shipitsyna E, Chaponda EB, Golparian D, Chikwanda E, Mwewa V, Mulenga JM, Chaponda M, Smith C, Mitsuaki M, Mirandola M, Blondeel K, Toskin I, Chico RM, Unemo M
DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1576376 (opens in a new tab)Prevalence and risk factors for surgical site infections at three tertiary hospitals in the Copperbelt Province, Zambia
East and Central African Journal of Surgery · 30(3), 5-12
Kazuma SME, Chalwe M, Chirengendure B, Chanda C, Chisanga J, Zulu S, Mulenga W, Kaja S, Bunda N, Makasa E, Chongwe G, Inambao MN
DOI: 10.4314/ecajs.v30i3.2 (opens in a new tab)Program evaluation of community case management with reactive test and treat for malaria in a high-transmission setting
American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene · 112(6), 1207-1214
Weynand A, Hauser M, Bond C, Lupiya JS, Phiri D, Phiri B, Mantus M, Kussin-Shoptaw B, Chaponda M, Muleba M, Kabuya JB, Chongwe G, Moss WJ, Ippolito MM
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.24-0405 (opens in a new tab)School entry vaccination checks allow mapping of under-vaccinated children in Zambia
Vaccines · 13(9), 924
Powell MP, Mufwambi W, Hasan AZ, Dombola AM, Prosperi C, Sakala R, Kapungu K, Chongwe G, Singh P, Wang Q
DOI: 10.3390/vaccines13090924 (opens in a new tab)Sensitive near point-of-care detection of asymptomatic and submicroscopic Plasmodium falciparum infections in African endemic countries
Nature Communications · 16, 8925
Rakotomalala Robinson D, Pennisi I, Cavuto ML, Kiemde F, Chamai M, Some DY, Quigley E, Malpartida-Cardenas K, Ndiath MO, Correa S, Darboe B, Stewart LB, Georgiou P, Baldeh M, Tinto H, Cunnington AJ, Erhart A, D'Alessandro U, Hachizovu S, Mwanza S, Rodriguez-Manzano J
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-64027-4 (opens in a new tab)The implication of aberrant NRF2 activation in management of female cancers
Frontiers in Oncology · 15, 1579135
Kgatle M, Mbambara S, Fadebi O, Kabunda J, Kaoma C, Dlangalala T, Nxele S, Modipane N, Serite T, Mokoala K, Mashamba-Thompson T, Sathekge M
DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2025.1579135 (opens in a new tab)The role of aryl hydrocarbon receptor signalling in COVID-19 pathology and its therapeutic potential
Frontiers in Molecular Medicine · 5, 1599785
Mbambara S, Modipane N, Serite T, Sathekge M, Kgatle M
DOI: 10.3389/fmmed.2025.1599785 (opens in a new tab)The role of pioneering transcription factors, chromatin accessibility and epigenetic reprogramming in oncogenic viruses
Frontiers in Microbiology · 16, 1602497
Kgatle M, Mbambara S, Khoza L, Fadebi O, Mashamba-Thompson T, Sathekge M
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2025.1602497 (opens in a new tab)Viral suppression and associated factors after enhanced adherence counseling among people living with HIV with unsuppressed viral loads at tertiary and first-level health facilities in Zambia: a retrospective cohort study
PLOS Global Public Health · 5(11), e0005417
Chanda C, Chewe WC, Hamooya BM, Siame L, Mutalange M, Dombola A, Mbewe N, Sinyangwe C, Mwansa M, Chanda D
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0005417 (opens in a new tab)2024
15 publicationsEvaluation of anopheline diversity and abundance across outdoor collection schemes utilizing CDC light traps in Nchelenge District, Zambia
Insects · 15(9), 656
Jones CM, Ciubotariu II, Gebhardt ME, Lupiya JS, Mbewe D, Muleba M, Stevenson JC, Norris DE
DOI: 10.3390/insects15090656 (opens in a new tab)Feasibility and acceptability of collecting dried blood spots from children after vaccination during supplementary immunization activities to estimate measles and rubella seroprevalence
PLOS Global Public Health · 4(6), e0002985
Carcelen AC, Prosperi C, Hamahuwa M, Kapungu K, Chongwe G, Mwansa FD, Ndubani P, Simulundu E, Bwalya IC, Matakala KH, Musukwa G, Mutale I, Betha E, Chaavwa N, Kampamba L, Matoba J, Munachoonga P, Mufwambi W, Situtu K, Thuma PE, Sakala C, Kayeye P, Truelove SA, Winter AK, Ferrari MJ, Moss WJ, Mutembo S
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0002985 (opens in a new tab)Human papilloma virus vaccine acceptability and its associated factors among mothers of female children 9 to 14 years in Ndola District of Zambia
Open Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology · 14(11), 1757-1774
Mwaba DK, Khondowe S, Daka V, Mwanza P, Chisanga C, Kalasa H, Nambozi M
DOI: 10.4236/ojog.2024.1411145 (opens in a new tab)Influence of HIV status on outcomes of children admitted with sepsis at a paediatric hospital in Zambia: protocol for a prospective longitudinal study
BMJ Open · 14(8), e080607
Gwasupika J, Hamer DH, Daka V, Mfune RL, Jacobs C
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-080607 (opens in a new tab)Ionising radiation exposure-induced regulation of selected biomarkers and their impact in cancer and treatment
Frontiers in Nuclear Medicine · 4, 1469897
Mzizi Y, Mbambara S, Moetlhoa B, Mahapane J, Mdanda S, Sathekge M, Kgatle M
DOI: 10.3389/fnume.2024.1469897 (opens in a new tab)Lessons from the pandemic: new best practices in selecting molecular diagnostics for point-of-care testing of infectious diseases in sub-Saharan Africa
Expert Review of Molecular Diagnostics · 24(3), 153-159
Baldeh M, Bawa FK, Bawah FU, Chamai M, Dzabeng F, Jebreel WMA, Kabuya J-BB, Molemodile Dele-Olowu SK, Odoyo E, Rakotomalala Robinson D, Cunnington AJ
DOI: 10.1080/14737159.2023.2277368 (opens in a new tab)Mosquito control by abatement programmes in the United States: perspectives and lessons for countries in sub-Saharan Africa
Malaria Journal · 23(1), 8
Ochomo E, Rund SSC, Mthawanji RS, Antonio-Nkondjio C, Machani M, Samake S, Wolie RZ, Nsango S, Lown LA, Matoke-Muhia D, Kamau L, Lukyamuzi E, Njeri J, Chabi J, Akrofi OO, Ntege C, Mero V, Mwalimu C, Kiware S, Bilgo E, Traore MM, Afrane Y, Hakizimana E, Muleba M, Orefuwa E, Chaki P, Juma EO
DOI: 10.1186/s12936-023-04829-3 (opens in a new tab)Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis: latest opinions on epidemiology, rapid diagnosis and management
Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine · 30(3), 217-228
Nyasulu PS, Doumbia CO, Ngah V, Togo ACG, Diarra B, Chongwe G
DOI: 10.1097/MCP.0000000000001070 (opens in a new tab)Nationwide survey of Helicobacter pylori seropositivity and gastric atrophy in Zambia
Helicobacter · 29(3), e13096
Kayamba V, Munshi H, Hankolwe MN, Kaluba Kavimba C, Chongwe G, Knaze V, Park JY, Kelly P
DOI: 10.1111/hel.13096 (opens in a new tab)Population pharmacokinetics of amodiaquine and piperaquine in African pregnant women with uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum infections
CPT: Pharmacometrics and Systems Pharmacology · 13(11), 1893-1903
Ding J, Hoglund RM, Tagbor H, Tinto H, Valea I, Mwapasa V, Kalilani-Phiri L, Van Geertruyden JP, Nambozi M, Mulenga M, Hachizovu S, Ravinetto R, D'Alessandro U, Tarning J
DOI: 10.1002/psp4.13211 (opens in a new tab)Protecting the most vulnerable: the urgent need to include HIV-exposed children in malaria chemoprevention strategies
PLOS Medicine · 21(12), e1004498
Gonzalez R, Nhampossa T, Figueroa-Romero A, Tchouatieu AM, Manyando C, Menendez C
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1004498 (opens in a new tab)Supplementing routine hospital surveillance of malaria to capture excess mortality and epidemiological trends: a five-year observational study
Frontiers in Malaria · 2, 1340276
Kabuya J-BB, Bond C, Hauser M, Sikalima J, Phiri B, Phiri D, Matoba J, Hughes J, Banda PM, Lupiya JS, Chongwe G, Thuma PE, Moss WJ, Ippolito MM
DOI: 10.3389/fmala.2024.1340276 (opens in a new tab)The first complete mitochondrional genome of Anopheles gibbinsi using a skimming sequencing approach
F1000Research · 13, 553
Ali R, Gebhardt ME, Lupiya JS, Muleba M, Norris DE
DOI: 10.12688/f1000research.148473.1 (opens in a new tab)The prioritisation of curable sexually transmitted infections among pregnant women in Zambia and Papua New Guinea: qualitative insights
PLOS Global Public Health · 4(7), e0003441
Vallely LM, Kapungu K, Mengi A, Chaponda M, Chico RM, Riddell MA, Vallely AJ, Pomat W, Cignacco E, Low N, Kelly-Hanku A
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0003441 (opens in a new tab)Who is missed in a community-based survey: assessment and implications of biases due to incomplete sampling frame in a community-based serosurvey, Choma and Ndola Districts, Zambia, 2022
PLOS Global Public Health · 4(4), e0003072
Kostandova N, Mutembo S, Prosperi C, Mwansa FD, Nakazwe C, Namukoko H, Nachinga B, Chongwe G, Chilumba I, Matakala KH, Musukwa G, Hamahuwa M, Mufwambi W, Matoba J, Situtu K, Mutale I, Kong AC, Simulundu E, Ndubani P, Hasan AZ, Truelove SA, Winter AK, Carcelen AC, Lau B, Moss WJ, Wesolowski A
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0003072 (opens in a new tab)2023
22 publicationsAdequate dietary intake and consumption of indigenous fermented products are associated with improved nutrition status among children aged 6-23 months in Zambia
Dairy · 4(1), 137-149
Hamaimbo BT, Marinda PA, Nyau V, Chileshe J, Khayeka-Wandabwa C, Schoustra SE
DOI: 10.3390/dairy4010010 (opens in a new tab)An ex vivo intestinal absorption model is more effective than an in vitro cell model to characterise absorption of dietary carotenoids following simulated gastrointestinal digestion
Food Research International · 166, 112558
Kalungwana N, Marshall L, Mackie A, Boesch C
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodres.2023.112558 (opens in a new tab)Comparison of total body vitamin A stores using individual versus population 13C-natural abundance of serum retinol in preschool children and women residing in 6 diverse African countries
The Journal of Nutrition · 153(4), 949-957
Gannon BM, Sombié OO, Zeba AN, Nama GM, Bekele TH, Woldeyohannes M, van Stuijvenberg ME, Dhansay MA, Urio EM, Kaliwile C, Chileshe J, Kalungwana N, Davis CR, Grahn M, Tanumihardjo SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.tjnut.2023.02.002 (opens in a new tab)COVID-19 positive cases among asymptomatic individuals during the second wave in Ndola, Zambia
African Journal of Laboratory Medicine · 12(1), 2119
Gwasupika J, Daka V, Chileshe J, Mukosha M, Mudenda S, Mukanga B, Mfune RL, Chongwe G
DOI: 10.4102/ajlm.v12i1.2119 (opens in a new tab)Emergence of nontuberculous mycobacteria at the human-livestock-environment interface in Zambia
Microbiology Research · 14(1), 430-447
Zulu M, Malama S, Monde N, Kainga H, Tembo R, Mwaba F, Saad SA, Daka V, Mukubesa AN, Ndebe J, Shambaba O, Munyeme M
DOI: 10.3390/microbiolres14010032 (opens in a new tab)Ethics of adaptive designs for randomized controlled trials
Ethics & Human Research · 45(5), 2-14
Chongwe G, Ali J, Kaye DK, Michelo C, Kass NE
DOI: 10.1002/eahr.500178 (opens in a new tab)Factors associated with intention to smoke cigarettes among never smoker school going adolescents in Zambia
African Health Sciences · 23(1), 596-605
Syapiila P, Mulenga D, Mazaba M, Njunju E, Zyambo C, Chongwe G, Siziya S
DOI: 10.4314/ahs.v23i1.63 (opens in a new tab)First and second-line anti-tuberculosis drug-resistance patterns in pulmonary tuberculosis patients in Zambia
Antibiotics · 12(1), 166
Monde N, Munyeme M, Chongwe G, Wensman JJ, Zulu M, Siziya S, Tembo R, Siame KK, Shambaba O, Malama S
DOI: 10.3390/antibiotics12010166 (opens in a new tab)Impacts of COVID-19 on sexual risk behaviors, safe injection practices, and access to HIV services among key populations in Zambia: findings from a rapid qualitative formative assessment
PLOS ONE · 18(8), e0289007
Parmley LE, Nkumbula T, Chilukutu L, Chelu L, Mulemfwe C, Hanunka B, Mwale J, Neal J, Handema R, Kasonde P, Mutale K, Sakala HM, Lahuerta M
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0289007 (opens in a new tab)Leveraging health infrastructure to optimize HPV vaccination for adolescents in Zambia: protocol for an implementation study
PLoS ONE · 18(5), e0285031
Miti S, Shato T, Asante C, Baumann A, Chongwe G, Bobo PM, Silver MI, Hunleth JM
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0285031 (opens in a new tab)Losses along the tuberculosis sputum sample referral cascade for Mpongwe District, Zambia
African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine · 15(1), 3710
Nkhoma L, Bwembya J, Chansa E, Kumar R, Thior I, Musonda V, Chongwe G, Mwinga A
DOI: 10.4102/phcfm.v15i1.3710 (opens in a new tab)Malaria in refugee children resettled to a holoendemic area of sub-Saharan Africa
Clinical Infectious Diseases · 76(3), e1104-e1113
Hauser M, Kabuya JB, Mantus M, Kamavu LK, Sichivula JL, Matende WM, Fritschi N, Shields T, Curriero F, Kvit A, Chongwe G, Moss WJ, Ritz N, Ippolito MM
DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciac417 (opens in a new tab)Molecular characterization of environmental and clinical non-tuberculous mycobacteria isolates from copper mines and miners in Zambia
Research & Reviews: A Journal of Immunology · 13(3)
Obi SB, Hangombe BM, Chongwe G, Monde N, Bwalya IC, Chileshe J, Zulu M, Daka V, Mukubesa A, Zimba S, Munyeme M
DOI: 10.37591/rrjoi.v13i3.3414 (opens in a new tab)Mortality among persons receiving tuberculosis treatment in Itezhi-Tezhi District of Zambia: a retrospective cohort study
PLOS Global Public Health · 3(2), e0001234
Chaaba E, Bwembya J, Nyambe E, Kumar R, Thior I, Seraphine K, Chongwe G, Makwambeni V, Musonda V, Kasese-Chanda P, Mwinga A
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0001234 (opens in a new tab)Oesophageal cancer cases recorded in the Zambia National Cancer Registry: a cross-sectional study
Pan African Medical Journal · 44, 128
Shumba S, Musonda P, Lombe D, Chongwe G, Kayamba V
DOI: 10.11604/pamj.2023.44.128.32907 (opens in a new tab)Prescription patterns and compliance with World Health Organization recommendations for the management of uncomplicated and severe malaria: a prospective, real-world study in sub-Saharan Africa
Malaria Journal · 22(1), 215
Baraka V, Nhama A, Aide P, Bassat Q, David A, Gesase S, Gwasupika J, Hachizovu S, Makenga G, Ntizimira CR, Obunge O, Tshefu KA, Cousin M, Otsyula N, Pathan R, Risterucci C, Su G, Manyando C
DOI: 10.1186/s12936-023-04650-y (opens in a new tab)Prevalence and antimicrobial susceptibility status of Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria on handheld shopping trolleys and baskets in supermarkets in Ndola, Zambia
Open Journal of Epidemiology · 13(4), 235-249
Patel S, Daka V, Mudenda S, Samutela M, Chileshe M, Chanda W, Mutanekelwa I, Chikwanda E, Haakonde T, Mudenda T, Matafwali S, Mwale S, Mfune RL
DOI: 10.4236/ojepi.2023.134018 (opens in a new tab)Prevalence and correlates of Schistosoma haematobium infections among school going-children aged 5 to 17 years in Kawama, Ndola, Zambia
Pan African Medical Journal · 45, 170
Sandema C, Daka V, Syapiila P, Tembo M, Sikalima J, Patel S, Mudenda S, Mfune RL, Mutanekelwa I, Zyambo C, Mwanakasale V
DOI: 10.11604/pamj.2023.45.170.41193 (opens in a new tab)Risk factors associated with zoonotic tuberculosis at the animal-human interface in a tuberculosis-endemic sub-Saharan country
Journal of Veterinary Medical Science · 85(10), 1136-1141
Monde N, Munyeme M, Siziya S, Zulu M, Chongwe G, Kabelenga E, Daka V, Siame KK, Tembo R, Malama S
DOI: 10.1292/jvms.22-0565 (opens in a new tab)Spatial-temporal vector abundance and malaria transmission dynamics in Nchelenge and Lake Mweru islands, a region with a high burden of malaria in northern Zambia
Malaria Journal · 22(1), 327
Muleba M, Mbata KJ, Stevenson JC, Norris DE
DOI: 10.1186/s12936-023-04746-5 (opens in a new tab)The impact of household and community indoor residual spray coverage with Fludora Fusion in a high malaria transmission setting in northern Zambia
The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene · 109(2), 248-257
Ferriss E, Chaponda M, Muleba M, Kabuya J-BB, Lupiya JS, Riley C, Winters A, Moulton LH, Mulenga M, Norris DE, Moss WJ
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.22-0440 (opens in a new tab)Towards achieving transnational research partnership equity: lessons from implementing adaptive platform trials in low- and middle-income countries
Wellcome Open Research · 8, 120 (version 2)
Modlin C, Sugarman J, Chongwe G, Kass N, Nazziwa W, Tegli J, Shrestha P, Ali J
DOI: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.18915.2 (opens in a new tab)2022
7 publicationsA descriptive study of all COVID-19 clients in Copperbelt province, Zambia 2020: a retrospective analysis
Journal of Interventional Epidemiology and Public Health · 5(2), 04.12
Mutale LS, Ajumobi OO, Nanzaluka F, Chileshe J, Sakubita P, Sinyange N, Zulu PM, Kapina M, Kapata N, Dube C, Mukupa GC, Kangala G, Mweembe A, Banda J, Sakulanda C, Nonde J, Zulu R, Mukonka V, Mwakazanga DK, Chongwe G
DOI: 10.37432/jieph.supp.2022.5.2.04.12 (opens in a new tab)Body mass index status determines absolute CD4+ count in adult HIV/AIDS patients on antiretroviral therapy in Zambia
Journal of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology · 1(2), 1-8
Nyirenda C, Maksoud G, Mwanza S, Nambozi M, Chileshe J, Handema R
No DOI suppliedEfficacy, safety and tolerability of pyronaridine-artesunate in asymptomatic malaria-infected individuals: a randomized controlled trial
Clinical Infectious Diseases · 74(2), 180-188
Dabira ED, Hachizovu S, Conteh B, Mendy A, Nyang H, Lawal B, Ndiath MO, Mulenga JM, Mwanza S, Borghini-Fuhrer I, Arbe-Barnes S, Miller R, Shin J, Duparc S, D'Alessandro U, Manyando C, Achan J
DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciab425 (opens in a new tab)Policy implications of the Southern and Central Africa International Center of Excellence for Malaria Research: ten years of malaria control impact assessments in hypo-, meso-, and holoendemic transmission zones in Zambia and Zimbabwe
The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene · 107(4_Suppl), 68-74
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Wesolowski A, Ippolito MM, Gebhardt ME, Ferriss E, Schue JL, Kobayashi T, Chaponda M, Kabuya JB, Muleba M, Mburu M, Matoba J, Musonda M, Katowa B, Lubinda M, Hamapumbu H, Simubali L, Mudenda T, Shields TM, Hackman A, Shiff C, Coetzee M, Koekemoer LL, Munyati S, Gwanzura L, Mutambu S, Stevenson JC, Thuma PE, Norris DE, Bailey JA, Juliano JJ, Chongwe G, Mulenga M, Simulundu E, Mharakurwa S, Agre P, Moss WJ
Scientific findings of the Southern and Central Africa International Center of Excellence for Malaria Research: ten years of malaria control impact assessments in hypo-, meso-, and holoendemic transmission zones in Zambia and Zimbabwe
The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene · 107(4_Suppl), 55-67
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Ippolito MM, Gebhardt ME, Ferriss E, Schue JL, Kobayashi T, Chaponda M, Kabuya JB, Muleba M, Mburu M, Matoba J, Musonda M, Katowa B, Lubinda M, Hamapumbu H, Simubali L, Mudenda T, Wesolowski A, Shields TM, Hackman A, Shiff C, Coetzee M, Koekemoer LL, Munyati S, Gwanzura L, Mutambu S, Stevenson JC, Thuma PE, Norris DE, Bailey JA, Juliano JJ, Chongwe G, Mulenga M, Simulundu E, Mharakurwa S, Agre PC, Moss WJ
Whole blood transfusion for severe malarial anemia in a high Plasmodium falciparum transmission setting
Clinical Infectious Diseases · 75(11), 1893-1902
Ippolito MM, Kabuya JB, Hauser M, Kamavu LK, Banda PM, Yanek LR, Malik R, Mulenga M, Bailey JA, Chongwe G, Louis TA, Shapiro TA, Moss WJ
DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciac304 (opens in a new tab)Zambia Assessment of Tuberculosis (TB) and HIV in the Mines (ZATHIM): implications for programs and policies
BMC Public Health · 22(1), 791
Podewils LJ, Long EF, Fuller TJ, Mwakazanga D, Kapungu K, Tembo M, Mwanza S, Curran KG, Smith JP, Tobias JL, Kasongo W
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-022-13053-8 (opens in a new tab)2021
12 publicationsAntimalarial drug resistance and implications for the WHO Global Technical Strategy
Current Epidemiology Reports · 8(2), 46-62
Ippolito MM, Moser KA, Kabuya JB, Cunningham C, Juliano JJ
DOI: 10.1007/s40471-021-00266-5 (opens in a new tab)Assessment of the tuberculosis case-finding and prevention cascade among people living with HIV in Zambia – 2018: a cross-sectional cluster survey
BMC Public Health · 21, 859
Melgar M, Shiraishi RW, Tende C, Mwanza S, Mulenga J, Khondowe S, Mwakazanga D, Kapungu K, Tembo M, Nota A, Lungu P, Moore B, Podewils LJ
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-021-10929-z (opens in a new tab)Breast milk–derived retinol is a potential surrogate for serum in the 13C-retinol isotope dilution test in Zambian lactating women with vitamin A deficient and adequate status
The Journal of Nutrition · 151(1), 255-263
Kaliwile C, Michelo C, Sheftel J, Davis CR, Grahn M, Bwembya P, Simpungwe E, Mwanza S, Chileshe J, Tanumihardjo SA
DOI: 10.1093/jn/nxaa320 (opens in a new tab)Challenges in achieving and maintaining accreditation in clinical laboratories in Zambia during the COVID-19 pandemic
Pan African Medical Journal · 38, 290
Daka V, Mubanga M, Mukanga B, Mfune RL, Chileshe M, Machiko A, Mudenda S, Chikwanda E, Mudenda T, Simusika P, Mwale S, Musalula S
DOI: 10.11604/pamj.2021.38.290.27836 (opens in a new tab)Congenital malformations in sub-Saharan Africa—warnings of a silent epidemic?
The Lancet Infectious Diseases · 21(5), 594-596
Sié A, Hanefeld J, Chaponda M, Chico RM, Le Doare K, Mayaud P, Drexler JF, Jaenisch T
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(21)00061-X (opens in a new tab)Drug resistant tuberculosis cases from the Copperbelt province and northern regions of Zambia: genetic diversity, demographic and clinical characteristics
Tuberculosis · 130, 102122
Chisompola NK, Streicher EM, Dippenaar A, Whitfield MG, Tembo M, Mwanza S, Warren RM, Sampson SL
DOI: 10.1016/j.tube.2021.102122 (opens in a new tab)Drug resistant tuberculosis in the northern region of Zambia: a retrospective study
Frontiers in Tropical Diseases · 2, 735028
Monde N, Zulu M, Tembo M, Handema R, Munyeme M, Malama S
DOI: 10.3389/fitd.2021.735028 (opens in a new tab)House structure is associated with malaria among febrile patients in a high-transmission region of Zambia
The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene · 104(6), 2131-2138
Sikalima J, Schue JL, Hill SE, Mulenga M, Handema R, Daka V, Chileshe J, Kasongo W, Chaponda M, Kabuya JB, Moss WJ, Ippolito MM
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.20-1378 (opens in a new tab)Knowledge, attitude and practices of COVID-19 among medical laboratory professionals in Zambia
African Journal of Laboratory Medicine · 10(1), 1403
Chawe A, Mfune RL, Syapiila PM, Zimba SD, Vlahakis PA, Mwale S, Mwape K, Chirambo-Kalolekesha M, Chileshe M, Mutale J, Mudenda T, Manda G, Daka V
DOI: 10.4102/ajlm.v10i1.1403 (opens in a new tab)Prevalence and genetic diversity of Shibuyunji virus, a novel tick-borne phlebovirus identified in Zambia
Archives of Virology · 166(3), 915-919
Simulundu E, Mbambara S, Chambaro HM, Sichibalo K, Kajihara M, Nalubamba KS, Sawa H, Takada A, Changula K, Chitanga S
DOI: 10.1007/s00705-020-04924-9 (opens in a new tab)Safety and efficacy of intermittent presumptive treatment with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine using rapid diagnostic test screening and treatment with dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine at the first antenatal care visit (IPTp-SP+): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial
Trials · 22(1), 820
Kabuya JB, Ippolito MM, Sikalima J, Tende C, Champo D, Mwakazanga D, Young AMP, Mulenga M, Chongwe G, Manyando C
DOI: 10.1186/s13063-021-05745-0 (opens in a new tab)The impact of three years of targeted indoor residual spraying with pirimiphos-methyl on household vector abundance in a high malaria transmission area of northern Zambia
The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene · 104(2), 683-694
Hast MA, Stevenson JC, Muleba M, Chaponda M, Kabuya JB, Mulenga M, Shields T, Moss WJ, Norris DE
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.20-0537 (opens in a new tab)2020
6 publicationsGenetic differentiation and population structure of Anopheles funestus from Uganda and the southern African countries of Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe
Parasites & Vectors · 13(1), 87
Kaddumukasa MA, Wright J, Muleba M, Stevenson JC, Norris DE, Coetzee M
DOI: 10.1186/s13071-020-3962-1 (opens in a new tab)Nutritional composition and microbial communities of two non-alcoholic traditional fermented beverages from Zambia: a study of mabisi and munkoyo
Nutrients · 12(6), 1628
Chileshe J, van den Heuvel J, Handema R, Zwaan BJ, Talsma EF, Schoustra S
DOI: 10.3390/nu12061628 (opens in a new tab)Potential contribution of cereal and milk based fermented foods to dietary nutrient intake of 1-5 years old children in Central province in Zambia
PLOS ONE · 15(5), e0232824
Chileshe J, Talsma EF, Schoustra SE, Borgonjen-van den Berg KJ, Handema R, Zwaan BJ, Brouwer ID
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0232824 (opens in a new tab)Prevalence and characteristics of HIV drug resistance among antiretroviral treatment (ART) experienced adolescents and young adults living with HIV in Ndola, Zambia
PLOS ONE · 15(8), e0236156
Miti S, Handema R, Mulenga L, Mwansa JK, Abrams E, Frimpong C, Burke VM, Zulu M, Siwingwa M, Mwakazanga D, Kalibala S, Denison JA
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0236156 (opens in a new tab)Utilisation of laboratory test results for patient management by clinicians at two large referral hospitals in Zambia
American Journal of Laboratory Medicine · 5(5), 144-149
Mwape S, Daka V, Matafwali SK, Mwape K, Sikalima J, Vlahakis PA, Chirambo-Kalolekesha M, Chisompola NK, Chalwe V
DOI: 10.11648/j.ajlm.20200505.13 (opens in a new tab)Zambia field epidemiology training program: strengthening health security through workforce development
Pan African Medical Journal · 36, 323
Kumar R, Kateule E, Sinyange N, Malambo W, Kayeye S, Chizema E, Chongwe G, Minor P, Kapina M, Baggett HC, Yard E, Mukonka V
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