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  1. Emergence of a SARS-CoV-2 variant of concern with mutations in spike glycoprotein

    Article • Nature, March 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Mushal Allam

  2. Genome Sequences of Five Novel Neisseria gonorrhoeae Sequence Types Isolated in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

    Article • Microbiology Resource Announcements, March 2021, ASM Journals

    Dr Mushal Allam

  3. First genome sequence of Aeromonas hydrophilia novel sequence type 658 strain isolated from livestock in South Africa

    Article • Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance, March 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Mushal Allam

  4. Genomic Insights of Multidrug-Resistant Escherichia coli From Wastewater Sources and Their Association With Clinical Pathogens in South Africa

    Article • Frontiers in Veterinary Science, February 2021, Frontiers

    Dr Mushal Allam, Joshua Mbanga

  5. Sixteen novel lineages of SARS-CoV-2 in South Africa

    Article • Nature Reports Stem Cells, February 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Mushal Allam

  6. Distribution and Genetic Diversity of Aedes aegypti Subspecies across the Sahelian Belt in Sudan

    Article • Pathogens, January 2021, MDPI AG

    Dr Mushal Allam

  7. Inflammatory markers as predictors of mortality in COVID-19 infection

    Article • African Journal of Laboratory Medicine, December 2020, AOSIS Open Journals

    Dr Mushal Allam, Abdelhakam Ali

  8. Comparative Pathogenomics of Aeromonas veronii from Pigs in South Africa: Dominance of the Novel ST657 Clone

    Article • Microorganisms, December 2020, MDPI AG

    Dr Mushal Allam

  9. An outbreak of cutaneous abscesses caused by Panton-Valentine leukocidin-producing methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus among gold mine workers, South Africa, November 2017 to March 2018

    Article • BMC Infectious Diseases, August 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Mushal Allam

  10. Whole-Genome Sequencing of a Mycobacterium tuberculosis Strain Belonging to Lineage 1 (Indo-Oceanic) and the East African Indian Spoligotype, Isolated in Jazan, Saudi Arabia

    Article • Microbiology Resource Announcements, August 2020, ASM Journals

    Dr Mushal Allam

  11. Comparative Genome Analysis of Bacillus sporothermodurans with Its Closest Phylogenetic Neighbor, Bacillus oleronius, and Bacillus cereus and Bacillus subtilis Groups

    Article • Microorganisms, August 2020, MDPI AG

    Dr Mushal Allam

  12. Convalescent Plasma as a Treatment Modality for Coronavirus Disease 2019 in Sudan

    Article • Transfusion and Apheresis Science, August 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Mushal Allam, Abdelhakam Ali

  13. Genome Sequencing of a Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Isolate Obtained from a South African Patient with Coronavirus Disease 2019

    Article • Microbiology Resource Announcements, July 2020, ASM Journals

    Dr Mushal Allam

  14. Human surveillance and phylogeny of highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N8) during an outbreak in poultry in South Africa, 2017

    Article • Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses, February 2020, Wiley

    Dr Mushal Allam

  15. Outbreak of Listeriosis in South Africa Associated with Processed Meat

    Article • The New England Journal of Medicine and Surgery and the Collateral Branches of Science, February 2020, New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM/MMS)

    Dr Mushal Allam, Professor Marc Lecuit, Phuti Sekwadi

  16. Pathogenomic Analysis of a Novel Extensively Drug-Resistant Citrobacter freundii Isolate Carrying a blaNDM-1 Carbapenemase in South Africa

    Article • Pathogens, January 2020, MDPI AG

    Dr Mushal Allam

  17. Genomic Analysis of Carbapenemase-Producing Extensively Drug-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae Isolates Reveals the Horizontal Spread of p18-43_01 Plasmid Encoding blaNDM-1 in South Africa

    Article • Microorganisms, January 2020, MDPI AG

    Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle, Dr Mushal Allam

  18. Human Blastomycosis in South Africa Caused by Blastomyces percursus and Blastomyces emzantsi sp. nov., 1967 to 2014

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, January 2020, ASM Journals

    Dr Mushal Allam

  19. Complete Genome Sequence of a Staphylococcus aureus Isolate from a Nasopharyngeal Swab from a Mine Worker in South Africa

    Article • Microbiology Resource Announcements, December 2019, ASM Journals

    Dr Mushal Allam

  20. Genomic differences among carriage and invasive nontypeable pneumococci circulating in South Africa

    Article • Microbial Genomics, October 2019, Society for General Microbiology

    Dr Mushal Allam

  21. Genome Mining and Comparative Pathogenomic Analysis of An Endemic Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) Clone, ST612-CC8-t1257-SCCmec_IVd(2B), Isolated in South Africa

    Article • Pathogens, September 2019, MDPI AG

    Dr Mushal Allam

  22. Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O26:H11 associated with a cluster of haemolytic uraemic syndrome cases in South Africa, 2017

    Article • Access Microbiology, September 2019, Society for General Microbiology

    Dr Mushal Allam

  23. Genome Sequence of a Novel Enterococcus faecalis Sequence Type 922 Strain Isolated from a Door Handle in the Intensive Care Unit of a District Hospital in Durban, South Africa

    Article • Microbiology Resource Announcements, August 2019, ASM Journals

    Dr Mushal Allam

  24. First Whole-Genome Sequence of a Highly Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae Sequence Type 14 Strain Isolated from Sudan

    Article • Microbiology Resource Announcements, August 2019, ASM Journals

    Dr Mushal Allam

  25. Whole-Genome Sequence of Acinetobacter baumannii Strain NUBRI-A, Isolated from a Hospitalized Patient in Khartoum, Sudan

    Article • Microbiology Resource Announcements, August 2019, ASM Journals

    Dr Mushal Allam

  26. Whole-Genome Sequences of Two Multidrug-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii Strains Isolated from Patients with Urinary Tract Infection in Ghana

    Article • Microbiology Resource Announcements, August 2019, ASM Journals

    Dr Mushal Allam

  27. Whole-Genome Shotgun Sequence of Drug-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Strain SA9, Isolated from a Slaughterhouse Chicken Carcass in South Africa

    Article • Microbiology Resource Announcements, June 2019, ASM Journals

    Dr Mushal Allam

  28. Genome Sequences of Bacillus sporothermodurans Strains Isolated from Ultra-High-Temperature Milk

    Article • Microbiology Resource Announcements, May 2019, ASM Journals

    Dr Mushal Allam

  29. Genome analysis of methicillin‐resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolated from pigs: Detection of the clonal lineage ST398 in Cameroon and South Africa

    Article • Zoonoses and Public Health, May 2019, Wiley

    Dr Mushal Allam, Luria Founou

  30. Draft Genome Sequence of Providencia rettgeri APW139_S1, an NDM-18-Producing Clinical Strain Originating from Hospital Effluent in South Africa

    Article • Microbiology Resource Announcements, May 2019, ASM Journals

    Dr Mushal Allam, Prof Hafizah Y Chenia

  31. Outbreak of Listeria monocytogenes in South Africa, 2017–2018: Laboratory Activities and Experiences Associated with Whole-Genome Sequencing Analysis of Isolates

    Article • Foodborne Pathogens and Disease, May 2019, Mary Ann Liebert Inc

    Dr Mushal Allam

  32. Genomic characterization of multidrug-resistant ESBL-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae isolated from a Ghanaian teaching hospital

    Article • International Journal of Infectious Diseases, May 2019, Elsevier

    Dr Mushal Allam

  33. Whole Genome Sequencing of Extended Spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae Isolated from Hospitalized Patients in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

    Article • Scientific Reports, April 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Mushal Allam, Luria Founou

  34. Evidence for both Intermittent and Persistent Compartmentalization of HIV-1 in the Female Genital Tract

    Article • Journal of Virology, March 2019, ASM Journals

    Dr Mushal Allam

  35. Genomic analysis of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolated from poultry and occupational farm workers in Umgungundlovu District, South Africa

    Article • The Science of The Total Environment, March 2019, Elsevier

    Dr Mushal Allam

  36. Phylodynamic Analysis of Ebola Virus Disease Transmission in Sierra Leone

    Article • Viruses, January 2019, MDPI AG

    Dr Mushal Allam

  37. Whole-Genome Sequence of a Novel Sequence Type 3136 Carbapenem-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae Strain Isolated from a Hospitalized Patient in Durban, South Africa

    Article • Microbiology Resource Announcements, December 2018, ASM Journals

    Dr Mushal Allam

  38. Genomic characterisation of Klebsiella michiganensis co-producing OXA-181 and NDM-1 carbapenemases isolated from a cancer patient in uMgungundlovu District, KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa

    Article • South African Medical Journal, December 2018, Health and Medical Publishing Group

    Dr Mushal Allam, Luria Founou

  39. Draft genome sequence of a methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis isolate from swine

    Article • Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance, December 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Mushal Allam, Luria Founou

  40. Genomic characterisation of Staphylococcus aureus ST121 isolated from hospitalised patients in South Africa

    Article • South African Medical Journal, November 2018, Health and Medical Publishing Group

    Dr Mushal Allam, Luria Founou

  41. Extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli harbouring mcr-1 gene isolated from pigs in South Africa

    Article • South African Medical Journal, October 2018, Health and Medical Publishing Group

    Dr Mushal Allam, Luria Founou

  42. A novel adenovirus isolated from the Egyptian fruit bat in South Africa is closely related to recent isolates from China

    Article • Scientific Reports, June 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Mushal Allam

  43. Whole-Genome Sequences of Listeria monocytogenes Sequence Type 6 Isolates Associated with a Large Foodborne Outbreak in South Africa, 2017 to 2018

    Article • Genome Announcements, June 2018, ASM Journals

    Dr Mushal Allam, Anthony Smith

  44. Phenotypic and genotypic characterisation of an unique indigenous hypersaline unicellular cyanobacterium, Euhalothece sp.nov

    Article • Microbiological Research, June 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Mushal Allam

  45. Draft Genome Sequence of an Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamase (CTX-M-15) producing Escherichia coli ST10 Isolated from a Nasal Sample of an Abattoir Worker in Cameroon

    Article • Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance, June 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Mushal Allam, Professor Sabiha Yusuf Essack, Luria Founou

  46. Draft Genome Sequencing of Extended Spectrum β-Lactamase Enterobacter aerogenes Isolates from Swine and Human

    Article • Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance, June 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Mushal Allam, Professor Sabiha Yusuf Essack, Luria Founou

  47. Genome Sequencing of Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamase (ESBL)-Producing Klebsiella pneumoniae Isolated from Pigs and Abattoir Workers in Cameroon

    Article • Frontiers in Microbiology, February 2018, Frontiers

    Dr Mushal Allam, Luria Founou

  48. Mycobacterium goodii Genome

    Article • Genome Announcements, January 2018, ASM Journals

    Dr Mushal Allam

  49. Biological crusts of serpentine and non-serpentine soils from the Barberton Greenstone Belt of South Africa

    Article • Ecological Research, December 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Mushal Allam

  50. Invasive Disease Caused Simultaneously by Dual Serotypes of Streptococcus pneumoniae

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, November 2017, ASM Journals

    Dr Mushal Allam

  51. Genome Sequence for Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli O26:H11, Associated with a Cluster of Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome Cases in South Africa, 2017

    Article • Genome Announcements, September 2017, ASM Journals

    Dr Mushal Allam, Anthony Smith

  52. Draft Genome Sequence of Mycobacterium peregrinum Isolated from an HIV-Positive Patient in South Africa

    Article • Genome Announcements, August 2017, ASM Journals

    Dr Mushal Allam

  53. Molecular Characterization of Corynebacterium diphtheriae Outbreak Isolates, South Africa, March–June 2015

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, August 2017, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Dr Mushal Allam

  54. Draft Genome Sequence of a Multidrug-Resistant Serratia marcescens Strain, Isolated from a Patient with Peritoneal Cancer in South Africa

    Article • Genome Announcements, June 2017, ASM Journals

    Dr Mushal Allam

  55. Draft genome sequence of Bacillus oleronius DSM 9356 isolated from the termite Reticulitermes santonensis

    Article • Genomics Data, June 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Mushal Allam

  56. Molecular characterization of invasive capsule null Neisseria meningitidis in South Africa

    Article • BMC Microbiology, February 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Mushal Allam

  57. Identification and characterization of microRNAs expressed in the African malaria vector Anopheles funestus life stages using high throughput sequencing

    Article • Malaria Journal, November 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Mushal Allam

  58. Two cases of serotypeable and non-serotypeable variants of Streptococcus pneumoniae detected simultaneously during invasive disease

    Article • BMC Microbiology, June 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Mushal Allam

  59. Genomic analysis of nontypeable pneumococci causing invasive pneumococcal disease in South Africa, 2003–2013

    Article • BMC Genomics, June 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Mushal Allam

  60. Serotype 1 Pneumococcus

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, March 2016, ASM Journals

    Dr Mushal Allam

  61. Hyper-reactive Malarial Splenomegaly (HMS) in malaria endemic area in Eastern Sudan

    Article • Acta Tropica, February 2008, Elsevier

    Dr Mushal Allam