Ebenezer Foster-Nyarko

Publications

• Isolation of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Multidrug-resistant Elizabethkingia meningoseptica from Neonates Within Minutes of Birth
• Efficacy of a novel, protein-based pneumococcal vaccine against nasopharyngeal carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae in infants: A phase 2, randomized, controlled, observer-blind study
• Transmission of Staphylococcus aureus from humans to green monkeys in the Gambia as revealed by whole-genome sequencing
• Salmonella infections in The Gambia, 2005-2015
• An outbreak of pneumococcal meningitis among older children (≥5 years) and adults after the implementation of an infant vaccination programme with the 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in Ghana
• Effect on nasopharyngeal pneumococcal carriage of replacing PCV7 with PCV13 in the Expanded Programme of Immunization in The Gambia
• Relationship between antibiotic resistance and sickle cell anemia: Preliminary evidence from a pediatric carriage study in Ghana
• Rapid replacement by non-vaccine pneumococcal serotypes may mitigate the impact of the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine on nasopharyngeal bacterial ecology
• Alternative molecular methods for improved detection of meningococcal carriage and measurement of bacterial density
• Incidence of macrolide-lincosamide-streptogramin B resistance amongst beta-haemolytic streptococci in the Gambia
• Genomic diversity of Escherichia coli isolates from non-human primates in the Gambia
• Comparison of the Prevalence of Common Bacterial Pathogens in the Oropharynx and Nasopharynx of Gambian Infants
• The impact of childhood vaccines on bacterial carriage in the nasopharynx: A longitudinal study
• Association between functional antibody against Group B Streptococcus and maternal and infant colonization in a Gambian cohort
• Genomic diversity of Escherichia coli isolates from backyard chickens and guinea fowl in the Gambia
• Associations between nasopharyngeal carriage of Group B Streptococcus and other respiratory pathogens during early infancy
• Molecular Epidemiology of Group A Streptococcus Infections in The Gambia.
• A year of genomic surveillance reveals how the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic unfolded in Africa.
• Genomic diversity of Escherichia coli isolates from backyard chickens and guinea fowl in the Gambia
• Within-Host Diversity and Vertical Transmission of Group B Streptococcus Among Mother-infant Dyads in The Gambia
• Genomic diversity of Escherichia coli isolates from healthy children in rural Gambia
• Genomic diversity of Escherichia coli isolates from non-human primates in the Gambia
• Phylogeography and resistome of pneumococcal meningitis in West Africa before and after vaccine introduction
• SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern dominate in Lahore, Pakistan in April 2021
• Widespread sharing of pneumococcal strains in a rural African setting: proximate villages are more likely to share similar strains that are carried at multiple timepoints
• Meningococcus serogroup C clonal complex ST-10217 outbreak in Zamfara State, Northern Nigeria.
• SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern dominate in Lahore, Pakistan in April 2021
• Pneumococcal lineages associated with serotype replacement and antibiotic resistance in childhood invasive pneumococcal disease in the post-PCV13 era: an international whole-genome sequencing study.
• The impact of viral mutations on recognition by SARS-CoV-2 specific T cells.
• A mosaic tetracycline resistance gene tet(S/M) detected in an MDR pneumococcal CC230 lineage that underwent capsular switching in South Africa.
• Within-host microevolution of Streptococcus pneumoniae is rapid and adaptive during natural colonisation.
• Carriage Dynamics of Pneumococcal Serotypes in Naturally Colonized Infants in a Rural African Setting During the First Year of Life.
• Loss of microbial diversity and pathogen domination of the gut microbiota in critically ill patients.
• Extensive microbial diversity within the chicken gut microbiome revealed by metagenomics and culture.
• Genomic diversity of Escherichia coli from healthy children in rural Gambia.
• Contribution of NDM and OXA-type carbapenemases to carbapenem resistance in clinicalAcinetobacter baumanniifrom Nigeria
• Remarkable genomic diversity among Escherichia isolates recovered from healthy chickens
• The microbial ecology of Escherichia coli in the vertebrate gut
• The evolving SARS-CoV-2 epidemic in Africa: Insights from rapidly expanding genomic surveillance
• Nanopore-only assemblies for genomic surveillance of the global priority drug-resistant pathogen, Klebsiella pneumoniae
• COVID-19 due to the B.1.617.2 (Delta) variant compared to B.1.1.7 (Alpha) variant of SARS-CoV-2: a prospective observational cohort study.
• SARS-CoV-2 Omicron is an immune escape variant with an altered cell entry pathway.
• Genomic epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 in a university outbreak setting and implications for public health planning.
• The evolving SARS-CoV-2 epidemic in Africa: Insights from rapidly expanding genomic surveillance.
• SARS-CoV-2 lineage dynamics in England from September to November 2021: high diversity of Delta sub-lineages and increased transmissibility of AY.4.2.
• MARKED IMPROVEMENT OF NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS CARRIAGE DETECTION USING PCR AFTER OVERNIGHT BROTH CULTURE WITH PARALLEL QUANTIFICATION USING FILTER PAPER SAMPLES
• STRINGENT QUALITY CONTROL MEASURES ALLOWS PROMPT IDENTIFICATION OF CRUCIAL PROBLEMS TO OPTIMIZE THE RELIABILITY OF MENINGOCOCCAL CARRIAGE SURVEYS
• Anthroponotic transmission and evolution of Staphylococccus aureus in Green Vervet monkeys from The Gambia
• Isolation, Antibiotic Resistance and High Co-colonisation of Human Pathogens among Human-Habituated Wild Monkeys in The Gambia
• SURVEY OF GASTROINTESTINAL PARASITES AMONG FOUR DIURNAL PRIMATE SPECIES IN THE GAMBIA
• Acquisition of a large virulence plasmid (pINV) promoted temperature-dependent virulence and global dispersal of O96:H19 enteroinvasive Escherichia coli
• Publisher Correction: SARS-CoV-2 Omicron is an immune escape variant with an altered cell entry pathway.
• Emergence of a multidrug-resistant and virulent Streptococcus pneumoniae lineage mediates serotype replacement after PCV13: an international whole-genome sequencing study.
• The use of representative community samples to assess SARS-CoV-2 lineage competition: Alpha outcompetes Beta and wild-type in England from January to March 2021.
• Investigation of hospital discharge cases and SARS-CoV-2 introduction into Lothian care homes.
• Genomic reconstruction of the SARS-CoV-2 epidemic in England.
• Recurrent SARS-CoV-2 mutations in immunodeficient patients.
• Corrigendum: 'Nanopore-only assemblies for genomic surveillance of the global priority drug-resistant pathogen, Klebsiella pneumoniae'.
• Molecular Epidemiology of DiarrhoeagenicEscherichia coliin Africa: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis