Publication Highlight: Identification and molecular characterization of M. bovis DNA in GeneXpert® MTB/RIF ultra-positive, culture-negative sputum from a rural community in South Africa
A new study by GenPath Africa consortium members Wynand Goosen, Michele Miller, Rob Warren, Tanya Kerr and Elizabeth Streicher from Stellenbosch University (SU) shows there is a high risk of Mycobacterium bovis (M.bovis) spreading from animals to humans in rural South Africa.
Publication Highlight: Detection of Mycobacterium bovis in nasal swabs from communal goats (Capra hircus) in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
A new publication by our GenPath Africa colleagues Wynand Goosen, Michele Miller and Rob Warren from Stellenbosch University (SU) compares methods of detecting Mycobacterium bovis (M. bovis) and shows that M. bovis poses a serious health risk in rural South Africa.
First GenPath Africa Annual Meeting held
One year into the project, the GenPath Africa consortium came together at the Biomedical Research Institute (BMRI) in Cape Town, South Africa, for its first in-person meeting on May 27-28, 2024.
GenPath Africa workshops: Developing wastewater-based surveillance and treatments of drug-resistant TB to improve public health responses to pandemics
In 2023, GenPath Africa team members convened in two workshops to discuss project goals with stakeholders in Kenya and in South Africa.
GenPath Africa at the Grand Challenges Annual Meeting 2023
On 10 October 2023, the Grand Challenges Annual Meeting (GCAM) 2023 brought togther six projects - including GenPath Africa - which are part of the newly formed Genomic Epidemiology Network.