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Two GenPath Africa stakeholder workshops on wastewater-based surveillance held in Kenya

GenPath Africa partners at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) recently held two stakeholder workshops on wastewater-based surveillance in Kisumu and Mombasa, Kenya.

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Publication Highlight: Insights into mycobacteriome composition in Mycobacterium bovis-infected African buffalo (Syncerus caffer) tissue samples

In a recent study by GenPath Africa consortium members Wynand Goosen, Michele Miller, Rob Warren, Tanya Kerr and Elizabeth Streicher from Stellenbosch University (SU), researchers developed a new method to characterize the mycobacteria present in animal tissue samples.

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First meeting of the GenEpi Network Steering Committee

On 24 July 2024, the GenEpi Network Steering Committee held its first meeting to discuss future collaboration within the network.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

LINQ management 10/10/23 LINQ management 10/10/23

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.