Publications

List of ICEMR and malaria-related publications

1. Gebhardt ME, Searle KM, Kobayashi T, Shields TM, Hamapumbu H, Simubali L, Mudenda T, Thuma PE, Stevenson JC, Moss WJ, Norris DE; Southern and Central Africa International Center of Excellence for Malaria Research. Understudied Anophelines Contribute to Malaria Transmission in a Low-Transmission Setting in the Choma District, Southern Province, Zambia.Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2022 Mar 28;106(5):1406–13. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.21-0989. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35344932; PMCID: PMC9128685.
2. Thomas P. Eisele, Immo Kleinschmidt, Sophie Sarrassat, FeikoterKuil, John Miller, Javan Chanda, KafulaSilumbe, Aaron Samuels, Julia Janssen, Caroline Ogwang, John Bradley, Erica Orange, Josh Yukic, Ruth Ashton, Irene Kyomuhangi, Angela F. Harris, SeydouDoumbi, Mahamoudou Tour, Mohamed Moumine, Silas Majambere, Monicah M. Mburu, Gift Mwaanga, LimontySimubali, Edgar Simulundu, Adam Bennett, Laurence Slutsker, Gunter Muller, Eric Ochomo, John Gimnig, Paul C. D. Johnson, Joseph Wagman & Megan Littrell. Attractive targeted sugar bait phase III trials in Kenya, Mali, and Zambia. Trials 23, 640 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-022-06555-8.
3. Sedda L, McCann RS, Kabaghe AN, Gowelo S, Mburu MM,Tizifa TA, Chipeta MG, van den Berg H, Takken W, van Vugt M, Phiri KS, Cain R, Tangena JA, Jones CM. Hotspots and super-spreaders: Modelling fine-scale malaria parasite transmission using mosquito flight behaviour.PLoSPathog. 2022 Jul 6;18(7):e1010622. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1010622. PMID: 35793345; PMCID: PMC9292116.
4. Mueller AK, Matoba J, Schue JL, Hamapumbu H, Kobayashi T, Stevenson JC, Thuma PE,Wesolowski A, Moss WJ; Southern and Central African International Center of Excellence for Malaria Research. The Unmeasured Burden of Febrile, Respiratory, and Diarrheal Illnesses Identified Through Active Household Surveillance in a Low Malaria Transmission Setting in Southern Zambia.Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2022 Jun 15;106(6):1791-1799. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.21-1253. PMID: 35895429; PMCID: PMC9209922
   

List of ICEMR and Malaria-Related Publications

1. Morales JA, Hamahuwa M, Moyo N,Mutanga JN, Schue JL, Maunga S, Thuma PE, Moss WJ, Sutcliffe CG. Factors associated with antiretroviral therapy use among pregnant women in rural and urban settings in Southern Province, Zambia: 2016-2019.  10.1111/tmi.13816.
2. Loevinsohn G, Hamahuwa M,Sinywimaanzi P, Fenstermacher KZJ, Shaw-Saliba K, Pekosz A, Monze M, Rothman RE, Simulundu E, Thuma PE, Sutcliffe CG. Facility-based surveillance for influenza and respiratory syncytial virus in rural Zambia.BMC Infect Dis. 2021 Sep 21;21(1):986. doi: 10.1186/s12879-021-06677-5. PMID: 34548020; PMCID: PMC8453466.
3. Loevinsohn G, Hamahuwa M,Sinywimaanzi P, Fenstermacher KZJ, Shaw-Saliba K, Pekosz A, Monze M, Rothman RE, Simulundu E, Thuma PE, Sutcliffe CG. Facility-based surveillance for influenza and respiratory syncytial virus in rural Zambia.BMC Infect Dis. 2021 Sep 21;21(1):986. doi: 10.1186/s12879-021-06677-5. PMID: 34548020; PMCID: PMC8453466.
4. Goma R, Bwembya J, Mwansa B, Ndubani P,Kasongo F, Siame W, Mulenga L, Kumar R, Kaminsa S, Makwambeni V, Musonda V, Thior I, Mwinga A. Losses in the Sputum Specimen Referral Cascade in Mpulungu District, Zambia: A Cross-Sectional Study.Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Jan 31;19(3):1621. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19031621. PMID: 35162643; PMCID: PMC8834727.
5. Mubemba B, Mburu MM, Changula K, Muleya W, Moonga LC, Chambaro HM, Kajihara M, Qiu Y, Orba Y, Hayashida K, Sutcliffe CG, Norris DE, Thuma PE, Ndubani P,Chitanga S, Sawa H, Takada A,  Simulundu E.Current knowledge of vector-borne zoonotic pathogens in Zambia: A clarion call to scaling-up "One Health" research in the wake of emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases.PLoSNegl Trop Dis. 2022 Feb 4;16(2):e0010193. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0010193. PMID: 35120135; PMCID: PMC8849493.[SM1] 
6. Arambepola R, Yang Y, Hutchinson K, Mwansa FD, Doherty JA, Bwalya F, Ndubani P,Musukwa G, Moss WJ, Wesolowski A, Mutembo S. Using geospatial models to map zero-dose children: factors associated with zero-dose vaccination status before and after a mass measles and rubella vaccination campaign in Southern province, Zambia.BMJ Glob Health. 2021 Dec;6(12):e007479. doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2021-007479. PMID: 34969682; PMCID: PMC8719156.
7. Carcelen AC, Prosperi C, Mutembo S, Chongwe G, Mwansa FD, Ndubani P, Simulundu E,Chilumba I, Musukwa G, Thuma P,Kapungu K, Hamahuwa M, Mutale I, Winter A, Moss WJ, Truelove SA. COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in Zambia: a glimpse at the possible challenges ahead for COVID-19 vaccination rollout in sub-Saharan Africa. Hum VaccinImmunother. 2022 Dec 31;18(1):1-6. doi: 10.1080/21645515.2021.1948784. Epub 2021 Jul 6. PMID: 34227914; PMCID: PMC8920139.
8. Katowa B,Kalonda A, Mubemba B, Matoba J,Shempela DM, Sikalima J, Kabungo B, Changula K, Chitanga S, Kasonde M, Kapona O, Kapata N, Musonda K, Monze M, Tembo J, Bates M, Zumla A, Sutcliffe CG, Kajihara M, Yamagishi J, Takada A, Sawa H, Chilengi R, Mukonka V, Muleya W, Simulundu E.Genomic Surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 in the Southern Province of Zambia: Detection and Characterization of Alpha, Beta, Delta, and Omicron Variants of Concern.Viruses. 2022 Aug 24;14(9):1865. doi: 10.3390/v14091865. PMID: 36146671; PMCID: PMC9504048.
9. Tegally H, San JE, Cotten M, et al. The evolving SARS-CoV-2 epidemic in Africa: Insights from rapidly expanding genomic surveillance [published online ahead of print, 2022 Sep 15]. Science.2022;eabq5358. doi:10.1126/science.abq5358.
10. Kainga H, Mponela J, Basikolo L, Phonera MC, Mpundu P, Munyeme M, Simulundu E,Saasa N. Assessment of Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices towards Rift Valley Fever among Livestock Farmers in Selected Districts of Malawi.Trop Med Infect Dis. 2022 Aug 5;7(8):167. doi: 10.3390/tropicalmed7080167. PMID: 36006259; PMCID: PMC9415226.
11. Samutela MT, Phiri BSJ, Simulundu E,Kwenda G, Moonga L, Bwalya EC, Muleya W, Nyirahabimana T, Yamba K, Kainga H, Kallu SA, Mwape I, Frey A, Bates M, Higashi H, Hang'ombe BM. Antimicrobial Susceptibility Profiles and Molecular Characterisation of Staphylococcus aureus from Pigs and Workers at Farms and Abattoirs in Zambia.Antibiotics (Basel). 2022 Jun 24;11(7):844. doi: 10.3390/antibiotics11070844. PMID: 35884098; PMCID: PMC9311834.
12. Chambaro HM, Hirose K, Sasaki M, Libanda B, Sinkala Y, Fandamu P, Muleya W, Banda F, Chizimu J, Squarre D, Shawa M, Qiu Y, Harima H, Eshita Y, Simulundu E, Sawa H, Orba Y. An unusually long Rift valley fever inter-epizootic period in Zambia: Evidence for enzootic virus circulation and risk for disease outbreak. PLoSNegl Trop Dis. 2022 Jun 2;16(6):e0010420. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0010420. PMID: 35653390; PMCID: PMC9197056.
13. Tembo J, Egbe NF, Maluzi K, Mulonga K, Chilufya M, Kapata N, Mukonka V, Simulundu E,Zumla A, Fwoloshi S, Mulenga L, Pallerla SR, Velavan TP, Bates M. Evaluation of SARS-CoV-2 diagnostics and risk factors associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection in Zambia.Int J Infect Dis. 2022 Jul;120:150-157. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2022.04.017. Epub 2022 Apr 12. PMID: 35427785; PMCID: PMC9004225.
14. Squarre D, Chambaro HM, Hayashida K, Moonga LC, Qiu Y, Goto Y, Oparaocha E, Mumba C, Muleya W, Bwalya P, Chizimu J, Chembensofu M, Simulundu E,Mwasinga W, Banda N, Mwenda R, Yamagishi J, Nalubamba KS, Banda F, Munyeme M, Sawa H, Fandamu P. Autochthonous Leishmania infantum in Dogs, Zambia, 2021.Emerg Infect Dis. 2022 Apr;28(4):888-890. doi: 10.3201/eid2804.212378. PMID: 35318934; PMCID: PMC8962896.
15. Kalonda A, Phonera M, Saasa N, Kajihara M, Sutcliffe CG, Sawa H, Takada A, Simulundu E. Influenza A and D Viruses in Non-Human Mammalian Hosts in Africa: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Viruses. 2021 Dec 2;13(12):2411. doi: 10.3390/v13122411. PMID: 34960680; PMCID: PMC8706448.
16. Phonera MC, Simuunza MC, Kainga H, Ndebe J, Chembensofu M, Chatanga E, Kanyanda S, Changula K, Muleya W, Mubemba B, Chitanga S, Kajihara M, Sawa H, Njunga G, Takada A, Simulundu E.Seroprevalence and Risk Factors of Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever in Cattle of Smallholder Farmers in Central Malawi.Pathogens. 2021 Dec 10;10(12):1613. doi: 10.3390/pathogens10121613. PMID: 34959568; PMCID: PMC8709441.
17. Chambaro HM, Sasaki M, Muleya W, Kajihara M, Shawa M, Mwape KE, Harima H, Qiu Y, Hall WW, Fandamu P, Squarre D, Simulundu E, Sawa H, Orba Y. Hepatitis E virus infection in pigs: a first report from Zambia.Emerg Microbes Infect. 2021 Dec;10(1):2169-2172. doi: 10.1080/22221751.2021.2002669. PMID: 34736356; PMCID: PMC8635572.