Brenda Kwambana-Adams

The study examines URT microbiome features linked to S. pneumoniae colonisation in older children in The Gambia, identifying microbial associations and environmental factors influencing colonisation.

This study examines capsule switching in Streptococcus pneumoniae using whole-genome sequences, finding that switching is limited to specific capsule-type pairs and influenced by genetic and ecological factors.

MxSure estimates within-host substitution rates and transmission SNP thresholds from pairwise SNP distances, addressing challenges in microbial genome evolution analysis.

This study analyzes the genetic diversity and antimicrobial resistance of Campylobacter jejuni isolates from Gambian children with diarrhoea and healthy controls, finding high genotypic diversity and low-level antibiotic resistance.

The paper analyzes whole-genome sequences of pneumococcal isolates in Malawi to show expansion of vaccine serotype lineages with genetic changes in capsule and virulence genes post-PCV13 introduction.

This study compares genetic diversity within and between populations of Streptococcus mitis and S. pneumoniae, finding higher within-population diversity in S. mitis due to larger effective population size.

The paper characterizes genomic diversity and antimicrobial resistance in non-typhoidal Salmonella from The Gambia, identifying multidrug-resistant strains and their epidemiological implications.

The paper reconstructs the evolutionary histories of antibiotic-resistant pneumococcal lineages PMEN3 and PMEN9, showing how interspecies recombination contributes to antibiotic resistance and serotype switching.

This study characterizes the genomic diversity of Escherichia coli isolates from backyard chickens and guinea fowl in rural Gambia, identifying novel sequence types and antimicrobial resistance genes.