MRC-DTP PhD student @lstmnews working on AMR & NTDs || Clinician || Comms @JnlParasitology || Music maker and runner (sometimes)
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Excited to share our new paper in Microbial Genomics! We studied freshwater snail faecal microbiomes in Malawi, Uganda, Zanzibar & the UK, and found #AMR gene reservoirs posing risks where human, animal and environmental health intersect 🐌💩
Read here➡️ microbiologyresearch.org/con…
Very pleased to see this work published. We analysed the oral microbiomes of children with noma and found that previously uncharacterised Treponema bacteria were both prevalent and highly abundant.
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Great to see this Special Issue on genital tract parasites published in Parasitology!
Pleased to contribute to a couple of the articles on genital schistosomiasis.
Today was a very special milestone, as the Special Issue of Parasitology on “Parasites of the genital tract: short- and long-term consequences” was published and I thank all the authors who took part in this endeavour.
#schistosomiasis #trichomoniasis
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Pleased to share our new article on zoonotic and hybrid intestinal schistosome infections, published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B theme issue “Parasite evolution and impact in action”
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These patterns raise important questions about current diagnostics and clinical morbidity in zoonotic schistosome transmission zones across Africa.
The work was conducted as part of the HUGS (Hybridisation in Urogenital Schistosomiasis) study in southern Malawi. Several other papers from the HUGS study, and related work by other groups, are featured in the same theme issue
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AMR sentinels: Freshwater snails across Africa and the UK carry bacteria containing a wide range of #AntimicrobialResistance (AMR) genes, including those predicted to confer resistance against last-resort antibiotics, according to a new study led by AMI members Adam Roberts and @angusoferrall the-microbiologist.com/news/…
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Freshwater snail faecal metagenomes reveal environmental reservoirs of antimicrobial resistance genes across two continents. Read the full article in MGen: doi.org/10.1099/mgen.0.00148… #MGen
ALT Graphical Abstract: The transfer of antimicrobial resistance genes (ARGs) from environmental microbes to pathogens is a critical but underexplored One Health driver of antimicrobial resistance. Here, we evaluate freshwater snails, which are geographically widespread aquatic invertebrates, as environmental reservoirs of ARGs. We collected faeces from eight gastropod genera at 15 freshwater locations across Malawi, Uganda, Zanzibar and the UK and conducted the first freshwater snail faecal metagenomic study.
Short blog post on linking One Health pathogen surveillance through our @HUGS_LSTM snail faecal sampling -> lstmed.ac.uk/news-events/blo…
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What’s it like managing social media for a journal as wide-ranging as #Parasitology? 🪱🎙️ We caught up with @angusoferrall to talk science communication, learning from the editorial team, and sharing research with a broader audience → cup.org/4kBVJiy
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We draw attention on #strongyloidiasis across the world and S fuelleborni infections watermark.silverchair.com/ji…
Pleased to share our short article in @CDCgov Emerging Infectious Diseases. We describe cases of mixed urogenital and intestinal schistosomiasis in Malawi, showing that hybrid species eggs can be predominantly extcreted in the stool.
wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/31…
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A really ‘magic’ article and observation wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/31… from @angusoferrall about hybrid schistosomes and where to find them @LSTMnews @elimin8schisto
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We continue to welcome open submissions for our forthcoming Special Issue on parasites of the genital tract.
Please take a look at our short video to find out more, or contact the editorial office ([email protected]) with any queries.
youtu.be/NNGX2vurKVo?si=A7Sy…
Grateful for the chance to present in the Knocking Out #AMR forum at @MicrobioSoc annual conference #Microbio25
Looking forward to building on this work with colleagues in Malawi for positive public health impact
