Antimicrobial Resistance

ACEGID Receives NIH Grant for Antimicrobial Resistance Research

Press Release / November 14, 2023

The African Centre of Excellence for Genomics of Infectious Diseases (ACEGID) has received a grant award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) of the United States for a data science-based research on antimicrobial resistance in bacteria. The grant is part of NIH’s Harnessing Data Science for Health Discovery and Innovation in Africa (DS-I Africa) …

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Four Takeaways from Our Recent Paper on Tuberculosis in Nigeria

Articles / September 13, 2022

Our scientists recently published a scientific paper reporting the discovery of a severe, drug-resistant form of tuberculosis in Nigeria. The discovery was made using whole genome sequencing (a technique for analysing the entire genome of an organism) and bioinformatics analysis. We share four key highlights of the publication below: 1.   The Beijing lineage of Mycobacterium …

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