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The African Journal of Laboratory Medicine focuses on the role of the laboratory and its professionals in the clinical and public healthcare sectors, and is specifically based on an African frame of reference. View our Editorial Team.

 

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Original Research

 
Alarming resistance to third-generation cephalosporins and carbapenems among Enterobacterales colonising pregnant women and neonates in eastern DRC  
Théophile Mitima Kashosi, Antonella Minutolo, Carlotta Fiorilla, Marialaura Fanelli, Daniella Ashuza Kagayo, Jean-Baptiste Kajiramugabi, Alfred Cubaka Kabagale, Sandro Grelli, Francesca Pica, Vittorio Colizzi
01 September 2026

Original Research

 
Impaired clinical, biological, and cytokine patterns in HIV-1 exposed uninfected newborns in Yaoundé: A comparative study of neonatal immune vulnerability  
Sabine A. Touangnou-Chamda, Palmer M. Netongo, Jacky Njiki Bikoï, Véronique S. Mboua Batoum, Donatien S. Mbaga, Carole S. Sake, Marie-Christine M. Nzuno, Chris M. Nana Mbianda, Maurice Boda, Sara H. Riwom Essama
31 August 2026

Original Research

 
Implementing laboratory quality management systems in Ghana: A quality audit of accreditation readiness in clinical and public health laboratories (2021–2023)  
Emma E. Kploanyi, David W. Dowdy, Joseph Kenu, Benjamin Buade, Benedicta Owusu-Arthur, David A. Opare, Franklin Asiedu-Bekoe, Alfred E. Yawson, Ernest Kenu, Lee F. Schroeder
27 August 2026

Original Research

 
Additional sex combs-like 1 variants in an acute myeloid leukaemia and a general elderly cohort in central South Africa  
Melissa V. Bergman, Jean F. Kloppers, Phillip A. Bester, Anne-Cecilia van Marle
26 August 2026

Review Article

 
Systematic review on genomic insights into antimicrobial resistance in ESKAPE pathogens  
Husna F. Ibrahim, Nasiru Abdullahi, Ibrahim Yusuf, Bashir I. Waziri, Ahmad Abdulhadi, Khadija Muhammad, Maryam M. Ibrahim, Aisha A. Abdullahi, Muhammad A. Abbas, Hamisu M. Salihu
25 August 2026

Original Research

 
Differential expression of cyclin D1 in pituitary neuroendocrine tumours: Relation to aggressive potential  
Kasiemobi E. Uchime, Nicholas A. Awolola, Charles C. Anunobi, Olufemi B. Bankole, Adekunbiola A. Banjo, Sung-Hye Park
24 August 2026

Original Research

 
Evaluating the utility of storage solutions to preserve nucleic acid integrity at ambient temperature in South Africa  
Timothy Moshoma, Maemu P. Gededzha, Nakampe Mampeule, Elizabeth Mayne
21 August 2026

Original Research

 
Mutational landscape of classical myeloproliferative neoplasms in the Western Cape Province, South Africa  
Marthinus J. Dicks, Erica-Mari Nell, Carmen Swanepoel, Ibtisam Abdullah, Zivanai C. Chapanduka
20 August 2026

Original Research

 
Evaluation of visual inspection with acetic acid and Pap smear tests in early cervical cancer screening among women in Meru County, Kenya  
Mary N. Chege, Stanley Kang’ethe, Scolastica N. Kimani
05 August 2026

Editorial

 
Expanding access to molecular oncology testing in Africa and lower middle-income countries  
Sharjeel Chaudhry, Zarmina Ehtesham
31 July 2026
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