1. Monkeypox outbreak: a perspective on Africa's diagnostic and containment capacity
Enos Moyo, Godfrey Musuka, Grant Murewanhema, Perseverance Moyo, Tafadzwa Dzinamarira
International Journal of Infectious Diseases  vol: 123  first page: 127  year: 2022  
doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2022.08.016

2. Towards an Antimicrobial Stewardship Program in a Young Tertiary Hospital in Southern Nigeria: A Point Prevalence Survey of Antimicrobial Usage
Ibinabo Laura Oboro, Mienye Bob-Manuel, Datonye Christopher Briggs, Afam Chibuike Okafor, Simeon Chijioke Amadi, Stella Ogbonnie Enyinnaya, Stephenson Danagogo Lawson, Oyinlola Omoniyi Oduyebo
Open Journal of Medical Microbiology  vol: 13  issue: 04  first page: 292  year: 2023  
doi: 10.4236/ojmm.2023.134023

3. Practical tips to using formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissue archives for molecular diagnostics in a South African setting
Barbara S. Van Deventer, Lorraine Du Toit-Prinsloo, Chantal Van Niekerk
African Journal of Laboratory Medicine  vol: 11  issue: 1  year: 2022  
doi: 10.4102/ajlm.v11i1.1587

4. A critical review of mpox outbreaks, risk factors, and prevention efforts in Africa: lessons learned and evolving practices
Godfrey Musuka, Enos Moyo, Nigel Tungwarara, Malizgani Mhango, Gashema Pierre, Eric Saramba, Patrick Gad Iradukunda, Tafadzwa Dzinamarira
IJID Regions  vol: 12  first page: 100402  year: 2024  
doi: 10.1016/j.ijregi.2024.100402

5. Assessing the preparedness of Nigeria’s diagnostic and laboratory infrastructure for Mpox surveillance and response
Amaka Perpetual Muoneke, Victor Godwin Essien, Tolulope Joseph Ogunniyi, Fortune Benjamin Effiong
Discover Public Health  vol: 22  issue: 1  year: 2025  
doi: 10.1186/s12982-025-00877-z

6. Mpox: An Overview of Pathogenesis, Diagnosis, and Public Health Implications
Francesco Branda, Chiara Romano, Massimo Ciccozzi, Marta Giovanetti, Fabio Scarpa, Alessandra Ciccozzi, Antonello Maruotti
Journal of Clinical Medicine  vol: 13  issue: 8  first page: 2234  year: 2024  
doi: 10.3390/jcm13082234

7. Combating the zoonotic trio of Ebola virus disease, Lassa fever, and COVID-19 in Nigeria: a retrospection of the challenges and lessons
Emmanuel E. Elebesunu, Fortune B. Effiong, Marvellous O. Asika, Precious K. Fadele, Favour A. Onyeogalu, Charles A. Okafor, Godfred Y. Scott
Annals of Medicine & Surgery  vol: 85  issue: 8  first page: 3955  year: 2023  
doi: 10.1097/MS9.0000000000001038

8. What do we need to know about the monkeypox virus infection in humans?
Patrícia Brasil, Ezequias Batista Martins, Guilherme Amaral Calvet, Guilherme Loureiro Werneck
Cadernos de Saúde Pública  vol: 38  issue: 9  year: 2022  
doi: 10.1590/0102-311xen129222

9. Current sampling and sequencing biases of Lassa mammarenavirus limit inference from phylogeography and molecular epidemiology in Lassa fever endemic regions
Liã Bárbara Arruda, Hayley Beth Free, David Simons, Rashid Ansumana, Linzy Elton, Najmul Haider, Isobella Honeyborne, Danny Asogun, Timothy D. McHugh, Francine Ntoumi, Alimuddin Zumla, Richard Kock, Vijaykrishna Dhanasekaran
PLOS Global Public Health  vol: 3  issue: 11  first page: e0002159  year: 2023  
doi: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0002159

10. Connected diagnostics systems: The future of disease control in Africa
Noah Fongwen, Debi Boeras, Rosanna W. Peeling, Timothy Amukele
African Journal of Laboratory Medicine  vol: 9  issue: 2  year: 2020  
doi: 10.4102/ajlm.v9i2.1365

11. Lassa fever. Part 1. Etiology, epidemiology and clinical manifestations
Elena I. Kazachinskaia, V. S. Aripov, A. V. Ivanova, A. M. Shestopalov
Russian Journal of Infection and Immunity  vol: 12  issue: 3  first page: 427  year: 2022  
doi: 10.15789/2220-7619-EEA-1814

12. O que precisamos saber sobre a infecção humana pelo vírus monkeypox?
Patrícia Brasil, Ezequias Batista Martins, Guilherme Amaral Calvet, Guilherme Loureiro Werneck
Cadernos de Saúde Pública  vol: 38  issue: 9  year: 2022  
doi: 10.1590/0102-311xpt129222

13. The niche of One Health approaches in Lassa fever surveillance and control
Liã Bárbara Arruda, Najmul Haider, Ayodeji Olayemi, David Simons, Deborah Ehichioya, Adesola Yinka-Ogunleye, Rashid Ansumana, Margaret J. Thomason, Danny Asogun, Chikwe Ihekweazu, Elisabeth Fichet-Calvet, Richard A. Kock
Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials  vol: 20  issue: 1  year: 2021  
doi: 10.1186/s12941-021-00431-0

14. The importance of molecular diagnostics for infectious diseases in low-resource settings
Iruka N. Okeke, Chikwe Ihekweazu
Nature Reviews Microbiology  vol: 19  issue: 9  first page: 547  year: 2021  
doi: 10.1038/s41579-021-00598-5

15. Optimized strategy for real-time qPCR detection of Onchocerca volvulus DNA in pooled Simulium sp. blackfly vectors
Mary Doherty, Jessica R. Grant, Nils Pilotte, Sasisekhar Bennuru, Kerstin Fischer, Peter U. Fischer, Sara Lustigman, Thomas B. Nutman, Kenneth Pfarr, Achim Hoerauf, Thomas R. Unnasch, Hassan K. Hassan, Samuel Wanji, Patrick J. Lammie, Eric Ottesen, Charles Mackenzie, Steven A. Williams, Krystyna Cwiklinski
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases  vol: 17  issue: 12  first page: e0011815  year: 2023  
doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0011815

16. The dangers of skin bleaching in Nigeria: The need for strict safety regulations and consumer awareness
Ejovwokeoghene J. Omohwovo, Don Eliseo Lucero-Prisno III
Public Health and Toxicology  vol: 3  issue: 2  first page: 1  year: 2023  
doi: 10.18332/pht/168364

17. Cyberbiosecurity in high-containment laboratories
Elizabeth Crawford, Adam Bobrow, Landy Sun, Sridevi Joshi, Viji Vijayan, Stuart Blacksell, Gautham Venugopalan, Nicole Tensmeyer
Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology  vol: 11  year: 2023  
doi: 10.3389/fbioe.2023.1240281

18. African laboratory medicine in the time of COVID-19
Iruka N. Okeke
African Journal of Laboratory Medicine  vol: 9  issue: 1  year: 2020  
doi: 10.4102/ajlm.v9i1.1447