I am a medical microbiologist with major interests in host-pathogen interaction, HIV/AIDS and mucosal and viral immunology and biomarker discover. I possess strong diagnostic and research skills and a solid understanding of experimental research methods (tissue culture, mycology, infection studies, flow cytometry, cell sorting, confocal microscopy analysis, microbiological analyses), analyses, and manuscript writing.
Viral Immunology
Tinashe K. Nyazika, Alice Law, Todd D. Swarthout et al. Influenza-like illness is associated with high pneumococcal carriage density in Malawian children. Journal of Infection 2020 doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2020.06.079 Author #Joint 1st author
Tinashe K. Nyazika, Rabelani Kaela, Mathias Mugoni et al. Implementation of Antibody Rapid Diagnostic Testing versus Real-Time Reverse Transcription-PCR Sample Pooling in the Screening of COVID-19: Case of Different Testing Strategies in Africa. mSphere 2020 doi: 10.1128/mSphere.00524-20. Author#1
Frank Chinowaita, Wendy Chaka, Tinashe K. Nyazika et al. Sepsis in cancer patients residing in Zimbabwe: Spectrum of bacterial and fungal aetiologies and their antimicrobial susceptibility patterns. BMC infectious diseases 2020; 20:161. Author#3
Newton Kalata, Tinashe K. Nyazika, Todd D. Swarthout et al. Pneumococcal pneumonia and carriage in Africa before and after introduction of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines, 2000–2019: protocol for systematic review. BMJ Open doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-030981. Author #Joint 1st author
Brenda Nherera, Kudakwashe Mhandire, Tinashe K. Nyazika et al. Comparison of non-invasive methods of assessing liver fibrosis in combination ART-experienced Zimbabweans. SAJHIVMED 2019; 20: a844. Author #3