Utilization of SARS-CoV-2 wastewater surveillance in Africa—a rapid review

T Dzinamarira, G Murewanhema… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Wastewater-based epidemiology for SARS-CoV-2 RNA detection in wastewater is desirable
for understanding COVID-19 in settings where financial resources and diagnostic facilities …

COVID-19 response in Zimbabwe: the need for a paradigm shift?

I Chitungo, T Dzinamarira, N Tungwarara, M Chimene… - COVID, 2022 - mdpi.com
Zimbabwe reported its first case of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on 20 March 2020
and the country's response has largely adhered to international protocols. From the outset of …

Unpacking the implications of SARS-CoV-2 breakthrough infections on COVID-19 vaccination programs

T Dzinamarira, N Tungwarara, I Chitungo, M Chimene… - Vaccines, 2022 - mdpi.com
Despite an array of preventive global public health interventions, SARS-CoV-2 has
continued to spread significantly, infecting millions of people across the globe weekly …

Technological Barriers to Routine Genomic Surveillance for Vaccine Development Against SARS‐CoV‐2 in Africa: A Systematic Review

KCC Konono, K Msusa, S M**anjira… - Influenza and Other …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
ABSTRACT The Global Initiative on Sharing All Influenza Data, a public‐access database
for sharing severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 genomic sequencing data, has …

Insights from Zimbabwe's SARS-CoV-2 genomic surveillance

T Dzinamarira, S Mukwenha, Z Mukandavire… - The Lancet Global …, 2021 - thelancet.com
Understanding the genomic epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 is essential in develo**
effective public health policy and control programmes. The Article by Tapfumanei Mashe …

Emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants, inequitable vaccine distribution, and implications for COVID-19 control in Sub-Saharan Africa

G Murewanhema, T Dzinamarira, I Chingombe… - COVID, 2022 - mdpi.com
Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, four SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern have
emerged, which have shifted the clinical and epidemiological characteristics of the disease …

Optimising COVID-19 vaccination policy to mitigate SARS-CoV-2 transmission within schools in Zimbabwe

G Murewanhema, S Mukwenha, T Dzinamarira… - Vaccines, 2021 - mdpi.com
The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted the learning of millions of children across the world.
Since March 2020 when the first cases of COVID-19 were reported in Zimbabwe, the …

What to do with the new molecular publics: the vernacularization of pathogen genomics and the future of infectious disease biosocialities

S Molldrem - BioSocieties, 2024 - Springer
Recent decades have seen expansions in the subfield of pathogen genomic epidemiology,
also called 'molecular epidemiology.'Practitioners in this area analyze pathogen genetic …

Laboratory capacity strengthening in Zimbabwe as part of the COVID-19 response: what has worked? What still needs to be done?

M Gudza-Mugabe, M Dzobo, A Juru, L Sisya… - Pan African Medical …, 2022 - ajol.info
The COVID-19 pandemic was declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern
on January 30, 2020. The government of Zimbabwe through the Ministry of Health and Child …

Optimising COVID-19 vaccination as a critical control strategy to mitigate SARS-C0V-2 transmission alongside other infection prevention and control strategies within …

G Murewanhema, S Mukwenha, T Dzinamarira… - …, 2021 - researchportal.port.ac.uk
The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted the learning of millions of children across the globe.
Since March 2020 when the first cases of COVID-19 were reported in Zimbabwe, a country …