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  1. Evaluation of fecal occult blood testing for rapid diagnosis of invasive diarrhea in young children

    Article • PLOS Global Public Health, July 2023, PLOS

    Iruka Okeke

  2. Antibiofilm agents with therapeutic potential against enteroaggregative Escherichia coli

    Article • PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, October 2022, PLOS

    Iruka Okeke

  3. Genomic characterization of invasive typhoidal and non-typhoidal Salmonella in southwestern Nigeria

    Article • PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, August 2022, PLOS

    Iruka Okeke

  4. Twenty steps to ingrain power asymmetry in global health biomedical research

    Article • PLoS Biology, September 2021, PLOS

    Iruka Okeke

  5. Extending the breadth of African laboratory medicine

    Article • African Journal of Laboratory Medicine, December 2019, AOSIS Open Journals

    Iruka Okeke

  6. A large self-transmissible resistance plasmid from Nigeria contains genes that ameliorate a carrying cost

    Article • Scientific Reports, December 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Iruka Okeke

  7. Quality assessment of bacterial identification and antimicrobial susceptibility testing in African national health laboratories, 2011 - 2016

    Article • African Journal of Laboratory Medicine, May 2019, AOSIS Open Journals

    Iruka Okeke

  8. A large self-transmissible plasmid from Nigeria confers resistance to multiple antibacterials without a carrying cost

    Article • February 2019, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Babatunde Odetoyin, Iruka Okeke

  9. The incidence and prevalence of hospital-acquired (carbapenem-resistant) Acinetobacter baumannii in Europe, Eastern Mediterranean and Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    Article • Emerging Microbes & Infections, January 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Iruka Okeke

  10. Antimicrobial resistance of Vibrio cholerae from sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review

    Article • African Journal of Laboratory Medicine, December 2018, AOSIS Open Journals

    Iruka Okeke

  11. Antimicrobial resistance surveillance in Africa: Successes, gaps and a roadmap for the future

    Article • African Journal of Laboratory Medicine, December 2018, AOSIS Open Journals

    Iruka Okeke

  12. Building resources to meet evolving laboratory medicine challenges in Africa

    Article • African Journal of Laboratory Medicine, November 2018, AOSIS Open Journals

    Iruka Okeke

  13. Surveillance and Epidemiology of Drug Resistant Infections Consortium (SEDRIC): Supporting the transition from strategy to action

    Article • Wellcome Open Research, June 2018, Faculty of 1000, Ltd.

    Iruka Okeke

  14. Surveillance and Epidemiology of Drug Resistant Infections Consortium (SEDRIC): Supporting the transition from strategy to action

    Article • Wellcome Open Research, May 2018, Faculty of 1000, Ltd.

    Iruka Okeke

  15. Interplay of surface factors in colonization by a diarrhea pathogen

    Article • mSphere, March 2018, ASM Journals

    Iruka Okeke

  16. Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli Have Evolved Independently as Distinct Complexes within the E. coli Population with Varying Ability to Cause Disease

    Article • PLoS ONE, November 2014, PLOS

    Iruka Okeke

  17. Dissemination of the Transmissible Quinolone-Resistance Gene qnrS1 by IncX Plasmids in Nigeria

    Article • PLoS ONE, October 2014, PLOS

    Iruka Okeke

  18. Diagnostic schemes for reducing epidemic size of african viral hemorrhagic fever outbreaks

    Article • The Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, September 2014, Journal of Infection in Developing Countries

    Iruka Okeke

  19. Comparative genomics of 274 Vibrio cholerae genomes reveals mobile functions structuring three niche dimensions

    Article • BMC Genomics, January 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Dr. Bas E. Dutilh, Dr Robert A Edwards, Iruka Okeke

  20. Cholera Outbreaks in Nigeria Are Associated with Multidrug Resistant Atypical El Tor and Non-O1/Non-O139 Vibrio cholerae

    Article • PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, February 2013, PLOS

    Dr Michel Abanto Marin, Iruka Okeke

  21. Regional Dissemination of a Trimethoprim-Resistance Gene Cassette via a Successful Transposable Element

    Article • PLoS ONE, May 2012, PLOS

    Iruka Okeke

  22. Vibrio cholerae O1 lineages driving cholera outbreaks during seventh cholera pandemic in Ghana

    Article • Infection Genetics and Evolution, December 2011, Elsevier

    Dr Michel Abanto Marin, Iruka Okeke

  23. Rapid evolution of fluoroquinolone-resistant Escherichia coli in Nigeria is temporally associated with fluoroquinolone use

    Article • BMC Infectious Diseases, November 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Babatunde Odetoyin, Iruka Okeke

  24. Non-prescription antimicrobial use worldwide: a systematic review

    Article • The Lancet Infectious Diseases, September 2011, Elsevier

    Iruka Okeke

  25. The Heat-Resistant Agglutinin Family Includes a Novel Adhesin from Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli Strain 60A

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, July 2011, ASM Journals

    Iruka Okeke

  26. Diagnostics as essential tools for containing antibacterial resistance

    Article • Drug Resistance Updates, April 2011, Elsevier

    Iruka Okeke

  27. Ensuring Global Access to Quality Medicines: Role of the US Pharmacopeia

    Article • Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, April 2011, Elsevier

    Iruka Okeke

  28. IS3 profiling identifies the enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli O-island 62 in a distinct enteroaggregative E. coli lineage

    Article • Gut Pathogens, January 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Iruka Okeke

  29. Quinolone resistance in Escherichia coli from Accra, Ghana

    Article • BMC Microbiology, January 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Iruka Okeke

  30. Multi-Locus Sequence Typing of Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli Isolates from Nigerian Children Uncovers Multiple Lineages

    Article • PLoS ONE, November 2010, PLOS

    Iruka Okeke

  31. Carriage of diarrhoeagenic Escherichia coli by older children and adults in Accra, Ghana

    Article • Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, July 2010, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Iruka Okeke

  32. A Pathoadaptive Deletion in an Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli Outbreak Strain Enhances Virulence in a Caenorhabditis elegans Model

    Article • Infection and Immunity, June 2010, ASM Journals

    Iruka Okeke

  33. African Researchers Underrepresented

    Article • Science, May 2010, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Iruka Okeke

  34. Genetic elements associated with antimicrobial resistance in enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) from Brazil

    Article • BMC Microbiology, January 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Iruka Okeke

  35. Cholera Vaccine Will Reduce Antibiotic Use

    Article • Science, August 2009, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Iruka Okeke

  36. Heat-Resistant Agglutinin 1 Is an Accessory Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli Colonization Factor

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, May 2009, ASM Journals

    Iruka Okeke

  37. The Escherichia coli Common Pilus and the Bundle-Forming Pilus Act in Concert during the Formation of Localized Adherence by Enteropathogenic E. coli

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, February 2009, ASM Journals

    Iruka Okeke

  38. The commonly-used DNA probe for diffusely-adherent Escherichia coli cross-reacts with a subset of enteroaggregative E. coli

    Article • BMC Microbiology, January 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Iruka Okeke

  39. The Plasmid-Encoded Regulator Activates Factors Conferring Lysozyme Resistance on Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli Strains

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, November 2008, ASM Journals

    Iruka Okeke

  40. Post-genomic challenges for collaborative research in infectious diseases

    Article • Nature Reviews Microbiology, August 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Iruka Okeke

  41. Vibrio cholerae O1 from Accra, Ghana carrying a class 2 integron and the SXT element

    Article • Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, July 2008, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Iruka Okeke

  42. Connecting loose ends: a unique linear plasmid or a new model system?

    Article • Trends in Microbiology, May 2008, Elsevier

    Iruka Okeke

  43. Growing Problem of Multidrug-Resistant Enteric Pathogens in Africa

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, November 2007, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Iruka Okeke

  44. A Second Large Plasmid Encodes Conjugative Transfer and Antimicrobial Resistance in O119:H2 and Some Typical O111 Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli Strains

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, June 2007, ASM Journals

    Iruka Okeke

  45. EnteroaggregativeEscherichia coliRelated to Uropathogenic Clonal Group A

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, May 2007, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Iruka Okeke

  46. Error-Prone DNA Repair System in Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli Identified by Subtractive Hybridization

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, March 2007, ASM Journals

    Iruka Okeke

  47. Diagnostic Insufficiency in Africa

    Article • Clinical Infectious Diseases, May 2006, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Iruka Okeke

  48. Antimicrobial resistance in developing countries. Part II: strategies for containment

    Article • The Lancet Infectious Diseases, September 2005, Elsevier

    Iruka Okeke

  49. Antimicrobial resistance in developing countries. Part I: recent trends and current status

    Article • The Lancet Infectious Diseases, August 2005, Elsevier

    Iruka Okeke

  50. Stopping the Spread of Drug-Resistant Malaria

    Article • Science, December 2004, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Iruka Okeke

  51. Antibiotic resistance of faecal Escherichia coli from healthy volunteers from eight developing countries

    Article • Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, November 2004, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Iruka Okeke

  52. Molecular Epidemiology of the Iron Utilization Genes of Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, January 2004, ASM Journals

    Iruka Okeke

  53. Etiology of Acute Diarrhea in Adults in Southwestern Nigeria

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, October 2003, ASM Journals

    Iruka Okeke

  54. Antibiotic-Resistant Cell-Detaching Escherichia coli Strains from Nigerian Children

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, January 2002, ASM Journals

    Iruka Okeke

  55. Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli

    Article • The Lancet Infectious Diseases, December 2001, Elsevier

    Iruka Okeke

  56. Bacteriological quality of skin-moisturizing creams and lotions distributed in a tropical developing country

    Article • Journal of Applied Microbiology, November 2001, Wiley

    Iruka Okeke

  57. Comparative Sequence Analysis of the Plasmid-Encoded Regulator of Enteropathogenic Escherichia coliStrains

    Article • Infection and Immunity, September 2001, ASM Journals

    Iruka Okeke

  58. Microbiological investigation of an outbreak of acute gastroenteritis in Niger State, Nigeria

    Article • Clinical Microbiology and Infection, September 2001, Elsevier

    Iruka Okeke

  59. Dissemination of Antibiotic‐Resistant Bacteria across Geographic Borders

    Article • Clinical Infectious Diseases, August 2001, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Iruka Okeke

  60. espC Pathogenicity Island of Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli Encodes an Enterotoxin

    Article • Infection and Immunity, January 2001, ASM Journals

    Professor Fernando Navarro-Garcia, Iruka Okeke

  61. Antibiotic Resistance in Escherichia coli from Nigerian Students, 1986-1998

    Article • August 2000, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Iruka Okeke

  62. Heterogeneous Virulence of EnteroaggregativeEscherichia coliStrains Isolated from Children in Southwest Nigeria

    Article • The Journal of Infectious Diseases, January 2000, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Iruka Okeke

  63. Antimicrobial spectrum ofAlchornea cordifolia leaf extract

    Article • Phytotherapy Research, February 1999, Wiley

    Iruka Okeke

  64. Socioeconomic and Behavioral Factors Leading to Acquired Bacterial Resistance to Antibiotics in Developing Countries

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, February 1999, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Iruka Okeke