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  1. High occurrence of plasmid-mediated quinolone and ESBL resistance genes among multidrug resistant Escherichia coli from clinical samples in two healthcare facilities in Yaounde, Cameroon.

    Article • August 2026, openRxiv

    Luria Founou

  2. WHO estimates of the global, regional, and national burden of 14 foodborne diarrhoeal enteric hazards, 2000–21: an updated data synthesis

    Article • The Lancet Global Health, June 2026, Elsevier

    Luria Founou

  3. WHO estimates of the global, regional, and national burden of eight foodborne non-diarrhoeal enteric disease hazards, 2000–21: an updated data synthesis

    Article • The Lancet Global Health, June 2026, Elsevier

    Luria Founou

  4. Neonatal sepsis in Africa: what are we missing?

    Article • The Lancet Microbe, March 2026, Elsevier

    Luria Founou

  5. Genomic analysis of extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Enterobacter kobei ST691 strain harbouring mcr -10.1 isolated in Yaoundé, Cameroon

    Article • December 2025, openRxiv

    Luria Founou

  6. Facilitating equity in global One Health events

    Article • CABI One Health, December 2025, CABI Publishing

    Luria Founou

  7. Neonatal sepsis in Cameroon: A call for a national registry and surveillance to bridge data and action gaps

    Article • New Microbes and New Infections, December 2025, Elsevier

    Luria Founou

  8. Plasmid-mediated quinolone resistance among extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae isolated from hospitalized patients, hospital environment and wastewaters in Cameroon

    Article • Scientific Reports, October 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Luria Founou

  9. Corrigendum to “High prevalence and genetic diversity of multidrug-resistant and extended-spectrum ß-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae in mothers and neonates in a Cameroonian labor ward” [Am J Infect Control. 2024;1273-1282]

    Article • American Journal of Infection Control, June 2025, Elsevier

    Luria Founou

  10. Quantifying national burdens of foodborne disease—Four imperatives for global impact

    Article • PLOS Global Public Health, April 2025, PLOS

    Luria Founou

  11. Plasmid-mediated quinolone resistance among extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae isolated from hospitalized patients, hospital environment and wastewaters in Cameroon

    Article • March 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Luria Founou

  12. Enable, empower, succeed: a bioinformatics workshop Harnessing open web-based tools for surveillance of bacterial antimicrobial resistance

    Article • BMC Microbiology, March 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Luria Founou

  13. High prevalence of multidrug resistant and extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae isolated from urinary tract infections in the West region, Cameroon

    Article • BMC Infectious Diseases, January 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Luria Founou

  14. Multi-drug resistant (MDR) and extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL) producing Escherichia coli isolated from slaughtered pigs and slaughterhouse workers in Yaoundé, Cameroon

    Article • One Health, December 2024, Elsevier

    Luria Founou

  15. High prevalence and genetic diversity of multidrug-resistant and extended-spectrum ß-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae in mothers and neonates in a Cameroonian labor ward

    Article • American Journal of Infection Control, November 2024, Elsevier

    Luria Founou

  16. Occurrence of Extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL) and Carbapenemase-producing Escherichia coli isolated from Childhood Diarrhoea in Yaoundé, Cameroon

    Article • BMC Microbiology, October 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Luria Founou

  17. Genome analysis of multidrug resistant Enterococcus faecium and Enterococcus faecalis circulating among hospitalized patients in uMgungundlovu District, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

    Article • BMC Infectious Diseases, July 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Luria Founou

  18. Genomic Evidence for Extra-Intestinal Foodborne Disease due to Zoonotic Bacteria: A Public Health Risk

    Article • February 2024, openRxiv

    Luria Founou

  19. Enable, Empower, Succeed: Harnessing Open Science for Antimicrobial Resistance Containment

    Article • February 2024, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Luria Founou

  20. Maternal and Neonatal Colonization with Multidrug Resistant and Extended Spectrum ß-Lactamase Producing Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae in a Cameroonian La...

    Article • February 2024, openRxiv

    Luria Founou

  21. Faecal carriage of multidrug-resistant and extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Enterobacterales in people living with HIV in Yaoundé, Cameroon

    Article • Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance, December 2023, Elsevier

    Luria Founou

  22. Molecular epidemiology of Streptococcus agalactiae in non-pregnant populations: a systematic review

    Article • Microbial Genomics, November 2023, Society for General Microbiology

    Luria Founou

  23. Phenotypic and genotypic characterization of multidrug resistant and extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Enterobacterales isolated from clinical samples in the western region in Cameroon

    Article • BMC Infectious Diseases, November 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Luria Founou

  24. Phenotypic and genotypic characterization of multidrug resistant (MDR) and extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Enterobacterales isolated from clinical samples in the Western region in Cameroon

    Article • October 2023, Research Square

    Luria Founou

  25. Mapping the evidence on interactions between Complementary and Alternative Medicines with conventional antituberculosis medicines in the sub-Sahara African countries: A Scoping Review Protocol

    Article • October 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Luria Founou

  26. African women in science and development, bridging the gender gap

    Article • World Development Perspectives, September 2023, Elsevier

    Luria Founou

  27. The long view of vaccination to secure the future

    Article • The Lancet Global Health, June 2023, Elsevier

    Luria Founou

  28. Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamase-Producing Escherichia coli Isolated From Children Under 5 Years With and Without Diarrhoea in Two Hospitals in Dschang, Cameroon

    Article • May 2023, MDPI AG

    Luria Founou

  29. Genome Analysis of ESBL-Producing Escherichia coli Isolated from Pigs

    Article • Pathogens, July 2022, MDPI AG

    Luria Founou

  30. Multidrug-Resistant and Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamase (ESBL) - Producing Enterobacterales Isolated from Carriage Samples among HIV Infected Women in Yaoundé, Cameroon

    Article • Pathogens, April 2022, MDPI AG

    Luria Founou

  31. The COVID-19 pandemic: a threat to antimicrobial resistance containment

    Article • Future Science OA, September 2021, Future Science

    Luria Founou

  32. Comparative Genome Analysis Reveals Human Pathogenic Potential of ESBL-Escherichia coli Isolated from Swine Microbiomes

    Article • July 2021, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Luria Founou

  33. Antimicrobial resistance in the farm-to-plate continuum: more than a food safety issue

    Article • Future Science OA, June 2021, Future Science

    Luria Founou

  34. Methicillin resistant staphylococci isolated in clinical samples: a 3-year retrospective study analysis

    Article • Future Science OA, April 2021, Future Science

    Luria Founou

  35. Enterococcus faecalis ST21 harbouring Tn6009 isolated from a carriage sample in South Africa

    Article • South African Medical Journal, February 2021, Health and Medical Publishing Group

    Luria Founou

  36. Extraintestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli (ExPEC) ST221 isolated in the micro­biome of swine in South Africa

    Article • South African Medical Journal, December 2020, Health and Medical Publishing Group

    Luria Founou

  37. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus haemolyticus ST25 isolated from carriage samples in uMgungundlovu district, South Africa

    Article • South African Medical Journal, September 2020, Health and Medical Publishing Group

    Luria Founou

  38. First report of a clinical multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa ST532 isolate harbouring a ciprofloxacin-modifying enzyme (CrpP) in South Africa

    Article • Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance, September 2020, Elsevier

    Luria Founou

  39. Draft genome sequence of a clinical Acinetobacter haemolyticus isolate from South Africa

    Article • Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance, March 2020, Elsevier

    Luria Founou

  40. Antimicrobial Resistance in the Farm-To-Plate Continuum: More Than a Food Safety Issue

    Article • February 2020, MDPI AG

    Luria Founou

  41. Extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae isolated from an abattoir worker in Cameroon

    Article • South African Medical Journal, October 2019, Health and Medical Publishing Group

    Luria Founou

  42. Genome analysis of methicillin‐resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolated from pigs: Detection of the clonal lineage ST398 in Cameroon and South Africa

    Article • Zoonoses and Public Health, May 2019, Wiley

    Dr Mushal Allam, Luria Founou

  43. Whole Genome Sequencing of Extended Spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae Isolated from Hospitalized Patients in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

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

    Dr Mushal Allam, Luria Founou

  44. Emergence and Spread of Extended Spectrum β-Lactamase Producing Enterobacteriaceae (ESBL-PE) in Pigs and Exposed Workers: A Multicentre Comparative Study between Cameroon and South Africa

    Article • Pathogens, January 2019, MDPI AG

    Prof Hafizah Y Chenia, Luria Founou

  45. Large expert-curated database for benchmarking document

    Article • Database, January 2019, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Daniel Prieto, Associate Professor James A.L. Brown, Professor Amanda G Thrift, Docent Kutty Selva Nandakumar, Professor Miguel Viveiros, MD Diego A. Valera-Cornejo, Dr Soroush Safaei, Dr Carmen San Martín, Piero Carninci, Dr Florian Rehfeldt, Dr Yoichi Watanabe, Kazuki Ide, Mr Alvin Wong, PD Dr. Adrian Meule, Dr Maurizio Petrelli, Dr Christine McGarrigle, Dr Tristan Reddan, Dr Nicola Roberts, Professor Stefan Lorkowski, Dr Cyrille Goarant, Dr Emma C Hobbs, Dr. Saurab Sharma, Ph.D., Dr Farid Rahimi, Prof. Iseult Lynch, Mirella Walker, Dr Luca Galluzzi, Sophie Ohlsson, Professor Tullio Florio, Dr Rabea A Gadelkareem, Dr Azubuike Christian Ukubuiwe, Prof Gajendra PS Raghava, Prof Jun Shen, Lubna Razak, ABHISHEKA BANSAL, Craig Billington, Dr Alejandro Lazo-Langner, Joan Albiol, MOURAD TAYEBI, Chuang Ma, Christine Toelzer , Dr. Kathrin Karsay, Professor Andrew M Beale, Professor Hugh James Byrne, Dr Ugo Marzocchi, Ana Nordberg, Martin Bartas, Natalia Echeverría, Dr Patricia M Graves, Dr Elvis A F Martis, Dr marco cascella, Dr. Giuseppe Lanza, Dr Michael Boah, Professor Bryan M. Wong, Luria Founou, Dr Marco J Haenssgen

  46. Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia in a Black African Man: A Cameroonian Case Report

    Article • January 2019, Longdom Group

    Luria Founou

  47. Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia in a Black African Man: A Cameroonian Case Report

    Article • January 2019, Longdom Group

    Luria Founou

  48. Genomic characterisation of Klebsiella michiganensis co-producing OXA-181 and NDM-1 carbapenemases isolated from a cancer patient in uMgungundlovu District, KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa

    Article • South African Medical Journal, December 2018, Health and Medical Publishing Group

    Dr Mushal Allam, Luria Founou

  49. Draft genome sequence of a methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis isolate from swine

    Article • Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance, December 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Mushal Allam, Luria Founou

  50. Genomic characterisation of Staphylococcus aureus ST121 isolated from hospitalised patients in South Africa

    Article • South African Medical Journal, November 2018, Health and Medical Publishing Group

    Dr Mushal Allam, Luria Founou

  51. Extended spectrum beta-lactamase mediated resistance in carriage and clinical gram-negative ESKAPE bacteria: a comparative study between a district and tertiary hospital in South Africa

    Article • Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, November 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Luria Founou

  52. Mannitol-fermenting methicillin-resistant staphylococci (MRS) in pig abattoirs in Cameroon and South Africa: A serious food safety threat

    Article • International Journal of Food Microbiology, November 2018, Elsevier

    Luria Founou

  53. Extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli harbouring mcr-1 gene isolated from pigs in South Africa

    Article • South African Medical Journal, October 2018, Health and Medical Publishing Group

    Dr Mushal Allam, Luria Founou

  54. Draft Genome Sequence of an Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamase (CTX-M-15) producing Escherichia coli ST10 Isolated from a Nasal Sample of an Abattoir Worker in Cameroon

    Article • Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance, June 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Mushal Allam, Professor Sabiha Yusuf Essack, Luria Founou

  55. Draft Genome Sequencing of Extended Spectrum β-Lactamase Enterobacter aerogenes Isolates from Swine and Human

    Article • Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance, June 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Mushal Allam, Professor Sabiha Yusuf Essack, Luria Founou

  56. Antibiotic Resistance in Food Animals in Africa: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

    Article • Microbial Drug Resistance, June 2018, Mary Ann Liebert Inc

    Luria Founou

  57. Genome Sequencing of Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamase (ESBL)-Producing Klebsiella pneumoniae Isolated from Pigs and Abattoir Workers in Cameroon

    Article • Frontiers in Microbiology, February 2018, Frontiers

    Dr Mushal Allam, Luria Founou

  58. Clinical and economic impact of antibiotic resistance in developing countries: A systematic review and meta-analysis

    Article • PLOS One, December 2017, PLOS

    Luria Founou

  59. Antibiotic Resistance in the Food Chain: A Developing Country-Perspective

    Article • Frontiers in Microbiology, November 2016, Frontiers

    Luria Founou, Professor Sabiha Yusuf Essack