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  1. Prevalence of Malnutrition and Associated Factors Among School Children in Hawella Tula Rural District, Hawassa, Sidama Regional State, Ethiopia: A Cross‐Sectional Study

    Article • Health Science Reports, September 2026, Wiley

    Musa Ali

  2. Household Food Insecurity Alters Gut Microbiome Composition and Enriches Sutterella in Ethiopian Schoolchildren

    Article • Nutrients, February 2026, MDPI AG

    Musa Ali

  3. Nasal Colonizing Vancomycin‐Resistant and Intermediate Staphylococcus aureus Among Admitted Patients: A Hospital Based Cross‐Sectional Study

    Article • Health Science Reports, October 2025, Wiley

    Mr. Tsegaye Alemayehu Begashaw, Musa Ali

  4. Prevalence of hepatitis B virus infection among pregnant women and cord blood hepatitis B surface antigen positive newborns in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia

    Article • Journal of Clinical Virology, August 2025, Elsevier

    Musa Ali

  5. Prevalence of drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis and its associated factors among tuberculosis patients attending Dilla university referral hospital, Ethiopia

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

    Musa Ali

  6. Sero-epidemiology of measles immunoglobulin G antibodies among newborns from South-East Asia and sub-Saharan Africa: an observational, multicenter study

    Article • International Journal of Infectious Diseases, May 2025, Elsevier

    Musa Ali

  7. Trends of neonatal sepsis and its etiology at Hawassa, Ethiopia: a five year retrospective cross-sectional study

    Article • BMC Pediatrics, February 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Musa Ali

  8. Phenotypic identification of Metallo-ß- lactamase resistance Gram negative bacteria from a clinical specimen in Sidama, Ethiopia

    Article • PLOS One, January 2025, PLOS

    Mr. Tsegaye Alemayehu Begashaw, Musa Ali

  9. Prevalence of Pulmonary Tuberculosis and Rifampicin Resistance Among Patients Attending Adama Hospital Medical College

    Article • International Journal of Microbiology, January 2025, Wiley

    Musa Ali

  10. Prevalence of Salmonella Typhi, its associated factors and antimicrobial susceptibility profile among patients attending Hawassa University Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Hawassa, Ethiopia

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

    Musa Ali

  11. Peer Review of “Pentavalent Vaccine: How Safe Is It Among Infants Accessing Immunization in Nigerian Health Facilities (Preprint)”

    Article • JMIRx Med, October 2024, JMIR Publications Inc.

    Mr. Paul Hassan Ilegbusi, Dr Safieh Shah, Musa Ali

  12. Prevalence of group B Streptococcus colonisation in mother–newborn dyads in low-income and middle-income south Asian and African countries: a prospective, observational study

    Article • The Lancet Microbe, October 2024, Elsevier

    Musa Ali

  13. Nasal colonizing vancomycin-resistant and intermediateStaphylococcus aureusamong admitted patients

    Article • August 2024, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Musa Ali

  14. Burden and bacterial etiology of neonatal meningitis at Hawassa University Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Hawassa, Ethiopia

    Article • PLOS One, August 2024, PLOS

    Musa Ali

  15. Asymptomatic malaria and predictors among migrant farmworkers East Shewa zone Oromia Ethiopia

    Article • Scientific Reports, July 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Musa Ali

  16. Performance of fine needle aspiration cytology and Ziehl-Neelsen staining technique in the diagnosis of tuberculosis lymphadenitis

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

    Musa Ali

  17. Global, regional, and national burden of disorders affecting the nervous system, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021

    Article • The Lancet Neurology, March 2024, Elsevier

    Shumaila Nargus, Gerald Chi, ED Doris V. Ortega-Altamirano, Dr Senbagam Duraisamy, Sumaira Mubarik, Professor Yousef Khader, Prof Tommi Vasankari, Dr Yuan-Pang Wang, Prof. Atanu Biswas, Dr Sonu Bhaskar, Ts. Dr Adel Al-Gheethi, Assistant Professor Ashok Pandey, Dr Amr Hassan, Dr Ali Fatehizadeh, Mr. Ahmednur Adem Aliyi, Professor Erkin Mirrakhimov, Dr Vahid Rashedi, Sok King Ong, Musa Ali, Dr. Farrokh Habibzadeh, Hitesh Chopra, Mr Auwal Abdullahi, Professor Richard John Gray, Dr Ibrahim Elsohaby, Dr Mohammad Hosein Amirzade-Iranaq, Fariborz Ghaffarpasand, Dr Pallav Sengupta, Dr Sheikh M Alif, Dr Shariful Islam, Dr Vijay Kumar Chattu, Dr. Bolajoko O. Olusanya, Professor Ovidiu Constantin Baltatu, Dr. Alok Atreya, Professor Richard James Maude, Jawad Fares, Professor Bruno Ramos Nascimento, Temesgen Leka Lerango, Dr. Shu Wang, Natália Cruz-Martins, Mr. Amadou Barrow, Professor SHAJI K S, Dr Shrikant Pawar, Dr Fakher Rahim, Dr Ruth W Kimokoti, Professor Catarina Fonseca, Professor Obinna Emmanuel Onwujekwe, Mr. Alex Yeshaneh, Dr George Duke Mukoro

  18. Hygienic Practices of Vendors and Their Contribution to Coliform, Salmonella, and Shigella Bacteria of Raw Milk at Asella Town, Oromia, Ethiopia

    Article • International Journal of Food Science, February 2024, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Mr. Tsegaye Alemayehu Begashaw, Musa Ali

  19. Prevalence of phenotypic multi-drug resistant Klebsiella species recovered from different human specimens in Ethiopia: A systematic review and meta-analysis

    Article • PLOS One, February 2024, PLOS

    Mr. Tsegaye Alemayehu Begashaw, Musa Ali

  20. Magnitude and Factors Associated with Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infection, and Antimicrobial Susceptibility Profile at Hawassa, Sidama Regional State, Ethiopia: A prospective Cross-sectional Study

    Article • Ethiopian Medical Journal, January 2024, African Journals Online (AJOL)

    Musa Ali

  21. High Gastrointestinal Colonization Rate of Vancomycin‐Resistant Enterococci among Hospitalized Patients: Potential Source for Resistant Gene

    Article • International Journal of Microbiology, January 2024, Wiley

    Musa Ali

  22. Urinary Tract Infection and Fetal Outcomes Among Pregnant Women in Adare General Hospital, Hawassa, Ethiopia

    Article • International Journal of Microbiology, January 2024, Wiley

    Musa Ali

  23. Magnitude of tuberculosis lymphadenitis, risk factors, and rifampicin resistance at Adama city, Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study

    Article • Scientific Reports, September 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Musa Ali

  24. Determinants of Podoconiosis in Bensa District, Sidama Region, Ethiopia: A case control study

    Article • PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, August 2023, PLOS

    Musa Ali

  25. The unfinished agenda of communicable diseases among children and adolescents before the COVID-19 pandemic, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

    Article • The Lancet, July 2023, Elsevier

    Sandra Barteit, Dr Ali Fatehizadeh, Prof Tommi Vasankari, Musa Ali, Dr Mohammad Hosein Amirzade-Iranaq, Dr Jessica A Kerr, Prince Peprah, Alexander Mathioudakis, Natália Cruz-Martins, Dr Fakher Rahim, Prof James Beeson

  26. National and subnational burden of under-5, infant, and neonatal mortality in Ethiopia, 1990–2019: Findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

    Article • PLOS Global Public Health, June 2023, PLOS

    Musa Ali

  27. Sexually transmitted infections among youth

    Article • PLOS One, January 2023, PLOS

    Musa Ali

  28. Bacterial etiology and risk factors among newborns suspected of sepsis at Hawassa, Ethiopia

    Article • Scientific Reports, November 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Musa Ali

  29. Age–sex differences in the global burden of lower respiratory infections and risk factors, 1990–2019: results from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

    Article • The Lancet Infectious Diseases, November 2022, Elsevier

    Professor Yousef Khader, Professor Andrew Toyin Olagunju, Dr. Le Huu Nhat Minh, Dr Md Nuruzzaman Khan, Additional Prof (Dr.) Paramdeep Singh, Dr Ali Fatehizadeh, Dr. Ahmed I. Hasaballah, Dr Vijay Kumar Chattu, Dr. Saif Aldeen S AlRyalat, Laszlo Lorenzovici, Dr Agha Zeeshan Mirza, Sumaira Mubarik, Musa Ali, Prof.Dr. Adnan Kisa, Dr Ashish D Badiye, Dr Aidin Abedi, Dr Akshaya Srikanth Bhagavathula, Dr Fakher Rahim, Dr. Amir Emami, Alexander Mathioudakis, Professor Colin R Simpson, Professor Richard James Maude, Natália Cruz-Martins, Mr. Amadou Barrow, Dr Shrikant Pawar, Dr Ruth W Kimokoti

  30. Prevalence and Multi-Drug Resistance of Streptococcus pneumoniae Infection Among Presumptive Tuberculosis Adult Cases at Dilla University Referral Hospital, Dilla, Ethiopia

    Article • Infection and Drug Resistance, September 2022, Taylor & Francis

    Musa Ali

  31. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus antibiotic susceptibility profile and associated factors among hospitalized patients at Hawassa University Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Ethiopia

    Article • IJID Regions, June 2022, Elsevier

    Musa Ali

  32. Variation of invasive neonatal GBS disease across the regions

    Article • The Lancet Global Health, June 2022, Elsevier

    Musa Ali

  33. Determinants of pneumonia among children attending public health facilities in Worabe town

    Article • Scientific Reports, April 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Musa Ali

  34. Dental caries and associated factors among patients visiting Shashamane Comprehensive Specialized Hospital

    Article • PLOS One, March 2022, PLOS

    Musa Ali

  35. Magnitude of HIV Infection and Associated Factors among Female Sex Workers at Hawassa, Ethiopia

    Article • Ethiopian Journal of Health Sciences, March 2022, African Journals Online (AJOL)

    DERESSE DAKA, Musa Ali

  36. Comparison of Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology and Histopathology in the diagnosis of lymph node pathologies at health facilities located in Hawassa: A 5-year retrospective study

    Article • SAGE Open Medicine, January 2022, SAGE Publications

    Musa Ali

  37. Bacterial contamination rates and drug susceptibility patterns of bacteria recovered from medical equipment, inanimate surfaces, and indoor air of a neonatal intensive care unit and pediatric ward at Hawassa University Comprehensive Specialized Hospita...

    Article • IJID Regions, December 2021, Elsevier

    DERESSE DAKA, Musa Ali

  38. Acid-Fast Bacilli Positivity Rate and Associated Factors among Leprosy Suspected Cases attending Selected Health Facilities located in West Arsi Zone, Oromia, Ethiopia

    Article • Infection and Drug Resistance, November 2021, Taylor & Francis

    Musa Ali

  39. A Case of Trichinellosis in a 14-Year-Old Male Child at Hawassa University Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Hawassa, Sidama, Ethiopia

    Article • Case Reports in Infectious Diseases, October 2021, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Musa Ali

  40. Colonization Rate of Potential Neonatal Disease-Causing Bacteria, Associated Factors, and Antimicrobial Susceptibility Profile Among Pregnant Women Attending Government Hospitals in Hawassa, Ethiopia

    Article • Infection and Drug Resistance, August 2021, Taylor & Francis

    Musa Ali

  41. Potency of commonly retailed antibiotics in pharmacies found in Adama, Oromia regional state, Ethiopia

    Article • PLOS One, July 2021, PLOS

    Musa Ali

  42. Asymptomatic Plasmodium infection and associated factors among pregnant women in the Merti district, Oromia, Ethiopia

    Article • PLOS One, March 2021, PLOS

    Musa Ali

  43. Prevalence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection and rifampicin resistance among presumptive tuberculosis cases visiting tuberculosis clinic of Adare General Hospital, Southern Ethiopia

    Article • SAGE Open Medicine, January 2021, SAGE Publications

    Musa Ali

  44. Distribution and antimicrobial resistance profile of bacteria recovered from sewage system of health institutions found in Hawassa, Sidama Regional State, Ethiopia: A descriptive study

    Article • SAGE Open Medicine, January 2021, SAGE Publications

    Musa Ali

  45. Salmonella and Shigella and antimicrobial susceptibility profiles among adult patients with complaints of diarrhea at Hawassa comprehensive specialized hospital, Hawassa, Ethiopia

    Article • SAGE Open Medicine, January 2021, SAGE Publications

    Musa Ali

  46. Features of Streptococcus agalactiae strains recovered from pregnant women and newborns attending different hospitals in Ethiopia

    Article • BMC Infectious Diseases, November 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Musa Ali

  47. <p>Burden of Healthcare-Associated Infections and Associated Risk Factors at Adama Hospital Medical College, Adama, Oromia, Ethiopia</p>

    Article • Drug Healthcare and Patient Safety, October 2020, Taylor & Francis

    Musa Ali

  48. Prevalence of soil-transmitted helminthes and its association with water, sanitation, hygiene among schoolchildren and barriers for schools level prevention in technology villages of Hawassa University: Mixed design

    Article • PLOS One, September 2020, PLOS

    Musa Ali

  49. <p>Prevalence of Asymptomatic Bacteriuria, Associated Factors and Antimicrobial Susceptibility Profile of Bacteria Among Pregnant Women Attending Saint Paul’s Hospital Millennium Medical College, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia</p>

    Article • Therapeutics and Clinical Risk Management, September 2020, Taylor & Francis

    Musa Ali

  50. <p>Factors Affecting Quality of Laboratory Result During Ordering, Handling, and Testing of the Patient’s Specimen at Hawassa University College of Medicine and Health Science Comprehensive Specialized Hospital</p>

    Article • Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare, August 2020, Taylor & Francis

    Musa Ali

  51. Bacterial associated urinary tract infection, risk factors, and drug susceptibility profile among adult people living with HIV at Haswassa University Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Hawassa, Southern Esthiopia

    Article • Scientific Reports, July 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Musa Ali

  52. Group B Streptococcus colonization rate and serotype distribution among pregnant women and their newborns at Adama Hospital Medical College, Ethiopia

    Article • Scientific Reports, June 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Musa Ali

  53. Bacterial etiology of ocular and periocular infections, antimicrobial susceptibility profile and associated factors among patients attending eye unit of Shashemene comprehensive specialized hospital, Shashemene, Ethiopia

    Article • BMC Ophthalmology, March 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Musa Ali

  54. Delay in treatment seeking and associated factors among suspected pulmonary tuberculosis patients in public health facilities of Adama town, eastern Ethiopia

    Article • BMC Public Health, November 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Musa Ali

  55. Prevalence and antimicrobial susceptibility profile of Salmonella and Shigella among food handlers working in food establishment at Hawassa city, Southern Ethiopia

    Article • BMC Research Notes, October 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Musa Ali

  56. Colonization rate of Streptococcus pneumoniae, its associated factors and antimicrobial susceptibility pattern among children attending kindergarten school in Hawassa, southern Ethiopia

    Article • BMC Research Notes, June 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Musa Ali, DERESSE DAKA

  57. Prevalence of group B streptococcus among pregnant women and newborns at Hawassa University comprehensive specialized hospital, Hawassa, Ethiopia

    Article • BMC Infectious Diseases, April 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Musa Ali

  58. Disease Burden of Group B Streptococcus Among Infants in Sub-Saharan Africa

    Article • The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, September 2016, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Musa Ali