OCCUPATION: Departmental Chairman, Associate Professor

QUALIFICATIONS: PhD (Medical Microbiology) - University of KwaZulu-Natal, PGDHE - National University of Science & Technology, MSc Biotechnology -University of Zimbabwe, BSc (Hons) Biological Sciences - University of Zimbabwe                                                                                                                                                         

OFFICE:

EXT: 2226

EMAIL: Joshua.mbanga@nust.ac.zw

PROFILE: http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=SerKv94AAAAJ&hl=en  , ORCID ID 0000-0001-6592-2338, ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Joshua-Mbanga-2

RESEARCH INTERESTS:  Antibiotic resistance surveillance across the One Health continuum using phenotypic and molecular methods. These include whole genome sequencing and bioinformatics analysis—characterization of medical and veterinary pathogens (bacteria & viruses).

PUBLICATIONS:

1. Takawira H., Mbanga J. (2023). Occurrence of multidrug-resistant Escherichia coli and antibiotic resistance genes in a wastewater treatment plant and its associated river water in Harare, Zimbabwe. Water SA, 49(4)
2. Yeboah E.E.A., Agyepong, N., Mbanga, J., Amoako, D.G., Abia, A.L.K., Owusu-Ofori, A., Essack, S.Y. (2023). Multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacterial colonization in patients, carriage by healthcare workers and contamination of hospital environments in Ghana. Journal of Infection and Public Health.
3. Mbanga J, Kodzai NP, Oosthuysen WF. Antibiotic resistance, pathotypes, and pathogen-host interactions in Escherichia coli from hospital wastewater in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. PLoS One. 2023 Mar 2;18(3):e0282273. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0282273. PMID: 36862713; PMCID: PMC9980749.
4. Choonara F.E., B.C Haldorsen, J. Janice, J. Mbanga, I. Ndhlovu, O. Saulosi, T. Maida, T Lampiao, G.S Simonsen, S.Y Essack, A. Sundsfjord. (2022) Molecular Epidemiological Characterisation of ESBL- and Plasmid-Mediated AmpC-Producing Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae at Kamuzu Central Hospital, Lilongwe, Malawi. Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 7(9):245. https://doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed7090245
5. Mbanga, D.G Amoako, A.L.K Abia, D. Fatoba, S.Y Essack. (2022). Genomic insights of antibiotic- resistant Klebsiella grimontii novel sequence type ST350 isolated from a wastewater source in South Africa. Journal of Biotechnology Research, 13, 40 -45.
6. Ramsamy, K.P. Mlisana, D.G. Amoako, A.L.K. Abia, A. Ismail, M. Allam, J. Mbanga, R. Singh, S. Y. Essack. (2021). Mobile genetic elements-mediated Enterobacterales-associated carbapenemase antibiotic resistance genes propagation between the environment and humans: A One Health South African study. Science of the Total Environment, 806(2022), 150641. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.150641
7. Mbanga, D.G Amoako, A.LK Abia, D. Fatoba, S.Y Essack. (2021). Genomic analysis of antibiotic-resistant Enterobacter spp. from wastewater sources in South Africa: The first report of the mobilizable colistin resistance mcr-10 gene in Africa. Ecological Genetics and Genomics, 21(2021) 100104. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egg.2021.100104
8. Mbanga, D.G Amoako, A.LK Abia, M. Allam, A. Ismail, S.Y Essack. (2021). Genomic analysis of Enterococcus spp. isolated from a wastewater treatment plant and its associated waters in Umgungundlovu District, South Africa. Frontiers in Microbiology. 12:648454. https://doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.648454
9. Mbanga, D.G Amoako, A.LK Abia, M. Allam, A. Ismail, S.Y Essack. (2021). Genomic Insights of Multidrug-Resistant Escherichia coli From Wastewater Sources and Their Association With Clinical Pathogens in South Africa. Frontiers in Veterinary Science 8 https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2021.636715.
10. Mbanga, A.L.K. Abia, D.G. Amoako & S.Y Essack. (2021). Longitudinal Surveillance of Antibiotic Resistance in Escherichia coli and Enterococcus spp. from a Wastewater Treatment Plant and Its Associated Waters in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Microbial Drug Resistance https://doi.org/10.1089/mdr.2020.0380.
11. Mbanga, A.L.K. Abia, D.G. Amoako & S.Y Essack. (2020). Quantitative microbial risk assessment for waterborne pathogens in a wastewater treatment plant and its receiving surface water body. BMC Microbiology 20 (346): 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12866-020-02036-7
12. Mashe, M. Gudza-Mugabe, A. Tarupiwa, E. Munemo, S. Mtapuri-Zinyowera, S. L. Smouse, A. Sooka, B. Stray-Pedersen, A. M. Smith& J. Mbanga.(2019). Laboratory characterisation of Salmonella enterica serotype Typhi isolates from Zimbabwe, 2009–2017. BMC Infectious Diseases: 19:487 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-019-4114-0
13. S. Kakurira, M. Mugabe, A. Tarupiwa, T. Mashe, B. Stray-Pedersen & J. Mbanga (2019). Characterisation of clinical Shigella isolates, using serotyping and antimicrobial resistance profiles in Zimbabwe. Global Scientific Journals, 7 (1): 779 - 805.
14. Shoko, J. Manasa, M. Maphosa, J. Mbanga, R. Mudziwapasi, V. Nembaware, W. T Sanyika, T. Tinago, Z. Chikwambi, C. Mawere, A. Matimba, G. Mugumbate, J. Mufandaedza, N. Mulder, H. Patterton. (2018). Strategies and opportunities for promoting bioinformatics in Zimbabwe. PLoS computational biology 14 (11): e1006480. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1006480.
15. Mbanga, A. Sibanda, S. Rubayah, F. Buwerimwe and K. Mambodza. (2018). Multi-Drug Resistant (MDR) Bacterial Isolates on Close Contact Surfaces and Health Care Workers in Intensive Care Units of a Tertiary Hospital in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research 27(2): 1-15. DOI: 10.9734/JAMMR/2018/42764.
16. Dube and J. Mbanga. (2018). Molecular characterization and antibiotic resistance patterns of avian fecal Escherichia coli from turkeys, ducks and geese. Veterinary World 11(6): 859-867.
17. Manjeese, B. Musividzi, J. Mbanga, J. Mufandaedza & Chin’ombe N. (2017). RpoB

           Gene-based Characterization of Non-Tuberculous Mycobacteria in Zimbabwe. 

          Journal in     

           Advances in Microbiology 6(1): 1-7. DOI: 10.9734/JAMB/2017/36783

18. Dyirakumunda, B. Saidi and J. Mbanga. (2017). Identification of Foot and Mouth

    Disease Virus Isolates Using Vp1 Gene Sequencing. Zimbabwe Journal of Science &   

    Technology 12:15-23.

19. Mafirakureva, B. Saidi and J. Mbanga. (2017). Incidence and molecular characterisation of Lumpy Skin Disease Virus in Zimbabwe using the P32 gene. Tropical Animal Health and Production 49(1), 47-54. DOI: 10.1007/s11250-016-1156-9
20. Matuvhunye, R. Dube-Mandishora · N. Chin’ombe, G. Chakafana, J. Mbanga, E. Zumbika & B. Stray-Pedersen. (2016). Genotyping Human Papillomavirus in Women Attending Cervical Cancer Screening Clinic in Harare, Zimbabwe. British Microbiology Research Journal 16(6):1-9.
21. Mbanga, V. Ncube, A. Magumura. (2016). Detection of extended-spectrum β-

Lactamase producing Escherichia coli in retail chicken meat and humans in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe.  American Journal of Research Communication 4 (9):190-207.

22. Mbanga, S. Masuku and S. Luphahla. (2015). Antibiotic Resistance Patterns and

          Virulence Factors of Coagulase Negative Staphylococcus Associated with Urinary

          Tract Infections in Bulawayo Province, Zimbabwe. British Journal of Medicine and

          Medical Research 11(3):1-9.   DOI : 10.9734/BJMMR/2016/18272 

23. Padya, N. Chin’ombe, M. Magwenzi, J. Mbanga, Vurayai Ruhanya and P. Nziramasanga (2015). Molecular identification of Mycobacterium species of public health importance in cattle in Zimbabwe by 16S rRNA gene sequencing. The Open Microbiology Journal 9: 38-42. DOI 10.2174/1874285801509010008
24. Mbanga and Y. O. Nyararai. (2015).Virulence gene profiles of avian pathogenic

    Escherichia coli isolated from chickens with colibacillosis in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe.

    Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research 82 (1):Art, #850, 8 pages.  

     http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/ojvr.v82i1.850 

25. Khumalo, B. Saidi and J. Mbanga. (2014). Evolution of antimicrobial resistance of

    Salmonella enteritidis (1972 – 2005). Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research

    81(1): http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/ojvr.v81i1.807

26. Mbanga and R. Mudzana. (2014). Virulence Factors and Antibiotic Resistance Patterns of Uropathogenic Escherichia coli. African Journal of Microbiology Research 8 (43):3678- 3686
27. Chauke, Z. Dhlamini, J. Mbanga and S. Dube. (2014). Characterisation of Fasciola

    gigantica isolates from cattle from Zimbabwe using RAPD-PCR. Journal of 

   Agriculture and Veterinary Science 7 (2): 67-69.

28. Saidi, P. Mafirakureva, and J. Mbanga. (2013). Antimicrobial Resistance of

    Escherichia coli Isolated from Chickens with Colibacillosis in and Around Harare,

    Zimbabwe. Avian Diseases 57 (1): 152-154.

29. Mbanga , M. Ncube and A. Magumura. (2013). Antimicrobial activity of Euclea

    undulata, Euclea divinorum and Diospyros lycioides extracts on multidrug-resistant

                         Streptococcus mutans. Journal of Medicinal Plant Research 7 (37):2741-2746

30. Mbanga, N. Mangoma and B. Saidi. (2010). An evaluation of the antimicrobial

 Activities of Aloe barbadensis, A. chabaudii and A. arborescens leaf extracts used in  

  folklore veterinary medicine in Zimbabwe. Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances  8(1): 99-102.

31. Mbanga, S. Dube and H. Munyanduki .(2010). Prevalence and drug resistance in

          Bacteria of the Urinary tract infections in Bulawayo province, Zimbabwe. East

          African Journal of Public Health 7(3): 229 - 32.

32. Dube, P. Zindi, J. Mbanga and C. Dube. (2010). A study of Scavenging poultry

     gastrointestinal and ecto-parasites in rural areas of Matebeleland province,

     Zimbabwe. International Journal of Poultry Science 9(9): 911- 915

33. Dube., O. Chifamba and J. Mbanga. (2010). Effect of method of inoculation, moisture and seedling age on foliar anthracnose development in two varieties of Sorghum bicolar (Kadoma 332 and Marapansi). Journal of Agrocrop Science 1(1): 12-18.