Author

Nicksy Gumede

Observed names: Gumede Nicksy, Gumede, Nicksy, Moeletsi, Nicksy Gumede, N. Gumede, Nicksy Gumede Moeletsi, Nicksy Gumede-Moeletsi

Institutions: World Health Organization, World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa

Observed institutions: National Health Laboratory Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Institut Pasteur, University of the Witwatersrand, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Institut Pasteur de Bangui, World Health Organization, National Institute of Biomedical Research, World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, University of Pretoria

OpenAlex ID: A5013700566

A year of genomic surveillance reveals how the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic unfolded in Africa

2021 · Eduan Wilkinson, Marta Giovanetti, et al. · Science · 222

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The evolving SARS-CoV-2 epidemic in Africa: Insights from rapidly expanding genomic surveillance

2022 · Houriiyah Tegally, James E. San, et al. · Science · 179

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Multiple Independent Emergences of Type 2 Vaccine-Derived Polioviruses during a Large Outbreak in Northern Nigeria

2013 · Cara C. Burns, Jing Shaw, et al. · Journal of Virology · 153

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Evolving epidemiology of poliovirus serotype 2 following withdrawal of the serotype 2 oral poliovirus vaccine

2020 · G. R. Macklin, K. M. O’Reilly, et al. · Science · 141

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Reemergence of Recombinant Vaccine‐Derived Poliovirus Outbreak in Madagascar

2008 · Mala Rakoto‐Andrianarivelo, Nicksy Gumede, et al. · The Journal of Infectious Diseases · 101

Isolation of recombinant type 2 vaccine-derived poliovirus (VDPV) from a Nigerian child

2007 · Festus Adu, Jane Iber, et al. · Virus Research · 65

Large expert-curated database for benchmarking document similarity detection in biomedical literature search

2019 · Peter Brown, Aik-Choon Tan, et al. · Database · 40

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Characterizing Environmental Surveillance Sites in Nigeria and Their Sensitivity to Detect Poliovirus and Other Enteroviruses

2020 · Abdullahi Walla Hamisu, Isobel M Blake, et al. · The Journal of Infectious Diseases · 39

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Contribution of Environmental Surveillance Toward Interruption of Poliovirus Transmission in Nigeria, 2012–2015

2016 · Ticha Johnson Muluh, Abdullahi Walla Hamisu, et al. · The Journal of Infectious Diseases · 38

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Polio eradication in the African Region on course despite public health emergencies

2015 · Joseph C. Okeibunor, Martin C. Ota, et al. · Vaccine · 37

Surveillance to Track Progress Toward Polio Eradication — Worldwide, 2018–2019

2020 · Jacquelyn S. Lickness, Tracie Gardner, et al. · MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report · 36

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Emergence of Vaccine-derived Polioviruses, Democratic Republic of Congo, 2004–2011

2013 · Nicksy Gumede, Olivia Lentsoane, et al. · Emerging infectious diseases · 34

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Strengthening pathogen genomic surveillance for health emergencies: insights from the World Health Organization’s regional initiatives

2023 · Oluwatosin Wuraola Akande, Lisa L. Carter, et al. · Frontiers in Public Health · 31

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Virologic Monitoring of Poliovirus Type 2 after Oral Poliovirus Vaccine Type 2 Withdrawal in April 2016 — Worldwide, 2016–2017

2017 · Ousmane M. Diop, Humayun Asghar, et al. · MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report · 30

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Epidemiological and Surveillance Response to Ebola Virus Disease Outbreak in Lofa County, Liberia (March-September, 2014); Lessons Learned

2015 · Koffi Isidore Kouadio, Peter Clement, et al. · PLoS Currents · 27

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A pan-African pathogen genomics data sharing platform to support disease outbreaks

2023 · Alan Christoffels, Gerald Mboowa, et al. · Nature Medicine · 26

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The evolving SARS-CoV-2 epidemic in Africa: Insights from rapidly expanding genomic surveillance

2022 · Houriiyah Tegally, James E. San, et al. · medRxiv · 21

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Immunodeficiency-associated Vaccine-Derived Poliovirus Type 3 in Infant, South Africa, 2011

2012 · Nicksy Gumede, Vongani Muthambi, et al. · Emerging infectious diseases · 21

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Time Taken to Detect and Respond to Polio Outbreaks in Africa and the Potential Impact of Direct Molecular Detection and Nanopore Sequencing

2021 · Alexander G Shaw, Laura V Cooper, et al. · The Journal of Infectious Diseases · 19

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Dynamics of Evolution of Poliovirus Neutralizing Antigenic Sites and Other Capsid Functional Domains during a Large and Prolonged Outbreak

2018 · Jing Shaw, Jaume Jorba, et al. · Journal of Virology · 18

Molecular characterization of non‐polio enteroviruses isolated from acute flaccid paralysis patients in Uganda

2021 · Phionah Tushabe, Wayne Howard, et al. · Journal of Medical Virology · 16

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Progress Toward Poliovirus Containment Implementation — Worldwide, 2018–2019

2019 · Daphne B. Moffett, Anna Llewellyn, et al. · MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report · 15

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Progress on the implementation of environmental surveillance in the African Region, 2011-2016

2018 · Nicksy Gumede, Joseph Okeibunor, et al. · Journal of Immunological Sciences · 14

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Polio Eradication Initiative (PEI) contribution in strengthening public health laboratories systems in the African region

2016 · Nicksy Gumede, Sheick Oumar Coulibaly, et al. · Vaccine · 14

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Epidemiological and Surveillance Response to Ebola Virus Disease Outbreak in Lofa County, Liberia (March-September, 2014); Lessons Learned

2015 · Koffi Isidore Kouadio, Peter Clement, et al. · PLoS Currents · 14

Works count: 60

Citation count: 1,465

H-index: 19

I10-index: 29