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Mrs Dr. Saffie Darboe

Research Student - MPhil/PhD by Publication - Infectious & Tropical Diseases

United Kingdom

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I am a microbiologist working on AMR containment in sub-Saharan Africa. Interested in understanding the dynamics of drug-resistant transmission within the One Health context.
Love mentoring and coaching young scientists. Enthused about public engagement and communicating science.

Affiliations
Department of Disease Control
Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases

Teaching

I  lecture on the MSc Clinical Bacteriology module on 'Newer diagnostics for bacterial infections and susceptibility testing'.

I supervise both BSc and MSc student projects on AMR.

Research
My research interest is on antimicrobial surveillance keen on understanding the dynamics of bacterial antimicrobial resistance burden & transmission pathways within the One Health context.

Selected Publications
Predicting trajectories of illness using RNA velocity of whole blood.
Dunican, C; Wilson, C; Habgood-Coote, D; Paterson, S; Noursadeghi, M; Moseki, R; Stek, C; Wilkinson, RJ; Agyeman, PK A; Beudeker, CR; Biesbroek, G; Von Both, U; Brengel-Pesce, K; Carrol, ED; Coin, LJ M; D'Souza, G; De, T; Emonts, M; Fidler, K; Fink, CG; Van der Flier, M; Georgaki, I; Kolberg, L; Kolnik, M; Kuijpers, T; ... Cunnington, AJ.
2026
Nature communications
Prevalence of fungal infections in a patient cohort in The Gambia: Identification and characterization of three priority fungal species in patients with symptoms suggestive of TB.
Salem-Bango, Z; Njai, MB; Tambajang, Z; Cornell, TR; SUTHERLAND, J; FORREST, K; Garner, O; Nadjm, B; DARBOE, S; Sambou, B; Jarju, S;
2026
PloS one
Incidence, risk factors and outcomes for neonatal sepsis in The Gambia: Descriptive cohort analysis embedded in a randomised clinical trial
Brotherton, H; Nakakana, UN; CAMARA, B; Beloum, N; Jones, JC; Sillah, F; Graves, S; Danso, M; DARBOE, S; UMUKORO, S; Bojang, A; Sambou, E; Jagne, I; Ceesay, B; Barry, M; Kassibo, K; Cham, A; Njie, Y; Ndure, E; Manneh, K; BOTTOMLEY, C; Tinto, H; D’Alessandro, U; Roca, A;
2025
openRxiv
Evaluating clinical decision rules and rapid diagnostic tests for the diagnosis of Streptococcus pyogenes pharyngitis in Gambian children: A diagnostic accuracy study.
Armitage, EP; Senghore, E; Camara, FE; Jarju, S; Jagne, S; Ceesay, E; Darboe, FF; De Crombrugghe, G; KEELEY, AJ; Hall, JN; Angyal, A; Jammeh, M; DARBOE, S; KUCHARSKI, A; Smeesters, PR; De Silva, TI; MARKS, M; MRCG StrepA Study Group,;
2025
Journal of Infection
Household Molecular Epidemiology of Streptococcus pyogenes Carriage and Infection in The Gambia.
De Crombrugghe, G; Armitage, EP; KEELEY, AJ; Senghore, E; Camara, F; Jammeh, M; Bittaye, A; Ceesay, H; Ceesay, I; Samateh, B; Manneh, M; Botquin, G; Lakhloufi, D; Delforge, V; Bah, SY; Hall, JN; Schiavolin, L; Turner, CE; MARKS, M; De Silva, TI; Botteaux, A; Smeesters, PR; MRCG StrepA Study Group,;
2025
The Journal of infectious diseases
A Multicenter Study on the Antimicrobial Resistance Pattern of Bacterial Uropathogens in Pregnant Women in Gambia
Sowe, M; Keita, A; DARBOE, S; Bajinka, O; Sanneh, K; Secka, K; Badjan, A;
2025
MDPI AG
WHO global research priorities for antimicrobial resistance in human health.
Bertagnolio, S; Dobreva, Z; Centner, CM; Olaru, ID; Donà, D; Burzo, S; Huttner, BD; Chaillon, A; Gebreselassie, N; Wi, T; Hasso-Agopsowicz, M; Allegranzi, B; Sati, H; Ivanovska, V; Kothari, KU; Balkhy, HH; Cassini, A; Hamers, RL; Weezenbeek, KV; WHO Research Agenda for AMR in Human Health Collab,;
2024
The Lancet Microbe
A successful UN High-Level Meeting on antimicrobial resistance must build on the 2023 UN High-Level Meeting on tuberculosis.
Cirillo, D; Anthony, R; Gagneux, S; Horsburgh, CR; Hasan, R; DARBOE, S; Laniado-Laborin, R; Probandari, A; Tukvadze, N; Arcêncio, RA; Bimba, JS; Brighenti, S; Chesov, D; Chiang, C-Y; Kalmambetova, G; KNIGHT, G; Konstantynovska, O; Kruse, A; Lange, C; Mayanja-Kizza, H; McBryde, E; Min, J; Sanchez-Montalva, A; Sulis, G; Tsogt, B; ... Hauser, J.
2024
The Lancet. Global health
Molecular Methods Enhance the Detection of Pyoderma-Related Streptococcus pyogenes and emm-Type Distribution in Children.
Hall, JN; ARMITAGE, EP; Senghore, E; DARBOE, S; Barry, M; Camara, J; Bah, S; KEELEY, AJ; McCarthy, JS; Smeesters, P; Turner, CE; Darton, TC; MARKS, M; Angyal, A; DE SILVA, TI;
2024
The Journal of infectious diseases
Impact of Intrapartum Azithromycin on the Carriage and Antibiotic Resistance of Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae in Mothers and Their Newborns: A Substudy of a Randomized, Double-Blind Trial Conducted in The Gambia and Burkina Faso.
Getanda, P; Jagne, I; Bognini, JD; Camara, B; SANYANG, B; DARBOE, S; Sambou, E; Barry, M; Kassibo, K; Cham, A; Mendy, H; Singateh, BK J; Ndure, E; Rouamba, T; BOJANG, A; BOTTOMLEY, C; Howden, BP; D'ALESSANDRO, U; Tinto, H; ROCA, A; PregnAnZI-2 Carriage Study Group,;
2024
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America
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