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23rd Apr 2025

Malaria vaccines: The French episode

Dans un monde où une piqûre de moustique peut encore être mortelle, il est réconfortant de savoir que notre mentalité s'oriente désormais vers la prévention et l'élimination. Dans cet épisode, Miriam s'entretient avec le Dr Abdouramane Camara, un lauréat de la Bourse d'accélération de carrière en Afrique et pionnier en immunologie, au sujet des vaccins antipaludiques.

À propos de notre invité:

Le Dr Abdouramane Camara est chercheur postdoctoral au West African Centre for Cell Biology of Infectious Pathogens (WACCBIP), à l'Université du Ghana. Après plus de dix ans passés dans plusieurs institutions européennes, il a su forger une solide expertise, le Dr Camara est revenu en Afrique pour contribuer à son avancement scientifique en développant un nouveau test clinique permettant d'évaluer l'efficacité des vaccins à un stade précoce et de prédire la protection à long terme.

Ses travaux de recherche visent à élucider les mécanismes impliqués dans la génération des plasmocytes à longue durée de vie et des cellules productrices d’anticorps, ainsi qu’à explorer leur capacité à prédire précocement l’efficacité d’une vaccination. Il s'intéresse particulièrement au paludisme, une maladie endémique dans de nombreux pays africains, et à l'efficacité des nouveaux vaccins antipaludiques. Au-delà du paludisme, il étudie également les vaccins procurant une immunité à long terme, voire à vie, afin de contribuer à l'amélioration de la conception et des stratégies de mise en œuvre des vaccins.

Malaria life cycle: Reproduced from PATH's Malaria Vaccines website at www.malariavaccine.org, 2024

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Juhi Panday

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Juhi is a Research Co-investigator and Locum Medical Practitioner. She holds a Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, a Diploma in HIV Management, and a Professional Master’s in Infectious Diseases and Antibiotic Therapy. Her passion lies in antimicrobial resistance, infectious and neglected tropical conditions. She is eager to merge her interest with the work of the Microbe Mail team!

Vindana Chibabhai

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Vin is an Associate Professor in the Division of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (CMID), Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa and a practising clinical microbiologist with the National Health Laboratory Service. She is passionate about microbes (of course), antimicrobial resistance, antimicrobial stewardship, diagnostics, healthcare associated infections, fungal infections, One Health...let's just say it's a very long list!

She is always looking for new ways to engage with clinicians and improve their understanding of microbiology and infections. This podcast is the perfect way to do just that!

She loves to be involved in research which will impact management of infections in lower-middle income settings. On Microbe Mail episodes, her views are her own.

Tshiama Miriam Mwamba

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Jamie Colloty

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Jamie is a medical officer/sub-investigator currently based at Wits VIDA (Vaccine and Infectious Disease Analytics) Nkanyezi Research site at Rahima Moosa Mother and Child Hospital, Johannesburg. She has completed her Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (Wits), Diploma in HIV Management (CMSA), and is undertaking her Masters in Public Health through Imperial College London, with a research focus on culture-confirmed neonatal sepsis and meningitis cases in Johannesburg. She is passionate about antimicrobial stewardship and resistance, as well as the role of climate change on emerging infectious diseases. She is excited to combine her interest in microbiology with the work of the Microbe Mail team!

Nonkululeko Mntla

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"Just call me Nonks".
Despite her proudly South African name being as much of a tongue twister as one of the fascinating organisms she often works with, (Iooking at you Stenotrophomonas maltophilia), she is simply mad about Micro. "How interesting it is to be able to identify what organism is causing an infection, to know how it is causing the infection, what therapy can be used against it, what to do if the organism counterattacks with its arsenal of resistance mechanisms, and how to prevent that organism from spreading. That's what I enjoy most, but there is so much more."

Nonks is a Clinical Microbiologist based in Johannesburg, working in the private field; and is affiliated with the University of the Witwatersrand. She has a passion for bridging the understanding between the pathology noted in the laboratory and the patient at the bedside.

Esther Simone

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In her own words "The choice to join Microbemail as editor was the easiest one I've ever made. The podcast is fascinating and I learn so much each time I sit down to edit. I see it as a valuable addition to the toolbox of any clinician."

Fathima Suleman

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Dr. Fathima Suleman is a junior doctor, who works in a KZN-based hospital's Microbiology department. She is underway with a Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. Her interest lie in antimicrobial stewardship and infectious diseases. She is passionate about bridging the gap between laboratory medicine and clinical medicine. Coming from a background of graphic design, she is eager to add flare to the Microbe Mail social media.

Ruan Marais

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Ruan is a Clinical Microbiologist with dual fellowships in Medical Microbiology and Medical Virology from the South African College of Pathologists, a MSc in virology from Imperial College London and is working towards his PhD in Bioinformatics at the University of Cape Town (UCT). He is currently a Crick Africa Network Career Acceleration Fellow and contributing investigator at CIDRI based at UCT with work focusing on the development of novel molecular techniques and software for infectious disease diagnostics and their translation to clinical care. Views expressed on the Microbe Mail podcast are his own.

Vinitha Alex

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Dr. Vinitha Alex is a Clinical Microbiologist based in Johannesburg, South Africa and a Microbiology lecturer affiliated to the University of the Witwatersrand. Her particular areas of interest are antimicrobial stewardship, diagnostic stewardship, infection prevention and control, healthcare informatics, medical training and research and development.
She is keen on taking clinical microbiology to the grass root level, making it understandable & accessible to healthcare providers, particularly in areas of low expertise/ specialist availability. She is passionate about improving guideline compliance, fighting the spread of antimicrobial resistance and creating a system that makes good health economic sense.