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Dr Ahmed Zeynudin Kasim

Call EDCTP Clinical Research & Development Fellowship (R&D F)
Programme EDCTP2
Start Date 2018-06-01
End Date 2020-05-31
Project Code TMA2016-1661
Status Active

Title

Julius Clinical Research BV, the Netherlands

Host Organisation

Institution Country
Ethiopia

Current Organisation

Jimma university

Current Job Title

Chief Executive Director ( Vice president level)

Awards

2020 PaNiE.CIH Network Funds
2021 PaNiE.CIH Network Funds
2021 CIH-LMU one health Network fund

Students Supervised

Type Name Title University Start Date End Date
PhD Bizualem Shenkutie In Vitro and in Vivo Antimalarial Activity of Extracts of some selected Ethiopian medicinal plants and isolation of active compounds Jimma University 2021 2025
PhD AKLILU ALEMAYEHU MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; GAMETOCYTE CARRIAGE; AND RECURRENCE OF PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM AND PLASMODIUM VIVAX; AND ITS ASSOCIATION TO GLUCOSE-SIX-PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE IN GAMBELLA TOWN, SOUTHWEST ETHIOPIA Jimma university 2021 2025
PhD TEHA SHUMBEJ THE HUMAN INFECTIOUS RESERVOIR OF MALARIA AND EFFECT OF PRIMAQUINE ON THE INFECTIOUSNESS OF INDIVIDUALS INFECTED WITH VIVAX PARASITES IN SOUTHERN ETHIOPIA Jimma university 2021 2025

Memberships

Role Committee/board Start Date End Date

Education

Institution Degree Year
Center for International Health, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität,, Germany PhD 2013-09-01
Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa,, Ethiopia MSc 1999-09-01

Areas Of Specialisation

Neglected Infectious Diseases (NID)

Grants

Publications

Impact of six years community directed treatment with ivermectin in the Control of Onchocerciasis, western Ethiopia
Authors:
Samuel, A.
Belay, T.
Yehalaw, D.
Taha, M.
Zemene, E.
Zeynudin, A.
Date:
2016-01-01
Journal:
PLoS ONE
Content:
Assessment of therapeutic efficacy and safety of artemether-lumefantrine (Coartem®) in the treatment of uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria patients in Bahir Dar district, Northwest Ethiopia: An observational cohort study
Authors:
Ebstie, Y.A.
Zeynudin, A.
Belachew, T.
Desalegn, Z.
Suleman, S.
Date:
2015-01-01
Journal:
Malaria Journal
Content:
Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase activity measured by spectrophotometry and associated genetic variants from the Oromiya zone, Ethiopia 11 Medical and Health Sciences 1103 Clinical Sciences
Authors:
Kießling, N.
Brintrup, J.
Zeynudin, A.
Abduselam, N.
Götz, S.
MacK, M.
Pritsch, M.
Wieser, A.
Kohne, E.
Berens-Riha, N.
Date:
2018-01-01
Journal:
Malaria Journal
Content:
O-5S quantitative real-time PCR: A new diagnostic tool for laboratory confirmation of human onchocerciasis
Authors:
Mekonnen, S.A.
Beissner, M.
Saar, M.
Ali, S.
Zeynudin, A.
Tesfaye, K.
Adbaru, M.G.
Battke, F.
Poppert, S.
Hoelscher, M.
Löscher, T.
Bretzel, G.
Herbinger, K.-H.
Date:
2017-01-01
Journal:
Parasites and Vectors
Content:
Malaria and under-nutrition: A community based study among under-five children at risk of malaria, South-West Ethiopia
Authors:
Deribew, A.
Alemseged, F.
Tessema, F.
Sena, L.
Birhanu, Z.
Zeynudin, A.
Sudhakar, M.
Abdo, N.
Deribe, K.
Biadgilign, S.
Date:
2010-01-01
Journal:
PLoS ONE
Content:
Molecular markers of anti-malarial drug resistance in southwest Ethiopia over time: Regional surveillance from 2006 to 2013
Authors:
Heuchert, A.
Abduselam, N.
Zeynudin, A.
Eshetu, T.
Löscher, T.
Wieser, A.
Pritsch, M.
Berens-Riha, N.
Date:
2015-01-01
Journal:
Malaria Journal
Content:
Prevalence and antibiotic susceptibility pattern of CTX-M type extended-spectrum β-lactamases among clinical isolates of gram-negative bacilli in Jimma, Ethiopia
Authors:
Zeynudin, A.
Pritsch, M.
Schubert, S.
Messerer, M.
Liegl, G.
Hoelscher, M.
Belachew, T.
Wieser, A.
Date:
2018-01-01
Journal:
BMC Infectious Diseases
Content:
Risk perceptions and attitudinal responses to COVID-19 pandemic: an online survey in Ethiopia
Authors:
Birhanu, Z.
Ambelu, A.
Fufa, D.
Mecha, M.
Zeynudin, A.
Abafita, J.
Belay, A.
Doyore, F.
Oljira, L.
Bacha, E.
Feyisa, J.
Hadis, Z.
Ayele, K.
Addisu, Y.
Gutu, B.
Tesfaye, D.
Tilahun, T.
Imana, G.
Tolosa, T.
Mekonen, S.
Yitayih, Y.
Jibat, N.
Moges, M.
Adamu, A.
Teym, A.
Kenea, A.
Addis, T.
Mengesha, A.
Kebede, Y.
Date:
2021-01-01
Journal:
BMC Public Health
Content:
Identifying thresholds to classify moderate-to-heavy soil-transmitted helminth intensity infections for fecpak<sup>g2</sup>, mcmaster, mini-flotac and qpcr
Authors:
Levecke, B.
Cools, P.
Albonico, M.
Ame, S.
Angebault, C.
Ayana, M.
Behnke, J.M.
Bethony, J.M.
Cringoli, G.
Dana, D.
Guillard, B.
Hoa, N.T.V.
Kang, G.
Kattula, D.
Keiser, J.
Kotze, A.C.
Matoso, L.F.
Maurelli, M.P.
McCarthy, J.S.
Mekonnen, Z.
Mirams, G.
Montresor, A.
Oliveira, R.C.
Periagoid, M.V.
Pinto, S.A.
Rinaldi, L.
Sayasone, S.
Sumo, L.
Tchuem-Tchuenté, L.-A.
Thach, D.T.C.
Thomas, E.
Zeynudin, A.
Verweij, J.J.
Vlaminck, J.
Vercruysse, J.
Date:
2020-01-01
Journal:
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Content:
Use of occult blood detection cards for real-Time PCR-Based diagnosis of schistosoma mansoni infection
Authors:
Schunk, M.
Mekonnen, S.K.
Wondafrash, B.
Mengele, C.
Fleischmann, E.
Herbinger, K.-H.
Verweij, J.J.
Geldmacher, C.
Bretzel, G.
Löscher, T.
Zeynudin, A.
Date:
2015-01-01
Journal:
PLoS ONE
Content:
Zingiber Officinale Roscoe and Echinops Kebericho Mesfin Showed Antiplasmodial Activities against Plasmodium Berghei in a Dose-dependent Manner in Ethiopia
Authors:
Biruksew, A.
Zeynudin, A.
Alemu, Y.
Golassa, L.
Yohannes, M.
Debella, A.
Urge, G.
De Spiegeleer, B.
Suleman, S.
Date:
2018-01-01
Journal:
Ethiopian journal of health sciences
Content:
Prevalence of Schistosoma mansoni infection and the therapeutic efficacy of praziquantel among school children in Manna District, Jimma Zone, southwest Ethiopia
Authors:
Bajiro, M.
Dana, D.
Ayana, M.
Emana, D.
Mekonnen, Z.
Zawdie, B.
Garbi, A.
Kure, A.
Zeynudin, A.
Date:
2016-01-01
Journal:
Parasites and Vectors
Content:
Similar trends of susceptibility in Anopheles arabiensis and Anopheles pharoensis to Plasmodium vivax infection in Ethiopia
Authors:
Abduselam, N.
Zeynudin, A.
Berens-Riha, N.
Seyoum, D.
Pritsch, M.
Tibebu, H.
Eba, K.
Hoelscher, M.
Wieser, A.
Yewhalaw, D.
Date:
2016-01-01
Journal:
Parasites and Vectors
Content:
Status of intestinal parasitic infections among residents of Jimma Town, Ethiopia
Authors:
Jejaw, A.
Zeynudin, A.
Zemene, E.
Belay, T.
Date:
2014-01-01
Journal:
BMC Research Notes
Content:
First report on bla <inf>NDM-1</inf>-producing Acinetobacter baumannii in three clinical isolates from Ethiopia
Authors:
Pritsch, M.
Zeynudin, A.
Messerer, M.
Baumer, S.
Liegl, G.
Schubert, S.
Löscher, T.
Hoelscher, M.
Belachew, T.
Rachow, A.
Wieser, A.
Date:
2017-01-01
Journal:
BMC Infectious Diseases
Content:
Prevalence of Shigella, Salmonella and Campylobacter species and their susceptibility patters among under five children with diarrhea in Hawassa town, south Ethiopia
Authors:
Mulatu, G.
Beyene, G.
Zeynudin, A.
Date:
2014-01-01
Journal:
Ethiopian journal of health sciences
Content:
Update on bacterial nosocomial infections
Authors:
Bereket, W.
Hemalatha, K.
Getenet, B.
Wondwossen, T.
Ali, S.
Zeynudin, A.
Kannan, S.
Date:
2020-01-01
Journal:
European Review for Medical and Pharmacological Sciences
Content:
Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii and associated risk factors among pregnant women in Jimma town, Southwestern Ethiopia
Authors:
Zemene, E.
Yewhalaw, D.
Abera, S.
Belay, T.
Samuel, A.
Zeynudin, A.
Date:
2012-01-01
Journal:
BMC Infectious Diseases
Content:
Malaria incidence and assessment of entomological indices among resettled communities in Ethiopia: A longitudinal study
Authors:
Degefa, T.
Zeynudin, A.
Godesso, A.
Michael, Y.H.
Eba, K.
Zemene, E.
Emana, D.
Birlie, B.
Tushune, K.
Yewhalaw, D.
Date:
2015-01-01
Journal:
Malaria Journal
Content:
Visceral leishmaniasis in selected communities of Hamar and Banna-Tsamai districts in Lower Omo Valley, South West Ethiopia: Sero-epidemological and Leishmanin Skin Test Surveys
Authors:
Bekele, F.
Belay, T.
Zeynudin, A.
Hailu, A.
Date:
2018-01-01
Journal:
PLoS ONE
Content:
Genotypic and phenotypic resistance traits of gram-negative bacteria isolated from clinical and environmental sample, Jimma University Hospital, Jimma Zone, Ethiopia
Authors:
Date:
2017-11-29
Journal:
Ludwig Maximillian university LMU, Faculty of Medicine
Content:
Introduction: Antibiotic resistances due to extended-spectrum β-lactamases (ESBLs), AmpCs and carbapenemases have become a major health concern globally and also in Ethiopia. Data on the frequency and molecular characterization of this β-lactamases is scarce or non-existant in Ethiopia. The aim of this study was, therefore, to determine the frequency, susceptibility patterns and molecular characteristics of ESBLs, AmpC and carbapenemases in clinical and environmental isolates of gram-negative bacilli (GNB) in Jimma university specialized hospital (JUSH), in southwest Ethiopia. Materials and Methods: 224 non-duplicate and pure isolates obtained from clinically apparent infections and 29 isolates recovered from stethoscopes were included in the study. Identification of the isolates was performed by MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry. Susceptibility testing and phenotypic detection of ESBLs, AmpCs and carbapenemases was performed using Vitek 2 Compact System and MASTDISCSTM AmpC/ESBL Detection set and analyzed using EUCAST breakpoints. Genotypic analysis was performed using Check-MDR CT103 Microarrays. Results: Of the total clinical isolates (n=224), 112 were screen positive for ESBLs. Of these 63.4% (71/112) tested positive for ESBLs encoding genes by Check-MDR array, which corresponds to 91.8% (67/73) of the total Enterobacteriaceae and 10.3% (4/39) of lactose nonfermenting gram-negative bacilli. Among the total ESBLs genes positive isolates, 95.8% (68/71) carried blaCTX-M genes with CTX-M group 1 being the predominant CTX-M Geno-group (97.1%). Among the 122 with positive phenotypic screening test for AmpC beta-lactamases, 23% (n=28) were found positive for AmpC genes. A total of 30 AmpC genes were detected, of which, ACT/MIR were the most common AmpC gene (n=16) followed by DHA (n=12), and one each belonging to CMY and FOX. Among the carbapenem resistant or intermediate isolates (n=12), three clinical isolates of Acinetobacter baumannii were found NDM-1 positive. Of the 51 stethoscopes surveyed, 54.9% (n=28) were found to be contaminated with gram-negative bacilli. 55.2%, and 17.2% of these isolates (n=29) were found positive for ESBLs and AmpC genes, respectively. Conclusions: This study demonstrates a remarkably high prevalence of blaCTX-M genes and revealed the presence of NDM-1 for the first time in Ethiopia. The high level of resistance to β-lactam and non-β-lactam antibiotics and the detection of NDM-1 are alarming and emphasize the need for implementation of strict infection control measures and judicious use of antibiotics in the local setting as well as in the whole region.
Schistosoma mansoni infection and undernutrition among school age children in Fincha'a sugar estate, rural part of West Ethiopia
Authors:
Mekonnen, Z.
Meka, S.
Zeynudin, A.
Suleman, S.
Date:
2014-01-01
Journal:
BMC Research Notes
Content:
Therapeutic efficacy of chloroquine for the treatment of Plasmodium vivax malaria among outpatients at Shawa Robit Health Care Centre, North-East Ethiopia
Authors:
Seifu, S.
Zeynudin, A.
Zemene, E.
Suleman, S.
Biruksew, A.
Date:
2017-01-01
Journal:
Acta Tropica
Content:
Prevalence Soil Transmitted Helminthiasis and malaria co-infection among pregnant women and risk factors in Gilgel Gibe dam Area, Southwest Ethiopia
Authors:
Getachew, M.
Tafess, K.
Zeynudin, A.
Yewhalaw, D.
Date:
2013-01-01
Journal:
BMC Research Notes
Content:
Evaluation of Plasmodium falciparum gametocyte detection in different patient material.
Authors:
Kast, K.
Berens-Riha, N.
Zeynudin, A.
Abduselam, N.
Eshetu, T.
Löscher, T.
Wieser, A.
Shock, J.
Pritsch, M.
Date:
2013-01-01
Journal:
Malaria journal
Content:
Mental health of healthcare professionals during the early stage of the COVID-19 pandemic in Ethiopia
Authors:
Yitayih, Y.
Mekonen, S.
Zeynudin, A.
Mengistie, E.
Ambelu, A.
Date:
2020-01-01
Journal:
BJPsych Open
Content:
Anaemia and associated risk factors among pregnant women in Gilgel Gibe dam area, Southwest Ethiopia
Authors:
Getachew, M.
Yewhalaw, D.
Tafess, K.
Getachew, Y.
Zeynudin, A.
Date:
2012-01-01
Journal:
Parasites and Vectors
Content:
The effect of household heads training about the use of treated bed nets on the burden of malaria and anaemia in under-five children: A cluster randomized trial in Ethiopia
Authors:
Deribew, A.
Birhanu, Z.
Sena, L.
Dejene, T.
Reda, A.A.
Sudhakar, M.
Alemseged, F.
Tessema, F.
Zeynudin, A.
Biadgilign, S.
Deribe, K.
Date:
2012-01-01
Journal:
Malaria Journal
Content:
Assessment of the anthelmintic efficacy of albendazole in school children in seven countries where soil-transmitted helminths are endemic
Authors:
Vercruysse, J.
Behnke, J.M.
Albonico, M.
Ame, S.M.
Angebault, C.
Bethony, J.M.
Engels, D.
Guillard, B.
Hoa, N.T.V.
Kang, G.
Kattula, D.
Kotze, A.C.
McCarthy, J.S.
Mekonnen, Z.
Montresor, A.
Periago, M.V.
Sumo, L.
Tchuenté, L.-A.T.
Thach, D.T.C.
Zeynudin, A.
Levecke, B.
Date:
2011-01-01
Journal:
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Content:
Assessment of Anthelmintic Efficacy of Mebendazole in School Children in Six Countries Where Soil-Transmitted Helminths Are Endemic
Authors:
Levecke, B.
Montresor, A.
Albonico, M.
Ame, S.M.
Behnke, J.M.
Bethony, J.M.
Noumedem, C.D.
Engels, D.
Guillard, B.
Kotze, A.C.
Krolewiecki, A.J.
McCarthy, J.S.
Mekonnen, Z.
Periago, M.V.
Sopheak, H.
Tchuem-Tchuenté, L.-A.
Duong, T.T.
Huong, N.T.
Zeynudin, A.
Vercruysse, J.
Date:
2014-01-01
Journal:
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Content:
The effect of household heads training on long-lasting insecticide-treated bed nets utilization: A cluster randomized controlled trial in Ethiopia
Authors:
Deribew, A.
Birhanu, Z.
Sena, L.
Dejene, T.
Reda, A.A.
Sudhakar, M.
Alemseged, F.
Tessema, F.
Zeynudin, A.
Biadgilign, S.
Deribe, K.
Date:
2012-01-01
Journal:
Malaria Journal
Content:
Anti-schistosomal activities of Echinops kebericho Mesfin root and Hagenia abyssinica (Bruce) J.F Gmel flower part crude extracts in Swiss albino mice
Authors:
Alemu, Y.
Mekonnen, Z.
Zeynudin, A.
Yohannes, M.
Biruksew, A.
Suleman, S.
Date:
2018-01-01
Journal:
Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine
Content:
Prevalence of opportunistic intestinal parasitic infection among HIV infected patients who are taking antiretroviral treatment at Jimma Health Center, Jimma, Ethiopia
Authors:
Zeynudin, A.
Hemalatha, K.
Kannan, S.
Date:
2013-01-01
Journal:
European Review for Medical and Pharmacological Sciences
Content:
Schistosoma mansoni infection among patients visiting a health centre near Gilgel Gibe Dam, Jimma, south western Ethiopia.
Authors:
Abebe, G.
Kiros, M.
Golasa, L.
Zeynudin, A.
Date:
2009-01-01
Journal:
East African journal of public health
Content:
Prevalence and intensity of soil transmitted helminths among school children of Mendera Elementary School, Jimma, Southwest Ethiopia
Authors:
Tefera, E.
Belay, T.
Mekonnen, S.K.
Zeynudin, A.
Belachew, T.
Date:
2017-01-01
Journal:
The Pan African medical journal
Content:
Intestinal parasitic infections among children under five years of age presenting with diarrhoeal diseases to two public health facilities in Hawassa, South Ethiopia
Authors:
Mulatu, G.
Zeynudin, A.
Zemene, E.
Debalke, S.
Beyene, G.
Date:
2015-01-01
Journal:
Infectious Diseases of Poverty
Content:
Single-dose tafenoquine to prevent relapse of plasmodium vivax malaria
Authors:
Lacerda, M.V.G.
Llanos-Cuentas, A.
Krudsood, S.
Lon, C.
Saunders, D.L.
Mohammed, R.
Yilma, D.
Pereira, D.B.
Espino, F.E.J.
Mia, R.Z.
Chuquiyauri, R.
Val, F.
Casapía, M.
Monteiro, W.M.
Brito, M.A.M.
Costa, M.R.F.
Buathong, N.
Noedl, H.
Diro, E.
Getie, S.
Wubie, K.M.
Abdissa, A.
Zeynudin, A.
Abebe, C.
Tada, M.S.
Brand, F.
Beck, H.-P.
Angus, B.
Duparc, S.
Kleim, J.-P.
Kellam, L.M.
Rousell, V.M.
Jones, S.W.
Hardaker, E.
Mohamed, K.
Clover, D.D.
Fletcher, K.
Breton, J.J.
Ugwuegbulam, C.O.
Green, J.A.
Koh, G.C.K.W.
Date:
2019-01-01
Journal:
New England Journal of Medicine
Content:
Effect of training on the use of long-lasting insecticide-treated bed nets on the burden of malaria among vulnerable groups, south-west Ethiopia: Baseline results of a cluster randomized trial
Authors:
Deribew, A.
Alemseged, F.
Birhanu, Z.
Sena, L.
Tegegn, A.
Zeynudin, A.
Dejene, T.
Sudhakar, M.
Abdo, N.
Tessema, F.
Date:
2010-01-01
Journal:
Malaria Journal
Content:
Polymorphisms in Plasmodium falciparum chloroquine resistance transporter and multidrug resistance 1 genes: Parasite risk factors that affect treatment outcomes for P. falciparum malaria after artemether-lumefantrine and artesunate-amodiaquine
Authors:
Venkatesan, M.
Gadalla, N.B.
Stepniewska, K.
Dahal, P.
Nsanzabana, C.
Moriera, C.
Price, R.N.
Mårtensson, A.
Rosenthal, P.J.
Dorsey, G.
Sutherland, C.J.
Guérin, P.
Davis, T.M.E.
Ménard, D.
Adam, I.
Ademowo, G.
Arze, C.
Baliraine, F.N.
Berens-Riha, N.
Björkman, A.
Borrmann, S.
Checchi, F.
Desai, M.
Dhorda, M.
Djimdé, A.A.
El-Sayed, B.B.
Eshetu, T.
Eyase, F.
Falade, C.
Faucher, J.-F.
Fröberg, G.
Grivoyannis, A.
Hamour, S.
Houzé, S.
Johnson, J.
Kamugisha, E.
Kariuki, S.
Kiechel, J.-R.
Kironde, F.
Kofoed, P.-E.
LeBras, J.
Malmberg, M.
Mwai, L.
Ngasala, B.
Nosten, F.
Nsobya, S.L.
Nzila, A.
Oguike, M.
Otienoburu, S.D.
Ogutu, B.
Ouédraogo, J.-B.
Piola, P.
Rombo, L.
Schramm, B.
Somé, A.F.
Thwing, J.
Ursing, J.
Wong, R.P.M.
Zeynudin, A.
Zongo, I.
Plowe, C.V.
Sibley, C.H.
Date:
2014-01-01
Journal:
American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Content:
Therapeutic efficacy of different brands of albendazole against soil transmitted helminths among students of Mendera Elementary School, Jimma, Southwest Ethiopia
Authors:
Tefera, E.
Belay, T.
Mekonnen, S.K.
Zeynudin, A.
Belachew, T.
Date:
2015-01-01
Journal:
The Pan African medical journal
Content:
Schistosoma mansoni infection among patients visiting a health centre near Gilgel Gibe Dam, Jimma, south Western Ethiopia.
Authors:
Abebe, G.
Kiros, M.
Golasa, L.
Zeynudin, A.
Date:
2010-01-01
Journal:
East African journal of public health
Content:

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