Namaunga Kasumu Chisompola

Risk Factors for Occupational Transmission of Tuberculosis among Healthcare Workers in Zambia

Namaunga Kasumu Chisompola, Kapambwe Mwape Kamanga & Pipina Vlahakis Matafwali · International Journal of TROPICAL DISEASE & Health · 2020

Healthcare workers (HCWs) play a critical role in the management and control of nosocomial transmission of tuberculosis (TB). At the same time, working in TB healthcare facilities such as hospital wards, diagnostic and treatment facilities increases the risk of acquiring TB due t...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ijtdh/2020/v41i1130335

Validating 3-Phosphoinositide Dependent Protein Kinase-1 as a Drug Target in African Trypanosoma

Namaunga Kasumu Chisompola · Asian Journal of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · 2020

Introduction: Human African trypanosomiasis is a parasitic disease that is transmitted to the mammalian host through the bite of an infected tsetse fly of the genus Glossina species. The disease is caused by two species, Trypanosoma brucei gambiense and Trypanosoma brucei rhodesi...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajbgmb/2020/v4i430113