Dr Wilber Sabiiti

Senior Research Fellow

Researcher profile

Phone

+44 (0)1334 461736

Email

ws31@st-andrews.ac.uk

PhD supervision

• Emmanuel Musisi
• Bariki Mtafya

Selected publications

• A tuberculosis molecular bacterial load assay (TB-MBLA)

  Sabiiti, W., Mtafya, B. A., Alferes De Lima, D., Dombay, E., Baron, V. O., Azam, K., Orascova, K., Sloan, D. J. & Gillespie, S. H., 30 Apr 2020, In : Journal of Visualized Experiments. 158, 10 p., e60460.

  Research output: Contribution to journal ? Article

• Tuberculosis bacillary load, an early marker of disease severity and treatment response: the utility of tuberculosis Molecular Bacterial Load Assay

  Sabiiti, W., Azam, K., Farmer, E., Kuchaka, D., Mtafya, B., Bowness, R., Oravcova, K., Honeyborne, I., Evangelopoulos, D., McHugh, T. D., Khosa, C., Rachow, A., Heinrich, N., Kampira, E., Davies, G., Bhatt, N., Ntinginya, E. N., Viegas, S., Jani, I., Kamdolozi, M., Mdolo, A., Khonga, M., Boeree, M. J., Phillips, P. PJ., Sloan, D. J., Hoelscher, M., Kibiki, G. S. & Gillespie, S. H., Jul 2020, In : Thorax. 75, 7, p. 606-608 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal ? Article

• Heat-inactivation renders sputum safe and preserves Mycobacterium tuberculosis RNA for downstream molecular tests

  Sabiiti, W., Azam, K., Esmeraldo, E., Bhatt, N., Rachow, A. & Gillespie, S. H., Mar 2019, In : Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 57, 4, 8 p., e01778-18.

  Research output: Contribution to journal ? Article

• Model-based relationship between the molecular bacterial load assay and time-to-positivity in liquid culture

  Svensson, R. J., Sabiiti, W., Kibiki, G. S., Ntinginya, N. E., Bhatt, N., Davies, G., Gillespie, S. H. & Simonsson, U. S. H., Oct 2019, In : Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 63, 10, 15 p., e00652-19.

  Research output: Contribution to journal ? Article

• Molecular bacterial load assay (MBLA) concurs with culture on the NaOH-induced Mycobacterium tuberculosis loss of viability

  Mtafya, B., Sabiiti, W., Sabi, I., John, J., Sichone, E., Ntinginya, N. E. & Gillespie, S. H., 25 Jun 2019, In : Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 57, e01992-18.

  Research output: Contribution to journal ? Article

• United Kingdom?East and Southern Africa partnership at the forefront of developing first ever test that measures patient tuberculosis burden in hours

  Sabiiti, W. & MBLA development stakeholders, Mar 2019, In : East Africa Science. 1, 1, p. 3-8 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal ? Article

• OMNIgene.SPUTUM suppresses contaminants whilst maintaining Mycobacterium tuberculosis viability and obviates cold-chain transport

  Azam, K., Cadir, N., Madeira, C., Gillespie, S. H. & Sabiiti, W., 16 Feb 2018, In : ERJ Open Research. 4, 8 p., 00074-2017.

  Research output: Contribution to journal ? Article

• Beyond the numbers: interpreting the 2016 global tuberculosis report to inform policy and practice in the East African Community

  Sabiiti, W. & TWENDE consortium, 30 Mar 2017, In : East African Health Research Journal. 1, 1

  Research output: Contribution to journal ? Article

• Fighting antimicrobial resistance: who should lead the agenda?

  Sabiiti, W., 6 Jul 2017, In : Journal of Infectious Diseases & Travel Medicine. 1, 1, 000101.

  Research output: Contribution to journal ? Comment/debate

• Mycobacterial load assay

  Gillespie, S. H., Sabiiti, W. & Oravcova, K., 2017, Diagnostic Bacteriology: Methods and Protocols. Bishop-Lilly, K. A. (ed.). New York, NY: Humana Press/Springer, p. 89-105 17 p. (Methods in Molecular Biology; vol. 1616).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding ? Chapter

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