Shafi Sahibzada

About

Shafi Sahibzada has twelve years of experience in academia where he has worked as a researcher and lecturer. He has completed a PhD in Epidemiology and public health from Charles Sturt University. He has worked with several national and international organisations in international research and development. Shafi has outstanding experience in a One Health approach, survey design to investigate population diseases, high-level data analysis skills, including epigenomic data and excellent scientific report writing. His primary interest is in the epidemiology of infectious diseases of zoonotic and anthroponotic importance, antimicrobial resistance, risk analysis, disease modelling, understanding emerging zoonotic pathogens and evaluating the public health impact. Presently he works as a team leader at Australian Centre for Disease Preparedness (ACDP) formerly known as the Australian Animal Health Laboratory. ACDP) helps protect Australia’s multi-billion-dollar livestock and aquaculture industries, and the general public, from emerging infectious disease threats. It is a high-containment facility designed to allow scientific research into the most dangerous infectious agents in the world.

Work

Australian Centre for Disease Preparedness

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Team Leader

Australia

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Murdoch University

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Lecturer in Public Health and Epidemiology

Australia

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Murdoch University

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Research fellow

Australia

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Education

Charles Sturt University - Wagga Wagga Campus

Australia
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PhD

Publications

Antimicrobial resistance in the food chain in developing countries and public health consequences: a call for action

Food Security through Entrepreneurship and Biorisk Management

conference-paper

MRSA outbreak investigation in pig workers in a pig farm in NSW Australia

ISVEE 14

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Seroconversion, genotyping, and potential mosquito vector identification of Japanese encephalitis virus in pig sentinel settings in Bali, Indonesia

Veterinary World

journal-article

Genomic characterization of molecular markers associated with antimicrobial resistance and virulence of the prevalent Campylobacter coli isolated from retail chicken meat in the United Arab Emirates

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Individual and Herd‐Level Seroprevalence in Association with Potential Risk Factors of Japanese Encephalitis in Pigs Collected from Urban, Periurban, and Rural Areas of Bali, Indonesia

Veterinary Medicine International

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Genomic characterization of molecular markers associated with antimicrobial resistance and virulence of the prevalent Campylobacter coli isolated from retail chicken meat in the United Arab Emirates

Current Research in Food Science

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Comparison of Antimicrobial Resistance among Commensal Escherichia coli Isolated from Retail Table Eggs Produced by Laying Hens from the Cage and Non-Cage Housing Systems in Western Australia

Antibiotics

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Comparison of Antimicrobial Resistance among Commensal Escherichia coli Isolated from Retail Table Eggs Produced by Laying Hens from the Cage and Non-Cage Housing Systems in Western Australia

Antibiotics

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Emergence and Genomic Characterization of the First Reported optrA-Carrying Linezolid-Resistant Enterococci Isolated from Retail Broiler Meat in the United Arab Emirates

Foods

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Emergence and Genomic Characterization of the First Reported optrA-Carrying Linezolid-Resistant Enterococci Isolated from Retail Broiler Meat in the United Arab Emirates

Foods

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Antimicrobial Resistance, Genomic, and Public Health Insights into Enterococcus spp. from Australian Cattle

preprint

In Vitro Demonstration of Targeted Phage Therapy and Competitive Exclusion as a Novel Strategy for Decolonization of Extended-Spectrum-Cephalosporin-Resistant Escherichia coli

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

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Proximity to human settlement is directly related to carriage of critically important antimicrobial-resistant Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae in Silver Gulls

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Antimicrobial Resistance in Porcine Enterococci in Australia and the Ramifications for Human Health

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

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Non-typhoidal salmonella at the human-food-of-animal-origin interface in Australia

Animals

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Prevalence and antimicrobial resistance of MRSA across different pig age groups in an intensive pig production system in Australia

Zoonoses and Public Health

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Prevalence and antimicrobial resistance of MRSA across different pig age groups in an intensive pig production system in Australia

Zoonoses and Public Health

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Non-Typhoidal Salmonella at the Human-Food-of-Animal-Origin Interface in Australia

Animals

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Non-Typhoidal Salmonella at the Human-Food-of-Animal-Origin Interface in Australia

Animals

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Emergence of Fluoroquinolone-Resistant Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli among Australian Chickens in the Absence of Fluoroquinolone Use

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

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Emergence of fluoroquinolone-resistant campylobacter jejuni and campylobacter coli among Australian chickens in the absence of fluoroquinolone use

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

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Differentiation of community-associated and livestock-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates and identification of spa types using PCR and high-resolution melt curve analysis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

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Differentiation of Community-Associated and Livestock-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Isolates and Identification of spa Types by Use of PCR and High-Resolution Melt Curve Analysis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

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Differentiation of community-associated and livestock-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates and identification of spa types by use of PCR and high-resolution melt curve analysis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

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A three-year whole genome sequencing perspective of Enterococcus faecium sepsis in Australia

PLOS ONE

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A three-year whole genome sequencing perspective of Enterococcus faecium sepsis in Australia

PLoS ONE

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Correction: Escherichia coli and Salmonella spp. Isolated from Australian meat chickens remain susceptible to critically important antimicrobial agents (PLoS ONE (2019) 14, 10 (e0224281) DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0224281)

PLoS ONE

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Correction to: Effect of mucin 4 allele on susceptibility to experimental infection with enterotoxigenic F4 Escherichia coli in pigs fed experimental diets (Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology (2019) 10 (56) DOI: 10.1186/s40104-019-0366-1)

Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology

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Escherichia coli and Salmonella spp. isolated from Australian meat chickens remain susceptible to critically important antimicrobial agents

PLOS ONE

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Effect of mucin 4 allele on susceptibility to experimental infection with enterotoxigenic F4 Escherichia coli in pigs fed experimental diets

Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology

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Correction to: Effect of mucin 4 allele on susceptibility to experimental infection with enterotoxigenic F4 Escherichia coli in pigs fed experimental diets (Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology (2019) 10 (56) DOI: 10.1186/s40104-019-0366-1)

Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology

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Genomic, Antimicrobial Resistance, and Public Health Insights into Enterococcus spp. from Australian Chickens

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

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Genomic, antimicrobial resistance, and public health insights into Enterococcus spp. From Australian chickens

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

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Escherichia coli and Salmonella spp. isolated from Australian meat chickens remain susceptible to critically important antimicrobial agents

PLoS ONE

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Effect of mucin 4 allele on susceptibility to experimental infection with enterotoxigenic F4 Escherichia coli in pigs fed experimental diets

Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology

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Emergence of highly prevalent CA-MRSA ST93 as an occupational risk in people working on a pig farm in Australia

PLOS ONE

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Emergence of highly prevalent CA-MRSA ST93 as an occupational risk in people working on a pig farm in Australia

PLoS ONE

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Transmission of highly virulent community-associated MRSA ST93 and livestock-associated MRSA ST398 between humans and pigs in Australia

Scientific Reports

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Transmission of highly virulent community-associated MRSA ST93 and livestock-associated MRSA ST398 between humans and pigs in Australia

Scientific Reports

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Detection of methicillin-resistant and methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus among pigs in different stages of production

Animal Production Science

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Protective effects of milk thistle (Silybum marianum) against aflatoxin B1 in broiler chicks

Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences

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Protective effects of milk thistle (Silybum marianum) against aflatoxin B1 in broiler chicks

Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences

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