Addisu Dagnaw

Medical Microbiologist

Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia

Email: addisum22@gmail.com

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Network Affiliate

Research Keywords:

Tuberculosis, Antimicrobial Resistance, Vector Borne Diseases, Systematic Reviews

Biography:

Addisu Melese Dagnaw (MSc), Lecturer of Medical Microbiology at the department of Medical Laboratory Science, Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia. I have more than ten years of Teaching and research experience and published more than 40 peer-reviewed articles at international journals. I actively participate in multidisciplinary research in the areas of antimicrobial resistance, infectious disease diagnostics, emerging/re-emerging infections and Vector borne diseases. Due to my collaborative research activities, I was listed as one of the top ten researchers at Bahir Dar University in the 2024 AD index report. Together with my colleagues at Bahir Dar University, I have established Medical Entomology & insectary laboratory at the Amhara Public Health Institute (APHI), regional research & diagnostic center at Bahir Dar, Ethiopia.

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Key Publications:

Tigabu E, Melese A, Mekonen F and Siraj Y: Bullet-related bacterial wound infections among injured personnel at emergency site hospitals in Bahir Dar: prevalence, antimicrobial susceptibility and associated factors; BMC Microbiology (2024) 24:166: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12866-024-03324-2
GBD 2021 Antimicrobial Resistance Collaborators (Melese A); Global burden of bacterial antimicrobial resistance 1990–2021: a systematic analysis with forecasts to 2050; The lancet 2024; https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(24)01867-1
Asmare Z, Awoke T, Genet C, Admas A, Melese A and Mulu W.; Incidence of catheter-associated urinary tract infections by Gram-negative bacilli and their ESBL and carbapenemase production in specialized hospitals of Bahir Dar, northwest Ethiopia; BMC Antim Res and Infec Cont (2024) 13:10; https://doi.org/10.1186/s13756-024-01368-7
Hussein Darod H., Melese A., Kibret M., Mulu W.; Throat Swab Culture Positivity and Antibiotic Resistance Profiles in Children 2-5 Years of Age Suspected of Bacterial Tonsillitis at Hargeisa Group of Hospitals, Somaliland; Inter Journal of Microbiology (2022); http://doi.org/10.1155/2023/6474952
Tesfaye A, Melese A, Derbie A; Antimicrobial Resistance Profile and Associated Factors of Group B Streptococci Colonization among Pregnant Women Attending Antenatal Clinics in Jigjiga, Southeast Ethiopia; Inter Journal of Microbiology,(2022) https://doi.org/10.1155/2022/9910842
Melese A, Genet C and Andualem T; Prevalence of Vancomycin resistant enterococci (VRE) in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis; BMC Infec Dis (2020); https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-020-4833-2
Melese A, Genet C, Zeleke B, Andualem T; Helicobacter pylori infections in Ethiopia; prevalence and associated factors: a systematic review and meta-analysis; BMC gastro; 9 (8): 2019; https://doi.org/10.1186/s12876-018-0927-3
Melese A, Demelash H., Prevalence of tuberculosis among prisoners in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis of published studies; BMC Arch Pub Heal (2017) 75:37; https://doi.org/10.1186/s13690-017-0204-x
Genet C, Andualem T, Melese A, Mulu W., Mekonnen F., and Abera B. (2020); Quality of care for tuberculosis patients in public health facilities of Debre Tabor town, Northwest Ethiopia; PLoS ONE; 15(6): e0234988 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0234988
Admas A, Gelaw B, Tessema B, Worku A and Melese A; Proportion of bacterial isolates, their antimicrobial susceptibility profile and factors associated with puerperal sepsis among post-partum/aborted women at a referral Hospital in Bahir Dar, Northwest Ethiopia; BMC Antimicrobial Resis and Infec Cont (2020); 9:14; https://doi.org/10.1186/s13756-019-0676-2