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Mr. Bashir Joe Merico

LABORATORY TECHNICIAN
Biological Sciences and Biomedical Health Sciences

Research Areas

WHO priority pathogens,Fungal infections, bacterial infections, parasitic infections,The role of food-producing animals in disease epidemiology,One Health ,Antimicrobial resistance,

Profile

Bashir is a registered medical laboratory technologist with the Malawi Medical Council. He has over 7 years of work experience as a laboratory technician in the Department of Biological and Biomedical Health Sciences. Before joining the university, Bashir worked as a medical laboratory technician at Mlambe Mission Hospital under the Christian Health Association of Malawi. Bashir has a strong interest in microbiology, specifically in understanding antimicrobial resistance and the role of food-producing animals in disease epidemiology in Malawi, in relation to the One Health Approach.

Publications

  • Journal Article
    Bashir Merico, Rashid Kaseka, Biton Tehuwa, James Majamanda, Pizga Kumwenda (2025). Drug-resistant Zoonotic Salmonella Strains Isolated from Chicken Droppings; A Case of Ntcheu District, Mphate Area, Malawi, EAS J Vet Med Sci, 7(2), 15-23. (2025)