# A Node For African Thought

Research and Innovation

To achieve and maintain the University’s vision and mission, the research and innovation division contributes mainly by promoting the research related goal of the institution which is: to drive growth in UNIZULU research and Innovation

Prof Evelyn Madoroba

Faculty: Science, Agriculture and Engineering

Department: Biochemistry and Microbiology

Discipline: Microbiology

 

Contact details

Email: MzadorobaE@unizulu.ac.za 

Campus: KwaDlangezwa

Impactful Research Publications

(Author(s); Year; Title; journal / publisher)

Evelyn Madoroba, Keneiloe Portia Malokotsa, Cynthia Ngwane, Sogolo Lebelo, and Kudakwashe Magwedere. Presence and Virulence Characteristics of Shiga Toxin Escherichia coli and Non-Shiga Toxin–Producing Escherichia coli O157 in Products from Animal Protein Supply Chain Enterprises in South Africa. 2022. Foodborne Pathogens and Disease, 19 (6); DOI: 10.1089/fpd.2021.0062

Evelyn Madoroba, Kudakwashe Magwedere, Nyaradzo Stella Chaora, Itumeleng Matle, Farai Muchadeyi, Masenyabu Aletta Mathole and Rian Pierneef. Microbial Communities of Meat and Meat Products: An Exploratory Analysis of the Product Quality and Safety at Selected Enterprises in South Africa. 2021. Microorganisms 9(3):507, DOI:10.3390/microorganisms9030507.

Johannes Charlier, Herman W Barkema, Paul Becher, Paola De Benedictis, Ingrid Hansson, Isabel Hennig-Pauka, Roberto La Ragione, Lars E Larsen, Evelyn Madoroba, Dominiek Maes, Clara M Marín, Franco Mutinelli, Alasdair J Nisbet, Katarzyna Podgórska, Jozef Vercruysse, Fabrizio Vitale, Diana J L Williams, Ruth N Zadoks. 2022. Disease control tools to secure animal and public health in a densely populated world. The Lancet Planetary Health 6(10):e812-e824. DOI:10.1016/S2542-5196(22)00147-4

Ndlovu, L.; Butaye, P.; Maliehe, T.S.; Magwedere, K.; Mankonkwana, B.B.; Basson, A.K.; Ngema, S.S.; Madoroba, E. 2023. Virulence and Antimicrobial Resistance Profiling of Salmonella Serovars Recovered from Retail Poultry Offal in KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa. Pathogens 2023, 12, 641. https://doi.org/10.3390/ pathogens12050641.

Itumeleng Matle, Khanyisile R. Mbatha, Olivia Lentsoane, Kudakwashe Magwedere, Liesl Morey and Evelyn Madoroba. Occurrence, serotypes, and characteristics of Listeria monocytogenes in meat and meat products in South Africa between 2014 and 2016. Journal of Food Safety, 39:e12629, DOI: 10.1111/jfs.12629.