Dr. Sabelle Jallow

Sabelle Jallow is a clinical microbiologist and infectious diseases researcher whose work centers on antimicrobial resistance, genomic surveillance, and vaccine-preventable viral infections in Southern Africa. Affiliated with national laboratory surveillance platforms, her research supports public health policy through laboratory-based epidemiology and translational microbiology.

Her publications highlight leadership in national surveillance of multidrug-resistant pathogens such as Acinetobacter baumannii and enterococci, as well as evaluations of rapid molecular diagnostics for carbapenemase detection. She has advanced the integration of pathogen genomics into routine microbiology, particularly through contributions aligned with continental genomic surveillance initiatives addressing AMR in Africa.

Jallow has also contributed to poliovirus surveillance and immunodeficiency-associated vaccine-derived poliovirus research, alongside studies on maternal HIV and impaired transplacental antibody transfer. This body of work reflects expertise spanning bacteriology, virology, clinical diagnostics, and public health microbiology, with a strong focus on laboratory strengthening and infectious disease prevention.