Yusuf Yakubu, PhD
Assistant Professor, Public Health and Preventive Medicine
Biography
Dr. Yusuf Yakubu is an Assistant professor at St. George’s University, Grenada, within the Department of Public Health & Preventive Medicine. His teaching and research activities are centered on epidemiology, food safety, antimicrobial resistance, biostatistics, research methods and data management.
Dr. Yakubu is involved in Fleming Fund research on one-health surveillance and molecular epidemiology of antimicrobial resistant pathogens in animals, humans, and the environment. He is a resource person for the MacArthur Foundation Master degree program in Veterinary Epidemiology, Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, Nigeria; and a consultant with the Regional Animal Health Center (RAHC) of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), where he helped develop the Peste des petits ruminants (PPR) control and eradication strategy; and the ECOWAS livestock identification and traceability strategy (ECOLITS).
Contact Information
Areas of Interest
- Molecular epidemiology
- Antimicrobial resistance (AMR)
- Food safety
- Zoonoses
- Data management
Affiliations
- Global Burden of Disease (GBD) Collaborator Network, Member
- Nigerian Veterinary Medical Association (NVMA), Member
Selected Publications
- Yakubu, Y., Gaddafi, M. S., Musawa, A. I., Garba, B.M Bitrus, A. A., Emeka, A. J., Lawal, H., Aliyu, M. A., Barka, S. A. (2022): Evidence of Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) In Pet and Stray Dogs within Sokoto Metropolis, Nigeria. Folia Veterinaria, 66(2): 54-60
- Nafi’u Lawal, Muhammad Bashir Bello, Yusuf Yakubu, Aliyu Musawa Ibrahim & Samira Anka Rabiu (2021). Appraisal of the knowledge, attitude, perception, and practices among northern Nigerians in the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak. Future Science OA, 10.2144/fsoa-2021-0058
- Mohammed S. Gaddafi, Olufemi O. Faleke, Yusuf Yakubu, Bashiru Garba, Ibrahim A. Musawa, Abadulkadir U. Junaidu, Abdullahi A. Magaji, Bello Rabiu Alkali, Muhammad A. Aliyu (2020). Seroprevalence of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Antibodies in Camels from Two International Animal Control-posts, Kebbi State, Nigeria. Journal of Animal Health and Production, 8(2): 50-54
- Ibrahim A Musawa, Yusuf Yakubu, Bashiru Garba, Fatimah M Ballah, Hassan Abdurrahman Jibril, Abdulmalik S Bello, Mohammed Gaddafi Sani & Abubakar Farida (2020). Dressed chicken as potential vehicle for spread of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Sokoto, Nigeria. Future Science OA, FSO619: 1-8
- Ibrahim Ahmad, Yusuf Yakubu, Umar Mohammed Chafe, Bashir Muhammad Bolajoko, Umar Muhammad (2020). Prevalence of fasciolosis (Liver flukes) infection in cattle in Zamfara, Nigeria: A slaughterhouse surveillance data utilizing postmortem examination. Veterinary Parasitology: Regional Studies and Reports 22: 1-6
- Gaddafi, M. S., Yakubu, Y., Garba, B., Bello, M. B., Musawa, A. I., Lawal, H. (2020). Occurrence and antimicrobial resistant patterns of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) among practicing veterinarians in Kebbi State, Nigeria. Folia Veterinaria, 6(4):55-62
- Elawad A. Hussein, M. Hair-Bejo, Abdul R. Omar, Siti S. Arshad, Homayoun Hani, Krishnan N. Balakrishnan, Yusuf Yakubu, Mohammed Ibrahim Saeed, Ideris Aini (2019). Velogenic Newcastle disease virus tissue tropism and pathogenesis of infection in chickens by application of in situ PCR, immunoperoxase staining and HE staining. Microbial Pathogenesis, 129: 213-223
- Yusuf Yakubu, Abdulmalik Bello Shuaibu, Aliyu Musawa Ibrahim, Ummukulthum Lawal Hassan and Raymond Junior Nwachukwu (2018). Risk of Shiga Toxigenic Escherichia coli O157:H7 Infection from Raw and Fermented Milk in Sokoto Metropolis, Nigeria. Journal of Pathogens, 1-5
- Ibrahim Ahmad, Caleb Ayuba Kudi, Mohammed Babashani, Umar Mohammed Chafe, Yusuf Yakubu and Aminu Shittu (2018). Tuberculosis in dromedary camels slaughtered in Nigeria: a documentation of lesions at postmortem, Tropical Animal Health and Production.
- I Ahmad, CA Kudi, M Abbas, Y Yakubu, U Muhammad & MD Salisu (2018). Human death from suspected rabid dog bite in Zamfara State, Nigeria. Sokoto Journal of Veterinary Sciences, 16(4): 92 – 95
- Ibrahim Ahmad, Caleb A. Kudi, Abdullahi A. Magaji, Yusuf Yakubu, Mansur D. Salisu, Samuel Shuaibu and Zaharadden M. Daninna (2018). Disseminated tuberculosis in a cow and a dromedary bull-camel in Zamfara State in Nigeria. Veterinary Medicine and Science. doi: 10.1002/vms3.132.
- Iliya Dauda Kwoji, Farouk Mohammad Tambuwal, Mikaeel Bala Abubakar, Yusuf Yakubu, Asinamai Athliamai Bitrus and Solomon Jauro (2017). Occurrence of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus in chickens and farm personnel in Sokoto, North-western Nigeria. Journal of Advanced Veterinary and Animal Research, 4(3): 255-260
- Hassan, U.L., Dhaliwal, G.K., Watanabe, M., Ong, B.L., Yakubu, Y. and Tay, S.T. (2017). Feline bartonellosis associated with some clinic-pathological conditions in a veterinary hospital in Selangor, Malaysia. Tropical Biomedicine, 34(1): 174-179
- Y. Yakubu, B. L. Ong, Z. Zakaria, L. Hassan, A. R. Mutalib, Y. F. Ngeow, K. Versahib and M. F. AbdulRazak. Evidence and Potential Risk Factors of Tuberculosis among Captive Asian Elephants and Wildlife Staff in Peninsular Malaysia (2016), Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 125: 147-153
- Y. Yakubu, B.L. Ong, M.M. Noordin, Z. Zakaria, K. Jayaseelan, R.S.K. Sharma, S. Sumita, M. Firdaus, Z. Kamarudin and Y.F. Ngeow (2014): Interstitial Pulmonary Fibrosis in a Malaysian Captive Asian Elephant (Elephas maximus). Jurnal Veterinar Malaysia, 26(2): 34-37
- B. L. Ong, Y. F. Ngeow, M. F. A. Abdul Razak, Y. Yakubu, Z. Zakaria, A. R. Mutalib, L. Hassan, H.F.Ng and K. Verasahib (2013): Tuberculosis in Captive Asian Elephants (Elephas maximus) in Peninsular Malaysia. Journal of Epidemiology and Infection, doi:10.1017/S0950268813000265
- Magaji A. A., Oboegbulem, S. I., Daneji, A. I.,Garba H. S., Salihu M. D.,Junaidu A. U., Mohammed, A. A., Lawal, M., Aminu, S., Yakubu Y., and Mamuda, A. (2011). Incidence of Hydatid Cyst Disease in Food Animals Slaughtered at Sokoto Central Abattoir, Sokoto State Nigeria. Veterinary World Journal, 4(5):197-200
- Y Yakubu, MD Salihu, OO Faleke, MB Abubakar, AU Junaidu, AA Magaji, ML Gulumbe & RM Aliyu (2012): Prevalence and antibiotic susceptibility of Listeria monocytogenes in raw milk from cattle herds within Sokoto metropolis, Nigeria. Sokoto Journal of Veterinary Sciences, 10(2): 13-17
Selected Projects
- Molecular epidemiology of antimicrobial resistant pathogens in humans, animals, and the environment: a one-health approach.
- Development of a prototype milk screening reagent for the detection of bovine subclinical mastitis using common detergents and Hibiscus sabdariffa petals (2022).
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