Dr Clement Maseko A.
Assistant Director Staff
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NAME: Meseko A. Clement
POSITION/TITLE: (Assistant Director) /Dr.
DEPARTMENT/DIVISION: Regional Lab for Animal Influenza & TADs
Summary of education and qualification:
DVM - Ahmadu Bello university, Zaria1997
M.Sc (Virology) - University of Ibadan, Ibadan 2006
PhD - (Virology) - University of Ibadan, Ibadan 2014
Personal Statement
I am a Veterinarian with a PhD degree in Virology and have been involved in animal and public health interventions for over 20 years through diagnosis, treatment and control of economic and zoonotic diseases. I employ epidemiological skill, classical virology and molecular diagnostic techniques in diverse and multi-disciplinary sectors ranging from industry, field and veterinary/public health laboratories in many nations.
Specifically, I have worked for five years as Company Representative and Territory Manager in Pfizer Animal health PLC and Merial-Turner Wright Ltd delivering animal health drugs and anti-infective to livestock farmers in Nigeria. I have field experience and insights on common livestock and zoonotic diseases including the needs, problems and behaviours at the human-animal interface. The last 15 years, has been devoted to laboratory diagnostic networks and control of infectious diseases of livestock and zoonoses in Nigeria, Italy, USA and Germany. I have been involved in the investigation, diagnosis and control of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) as well as Swine Influenza Virus (Pandemic influenza Virus) and other infectious diseases of high consequence such as rabies and poxvirus infections with published outcomes.
As a virologist with linkages in the academic, I also train and mentor young professionals for the advancement knowledge, skills and practice. My networks are broad and diverse leveraging on stakeholders in the industry, institutions, governments, developmental and public health agencies including the FAO-OIE (OFFLU), WHO, CDC, EcoHealth, Physicians-Across-Continents, FMARD/DV&PCS, NAFDAC etc.
In the quest for discovery, I avail myself of research and service opportunities in multi and interdisciplinary sectors of animal and human health interventions. Devoted to teamwork for achieving excellence and positive impact on the society through the identification, treatment and control of infectious diseases and potential pandemic infections in the concept of One Health.
Positions and Honors:
2020-Present Assistant Director (AD)
2015-2020 Chief Veterinary Research Officer/Principal Investigator, NVRI Vom
2016-2018 Research Fellow-Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Insel Riems Germany
2008-2016 Principal Vet. Research Officer, NVRI, Vom Nigeria
2003-2008 Veterinary Research Officer, NVRI, Vom Nigeria
2001-2003 Territory Manager - Merial/Turner Wright LTD, Lagos Nigeria
1998-2001 Field Technical Representative-Pfizer Animal Health, Lagos Nigeria
Professional Membership
2018 Member, Assoc. of German-Nigerian Excellence in Science (AGNES)
2018 Member, Association of Public Health Veterinarians - Nigeria
2018 Member, Royal Society for Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
2013 Member, American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
2013 Member, International Society for Influenza and other Resp. Viruses
1998 Member, Nigerian Veterinary Medical Association
1998 Member, Nigeria Conservation Foundation
Honors and Awards
2018 5th One Health Congress, Travel Grant Saskatoon, Canada
2016 Alexander von Humboldt Postdoctoral Research Award, Germany
2016 Global Health Travel Grant Award, South Africa
2016 4th One Health Congress, Melbourne Australia
2015 Research Training Grant on Bats ecology, South Africa- RSTMH, UK
2014 Eco-Health Research Exchange Grant, USGS Wildlife Health , USA
2013 American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Travel Award
2013 CDC, Influenza Serology and Pandemic Preparedness Training, USA
2013 Global Health Travel Award, Brazil
2013 International Society for Influenza & Other Resp Viruses -Travel Award
2013 Prince Mahidol Award Conference, 2nd One Health Congress, Thailand
2012 Robert S. McNamara- World Bank Fellowship, Washington DC USA
2009 National Institute of Health (NIH) and Fogarty International USA
Selected Peer-reviewed Publications
1. Clement Meseko, Anja Globig, Jeremiah Ijomanta, Tony Joannis, Chika Nwosuh, David Shamaki, Timm Harder, Donata Hoffman, Anne Pohlmann, Martin Beer, Thomas Mettenleiter & Elke Starick: Evidence of exposure of domestic pigs to Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza H5N1 in Nigeria. In: Scientific Reports. 8:5900, 2018, p. DOI:10.1038/s41598-018-24371-6
2. Poonam Sharma, Lindsay F Killmaster, Jeremy D Volkening, Stivalis Cardenas-Garcia, Ismaila Shittu, Clement A Meseko, Lanre K Sulaiman, Tony M Joannis, Patti J Miller, Claudio L Afonso: Draft Genome Sequences of Five Novel Ochrobactrum spp. Isolated from Different Avian Hosts in Nigeria. In: Genome announcements. 6 (11), 2018, p. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00063-18
3. Kumar B, Asha K, Khanna M, Ronsard L, Meseko CA, Sanicas M. The emerging influenza virus threat: status and new prospects for its therapy and control. Arch Virol. 2018 Jan 10. doi: 10.1007/s00705-018-3708-y. PMID: 29322273
4. A Laleye, T Joannis, I Shittu, C Meseko, G Zamperin, A Milani, B Zecchin et al. A two-year monitoring period of the genetic properties of clade 2.3. 2.1 c H5N1 viruses in Nigeria reveals the emergence and co-circulation of distinct genotypes. Infection, Genetics and Evolution, 2018. p. 57, 98-105
5. Stefania Leopardi, Daniel Oluwayelu, Clement Meseko, Sabrina Marciano, Luca Tassoni, Solomon Bakarey, Isabella Monne, Giovanni Cattoli, Paola De Benedictis (2016). The close genetic relationship of lineage D Betacoronavirus from Nigerian and Kenyan straw-colored fruit bats (Eidolon helvum) is consistent with the existence of a single epidemiological unit across sub-Saharan Africa. Virus genes 52(4): 573-577
6. Ismaila Shittu, Clement Meseko, Dorcas Gado, Kayode Olawuyi, Chinoyerem Chinyere, Emmanuel Anefu, Ponman Solomon, Philip Okewole, David Shamaki, Tony Joannis.: Highly pathogenic avian influenza (H5N1) in Nigeria in 2015: evidence of widespread circulation of WA2 clade 2.3.2.1c. In: Archives of Virology. 21, 2016, p. DOI: 10.1007/s00705-016-3149-4
7. Tassoni Lucas, Alice Fusaro, Adelaide Milani, Philippe Lemey, Joseph Awuni, Victoria Sedor, Otilia Dogbey, A. Commey, Clement Meseko, Tony Joannis, Germaine Minoungou, Sielasina Ouattara, A. Haido, D. Cisse-Aman, Emmanuel Couacy-Hymann, Gwenaelle Dauphin, Giovanni Cattoli, Isabella Monne : Genetically Different Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N1) Viruses in West Africa, 2015. In: Emerging Infectious Diseases. 22(12), 2016, p. doi; 10.3201/eid2212.160578.
8. Isabella Monne, Clement Meseko, Tony Joannis, Ismaila Shittu, Mohammed Ahmed, Lucas Tassoni, Alice Fusaro, Giovanni Cattoli.: Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A (H5N1) Virus in Poultry, Nigeria, 2015. In: Emerging Infectious Disease. 21(7), 2015, p. 1275 - 1277.
9. Clement Adebajo Meseko, Adeniyi Olugbenga Egbetade, Shamsudeen Fagbo (2015). Ebola virus disease control in West Africa: an ecological, one health approach, Pan African Medical Journal. 2015; 21:6 doi:10.11604/pamj.2015.21.6.6587)
10. Olatunde Akanbi, Clement Meseko, Christiana Odita, Ismail Shittu, Amos Rimfa, Dominic Ugbe, Luka Pam, Dorcas Gado, Kayode Olawuyi, Bawa Mohammed, I. Kyauta, Niyi Bankole, W. Ndahi, Tony Joannis, Mohammed Ahmed, Philip Okewole, David Shamaki: Epidemiology and clinicopathological manifestation of resurgent highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (H5N1) virus in Nigeria, 2015. In: Nigerian Veterinary Journal. 37 (3), 2016, p. 175 - 186.
11. Tope Coker, Clement Meseko, Georgina Odaibo, David Olaleye: Circulation of the low pathogenic avian influenza subtype H5N2 virus in ducks at a live bird market in Ibadan, Nigeria. In: Infectious Disease of Poverty. 3(1):38, 2014, p. doi: 10,1186/2049-9957-3-38.
12. Clement Meseko, David Olaleye, Ilara Capua, Giovanni Cattoli: Swine influenza in sub-Saharan Africa- current knowledge and emerging insights. In: Zoonoses and Public Health. 61(4), 2014, p. 229 - 237.
Contact Email:
clement.meseko@nvri.ng.gov
cameseko@yahoo.com
