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Dr Mohammed Yahaya

Brief Biography

Born in 1982 from Katsina State. He has his basic medical degree (MBBS) from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria in 2007 and a master’s in public health from the same institution in 2018. He has his residency training in Medical Microbiology at University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital, Borno State with Fellowship of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine from the National Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria and West African College of Physicians respectively in 2015. He is a certified international Field Epidemiologist with over fifty academic publications/conference proceedings. He is also a consultant with the teaching hospital. He is happily married with five children.

Area of specialization: Clinical Microbiologist
Email:mohammed.yahaya1@udusok.edu.ng
Phone:+2348036867478

List of Selected Publications

  • Mohammed Yahaya, Galalain Salma Muhammad. Global Innovation in Measles Vaccine Delivery: Focus on Sub-Saharan Africa. Annals of Basic and Medical Sciences 2020; 1(1): 13-18.
  • Medugu N, Nwajiobi-Princewill PI, Shettima SA, Mohammed MM, Mohammed Y, Wariso K, et al. A mini- national surveillance study of resistance profiles of Staphylococcus aureus isolated from clinical specimens across hospitals in Nigeria. Niger J Clin Pract 2021; 24:225-32.
  • Tanko Nuhu, Eugene Ong Boon Beng, Rebecca Olajumoke Bolaji, Tolulope Adebola Olayinka, Busayo Olalekan Olayinka, Mohammed Yahaya. Antimicrobial resistant and virulence genes profiles of some Gram-negative bacteria from clinical isolates at Usmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital, Sokoto, Nigeria. J Pre Clin Res 2020;14(2):52–57. Available from DOI:
  • Ahmed Olowo-okere, Yakubu Kokori, Enevene Ibrahim, Busayo Olalekan Olayinka, Joseph Olorunmola Ehinmidu, Yahaya Mohammed. Phenotypic and genotypic characterization of clinical carbapenems resistant Enterobacteriaceae isolates from Sokoto, northwest Nigeria New Microbes and New Infections, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nmni.2020.100727.
  • Murtala Muhammad Ahmad, Yahaya Mohammed, Nma Muhammed Jiya, Baba Jibrin, Sabitu Muhammad Zainu, Joy Fatima Legbo, Fatima Abubakar and Ahmed Kolawole Jimoh. Fatal Human Babesiosis in a Nine-Year Old Nigerian Girl. International Journal of Tropical Disease & Health 2020;41(10): 26-30; 58792.
  • Hussaini I.M., Olonitola O.S., Suleiman A.B. and Mohammed, Y. Occurrence of Carbapenemases among Klebsiella pneumoniae and Escherichia coli isolates from Selected Hospitals In Zaria. Nig Journ Pharm Sci 2019: 18(1); 64-72.
  • Bello Abdullahi Suleiman, Mohammed Yahaya, F. A. Olaniyan, A. G. Sule and M. B. Sufiyan. Determinants of health-related quality of life among human immunodeficiency virus positive (HIV-positive) patients at Ahmadu Bello University teaching hospital, Zaria, Nigeria- 2015. BMC Public Health 2020: 20:531. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-020-08659-9.
  • Zainu Sabitu Muhammad, Mohammed Yahaya, et al. Utility of Sunflower Agar for Laboratory Detection of Cryptococcus neoformans. Annals of Tropical Pathology 2019; 10 (2): 145-149. E-ISSN : 2635-3938; Print-ISSN : 2251-0060.
  • Saratu BM, Mohammed Y, et al. Prevalence of genital Chlamydia trachomatis infection among patients attending a gynecological clinic in a tertiary hospital. Sahel Med J 2019;22:188-93.
  • Zainu SM, Mohammed Yahaya, et al. Autonomous Neural Inflammatory Reflex And Control Of Innate Immunity: Toward Innovative Treatment Of Uncontrolled Inflammation.Jos Journal of Medicine 2019; 11(1): 35-42.
  • Baffa Sule Ibrahim, Rabi Usman, Yahaya Mohammed, et al. Burden of measles in Nigeria: a five-year review of case-based surveillance data, 2012-2016. Pan African Medical Journal 2019;32(1):5. [doi: 10.11604/pamj.supp.2019.32.1.13564] Available online at: https://www.panafrican-med-journal.com/content/series/32/1/5/full
  • Khadijat O Isezuo, Usman M Sani, Usman M Waziri, Bilkisu I Garba, Yahaya Mohammed, Lukman K Coker, Monsurat A Falaye. Acute Rheumatic Fever Presenting With Severe Epistaxis in A Child in Sokoto, Nigeria. Int J Cardiovasc Res 2020, 9:3
  • Ahmed Olowo-okerea, Yakubu Kokori Enevene Ibrahim, Busayo Olalekan Olayinka, Joseph Olorunmola Ehinmidu, Yahaya Mohammed, et al. First whole genome sequence of Paenalcaligenes suwonensis bearing blaVIM-5. Metallo-β-lactamase: A clinical isolate responsible for acute gastroenteritis. Infection, Genetics and Evolution 85(2020)104513.
  • Mohammed M. Manga, Adeola Fowotade and Mohammed Yahaya (May 2nd 2019). Chapter on ‘Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Infection in Males: A Need for More Awareness’; in the book titled ‘Current Perspectives in Human Papillomavirus’; Shailendra K. Saxena, IntechOpen, DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.84303. Registered in England and Wales No. 11086078. ISBN 978-953-51-6540-8. Available from: https://www.intechopen.com/books/current-perspectives-in-human-papillomavirus/human-papillomavirus-hpv-infection-in-males-a-need-for-more-awareness.
  • Mohammed K, Gulma MK, Yahaya M, et al. Prevalence of Intestinal Parasitic Infections among Patients Attending Usmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital, Sokoto, Nigeria. Asian Journal of Research in Infectious Diseases 2019; 2(1): 1-9. Article no. AJRID.42364. DOI: 10.9734/AJRID/2019/42364.
  • Hassan Abdulsamad, Oche M. Oche, Mansur O. Raji, Yahaya Mohammed. Prevalence and factors associated with treatment adherence among patients on highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) in Specialist Hospital, Sokoto, Nigeria. International Archives of Medical and Health Research 2019; 1(2): 22-28. https://doi.org/10.33515/iamhr/2019.007/7. Available from http://www.cintarch.org/iamhr-home.
  • Mohammed Y, Olayinka AT, Giwa FJ, Abubakar AA. Prevalence and factors associated with cryptococcosis among human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients of a tertiary hospital in Northwestern Nigeria. Ann Trop Pathol 2019; 10: 52-8. DOI: 10.4103/atp.atp_62_18. ISSN 2251-0060.
  • Kabir Abdullahi, Yahaya Mohammed, Saddiku A. Sahabi, Mahmood M. Dalhat. Coexistence of Kaposi sarcoma and Molluscum contagiosum on the same site in a HIV-AIDS patient: A very rare occurrence. Afr J Lab Med 2019;8(1), a747. https://doi.org/10.4102/ajlm.v8i1.747. ISSN: (Online) 2225-2010, (Print) 2225-2002.
  • Baffa S. Ibrahim, Yahaya Mohammed, Rabi Usman, Aisha Abubakar and Patrick Nguku. Burden and Trend of Measles in Nigeria: Five-year Review Case-base Surveillance Data. Online Journal of Public Health Informatics. ISDS Annual Conference Proceedings 2018. (Published abstract).
  • Umar Shittu, Mohammed Yahaya, Sunusi Liadi, Maryam S. A.3, Umma Sada. Analysis of Common Gene Expression Pattern from Human Tuberculosis Microarray Data in The R Pakage. IOSR Journal of Biotechnology and Biochemistry (IOSR-JBB) 2018; 4(1): 42-47. ISSN: 2455-264X
  • Mohammed Y, Zailani SB, Onipede AO, Galadima BG, Ibrahim BS, Manga MM, et al. Comparison of three phenotypic methods for the screening of carbapenem resistance among clinical isolates of Enterobacteriaceae. Sub-Saharan Afr J Med 2018;5:10-4.ISSN 2384-5147.DOI: 10.4103/ssajm.ssajm_4_17.
  • unusa, E.U., Oche, M.O., Yahaya, M.,Isah, B.A., Abdullahi, Z., Kareem, A.E.,et al. Assessment of Knowledge and Practice of Household Water Purification and Storage Techniques among Residents of Sokoto North Local Government Area, Sokoto State, Nigeria.International Journal of Current Research2018; 10(10): 74392-74396. ISSN: 0975-833X.DOI: https://doi.org/10.24941/ijcr.32599.10.2018.
  • Yahaya Mohammed, Aaron O. Aboderin, Iruka N. Okeke, Adebola T. Olayinka. Antimicrobial resistance of Vibrio cholerae from sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review. African Journal of Laboratory Medicine 2018;7(2), a778. ISSN: (Online) 2225-2010, (Print) 2225-2002. Available fromhttps://doi.org/10.4102/ajlm. v7i2.778.
  • Kaoje AU, Mohammed Y, Raji MO, Bala HS, Garba S, Garba HM and Ango UM. Public Awareness, Knowledge and Vaccination Status against Hepatitis B Infection among Residents of Sokoto Metropolis – Nigeria. J Hepat Res 2018; 4(1): 1035.ISSN: 2381-9057.
  • Aminu U Kaoje, Mohammed Yahaya, Mansur O Raji, Salisu M Hadiza, Adenekan Sylvanus, Tijjani M Musa. Drinking water quality, sanitation and hygiene practices in a rural community of Sokoto State, Nigeria.International Journal of Medical Science and Public Health Online 2018; 8(1): 78 – 85. DOI: 10.5455/ijmsph.2019.0824324102018. Available from Website: http://www.ijmsph.com.
  • Yahaya Mohammed, Baffa Sule Ibrahim, Salma Muhammad Galalain, Mahmoud M. Dalhat, Patrick Nguku. Antimicrobial resistance surveillance system in Nigeria: Suggested models. Sahel Med J 2018; 21:179-80. ISSN 1118-8561DOI: 10.4103/smj.smj_17_17.
  • Khadijat O. Isezuo, Usman M. Sani, Usman M. Waziri, Bilkisu I. Garba, Yahaya Mohammed, Joy F. Legbo, Nazish P. Aquil, Fatima I. Abubakar and Memuna Omar. Ecthyma gangrenosum on the face of a malnourished child with Pseudomonas sepsis: Simulating Cancrum oris. Afr J Lab Med 2018;7(1), a756. ISSN: (Online) 2225-2010, (Print) 2225-2002. Available from https://doi.org/10.4102/ajlm. v7i1.756.
  • Ashiru Ladan Argungu, Constance O. Shehu, Mohammed Yahaya. Association of Genital Infection and Premature Rupture of Fetal Membranes in a Tertiary Hospital, Northwest Nigeria. Tropical Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology 2017; 34(1). Official Publication of Gynaecology and Obstetrics of Nigeria (SOGON).
  • Mohammed Yahaya, Ibrahim Baffa Sule, Kaoje Aminu Umar, Mohammed Mohammed Manga. Antibiotic Resistance: The post antibiotic era is nearer than we expected! Caliphate Medical Journal 2017; 5(1 & 2): 408-409. ISSN: 2346-7193 (Print) and 2346-7207 (Online).
  • Zainab Datti Ahmed, Ibrahim Baffa Sule, Mohammed Lukman Abolaji, Yahaya Mohammed, Patrick Nguku. The Knowledge and utilization of contraceptive devices among unmarried undergraduate students of a tertiary institution in Kano State, Nigeria 2016. The Pan African Medical Journal 2017; 26:103. doi:10.11604/pamj.2017.26.103.11436. ISSN 1937-8688. Available online at: http://www.panafrican-med-journal.com/content/article/26/103/full.
  • Yahaya Mohammed, Sambo B. Zailani, Anthony O. Onipede, Galadima B. Gadzama, Baffa Sule Ibrahim. Predictors for the Acquisition of Carbapenem Resistance Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) from a Teaching Hospital of Northeastern Nigeria. Journal of Medical Sciences and Clinical Research 2017; 5(3): 18654-18659. ISSN (e)-2347-176x, ISSN (p) 2455-0450.
  • Galalain S.M., Bandiya H.M., Galalain A.M., and Mohammed Y. A Review on The Epidemiology and Burden of Neglected Tropical Diseases. Sokoto Journal of Medical Laboratory Sciences 2017;2(1): 49-57.ISSN: 2536-7153.
  • Mohammed Yahaya, Kaoje Aminu Umar, Jiya Fatima Bello, Bello Abubakar Gwandu, Yusuf Tahir, Ibrahim Baffa Sule, Jimoh Ahmed Kolawale, Raji M.O., Ango U.M., Nakakana Usman Nasir. Descriptive analysis of Measles cases seen in a Tertiary Health Facility in Sokoto, Northwest Nigeria – implication of disease eradication. Global J of Med and PH 2017; 6(2): 1-7.ISSN 2277–9604 (Electronic Version).
  • Abdulhadi D. Saidu, Karima A. Tunau, Abubakar A. Panti, Emmanuel I. Nwobodo, Yahaya Mohammed, Jamila Amin, Jamila A. Garba. Effect of hormonal and copper IUDs on genital microbial colonisation and clinical outcomes in North-Western Nigeria. International Journal of Reproduction, Contraception, Obstetrics and Gynecology2017; 6(6): 1-5. pISSN 2320-1770 | eISSN 2320-1789.
  • Ibrahim Baffa Sule, Mohammed Yahaya, Abubakar Ahmed Aisha, Ahmed Datti Zainab, Bajoga Ummulkhulthum, Patrick Nguku. Descriptive epidemiology of a cholera outbreak in Kaduna State, Northwest Nigeria, 2014.The Pan African Medical Journal 2017;27:172. ISSN 1937-8688.
  • Z. Abdullahi, K. J. Awosan, M. T. O. Ibrahim, M. Yahaya and A. M. Nauzo. Knowledge, Risk Perception, Protective Practices and Pattern of Accidental Exposures to Hazards of Healthcare Wastes among Workers in Primary Healthcare Centers in Sokoto, Nigeria.Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research2017; 23(9): 1-11.ISSN: 2456-8899.
  • Kaoje AU, Mohammed Yahaya, Raji M Olayinka, Sanusi Hauwau, Jibril Abubakar,Aliyu H Ambursa. Prevalence of vaccine preventable diseases and utilization of routine immunizations services by parents of under-one children in a semi – urban community of Sokoto State, Nigeria.Global Journal of Medicine and Public Health 2017; 6 (4) 1 - 10. ISSN: 2277-9604.
  • Abdulhadi Diyo Saidu, Karima Abubakar Tunau, Abubakar Abubakar Panti, Emmanuel Ikechukwu Nwobodo, Yahaya Mohammed, Jamila Amin, Shafaatu Haruna Shinkafi, Jamila Abubakar Garba. Comparison of genital microbial isolates between intrauterine contraceptive device users and nonusers in Sokoto, Nigeria. Tropical Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology 2017; 34:234-9.ISSN 0189-5117.
  • Aminu Umar Kaoje, Umar Mohammed, Yahaya Mohammed, Umar Ibrahim, Samira Alhassan, Augustine Obi, Mansur Olayinka Raji, Umar Mohammed Ango.Quality of Medical Laboratory Services in a Tertiary Health Institution in Sokoto, Nigeria. International Journal of Medical Laboratory 2017;4(4):246-259.Print ISSN: 2423-3706, Online ISSN: 2423-3714.
  • Yahaya M, Sambo BZ, Anthony OO, Galadima BG, Mohammed MM, Baffa SI, Salma Muhammad G. Determination of the antimicrobial susceptibility pattern of Enterobacteriaceae in a tertiary health center of northeastern Nigeria. Kanem Journal of Medical Sciences 2016;(10)2:55-60. ISSN: 2006 – 4776
  • Yahaya Mohammed, Galadima Bala Gadzama, Sambo Bello Zailani, Aaron Oladipo Aboderin. Characterization of extended spectrum beta lactamase from clinical isolates of Escherichia coli and Klebsiella species from a teaching hospital in north-eastern, Nigeria. Journal of Clinical Diagnosis and Research 2016; 10(2):7-10. ISSN online: ISSN - 0973-709X, ISSN Print: 2249-782X.(PUBMED INDEXED)
  • Aminu U. Kaoje, Mohammed Yahaya, Anas A. Sabir, Mansur O. Raji, Saad Abdulmumin, Ango U. Mohammed. Awareness, Knowledge and Misconceptions of Ebola virus disease among residents of a rural community in Sokoto, Northwest Nigeria. Annals of Tropical Medicine and Public Health 2016; 9(2):105-111. ISSN 1755-6783.
  • Mohammed Y, Gadzama GB, Zailani SB, Abubakar AA, Dalhat M, Ibrahim BS, Olufemi AA, Bajoga U, Nguku P. Determination of the antimicrobial susceptibility pattern of extended spectrum beta lactamase (ESBL) producing and the non-ESBL producing strains of Escherichia coli. African Journal of Clinical and Experimental Microbiology 2016; 17(2):125-129. ISBN 1595-689X.
  • Mohammed Mohammed Manga, Adeola Fowotade, Saleh Yuguda, Girei Ahmed Iya, Mohammed Yahaya, Yakubu Munkaila Sheriff, Omoruyi Ewean Chukwuma, Ibrahim Musa Yola, Rasheed Ajani Bakare. Serosurvey of Human T-cell Lymphotrophic Virus I/II among blood donors in Gombe (Nigeria). International Journal of Blood Transfusion and Immunohematology 2016; 6:12-19. ISSN 2230-9020.
  • Ibrahim B. Sule, G.Gana, Mohammed Y, U.Bajoga, O.Abayomi, S. Abdullahi, H.B. Ayanleke, S. Gidado, AA. Abubakar. Outbreak of Measles in Sokoto State North-western Nigeria, Three Months After a Supplementary Immunization Campaign: An Investigation Report. Australian Medical Journal 2016;9(8): 324-335. ISBN 1836-1935.
  • Ibrahim Baffa Sule, I.B. Wada, A.A. Abubakar, A.H. Adamu, H.S. Fagge, Y. Mohammed, S.A Ibrahim, Z.D Ahmed, S.B Abba, M.S Balogun, P. Nguku, P. Nsubuga. Outbreak of a Highly Virulent Lassa Fever Virus in Kano State, Nigeria: An Investigation Report 2015-2016. International Journal of Scientific & Engineering Research 2017; 8(1): 613-619. ISSN 2229-5518.The Journal site link:http://www.ijser.org/onlineResearchPaperViewer.aspx?Outbreak-of-a-Highly-Virulent-Lassa-Fever-Virus-in-Kano-State-Nigeria-An Investigation-Report-2015-2016.pdf
  • Yahaya Mohammed, Sambo Bello Zailani, Galadima Bala Gadzama, Kasimu Saidu. Perception of final year medical students about the choice of Medical Microbiology as a specialty. Orient Journal of Medicine 2015; 27(1-2): 28-33. ISSN: 1115-0521.
  • Abdurrahman MB, Saidu K, Mohammed Y. The choice of chemical pathology as a specialty among final year medical students. Caliphate Medical Journal 2015; 3(1-2):231-234. ISSN: 2346-7193.
  • Mohammed Y, Ibrahim BA, Kuburi IS. The Growing Challenge of Plasmid mediated AMP-C producing Gram Negative Bacteria. Arid Medical Journal 2015; 2(1): 32-37. ISSN 2384-7581.
  • Yahaya Mohammed, Sambo B. Zailani, Anthony O. Onipede. Characterization of KPC, NDM and VIM Type Carbapenem Resistance Enterobacteriaceae from North Eastern Nigeria. Journal of Biosciences and Medicines 2015; 3: 100-107. ISSN Print: 2327-5081, ISSN Online: 2327-509X.
  • 78. Yahaya Mohammed, Aishatu Baba Shettima, Kellu Bukar Ali, Batula Bishara Daggash. The need for establishing Antibiotic Stewardship programme in Nigeria. Arid Medical Journal 2014; 1(1): 40-44. ISSN 2384-7581.
  • Tahir Chubado, Terna-Yawe H. Edith, Nggadda A. Haruna, Galadima G. Bala, Mohammed Yahaya, Kefas M. Mbaya. Leprosy-HIV/AIDS co-infection in a Nigerian Male presenting with leg ulcer: Archives of International Surgery 2014; 4(2): 124-126. ISSN: 2278-9596 (A Case report).
  • Ibrahim SM, Mohammed B, Mohammed Y, Audu BM, Ibrahim HA. Prevalence of vaginal Candidiasis among pregnant women with abnormal vaginal discharge in Maiduguri. Nigerian Journal of Medicine 2013; 22(2): 138-142. ISSN 1115-2613.
  • Zailani SB, Gabdo AH, Bukbuk DN, Y Mohammed, Jibrin Y, Tahir A, Lasan B.A, Danlami DY. Detection rates of Ziehl-nelseen Staining Technique and Flouroscent Microscopy in the examination of Sputum for Acid fast bacilli. Borno Medical Journal 2012; 9(2):27-30. PRINT ISSN: 0189-9422, ONLINE ISSN: 2437-1734.