Martin Antonio

Antonio joined the Medical Research Council (the Gambia, MRCG) in 2005, where he set up the molecular biology research group.^[3] His research develops molecular diagnostics for tropical infections. He has led several multi-national research projects to better understand the causes and prevalence of pneumonia and diarrhoea.^[4] His research group developed large disease surveillance platforms across Africa, and became the World Health Organization Reference Laboratory for Pneumococcal Disease.^{[citation needed]}

In 2016, Antonio started working with the WHO on an outbreak of meningitis in Ghana. He leveraged the Medical Research Council (the Gambia) to identify the causative pathogens.^{[citation needed]} In 2020 he was elected Fellow of the African Academy of Sciences.^[1]

• Catherine Satzke; Paul Turner; Anni Virolainen-Julkunen; et al. (1 December 2013). "Standard method for detecting upper respiratory carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae: updated recommendations from the World Health Organization Pneumococcal Carriage Working Group". Vaccine. 32 (1): 165–179. doi:10.1016/J.VACCINE.2013.08.062. ISSN 0264-410X. PMID 24331112. Wikidata Q38170603.
• F. Gibson; J. Walsh; P. Mburu; et al. (2 March 1995). "A type VII myosin encoded by the mouse deafness gene shaker-1". Nature. 374 (6517): 62–64. doi:10.1038/374062A0. ISSN 1476-4687. PMID 7870172. Wikidata Q28512902.
• Bouke C de Jong; Martin Antonio; Sebastien Gagneux (28 September 2010). "Mycobacterium africanum--review of an important cause of human tuberculosis in West Africa". PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 4 (9): e744. doi:10.1371/JOURNAL.PNTD.0000744. ISSN 1935-2735. PMC 2946903. PMID 20927191. Wikidata Q21144526.