benjiechim@yahoo.com +27 (0) 31 260 3744
Background:
PhD student in Virology at the Nelson R. Mandela School of Medicine, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. My research interests are in understanding levels of primary HIV-1 drug resistant minority variants and their impact on antiretroviral treatment (ART). I would specifically want to determine how drug resistant minority variants detected using next generation sequencing platforms can be used to inform use of antiretroviral drugs in clinical practice, when initiating patients on ART. I am also interested in the use of bioinformatics for large scale data analysis in the field of molecular biology.
Affiliations:
KRISP - KwaZulu-Natal Research and Innovation Sequencing Platform, UKZN, Durban, South Africa.
Department of Virology, National Health Laboratory Service (NHLS), Durban, South Africa (PhD student).
Centre for AIDS Programme of Research (CAPRISA), South Africa (Research fellow).
Letten Foundation, Oslo University, Norway (Research fellow).
Reduced efficacy of HIV-1 integrase inhibitors in patients with drug resistance mutations in reverse transcriptase.
Siedner MJ, Moorhouse MA, Simmons B, de Oliveira T, Lessells R, Giandhari J, Kemp SA, Chimukangara B, Akpomiemie G, Serenata Cm, Venter WDF, HillA, Gupta RK, Nature Communications (2020), https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-19801-x:.
High Resolution analysis of Transmission Dynamics of Sars-Cov-2 in Two Major Hospital Outbreaks in South Africa Leveraging Intrahost Diversity.
San EJ, Ngcapu S, Kanzi A, Tegally H, Fonseca V, Giandhari J, Wilkinson E, Chimukangara B, Pillay S, Singh L, Fish M, Gazy I, Khanyile KS, Lessells R, de Oliveira T, medRxiv (2020), https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.11.15.20231993:.
Next Generation Sequencing and Bioinformatics Analysis of Family Genetic Inheritance.
Kanzi AM, San JE , Chimukangara B, Wilkinson E, Ramsuran V, de Oliveira T, Frontiers in Genetics (2020), 11: 1250, https://doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2020.544162:.
Impact of pretreatment low-abundance HIV-1 drug-resistant variants on virological failure among HIV-1/TB-co-infected individuals.
Chimukangara B, Giandhari J, Lessells J, Yende-Zuma N, Sartorius B, Samuel R, Khanyile KS, Stray-Pedersen B, Moodley P, Metzner KJ, Padayatchi N, Naidoo K, de Oliveira T, Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (2020), 75, 11:33193326, https://doi.org/10.1093/jac/dkaa343.
Whole Genome Sequencing of SARS-CoV-2: Adapting Illumina Protocols for Quick and Accurate Outbreak Investigation During a Pandemic.
Pillay S, Giandhari J, Tegally H, Wilkinson E, Chimukangara B, Lessells R, Mattison S, Moosa Y, Gazy I, Fish M, Singh L, Khanyile KS, Fonseca V, Giovanetti M, Alcantara LCJ, de Oliveira T, Genes (2020), doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/genes11080949:11(8), 949.
Early transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in South Africa: An epidemiological and phylogenetic report.
Giandhari J, Pillay S, Wilkinson E, Tegally H, Sinayskiy I, Schuld M, Lourenço J, Chimukangara B, Lessells R, Moosa Y, Gazy I, Fish M, Singh L, Khanyile KS, Fonseca V, Giovanetti M, Alcantara LCJ, Petruccione F, de Oliveira T, IJID (2020), doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2020.11.128:.
Trends in Pretreatment HIV-1 Drug Resistance in Antiretroviral Therapy-naive Adults in South Africa, 20002016: A Pooled Sequence Analysis.
Chimukangara B, Lessells RJ, Rhee S-Y, Giandhari J, Kharsany ABM, Naidoo K, Lewis L, Cawood C, Khanyile D, Ayalew KA, Diallo K, Samuel R, Hunt G, Vandormael A, Stray-Pedersen B, Gordon M, Makadzange T, Kiepiela P, Ramjee G, Ledwaba J, Kalimashe M, Morris L, Parikh UM, Mellors JW, Shafer RW, Katzenstein D, Moodley P, Gupta RK, Pillay D, Karim SSA, de Oliveira T, EClinicalMedicine (Lancet) (2019), DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eclinm.2019.03.006:.
Moderate to high levels of pre-treatment HIV drug resistance in KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa.
Chimukangara B, Kharsany AB, Lessells RJ, Naidoo K, Rhee SY, Manasa J, Gräf T, Lewis L, Cawood C, Khanyile D, Diallo K, Ayalew KA, Shafer R, Hunt G, Pillay D, Abdool SK, de Oliveira T, AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses (2019), https://doi.org/10.1089/AID.2018.0202:.
Recurrent tuberculosis among HIV-coinfected patients: a case series from KwaZulu-Natal.
Naidoo K, Dookie N, Naidoo K, Yende-Zuma N, Chimukangara B, Bhushan A, Govender D, Gengiah S, Padayatchi N, Infect Drug Resist (2018), 11:1413-1421.
Primary HIV-1 Drug Resistant Minority Variants.
Chimukangara B, Samuel R, Naidoo K, de Oliveira T, AIDS Reviews (2017), 19(2):[Epub ahead of print].
HIV drug resistance testing among patients failing second line antiretroviral therapy-Comparison of in-house and commercial sequencing.
Chimukangara B, Varyani B, Shamu T, Mutsvangwa J, Manasa J, White E, Chimbetete C, Luethy R, Katzenstein D, J Virol Methods (2016), pii: S0166-0934(16)30289-0: doi: 10.1016/j.jviromet.2016.11.010.
Clinical, Virologic, Immunologic Outcomes and Emerging HIV Drug Resistance Patterns in Children and Adolescents in Public ART Care in Zimbabwe.
Makadzange AT, Higgins-Biddle M, Chimukangara B, Birri R, Gordon M, Mahlanza T, McHugh G, van Dijk JH, Bwakura-Dangarembizi M, Ndung'u T, Masimirembwa C, Phelps B, Amzel A, Ojikutu BO, Walker BD, Ndhlovu CE, PLoS One (2015), 10(12):DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0144057
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Drug resistance mutations from whole blood proviral DNA among patients on antiretroviral drugs in Zimbabwe.
Chimukangara B, Gwanzura G, Mitchell R, Katzenstein D, Masimirembwa C , Curr HIV Res (2014), 12(5):309-16.
KRISP produces over 1000 HIV-1 genomes in record time - SAMRC Press Release - 2020-12-03
NextStrain & Genome Detective Workshop, KRISP, Durban, South Africa, 24-25 January 2019 - KRISP & Univ. of Basel - 2019-01-24
A dire need to cultivate entrepreneurship and innovation in SA - Sunday Tribune - 2018-04-01
How a team of scientists worked tirelessly to help the COVID-19 response in Africa - YouTube - 2020-08-23
KRISP labs are ready to work on the coronavirus epidemic response in Africa! - YouTube - 2020-03-23
Coronavirus war room launched at UKZN with KRISP support in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - YouTube - 2020-03-05
SPARK Global, 7th Annual Biomedical Innovation and Entrepreneurship Training Course - by Benjamin Chimukangara - 2019-10-01
Meeting of the Swiss, Swedes and South Africans minds - by Nicolette Crozier, Benjamin Chimukangara, Veron Ramsuran - 2017-07-25
KRISP has been created by the coordinated effort of the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN), the Technology Innovation Agency (TIA) and the South African Medical Research Countil (SAMRC).
Location: K-RITH Tower Building
Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine, UKZN
719 Umbilo Road, Durban, South Africa.
Director: Prof. Tulio de Oliveira