Partner study description

In collaboration with colleagues at the Navrongo Health Research Center, Lucas Amenga-Etego is investigating the genetic diversity and population structure of Plasmodium falciparum parasites collected in the Kassena-Nankana districts of Northern Ghana. P. falciparum isolates were sampled from individuals with a confirmed falciparum malarial fever. This study is contributing to the Plasmodium Diversity Network Africa (PDNA), an African-led network investigating the genetic diversity and drug resistance of Plasmodium parasites across Africa.

Publications

• Genomic epidemiology of artemisinin resistant malaria
  MalariaGEN P. falciparum Community Project
  eLife, 2016; 5 e08714
  10.7554/eLife.08714
• K13-propeller polymorphisms in Plasmodium falciparum parasites from sub-Saharan Africa
  Kamau et al.
  Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2015; 211(8) 1352-5
  10.1093/infdis/jiu608
• Monitoring parasite diversity for malaria elimination in sub-Saharan Africa
  Ghansah et al.
  Science, 2014; 345(6202) 1297-8
  10.1126/science.1259423