Partner study description

This study looks at samples collected from two sites in Ghana. The first is Lekma Hospital, Teshie, Accra; near the coast, an eastern suburb of Accra. Malaria transmission in Teshie is lower than at the other sites previously sampled in Ghana, such as Kintampo and Navrongo. The second is the municipal hospital at Hohoe in the Volta Region of Ghana, this is within a malaria endemic area with two seasonal peaks, a major wet season April to July and a minor one from September to November. Samples were also collected in Lagos State, Nigeria. The state has stable perennial but seasonal malaria transmission with high transmission in the wet season (April to October) and low transmission in the dry season (November to March).

Publications

• Phenotypic characterization of Ghanaian P. falciparum clinical isolates reveals a homogenous parasite population
  Thiam et al
  Frontiers Immunology, 2022; 13 1009252
  10.3389/fimmu.2022.1009252
• Analysis of Plasmodium falciparum Rh2b deletion polymorphism across different transmission areas
  Aniweh et al
  Scientific Reports, 2020; 10(1) 1498
  10.1038/s41598-020-58300-3
• Prevalence of chloroquine and antifolate drug resistance alleles in Plasmodium falciparum clinical isolates from three areas in Ghana
  Abugri et al
  AAS Open Research, 2018; 1 1
  10.12688/aasopenres.12825.2