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Lucas N. Amenga-Etego

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

Verified email at ug.edu.gh University of Ghana Google Scholar

CollegeCOLLEGE OF BASIC & APPLIED SC.
School / InstituteCOLLEGE OF BASIC & APPLIED SC.
DepartmentWEST AFRICA CENTRE FOR CROP IMPROVEMENT (WACCI) SECRETARIAT
MalariaPlasmodium falciparum population geneticsantimalarial drug resistancehuman genetics
Publications

172

Citations

7,138

H-index

35

i10-index

66

Publication activity
Publication statistics
Average citations
41.5
Most cited paper
780
First publication year
1900
Latest publication year
2026
Last updated
14 Sep 2026, 10:05
Publications

172 matching publications

PublicationYearJournalThematic areaCitations
Genetic architecture of artemisinin-resistant Plasmodium falciparum
O Miotto, R Amato, EA Ashley, B MacInnis, J Almagro-Garcia, ...
2015 Nature genetics 47 (3), 226-234, 2015 Engineering 780
Analysis of Plasmodium falciparum diversity in natural infections by deep sequencing
M Manske, O Miotto, S Campino, S Auburn, J Almagro-Garcia, G Maslen, ...
2012 Nature 487 (7407), 375-379, 2012 Agriculture 634
Multiple populations of artemisinin-resistant Plasmodium falciparum in Cambodia
O Miotto, J Almagro-Garcia, M Manske, B MacInnis, S Campino, ...
2013 Nature genetics 45 (6), 648-655, 2013 Natural Sciences 626
K13-Propeller Polymorphisms in Plasmodium falciparum Parasites From Sub-Saharan Africa
E Kamau, S Campino, L Amenga-Etego, E Drury, D Ishengoma, ...
2015 The Journal of infectious diseases 211 (8), 1352-1355, 2015 Agriculture 359
Genomic epidemiology of artemisinin resistant malaria
MalariaGEN Plasmodium falciparum Community Project
2016 elife 5, e08714, 2016 Health Sciences 332
Reappraisal of known malaria resistance loci in a large multicenter study
2014 Nature genetics 46 (11), 1197-1204, 2014 Health Sciences 283
Plasmodium malariae and P. ovale genomes provide insights into malaria parasite evolution
GG Rutledge, U Böhme, M Sanders, AJ Reid, JA Cotton, ...
2017 Nature 542 (7639), 101-104, 2017 Health Sciences 257
Whole genome sequencing of Plasmodium falciparum from dried blood spots using selective whole genome amplification
SO Oyola, CV Ariani, WL Hamilton, M Kekre, LN Amenga-Etego, ...
2016 Malaria journal 15 (1), 597, 2016 Health Sciences 222
H3Africa AWI-Gen Collaborative Centre: a resource to study the interplay between genomic and environmental risk factors for cardiometabolic diseases in four sub-Saharan African …
M Ramsay, N Crowther, E Tambo, G Agongo, V Baloyi, S Dikotope, ...
2016 Global health, epidemiology and genomics 1, e20, 2016 Health Sciences 203
An open dataset of Plasmodium falciparum genome variation in 7,000 worldwide samples
A Ahouidi, M Ali, J Almagro-Garcia, A Amambua-Ngwa, C Amaratunga, ...
2021 Wellcome open research 6, 42, 2021 Agriculture 197
Major subpopulations of Plasmodium falciparum in sub-Saharan Africa
A Amambua-Ngwa, L Amenga-Etego, E Kamau, R Amato, A Ghansah, ...
2019 Science 365 (6455), 813-816, 2019 Agriculture 191
A global network for investigating the genomic epidemiology of malaria
Project Management Committee Agbenyega Tsiri 2 Carucci Dan 36 Cook Katharine ...
2008 Nature 456 (7223), 732-737, 2008 Health Sciences 180
Admixture into and within sub-Saharan Africa
GBJ Busby, G Band, Q Si Le, M Jallow, E Bougama, VD Mangano, ...
2016 elife 5, e15266, 2016 Agriculture 179
Recent methodological advances in federated learning for healthcare
F Zhang, D Kreuter, Y Chen, S Dittmer, S Tull, T Shadbahr, M Schut, ...
2024 Patterns 5 (6), 2024 Agriculture 170
Seeking consent to genetic and genomic research in a rural Ghanaian setting: a qualitative study of the MalariaGEN experience
P Tindana, S Bull, L Amenga-Etego, J de Vries, R Aborigo, K Koram, ...
2012 BMC medical ethics 13 (1), 15, 2012 Health Sciences 157
Human candidate gene polymorphisms and risk of severe malaria in children in Kilifi, Kenya: a case-control association study
CM Ndila, S Uyoga, AW Macharia, G Nyutu, N Peshu, J Ojal, M Shebe, ...
2018 The Lancet Haematology 5 (8), e333-e345, 2018 Health Sciences 154
Insights into malaria susceptibility using genome-wide data on 17,000 individuals from Africa, Asia and Oceania
2019 Nature communications 10 (1), 5732, 2019 Health Sciences 153
Genomic and environmental risk factors for cardiometabolic diseases in Africa: methods used for Phase 1 of the AWI-Gen population cross-sectional study
SA Ali, C Soo, G Agongo, M Alberts, L Amenga-Etego, RP Boua, ...
2018 Global health action 11 (sup2), 1507133, 2018 Social Sciences 149
Pf7: an open dataset of Plasmodium falciparum genome variation in 20,000 worldwide samples
MMA Hamid, MH Abdelraheem, DO Acheampong, A Ahouidi, M Ali, ...
2023 Wellcome open research 8, 22, 2023 Agriculture 142
Molecular epidemiology of Plasmodium falciparum infections among asymptomatic inhabitants of a holoendemic malarious area in northern Ghana
S Owusu‐Agyei, T Smith, HP Beck, L Amenga‐Etego, I Felger
2002 Tropical Medicine & International Health 7 (5), 421-428, 2002 Health Sciences 112
Characterisation of the opposing effects of G6PD deficiency on cerebral malaria and severe malarial anaemia
GM Clarke, K Rockett, K Kivinen, C Hubbart, AE Jeffreys, K Rowlands, ...
2017 elife 6, e15085, 2017 Health Sciences 104
Integrated community case management of fever in children under five using rapid diagnostic tests and respiratory rate counting: a multi-country cluster randomized trial
D Mukanga, AB Tiono, T Anyorigiya, K Källander, AT Konaté, AR Oduro, ...
2012 The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 87 (5 Suppl), 21, 2012 Social Sciences 104
Pausing the fight against malaria to combat the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa: is the future of malaria bleak?
NN Nghochuzie, CO Olwal, AJ Udoakang, LNK Amenga-Etego, ...
2020 Frontiers in microbiology 11, 1476, 2020 Health Sciences 81
Socio-demographic and environmental determinants of infectious disease morbidity in children under 5 years in Ghana
DA Amugsi, RA Aborigo, AR Oduro, V Asoala, T Awine, L Amenga-Etego
2015 Global health action 8 (1), 29349, 2015 Health Sciences 72
Monitoring parasite diversity for malaria elimination in sub-Saharan Africa
A Ghansah, L Amenga-Etego, A Amambua-Ngwa, B Andagalu, T Apinjoh, ...
2014 Science 345 (6202), 1297-1298, 2014 Health Sciences 68