Lucas N. Amenga-Etego
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
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
Publication activity
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Publications
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| Publication | Year | Journal | Thematic area | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genetic diversity of SARS-CoV-2 infections in Ghana from 2020-2021 CM Morang’a, JM Ngoi, J Gyamfi, DSY Amuzu, BD Nuertey, PM Soglo, ... |
2022 | Nature Communications 13 (1), 2494, 2022 | Agriculture | 61 |
| Drug resistance and vaccine target surveillance of Plasmodium falciparum using nanopore sequencing in Ghana ST Girgis, E Adika, FE Nenyewodey, DK Senoo Jnr, JM Ngoi, K Bandoh, ... |
2023 | Nature microbiology 8 (12), 2365-2377, 2023 | Health Sciences | 58 |
| The biology of unconventional invasion of Duffy-negative reticulocytes by Plasmodium vivax and its implication in malaria epidemiology and public health L Golassa, L Amenga-Etego, E Lo, A Amambua-Ngwa |
2020 | Malaria journal 19 (1), 299, 2020 | Health Sciences | 56 |
| Plasmodium malariae, current knowledge and future research opportunities on a neglected malaria parasite species EC Oriero, L Amenga-Etego, DS Ishengoma, A Amambua-Ngwa |
2021 | Critical reviews in microbiology 47 (1), 44-56, 2021 | Health Sciences | 55 |
| Machine learning approaches classify clinical malaria outcomes based on haematological parameters CM Morang’a, L Amenga–Etego, SY Bah, V Appiah, DSY Amuzu, ... |
2020 | BMC medicine 18 (1), 375, 2020 | Health Sciences | 55 |
| Highlights on the application of genomics and bioinformatics in the fight against infectious diseases: challenges and opportunities in Africa SY Bah, CM Morang’a, JA Kengne-Ouafo, L Amenga–Etego, ... |
2018 | Frontiers in genetics 9, 575, 2018 | Natural Sciences | 47 |
| Socio-demographic and behavioural determinants of body mass index among an adult population in rural Northern Ghana: the AWI-Gen study EA Nonterah, C Debpuur, G Agongo, L Amenga-Etego, NJ Crowther, ... |
2018 | Global health action 11 (sup2), 1467588, 2018 | Social Sciences | 43 |
| The burden of dyslipidaemia and factors associated with lipid levels among adults in rural northern Ghana: An AWI-Gen sub-study G Agongo, EA Nonterah, C Debpuur, L Amenga-Etego, S Ali, A Oduro, ... |
2018 | PloS one 13 (11), e0206326, 2018 | Agriculture | 43 |
| Genomic analysis of SARS-CoV-2 reveals local viral evolution in Ghana JM Ngoi, PK Quashie, CM Morang'a, JHK Bonney, DSY Amuzu, ... |
2021 | Experimental Biology and Medicine 246 (8), 960-970, 2021 | Health Sciences | 38 |
| Genomic analysis reveals independent evolution of Plasmodium falciparum populations in Ethiopia D Abera, CK Kibet, T Degefa, L Amenga-Etego, JL Bargul, L Golassa |
2021 | Malaria Journal 20 (1), 129, 2021 | Health Sciences | 35 |
| A Bayesian approach to inferring the phylogenetic structure of communities from metagenomic data JD O’Brien, X Didelot, Z Iqbal, L Amenga-Etego, B Ahiska, D Falush |
2014 | Genetics 197 (3), 925-937, 2014 | Natural Sciences | 34 |
| Haplotype analyses of haemoglobin C and haemoglobin S and the dynamics of the evolutionary response to malaria in Kassena-Nankana District of Ghana A Ghansah, KA Rockett, TG Clark, MD Wilson, KA Koram, AR Oduro, ... |
2012 | PloS one 7 (4), e34565, 2012 | Health Sciences | 33 |
| Addressing pandemic-wide systematic errors in the SARS-CoV-2 phylogeny M Hunt, AS Hinrichs, D Anderson, L Karim, BL Dearlove, J Knaggs, ... |
2026 | Nature methods 23 (3), 653-662, 2026 | Agriculture | 30 |
| Population genetic analysis of the Plasmodium falciparum circumsporozoite protein in two distinct ecological regions in Ghana EA Amegashie, L Amenga-Etego, C Adobor, P Ogoti, K Mbogo, ... |
2020 | Malaria journal 19 (1), 437, 2020 | Natural Sciences | 30 |
| Age-specific patterns of DBLα var diversity can explain why residents of high malaria transmission areas remain susceptible to Plasmodium falciparum blood stage infection … S Ruybal-Pesántez, KE Tiedje, S Pilosof, G Tonkin-Hill, Q He, TS Rask, ... |
2022 | International journal for parasitology 52 (11), 721-731, 2022 | Health Sciences | 29 |
| Indoor residual spraying with a non-pyrethroid insecticide reduces the reservoir of Plasmodium falciparum in a high-transmission area in northern Ghana KE Tiedje, AR Oduro, O Bangre, L Amenga-Etego, SK Dadzie, ... |
2022 | PLOS Global Public Health 2 (5), e0000285, 2022 | Health Sciences | 29 |
| Inferring Strain Mixture within Clinical Plasmodium falciparum Isolates from Genomic Sequence Data JD O’Brien, Z Iqbal, J Wendler, L Amenga-Etego |
2016 | PLoS computational biology 12 (6), e1004824, 2016 | Health Sciences | 23 |
| Development of cooperative primer-based real-time PCR assays for the detection of Plasmodium malariae and Plasmodium ovale F Ansah, J Suurbaar, D Darko, NG Anabire, SO Blankson, BKS Domson, ... |
2021 | The Journal of Molecular Diagnostics 23 (10), 1393-1403, 2021 | Natural Sciences | 22 |
| Temporal evolution of sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine resistance genotypes and genetic diversity in response to a decade of increased interventions against Plasmodium falciparum in … LN Amenga-Etego, V Asoala, G Agongo, C Jacob, S Goncalves, ... |
2021 | Malaria Journal 20 (1), 152, 2021 | Health Sciences | 21 |
| Targeted Next Generation Sequencing for malaria research in Africa: current status and outlook A Ghansah, E Kamau, A Amambua-Ngwa, DS Ishengoma, ... |
2019 | Malaria journal 18 (1), 324, 2019 | Health Sciences | 21 |
| Pf8: an open dataset of Plasmodium falciparum genome variation in 33,325 worldwide samples MGE Network, MMA Hamid, MH Abdelraheem, DO Acheampong, I Adam, ... |
2025 | Wellcome Open Research 10, 325, 2025 | Agriculture | 19 |
| In silico characterisation of putative Plasmodium falciparum vaccine candidates in African malaria populations O Ajibola, MF Diop, A Ghansah, L Amenga-Etego, L Golassa, T Apinjoh, ... |
2021 | Scientific reports 11 (1), 16215, 2021 | Health Sciences | 19 |
| Urogenital schistosomiasis transmission, malaria and anemia among school-age children in Northern Ghana S Dassah, GK Asiamah, V Harun, K Appiah-Kubi, A Oduro, V Asoala, ... |
2022 | Heliyon 8 (9), 2022 | Health Sciences | 18 |
| Lack of geospatial population structure yet significant linkage disequilibrium in the reservoir of Plasmodium falciparum in Bongo District, Ghana S Ruybal-Pesántez, KE Tiedje, MM Rorick, L Amenga-Etego, A Ghansah, ... |
2017 | The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 97 (4), 1180, 2017 | Social Sciences | 18 |
| Towards integrated malaria molecular surveillance in Africa N Dada, VJ Simpson, LN Amenga-Etego, E Oriero, O Miotto, ME Torok, ... |
2024 | Trends in parasitology 40 (11), 964-969, 2024 | Health Sciences | 17 |