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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
REFINED SUB-STRUCTURE OF PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM POPULATIONS IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA AND THE IMPLICATIONS FOR THE EMERGENCE …
E Kamau, A Amambua-Ngwa, L Amenga-Etego, D Ishengoma, ...
2018 AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE 99 (4), 652-652, 2018 Health Sciences 0
The malariagen vector observatory: a network for the genomic surveillance of malaria vectors in Africa and southeast Asia
A Miles, D Kwiatkowski, M Lawniczak, M Donnelly, B Abong'o, J Akiana, ...
2018 AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE 99 (4), 12-13, 2018 Health Sciences 0
Plasmodium malariae and ovale genomes provide insights into malaria parasite evolution
C Newbold, G Rutledge, U Böhme, M Sanders, A Reid, J Cotton, ...
2017 Nature 542, 2017 Health Sciences 0
PREVALENCE OF CHLOROQUINE AND ANTIFOLATE DRUG RESISTANCE MUTATIONS IN PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM FIELD ISOLATES FROM TWO AREAS IN GHANA
J Abugri, F Ansah, N Amoako, L Amenga-Etego, DJ Conway, ...
2017 AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE 95 (5), 78-79, 2017 Health Sciences 0
WHOLE GENOME SEQUENCING OF PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM MALARIA PARASITES FROM DRIED BLOOD SPOTS: GATEWAY TO HIGH-RESOLUTION GENOMIC SURVEILLANCE
CV Ariani, WL Hamilton, S Oyola, LN Amenga-Etego, M Kekre, ...
2017 AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE 95 (5), 391-391, 2017 Health Sciences 0
Admixture into and within sub-Saharan Africa
V Nyirongo, K Rockett, V Mangano, G Band, D Kwiatkowski, E Bougama, ...
2016 Agriculture 0
Developing research capacity in genetic data analysis in malaria endemic countries
L Amenga Etego, A Badara Ly, R Dewasurendra, A Enimil, A Hussein, ...
2009 Health Sciences 0
MALARIA MORTALITY AND MORBIDITY IN THE FIRST FIVE YEARS OF LIFE IN A BIRTH COHORT OF CHILDREN IN NORTHERN GHANA
F Atuguba, AR Oduro, A Hodgson, M Adjuik, P Ansah, F Anto, T Anyorigya, ...
2008 AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE 79 (6), 258-258, 2008 Health Sciences 0
Inducible nitric oxide synthase 2 gene promoter variants and severe malaria in Northern Ghana
LN Amenga-Etego, A Ghansah, RA Oduro, AV Hodgson, KA Koram, ...
2006 AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE 75 (5), 63-63, 2006 Health Sciences 0
The effects of study enrollment, bednet use, and curative therapy on malaria infection, anemia, and growth in young Ghanaian children
DJ Fryauff, F Anto, F Atugubah, J Flanagan, L Amenga-Etego, A Hodgson, ...
2006 AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE 75 (5), 131-132, 2006 Health Sciences 0
3. US Army Medical Research Unit Kenya-Walter Reed Project, Kisumu, Kenya 4. Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, UK 5. Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research …
A Amambua-Ngwa, L Amenga-Etego, E Kamau, R Amato, A Ghansah, ...
1900 Health Sciences 0
An expanded method for malaria parasite geneti c surveillance using targeted nanopore sequencing
ML Sakyi, A Osumanu, EK Amoako, FD Bara, M Hosmillo, K Rowe, ...
1900 Health Sciences 0
An open dataset of Plasmodium falciparum genome variation in 7,000 worldwide samples [version 1; peer review: awaiting
AA MalariaGEN, M Ali, J Almagro-Garcia, A Amambua-Ngwa, ...
1900 Agriculture 0
Characterisation of Host CYP450 and NAT2 Genetic Variation and Their Relationship with Artemether-Lumefantrine Treatment Outcomes in Uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum Malaria …
BN Etoketim, EK Amoako, LN Amenga-Etego, A Owoloye, G Awandare, ...
1900 Frontiers in Pharmacology 17, 1942700, 0 Health Sciences 0
Nanopore sequencing for real-time genomic surveillance ofPlasmodium falciparum
ES Asoala, W Burden, W Roberts-Sengier, E Drury, S Gonçalves, ...
1900 Agriculture 0
Pf7: an open dataset of Plasmodium falciparum genome variation in 20,000 worldwide samples [version 1; peer review
MMAH MalariaGEN, MH Abdelraheem, DO Acheampong, A Ahouidi, ...
1900 Agriculture 0
Population-Level Biological Protection against Severe COVID-19 in West Africa: Findings from a 20,748-Participant Multi-Country Phased Seroepidemiology Study
A Udoakang, D Oduro-Mensah, G Amegatcher, O Folarin, IA Aliyu, ...
1900 Natural Sciences 0
RESEARCH ARTICLE Genomic epidemiology of artemisinin resistant malaria MalariaGEN Plasmodium falciparum Community Project
R Amato, O Miotto, CJ Woodrow, J Almagro-Garcia, I Sinha, S Campino, ...
1900 Health Sciences 0
scRNA-Seq reveals elevated interferon responses and TNF-α signaling via NFkB in
CM Morang, DSY Amuzu, V Appiah, Y Aniweh, Y Bediako, SY Bah, ...
1900 Agriculture 0
Spatiotemporal Evolutionary Dynamics of Candidate Antimalarial Resistance Genes in Gambian Plasmodium falciparum (1966-2022)
B Etoketim, EK Amoako, BN Amambua-Ngwa, MF Diop, M Dibbasey, ...
1900 Available at SSRN 6950805, 0 Agriculture 0
www. nature. com/scientificreports OPEN Fine scale human genetic structure in three regions of Cameroon reveals episodic diversifying selection
KK Esoh, TO Apinjoh, SG Nyanjom, A Wonkam, ER Chimusa, ...
1900 Agriculture 0
www. nature. com/scientificreports OPEN Plasmodium malariae structure and genetic diversity in sub‑Saharan Africa determined from microsatellite variants
EC Oriero, MA Demba, MF Diop, DS Ishengoma, LN Amenga‑Etego, ...
1900 Agriculture 0