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  • Harouna M Soumare, Sara Lynn Blanken, Abdullahi Ahmad, Michael Ooko, Pa Modou Gaye, Lamin Jadama, Muhammed M. Camara, Kjerstin Lanke, Amie Kolleh Njie, Michael Mendy, Blessed Etoketim, Mamadou O Ndiath, Bakary Conteh, Nuredin Muhammed, Seyi Soremekun, Abdoullah Nyassi, Annette Erhart, Chris Drakeley, Teun Bousema, Umberto Dalessandro, Marta Moreno. "Asymptomatic school children and adults are important for the human infectious reservoir for Plasmodium falciparum malaria in an area of low endemicity in The Gambia." J. Infect., 91, 1, 7 2025

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  • Tobias Apinjoh, Livinus Tangi, Eniyou Oriero, Sainabou Drammeh, Vincent Ntui, Blessed Etoketim, Hanesh Chi, Pilate Kwi, Mary Oboh, Eric Achidi, Alfred Amambua-Ngwa. “High proportion of Histidine-rich Protein (hrp) 2-based RDT False-negatives due to Plasmodium falciparum hrp 2 and 3 gene deletions in low, seasonal and intense perennial transmission zones in Cameroon”.  BMC Infect Dis 24, 1080 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-024-09935-4.

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  • Seyi Soremekun, Bakary Conteh, Abdoullah Nyassi, Harouna Soumare, Blessed Etoketim, Mamadou Ndiath, Umberto D’Alessandro,bTeun Bousema, Annette Erhart, Marta Moreno, Chris Drakeley. “Household-level protective effects of seasonal malaria chemoprevention on clinical malaria in the Gambia.” Nature Commun Med  4, 97 (2024).  https://doi.org/10.1038/s43856-024-00503-0

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  • Aynalem Mandefro, Alebachew Messele Kebede, Bacha Mekonen, Mitchel Katsvanga, Fatoumata Cham, Blessed Etoketim, Eniyou Oriero, Alfred Amambua-Ngwa, Lemu Golassa. "Novel Plasmodium falciparum histidine-rich protein 2/3 repeat type in Ethiopian malaria infection: Does this affect performance of HRP2-based malaria RDT?." Malar J 23, 262 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-024-05093-9

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  • Abdullahi Ahmad, M.D; Aurelia Prom; John Bradley; Mamadou Ndiath; Blessed Etoketim; Mamadou Bah; Jean-Pierre Vangeetruyden; Chris Drakeley; Teun Bousema; Jane Achan; Umberto D'Alessandro. “Gametocyte Carriage after Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention in Plasmodium falciparum-infected Asymptomatic Children”. Malar J 20, 169 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-021-03706-1

 

  • Florence A. Umunnakwe, Emmanuel T. Idowu, Olusola Ajibaye, Blessed Etoketim, Samuel Akindele, Aminat O. Shokunbi, Olubunmi A. Otubanjo, Gordon A. Awandare, Alfred Amambua-Ngwa, Kolapo Oyebola. “High cases of submicroscopic Plasmodium falciparum infections in a suburban population of Lagos, Nigeria”. Malar J 18, 433 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-019-3073-7

 

  • Abdullahi Ahmad, Aurelia Prom, Blessed Etoketim, Kevin Opondo, Benoit Assogba, Mamadou Ndiath, Umberto D’Alessandro. “Performance of a Novel Ultrasensitive Rapid Diagnostic Test for Plasmodium falciparum against a Reference Method in Eastern Gambia”. Open Research Africa (2019). https://doi.org/10.21955/aasopenres.1114954.1

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