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Muna Affara

London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine · GB
Area of research
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health · Parasitology
Research interest
Research interests include Malaria, Medicine, Plasmodium falciparum, Biology, Transmission (telecommunications), and Primaquine.
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citations
1,212
works
27
NIH funding
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Recent publications

Asymptomatic Plasmodium falciparum carriage and clinical disease: a 5-year community-based longitudinal study in The Gambia
Malaria Journal 2023cited by 24position: middledoi
Improved housing versus usual practice for additional protection against clinical malaria in The Gambia (RooPfs): a household-randomised controlled trial
The Lancet Planetary Health 2021cited by 46position: middledoi
Optimisation and standardisation of a multiplex immunoassay of diverse Plasmodium falciparum antigens to assess changes in malaria transmission using sero-epidemiology
Wellcome Open Research 2020cited by 77position: middledoi
Antibody responses to a suite of novel serological markers for malaria surveillance demonstrate strong correlation with clinical and parasitological infection across seasons and transmission settings in The Gambia
BMC Medicine 2020cited by 37position: middledoi
Sero-epidemiological evaluation of malaria transmission in The Gambia before and after mass drug administration
BMC Medicine 2020cited by 34position: middledoi
A survey of Anopheles species composition and insecticide resistance on the island of Bubaque, Bijagos Archipelago, Guinea-Bissau
Malaria Journal 2020cited by 16position: middledoi
Optimisation and standardisation of a multiplex immunoassay of diverse Plasmodium falciparum antigens to assess changes in malaria transmission using sero-epidemiology
Wellcome Open Research 2019cited by 65position: middledoi
Trained dogs identify people with malaria parasites by their odour
The Lancet Infectious Diseases 2019cited by 60position: middledoi
Bead-based assays to simultaneously detect multiple human inherited blood disorders associated with malaria
Malaria Journal 2019cited by 18position: middledoi
Safety of single low-dose primaquine in glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficient falciparum-infected African males: Two open-label, randomized, safety trials
PLoS ONE 2018cited by 52position: middledoi
Single low-dose primaquine for blocking transmission of Plasmodium falciparum malaria – a proposed model-derived age-based regimen for sub-Saharan Africa
BMC Medicine 2018cited by 47position: middledoi
Mass Drug Administration With Dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine and Malaria Transmission Dynamics in The Gambia: A Prospective Cohort Study
Clinical Infectious Diseases 2018cited by 39position: middledoi
Residual malaria transmission dynamics varies across The Gambia despite high coverage of control interventions
PLoS ONE 2017cited by 97position: middledoi
Culture adaptation of malaria parasites selects for convergent loss-of-function mutants
Scientific Reports 2017cited by 92position: middledoi
Expression of the Plasmodium falciparum Clonally Variant clag3 Genes in Human Infections
The Journal of Infectious Diseases 2017cited by 38position: middledoi
Sustained <i>Ex Vivo</i> Susceptibility of Plasmodium falciparum to Artemisinin Derivatives but Increasing Tolerance to Artemisinin Combination Therapy Partner Quinolines in The Gambia
Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy 2017cited by 25position: middledoi
Anemia Offers Stronger Protection Than Sickle Cell Trait Against the Erythrocytic Stage of Falciparum Malaria and This Protection Is Reversed by Iron Supplementation
EBioMedicine 2016cited by 68position: middledoi
The Gametocytocidal Efficacy of Different Single Doses of Primaquine with Dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine in Asymptomatic Parasite Carriers in The Gambia: A Randomized Controlled Trial
EBioMedicine 2016cited by 34position: middledoi
West Africa International Centers of Excellence for Malaria Research: Drug Resistance Patterns to Artemether–Lumefantrine in Senegal, Mali, and The Gambia
American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2016cited by 24position: middledoi
On-going malaria transmission in The Gambia despite high coverage of control interventions: a nationwide cross-sectional survey
Malaria Journal 2015cited by 112position: middledoi
Malaria Prevalence among Young Infants in Different Transmission Settings, Africa
Emerging infectious diseases 2015cited by 48position: middledoi
Serology describes a profile of declining malaria transmission in Farafenni, The Gambia
Malaria Journal 2015cited by 47position: middledoi
A Randomized Trial to Compare the Safety, Tolerability, and Effectiveness of 3 Antimalarial Regimens for the Prevention of Malaria in Nigerian Patients With Sickle Cell Disease
The Journal of Infectious Diseases 2015cited by 18position: middledoi
The gametocytocidal efficacy of primaquine in malaria asymptomatic carriers treated with dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine in The Gambia (PRINOGAM): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial
Trials 2015cited by 12position: middledoi
School-Based Countrywide Seroprevalence Survey Reveals Spatial Heterogeneity in Malaria Transmission in the Gambia
PLoS ONE 2014cited by 38position: middledoi
The prevalence of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency in Gambian school children
Malaria Journal 2014cited by 15position: middledoi
Detecting Foci of Malaria Transmission with School Surveys: A Pilot Study in the Gambia
PLoS ONE 2013cited by 29position: middledoi

Grants

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Frequent collaborators

Umberto D’Alessandro · MRC Unit the Gambia22 papers (2013–2023)Chris Drakeley · Myanmar Oxford Clinical Research Unit13 papers (2013–2020)Joseph Okebe · London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine11 papers (2013–2023)Davis Nwakanma · London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine10 papers (2013–2023)Julia Mwesigwa · Program for Appropriate Technology in Health7 papers (2015–2020)Alfred Amambua‐Ngwa · London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine7 papers (2013–2023)Simon Correa · London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine7 papers (2014–2021)Teun Bousema · Armauer Hansen Research Institute6 papers (2015–2019)Serign J. Ceesay · MRC Unit the Gambia5 papers (2013–2023)Musa Jawara · University of Antwerp5 papers (2013–2023)Susheel K. Singh · London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine4 papers (2019–2020)Jean‐Pierre Van Geertruyden · University of Antwerp4 papers (2015–2018)Mamadou Bah · London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine4 papers (2019–2020)Tom Hall · London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine4 papers (2019–2020)Lindsey Wu · University of Technology Sydney4 papers (2019–2020)Kevin K. A. Tetteh · London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine4 papers (2019–2020)Jane Achan · Malaria Consortium4 papers (2015–2018)John Bradley · Partners for Health and Development in Africa3 papers (2018–2023)Nuno Sepúlveda · Warsaw University of Technology3 papers (2015–2020)Margaret Pinder · London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine3 papers (2013–2021)