Abraham Aseffa

Research.com Recognitions

• 2013 - Fellow, The World Academy of Sciences

Overview

Best Publications

• Out-of-Africa migration and Neolithic coexpansion of Mycobacterium tuberculosis with modern humans

  Iñaki Comas;Mireia Coscolla;Mireia Coscolla;Tao Luo;Sonia Borrell;Sonia Borrell

  1285
  Citations

• The Relationship between Leishmaniasis and AIDS: the Second 10 Years

  Jorge Alvar;Pilar Aparicio;Abraham Aseffa;Margriet Den Boer

  1207
  Citations

• Incidence of invasive salmonella disease in sub-Saharan Africa: a multicentre population-based surveillance study

  Florian Marks;Vera von Kalckreuth;Peter Aaby;Yaw Adu-Sarkodie

  339
  Citations

• Mycobacterial Lineages Causing Pulmonary and Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis, Ethiopia

  Rebuma Firdessa;Stefan Berg;Elena Hailu;Esther Schelling

  289
  Citations

• High Prevalence and Increased Severity of Pathology of Bovine Tuberculosis in Holsteins Compared to Zebu Breeds under Field Cattle Husbandry in Central Ethiopia

  Gobena Ameni;Abraham Aseffa;Howard Engers;Douglas Young

  273
  Citations

• Knowledge, Health Seeking Behavior and Perceived Stigma towards Tuberculosis among Tuberculosis Suspects in a Rural Community in Southwest Ethiopia

  Gemeda Abebe;Gemeda Abebe;Amare Deribew;Amare Deribew;Ludwig Apers;Kifle Woldemichael

  272
  Citations

• Recognition of Stage-Specific Mycobacterial Antigens Differentiates between Acute and Latent Infections with Mycobacterium tuberculosis

  Abebech Demissie;Eliane M. S. Leyten;Markos Abebe;Liya Wassie

  271
  Citations

• Poor immunogenicity of BCG in helminth infected population is associated with increased in vitro TGF-β production

  Daniel Elias;Sven Britton;Abraham Aseffa;Howard Engers

  259
  Citations

• The burden of neglected tropical diseases in Ethiopia, and opportunities for integrated control and elimination

  Kebede Deribe;Kadu Meribo;Teshome Gebre;Asrat Hailu

  252
  Citations

• Healthy individuals that control a latent infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis express high levels of Th1 cytokines and the IL-4 antagonist IL-4delta2

  Abebech Demissie;Markos Abebe;Abraham Aseffa;Graham Rook

  252
  Citations

• The Relative Contribution of Symptomatic and Asymptomatic Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium falciparum Infections to the Infectious Reservoir in a Low-Endemic Setting in Ethiopia.

  Fitsum G Tadesse;Fitsum G Tadesse;Hannah C Slater;Wakweya Chali;Karina Teelen

  238
  Citations

• The early IL-4 response to Leishmania major and the resulting Th2 cell maturation steering progressive disease in BALB/c mice are subject to the control of regulatory CD4+CD25+ T cells.

  Abraham Aseffa;Alain Gumy;Pascal Launois;H. Robson MacDonald

  215
  Citations

• The Burden of Mycobacterial Disease in Ethiopian Cattle: Implications for Public Health

  Stefan Berg;Rebuma Firdessa;Meseret Habtamu;Endalamaw Gadisa

  200
  Citations

• Treatment outcome of smear-positive pulmonary tuberculosis patients in Tigray Region, Northern Ethiopia.

  Gebretsadik Berhe;Fikre Enquselassie;Abraham Aseffa

  198
  Citations

• HLA Class II Locus and Susceptibility to Podoconiosis

  Fasil Tekola Ayele;Adebowale Adeyemo;Chris Finan;Elena Hailu

  184
  Citations

• Robust barcoding and identification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis lineages for epidemiological and clinical studies.

  Gary Napier;Susana Campino;Yared Merid;Yared Merid;Yared Merid;Markos Abebe

  177
  Citations

• High Prevalence of Bovine Tuberculosis in Dairy Cattle in Central Ethiopia: Implications for the Dairy Industry and Public Health

  Rebuma Firdessa;Rea Tschopp;Rea Tschopp;Alehegne Wubete;Melaku Sombo

  161
  Citations

• Zoonotic transmission of tuberculosis between pastoralists and their livestock in South-East Ethiopia.

  Balako Gumi;Esther Schelling;Esther Schelling;Stefan Berg;Rebuma Firdessa

  159
  Citations

• Identification of the Causative Organism of Tuberculous Lymphadenitis in Ethiopia by PCR

  Dawit Kidane;Joseph O. Olobo;Abebe Habte;Yohannes Negesse

  159
  Citations

• Metabolite changes in blood predict the onset of tuberculosis

  January rd Weiner;Jeroen Maertzdorf;Jayne S. Sutherland;Fergal J. Duffy

  156
  Citations

• The influence of cattle breed on susceptibility to bovine tuberculosis in Ethiopia

  Martin Vordermeier;Gobena Ameni;Stefan Berg;Stefan Berg;Richard Bishop

  150
  Citations

• African 1, an epidemiologically important clonal complex of Mycobacterium bovis dominant in Mali, Nigeria, Cameroon, and Chad.

  Borna Müller;Markus Hilty;Stefan Berg;M. Carmen Garcia-Pelayo

  147
  Citations

• Detection of a substantial number of sub-microscopic Plasmodium falciparum infections by polymerase chain reaction: a potential threat to malaria control and diagnosis in Ethiopia

  Lemu Golassa;Nizar Enweji;Berhanu Erko;Abraham Aseffa

  141
  Citations

• Plasma cytokines and chemokines differentiate between active disease and non-active tuberculosis infection.

  Adane Mihret;Adane Mihret;Adane Mihret;Yonas Bekele;Kidest Bobosha;Martin Kidd

  140
  Citations