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Chris Drakeley is affiliated with the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily engages with the field of Medicine, focusing extensively on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. They have also contributed to areas such as Immunology, Parasitology, Infectious Diseases, and Molecular Biology.

The scientist's main research topics cover Malaria Research and Control as well as Mosquito-borne diseases and control. Other notable topics include Parasites and Host Interactions, Global Maternal and Child Health, vaccines and immunoinformatics approaches, Viral Infections and Vectors, and the Complement system in diseases.

Chris Drakeley has authored numerous papers, with recent publications including the following:

  • Sources of persistent malaria transmission in a setting with effective malaria control in eastern Uganda: a longitudinal, observational cohort study, 2021, The Lancet Infectious Diseases
  • An open dataset of Plasmodium falciparum genome variation in 7,000 worldwide samples, 2021, Wellcome Open Research
  • Evidence for a role of Anopheles stephensi in the spread of drug- and diagnosis-resistant malaria in Africa, 2023, Nature Medicine
  • Anopheles stephensi Mosquitoes as Vectors of Plasmodiumvivax and falciparum, Horn of Africa, 2019, 2021, Emerging infectious diseases
  • Pf7: an open dataset of Plasmodium falciparum genome variation in 20,000 worldwide samples, 2023, Wellcome Open Research

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Teun Bousema
  • Kevin K. A. Tetteh
  • Kjerstin Lanke
  • Kimberly Fornace
  • Philip Bejon

They have published extensively in several venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Harvard Dataverse
  • Malaria Journal
  • Research Square (Research Square)
  • American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Best Publications

  • First results of phase 3 trial of RTS,S/AS01 malaria vaccine in African children.

    Selidji Todagbe Agnandji;Bertrand Lell;Bertrand Lell;Solange Solmeheim Soulanoudjingar;Solange Solmeheim Soulanoudjingar

  • Epidemiology and Infectivity of Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax Gametocytes in Relation to Malaria Control and Elimination

    Teun Bousema;Chris Drakeley

  • Overdiagnosis of malaria in patients with severe febrile illness in Tanzania: a prospective study

    Hugh Reyburn;Redepmta Mbatia;Chris Drakeley;Ilona Carneiro

  • Increased proportions of outdoor feeding among residual malaria vector populations following increased use of insecticide-treated nets in rural Tanzania.

    Tanya L Russell;Tanya L Russell;Tanya L Russell;Nicodem J Govella;Nicodem J Govella;Salum Azizi;Christopher J Drakeley

  • Asymptomatic malaria infections: detectability, transmissibility and public health relevance

    Teun Bousema;Lucy Okell;Ingrid Felger;Chris Drakeley

  • Factors determining the occurrence of submicroscopic malaria infections and their relevance for control.

    Lucy C. Okell;Teun Bousema;Teun Bousema;Jamie T. Griffin;André Lin Ouédraogo

  • A phase 3 trial of RTS,S/AS01 malaria vaccine in African infants.

    Selidji Todagbe Agnandji;Selidji Todagbe Agnandji;Bertrand Lell;Bertrand Lell;José Francisco Fernandes;José Francisco Fernandes

  • Reducing Plasmodium falciparum Malaria Transmission in Africa: A Model-Based Evaluation of Intervention Strategies

    Jamie T. Griffin;T. Deirdre Hollingsworth;Lucy C. Okell;Thomas S. Churcher

  • Submicroscopic Infection in Plasmodium falciparum-Endemic Populations: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

    Lucy C. Okell;Azra C. Ghani;Emily Lyons;Chris J. Drakeley

  • Hitting Hotspots: Spatial Targeting of Malaria for Control and Elimination

    Teun Bousema;Jamie T. Griffin;Robert W. Sauerwein;David L. Smith

  • Estimating medium- and long-term trends in malaria transmission by using serological markers of malaria exposure

    C. J. Drakeley;P. H. Corran;P. G. Coleman;J. E. Tongren

  • Rapid diagnostic tests compared with malaria microscopy for guiding outpatient treatment of febrile illness in Tanzania: randomised trial.

    Hugh Reyburn;Hilda Mbakilwa;Rose Mwangi;Ombeni Mwerinde

  • Efficacy of RTS,S/AS01E Vaccine against Malaria in Children 5 to 17 Months of Age

    Philip Bejon;John Lusingu;Ally Olotu;Amanda Leach

  • Genome-wide and fine-resolution association analysis of malaria in West Africa

    Muminatou Jallow;Yik Ying Teo;Yik Ying Teo;Kerrin S. Small;Kerrin S. Small;Kirk A. Rockett;Kirk A. Rockett

  • Operational strategies to achieve and maintain malaria elimination

    Bruno Moonen;Justin M Cohen;Robert W. Snow;Robert W. Snow;Laurence Slutsker

  • Antifolate antimalarial resistance in southeast Africa: a population-based analysis.

    Cally Roper;Richard Pearce;Barry Bredenkamp;Jonathan Gumede

  • Serology: a robust indicator of malaria transmission intensity?

    Patrick Corran;Paul Coleman;Eleanor Riley;Chris Drakeley

  • Immunogenicity of the RTS,S/AS01 malaria vaccine and implications for duration of vaccine efficacy: secondary analysis of data from a phase 3 randomised controlled trial

    Michael T. White;Robert Verity;Jamie T. Griffin;Kwaku Poku Asante

  • Association of transmission intensity and age with clinical manifestations and case fatality of severe Plasmodium falciparum malaria.

    Hugh Reyburn;Redempta Mbatia;Chris Drakeley;Jane Bruce

  • Identification of hot spots of malaria transmission for targeted malaria control.

    Teun Bousema;Teun Bousema;Chris Drakeley;Samwel Gesase;Ramadhan Hashim

  • Targeting vivax malaria in the Asia Pacific: The Asia Pacific Malaria Elimination Network Vivax Working Group

    NM Anstey;S Auburn;JK Baird;KE Battle

Frequent Co-Authors

Teun Bousema
Teun Bousema Radboud University
Eleanor M. Riley
Eleanor M. Riley University of Edinburgh
Colin J. Sutherland
Colin J. Sutherland London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Umberto D'Alessandro
Umberto D'Alessandro University of London
Robert W. Sauerwein
Robert W. Sauerwein Radboud University
Grant Dorsey
Grant Dorsey University of California, San Francisco
Bryan Greenhouse
Bryan Greenhouse University of California, San Francisco
Kevin Marsh
Kevin Marsh University of Oxford
Kjerstin Lanke
Kjerstin Lanke Radboud University
Moses R. Kamya
Moses R. Kamya Makerere University

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