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Ogobara K. Doumbo

Ogobara K. Doumbo

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Microbiology

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104
Citations
41442
World Ranking
332
National Ranking
1

Medicine

D-Index
104
Citations
42050
World Ranking
7023
National Ranking
1

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2016 - Distinguished International Fellow of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH)
  • 2013 - Grand prix de l'Inserm - Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale

Overview

Ogobara K. Doumbo was affiliated with the University of Bamako in Mali. Their research contributions centered mainly in the field of Medicine, with a particular focus on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. They also worked within the subfields of Immunology, Parasitology, Infectious Diseases, and Molecular Biology.

They contributed significantly to the study and control of malaria and other vector-borne diseases. Their research topics included:

  • Malaria Research and Control
  • Mosquito-borne diseases and control
  • Complement system in diseases
  • Parasites and Host Interactions
  • Vector-borne infectious diseases
  • Viral Infections and Vectors
  • Computational Drug Discovery Methods

Among their recent papers were:

  • "Safety and efficacy of a three-dose regimen of Plasmodium falciparum sporozoite vaccine in adults during an intense malaria transmission season in Mali: a randomised, controlled phase 1 trial" (2021) published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases
  • "Malaria transmission-blocking vaccines Pfs230D1-EPA and Pfs25-EPA in Alhydrogel in healthy Malian adults; a phase 1, randomised, controlled trial" (2023) published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases
  • "New assessment of Anopheles vector species identification using MALDI-TOF MS" (2021) published in Malaria Journal
  • "Microarray analyses reveal strain-specific antibody responses to Plasmodium falciparum apical membrane antigen 1 variants following natural infection and vaccination" (2020) published in Scientific Reports
  • "A Decline and Age Shift in Malaria Incidence in Rural Mali following Implementation of Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention and Indoor Residual Spraying" (2021) published in American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Frequent co-authors who collaborated extensively with Ogobara K. Doumbo included:

  • Mahamadou A. Théra
  • Abdoulaye K. Koné
  • Drissa Coulibaly
  • Bourèma Kouriba
  • Mark A. Travassos

Their work was regularly published in several venues, with notable frequency in the following:

  • London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
  • Nature Communications
  • Preprints.org

During their career, they received recognition including the Distinguished International Fellow of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH) award in 2016 and the Grand prix de l'Inserm from the Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale in 2013.

Best Publications

  • The pathogenic basis of malaria

    Louis H. Miller;Dror I. Baruch;Kevin Marsh;Ogobara K. Doumbo

  • The Genetic Structure and History of Africans and African Americans

    Sarah A. Tishkoff;Floyd A. Reed;Françoise R. Friedlaender;Christopher Ehret

  • A molecular marker for chloroquine-resistant falciparum malaria.

    Abdoulaye Djimdé;Ogobara K. Doumbo;Joseph F. Cortese;Kassoum Kayentao

  • Pyrimethamine and Proguanil Resistance-Conferring Mutations in Plasmodium falciparum Dihydrofolate Reductase: Polymerase Chain Reaction Methods for Surveillance in Africa

    Christopher V. Plowe;Abdoulaye Djimde;Madama Bouare;Ogobara Doumbo

  • A research agenda to underpin malaria eradication.

    Pedro L. Alonso;Graham Brown;Myriam Arévalo-Herrera;Fred Binka

  • Mutations in Plasmodium falciparum Dihydrofolate Reductase and Dihydropteroate Synthase and Epidemiologic Patterns of Pyrimethamine-Sulfadoxine Use and Resistance

    Christopher V. Plowe;Joseph F. Cortese;Abdoulaye Djimde;Okey C. Nwanyanwu

  • Serum levels of the proinflammatory cytokines interleukin-1 beta (IL-1β), IL-6, IL-8, IL-10, tumor necrosis factor alpha, and IL-12(p70) in malian children with severe Plasmodium falciparum malaria and matched uncomplicated malaria or healthy controls

    K. E. Lyke;R. Burges;Y. Cissoko;L. Sangare

  • Therapeutic blockade of PD-L1 and LAG-3 rapidly clears established blood-stage Plasmodium infection

    Noah S Butler;Jacqueline Moebius;Lecia L Pewe;Boubacar Traore

  • Analysis of Plasmodium falciparum diversity in natural infections by deep sequencing

    Magnus Manske;Magnus Manske;Olivo Miotto;Olivo Miotto;Susana Campino;Susana Campino;Sarah Auburn;Sarah Auburn;Sarah Auburn

  • Multiple populations of artemisinin-resistant Plasmodium falciparum in Cambodia

    Olivo Miotto;Jacob Almagro-Garcia;Jacob Almagro-Garcia;Jacob Almagro-Garcia;Magnus Manske;Bronwyn MacInnis

  • Atypical memory B cells are greatly expanded in individuals living in a malaria-endemic area

    Greta E. Weiss;Peter D. Crompton;Shanping Li;Laura A. Walsh

  • A prospective analysis of the Ab response to Plasmodium falciparum before and after a malaria season by protein microarray.

    Peter D Crompton;Matthew A Kayala;Boubacar Traore;Kassoum Kayentao

  • 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

  • Blood group O protects against severe Plasmodium falciparum malaria through the mechanism of reduced rosetting

    J. Alexandra Rowe;Ian G. Handel;Mahamadou A. Thera;Anne-Marie Deans

  • A field trial to assess a blood-Stage malaria vaccine

    Mahamadou A. Thera;Ogobara K. Doumbo;Drissa Coulibaly;Matthew B. Laurens

  • TLR4 polymorphisms, infectious diseases, and evolutionary pressure during migration of modern humans

    Bart Ferwerda;Matthew B. B. McCall;Santos Alonso;Evangelos J. Giamarellos-Bourboulis

  • Gut Microbiota Elicits a Protective Immune Response against Malaria Transmission

    Bahtiyar Yilmaz;Silvia Portugal;Tuan M. Tran;Raffaella Gozzelino

  • False-Negative Rapid Diagnostic Tests for Malaria and Deletion of the Histidine-Rich Repeat Region of the hrp2 Gene

    Ousmane A. Koita;Ogobara K. Doumbo;Amed Ouattara;Lalla K. Tall

  • Resistance to antifolates in Plasmodium falciparum monitored by sequence analysis of dihydropteroate synthetase and dihydrofolate reductase alleles in a large number of field samples of diverse origins.

    Ping Wang;Chung Shinn Lee;Riad Bayoumi;Abdoulaye Djimde

  • Intermittent preventive therapy for malaria during pregnancy using 2 vs 3 or more doses of sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine and risk of low birth weight in Africa: systematic review and meta-analysis.

    Kassoum Kayentao;Paul Garner;Anne Maria van Eijk;Inbarani Naidoo

Frequent Co-Authors

Christopher V. Plowe
Christopher V. Plowe University of Maryland, Baltimore
Abdoulaye Djimde
Abdoulaye Djimde University of Bamako
Dominic P. Kwiatkowski
Dominic P. Kwiatkowski University of Oxford
Kirk A. Rockett
Kirk A. Rockett University of Oxford
Marita Troye-Blomberg
Marita Troye-Blomberg Stockholm University
Louis H. Miller
Louis H. Miller National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Taane G. Clark
Taane G. Clark London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Peter D. Crompton
Peter D. Crompton National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Susana Campino
Susana Campino London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Alain Dessein
Alain Dessein Aix-Marseille University

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