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Abebe A. Fola

Medicine · Purdue University West Lafayette

OpenAlex ORCID
Mid career · publishing since 2015Rising activity
Malaria Research and ControlMosquito-borne diseases and controlParasites and Host InteractionsPharmaceutical Quality and CounterfeitingComputational Drug Discovery Methods

Publications

83

Citations

1,709

Est. group size

~3

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

12

Publishing since 2015

Research summary
AI-generated

Abebe A. Fola studies the genetics of malaria parasites, particularly Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium malariae, to track how the disease spreads and how it is becoming resistant to key antimalarial drugs like artemisinin. This work uses genomic sequencing tools applied to blood samples from multiple African countries (including Ethiopia, Tanzania, Zambia, and Cameroon) to detect drug-resistance mutations and monitor disease transmission patterns. This research supports malaria surveillance efforts aimed at guiding public health responses to drug-resistant malaria.

Malaria parasite genomics and surveillanceArtemisinin drug resistance mutationsMolecular epidemiology of infectious disease in AfricaGenomic sequencing methods for pathogen DNADiagnostic tools for malaria detection

Publication output has grown sharply in recent years, rising from a handful of papers per year before 2023 to over 20 per year in 2024 and 2025.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 12.0/year recently
2017: 3 publications172018: 1 publication182019: 2 publications192020: 9 publications202021: 3 publications212022: 2 publications222023: 5 publications232024: 21 publications242025: 27 publications27252026: 5 publications26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • medRxiv×22
  • Malaria Journal×5
  • UNC Libraries×5
  • Scientific Reports×4
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)×4
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Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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