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Irene Omedo
Researcher at Wellcome Trust
Publications - 20
Citations - 689
Irene Omedo is an academic researcher from Wellcome Trust. The author has contributed to research in topics: Malaria & Plasmodium falciparum. The author has an hindex of 10, co-authored 17 publications receiving 473 citations. Previous affiliations of Irene Omedo include University of Oxford & Kenya Medical Research Institute.
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Genome sequence of the tsetse fly (Glossina morsitans ): Vector of African trypanosomiasis
Junichi Watanabe,Masahira Hattori,Matthew Berriman,Michael J. Lehane,Neil Hall,Neil Hall,Philippe Solano,Serap Aksoy,Winston Hide,Winston Hide,Yeya T. Touré,Geoffrey M. Attardo,Alistair C. Darby,Atsushi Toyoda,Christiane Hertz-Fowler,Denis M. Larkin,James Cotton,Mandy Sanders,Martin T. Swain,Michael A. Quail,Noboru Inoue,Sophie Ravel,Todd D. Taylor,Tulika P. Srivastava,Vineet K. Sharma,Wesley C. Warren,Richard K. Wilson,Yutaka Suzuki,Daniel Lawson,Daniel S.T. Hughes,Karyn Megy,Daniel K. Masiga,Paul O. Mireji,Immo A. Hansen,Jan Van Den Abbeele,Joshua B. Benoit,Joshua B. Benoit,Kostas Bourtzis,Kostas Bourtzis,Kostas Bourtzis,George F. Obiero,George F. Obiero,Hugh M. Robertson,Jeffery W. Jones,Jing-Jiang Zhou,Linda M. Field,Markus Friedrich,Steven G. Nyanjom,Erich Loza Telleria,Guy Caljon,José M. C. Ribeiro,Alvaro Acosta-Serrano,Cher-Pheng Ooi,Clair Rose,David P. Price,Lee R. Haines,Alan Christoffels,Cheolho Sim,Daphne Q.-D. Pham,David L. Denlinger,Dawn L. Geiser,Irene Omedo,Joy J. Winzerling,Justin T. Peyton,Kevin K. Marucha,Mario Jonas,Megan E. Meuti,Neil D. Rawlings,Qirui Zhang,Rosaline W. Macharia,Rosaline W. Macharia,Veronika Michalkova,Veronika Michalkova,Zahra Jalali Sefid Dashti,Aaron A. Baumann,Gerd Gäde,Heather G. Marco,Jelle Caers,Liliane Schoofs,Michael A. Riehle,Wanqi Hu,Zhijian Tu,Aaron M. Tarone,Anna R. Malacrida,Caleb K. Kibet,Francesca Scolari,J.J.O. Koekemoer,Judith H. Willis,Ludvik M. Gomulski,Marco Falchetto,Maxwell J. Scott,Shuhua Fu,Sing-Hoi Sze,Thiago Luiz,Brian L. Weiss,Deirdre Walshe,Jingwen Wang,Mark Wamalwa,Mark Wamalwa,Sarah Mwangi,Urvashi N. Ramphul,Anna K. Snyder,Corey L. Brelsfoard,Gavin H. Thomas,George Tsiamis,Peter Arensburger,Rita V. M. Rio,Sandy J. Macdonald,Sumir Panji,Sumir Panji,Adele Kruger,Alia Benkahla,Apollo Simon Peter Balyeidhusa,Atway R. Msangi,Chinyere K. Okoro,Dawn Stephens,Eleanor J Stanley,Feziwe Mpondo,Florence N. Wamwiri,Furaha Mramba,Geoffrey H. Siwo,George Githinji,Gordon William Harkins,Grace Murilla,Heikki Lehväslaiho,Imna I. Malele,Joanna E. Auma,Johnson Kinyua,Johnson O. Ouma,Loyce M. Okedi,Lucien Manga,Martin Aslett,Mathurin Koffi,Michael W. Gaunt,Mmule Makgamathe,Nicola Mulder,Oliver Manangwa,Patrick P. Abila,Patrick Wincker,Richard Gregory,Rosemary Bateta,Ryuichi Sakate,Sheila C. Ommeh,Stella Lehane,Tadashi Imanishi,Victor Chukwudi Osamor,Yoshihiro Kawahara,Yoshihiro Kawahara +147 more
TL;DR: The sequence and annotation of the 366-megabase Glossina mors Titans morsitans genome are described, providing a foundation for research into trypanosomiasis prevention and yield important insights with broad implications for multiple aspects of tsetse biology.
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An open dataset of Plasmodium falciparum genome variation in 7,000 worldwide samples
MalariaGEN,Ambroise D. Ahouidi,Mozam Ali,Jacob Almagro-Garcia,Jacob Almagro-Garcia,Alfred Amambua-Ngwa,Alfred Amambua-Ngwa,Chanaki Amaratunga,Roberto Amato,Roberto Amato,Lucas Amenga-Etego,Ben Andagalu,Tim J. Anderson,Voahangy Andrianaranjaka,Tobias O. Apinjoh,Cristina V. Ariani,Elizabeth A. Ashley,Sarah Auburn,Gordon A. Awandare,Hampate Ba,Vito Baraka,Vito Baraka,Alyssa E. Barry,Alyssa E. Barry,Alyssa E. Barry,Philip Bejon,Gwladys I. Bertin,Maciej F. Boni,Steffen Borrmann,Teun Bousema,Teun Bousema,OraLee H. Branch,Peter C. Bull,Peter C. Bull,George B.J. Busby,Thanat Chookajorn,Kesinee Chotivanich,Antoine Claessens,Antoine Claessens,David J. Conway,Alister Craig,Alister Craig,Umberto D'Alessandro,Souleymane Dama,Nicholas P. J. Day,Brigitte Denis,Mahamadou Diakite,Abdoulaye Djimde,Christiane Dolecek,Arjen M. Dondorp,Chris Drakeley,Eleanor Drury,Patrick E. Duffy,Diego F. Echeverry,Thomas G. Egwang,Berhanu Erko,Rick M. Fairhurst,Abdul Faiz,Caterina A. Fanello,Mark M. Fukuda,Dionicia Gamboa,Anita Ghansah,Lemu Golassa,Sónia Gonçalves,William L Hamilton,William L Hamilton,G. L. Abby Harrison,Lee Hart,Christa Henrichs,Tran Tinh Hien,Catherine A. Hill,Abraham Hodgson,Christina Hubbart,Mallika Imwong,Deus S. Ishengoma,Scott A. Jackson,Christopher G Jacob,Ben Jeffery,Anna E. Jeffreys,Kimberly J. Johnson,Dushyanth Jyothi,Claire Kamaliddin,Edwin Kamau,Mihir Kekre,Krzysztof Kluczynski,Theerarat Kochakarn,Theerarat Kochakarn,Abibatou Konaté,Dominic P. Kwiatkowski,Dominic P. Kwiatkowski,Myat Phone Kyaw,Pharath Lim,Chanthap Lon,Kovana M. Loua,Oumou Maïga-Ascofaré,Oumou Maïga-Ascofaré,Cinzia Malangone,Magnus Manske,Jutta Marfurt,Kevin Marsh,Kevin Marsh,Mayfong Mayxay,Mayfong Mayxay,Alistair Miles,Alistair Miles,Olivo Miotto,Olivo Miotto,Olivo Miotto,Victor A. Mobegi,Olugbenga A. Mokuolu,Jacqui Montgomery,Ivo Mueller,Paul N. Newton,Thuy Nguyen,Thuy-Nhien Nguyen,Harald Noedl,François Nosten,Rintis Noviyanti,Alexis Nzila,Lynette Isabella Ochola-Oyier,Harold Ocholla,Harold Ocholla,Abraham Oduro,Irene Omedo,Marie A. Onyamboko,Jean-Bosco Ouédraogo,Kolapo Oyebola,Kolapo Oyebola,Richard D. Pearson,Richard D. Pearson,Norbert Peshu,Aung Pyae Phyo,Christopher V. Plowe,Ric N. Price,Ric N. Price,Sasithon Pukrittayakamee,Milijaona Randrianarivelojosia,Julian C. Rayner,Pascal Ringwald,Kirk A. Rockett,Kirk A. Rockett,Katherine Rowlands,Lastenia Ruiz,David L. Saunders,Alex Shayo,Peter Siba,Victoria Simpson,Jim Stalker,Xin-zhuan Su,Colin J. Sutherland,Shannon Takala-Harrison,Livingstone Tavul,Vandana Thathy,Vandana Thathy,Antoinette Tshefu,Federica Verra,Joseph M. Vinetz,Joseph M. Vinetz,Thomas E. Wellems,Jason P. Wendler,Nicholas J. White,Ian J. Wright,William Yavo,Htut Ye +163 more
TL;DR: A new release of curated genome variation data on 7,000 Plasmodium falciparum samples from MalariaGEN partner studies in 28 malaria-endemic countries aims to facilitate research into the evolutionary processes affecting malaria control and to accelerate development of the surveillance toolkit required for malaria elimination.
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Age, Spatial, and Temporal Variations in Hospital Admissions with Malaria in Kilifi County, Kenya: A 25-Year Longitudinal Observational Study.
Polycarp Mogeni,Thomas N. Williams,Thomas N. Williams,Gregory Fegan,Gregory Fegan,Christopher Nyundo,Evasius Bauni,Kennedy Mwai,Irene Omedo,Patricia Njuguna,Charles R. Newton,Charles R. Newton,Faith H. A. Osier,James A. Berkley,James A. Berkley,Laura L. Hammitt,Laura L. Hammitt,Brett Lowe,Gabriel Mwambingu,Ken Awuondo,Neema Mturi,Norbert Peshu,Robert W. Snow,Abdisalan M. Noor,Abdisalan M. Noor,Kevin Marsh,Kevin Marsh,Philip Bejon,Philip Bejon +28 more
TL;DR: Following a period of reduced transmission, a cohort of older children emerged who have increased susceptibility to malaria, and universal ITN coverage is a promising strategy to achieve this goal.
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Effect of transmission intensity on hotspots and micro-epidemiology of malaria in sub-Saharan Africa.
Polycarp Mogeni,Irene Omedo,Christopher Nyundo,Alice Kamau,Abdisalan M. Noor,Abdisalan M. Noor,Philip Bejon,Philip Bejon +7 more
TL;DR: Geographic micro-variation in malaria transmission at sites with a variety of transmission intensities across sub-Saharan Africa is observed, suggesting varying degrees of temporal stability.
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Detecting Malaria Hotspots: A Comparison of Rapid Diagnostic Test, Microscopy, and Polymerase Chain Reaction.
Polycarp Mogeni,Thomas N. Williams,Thomas N. Williams,Irene Omedo,Domtila Kimani,Joyce M. Ngoi,Jedida Mwacharo,R Morter,R Morter,Christopher Nyundo,Juliana Wambua,George Nyangweso,Melissa C. Kapulu,Melissa C. Kapulu,Gregory Fegan,Gregory Fegan,Philip Bejon,Philip Bejon +17 more
TL;DR: In the elimination stage, malaria control programs should consider polymerase chain reaction testing to guide detection of asymptomatic malaria hotspots.