Sabah A. Omar

TL;DR: A detailed genetic analysis of most major groups of African populations is provided, suggesting that Africans represent 14 ancestral populations that correlate with self-described ethnicity and shared cultural and/or linguistic properties.

TL;DR: A genotype-phenotype association study in Tanzanians, Kenyans and Sudanese and identified three SNPs that are associated with lactase persistence and that have derived alleles that significantly enhance transcription from the LCT promoter in vitro, providing a marked example of convergent evolution due to strong selective pressure resulting from shared cultural traits.

TL;DR: The results show that transmission occurs efficiently at sub microscopic gametocyte densities and that carriers harboring submicroscopicgametocytemia constitute a considerable proportion of the human infectious reservoir.

TL;DR: These findings confirm previous estimates of the circulation time of gametocytes, but indicate a much longer duration of (low density) gametocyte carriage after apparently successful clearance of asexual parasites.

TL;DR: The effect of ACT on malaria transmission appears to be moderate and restricted to the duration of gametocyte carriage and the proportion of mosquitoes that are infected by carriers.