Sabah A. Omar - Publications

Affiliations: 
Kenya Medical Research Institute 

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2021 Zhang C, Verma A, Feng Y, Melo MCR, McQuillan M, Hansen M, Lucas A, Park J, Ranciaro A, Thompson S, Rubel MA, Campbell MC, Beggs W, Hirbo J, Mpoloka SW, ... ... Omar SA, et al. Global patterns of genetic variation and association with clinical phenotypes at genes involved in SARS-CoV-2 infection. Medrxiv : the Preprint Server For Health Sciences. PMID 34230933 DOI: 10.1101/2021.06.28.21259529  0.301
2019 Fan S, Kelly DE, Beltrame MH, Hansen MEB, Mallick S, Ranciaro A, Hirbo J, Thompson S, Beggs W, Nyambo T, Omar SA, Meskel DW, Belay G, Froment A, Patterson N, et al. African evolutionary history inferred from whole genome sequence data of 44 indigenous African populations. Genome Biology. 20: 82. PMID 31023338 DOI: 10.1186/S13059-019-1679-2  0.315
2019 Scheinfeldt LB, Soi S, Lambert C, Ko WY, Coulibaly A, Ranciaro A, Thompson S, Hirbo J, Beggs W, Ibrahim M, Nyambo T, Omar S, Woldemeskel D, Belay G, Froment A, et al. Genomic evidence for shared common ancestry of East African hunting-gathering populations and insights into local adaptation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. PMID 30782801 DOI: 10.1073/Pnas.1817678116  0.327
2018 Obey JK, Ngeiywa MM, Kiprono P, Omar S, Kauhanen J, Tikkanen-Kaukanen C. Antimalarial Activity of Croton macrostachyus Stem Bark Extracts against Plasmodium berghei In Vivo. Journal of Pathogens. 2018: 2393854. PMID 29984002 DOI: 10.1155/2018/2393854  0.307
2016 Mwangi VI, Mumo RM, Kiboi DM, Omar SA, Ng'ang'a ZW, Ozwara HS. Methylene blue inhibits lumefantrine-resistant Plasmodium berghei. Journal of Infection in Developing Countries. 10: 635-42. PMID 27367013 DOI: 10.3855/Jidc.7556  0.353
2015 Shah J, Mark O, Weltman H, Barcelo N, Lo W, Wronska D, Kakkilaya S, Rao A, Bhat ST, Sinha R, Omar S, O'bare P, Moro M, Gilman RH, Harris N. Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization (FISH) Assays for Diagnosing Malaria in Endemic Areas. Plos One. 10: e0136726. PMID 26333092 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Pone.0136726  0.358
2014 Henriques G, Hallett RL, Beshir KB, Gadalla NB, Johnson RE, Burrow R, van Schalkwyk DA, Sawa P, Omar SA, Clark TG, Bousema T, Sutherland CJ. Directional selection at the pfmdr1, pfcrt, pfubp1, and pfap2mu loci of Plasmodium falciparum in Kenyan children treated with ACT. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 210: 2001-8. PMID 24994911 DOI: 10.1093/Infdis/Jiu358  0.387
2014 Campbell MC, Ranciaro A, Zinshteyn D, Rawlings-Goss R, Hirbo J, Thompson S, Woldemeskel D, Froment A, Omar SA, Bodo JM, Nyambo T, Belay G, Drayna D, Breslin PA, Tishkoff SA. Limited evidence for adaptive evolution and functional effect of allelic variation at rs702424 in the promoter of the TAS2R16 bitter taste receptor gene in Africa. Journal of Human Genetics. 59: 349-52. PMID 24785689 DOI: 10.1038/Jhg.2014.29  0.37
2014 Ranciaro A, Campbell MC, Hirbo JB, Ko WY, Froment A, Anagnostou P, Kotze MJ, Ibrahim M, Nyambo T, Omar SA, Tishkoff SA. Genetic origins of lactase persistence and the spread of pastoralism in Africa. American Journal of Human Genetics. 94: 496-510. PMID 24630847 DOI: 10.1016/J.Ajhg.2014.02.009  0.36
2014 Campbell MC, Ranciaro A, Zinshteyn D, Rawlings-Goss R, Hirbo J, Thompson S, Woldemeskel D, Froment A, Rucker JB, Omar SA, Bodo JM, Nyambo T, Belay G, Drayna D, Breslin PA, et al. Origin and differential selection of allelic variation at TAS2R16 associated with salicin bitter taste sensitivity in Africa. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 31: 288-302. PMID 24177185 DOI: 10.1093/Molbev/Mst211  0.403
2014 Aminkeng F, Ross CJ, Rassekh SR, Brunham LR, Sistonen J, Dube MP, Ibrahim M, Nyambo TB, Omar SA, Froment A, Bodo JM, Tishkoff S, Carleton BC, Hayden MR. Higher frequency of genetic variants conferring increased risk for ADRs for commonly used drugs treating cancer, AIDS and tuberculosis in persons of African descent. The Pharmacogenomics Journal. 14: 160-70. PMID 23588107 DOI: 10.1038/Tpj.2013.13  0.366
2013 Beshir KB, Sutherland CJ, Sawa P, Drakeley CJ, Okell L, Mweresa CK, Omar SA, Shekalaghe SA, Kaur H, Ndaro A, Chilongola J, Schallig HD, Sauerwein RW, Hallett RL, Bousema T. Residual Plasmodium falciparum parasitemia in Kenyan children after artemisinin-combination therapy is associated with increased transmission to mosquitoes and parasite recurrence. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 208: 2017-24. PMID 23945376 DOI: 10.1093/Infdis/Jit431  0.383
2013 Ko WY, Rajan P, Gomez F, Scheinfeldt L, An P, Winkler CA, Froment A, Nyambo TB, Omar SA, Wambebe C, Ranciaro A, Hirbo JB, Tishkoff SA. Identifying Darwinian selection acting on different human APOL1 variants among diverse African populations. American Journal of Human Genetics. 93: 54-66. PMID 23768513 DOI: 10.1016/J.Ajhg.2013.05.014  0.361
2013 Gomez F, Tomas G, Ko WY, Ranciaro A, Froment A, Ibrahim M, Lema G, Nyambo TB, Omar SA, Wambebe C, Hirbo JB, Rocha J, Tishkoff SA. Patterns of nucleotide and haplotype diversity at ICAM-1 across global human populations with varying levels of malaria exposure. Human Genetics. 132: 987-99. PMID 23609612 DOI: 10.1007/S00439-013-1284-5  0.461
2013 Sawa P, Shekalaghe SA, Drakeley CJ, Sutherland CJ, Mweresa CK, Baidjoe AY, Manjurano A, Kavishe RA, Beshir KB, Yussuf RU, Omar SA, Hermsen CC, Okell L, Schallig HD, Sauerwein RW, et al. Malaria transmission after artemether-lumefantrine and dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine: a randomized trial. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 207: 1637-45. PMID 23468056 DOI: 10.1093/Infdis/Jit077  0.358
2012 Mang'era CM, Mbai FN, Omedo IA, Mireji PO, Omar SA. Changes in genotypes of Plasmodium falciparum human malaria parasite following withdrawal of chloroquine in Tiwi, Kenya. Acta Tropica. 123: 202-7. PMID 22641431 DOI: 10.1016/J.Actatropica.2012.05.007  0.409
2012 Campbell MC, Ranciaro A, Froment A, Hirbo J, Omar S, Bodo JM, Nyambo T, Lema G, Zinshteyn D, Drayna D, Breslin PA, Tishkoff SA. Evolution of functionally diverse alleles associated with PTC bitter taste sensitivity in Africa. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 29: 1141-53. PMID 22130969 DOI: 10.1093/Molbev/Msr293  0.391
2012 Beshir KB, Sawa P, Drakeley CJ, Baidjoe AY, Mweresa CK, Yussuf RU, Omar SA, Hermsen CC, Shekalaghe SA, Schallig HD, Sauerwein RW, Sutherland CJ, Hallett RL, Bousema T. Extended malaria parasite clearance time in African children following artemisinin-combination therapy enhances transmission to Anopheles mosquitoes Malaria Journal. 11: 1-2. DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-11-S1-O20  0.436
2011 Huang L, Jakobsson M, Pemberton TJ, Ibrahim M, Nyambo T, Omar S, Pritchard JK, Tishkoff SA, Rosenberg NA. Haplotype variation and genotype imputation in African populations. Genetic Epidemiology. 35: 766-80. PMID 22125220 DOI: 10.1002/Gepi.20626  0.376
2011 Mortensen HM, Froment A, Lema G, Bodo JM, Ibrahim M, Nyambo TB, Omar SA, Tishkoff SA. Characterization of genetic variation and natural selection at the arylamine N-acetyltransferase genes in global human populations. Pharmacogenomics. 12: 1545-58. PMID 21995608 DOI: 10.2217/Pgs.11.88  0.372
2011 Ko WY, Kaercher KA, Giombini E, Marcatili P, Froment A, Ibrahim M, Lema G, Nyambo TB, Omar SA, Wambebe C, Ranciaro A, Hirbo JB, Tishkoff SA. Effects of natural selection and gene conversion on the evolution of human glycophorins coding for MNS blood polymorphisms in malaria-endemic African populations. American Journal of Human Genetics. 88: 741-54. PMID 21664997 DOI: 10.1016/J.Ajhg.2011.05.005  0.437
2011 Gathirwa JW, Rukunga GM, Mwitari PG, Mwikwabe NM, Kimani CW, Muthaura CN, Kiboi DM, Nyangacha RM, Omar SA. Traditional herbal antimalarial therapy in Kilifi district, Kenya Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 134: 434-442. PMID 21211554 DOI: 10.1016/J.Jep.2010.12.043  0.347
2011 Kigondu EVM, Rukunga GM, Gathirwa JW, Irungu BN, Mwikwabe NM, Amalemba GM, Omar SA, Kirira PG. Antiplasmodial and cytotoxicity activities of some selected plants used by the Maasai community, Kenya South African Journal of Botany. 77: 725-729. DOI: 10.1016/J.Sajb.2011.03.008  0.377
2010 Maïga-Ascofaré O, Le Bras J, Mazmouz R, Renard E, Falcão S, Broussier E, Bustos D, Randrianarivelojosia M, Omar SA, Aubouy A, Lepère JF, Jean-François V, Djimdé AA, Clain J. Adaptive differentiation of Plasmodium falciparum populations inferred from single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) conferring drug resistance and from neutral SNPs. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 202: 1095-103. PMID 20726766 DOI: 10.1086/656142  0.402
2010 Bousema T, Okell L, Shekalaghe S, Griffin JT, Omar S, Sawa P, Sutherland C, Sauerwein RW, Ghani AC, Drakeley C. Revisiting the circulation time of Plasmodium falciparum gametocytes: molecular detection methods to estimate the duration of gametocyte carriage and the effect of gametocytocidal drugs Malaria Journal. 9: 136-136. PMID 20497536 DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-9-136  0.34
2010 Yusuf RU, Omar SA, Ngure RM. The effect of point mutations in dihydrofolate reductase genes and multidrug resistance gene 1-86 on treatment of falciparum malaria in Sudan. Journal of Infection in Developing Countries. 4: 61-69. PMID 20212335 DOI: 10.3855/Jidc.630  0.369
2009 Tishkoff SA, Reed FA, Friedlaender FR, Ehret C, Ranciaro A, Froment A, Hirbo JB, Awomoyi AA, Bodo JM, Doumbo O, Ibrahim M, Juma AT, Kotze MJ, Lema G, Moore JH, ... ... Omar SA, et al. The genetic structure and history of Africans and African Americans. Science (New York, N.Y.). 324: 1035-44. PMID 19407144 DOI: 10.1126/Science.1172257  0.342
2009 Oesterholt MJ, Alifrangis M, Sutherland CJ, Omar SA, Sawa P, Howitt C, Gouagna LC, Sauerwein RW, Bousema T. Submicroscopic gametocytes and the transmission of antifolate-resistant Plasmodium falciparum in Western Kenya. Plos One. 4: e4364. PMID 19194499 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Pone.0004364  0.408
2008 Mens PF, Sawa P, van Amsterdam SM, Versteeg I, Omar SA, Schallig HD, Kager PA. A randomized trial to monitor the efficacy and effectiveness by QT-NASBA of artemether-lumefantrine versus dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine for treatment and transmission control of uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria in western Kenya. Malaria Journal. 7: 237. PMID 19017387 DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-7-237  0.364
2008 Bousema JT, Drakeley CJ, Mens PF, Arens T, Houben R, Omar SA, Gouagna LC, Schallig H, Sauerwein RW. Increased Plasmodium falciparum gametocyte production in mixed infections with P. malariae. The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 78: 442-8. PMID 18337341 DOI: 10.4269/Ajtmh.2008.78.442  0.347
2007 Muthaura CN, Rukunga GM, Chhabra SC, Omar SA, Guantai AN, Gathirwa JW, Tolo FM, Mwitari PG, Keter LK, Kirira PG, Kimani CW, Mungai GM, Njagi ENM. Antimalarial activity of some plants traditionally used in treatment of malaria in Kwale district of Kenya Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 112: 545-551. PMID 17572031 DOI: 10.1016/J.Jep.2007.04.018  0.31
2007 Schneider P, Bousema JT, Gouagna LC, Otieno S, van de Vegte-Bolmer M, Omar SA, Sauerwein RW. Submicroscopic Plasmodium falciparum gametocyte densities frequently result in mosquito infection. The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 76: 470-4. PMID 17360869 DOI: 10.4269/Ajtmh.2007.76.470  0.34
2007 Tishkoff SA, Reed FA, Ranciaro A, Voight BF, Babbitt CC, Silverman JS, Powell K, Mortensen HM, Hirbo JB, Osman M, Ibrahim M, Omar SA, Lema G, Nyambo TB, Ghori J, et al. Convergent adaptation of human lactase persistence in Africa and Europe. Nature Genetics. 39: 31-40. PMID 17159977 DOI: 10.1038/Ng1946  0.302
2007 Gathirwa JW, Rukunga GM, Njagi ENM, Omar SA, Guantai AN, Muthaura CN, Mwitari PG, Kimani CW, Kirira PG, Tolo FM, Ndunda TN, Ndiege IO. In vitro anti-plasmodial and in vivo anti-malarial activity of some plants traditionally used for the treatment of malaria by the Meru community in Kenya Journal of Natural Medicines. 61: 261-268. DOI: 10.1007/S11418-007-0140-0  0.318
2006 Mens P, Spieker N, Omar S, Heijnen M, Schallig H, Kager PA. Is molecular biology the best alternative for diagnosis of malaria to microscopy? A comparison between microscopy, antigen detection and molecular tests in rural Kenya and urban Tanzania. Tropical Medicine & International Health. 12: 238-244. PMID 17300631 DOI: 10.1111/J.1365-3156.2006.01779.X  0.35
2006 Bousema JT, Schneider P, Gouagna LC, Drakeley CJ, Tostmann A, Houben R, Githure JI, Ord R, Sutherland CJ, Omar SA, Sauerwein RW. Moderate effect of artemisinin-based combination therapy on transmission of Plasmodium falciparum. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 193: 1151-9. PMID 16544256 DOI: 10.1086/503051  0.375
2006 Kirira PG, Rukunga GM, Wanyonyi AW, Muregi FM, Gathirwa JW, Muthaura CN, Omar SA, Tolo F, Mungai GM, Ndiege IO. Anti-plasmodial activity and toxicity of extracts of plants used in traditional malaria therapy in Meru and Kilifi Districts of Kenya. Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 106: 403-407. PMID 16530996 DOI: 10.1016/J.Jep.2006.01.017  0.314
2006 Schneider P, Bousema T, Omar S, Gouagna L, Sawa P, Schallig H, Sauerwein R. (Sub)microscopic Plasmodium falciparum gametocytaemia in Kenyan children after treatment with sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine monotherapy or in combination with artesunate. International Journal For Parasitology. 36: 403-8. PMID 16500657 DOI: 10.1016/J.Ijpara.2006.01.002  0.386
2006 Mwangi JM, Omar SA, Ranford-Cartwright LC. Comparison of microsatellite and antigen-coding loci for differentiating recrudescing Plasmodium falciparum infections from reinfections in Kenya. International Journal For Parasitology. 36: 329-36. PMID 16442537 DOI: 10.1016/J.Ijpara.2005.10.013  0.394
2005 Omar SA, Mens PF, Schoone GJ, Yusuf A, Mwangi J, Kaniaru S, Omer GAA, Schallig HDFH. Plasmodium falciparum: Evaluation of a quantitative nucleic acid sequence-based amplification assay to predict the outcome of sulfadoxine–pyrimethamine treatment of uncomplicated malaria Experimental Parasitology. 110: 73-79. PMID 15804381 DOI: 10.1016/J.Exppara.2005.02.001  0.312
2004 Stivanello E, Cavailler P, Cassano F, Omar SA, Kariuki D, Mwangi J, Piola P, Guthmann J. Efficacy of chloroquine, sulphadoxine–pyrimethamine and amodiaquine for treatment of uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Kajo Keji county, Sudan Tropical Medicine & International Health. 9: 975-980. PMID 15361110 DOI: 10.1111/J.1365-3156.2004.01290.X  0.389
2003 Macintyre K, Sosler S, Letipila F, Lochigan M, Hassig S, Omar SA, Githure J. A new tool for malaria prevention?: Results of a trial of permethrin-impregnated bedsheets (shukas) in an area of unstable transmission. International Journal of Epidemiology. 32: 157-60. PMID 12690029 DOI: 10.1093/Ije/Dyg019  0.329
2000 Schoone GJ, Oskam L, Kroon NCM, Schallig HDFH, Omar SA. Detection and quantification of Plasmodium falciparum in blood samples using quantitative nucleic acid sequence-based amplification. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 38: 4072-4075. PMID 11060070 DOI: 10.1128/Jcm.38.11.4072-4075.2000  0.377
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