Ashenafi Assefa

2.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
58 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Ashenafi Assefa is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Parasitology and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Ashenafi Assefa has authored 58 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 44 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 13 papers in Parasitology and 9 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Ashenafi Assefa's work include Malaria Research and Control (42 papers), Mosquito-borne diseases and control (35 papers) and Parasites and Host Interactions (8 papers). Ashenafi Assefa is often cited by papers focused on Malaria Research and Control (42 papers), Mosquito-borne diseases and control (35 papers) and Parasites and Host Interactions (8 papers). Ashenafi Assefa collaborates with scholars based in Ethiopia, United States and Australia. Ashenafi Assefa's co-authors include Moges Kassa, Abebe Animut, Hussein Mohammed, Kaleab Asres, Franz Bučar, Amha Kebede, Geremew Tasew, Heven Sime, Adugna Woyessa and Maria P. Rebollo and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, The Journal of Infectious Diseases and Emerging infectious diseases.

In The Last Decade

Ashenafi Assefa

56 papers receiving 1.1k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Plasmodium falciparum resistant to artemisinin and diagnostics have emerged in Ethiopia

2023 75 citations Abebe A. Fola, Sindew Mekasha Feleke et al. Nature Microbiology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ashenafi Assefa Ethiopia	19	674	335	312	143	115	58	1.2k
Cielo Pasay Australia	19	535 0.8×	402 1.2×	263 0.8×	122 0.9×	121 1.1×	31	1.1k
Peerapan Tan‐ariya Thailand	21	707 1.0×	318 0.9×	537 1.7×	85 0.6×	154 1.3×	79	1.3k
Carlos Chaccour Spain	20	883 1.3×	433 1.3×	310 1.0×	193 1.3×	90 0.8×	68	1.4k
Wichai Satimai Thailand	17	1.2k 1.8×	220 0.7×	185 0.6×	76 0.5×	89 0.8×	28	1.5k
Puji Budi Setia Asih Indonesia	22	888 1.3×	133 0.4×	272 0.9×	242 1.7×	211 1.8×	83	1.5k
Jean-François Molez Senegal	17	915 1.4×	282 0.8×	413 1.3×	130 0.9×	81 0.7×	48	1.3k
Hervé Bogreau France	20	809 1.2×	241 0.7×	183 0.6×	63 0.4×	101 0.9×	52	1.1k
Robert Tinga Guiguemdé Burkina Faso	20	624 0.9×	211 0.6×	226 0.7×	83 0.6×	98 0.9×	39	1.1k
Jean Bernard Lékana-Douki Gabon	16	334 0.5×	197 0.6×	224 0.7×	60 0.4×	71 0.6×	55	636
Abebe Animut Ethiopia	23	769 1.1×	163 0.5×	408 1.3×	536 3.7×	132 1.1×	64	1.7k

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Brhane, Bokretsion G., Abebe A. Fola, Moges Kassa, et al.. (2025). Rising prevalence of Plasmodium falciparum Artemisinin partial resistance mutations in Ethiopia. Communications Medicine. 5(1). 297–297. 3 indexed citations

Assefa, Ashenafi, Hussein Mohammed, Getachew Tollera, et al.. (2024). Therapeutic efficacy and safety of artemether-lumefantrine for uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria treatment in Metehara, Central-east Ethiopia. Malaria Journal. 23(1). 184–184. 1 indexed citations

Fola, Abebe A., Sindew Mekasha Feleke, Hussein Mohammed, et al.. (2023). Plasmodium falciparum resistant to artemisinin and diagnostics have emerged in Ethiopia. Nature Microbiology. 8(10). 1911–1919. 75 indexed citations breakdown →

Mohammed, Hussein, Heven Sime, Worku Bekele, et al.. (2023). Safety and therapeutic efficacy of artemether-lumefantrine in the treatment of uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria at Shecha health centre, Arba Minch, Ethiopia. Malaria Journal. 22(1). 9–9. 5 indexed citations

Ménard, Didier, Sisay Dugassa, Ashenafi Assefa, et al.. (2023). Significant number of Plasmodium vivax mono-infections by PCR misidentified as mixed infections (P. vivax/P. falciparum) by microscopy and rapid diagnostic tests: malaria diagnostic challenges in Ethiopia. Malaria Journal. 22(1). 201–201. 2 indexed citations

Mohammed, Hussein, Heven Sime, Hiwot Solomon, et al.. (2022). Efficacy and safety of pyronaridine-artesunate (Pyramax®) for the treatment of uncomplicated Plasmodium vivax malaria in Northwest Ethiopia. Malaria Journal. 21(1). 401–401. 3 indexed citations

Assefa, Ashenafi, Mateusz M. Pluciński, Heven Sime, et al.. (2022). Investigation of Plasmodium falciparum pfhrp2 and pfhrp3 gene deletions and performance of a rapid diagnostic test for identifying asymptomatic malaria infection in northern Ethiopia, 2015. Malaria Journal. 21(1). 70–70. 6 indexed citations

Brazeau, Nicholas F., Ashenafi Assefa, Hussein Mohammed, et al.. (2019). Pooled Deep Sequencing of Drug Resistance Loci from Plasmodium falciparum Parasites across Ethiopia. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 101(5). 1139–1143. 6 indexed citations

Abera, Adugna, Surafel Fentaw, Yonas Wuletaw, et al.. (2019). Isolation and identification of microflora from the midgut and salivary glands of Anopheles species in malaria endemic areas of Ethiopia. BMC Microbiology. 19(1). 85–85. 17 indexed citations

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Mohammed, Hussein, Ashenafi Assefa, Kalkidan Mekete, et al.. (2019). Genetic diversity of Plasmodium falciparum isolates from patients with uncomplicated and severe malaria based on msp-1 and msp-2 genes in Gublak, North West Ethiopia. Malaria Journal. 18(1). 413–413. 12 indexed citations

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Assefa, Ashenafi, Arif Ali, Wakgari Deressa, et al.. (2018). ETHIOPIA: ASSESSMENT OF MALARIA TRANSMISSION DYNAMICS USING MULTIPLEX SEROLOGICAL ASSAY. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 99. 16–16. 1 indexed citations

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Mohammed, Hussein, Moges Kassa, Kalkidan Mekete, et al.. (2018). Genetic diversity of the msp-1, msp-2, and glurp genes of Plasmodium falciparum isolates in Northwest Ethiopia. Malaria Journal. 17(1). 386–386. 31 indexed citations

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Sime, Heven, Katherine Gass, Ashenafi Assefa, et al.. (2018). Results of a confirmatory mapping tool for Lymphatic filariasis endemicity classification in areas where transmission was uncertain in Ethiopia. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 12(3). e0006325–e0006325. 22 indexed citations

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Assefa, Ashenafi, et al.. (2017). Anthelmintic effects of indigenous multipurpose fodder tree extracts against Haemonchus contortus. Tropical Animal Health and Production. 50(4). 727–732. 8 indexed citations

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Mohammed, Hussein, Moges Kassa, Ashenafi Assefa, Mekonnen Tadesse, & Amha Kebede. (2017). Genetic polymorphism of Merozoite Surface Protein-2 (MSP-2) in Plasmodium falciparum isolates from Pawe District, North West Ethiopia. PLoS ONE. 12(5). e0177559–e0177559. 19 indexed citations

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Mohammed, Hussein, Moges Kassa, Ashenafi Assefa, et al.. (2015). Genetic diversity of Plasmodium falciparum isolates based on MSP-1 and MSP-2 genes from Kolla-Shele area, Arbaminch Zuria District, southwest Ethiopia. Malaria Journal. 14(1). 73–73. 45 indexed citations

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Rebollo, Maria P., Heven Sime, Ashenafi Assefa, et al.. (2015). Shrinking the Lymphatic Filariasis Map of Ethiopia: Reassessing the Population at Risk through Nationwide Mapping. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 9(11). e0004172–e0004172. 26 indexed citations

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Deribe, Kebede, Jorge Cano, Melanie J. Newport, et al.. (2015). Mapping and Modelling the Geographical Distribution and Environmental Limits of Podoconiosis in Ethiopia. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 9(7). e0003946–e0003946. 60 indexed citations

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Assefa, Ashenafi, et al.. (2008). BRONCHODILATOR AND ANTI-INFLAMMATORY ACTIVITIES OF ADHATODA SCHIMPERIANA. Ethiopian Journal of Health Sciences. 18(2). 4 indexed citations

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Asres, Kaleab, et al.. (2006). In vivo anti-inflammatory and anti-nociceptive activities of Cheilanthes farinosa. Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 108(3). 462–470. 90 indexed citations

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