Uwem Friday Ekpo

About Uwem Friday Ekpo

Uwem Friday Ekpo, With an exceptional h-index of 25 and a recent h-index of 20 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, specializes in the field of parasitology/epidemiology.

His recent articles reflect a diverse array of research interests and contributions to the field:

ADVANCING PARASITOLOGY RESEARCH IN NIGERIA-A RENEWED HOPE.

Zoonotic Schistosomiasis in Nigeria: The Concealed Threat to Humans Posed by Genetic Hybrid Parasites of Livestock Cattle Origin

Application of the novel ESPEN schistosomiasis community Data Analysis tool to refocus Preventive Chemotherapy intervention for schistosomiasis Control and Elimination in …

Understanding the relationship between WASH and malnutrition: Analysis of anthropometric data of children attending WASH-supported schools in Ogun State, Nigeria

Mixed-methods evaluation of integrating female genital schistosomiasis management within primary healthcare: a pilot intervention in Ogun State, Nigeria

Onchocerciasis in Nigeria 1: History of control efforts: https://doi. org/10.60787/qkam-wb02

Feasibility of Helminth Worm Burden as a Marker for Assessing the Impact and Success of Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Interventions (WASH) for the Control of Neglected …

Livestock reservoir hosts: an obscured threat to control of human schistosomiasis in Nigeria

Uwem Friday Ekpo Information

University

Position

Nigeria

Citations(all)

2317

Citations(since 2020)

1234

Cited By

1467

hIndex(all)

25

hIndex(since 2020)

20

i10Index(all)

45

i10Index(since 2020)

37

Email

University Profile Page

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Uwem Friday Ekpo Skills & Research Interests

parasitology/epidemiology

Top articles of Uwem Friday Ekpo

Title

Journal

Author(s)

Publication Date

ADVANCING PARASITOLOGY RESEARCH IN NIGERIA-A RENEWED HOPE.

Nigerian Journal of Parasitology

Uwem F Ekpo

2024/3/1

Zoonotic Schistosomiasis in Nigeria: The Concealed Threat to Humans Posed by Genetic Hybrid Parasites of Livestock Cattle Origin

Andrew W Taylor-Robinson

Hammed Oladeji Mogaji

Olaitan O Omitola

Adedotun Ayodeji Bayegun

Uwem Friday Ekpo

2024/2/19

Application of the novel ESPEN schistosomiasis community Data Analysis tool to refocus Preventive Chemotherapy intervention for schistosomiasis Control and Elimination in …

Nigerian Journal of Parasitology

OJ Nebe

SM Jacob

NM Akpan

S Isiyaku

ES Miri

...

2023/5/1

Understanding the relationship between WASH and malnutrition: Analysis of anthropometric data of children attending WASH-supported schools in Ogun State, Nigeria

Nutrition and Health

Hammed Oladeji Mogaji

Oladunni Nimota Adekunle

Olaitan Olamide Omitola

Clement Ameh Yaro

Ayodele Samuel Babalola

...

2023/4/24

Mixed-methods evaluation of integrating female genital schistosomiasis management within primary healthcare: a pilot intervention in Ogun State, Nigeria

International Health

Helen Piotrowski

Akinola Oluwole

Victoria O Fapohunda

Josephine B Adejobi

Obiageli J Nebe

...

2023/4

Onchocerciasis in Nigeria 1: History of control efforts: https://doi. org/10.60787/qkam-wb02

Nigerian Journal of Parasitology

BEB Nwoke

NM Akpan

V Cama

UF Ekpo

AE Idyorough

...

2023/3/1

Feasibility of Helminth Worm Burden as a Marker for Assessing the Impact and Success of Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Interventions (WASH) for the Control of Neglected …

Nigerian Journal of Parasitology

UF Ekpo

HO Mogaji

2023/12/31

Livestock reservoir hosts: an obscured threat to control of human schistosomiasis in Nigeria

Hammed Oladeji Mogaji

Olaitan Olamide Omitola

Adedotun Ayodeji Bayegun

Uwem Friday Ekpo

Andrew W Taylor-Robinson

2023/2/17

Onchocerciasis in Nigeria 2: Appraisal of seven years (May 2015–May 2022) of onchocerciasis elimination programme: https://doi. org/10.60787/ms49-5d44

Nigerian Journal of Parasitology

BEB Nwoke

NM Akpan

C Cama

UF Ekpo

AE Idyorough

...

2023/9/1

A Post-Lockdown Assessment of Albendazole Treatment Coverage in Mass Drug Administration Campaigns Implemented Before and During COVID-19 Pandemic in Ekiti, Southwest Nigeria

International Journal of Public Health

Hammed O Mogaji

Hilary I Okoh

Abiodun M Lawal

Kayode H Ojo

Ayodele J Marcus

...

2023

Morphometric analysis of schistosome eggs recovered from human urines in communities along the shoreline of Oyan River Dam in Ogun State, Nigeria

Journal of Helminthology

AA Bayegun

OO Omitola

CU Umunnakwe

FA Akande

OP Akinwale

...

2022/1

The Co-infection of Malaria and Typhoid Fever among Fibril Patients attending Adeleke University Medical Center, Osun State, Southwest, Nigeria.

Adeleke University Journal of Science

SN Odoemene

MP Simon

JM Adelowo

RA Ademola

OM Josiah

...

2022/7/25

Persistence of onchocerciasis in villages in Enugu and Ogun states in Nigeria following many rounds of mass distribution of ivermectin

BMC Infectious Diseases

Uwem F Ekpo

Obiora A Eneanya

Edith N Nwankwo

Islamiat Y Soneye

Gary J Weil

...

2022/11/10

Effect of preventive chemotherapy with praziquantel on schistosomiasis among school-aged children in sub-Saharan Africa: a spatiotemporal modelling study

The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Christos Kokaliaris

Amadou Garba

Martin Matuska

Rachel N Bronzan

Daniel G Colley

...

2022/1/1

The new WHO guideline for control and elimination of human schistosomiasis: implications for the Schistosomiasis Elimination Programme in Nigeria

Infectious Diseases of Poverty

Akinola Stephen Oluwole

Uwem Friday Ekpo

Obiageli Josephine Nebe

Nse Michael Akpan

Solomon Monday Jacob

...

2022/10/24

Integrated transmission assessment surveys (iTAS) of lymphatic filariasis and onchocerciasis in Cross River, Taraba and Yobe States, Nigeria

Parasites & Vectors

Ifeoma N Anagbogu

Yisa A Saka

Olabanji Ahmed Surakat

Chukwu Okoronkwo

Emmanuel Davies

...

2022/6/13

High-resolution species assignment of Anopheles mosquitoes using k-mer distances on targeted sequences

Elife

Marilou Boddé

Alex Makunin

Diego Ayala

Lemonde Bouafou

Abdoulaye Diabaté

...

2022/10/12

Morphometric and molecular analysis of Schistosomes eggs recovered from human urines in communities along the shore-line of Oyan-dam in Ogun State, Nigeria

medRxiv

Adedotun Ayodeji Bayegun

Olaitan Olamide Omitola

Uche Cynthia Umunnakwe

Adedayo Foluke Akande

Olaoluwa P Akinwale

...

2022/4/16

Neglected tropical disease elimination is a relay race–let's not drop the baton

Philip Downs

Simon Bush

Ron Bannerman

Lynsey Blair

Susan D'Souza

...

2022/9

Estimating the population at risk with soil transmitted helminthiasis and annual drug requirements for preventive chemotherapy in Ogun State, Nigeria

Scientific Reports

Hammed Oladeji Mogaji

Olatunji Olugoke Johnson

Abbas Bolaji Adigun

Oladunni Nimota Adekunle

Samuel Bankole

...

2022/2/7

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