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Dr Leen Vanheer

Research Fellow

United Kingdom

Affiliations

Department of Infection Biology
Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases

Centres

Malaria Centre

Research

Research Area
Genomics
Drug resistance
AMR (Antimicrobial resistance)
Parasitology
Molecular biology
Microbiology
Clinical trials
Disease and Health Conditions
Malaria

Selected Publications

Convergent evolution of artemisinin and chloroquine resistance in Ethiopian Plasmodium falciparum parasites
Letebo, A; VANHEER, LN; Engdaw, M; Alemayehu, DH; Deressa, JD; Adnew, B; Ayele, A; Keffale, M; Demisse, M; Seyoum, T; Shiferaw, M; Sime, H; Gebreegziabxier, A; Shimelash, A; Tafa, EB; Chali, W; Alemayehu, L; Kassa, FA; Zeleke, AJ; Hamza, TA; Tamirat, AB; Misganaw, T; Bogale, A; Abriham, ZY; Nasir, Y; ... TADESSE, FG.
2025
Dryad
Convergent Evolution of Artemisinin and Chloroquine Resistance in Ethiopian Plasmodium falciparum Parasites
Letebo, A; VANHEER, LN; Engdaw, M; Alemayehu, DH; Deressa, JD; Adnew, B; Ayele, A; Keffale, M; Demisse, M; Seyoum, T; Shiferaw, M; Sime, H; Gebreegziabxier, A; Shimelash, A; Tafa, EB; Chali, W; Alemayehu, L; Kassa, FA; Zeleke, AJ; Hamza, TA; Tamirat, AB; Misganaw, T; Bogale, A; Abriham, ZY; Nasir, Y; ... Tadesse, FG.
2025
F1000 Research Ltd
Gametocyte production and transmission fitness of African and Asian Plasmodium falciparum isolates with differential susceptibility to artemisinins
Proellochs, NI; Andolina, C; Ramjith, J; Stoter, R; Van Gemert, G-J; Graumans, W; CAMPINO, S; VANHEER, LN; Okitwi, M; Tumwebaze, PK; Conrad, MD; CLARK, TG; Fidock, DA; Ménard, D; Mok, S; Bousema, T;
2025
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy
Preferential transmission of minority and drug-resistant clones in polyclonal infections in Mali.
VANHEER, LN; Manko, E; Mahamar, A; PHELAN, J; Sanogo, K; Sinaba, Y; Niambele, SM; Sacko, A; Keita, S; Youssouf, A; Diallo, M; Soumare, HM; Lanke, K; Issiaka, D; Diawara, H; Traore, SF; Grignard, L; Dicko, A; DRAKELEY, C; CAMPINO, S; STONE, W;
2025
Malaria journal
Gametocyte production and transmission fitness of African and Asian Plasmodium falciparum isolates with differential susceptibility to artemisinins.
Proellochs, NI; Andolina, C; Ramjith, J; Stoter, R; Van Gemert, G-J; Graumans, W; CAMPINO, S; VANHEER, LN; Okitwi, M; Tumwebaze, PK; Conrad, MD; CLARK, TG; Fidock, DA; Menard, D; Mok, S; Bousema, T;
2025
bioRxiv
Artemether-lumefantrine-amodiaquine or artesunate-amodiaquine combined with single low-dose primaquine to reduce Plasmodium falciparum malaria transmission in Ouélessébougou, Mali: a five-arm, phase 2, single-blind, randomised controlled trial.
Mahamar, A; VANHEER, LN; Smit, MJ; Sanogo, K; Sinaba, Y; Niambele, SM; Diallo, M; Dicko, OM; Diarra, RS; Maguiraga, SO; Youssouf, A; Sacko, A; Keita, S; Samake, S; Dembele, A; Teelen, K; Dicko, Y; Traore, SF; Dondorp, A; DRAKELEY, C; STONE, W; Dicko, A;
2024
The Lancet. Microbe
The transmission blocking activity of artemisinin-combination, non-artemisinin, and 8-aminoquinoline antimalarial therapies: a pooled analysis of individual participant data
VANHEER, LN; Ramjith, J; Mahamar, A; Smit, MJ; Lanke, K; Roh, ME; Sanogo, K; Sinaba, Y; Niambele, SM; Diallo, M; Maguiraga, SO; Keita, S; Samake, S; PharmD, AY; Diawara, H; Traore, SF; GOSLING, R; Brown, JM; DRAKELEY, C; Dicko, A; Stone, W; Bousema, T;
2024
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
A Pan Plasmodium lateral flow recombinase polymerase amplification assay for monitoring malaria parasites in vectors and human populations.
Higgins, M; KRISTAN, M; COLLINS, EL; Messenger, LA; Dombrowski, JG; VANHEER, LN; Nolder, D; DRAKELEY, CJ; STONE, W; Mahamar, A; Bousema, T; DELVES, M; Bandibabone, J; N'Do, S; Bantuzeko, C; Zawadi, B; Walker, T; SUTHERLAND, CJ; Marinho, CR F; CAMERON, MM; CLARK, TG; CAMPINO, S;
2024
Scientific reports
Artemether-lumefantrine-amodiaquine or artesunate-amodiaquine combined with single low-dose primaquine to reduce<i>Plasmodium falciparum</i>malaria transmission in Ouélessébougou, Mali: a five-arm, phase 2, single-blind, randomised clinical trial
Mahamar, A; VANHEER, LN; Smit, MJ; Sanogo, K; Sinaba, Y; Niambele, SM; Diallo, M; Dicko, OM; Diarra, RS; Maguiraga, SO; Youssouf, A; Sacko, A; Keita, S; Samake, S; Dembele, A; Teelen, K; Dicko, Y; Traore, SF; Dondorp, A; Drakeley, C; Stone, W; Dicko, A;
2024
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
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