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Afolabi Akinpelu · Sankore

Nigeria Centre for Disease Control

Afolabi Akinpelu

ORCID, self-asserted

ORCID 0000-0002-1837-6255

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Publications

12

Citations

218

h-index

6

Computed over the works the graph holds, so it is a floor rather than a career figure.

i10-index

4

Works published 2022 onward have been swept for this country. Figures are complete within that window, to the extent the open indexes are.

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Every institution this scholar has appeared with on a work, by how many.

Nigeria Centre for Disease Control16 works
Laboratoire National de Référence1 works
Ladoke Akintola University of Technology1 works

Publications

12 works in the graph, newest first.

Genomics reveals zoonotic and sustained human mpox spread in West Africa
2025NatureJournalOpen access23 citations10.1038/s41586-025-09128-2
Leveraging PEPFAR- and Global Fund–Supported Laboratory Network for Integrated Disease Testing: Lessons From Integrated HIV, Tuberculosis, and COVID-19 Testing in Nigeria
2025The Journal of Infectious DiseasesJournal2 citations10.1093/infdis/jiaf334
Molecular Epidemiology, Drug-Resistant Variants, and Therapeutic Implications of Hepatitis B Virus and Hepatitis D Virus Prevalence in Nigeria: A National Study
2025PathogensJournalOpen access4 citations10.3390/pathogens14010101
Mitigating the surge of mpox in Africa: capacity building through public outreach, sample and case management training for healthcare workers and veterinarians
2025Pan African Medical JournalJournalOpen access1 citations10.11604/pamj.supp.2025.50.1.44476

Seroprevalence of Dengue Virus among Febrile Patients in Southwestern Nigeria

2025Pan African Journal of Life SciencesJournalOpen accessFirst author0 citations10.36108/pajols/5202/90.0350

Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices Towards Dengue Fever Infection among Patients Attending Health Facilities in Lagos and Osun States, Nigeria

2024Pan African Journal of Life SciencesJournalOpen accessFirst author2 citations10.36108/pajols/4202/80.0390

Distinct monkeypox virus lineages co-circulating in humans before 2022

2023Nature MedicineJournalOpen access83 citations10.1038/s41591-023-02456-8

Mpox (monkeypox) risk and mortality associated with HIV infection: a national case–control study in Nigeria

2023BMJ Global HealthJournalOpen access53 citations10.1136/bmjgh-2023-013126

Emergence and spread of two SARS-CoV-2 variants of interest in Nigeria

2023Nature CommunicationsJournalOpen access27 citations10.1038/s41467-023-36449-5

An Outbred Guinea Pig Disease Model for Lassa Fever Using a Host-Adapted Clade III Nigerian Lassa Virus

2023VirusesJournalOpen access9 citations10.3390/v15030769

Pathogens that Cause Illness Clinically Indistinguishable from Lassa Fever, Nigeria, 2018

2022Emerging infectious diseasesJournalOpen access9 citations10.3201/eid2805.211153

Trend and enhanced surveillance of Monkeypox during COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria

2022Journal of Public Health in AfricaJournalOpen access5 citations10.4102/jphia.v13i1.401