Prof Karen Day
Professorial Fellow, Population Biology
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
200 Scholarly works
4 Projects
HIGHLIGHTS
2026
Journal article
Model reduction and analysis: A case study of a malaria control model
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2026.1124782026
Journal article
From multiplicity of infection to force of infection in sparsely sampled high-transmission Plasmodium falciparum populations
DOI: 10.7554/elife.100076.42026
Journal article
The dynamics of asymptomatic Plasmodium spp. infections following 10 years of malaria control interventions in Northern Sahelian Ghana
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.00141742026
Research grants (ARC, NHMRC, MRFF)
Solving the Surveillance Challenges for Malaria Elimination in High Burden Countries
2025
Journal article
Measuring changes in Plasmodium falciparum census population size in response to sequential malaria control interventions.
DOI: 10.7554/eLife.914112025
Journal article
Measuring changes in Plasmodium falciparum census population size in response to sequential malaria control interventions
DOI: 10.7554/elife.91411.42019
Research grants (international)
Temporal Strain Structure and Response to Interventions in a High Endemicity Region of Plasmodium Falciparum.
RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS
2025
Journal article
Var genes, strain hyperdiversity, and malaria transmission dynamics
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2025.04.0102025
Journal article
PfGCN5 is essential for Plasmodium falciparum survival and transmission and regulates Pf H2B.Z acetylation and chromatin structure
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkaf2182025
Journal article
A paradoxical population structure of var DBLα types in Africa
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.10128132025
Journal article
Metagenomic complexity of high, seasonal transmission of Plasmodium spp. in asymptomatic carriers in Northern Sahelian Ghana
DOI: 10.1038/s43856-025-01088-y2024
Journal article
Correction to: Population genomics of virulence genes of Plasmodium falciparum in clinical isolates from Uganda (Scientific Reports, (2017), 7, 1, (11810), 10.1038/s41598-017-11814-9)
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-72799-w
RECENT PROJECTS
2014
Research Grant
Impact of Seasonality and Vector Contract on Population Structure of P.falciparum (R01-Tw009670)
2014
Research Grant
P.falciparum Var Gene Diversity and Malaria Control