Mekuria Lakew

Asso.pro.Mekuria Lakew

 

Full Name Mekuria Lakew
Academic Rank/Status Ass. Professor
Working for AAU since 1980
Administrative positions held if any/ past and present Associate Dean to Faculty of Science 2004-2005Students affairs CommitteeDepartment Academic/Technical Staff/ Committee
Education attended PhD in Immunology Gottenborg -AAUM.Sc in Parasitology – AAUB.Sc. in Biology AAU
Awards & recognitions “Tore Godal Award ” for four consecutive years for the M.Sc. thesis works we did with our students
Memberships of International bodies Was Scandinavian society of Immunology
Publicity: Journals, editorial roles,initiatives etc. Associate editor for Ethiopian Journal of Biology in BiomedicalScience
Research interest Drugs, Vaccine and Diagnostc tools and Stem Cell Therapy for damaged bone repairs and Diabetics
Publications on reputable journals Mohamed Farouk, Abraham Tesfaye , Mekuria Lakew 2017 Prevalence, relevance and impact of GBV-C among HIV-1 patients under HAART in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. AmericanJournal of Microbiological Research (Accepted)Mohamed Farouk, Abate Bane Shewaye, Desta Kassa and Mekuria Lakew (2017) prevalenceof GBV-C and its impacts among patients with hepatitis B and C viruses in Addis Ababa ,EthiopiaAmerican Journal of Microbiological Research, 5 (1), 1-6Workneh KormaAdane MihretJemal HussienRichard Anthony,  Abraham     Aseffa#   and Mekuria Lakew (2015) Clinical, molecular and drug sensitivity pattern of mycobacterial isolates from extra-pulmonary tuberculosis cases in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia BMCinfect Dis15: 456 –.Solomon Taye and Mekuria Lakew (2013) Impact of hepatitis C virus co- infection on HIV patients before and after highly active antiretroviral therapy: an immunological and clinical chemistry observation, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. BMCImmunology, 14:23

Mesfin Tafesse, Mekuria Lakew, Shreemanta K. Parida et al, (2012) Novel approaches towords the development of an oral post-exposure DNA vaccine forlatent tuberculosis using Salmonella typhimurium ΔaroA vector African Journal of Biotechnology Vol. 11(50), pp. 11150-11159,.

 

Abebe Habte1,2,, Lawrance Yamuah2,Teklu kiros2,Hiwot Tilahun2, GirmayMedhin3, Abraham Aseffa2Mekuria Lakew (2013)P revalence of TuberculosisSuspects in Derra District Semen Shoa zone, Oromyia, EthiopiaManuscript

Abebe Habte1,2 Mekuria Lakew1, Abraham Aseffa2,Teklu kiros2,HiowtTilahun2, Lawrance Yamuah2, Girmay Medhin3, (2013) Impediments of health care seeking behavior of tuberculosis suspectsManuscript

 

  1. Abebe Habte1, 2, Mekuria Lakew1, Abraham Aseffa2, Hiowt Tilahun , Lawrance Yamuah2, Girmay Medhin3,( 2013) Annual Risk ofTuberculosisInfection In Gundo-Meskel, Derra Woreda Semen Shoa Zone in Oromia Region

 

Zufan Bedewi, Mesfin Taffesse and Mekuria Lakew   (2013) Immunogenecity of   RPF-protein from M. luteus in Balb-C mice following different routes ofimmunization. Manuscript in preparation.

Abebe Genetu, Endalamaw Gadisa, Abraham Aseffa, Steve Barr, Dagim Jirata,Teklu Kuru, Mesfin Hunegnaw, Mekuria Lakew, Lashitew Gedamu (2006)

Leishmania aethiopica: Strain identification and characterization of superoxide dismutase-B genes. Experimental Parasitology113 (4), Pages 221–226

Markos Abebe, Abrham Aseffa, Morten Harboe, Zufan Lakew, Lukman Yosuf, Joseph Olobo and Mekuria Lakew. 2005 Anti-mycobacterial recall responses differentiate female patients with genital tuberculosis from patients with genitaltuberculosis from patients with other gynecological problems Ethiop. J. HealthDev. 19(3): 219-224

 

Dawit Wolde Meskel, Getahun Abate.Mekuria Lakew, Solomon Goshu,Alemayehu Selassie, Hakan iorner, Abraham Aseffa 2005 Evaluation of direct calorimetric assay for rapid detection of Rifampicin resistant M.tuberculosis. Ethiop. J. Health Dev. 19(1): 51-54

 

M Abebe, MLakew, D Kidane, Z Lakew, K Kiros, M Harboe (2004) Femalegenital tuberculosis in Ethiopia.  International Journal of Gynecology &Obstetrics, Volume 84, Issue 3, Pages 241-246

 

 

Dawit Wolde Meskel Getahun Abate, Mekuria Lakew, Solomon Goshu, Alemayehu Selassie, Hakan iorner, Abraham Aseffa 2005 Evaluation of direct calorimetric assay for rapid     detection ofRifampicin resistant M.tuberculosis.Ethiop. J. Health Dev. 19(1): 51-54

 

Jia-Bin Sun, Mekuria Lakew, Nathalie Mielcarek Jean-Marie Grzych JM,Andre Capron, Jan Holmgren J. and Cecil Czerkinsky 1999IntranasalAdministration of S.mansoni Gluthathione Transferase Cholera Toxoidconjugate vaccine evokes Anti-parasitic and Anti-pathological immunity inmice. J. of Immunology 163: 1045-1052

. Sun JB. Stadecker MJ, Mielearek N, Lakew M. Li BL Hernandez , CeciCzerkinsky and Holmgren J 2001 Nasal administration of S.mansoni eggantigen-Cholera toxin B subunit conjugate to infected mice reduces immunopathology and mortality Adv. Exp. Med. Biol. 495:305-9

Sun JB. Li BL Lakew M. Grzych, Holmgren J and Cecil Czerkinsky (2001)Nasal administration of S. mansoni egg antigens-Cholera toxin B subunit conjugate suppresses hepatic granuloma formation and reduces mortality inS.mansoni infected mice. Scand. J. Immunol. 54: 440-447

  1. Lakew; Inger Nordström; Cecil Czerkinsky; Marianne Quiding-Järbrink ( 1997)Combined immunomagnetic cell sorting and ELISPOT assay for the   phenotypic characterization of specific antibody-forming cells. Journal of     immunological methods ;203(2):193-8.

 

Marianne Quiding-Järbrink; Inger Nordström; Gösta Granström; Anders Kilander; Marianne Jertborn; E C Butcher; A I Lazarovits; Jan Holmgren; Cecil Czerkinsky (1997) Differential expression of tissue-specific adhesion molecules on human circulating antibody-forming cells after systemic, enteric, and nasal immunizations. A molecular basis for the compartmentalization of effector B cell responses. The Journal of clinical investigation 99(6):1281-6.

Quiding-Järbrink, M., Lakew, M., Nordström, Cecil Czerkinsky (1995) Human circulating specific antibody-forming cells after systemic and mucosal immunizations: differential homing commitments and cell surface differentiation markers. Eur. J. Immunol. 25: 322-327

Induction of specific immunity at mucosal surfaces: prospects for vaccine development 1995 Advaces in mucosal immunology Ed. J. Mestecky Quiding-Järbrink, M., Lakew, M., Nordström, Cecil Czerkinsky…   Plenium press, NY pp 1409

 

Marianne Quiding-Järbrink; G Granström; Inger Nordström* M., Lakew 12; Jan Holmgren; Cecil Czerkinsky 1995 Induction of compartmentalized B-cell responses in human tonsils. Infection and immunity 63(3):853-7.
Marianne Quiding-Järbrink; M. Lakew; Inger Nordström; Jacques Banchereau; E Butcher; Jan Holmgren; Cecil Czerkinsky (1995) Human circulating specific antibody-forming cells after systemic and mucosal immunizations: differential homing commitments and cell surface differentiation markers. European journal of immunology 25(2):322-7.

  1. Lakew; Inger Nordström; M Quiding; Jan Holmgren; E Butcher; Cecil Czerkinsky1995 Phenotypic characterization of circulating antibody-secreting cells after mucosal and systemic immunizations in humans.Advances in experimental medicine andbiology371B:1451-3

M Quiding; M Lakew; G Granström; Inger Nordström; Jan Holmgren; Cecil Czerkinsky (1995) Induction of specific antibody responses in the human nasopharyngeal mucosa. Advances in experimental medicine and biology 371B :1445-50.

Cecil Czerkinsky; M Quiding; Kristina Eriksson; Inger Nordström; M Lakew; C Wenerås; Anders Kilander; S Björck; Ann-Mari Svennerholm; E Butcher (1995) Advances inexperimental medicine and biology 371B:1409-16.

 

 

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