Mebrate Dufera Bakare
Qualification: PhD
Specialization: Biomedical Science
Academic rank: Associate Professor
Research Area: 1. Infectious diseases with particular emphasis on malaria and the NTDs.
2. Co-infections and interactions between parasitic infections
3. Other Health related researches
4. Immunology
Publications
1. Bayisa,G. and Dufera M. Malaria Infection, Parasitemia, and Hemoglobin Levels in Febrile Patients Attending Sibu Sire Health Facilities, Western Ethiopia. BioMed Research International Volume 2022, https://doi.org/10.1155/2022/6161410
2. Fekadu G.H, Kaba F, Dufera M. Nutritional Knowledge, Practices, Nutritional Status and The Associated Factors Among HIV Positive Mothers on Antiretroviral Therapy: Evidence From Cross Sectional Survey in Abay Choman Health Centers, Western Ethiopia. Research & Reviews: Journal of Medical and Health Sciences RRJOB| Volume 11 | Issue 4 |July, 2022
3. Feyisaa,RB, Mosissa G, Biru B, Debelo S, Dufera M. Community-Based Findings of Magnitude of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus among Adults in Selected Towns of Western Ethiopia. Dubai Diabetes Endocrinol J, DOI: 10.1159/000522563. March 18, 2022.1-9
4. Amenu A, Wirtu D, Dufera M, Kenea O, Tiruneh G, and Dessalegn Z. The Politics of Covid-19: a Qualitative Exploration of Knowledge, Attitudes, and Factors Affecting Prevention Practices in Selected Urban Areas of Wollega Zones, Western Ethiopia. Ethiopian Renaissance Journal of Social Sciences and the Humanities (ERJSSH) 8(1), July 2021
5. Miressa R. and Dufera M. Prevalence and Predisposing Factors of Intestinal Parasitic Infections Among HIV Positive Patients Visiting Nekemte Specialized Hospital, Western Ethiopia. HIV/AIDS - Research and Palliative Care.2021, 13:505-512. https://www.dovepress.com/
6. Negasa A. and Dufera M. Assessment of Etiology of Elephantiasis and Its Associated Risk Factors in Jeldu District, West Shoa, Ethiopia. Journal of Tropical Medicine.Volume 2021, Article ID 5551637, 8 pages. https://doi.org/10.1155/2021/5551637
7. Habtamu Fekadu Gemede, Wubeshet Merga, Mebrate Dufera & Bekele Serbessa | (2021) Nutritional and phenolic profiles of leaves of fifteen Anchote (Cocciniaabyssinica) accessions, Cogent Food & Agriculture, 7:1, 1911031, https://doi.org/10.1080/23311932.2021.1911031
8. Oljira Kenea Negasa, Mebrate Dufera Bekere. Characterization of Anopheles gambiaesensolato Larval Habitats in Anger Gute Resettlement Villages, Western Ethiopia.International Journal of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences. Vol. 6, No. 2, 2021, pp. 35-43 http://www.aiscience.org/journal/ijbcs
9. Wirtu D , Dufera M, Kenea O, Tiruneh G , Desalegn Z , Amenu A (2020).Knowledge, Attitudes, and Prevention Practices towards COVID-19 in Selected Urban Communities of Wollega Zones, Western Ethiopia: A Community-Based Survey
10. Gelano T, Muleta D, Dufera M. (2020). Evaluation of Different Leaf Litters for Oyster Mushroom (PleurotusOstreatus) Cultivation in Nekemte City, Western Ethiopia. Journal of Natural Sciences Research www.iiste.org ISSN 2224-3186 (Paper) ISSN 2225-0921 (Online) Vol.11, No.13, 2020
11. Dufera M., KeneaO.andTadele G.(2020). Malaria Incidence and Trend of Prevalence in and around Anger Gute Town, Western Ethiopia. South Asian Journal of Parasitology 4(3): 1-8.
12. Dufera M., Dabsu R. and Tiruneh G. (2020).Assessment of malaria as a public health problem in and around ArjoDidhessa sugar cane plantation area, Western Ethiopia. BMC Public Health.20:655 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-020-08784-5
13. Diriba D., Dufera M.,WorkuD.,andTamiru O. Guidelines for Research Ethics. First Ed., Wollega University.2019, pp1-77.
14. Dufera,M., Aass,H.C., Berhe,N.,Petros,B. and Erko,B. (2019). Cytokine response in mono and malaria-S.mansoni co-infected individuals in Fincha Sugar Estate, western Ethiopia.Ethiop. J. Health Biomed Sci.9 (1):93-103.
15. Lechissa., A., Asefa, Fasil.,&Dufera, M.(2017). Prevalence of Tuberculosis, Case Detection Rate, TB-HIV Co-Infection and Treatment Outcome of Patients Attending Health Care Facilities in Nekemte Town, Western Ethiopia. Sci. Technol. Arts Res. J., July-Sept. 2017, 6(4), 01-09.
16. Dufera,M., Berhe,N , Erko,B. and Petros,B. (2017). Periportal fibrosis in Schistosomamansoni Mono and Malaria- Schistosoma Co-infected Individuals in Finchaa Sugar Estate, Western Ethiopia. Med. Health Sci. Res. J., 1(1): 1-6
17. Dufera,M., Petros,B., Erko,B. and Berhe,N (2016). Reciprocal increase of malaria parasitaemia, S.mansoni egg count and anemia in Schistosomiasismansoni co-infected individuals in Fincha Sugar Estate, western Ethiopia. Sci. Technol. Arts Res. J., 5 (3): 10-21.
18. Dufera M. (2016).The Department of Microbial, Cellular and Molecular Biology (Doctoral dissertation, Addis Ababa University Addis Ababa, Ethiopia).
19. Dufera,M., Petros,B., Erko,B., Berhe,N. and Gundersen,S.G.(2014). Schistosomamansoni Infection in Finchaa Sugar Estate: Public health Problem Assessment based on Clinical Records and Parasitological Surveys, Western Ethiopia. Sci. Technol. Arts Res. J., 3 (2): 155-161.
20. Mohammed,H., Endeshaw,T., Kebede,A. and Defera,M.(2009).Comparison of Chromotrope 2R and Uvitex 2B for the detection of intestinal Microsporidial spores in stool specimens of HIV patients attending Nekemte Hospital, West Ethiopia. Ethiop Med J., 2009, 47(3):233-237.
21. Dufera, M., Petros, B., Endeshaw, T., Mohammed, H., and Kassu, A. (2007). Opportunistic intestinal protozoan parasites among HIV positive patients on anti-retroviral therapy at Nekemte Hospital, West Ethiopia.Ethiop. J. Health.Biomed. Sci., 1(1):11-17.
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