Oladipo OLADOSU

Assistant Professor

college of AGRICULTURE, ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE (COAES)

Pure and Applied Biology Programme

A Medical Parasitologist with special interest in malaria diagnosis, antimalarial resistant malaria parasite and neglected tropical diseases.

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Education

• PhD (2011). College of Medicine, University of Lagos Idiaraba Lagos Nigeria (Medical Parasitology)
• M.Sc (2004). College of Medicine, University of Lagos Idiaraba Lagos Nigeria (Medical Parasitology)
• B.Sc (2000). University of Lagos Akoka, Lagos (Zoology)

Research

My primary area of interest is on malaria diagnosis. Several methods of malaria diagnosis are being deployed yearly, including AI initiative that is being developed.

I am an expert malaria microscopist with professional certification in malaria microscopist from AmReF, Kenya. We have evaluated performance of several rapid diagnostic test kits (RDT) for diagnosis of malaria. Urine test kits (Fyodor) have been evaluated to show its sensitivity and specificity. The use of other malaria diagnostic machine such as Gazzelle, Muse and others are being evaluated. We have been able to assessed the prevalence of malaria in Iwo, Osun State, Nigeria. We have been able to establish over-diagnosis and over-treatment of malaria in Lagos, Nigeria. 

I have been working on antimalarial resistance Plasmodium falciparum. I have worked on circulating malaria parasite to Chloroquine (CQ) and Sulphadoxine pyrimethamine (SP) in Lagos, Nigeria. I am currently working on artemisinin combination therapy (ACT) resistant Plasmodium falciparum. We are examining the blood of individuals with uncomplicated malaria to monitor Plasmodium falciparum resistant parasite to ACTs. 

I have worked on some neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) including Schistosoma species. I am currently working on knowing the attitude, knowledge and practices of individuals in Iwo, Osun State to NTD.

Institutional Service

• Programme Coordinator
• Assistant Examination Officer: 
• Examination Officer: 
• Departmental Representative – Admission Committee
• Member, College Executive Committee
• Member, Postgraduate College Board
• Member, Tropical Diseases and Public Health Task Force

Professional Service

• Reviewer, Plos One Paper
• Reviewer, BMC Public Journal
• Consultant Malaria Expert, Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention (SMC), Nigeria
• Consultant Malaria Microscopist, ANDI Center of Excellence for Malaria Diagnosis
• Member, Nigeria Malaria Operational Research Community 
• Member, Malaria Society of Nigeria (MSN)
• Consultant, External Quality Assurance (EQA) on Malaria Diagnosis

Selected Publications

1. Oladosu OO, Oyeku OG, Olatubi IV, Ayokunle DI, Okotie SO, Jubril TM, Atobatele OE (2023). Molecular Characterization of Ixodid Ticks Infesting Cattle. IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci. 1219 012005. DOI: 10.1088/1755-1315/1219/1/012005
2. Oladosu OO, Olatubi IV, Oyeku OG, Ayokunle DI, Aromolaran OO, Okotie SO, Jubril TM, Atobatele OE (2023). Molecular identification of Theileria spp in cattle from Iwo Osun state, Nigeria. IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci. 1219 012006 DOI:10.1088/1755-1315/1219/1/012006
3. Oladosu OO, David O. Olatunde DO, Olatayo AO, Atobatele B (2023). Parasitological and Bacteriological Evaluation of Common Raw Fruits Collected from Two Major Markets in Iwo, Osun State, South-West Nigeria. International Journal of Food Science; 2023, Article ID 5524499, 9 pages https://doi.org/10.1155/2023/5524499
4. Atobatele OE, Olatubi IV, OOyeku OG, Ayokunle DI, Oladosu OO, Ogunnaike TM (2023). Analysis of COI gene, prevalence, and intensity of the bat fly Cyclopodia greeffi on roosting straw-coloured fruit bat Eidolon helvum in Southwest Nigeria. International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife 21: 210–218. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijppaw.2023.06.003
5. Oladosu OO, Adeniyi AV (2023). A cross-sectional study of risk factors associated with malaria diseases in pregnant women attending a state hospital Iwo Osun State, Southwest Nigeria, Scientific African, Volume 20, e01668, ISSN 2468-2276, doi.org/10.1016/j.sciaf. 2023.e01668
6. Wellington Oyibo, Victoria Latham, Oladosu Oladipo, Godwin Ntadom, Perpetua Uhomoibhi, Nnenna Ogbulafor, Chukwu Okoronkwo, Festus Okoh, Aminu Mahmoud, Emmanuel Shekarau, Olusola Oresanya, Yakubu Joel Cherima, Innua Jalingo, BintuAbba, MohammedAudu, David J. Conway. (2023). Malaria parasite density and detailed qualitative microscopy enhances large-scale profiling of infection endemicity in Nigeria. Sci Rep 13, 1599. doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-27535-1
7. Oladosu OO, Adedokun VA, Adeniyi AV, Oyibo WA (2021). Performance Evaluation of Malaria HRP-2 Rapid Diagnostic Test among Febrile Patients with Malaria in Iwo Osun State, Nigeria. Int J Trop Dis. 4:046. doi.org/10.23937/2643-461X/1710046
8. Wellington A. Oyibo, Nnenna Ezeigwe, Godwin Ntadom, Oladipo O. Oladosu, Kaitlin Rainwater, Wendy O’Meara, Evaezi Okpokoro, William Brieger (2017). Multicenter Pivotal Clinical Trial of Urine Malaria Test for Rapid Diagnosis of Plasmodium falciparum Malaria. J Clin Microbiol 55:000–000. https:// doi.org/10.1128/JCM.01431-16 
9. Oladosu O O, Oyibo A W, Sutherland CJ (2015). Persistence of chloroquine-resistant haplotypes of Plasmodium falciparum in children with uncomplicated Malaria in Lagos, Nigeria, four years after change of chloroquine as first-line antimalarial medicine. Diagnostic Pathology; 10:41. DOI 10.1186/s13000-015-0276-2 
10. Wellington Aghogbovwia Oyibo, Anthonia Azuka Ike, Oladipo Olarinre Oladosu, Oladele teslim Ojuromi, Sanyaolu Adekunle, Olugbenga Olusanya, Adetayo Foluso Fagbenro-Beyioku (2013). Prevalence of Entamoeba histolytica/Entamoeba dispar Among Patients with Gastro-Intestinal Complaints in Lagos, Nigeria. Archives of Biomedical Sciences and Health; 1(1): 10-19 
11. Oladipo O. Oladosu and Wellington A. Oyibo (2012). Overdiagnosis and Overtreatment of Malaria in Children That Presented with Fever in Lagos, Nigeria. ISRN Infectious Diseases; Volume 2012. doi:10.5402/2012/914675