Position: Head of Department / Professor
Years of Service at ABU Zaria: 33 years
Research Interests/ Specialization:
Professor Luka is a professor of public health and parasitology. Her area of specialization is serodiagnosis and public health impact of parasitic diseases.
Selected Publications:
Luka, S. A., Ajogi, I., and Umoh, J. U. (2000). Helminthosis among School children in Lere Local Government Area, Kaduna State, Nigerian Journal of Parasitology, 1:96-102. www.ajol.info/journal ISSN 1117-4145
Luka, S. A., Ibrahim, M..B. and Ndams, I.S. (2008). Seroprevalence of Hepatitis B surface antigen among pregnant women attending Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Zaria, Kaduna State. Nigerian Journal of Parasitology, 29 (1): 38-41.Published by the Parasitology and Public Health Society of Nigeria. www.ajol.info/journal ISSN 1117-4145
Luka, S.A., Ajogi, I., Nock, I. H., Umoh, J.U. and Kudi, A.C. (2009). Evaluation of Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA) and Western Blotting for the immunodiagnosis of hydatid diseases in Sheep and Goats. The Internet Journal Veterinary Medicine, 2 (5): 1-9
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Luka, S.A., Ajogi, I., Nock, I.H., Umoh, J.U. and Kudi, A.C. (2010). Sero-prevalence of Hydatidosis in domestic animals slaughtered in Kano abattoir, Northern Nigeria.Biological and Environmental Science Journal for the Tropics (BEST), 7(2):136-140. Published by Department of Biological Sciences, Bayero University, Kano.
Ndams, I.S., Joshua, I.A., Luka, S.A., Sadiq, H.O. and Ayodele, S.B. (2010). Human
Immunodeficiency virus seroprevalence among pregnant women in Minna, Nigeria, Annals of Nigerian Medicine, 4(1):14-17. http://www.anmjournal.com.
Okolugbo, B.C., Luka, S.A. and Ndams, I. S. (2013). Hydatidosis of Camels and Cattle slaughtered in Sokoto State, Northern Nigeria. Journal of Food Science and Quality Management, 21: 41-46. Published by International Institute for Science, Technology & Education. www.iiste.org. ISSN 2225-0557.
Yaro, C.A., Kogi, E. and Luka, S.A. (2018). Spatial Distribution and Modelling of Soil Transmitted Helminths infection in Nigeria. Research Journal of Parasitology, 13(2): 19-35.
Clement Ameh Yaro., Ezekiel Kogi., Sodangi Abdulkarim Luka., Luay Alkazmi.,Junaidu Kabir., Kenneth Nnamdi Opara., Gaber El-Saber Batiha., Kamba Bayo., Friday Maduka Chikezie., Albert Bamigbade Alabi. and Salamat Ibrahim Yunusa (2022). Evaluation of School-Based Health Education Intervention on the Incidence of Soil-Transmitted Helminths in Pupils of Rural Communities of Eastern Kogi State, North Central Nigeria. Journal of Parasitology Research.
Rebecca Arin Yakubu., Ishaya Haruna Nock., Iliya Shehu Ndams., Sodangi Abdulkarim Luka., Clement Ameh Yaro., Luay Alkazmi and Gabar El-Sabar Batiha (2022). Detection of Echinococcus granulosus sensu lato cysts and seroprevalence of cystic echinococcosis in cattle and camels in Maiduguri. Journal of Parasitic Diseases. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12639-022-01508-z.2
B. C. Okolugbo, A. E. Abanimoro, V. U. Amuta1, E. Imonitie, H. Ikechukwu, I. P. Otuata, A. P. Nwokebi, A. F. Ikomoni, J. Kpekpeduk and S. A. Luka (2023). preliminary investigation of cystic echinoccoccosis in animals slaughtered in Delta State, South- South, Nigeria. Asian Journal of Science and Technology, 14(05): 12517-12521.
Community Engagement & Service:
Consultant, Neglected Tropical Diseases Unit, Federal Ministry of Health – working on validation of black fly entomology
Professional Memberships:
Member, Parasitology and Public Health Society of Nigeria
Member, Zoological Society of Nigeria