2014 Publication
1. Edwin Kamau, Susana Campino, Lucas Amenga-Etego, Eleanor Drury, Deus Ishengoma, Kimberly Johnson, Dieudonne Mumba, Mihir Kekre, Yavo William, Daniel Mead, Bouyou-Akotet Marielle, Tobias Apinjoh, Lemu Golassa, Milijaona Randrianarivelojosia, Ben Andagalu, Oumou Maiga-Ascofare, Alfred Amambua-Ngwa, Paulina Tindana, Anita Ghansah, Bronwyn MacInnis, Dominic Kwiatkowski, and Abdoulaye Djimde. d K13-propeller polymorphisms in Plasmodium falciparum parasites from sub-Saharan Africa. J Infect Dis. 2014 Nov 2. pii: jiu608
2. Anita Ghansah, Lucas Amenga-Etego, Alfred Amambua-Ngwa, Ben Andagalu, Tobias Apinjoh, Marielle Bouyou-Akotet, Victoria Cornelius, Lemu Golassa, Voahangy Hanitriniaina Andrianaranjaka, Deus Ishengoma,Kimberly Johnson, Edwin Kamau, Oumou Maïga-Ascofaré,Dieudonne Mumba, Paulina Tindana, Antoinette Tshefu-Kitoto, Milijaona Randrianarivelojosia, Yavo William, Dominic P. Kwiatkowski and Abdoulaye A. Djimde. Monitoring parasite diversity for malaria elimination in sub-Saharan Africa. Science 12 September 2014: Vol. 345 no. 6202 pp. 1297-1298.
3. E. K. ABU, J. N. BOAMPONG, I. AYI, G. GHARTEY-KWANSAH, R. AFOAKWAH, P. NSIAH and E. BLAY. Infection risk factors associated with seropositivity for Toxoplasma gondii in a population-based study in the Central Region, Ghana. Epidemiol Infect. 2014 Nov 6:1-9.
4. B. B. Obeng, A. S. Amoah, I. A. Larbi, D. K. de Souza, H.-W. Uh, M. Fernandez-Rivas, R. van Ree, L. C. Rodrigues, D. A. Boakye, M. Yazdanbakhsh and F. C. Hartgers. Schistosome infection is negatively associated with mite atopy, but not wheeze and asthma in Ghanaian Schoolchildren. Clinical & Experimental Allergy, 2014 (44) 965–975.
5. A S Amoah, B B Obeng, L May, Y C Kruize, I A Larbi, M Kabesch, M D Wilson, F C Hartgers, D A Boakye and M Yazdanbakhsh. Urban–rural differences in the gene expression profiles of Ghanaian children. Genes and Immunity (2014) 15, 313–319.
6. Abdul-Razak Abizari, Christiana Buxton, Lugutuah Kwara, Joseph Mensah-Homiah, Margaret Armar-Klemesu and Inge D. Brouwe. School feeding contributes to micronutrient adequacy of Ghanaian schoolchildren. British Journal of Nutrition / Volume 112 / Issue 06 / September 2014, pp 1019-1033
7. Godfred Egbi, Matilda Steiner-Asiedu, Faribu Saalia Kwesi, Irene Ayi, Winfred Ofosu, Jacob Setorglo, Seth Selorm Klobodu, and Margaret Armar-Klemesu. Anaemia among school children older than five years in the Volta Region of Ghana. Pan Afr Med J. 2014; 17(Suppl 1): 10
8. de Souza DK, Osei-Poku J, Blum J, Baidoo H, Brown CA, Lawson BW, Wilson MD, Bockarie MJ, Boakye DA. The epidemiology of lymphatic filariasis in Ghana, explained by the possible existence of two strains of Wuchereria bancrofti. Pan Afr Med J. 2014 Feb 26; 17:133
9. Kirk A Rockett, Geraldine M Clarke, Kathryn Fitzpatrick, Christina Hubbart, Anna E Jeffreys, Kate Rowlands, Rachel Craik, Muminatou Jallow, David J Conway, Kalifa A Bojang, Margaret Pinder, Stanley Usen, Fatoumatta Sisay-Joof, Giorgio Sirugo, Ousmane Toure, Mahamadou A Thera, Salimata Konate, Sibiry Sissoko, Amadou Niangaly, Belco Poudiougou, Valentina D Mangano, Edith C Bougouma, Sodiomon B Sirima, David Modiano, Lucas N Amenga-Etego, Anita Ghansah, Kwadwo A Koram, Michael D Wilson, Anthony Enimil, Jennifer Evans, Olukemi Amodu, Subulade Olaniyan, Tobias Apinjoh, Regina Mugri, Andre Ndi, Carolyne M Ndila, Sophie Uyoga, Alexander Macharia, Norbert Peshu, Thomas N Williams, Alphaxard Manjurano, Eleanor Riley, Chris Drakeley, Hugh Reyburn, Vysaul Nyirongo, David Kachala,Malcolm Molyneux, Sarah J Dunstan, Nguyen Hoan Phu, Nguyen Thi Ngoc Quyen, Cao Quang Thai, Tran Tinh Hien, Laurens Manning, Moses Laman, Peter Siba, Harin Karunajeewa, Steve Allen, Angela Allen, Timothy M E Davis, Pascal Michon, Ivo Mueller, Angie Green, Sile Molloy, Kimberly J Johnson, Angeliki Kerasidou, Victoria Cornelius, Lee Hart, Aaron Vanderwal, Miguel SanJoaquin, Gavin Band, Si Quang Le, Matti Pirinen, Nuno Sepúlveda, Chris C A Spencer, Taane G Clark, Tsiri Agbenyega, Eric Achidi, Ogobara Doumbo, Jeremy Farrar, Kevin Marsh, Terrie Taylor & Dominic P Kwiatkowski. Reappraisal of known malaria resistance loci in a large multicenter study. Nature Genetics 46, 1197–1204 (2014).
10. Nguyen Huu Tung, Mitsuko Suzuki, Takuhiro Uto, Osamu Morinaga, Osamu Morinaga, Kofi D. Kwofie, Naa Ammah, Kwadwo A. Koram, Frederic Aboagye, Dominic Edoh, Taizo Yamashita, Yasuchika Yamaguchi, Takao Setsu, Shoji Yamaoka, Nobuo Ohta& Yukihiro Shoyama. Anti-Trypanosomal Activity of Diarylheptanoids Isolated from the Bark of Alnus japonica. An International Journal of Comparative Medicine East and West Volume 42, Issue 05, 2014
11. Sanuade OA, Anarfi JK, Aikins Ad, Koram KA. Patterns of cardiovascular disease mortality in Ghana: a 5-year review of autopsy cases at Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital. Ethn Dis. 2014 winter; 24(1):55-9.
12. Samuel Adjei, Patrick Amoateng, Dorcas Osei-Safo, Clement Sasu, Benoit Banga N'guessan, Phyllis Addo, Julius Isaac Asiedu-Gyekye. Sub-acute toxicity of a hydro-ethanolic whole plant extract of Synedrella nodiflora (L) Gaertn in rats. Int J Green Pharm 2014 | Volume : 8 | Issue : 4 | Page : 271-27
13. Irene A Agyepong, Geneieve C Aryeetey, Justice Nonvignon, Francis Asenso-Boad, Helen Dzikunu, Edward Antwi, Daniel Ankrah, Charles Adjei-Acquah, Reuben Esena Moses Aikins and Daniel K Arhinful. Advancing the application of systems thinking in health: provider payment and service supply behaviour and incentives in the Ghana National Health Insurance Scheme--a systems approach. Health Research Policy and Systems 2014, 12:35
14. Kwadwo A Kusi, Samuel Bosomprah, Daniel Dodoo, Eric Kyei-Baafour, Emmanuel K Dickson, Daniel Mensah,Evelina Angov, Sheetij Dutta, Martha Sedegah and Kwadwo A Koram. Anti-sporozoite antibodies as alternative markers for malaria transmission intensity estimation. Malaria Journal 2014, 13:103.
15. Henry Ofosu Addo, Kennedy Kwasi Addo and Langbong Bimi. Water Handling And Hygiene Practices On The Transmission Of Diarrhoeal Diseases And Soil Transmitted Helminthic Infections In Communities In Rural Ghana. Civil and Environmental Research ISSN 2224-5790 (Paper) ISSN 2225-0514 (Online) Vol.6, No.1, 2014, pg 68-79
16. Paulina Ampomah, Liz Stevenson, Michael F. Ofori, Lea Barfod, Lars Hviid. B-Cell Responses to Pregnancy-Restricted and -UnrestrictedPlasmodium falciparum Erythrocyte Membrane Protein 1 Antigens in Ghanaian Women Naturally Exposed to Malaria Parasites. Infection and Immunity p. 1860–1871 May 2014 Volume 82 Number 5.
17. David K. Dosoo, Kwaku P. Asante, Kingsley Kayan, Dennis Adu-Gyasi, Kingsley Osei-Kwakye, Emmanuel Mahama, Samuel Danso, Stephen Amenga-Etego, Philip Bilson, Kwadwo A. Koram and Seth Owusu-Agyei. Biochemical and Hematologic Parameters for Children in the Middle Belt of Ghana. Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg., 90(4), 2014, pp. 767–773.
18. Dzidzo Yirenya-Tawiah, Ted N Annang, Kwesi A Apea-Kubi, George Lomo, David Mensah, Lorenzo Akyeh and Kwabena M Bosompem. Chlamydia Trachomatis and Neisseria Gonorrhoeae prevalence among women of reproductive age living in urogenital schistosomiasis endemic area in Ghana. BMC Research Notes 2014, 7:349
19. Ama de-Graft Aikins, Mawuli Kushitor, Kwadwo Koram, Stella Gyamfi, Gbenga Ogedegbe. Chronic non-communicable diseases and the challenge of universal health coverage: insights from community-based cardiovascular disease research in urban poor communities in Accra, Ghana. BMC Public Health 2014, 14(Suppl 2):S3
20. Nilanjan Lodh, Jean M. Naples, Kwabena M. Bosompem, Joseph Quartey, Clive J. Shiff. Detection of Parasite-Specific DNA in Urine Sediment Obtained by Filtration Differentiates between Single and
21. Mixed Infections of Schistosoma mansoni and S. haematobium from Endemic Areas in Ghana. PLOS ONE March 2014 | Volume 9 | Issue 3 | e91144.
22. John Kofi Odoom, Nana Afia Asante Ntim, Badu Sarkodie, James Addo, Keren Minta-Asare,
23. Evangeline Obodai, Miriam Eshun, Vincent V Ahove, Stanley Diamenu, Michael Adjabeng,
24. Jacob Arthur-Quarm and Jacob S Barnor. Evaluation of AFP surveillance indicators in polio-free Ghana, 2009–2013. BMC Public Health 2014, 14:687
25. Bright Adu, Micha Phill Grønholm Jepsen, Thomas A. Gerds, Eric Kyei-Baafour, Michael Christiansen, Daniel Dodoo, and Michael Theisen. Fc Gamma Receptor 3B (FCGR3Bc.233C>A-rs5030738) Polymorphism Modifies the Protective Effect of Malaria Specific Antibodies in Ghanaian Children. The Journal of Infectious Diseases 2014; 209: 285–9
26. Tomoko Kato, Kennedy Kwasi Addo, Naomi Nartey, Alexander Kwadwo Nyarko, Frank Adae Bonsu and Satoshi Mitarai. First Susceptibility Testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis for Second-line Anti-tuberculosis Drugs in Ghana. Tropical Medicine and Health Vol. 42 No. 1, 2014, pp. 53-55.
27. Mengshi Chen, Abuaku Benjamin Kwaku, Youfang Chen, Xin Huang, Hongzhuan Tan and Shi Wu Wen. Gender and regional disparities of tuberculosis in Hunan, China. International Journal for Equity in Health 2014, 13:32.
28. Beverly Egyir, Luca Guardabassi, Joseph Esson, Søren Saxmose Nielsen, Mercy Jemima Newman, Kennedy Kwasi Addo, Anders Rhod Larsen. Insights into Nasal Carriage of Staphylococcus aureus in an Urban and a Rural Community in Ghana. PLoS ONE 9(4): e96119.
29. Paulina Ampomah, Liz Stevenson, Michael F. Ofori, Lea Barfod, and Lars Hviid. Kinetics of B Cell Responses to Plasmodium falciparum Erythrocyte Membrane Protein 1 in Ghanaian Women Naturally Exposed to Malaria Parasites. J Immunol 2014; 192:5236-5244.
30. Beverly Egyir, Luca Guardabassi, Marit Sørum, Søren Saxmose Nielsen, Augusta Kolekang,
31. Enoch Frimpong, Kennedy Kwasi Addo, Mercy Jemima Newman, Anders Rhod Larsen. Molecular Epidemiology and Antimicrobial Susceptibility of Clinical Staphylococcus aureus from Healthcare
32. Institutions in Ghana. PLoS ONE 9(2): e89716.
33. Dziedzom K. de Souza, Santigie Sesay, Marnijina G. Moore, Rashid Ansumana, Charles A. Narh,
34. Karsor Kollie, Maria P. Rebollo, Benjamin G. Koudou, Joseph B. Koroma, Fatorma K. Bolay,
35. Daniel A. Boakye, Moses J. Bockarie. No Evidence for Lymphatic Filariasis Transmission in Big Cities Affected by Conflict Related Rural-Urban Migration in Sierra Leone and Liberia. PLoS Negl Trop Dis February 2014, 8(2): e2700.
36. Abdul-Razak Abizari, Christiana Buxton, Lugutuah Kwara, Joseph Mensah-Homiah, Margaret Armar-Klemesu and Inge D. Brouwer. School feeding contributes to micronutrient adequacy of Ghanaian schoolchildren. British Journal of Nutrition, 2014 page 1 of 15.
37. Isaac J. Asiedu-Gyekye, Daniel A. Antwi, Charles Awortwe, Benoit Banga N'guessan, Alexander K.Nyarko. Short-term administration of anaqueousextractof kalanchoeintegra var.crenata (Andr.) Cufleaves produces no major organ damage in Sprague-Dawleyrats. Journal of Ethnopharmacology151 (2014)891–896.
38. Adwoa Asante-Poku, Michael Selasi Nyaho, Sonia Borrell, In˜ aki Comas, Sebastien Gagneux, Dorothy Yeboah-Manu. Evaluation of Customised Lineage-Specific Sets of MIRUVNTR Loci for Genotyping Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex Isolates in Ghana. PLoS ONE 9(3): e92675. doi: 10.1371
39. Judith Koryo Stephens, Michael F Ofori, Isabella Akyinbah Quakyi, Mark Lee Wilson, Bartholomew Dicky Akanmori. Prevalence of peripheral blood arasitaemia, anaemia and low birthweight among pregnant women in a suburban area in coastal Ghana. Pan Afr Med J. 2014; 17(Supp 1):3
40. Francis E. Dennis, Yoshiki Fujii, Kei Haga, Susan Damanka, Belinda Lartey, Chantal A. Agbemabiese, Nobuo Ohta, George E. Armah, Kazuhiko Katayama. Identification of Novel Ghanaian G8P[6] Human-Bovine Reassortant Rotavirus Strain by Next Generation Sequencing. PLoS ONE 2014 9(6): e100699.
41. Isaac Julius Asiedu-Gyekye, Seidu Abdulai Mahmood, Charles Awortwe, and Alexander Kwadwo Nyarko. A Preliminary Safety Evaluation of Polyhexamethylene Guanidine Hydrochloride. International Journal of ToxicologyOctober 2014 DOI: 10.1177/1091581814553036
42. Regis W Tiendrebeogo, Bright Adu, Susheel K Singh, Daniel Dodoo, Morten H Dziegiel, Benjamin Mordmüller, Issa Nébié, Sodiomon B Sirima, Michael Christiansen and Michael Theisen. High-throughput tri-colour flow cytometry technique to assess Plasmodium falciparum parasitaemia in bioassays. Malaria Journal 2014, 13:412.
43. J. Asiedu-Gyekye, S. Frimpong-Manso, C. Awortwe, D. A. Antwi, and A. K. Nyarko. Micro- and Macroelemental Composition and Safety Evaluation of the Nutraceutical Moringa oleifera Leaves. Journal of Toxicology Volume 2014, Article ID 786979, 13 pages.
44. James Abugri, John Kweku Amissah Tetteh, Lateef Adebayo Oseni, Henrietta Esi Mensah-Brown,
45. Rupert Kantunye Delimini, David Osei Obuobi and Bartholomew Dicky Akanmori. Age-related pattern and monocyte-acquired haemozoin associated production of erythropoietin in children with severe malarial anaemia in Ghana. BMC Research Notes 2014, 7:551.
46. Parmar D, Williams G, Dkhimi F, Ndiaye A, Asante FA, Arhinful DK, Mladovsky P. Enrolment of older people in social health protection programs in West Africa - Does social exclusion play a part? Soc Sci Med. 2014 Aug 13; 119C:36-44.
47. Matilda Aberese-Ako, Han van Dijk, Trudie Gerrits, Daniel Kojo Arhinful andIrene Akua Agyepong. 'Your health our concern, our health whose concern?’ perceptions of injustice in organizational relationships and processes and frontline health worker motivation in Ghana. Health Policy and Planning Volume 29, Issue suppl 2 Pp. ii15-ii28
48. Poppy H L Lamberton, Robert A Cheke, Martin Walker, Peter Winskill, Mike Osei-Atweneboana, Iñaki Tirados, Anthony Tetteh-Kumah, Daniel A Boakye, Michael D Wilson,Rory J Post and María-Gloria Basáñez. Onchocerciasis transmission in Ghana: biting and parous rates of host-seeking sibling species of the Simulium damnosum complex. Parasites & Vectors 2014, 7:511
49. Bethel Kwansa-Bentum, Fred Aboagye-Antwi, Joseph Otchere, Michael David Wilson and Daniel Adjei Boakye. Implications of low-density microfilariae carriers’ inAnopheles transmission areas: molecular forms of Anopheles gambiae and Anopheles funestus populations in perspective. Parasites & Vectors 2014, 7:157
50. Nzelu CO, Kato H, Puplampu N, Desewu K, Odoom S, Wilson MD, Sakurai T, Katakura Kand Boakye DA. First detection of Leishmania tropica DNA and Trypanosoma species in Sergentomyia sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) from an outbreak area of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Ghana. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2014 Feb 6; 8(2):e2630.
51. Mollie McIntosh, Heather Williamson, M. Eric Benbow, Ryan Kimbirauskas, Charles Quaye, Daniel Boakye, Pamela Small and Richard Merritt. Associations between Mycobacterium ulcerans and Aquatic Plant Communities of West Africa: Implications for Buruli Ulcer Disease. EcoHealth June 2014, Volume 11, Issue 2, pp 184-196.
52. Ignatius C Ndong, Mari van Reenen, Daniel A Boakye, Wilfred F Mbacham and Anne F Grobler. Trends in malaria admissions at the Mbakong Health Centre of the North West Region of Cameroon: a retrospective study. Malaria Journal 2014, 13:328.
53. Asmah RH, Boamah I, Afodzinu M, Brown CA, Brandful J, Adjei DN, Adiku T, Gyasi R, Wiredu EK. Prevalence of hepatitis d infection in patients with hepatitis B virus-related liver diseases in Accra, Ghana. West Afr J Med. 2014 Jan-Mar; 33(1):32-6.
54. Kusi KA, Bosomprah S, Dodoo D, Kyei-Baafour E, Dickson EK, Mensah D, Angov E, Dutta S, Sedegah M and Koram K (2014). Anti-sporozoite antibodies as alternative markers for malaria transmission intensity estimation. Malaria J 13:103. doi:10.1186/1475-2875-13-103
55. de Vries J, Abayomi A, Brandful J, Littler K, Madden E, Marshall P, Ouwe Missi Oukem-Boyer O, Seeley J. A perpetual source of DNA or something really different: ethical issues in the creation of cell lines for African genomics research. BMC Med Ethics. 2014 Aug 7; 15:60.