2010 Publication

2010 Publication

  1. Abraham R. Oduro , David J. Fryauff, Kwadwo A. Koram , William O. Rogers , Francis Anto , Frank Atuguba , Thomas Anyorigiya , Martin Adjuik , Patrick Ansah , Abraham Hodgson , and Francis Nkrumah. Sulfadoxine-Pyrimethamine–Based Intermittent Preventive Treatment, Bed Net Use, and Antenatal Care during Pregnancy: Demographic Trends and Impact on the Health of Newborns in the Kassena Nankana District, Northeastern Ghana. J. Trop. Med. Hyg., 83(1), 2010, pp. 79–89.

 

  1. Ankrah NA. Treatment of falciparum malaria with a tea-bag formulation of cryptolepis sanguinolenta root. Ghana Med J. 2010 Mar; 44(1):2.

 

  1. Arvay ML, Curns AT, Terp S, Armah G, Wontuo P, Parashar UD, Binka F, Glass RI, Widdowson MA. How much could rotavirus vaccines reduce diarrhea-associated mortality in northern Ghana? A model to assess impact. Journal of Infectious Disease. 2009 Nov 1; 200 Suppl 1:S85-91.

 

  1. D. Akanmori, B. Genton, G.V. Brown. MALVAC 2009: Progress and Challenges in Development of Whole Organism Malaria Vaccines for Endemic Countries, 3–4 June 2009, Dakar, Senegal.

 

  1. Benjamin Abuaku , Hongzhuan Tan , Xingli Li , Mengshi Chen & Xin Huang. Treatment default and death among tuberculosis patients in Hunan, China. Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2010; 42: 281–287.

 

  1. I. Ayolabi, D. A. Ojo, G. E. Armah, I. Akpan and C. F. Mafiana. Detection and partial characterization of norovirus among children with acute gastroenteritis in Lagos, Nigeria. International Journal of Medicine and Medical Sciences Vol. 2(7) pp. 216-221, July 2010.

 

  1. Cathrine Holm Olesen, Karima Brahimi, Brian Vandahl, Susana Lousada-Dietrich, Prajakta S Jogdand, Lasse S Vestergaard, Daniel Dodoo, Peter Højrup, Michael Christiansen, Severin Olesen Larsen, Subhash Singh, Michael Theisen. Distinct patterns of blood-stage parasite antigens detected by plasma IgG subclasses from individuals with different level of exposure to Plasmodium falciparum infections. Malaria Journal 2010, 9:296.

 

  1. Christof Geldmacher, Njabulo Ngwenyama, Alexandra Schuetz, Constantinos Petrovas, Klaus Reither,Edwin J. Heeregrave, Joseph P. Casazza, David R. Ambrozak, Mark Louder, William Ampofo, Georgios Pollakis, Brenna Hill, Erica Sanga, Elmar Saathoff, Leonard Maboko, Mario Roederer, William A. Paxton, Michael Hoelscher, and Richard A. Koup. Preferential infection and depletion of Mycobacterium tuberculosis–specific CD4 T cells after HIV-1 infection. Exp. Med. vol. 207 no. 13 2869-2881.

 

  1. Clive Shiff, Jean M. Naples, Sumit Isharwal, Kwabena M. Bosompem, Robert W. Veltri. Non-invasive methods to detect schistosome-based bladder cancer: is the association sufficient for epidemiological use? Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 104 (2010) 3–5.

 

  1. Danso-Appiah A, Stolk WA, Bosompem KM, Otchere J, Looman CW, Habbema JD, de Vlas SJ. Health seeking behaviour and utilization of health facilities for schistosomiasis-related symptoms in Ghana. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2010 Nov 2; 4(11):e867.

 

  1. Dery DB, Brown C, Asante KP, Adams CM, Dosoo D, Amenga-Etego S, Wilson M, Chandramohan D, Greenwood B & Owusu-Agyei S (2010) Patterns and seasonality of malaria transmission in the forest-savannah transitional zones of Ghana. Malaria Journal 9: 314.

 

  1. Dziedzom de Souza, Louise Kelly-Hope, Bernard Lawson, Michael Wilson, Daniel Boakye. Environmental Factors Associated with the Distribution of Anopheles gambiae s.s in Ghana; an Important Vector of Lymphatic Filariasis and Malaria. PLoS ONE March 2010 | Volume 5 | Issue 3 | e9927.

 

  1. Edwin J. Heeregrave, William K. Ampofo, John K.A. Tetteh, Michael Ofori, Sampson B. Ofori, Akram S. Shah, Georgios Pollakis , William A. Paxton. Generation of HIV-1 primary isolates representative of plasma variants using the U87.CD4 cell line. Journal of Virological Methods 169 (2010) 341–350.

 

  1. Esona MD, Steele D, Kerin T, Armah G, Peenze I, Geyer A, Page N, Nyangao J, Agbaya VA, Trabelsi A, Tsion B, Aminu M, Sebunya T, Dewar J, Glass R, Gentsch J. Determination of the G and P types of previously nontypeable rotavirus strains from the African Rotavirus Network, 1996-2004: Identification of unusual G types. Journal of Infectious Disease. 2010 Sep 1; 202 Suppl: S49-54.

 

  1. Eveline Klinkenberg, KwabenaA.Onwona-Agyeman, P.J.McCall, Michael D.Wilson, ImeldaBates, Francine H. Verhoeffe, GuyBarnish, Martin J.Donnelly. Cohort trial reveals community mpact of insecticide-treated net son malaria metric indices in urban Ghana. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 104 (2010) 496–503.

 

  1. George E Armah, Samba O Sow, Robert F Breiman, Michael J Dallas, Milagritos D Tapia, Daniel R Feikin, Fred N Binka, A Duncan Steele,Kayla F Laserson, Nana A Ansah, Myron M Levine, Kristen Lewis, Michele L Coia, Margaret Attah-Poku, Joel Ojwando, Stephen B Rivers, John C Victor, Geoff rey Nyambane, Abraham Hodgson, Florian Schödel, Max Ciarlet, Kathleen M Neuzil. Effi cacy of pentavalent rotavirus vaccine against severe rotavirus gastroenteritis in infants in developing countries in sub-Saharan Africa: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. Lancet 2010; 376:606–14.

 

  1. George E. Armah, D. Steele, M. D. Esona, V. A. Akran, L. Nimzing, and G. Pennap. Diversity of Rotavirus Strains Circulating in West Africa from 1996 to 2000. The Journal of Infectious Diseases 2010; 202(S1):S64–S71.

 

  1. George E. Armah, Yasutaka Hoshino, Norma Santos, Fred Binka, Susana Damanka, Rosemary Adjei, Shinjiro Honma, Masatoshi Tatsumi, Theresa Manful, and Francis Anto. The Global Spread of Rotavirus G10 Strains:Detection in Ghanaian Children Hospitalized with Diarrhea. The Journal of Infectious Diseases 2010; 202(S1):S231–S23.

 

  1. Hilaria Amuzu, Michael D Wilson, Daniel A Boakye. Studies of Anopheles gambiae s.l (Diptera: Culicidae) exhibiting different vectorial capacities in lymphatic filariasis transmission in the Gomoa district, Ghana. Parasites & Vectors 2010, 3:85.

 

  1. Holder B, Miles DJ, Kaye S, Crozier S, Mohammed NI, Duah NO, Roberts E, Ojuola O, Almero MS, Touray ES, Waight P, Cotten M, Rowland-Jones S, van der Sande M, Whittle H. Epstein-Barr virus but not cytomegalovirus is associated with reduced vaccine antibody responses in Gambian infants. PLoS One. 2010 Nov 17; 5 (11):e14013.

 

  1. Irene Ayi, Daisuke Nonaka, Josiah K Adjovu, Shigeki Hanafusa, Masamine Jimba, Kwabena M Bosompem, Tetsuya Mizoue, Tsutomu Takeuchi, Daniel A Boakye and Jun Kobayashi. School-based participatory health education for malaria control in Ghana: engaging children as health messengers. Malaria Journal 2010, 9:98.

 

  1. Jason M. Mwenda, Kinkela Mina Ntoto, Almaz Abebe, Christabel Enweronu-Laryea, Ismail Amina, Jackson Mchomvu, Annet Kisakye, Evans M. Mpabalwani, Isoro Pazvakavambwa, George E. Armah, L. M. Seheri, Nicholas M. Kiulia, N. Page, Marc-Alain Widdowson, and A. Duncan Steele. Burden and Epidemiology of Rotavirus Diarrhea in Selected African Countries: Preliminary Results from the African Rotavirus Surveillance Network. The Journal of Infectious Diseases 2010; 202(S1):S5–S11.
  2. Julius Tieroyaare Dongdem, Jonathan Adjimani and George Armah. (2010) Detection and characterization of human rotavirus in tap water by multiplex RT-PCR. Journal of Medicine and Medical Sciences 1(6) pp. 223-230.

 

  1. K. Addo, D. Yeboah-Manu, M. Dan-Dzide, K. Owusu-Darko, P. Caulley, G. I. Mensah, M. Minamikawa, C. Lienhardt, F. A. Bonsu and D. Ofori-Adjei. (2010 )Diagnosis of tuberculosis in Ghana: the role of laboratory training. Ghana Medical Journal. Volume 44, number 1.

 

  1. Katharina Ro¨ ltgen, Weihong Qi1, Marie-The´ re`se Ruf, Ernestina Mensah-Quainoo, Sacha J.Pidot, Torsten Seemann, Timothy P. Stinear, Michael Ka¨ ser1, Dorothy Yeboah-Manu, Gerd Pluschke. Single Nucleotide Polymorphism Typing of Mycobacterium ulcerans Reveals Focal Transmission of Buruli Ulcer in a Highly Endemic Region of Ghana. Neglected tropical Disease July 2010 Volume 4 (7) e751.

 

  1. Katharina Ro¨ ltgen, Weihong Qi1, Marie-The´ re`se Ruf1, Ernestina Mensah-Quainoo, Sacha J.Pidot, Torsten Seemann, Timothy P. Stinear, Michael Ka¨ ser1, Dorothy Yeboah-Manu, Gerd Pluschke. Single Nucleotide Polymorphism Typing of Mycobacterium ulcerans Reveals Focal Transmission of Buruli Ulcer in a Highly Endemic Region of Ghana. Neglected Tropical Diseases July 2010 Vol 4 (7) e751.

 

  1. Kathleen M. Neuzil, George E. Armah,Umesh D. Parashar and A. Duncan Steele. Rotavirus in Africa: Shifting the Focus to Disease Prevention. Journal of Infectious Diseases. (2010) 202 (Supplement 1): S1-S4. doi: 10.1086/653545.

 

  1. Koen Vandelannoote, Lies Durnez, Diana Amissah, Sophie Gryseels, Alfred Dodoo, Shirley Yeboah, Phyllis Addo, Miriam Eddyani, Herwig Leirs, Anthony Ablordey, & Françoise Portaels. Application of real-timePCR inGhana, a Buruli ulcer-endemic country, con¢rms the presence of Mycobacterium ulcerans in the environment. FEMS Microbiol Lett 304 (2010) 191–194.

 

  1. Koram KA, Gyan BA. Malaria vaccine development: an endemic country perspective. Hum Vaccin. 2010 Jan; 6 (1):12-6. Epub 2010 Jan 24.

 

  1. Kwadwo A. Kusi, Bart W. Faber, Vanessa Riasat, Alan W. Thomas, Clemens H. M. Kocken, Edmond J. Remarque. Generation of Humoral Immune Responses to Multi-Allele PfAMA1 Vaccines; Effect of Adjuvant and Number of Component Alleles on the Breadth of Response. PLoS ONE November 2010 Vol 5(11) e1539.

 

  1. Laar A. K., Ampofo W., Tuakli J. M., Norgbe G. K. and Quakyi I. A. (2010) Preterm delivery and low birth weight among neonates born to HIV-positive and HIV-negative Ghanaian women. Journal of Public Health and Epidemiology 2(9), pp. 224-237.

 

  1. Li X, Liao B, Liu J, Tan H, Huang W, Benjamin A, Liu W, Huang X, Wen S. Prevalence and risk factors for childhood obesity in Changsha and Shenzhen in China. Zhong Nan Da Xue Xue Bao Yi Xue Ban. 2010 Jan; 35(1):11-6.

 

  1. Mathew D. Esona, Nicola A. Page, Veronique A. Akran, George E. Armah, and A. Duncan Steele. Characterization of 2 Human Genotype G10 Rotavirus Strains, 3008CM and 1784/CI/1999, Isolated in Cameroon and Cote d’Ivoire during the 1999–2000 Rotavirus Season. The Journal of Infectious Diseases 2010; 202(S1):S212–S219.

 

  1. Matthew D. Esona, George E. Armah, and A. Duncan Steele. Rotavirus VP4 and VP7 Genotypes Circulating in Cameroon: Identification of Unusual Types. The Journal of Infectious Diseases 2010; 202(S1): S205–S211.

 

  1. N O Duah, D J C Miles, H C Whittle, And D J Conway. Acquisition of antibody isotypes against Plasmodium falciparum blood-stage antigens in a birth cohort. Parasite Immunol. 2010 February; 32(2): 125–134

 

  1. Nicola Page, Mathew Esona, George Armah, James Nyangao, Jason Mwenda, Theresa Sebunya, Gorav Basu, Naidu Pyndiah, Natasha Potgieter, Annelise Geyer, and A. Duncan Steele. Emergence and Characterization of Serotype G9 Rotavirus Strains from Africa. JID 2010:202 (Suppl 1) S55

 

  1. O Quasie, N.K Martey, A.K Nyarko, W.S.K Gbewonyo, L.K.N Okine (2010). Modulation of penile erection in rabbits by mondia whitei: possible mechanism of action. African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines. Vol 7, No 3

 

  1. Odhiambo JAO, Gbewonyo WSK, Obeng- Ofori D, Wilson MD, Boakye DA, & Brown C (2010) Resistance of diamondback moth to insecticides in selected cabbage farms in southern Ghana. International Journal of Biological & Chemical Sciences 4(5): 1397-1409

 

  1. Orleans Nii-Korley Martey, George Armah, and Laud K N-A Okine. Absence of Organ Specific Toxicity in Rats Treated with Tonica, an Aqueous Herbal Haematinic Preparation. African Journal of Traditional, Complement and Alternative Medicines. 2010; 7(3): 231–240

 

  1. Reynolds MG, Carroll DS, Olson VA, Hughes C, Galley J, Likos A, Montgomery JM, SuuIre R, Kwasi MO, Jeffrey Root J, Braden Z, Abel J, Clemmons C, Regnery R, Karem K, Damon IK. A silent enzootic of an orthopoxvirus in Ghana, West Africa: evidence for multi-species involvement in the absence of widespread human disease. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 2010 Apr;82(4):746-54.

 

  1. Richard W. Merritt1, Edward D. Walker, Pamela L. C. Small, John R. Wallace, Paul D. R. Johnson, M. Eric Benbow, Daniel A. Boakye. Ecology and Transmission of Buruli Ulcer Disease: A Systematic Review. Neglected tropical diseases December 2010 | Volume 4 | Issue 12 | e911

 

  1. Sam Newton, Suzanne Filteau, Seth Owusu-Agyei, William Ampofo, Betty R. Kirkwood. Seroprotection associated with infant vitamin A supplementation given with vaccines is not related to antibody affinity to Hepatitis B and Haemophilus influenzae type b vaccines. Vaccine 28 (2010) 4738–4741.

 

  1. Kusi KA, Faber BW, Riasat V, Thomas AW, Kocken CHM and Remarque EJ (2010). Generation of humoral immune responses to multi-allele PfAMA1 allele vaccines; effect of adjuvant and the number of component alleles on the breadth of response. PLoS ONE 5(11): e15391.

 

 

Year of publication: 2010