2012 Publication
1. Anita Ghansah, Kirk A. Rockett, Taane G. Clark, Michael D. Wilson1, Kwadwo A. Koram, Abraham R. Oduro, Lucas Amenga-Etego, Thomas Anyorigiya, Abraham Hodgson, Paul Milligan, William O. Rogers, Dominic P. Kwiatkowski. Haplotype Analyses of Haemoglobin C and Haemoglobin S and the Dynamics of the Evolutionary Response to Malaria in Kassena-Nankana District of Ghana. PLoS ONE April 2012; 7(4): e34565.
2. Seth K. Amponsah, Kwasi A. Bugyei, Dorcas Osei-Safo, F. Kwaku Addai, George Asare, Emmanuel Aheto Tsegah, Joseph Baah, Michael Ofori and Ben A. Gyan. In Vitro Activity of Extract and Fractions of Natural Cocoa Powder on Plasmodium falciparum. J Med Food 2012; 15(5): 476–482.
3. Mark A. Berhow, Andrews Obeng Affum and Ben A. Gyan. Rosmarinic Acid Content in Antidiabetic Aqueous Extract of Ocimum canum Sims Grown in Ghana. J Med Food 2012; 15 (7): 611–620.
4. Eric Aidoo, Frederick K Addai, John Ahenkorah, Bismarck Hottor, Kwasi A Bugyei and Ben A Gyan. Natural cocoa ingestion reduced liver damage in mice infected with Plasmodium berghei (NK65). Research and Reports in Tropical Medicine 2012; 3: 107–116.
5. Bright Adu, Daniel Dodoo, Selorme Adukpo, Paula L. Hedley, Fareed K. N. Arthur, Thomas A. Gerds, Severin O. Larsen, Michael Christiansen, Michael Theisen. Fc Gamma Receptor IIIB (FccRIIIB) Polymorphisms Are Associated with Clinical Malaria in Ghanaian Children. PLoS ONE 2012; 7 (9): e46197.
6. Amidou Diarra, Issa Nebie, Alfred Tiono, Issiaka Soulama, Alphonse Ouedraogo, Amadou Konate, Michael Theisen, Daniel Dodoo, Alfred Traore and Sodiomon B Sirima. Antibodies to malaria vaccine candidates are associated with chloroquine or sulphadoxine/ pyrimethamine treatment efficacy in children in an endemic area of Burkina Faso. Malaria Journal 2012; 11: 79.
7. Ama de-Graft Aikins, Daniel K Arhinful, Emma Pitchforth, Gbenga Ogedegbe, Pascale Allotey and Charles Agyemang. Establishing and sustaining research partnerships in Africa: a case study of the UK-Africa Academic Partnership on Chronic Disease. Globalization and Health 2012, 8:29 (16 August 2012).
8. George E. Armah, Robert F. Breiman, Milagritos D. Tapiac, Michael J. Dallas, Kathleen M. Neuzil, Fred N. Binka, Samba O. Sow, Joel Ojwando, Max Ciarlet, A. Duncan Steele. Immunogenicity of the pentavalent rotavirus vaccine in African infants. Vaccine 30S (2012) A86– A93.
9. Milagritos D. Tapia ,George Armah, Robert F. Breiman,Michael J. Dallas,Kristen D.C. Lewis, Samba O. Sow,Stephen B. Rivers,Myron M. Levine Kayla F. Laserson,Daniel R. Feikin, John C. Victor,Max Ciarlet,Kathleen M. Neuzil and A. Duncan Steele. Secondary efficacy endpoints of the pentavalent rotavirus vaccine against gastroenteritis in sub-Saharan Africa. Vaccine Vol 30, Suppl 1, 27 April 2012, Pages A79–A85 protection against severe-RVGE caused by diverse rotavirus genotypes, including those not contained in the vaccine.
10. Kristen D.C. Lewis, Michael J. Dallas, John C. Victor, Max Ciarlet,T. Christopher Mast, Ming Ji, George Armah, K. Zaman,Aimee Ferraro and Kathleen M. Neuzil. Comparison of two clinical severity scoring systems in two multi-center, developing country rotavirus vaccine trials in Africa and Asia. Vaccine Vol 30, Suppl 1, 27 April 2012, A159–A166
11. Robert F. Breiman, K. Zaman, George Armah, Samba O. Sow, Dang Duc Anh, John C. Victor, Darcy Hille, Max Ciarlet and Kathleen M. Neuzil. Analyses of health outcomes from the 5 sites participating in the Africa and Asia clinical efficacy trials of the oral pentavalent rotavirus vaccine. Vaccine Vol 30, Suppl 1, 27 April 2012, A24–A29
12. Florence Azie Mbuh, George Enyimah Armah, Sunday Aremu Omilabu, Aliyu Ahmadu Ahmad and Jarlath Udoudo Umoh. Molecular epidemiology of group A human rotaviruses in North West region, Cameroon. The Pan African Medical Journal. 2012; 12:108
13. Yeboah-Manu D, Roltgen K, Opare W, Asan-Ampah K, Fosu K.Q, Asante-Poku A, Ampadu E, Fyfe J, Koram K, Ahorlu C.K, Pluschke G. Sero-Epidemiology as a Tool to Screen Populations for Exposure to Mycobacterium ulcerans. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2012 Jan; 6(1):e1460
14. Kofi Annan, K. Sarpong, C. Asare, R. Dickson, K.I. Amponsah, B. Gyan, M. Ofori, and SY. Gbedema. In vitro anti-plasmodial activity of three herbal remedies for malaria in Ghana: Adenia cissampeloides (Planch.) Harms., Termina liaivorensis A. Chev, and Elaeis guineensis Jacq. Pharmacognosy Res. 2012 Oct-Dec; 4(4): 225–229.
15. Collins K Ahorlu, Kwadwo A Koram. Intermittent preventive treatment for children (IPTC) combined with timely home treatment for malaria control. Malaria Journal 2012, 11(Suppl 1): P108.
16. G.A. Asare, K. Bugyei, A. Sittie, E.S. Yahaya, B. Gyan, S. Adjei, P. Addo, E.K. Wiredu, D.N. Adjei and A.K. Nyarko . Genotoxicity, cytotoxicity and toxicological evaluation of whole plant extracts of the medicinal plant Phyllanthus niruri (Phyllanthaceae). Genet. Mol. Res. 11 (1): 100-111 (2012).
17. Sophie Gryseels, Diana Amissah, Lies Durnez, Koen Vandelannoote, Herwig Leirs1, Johan De Jonckheere, Manuel T. Silva, Franc¸oise Portaels, Anthony Ablordey, Miriam Eddyani. Amoebae as Potential Environmental Hosts for Mycobacterium ulcerans and Other Mycobacteria, but Doubtful Actors in Buruli Ulcer Epidemiology. PLoS Negl Trop Dis;2012, 6(8): e1764.
18. Background: The reservoir and mode of transmission of Mycobacterium ulcerans, the causative agent of Buruli ulcer, remain unknown. Ecological, genetic and epidemiological information nonetheless suggests that M. ulcerans may reside in aquatic protozoa. Methodology/principal
19. Collins K Ahorlu, Eric Koka, Dorothy Yeboah-Manu, Isaac Lamptey and Edwin Ampadu. Enhancing Buruli ulcer control in Ghana through social interventions: a case study from the Obom msub-district. BMC Public Health 2013, 13: 59: 471-2458
20. Anthony Ablordey, Diana Ackon Amissah, Isaac Frimpong Aboagye, Ben Hatano, Toshio Yamazaki,Tetsutaro Sata, Koichi Ishikawa, Harutaka Katano. Detection of Mycobacterium ulcerans by the Loop Mediated Isothermal Amplification Method. PLoS Negl Trop Dis; 2012, 6(4): e1590
21. David K. Dosoo, Kingsley Kayan, Dennis Adu-Gyasi, Evans Kwara, Josephine Ocran, Kingsley Osei- Kwakye, Emmanuel Mahama, Stephen Amenga-Etego, Philip Bilson, Kwaku P. Asante, Kwadwo A. Koram, Seth Owusu-Agyei. Haematological and Biochemical Reference Values for Healthy Adults in the Middle Belt of Ghana. PLoS ONE 2012, 7(4): e36308.
22. Egbi G. Prevalence of Vitamin A, Zinc, Iodine deficiency and Anaemia among 2-10 year- old Ghanaian children. African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Development 2012; 12(2)
23. Daisuke Nonaka, Masamine Jimba, Tetsuya Mizoue, Jun Kobayashi, Junko Yasuoka, Irene Ayi,
24. Achini C. Jayatilleke, Sabina Shrestha, Kimiyo Kikuchi, Syed E. Haque, Siyan Yi. Content Analysis of Primary and Secondary School Textbooks Regarding Malaria Control: A Multi-Country Study. PLoS ONE May 2012; 7(5): e36629
25. Daniel Boamah, Mihoko Kikuchi, Nguyen Tien Huy, Kenta Okamoto, Honggen Chen, Irene Ayi, Daniel Adjei Boakye, Kwabena Mante Bosompem and Kenji Hirayama.
26. Immunoproteomics Identification of Major IgE and IgG4 Reactive Schistosoma japonicum Adult Worm Antigens Using Chronically Infected Human Plasma. Tropical Medicine and Health 2012; 40(3): 89-102
27. Joseph Humphrey Kofi Bonney, Robert A Kwame-Aryee, Samuel Obed, Ama Asantewa Tamatey, Jacob Samson Barnor, Naa Baake Armah, Samuel Antwi Oppong and Mubarak Osei-Kwesi. Fatal hepatitis E viral infection in pregnant women in Ghana: a case series. BMC Research Notes 2012; 5:478
28. John Kofi Odoom, Evangeline Obodai, Jacob Samson Barnor, Miriam Ashun, Jacob Arthur-Quarm, Mubarak Osei-Kwasi. Human Enteroviruses isolated during acute flaccid paralysis surveillance in Ghana: implications for the post eradication era. Pan African Medical Journal 2012; 12:74
29. Philippe S Boeuf, Séverine Loizon, Gordon A Awandare, John KA Tetteh, Michael M Addae, George O Adjei, Bamenla Goka, Jørgen AL Kurtzhals, Odile Puijalon, Lars Hviid, Bartholomew D Akanmori and Charlotte Behr. Insights into deregulated TNF and IL-10 production in malaria: implications for understanding severe malarial anaemia. Malaria Journal 2012; 11:253
30. John K Odoom, Samuel Bel-Nono, David Rodgers, Prince G Agbenohevi, Courage K Dafeamekpor, Roland M L Sowa, Fenteng Danso, Reuben Tettey, Richard Suu-Ire, Joseph H K Bonney, Ivy A Asante, James Aboagye, Christopher Zaab-Yen Abana, Joseph A Frimpong, Karl C Kronmann, Buhari A Oyofo and William K Ampofo. Troop education and avian influenza surveillance in military barracks in Ghana, 2011. BMC Public Health 2012; 12: 957
31. Influenza, biosecurity practices were minimal. Sustained educational programs are needed to further strengthen avian influenza surveillance and prevention in military barracks.
32. Joseph H. K. Bonney, Karl C. Kronmann, Christina P. Lindan, Ivy A. Asante, Prince Parbie, James Aboagye, Joseph Amankwah, John Kofi Odoom, Michael Adjabeng, Ndahwouh Talla Nzussouo, Lawson Ahadzie, Robert Vince Barthel, Clair Cornelius, George Amofah, Buhari Oyofo, and William K. Ampofo. Virological Surveillance of Influenza-Like Illness Among Children in Ghana, 2008–2010. J Infect Dis. 2012; 206(suppl 1): S108-S113
33. Background. The global annual attack rate for influenza is estimated to be 10%–20% in children, although limited information exists for Africa. In 2007, Ghana initiated influenza surveillance by routine monitoring of acute respiratory illness to obtain data on circulating strains. We describe influenza surveillance in children <11 years old who had influenza-like illness (ILI) from January 2008 to December 2010. Methods. Oropharyngeal swabs from pediatric outpatients with ILI attending any of 22 health facilities across the country were submitted. We tested swabs for
34. Stephen T. Odonkor, Mercy J. Newman, Kennedy K. Addo. Prevalence and antibiotic susceptibility profile of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Accra, Ghana.
35. Microbiology Research 2012; 3(2): e20
36. Kwadwo A Kusi, Daniel Dodoo, Samuel Bosomprah, Marjolein van der Eijk, Bart W Faber, Clemens HM Kocken and Edmond J Remarque. Measurement of the plasma levels of antibodies against the polymorphic vaccine candidate apical membrane antigen 1 in a malaria-exposed Population. BMC Infectious Diseases 2012, 12:32 infections.
37. David P Tchouassi1, Isabella A Quakyi, Ebenezer A Addison, Kwabena M Bosompem, Michael D Wilson, Maxwell A Appawu, Charles A Brown and Daniel A Boakye
38. Characterization of malaria transmission by vector populations for improved interventions during
39. the dry season in the Kpone-on-Sea area of coastal Ghana. Parasites & Vectors 2012, 5:212
40. Karen C. Kosinski, Michael N. Adjei, Kwabena M. Bosompem, Jonathan J. Crocker, John L. Durant, Dickson Osabutey, Jeanine D. Plummer, Miguel J. Stadecker, Anjuli D. Wagner, Mark Woodin, David M. Gute. Effective Control of Schistosoma haematobium Infection in a Ghanaian Community following Installation of a Water Recreation Area. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2012; 6(7): e1709
41. Abdul-Razak Abizari, Diego Moretti, Michael B. Zimmermann, Margaret Armar-Klemesu.
42. Whole Cowpea Meal Fortified with NaFeEDTA Reduces Iron Deficiency among Ghanaian
43. School Children in a Malaria Endemic Area. J. Nutr. 2012; 142: 1836-1842
44. Abdul-Razak Abizari, Diego Moretti, Stephan Schuth, Michael B. Zimmermann,
45. Margaret Armar-Klemesu and Inge D. Brouwer. Phytic Acid-to-Iron Molar Ratio Rather than Polyphenol Concentration Determines Iron Bioavailability in Whole-Cowpea Meal among Young Women. J. Nutr. 2012; 142: 1950-1955
46. Edmund T Nartey, Mark Ofosuhene, Caleb M Agbale. Anti-ulcerogenic activity of the root bark extract of the African laburnum "Cassia sieberiana" and its effect on the anti-oxidant defence system in rats. BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2012; 12: 247
47. Edmund T Nartey, Mark Ofosuhene, William Kudzi and Caleb M Agbale. Antioxidant and gastric cytoprotective prostaglandins properties of Cassia sieberiana roots bark extract as an anti-ulcerogenic agent. BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2012; 12:65
48. Ahmeddin H Omar, Michio Yasunami, Akiko Yamazaki, Hiroki Shibata, Michael F Ofori, Bartholomew D Akanmori, Mohammed Nasir Shuaibu, Mihoko Kikuchi and Kenji Hirayam.
49. Toll-like receptor 9 (TLR9) polymorphism associated with symptomatic malaria: a cohort study.
50. Malaria Journal 2012, 11:168
51. Katharina A. Quadt, Lea Barfod, Daniel Andersen, Jonas Bruun, Ben Gyan, Tue Hassenkam, Michael F. Ofori, Lars Hviid. The Density of Knobs on Plasmodium falciparum- Infected Erythrocytes Depends on Developmental Age and Varies among Isolates. PLoS ONE 2012; 7(9): e45658
52. Dziedzom K de Souza, Charles Quaye, Lydia Mosi, Phyllis Addo and Daniel A Boakye
53. A quick and cost effective method for the diagnosis of Mycobacterium ulcerans infection.
54. BMC Infectious Diseases January 2012; 12: 8
55. Takenori Seki, Takashi Kumagai, Bethel Kwansa-Bentum, Rieko Furushima-Shimogawara, William K. Anyan, Yuuki Miyazawa, Yoichiro Iwakura, and Nobuo Ohta. Interleukin-4 (IL-4) and IL-13 Suppress Excessive Neutrophil Infiltration and Hepatocyte Damage during Acute Murine Schistosomiasis Japonica. Infect. Immun. January 2012; 80:159-168
56. Ampofo WK, Baylor N, Cobey S, Cox NJ, Daves S, Edwards S, Ferguson N, Grohmann G, Hay A, Katz J, Kullabutr K, Lambert L, Levandowski R, Mishra AC, Monto A, Siqueira M, Tashiro M, Waddell AL, Wairagkar N, Wood J, Zambon M, Zhang W. Improving influenza vaccine virus selection: report of a WHO informal consultation held at WHO headquarters, Geneva, Switzerland, 14-16 June 2010 . Influenza Other Respi Viruses. 2012 Mar;6(2):142-52.
57. Lartey A, Marquis GS, Mazur R, Perez-Escamilla R, Brakohiapa L, Ampofo W, Sellen D, Adu-Afarwuah S. Maternal HIV is associated with reduced growth in the first year of life among infants in the Eastern region of Ghana: the Research to Improve Infant Nutrition and Growth (RIING) Project. Matern Child Nutr. 2012 Aug 20.
58. Ndahwouh Talla Nzussouo, Jennifer Michalove, Ousmane M. Diop, Richard Njouom, Maria de Lourdes Monteiro, Herve Kadjo Adje, Serge Manoncourt, Joseph Amankwa, Lamine Koivogui, Samba Sow, Mohamed Brahim Elkory, Jean-Marc Collard, Ibrahim Dalhatu, Mbayame Ndiaye Niang, Kathryn Lafond, Filomena Moniz, Daouda Coulibaly, Karl C. Kronman, Buhari A. Oyofo, William Ampofo, Boubou Tamboura, Ahmed Ould Bara, Jean-François Jusot, Ekanem Ekanem, Fatoumata Diène Sarr, Inzune Hwang, Claire Cornelius, Babajide Coker, Stephen Lindstrom, Richard Davis, Erica Dueger, Ann Moen, and Marc-Alain Widdowson. Delayed 2009 Pandemic Influenza A Virus Subtype H1N1 Circulation in West Africa, May 2009–April 2010. Journal of Infectious Diseases 2012; 206(S1): S101–7
59. Samuel Dadzie, Daniel Boakye, Victor Asoala, Kwadwo Koram, Anthony Kiszewski and Maxwell Appawu. A Community-Wide Study of Malaria Reduction: Evaluating Efficacy and User-Acceptance of a Low-Cost Repellent in Northern Ghana. Am J Trop Med Hyg 2013 vol. 88 no. 2: 309-314
60. Dziedzom K de Souza, Benjamin Koudou, Louise A Kelly-Hope, Michael D Wilson, Moses J
61. Bockarie and Daniel A Boakye. Diversity and transmission competence in lymphatic filariasis vectors in West Africa, and the implications for accelerated elimination of Anopheles-transmitted filariasis. Parasites & Vectors 2012; 5:259
62. Mike Y. Osei-Atweneboana, Daniel A. Boakye, Kwablah Awadzi, John O. Gyapong, Roger K. Prichard. Genotypic analysis of β-tubulin in Onchocerca volvulus from communities and individuals showing poor parasitological response to ivermectin treatment. International Journal for Parasitology: Drugs and Drug Resistance 2012; 2: 20–28
63. Louisa A Messenger, Abrahan Matias, Antonio Nkulu Manana, Joseph B Stiles-Ocran, Steve Knowles, Daniel A Boakye, Mamadou B Coulibaly, Marie-Louise Larsen, Amadou S Traoré, Bréhima Diallo, Mamadou Konaté, Amadou Guindo, Sékou F Traoré, Chris EG Mulder, Hoan Le, Immo Kleinschmidt and Mark Rowland. Multicentre studies of insecticide-treated durable
64. wall lining in Africa and South-East Asia: entomological efficacy and household acceptability during one year of field use. Malaria Journal 2012; 11:358
65. Pfeiffer C, Sambaiga R, Ahorlu C.K., Obrist B. Helping Tanzanian teenage girls avoid pregnancy. Evidence for Policy Series, Regional edition East Africa, No. 3, ed. Boniface Kiteme. (NCCR North-South, 2012).
66. Kusi KA, Dodoo D, Bosomprah S, van der Eijk M, Faber BW, Kocken CHM and Remarque EJ (2012). Measurement of the plasma levels of antibodies against the polymorphic vaccine candidate apical membrane antigen 1 in a malaria-exposed population. BMC Infectious Diseases, 12:32.