2016 Publication

2016 Publication

  1. Abena Adomah Kissi-Twuma, Lauve Rachel Tchokouaha Yamthe, Aristide Laurel Mokale Kognou, Phyllis Addo, Fabrice Fekam Boyome and Alexander Kwadwo Nyarko. (2016). Antimycobacterial potency and cytotoxicity study of three medicinal plants. International Journal of Mycobacteriology, 10.1371/journal.pone.0146280. eCollection 2016. Review.http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmyco.2016.10.012.

 

  1. Adwoa Asante-Poku, Isaac Darko Otchere, Stephen Osei-Wusu, Esther Sarpong, Akosua Baddoo, Audrey Forson, Clement Laryea, Sonia Borrell, Frank Bonsu, Jan Hattendorf, Collins Ahorlu, Kwadwo A. Koram, Sebastien Gagneux and Dorothy Yeboah-Manu. (2016). Molecular epidemiology of Mycobacterium africanum in Ghana. BMC Infectious Diseases; 16 (385): DOI 10.1186.

 

  1. Agbemabiese CA, Nakagomi T, Doan YH, Do LP, Damanka S, Armah GE, Nakagomi O. Genomic constellation and evolution of Ghanaian G2P[4] rotavirus strains from a global perspective.Infect Genet Evol. 2016 Nov; 45:122-131. doi: 10.1016/j.meegid.2016.08.024. Epub 2016 Aug 26.

 

  1. Alexander Martin-Odoom, Evelyn Yayra Bonney and Derek Kofi Opoku. (2016). Ocular complications in HIV positive patients on antiretroviral therapy in Ghana. BMC Ophthalmology; 16 (134): DOI 10.1186.

 

  1. Alimuddin Zumla, Martin Rao, Robert S Wallis, Stefan H E Kaufmann, Roxana Rustomjee, Peter Mwaba, Cris Vilaplana, Dorothy Yeboah-Manu, Jeremiah Chakaya, Giuseppe Ippolito, Esam Azhar, Michael Hoelscher, Markus Maeurer. (2016). Host-directed therapies for infectious diseases: current status, recent progress, and future prospects. Lancet Infectious Disease; 16: e47–63.

 

  1. Ama P. Fenny, Felix A. Asante, Daniel K. Arhinful, Anthony Kusi, Divya Parmar and Gemma Williams. (2016). who uses outpatient healthcare services under Ghana’s health protection scheme and why? BMC Health Services Research; 16 (174): DOI 10.1186.

 

  1. Anim-Baidoo I, Narh CA, Oddei D, Brown CA, Enweronu-Laryea C, Bandoh B, Sampane-Donkor E, Armah G, Adjei AA, Adjei DN, Ayeh-Kumi PF, Gyan BA. Giardia lamblia infections in children in Ghana.Pan Afr Med J. 2016 Jul 12; 24:217. eCollection 2016.

 

  1. Araceli Lamelas, Kobina Assan Ampah, Samuel Aboagye, Sarah Kerber, Emelia Danso, Adwoa Asante-Poku, Prince Asare, Julian Parkhill, Simon R. Harris, Gerd Pluschke, Dorothy Yeboah-Manu, Katharina Röltgen. (2016). Spatiotemporal Co-existence of Two.

 

  1. Armah G, Lewis KD, Cortese MM, Parashar UD, Ansah A, Gazley L, Victor JC, McNeal MM, Binka F, Steele AD. A Randomized, Controlled Trial of the Impact of Alternative Dosing Schedules on the Immune Response to Human Rotavirus Vaccine in Rural Ghanaian Infants. J Infect Dis. 2016 Jun 1; 213(11):1678-85. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiw023. Epub 2016 Jan 27. Erratum in: J Infect Dis. 2016 Oct 1; 214(7):1127.
  2. Armah G, Pringle K, Enweronu-Laryea CC, Ansong D, Mwenda JM, Diamenu SK, Narh C, Lartey B, Binka F, Grytdal S, Patel M, Parashar U, Lopman B. Impact and Effectiveness of Monovalent Rotavirus Vaccine Against Severe Rotavirus Diarrhea in Ghana. Clin Infect Dis. 2016 May 1; 62 Suppl 2:S200-7. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciw014.

 

  1. Aulo Gelli, Edoardo Masset, Gloria Folson, Anthoni Kusi, Daniel K. Arhinful, Felix Asante, Irene Ayi, Kwabena M. Bosompem, Kristie Watkins, Lutuf Abdul-Rahman, Rosanna Agble, Getrude Ananse-Baden, Daniel Mumuni, Elisabetta Aurino, Meena Fernandes and Lesley Drake. (2016). Evaluation of alternative school feeding models on nutrition, education, agriculture and other social outcomes in Ghana: rationale, randomised design and baseline data. Trials; 17, (37): DOI 10.1186.

 

  1. Benjamin Abuaku, Nancy Duah, Lydia Quaye, Neils Quashie, Keziah Malm, Constance Bart‑Plange and Kwadwo Koram. (2016). Therapeutic efficacy of artesunate‑amodiaquine and artemether‑lumefantrine combinations in the treatment of uncomplicated malaria in two ecological zones in Ghana. Malaria Journal, 15 (6): DOI 10.1186.

 

  1. Bernard L. Kouassi, Dziedzom K. de Souza, Andre Goepogui, Siradiou M. Balde, Lamia Diakité, Arsène Sagno, Georgina I. Djameh, Frédérique Chammartin, Penelope Vounatsou, Moses J. Bockarie, Jürg Utzinger and Benjamin G. Koudou. Low prevalence of Plasmodium and absence of malaria transmission in Conakry, Guinea: prospects for elimination. Malaria Journal; 15 (175): DOI 10.1186.

 

  1. Beverly Egyir, Akwasi Ampofo Oteng, Enid Owusu, Mercy Jemimah Newman, Kennedy Kwasi Addo and Anders Rhod Larsen. (2016). Characterization of Staphylococcus aureus from Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) patients in Accra, Ghana. Journal of Infection in Developing Countries; 10(5):453-456.

 

  1. Bright Adu, Mariama K. Cherif, Samuel Bosomprah, Amidou Diarra, Fareed K. N. Arthur, Emmanuel K. Dickson, Giampietro Corradin, David R. Cavanagh, Michael Theisen, Sodiomon B. Sirima,Issa Nebie and Daniel Dodoo.(2016). Antibody levels against GLURP R2, MSP1 block 2 hybrid and AS202.11 and the risk of malaria in children living in hyperendemic (Burkina Faso) and hypo‑endemic (Ghana) areas. Malaria Journal, 15, (123), DOI 10.1186/s12936-016-1146-4.

 

  1. Adika, F. Aboagye-Antwi, R. Appiah-Opong, N.O. Duah, R. Ayanful-Torgby, S. Matrevi, D. Osei-Safo. B. A. Gyan, N. B. Quashie. (2016). Assessment of the Effects of Natural Cocoa Extract on Erythrocyte Membrane and Asexual Erythrocytic Stage of Plasmodium falciparum. Journal of Ethnopharmacology and Medicinal Foods, 02(02): 11-16. C. Kronmann, Francis Nkrumah. (2016). Safety and Immunogenicityof EBA-175

 

 

  1. Chantal Ama Agbemabiese , Toyoko Nakagomi, Yen Hai Doan, Loan Phuong Do, Susan Damanka ,George E. Armah and Osamu Nakagomi. (2016). Genomic constellation and evolution of Ghanaian G2P [4] rotavirus strains from a global perspective. Infection, Genetics and Evolution; 45: 122–131.

 

  1. Daniel Amoako-Sakyi, Selorme Adukpo, Kwadwo A. Kusi, Daniel Dodoo, Michael F. Ofori, George O. Adjei, Dominic E. Edoh, Richard H. Asmah, Charles Brown, Bright Adu, Dorcas Obiri-Yeboah, Godfred Futagbi, Sharif Buari Abubakari, Marita Troye-Blomberg, Bartholomew D. Akanmori, Bamenla Q. Goka, John Arko-Mensah and Ben A. Gyan. (2016). A ST AT6 Intronic Single-Nucleotide Polymorphism is Associated with Clinical Malaria in Ghanaian Children. Genetics & Epigenetics, (8), 7–14.

 

  1. Daniel Boakye, Dziedzom de Souza, Moses Bockarie. (2016). Alternative Interventions against Neglected Tropical Diseases in SSA: Vector Control. Neglected Tropical Diseases, 367-384.

 

  1. Daniel Oduro‑Mensah, Noah Obeng‑Nkrumah, Evelyn Yayra Bonney, Ebenezer Oduro‑Mensah, Kingsley Twum‑Danso, Yaa Difie Osei and Sammy Tawiah Sackey. Genetic characterization of TEM‑type ESBL‑associated antibacterial resistance in Enterobacteriaceae in a tertiary hospital in Ghana. Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials; 15 (29): DOI 10.1186.

 

  1. David Stucki, Daniela Brites,            Leïla Jeljeli, Mireia Coscolla, Qingyun Liu, Andrej Trauner, Lukas Fenner, Liliana Rutaihwa, Sonia Borrell, Tao Luo, Qian Gao, Midori Kato-Maeda, Marie Ballif, Matthias Egger,    Rita Macedo, Helmi Mardassi, Milagros Moreno, Griselda Tudo Vilanova, Janet Fyfe, Maria Globan, Jackson Thomas, Frances Jamieson, Jennifer L Guthrie, Adwoa Asante-Poku, Dorothy Yeboah-Manu et al. (2016). Mycobacterium tuberculosis lineage 4 comprises globally distributed and geographically restricted sublineages. Nature Genetics, Doi:10.1038/ng.3704.

 

  1. Do LP, Nakagomi T, Otaki H, Agbemabiese CA, Nakagomi O, Tsunemitsu H. Phylogenetic inference of the porcine Rotavirus A origin of the human G1 VP7 gene

Donne K. Ameme, Samuel Sackey, Collins Ahorlu, Michael D. Wilson. (2016). Assessing Lymphatic Filariasis Data Quality in Endemic Communities in Ghana, Using the Neglected Tropical Diseases Data Quality Assessment Tool for Preventive Chemotherapy. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 10(3): e0004590.

 

  1. Edward K. Maina, Z. Abana, E.A. Bukusi, M. Sedegah, M. Lartey, W.K. Ampofo. (2016). Plasma concentrations of transforming growth factor beta 1 in non-progressive HIV-1 infection correlates with markers of disease progression. Cytokine; 81: 109–116.

 

  1. Elorm Kudzawu, Francis Agbokey, Collins S. K. Ahorlu. (2016). A Cross Sectional Study of the Knowledge and Practice of Self-Breast Examination among Market Women at the Makola Shopping Mall, Accra, Ghana. Advances in Breast Cancer Research, (5), 111-120.

 

  1. Emmanuel Kwasi Abu, Johnson N. Boampong, Samuel Kyei, Richmond Afoakwah, D & Irene Ayi. (2016). Associations between Polymorphisms within Interferon Gamma and Tumor Necrosis Factor Genes and Toxoplasma Retinochoroiditis in Ghanaian Patients. Ocular Immunology and Inflammation, 1-7.

 

  1. Ewurama D. A. Owusu, Vincent Buabeng, Samuel Dadzie, Charles A. Brown, Martin P. Grobusch and Petra Mens. (2016). Characteristics of asymptomatic Plasmodium spp. Parasitaemia in Kwahu‑Mpraeso, a malaria endemic mountainous district in Ghana, West Africa. Malaria Journal, 15(38): DOI 10.1186.
  2. Francine Ntoumi, Pontiano Kaleebu, Eusebio Macete, Sayoki Mfinanga, Jeremiah Chakaya, Dorothy Yeboah-Manu, Matthew Bates, Peter Mwabah, Markus Maeurer, Eskild Petersen and Alimuddin Zumla. (2016). Taking forward the World TB Day 2016 theme ‘Unite to End Tuberculosis’ for the WHO Africa Region. International Journal of Infectious Diseases; 46: 34–37.

 

  1. Kpeli, I. Darko Otchere, A. Lamelas, A. Buultjens, D. Bulach, S. L. Baines, T. Seemann, S. Giulieri, Z. Nakobu, S. Y. Aboagye, E. Owusu-Mireku, G. Pluschke, T. P. Stinea and D. Yeboah-Manu. (2016). Possible healthcare-associated transmission as a cause of secondary infection and population structure of Staphylococcus aureus isolates from two wound treatment centres in Ghana. New Microbes and New Infections; 13: 92–101.

 

  1. Hitoshi Kawada, Yukiko Higa, Kyoko Futami, Yuto Muranami, Emiko Kawashima, Joseph H. N. Osei, Kojo Yirenkyi Sakyi, Samuel Dadzie, Dziedzom K. de Souza, Maxwell Appawu, Nobuo Ohta, Takashi Suzuki and Noboru Minakawa. (2016). Discovery of Point Mutations in the Voltage-Gated Sodium Channel from African Aedes aegypti Populations: Potential Phylogenetic Reasons for Gene Introgression. PLoS Neglected Tropical Disease; 10(6): e0004780.

 

  1. D. Otchere, A. Asante-Poku, S. Osei-Wusu, A. Baddoo, E. Sarpong, A.H. Ganiyu, S.Y. Aboagye, A. Forson, F. Bonsu, A.I. Yahayah, K. Koram, S. Gagneux and D. Yeboah-Manu. (2016). Detection and characterization of drug-resistant conferring genes in Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex strains: A prospective study in two distant regions of Ghana. Tuberculosis; 99: 147-154.
  2. D. Otchere, S.R. Harris, S.L. Busso, A. Asante-Poku, S. Osei-Wusu, K. Koram, J. Parkhill, S. Gagneux and Dorothy Yeboah-Manu. (2016). The First population structure and comparative genomics analysis of Mycobacterium africanum strains from Ghana reveals higher diversity of Lineage 5. International Journal of Mycobacteriology; xxx (2016) xxx –xxx.

 

  1. Infect Genet Evol. 2016 Jun; 40:205-13. doi: 10.1016/j.meegid.2016.03.001. Epub 2016 Mar 4

Irene A Agyepong and Margaret Lartey. (2016). Facilitators and barriers to antiretroviral therapy adherence among adolescents in Ghana. Patient Preference and Adherence; 10: 329–337.

 

  1. Irene Ayi, Augustine Odoi-Kpoti Sowah, Emmanuel Awusah Blay, Takashi Suzuki, Nobuo Ohta, and Patrick F. Ayeh-Kumi. (2016). Toxoplasma gondii infections among pregnant women, children and HIV-seropositive persons in Accra, Ghana. Tropical Medicine and Health; 44(17): doi: 10.1186.

 

  1. Irene Ayi, Kofi Dadzie Kwofie, Emmanuel Awusah Blay, Joseph Harold Nyarko Osei, Kwadwo Kyeremeh Frempong, Roberta Koku, Anita Ghansah, Margaret Lartey, Takashi Suzuki, Daniel Adjei Boakye, Kwadwo Ansah Koram and Nobuo Ohta.(2016). Clonal types of Toxoplasma gondii among immune compromised and immune competent individuals in Accra, Ghana. Parasitology International; 65:238–244.

 

  1. Ivy Asantewaa Asante, Stephanie Bertram, Joseph Awuni, Abraham Nii Okai Commey,Ben Aniwa, William Kwabena Ampofo and Gülsah Gabriel. (2016). Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A (H5N1) Virus among Poultry, Ghana, 2015.Emerging Infectious Diseases; 22(12): 2209- 2211.

 

  1. M. Nguta, R. Appiah-Opong, A.K. Nyarko, D. Yeboah-Manu, P.G.A. Addo, I. Otchere, A. Kissi-Twum. (2016). In vitro antimycobacterial activity and toxicity of eight medicinal plants against pathogenic and nonpathogenic mycobacterial strains. International Journal of Mycobacteriology, doi.org/10.1016.j.ijmyco.2016.05.004.

 

  1. M. Nguta, R. Appiah-Opong, A.K. Nyarko, D. Yeboah-Manu, P.G.A. Addo, I. Otchere, A. Kissi-Twum. (2016). In vitro antimycobacterial and cytotoxic data on medicinal plants used to treat TB. Data in Brief, 7:1124-1130.

 

  1. M. Nguta, R. Appiah-Opong, A.K. Nyarko, D. Yeboah-Manu, P.G.A. Addo, I. Otchere, A. Kissi-Twum. (2016). Antimycobacterial and cytotoxic activity of selected medicinal plant extracts. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 182:10-15.

 

  1. Jones AH, Ampofo W, Akuffo R, Doman B, Duplessis C, Amankwa JA, Sarpong C, Sagoe K, Agbenohevi P, Puplampu N, Armah G, Koram KA, Nyarko EO, Bel-Nono S, Dueger EL. Sentinel surveillance for influenza among severe acute respiratory infection and acute febrile illness inpatients at three hospitals in Ghana. Influenza Other Respir Viruses. 2016 Sep; 10(5):367-74. doi: 10.1111/irv.12397. Epub 2016 Jun 30.

 

  1. Joseph Chabi, Philip K. Baidoo, Alex K. Datsomor, Dora Okyere, Aikins Ablorde, Alidu Iddrisu, Michael D. Wilson, Samuel K. Dadzie, Helen P. Jamet and Joseph W. Diclaro. (2016). Insecticide susceptibility of natural populations of Anopheles coluzzii and Anopheles gambiae (sensu stricto) from Okyereko irrigation site, Ghana, West Africa. Parasites & Vectors; 9 (182): DOI 10.1186.

 

  1. Joseph H.K. Bonney, Edward O. Nyarko, Sally-Ann Ohene, Joseph Amankwa, Ralph K. Ametepi,  Shirley C. Nimo-Paintsil, Badu Sarkodie, Prince Agbenohevi, Michael Adjabeng, Nicholas N.A. Kyei, Samuel Bel-Nono and William K. Ampofo. (2016). Molecular confirmation of Lassa fever imported into Ghana.  African Journal of Laboratory Medicine; 5(1), a288.
  2. Joseph M. Nguta , Regina Appiah-Opong, Alexander K. Nyarko, Dorothy Yeboah-Manu , Phyllis G.A. Addo, Isaac Darko Otchere, Abena Kissi-Twuma.(2016). In vitro antimycobacterial activity and toxicity of eight medicinal plants against pathogenic and nonpathogenic mycobacterial strains. International Journal of Mycobacteriology, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmyco.2016.05.004.

 

  1. Joseph M.Nguta, ReginaAppiah-Opong, Nyarko, DorothyYeboah-Manu, PhyllisG.A.Addo, IsaacOtchere, AbenaKissi-Twuma. (2016). Antimycobacterial and cytotoxic activity of selected medicinal plant extracts. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 182, 10–15.

 

  1. Ahorlu. (2016). Cultural Understanding of Wounds, Buruli Ulcers and Their Management at the Obom Sub-district of the Ga South Municipality of the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. PLoS Neglected Tropical Disease; 10(7): e0004825.

 

  1. D. Kwofie, N.H. Tung, M. Suzuki-Ohashi, M. Amoa-Bosompem, R. Adegle, M. Sakyiamah, F. Ayertey, K.B-A. Owusu, I. Tuffour, P. Atchoglo, K.K. Frempong, W.K. Anyan, T. Uto, O. Morinaga, T. Yamashita, F. Aboagye, A.A. Appiah, R. Appiah-Opong, A.K. Nyarko, Y. Yamaguchi, D. Edoh, K. Koram, S. Yamaoka, D.A. Boakye, N. Ohta, Y. Shoyama, I. Ayi. (2016) In-vitro Anti-trypanosomal Activities and Mechanisms of Action of Novel Tetracyclic Iridoids from Morinda lucida Benth. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 60:3283-3290.

 

 

  1. Kofi D. Kwofie, Nguyen Huu Tung, Mitsuko Suzuki-Ohashi, Michael Amoa-Bosompem, Richard Adegle, Maxwell M. Sakyiamah, Frederick Ayertey, Kofi Baffour-Awuah Owusu, Isaac Tuffour, Philip Atchoglo, Kwadwo K. Frempong, William K. Anyan, Takuhiro Uto, Osamu Morinaga, Taizo Yamashita, Frederic Aboagye, Alfred A. Appiah, Regina Appiah-Opong, Alexander K. Nyarko, Yasuchika Yamaguchi, Dominic Edoh, Kwadwo A. Koram, Shoji Yamaoka, Daniel A. Boakye, Nobuo Ohta, Yukihiro Shoyama, Irene Ayi. (2016). Antitrypanosomal Activities and Mechanisms of Action of Novel Tetracyclic Iridoids from Morinda lucida Benth. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 60:3283–3290.

 

  1. Kwame Gakpey, Aba Baffoe-Wilmot, Keziah Malm, Samuel Dadzie and Constance Bart-Plange. (2016). Strategies towards attainment of universal coverage of long lasting insecticide treated nets (LLINs) distribution: experiences and lessons from Ghana. Parasites & Vectors; 9 (35): DOI 10.1186.

 

  1. Kwame K. Asare, Johnson N. Boampong, Nancy O. Duah, Richmond Afoakwah, Rakesh Sehgal and Neils B. Quashie. (2016). Synergism between Pfcrt and Pfmdr1genes could account for the slow recovery of chloroquine sensitive Plasmodium falciparum strains in Ghana after chloroquine withdrawal. Journal of Infection and Public Health; 549, xxx—xxx.

 

  1. Kwofie K. D, Ghansah A, Osei J. H, Frempong K. K, Obed S, Frimpong E. H, Boakye D. A, Suzuki T, Ohta N, Ayi I. (2016). Indication of Risk of Mother-to-Child Toxoplasma gondii Transmission in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. Maternal and Child Health Journal; 20(12): 2581-2588.

 

  1. Kwofie K. D., Tung N. H., Suzuki-Ohashi M., Amoa-Bosompem M., Adegle R., Sakyiamah M. M., Ayertey F., Owusu K. B-A., Tuffour I., Atchoglo P., Frempong K. K.,  Anyan W. K., Uto T., Morinaga O., Yamashita T., Aboagye F., Appiah A. A. , Appiah- Opong R., Nyarko A. K., Yamaguchi Y., Edoh D., Koram K. A., Yamaoka S., Boakye D. 8 A., Ohta N., Shoyama Y. and Ayi I. (2016). In-vitro Anti-trypanosomal Activities and Mechanisms of Action 2 of Novel Tetracyclic Iridoids from Morinda lucida Benth. American Society for Microbiology. doi:10.1128/AAC.01916-15.

 

  1. T. Anim, C. Larbie, R. Appiah-Opong, I. Tuffour, K. B-A. Owusu, A. Aning. (2016). Phytochemical, antioxidant and cytotoxicity of hydroethanolic extracts of Crotalaria retusa L. World Journal of Pharmaceutical Research, 5(2):162-179.

 

  1. Mans J, Armah GE, Steele AD, Taylor MB. Norovirus Epidemiology in Africa: A Review. PLoS One. 2016 Apr 26; 11(4):e0146280. doi:

 

  1. Megan E. Kassick, Margaret A. Chinbuah, Magdalena Serpa, Goldy Mazia, Alice M. Tang, Isabella Sagoe-Moses, Mira Taylor, Adoma Dwomo-Fokuo, Nihad Salifu, Daniel K. Arhinful, Cyril Engmann, Thomas F. Burke, Patience Cofie and Brett D. Nelson. (2016). Evaluating a novel neonatal-care assessment tool among trained delivery attendants in a resource-limited setting. International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics; 135 (3): 285- 289.

 

  1. Michael Amoa-Bosompem, Mitsuko Ohashi, Mba-Tihssommah Mosore, Jeffrey Agyapong, Nguyen Huu Tung, Kofi D. Kwofie, Frederick Ayertey, Kofi Baffuor-Awuah Owusu, Isaac Tuffour, Philip Atchoglo, Georgina I. Djameh, Faustus A. Azerigyik, Senyo K. Botchie, William K. Anyan, Regina Appiah-Opong, Takuhiro Uto, Osamu Morinaga, Alfred. A. Appiah, Irene Ayi, Yukihiro Shoyama, Daniel A Boakye and Nobuo Ohta. (2016). In vitro anti-Leishmania activity of tetracyclic iridoids from Morinda lucida, benth. Tropical Medicine and Health; 44, (25): DOI 10.1186.

 

  1. Michael D. Wilson, Dziedzom K. de Souza, Irene Ayi. (2016). Soil-Transmitted Helminthiasis. Neglected Tropical Diseases, 289-317.

 

  1. Mycobacterium ulcerans Clonal Complexes in the Offin River Valley of Ghana. PLoS Neglected Tropical Disease; 10(7): e0004856.

 

  1. Nakagomi T, Do LP, Agbemabiese CA, Kaneko M, Gauchan P, Doan YH, Jere KC, Steele AD, Iturriza-Gomara M, Nakagomi O, Cunliffe NA. Whole-genome characterisation of G12P [6] rotavirus strains possessing two distinct genotype constellations co-circulating in Blantyre, Malawi, 2008. Arch Virol. 2017 Jan; 162(1):213-226. doi: 10.1007/s00705-016-3103-5. Epub 2016 Oct 7.

 

  1. Nakagomi T, Nguyen MQ, Gauchan P, Agbemabiese CA, Kaneko M, Do LP, Vu TD, Nakagomi O. Evolution of DS-1-like G1P[8] double-gene reassortant rotavirus A strains causing gastroenteritis in children in Vietnam in 2012/2013. Arch Virol. 2017 Mar; 162(3):739-748. doi: 10.1007/s00705-016-3155-6. Epub 2016 Nov 23.

 

  1. Nancy O. Duah, Sena A. Matrevi, Neils B. Quashie, Benjamin Abuaku and Kwadwo A. Koram. (2016). Genetic diversity of Plasmodium falciparum isolates from uncomplicated malaria cases in Ghana over a decade. Parasites & Vectors; 9 (416): DOI 10.1186.

 

  1. Nii-Trebi NI, Barnor JS, Musah BO and Ampofo WK. (2016). Epidemiologic dominance of HIV-1 subtype CRF02_AG in Ghana: preliminary virological evidence of increasing association with new infections. International Journal of Virology Studies and Research; 4(2), 22-28.

 

  1. V. Tsouh Fokou, A.A. Kissi-Twum, D. Yeboah-Manu, R. Appiah-Opong, P. Addo, L.R.T. Yamthe, A.N. Mfopa, F.F. Boyom and A.K. Nyarko. (2016). In vitro activity of selected West African medicinal plants against mycobacterium ulcerans disease. Molecules, doi.: 10.3390/molecules21040445.

 

  1. Paa Kobina Forson, Andrew Gardner, George Oduro, Joseph Bonney, Eno Akua Biney, Chris Oppong, Eszter Momade and Ronald F. Maio. (2016). Frequency of Alcohol Use Among Injured Adult Patients Presenting to a Ghanaian Emergency Department. Annals of Emergency Medicine; 68 (4): 492-500.
  2. Paa Kobina Forson, Andrew Gardner, George Oduro, Joseph Bonney, Eno Akua Biney, Chris Oppong, Eszter Momade and Ronald F Maio. Frequency of alcohol-associated injury in adults presenting to a Ghanaian emergency department. The Lancet Global Health; 4(1), s10.
  3. Patricia N. Okorie and Dziedzom K. de Souza. Prospects, drawbacks and future needs of xenomonitoring for the endpoint evaluation of lymphatic filariasis elimination programs in Africa. Transaction of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene; 110: 90–97.

 

  1. Patrick Valere Tsouh Fokou, Abena Adomah Kissi-Twum , Dorothy Yeboah-Manu , Regina Appiah-Opong,  Phyllis Addo, Lauve Rachel Tchokouaha Yamthe, Alvine Ngoutane Mfopa, Fabrice Fekam Boyom and Alexander Kwadwo Nyarko. (2016). In Vitro Activity of Selected West African Medicinal Plants against Mycobacterium ulcerans Molecules; 21(4), 445; doi: 10.3390.

Phase 1, Double-Blinded Placebo Controlled Dosage Escalation Study. PLoS ONE, 11 (9): e0163066.

 

  1. Akuffo, J. A. M. Brandful, A. Zayed, A. Adjei, N. Watany, N. T. Fahmy, R. Hughes, B. Doman1, S. V. Voegborlo, D. Aziati, D. Pratt, J. A. Awuni, N. Adams and E. Dueger. (2016). Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus in livestock ticks and animal handler seroprevalence at an abattoir in Ghana. BMC Infectious Diseases; 16, (324): DOI 10.1186.

 

  1. Appiah-Opong, I. Tuffour, G.K. Annor, A.D. Blankson-Darku, P. Cramer, A.A. Kissi-Twum, T. Uto, A. Ocloo. (2016) Antiproliferative, antioxidant activities and apoptosis induction by Morinda lucida and Taraxacum officinale in human HL-60 leukemia cells. Journal of Global Biosciences. 5(7): 4281-4291.
  2. Appiah-Opong, I.K. Asante, D. Osei Safo, I. Tuffour, E. Ofori-Attah, T. Uto, A.K. Nyarko. (2016). Cytotoxic effects of Albizia zygia (DC) J.F. Macbr, a Ghanaian medicinal plant against T-lymphoblast-like leukemia, prostate and breast cancer cell lines. International Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 8(5): 392-396.

RII-NG Malaria Vaccine Administered Intramuscularly in Semi-Immune Adults: A

 

  1. Robert Kaba Alhassan, Edward Nketiah-Amponsah and Daniel Kojo Arhinful. (2016). Design and implementation of community engagement interventions towards healthcare quality improvement in Ghana: a methodological approach. Health Economics Review; 6:49: DOI 10.1186.

 

  1. Robert Kaba Alhassan, Edward Nketiah-Amponsah, Daniel Kojo Arhinful. (2016). A Review of the National Health Insurance Scheme in Ghana: What Are the Sustainability Threats and Prospects? PLoS ONE 11(11): e0165151. doi:10.1371.

 

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Year of publication: 2016