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  1. Fischer K, Dubben B, Debrah LB, Kuehlwein JM, Ricchiuto A, Debrah AY, Hoerauf A, Weil GJ, Fischer PU, Klarmann-Schulz U. Histopathological evaluation of Onchocerca volvulus nodules by microscopy and by digital image analysis for the study of macrofilaricidal drug efficacy. Front Med (Lausanne). 2023 Feb 2;10:1099926. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2023.1099926

 

  1. Grover S, Opoku VS, Debrah LB, Maj C, Osei-Mensah J, Mensah DA, Hoerauf A, Debrah AY, Schumacher J, Pfarr K. First genome-wide association study for lymphatic filariasis in a West African population points to a human leukocyte antigen-mediated disease pathophysiology. Int J Infect Dis. 2023 May 3;133:1-4. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2023.04.408.

 

  1. Tamadaho RSE, Osei-Mensah J, Arndts K, Debrah LB, Debrah AY, Layland LE, Hoerauf A, Pfarr K, Ritter M. Reduced Type 2 Innate Lymphocyte Cell Frequencies in Patent Wuchereria bancrofti Infected Individuals. Pathogens. 2023 Apr 30;12(5):665. doi: 10.3390/pathogens12050665.

 

  1. Mnkai J, Ritter M, Maganga L, Maboko L, Olomi W, Clowes P, Minich J, Lelo AE, Kariuki D, Debrah AY, Geldmacher C, Hoelscher M, Saathoff E, Chachage M, Pfarr K, Hoerauf A, Kroidl I. Increased HIV Incidence in Wuchereria bancrofti Microfilaria Positive Individuals in Tanzania. Pathogens. 2023 Feb 28;12(3):387. doi: 10.3390/pathogens12030387.

 

  1. Rahamani AA, Horn S, Ritter M, Feichtner A, Osei-Mensah J, Serwaa Opoku V, Batsa Debrah L, Marandu TF, Haule A, Mhidze J, Ngenya A. Stage-Dependent Increase of Systematic Immune Activation and CCR5+ CD4+ T Cells in Filarial Driven Lymphedema in Ghana and Tanzania. Pathogens. 2023 Jun 7; 12(6):809. doi: 10.3390/pathogens12060809. PMID: 37375499; PMCID: PMC10301430.

 

  1. Hacking J, Gwenin VV, Dacombe RJ, Baird MS, Frimpong M, Phillips RO, Gwenin A single synthetic lipid antigen for improved serological diagnosis of Buruli ulcer. Public Health Action. 2023 Dec;13(4):173-178. doi: 10.5588/pha.23.0038. Epub 2023 Dec 7. PMID: 38077720; PMCID: PMC10703138.

 

  1. Amoako YA, Van Rietschoten LS, Oppong MN, Amoako KO, Abass KM, Anim BA, Laryea DO, Phillips RO, Stienstra Y. Beliefs, attitudes and practices towards scabies in central Ghana. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2023 Feb 22;17(2):e0011175. doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0011175. Erratum in: PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2023 May 5;17(5):e0011313.

 

  1. Frimpong M, Frimpong VNB, Numfor H, Donkeng Donfack V, Amedior JS, Deegbe DE, Dadson B, Ablordey A, Eyangoh S, Phillips RO, Vedithi SC. Multi-centric evaluation of Biomeme Franklin Mobile qPCR for rapid detection of Mycobacterium ulcerans in clinical specimens. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2023 May 25;17(5):e0011373. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0011373.

 

  1. Ahor HS, Schulte R, Adankwah E, Harelimana JD, Minadzi D, Acheampong I, Vivekanandan MM, Aniagyei W, Yeboah A, Arthur JF, Lamptey M, Abass MK, Kumbel F, Osei-Yeboah F, Gawusu A, Debrah LB, Owusu DO, Debrah A, Mayatepek E, Seyfarth J, Phillips RO, Jacobsen M. Monocyte pathology in human tuberculosis is due to plasma milieu changes and aberrant STAT signalling. Immunology. 2023 May 23. doi: 10.1111/imm.13659.

 

  1. Rolling CC, Phillips RO, Abass KM, Ken Adu Poku J, Osei-Mireku S, Osei-Wusu B, Thompson W, Vinnemeier CD, Huebl L, Langer F, Francke P, Kuta P, Konrath S, Renné T, Tannich E, Rolling T, Heinemann M. global prel l preal of Malaria-Associated Coagulopathy in Asymptomatic Plasmodium falciparum Infection: Results From a Cross-sectional Study in the Ashanti Region, Ghana. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2023 Feb 18;10(3):ofad074. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofad074.

 

  1. Heinemann M, Kleinjohann L, Rolling T, Winter D, Hackbarth N, Ramharter M, Addo M, Eibach D, Phillips RO, Owusu-Ofori A, Vinnemeier CD. Impact of antibiotic intake on the incidence of extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Enterobacterales in sub-Saharan Africa: results from a community-based longitudinal study. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2023 Mar;29(3):340-345. doi:10.1016/j.cmi.2022.09.008.

 

  1. Ceruti A, Dia N, Bakarey AS, Ssekitoleko J, Andriamandimby SF, Malwengo- Kasongo P, Ahmed RHA, Kobialka RM, Heraud JM, Diagne MM, Dione MHD, Dieng I, Faye M, Faye O, Rafisandratantsoa JT, Ravalohery JP, Raharinandrasana C, Randriambolamanantsoa TH, Razanajatovo N, Razanatovo I, Rabarison JH, Dussart P, Kyei-Tuffuor L, Agbanyo A, Adewumi OM, Fowotade A, Raifu MK, Okitale-Talunda P, Kashitu-Mujinga G, Mbelu-Kabongo C, Ahuka-Mundeke S, Makaka-Mutondo A, Abdalla EM, Idris SM, Elmagzoub WA, Ali RH, Nour EOM, Ebraheem RSM, Ahmed HHH, Abdalla HE, Elnegoumi M, Mukhtar I, Adam MAM, Mohamed NYI, Bedri SA, Hamdan HM, Kisekka M, Mpumwiire M, Aloyo SM, Wandera JN, Agaba A, Kamulegeya R, Kiprotich H, Kateete DP, Kadetz P, Truyen U, Eltom KH, Sakuntabhai A, Okuni JB, Makiala- Mandanda S, Lacoste V, Ademowo GO, Frimpong M, Sall AA, Weidmann M, Abd El Wahed A. A multi-country phase 2 study to evaluate the suitcase lab for rapid detection of SARS-CoV-2 in seven Sub-Saharan African countries: Lessons from the field. J Clin Virol. 2023 May;162:105422. doi: 10.1016/j.jcv.2023.105422.

 

  1. Sarfo FS, Akpa OM, Ovbiagele B, Akpalu A, Wahab K, Obiako R, Komolafe M, Owolabi L, Ogbole G, Fakunle A, Okekunle AP, Asowata OJ, Calys-Tagoe B, Uvere EO, Sanni T, Olowookere S, Ibinaiye P, Akinyemi JO, Arulogun O, Jenkins C, Lackland DT, Tiwari HK, Isah SY, Abubakar SA, Oladimeji A, Adebayo P, Akpalu J, Onyeonoro U, Ogunmodede JA, Akisanya C, Mensah Y, Oyinloye OI, Appiah L, Agunloye AM, Osaigbovo GO, Adeoye AM, Adeleye OO, Laryea RY, Olunuga T, Ogah OS, Oguike W, Ogunronbi M, Adeniyi W, Olugbo OY, Bello AH, Ogunjimi L, Diala S, Dambatta HA, Singh A, Adamu S, Obese V, Adusei N, Owusu D, Ampofo M, Tagge R, Fawale B, Yaria J, Akinyemi RO, Owolabi MO; SIREN. Patient-level and system- level determinants of stroke fatality across 16 large hospitals in Ghana and Nigeria: a prospective cohort study. Lancet Glob Health. 2023 Apr;11(4):e575-e585. doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(23)00038-4.

 

  1. Danquah KO, Adankwah E, Essel Dadzie H, Gyamfi D, Adjei EA, Ossei PPS, Morhe E. Prolonged Duration of Air-Dry Fixation of Cervical Smears Produces Superior Cytomorphological Staining Quality Over Conventional Wet-Fixed Smears. Acta Cytol. 2023 May 24:1. doi: 10.1159/00053092.

 

  1. Acheampong I, Minadzi D, Adankwah E, Aniagyei W, Vivekanandan MM, Yeboah A, Arthur JF, Lamptey M, Abass MK, Kumbel F, Osei-Yeboah F, Gawusu A, Laing EF, Batsa Debrah L, Owusu DO, Debrah A, Mayatepek E, Seyfarth J, Phillips RO, Jacobsen M. Diminished Interleukin-7 receptor expression on T-cell subsets in tuberculosis patients. Hum Immunol. 2023 Oct;84(10):543-550. doi: 10.1016/j.humimm.2023.08.141. Epub 2023 Aug 12. PMID: 37580215.

 

  1. Vivekanandan MM, Adankwah E, Aniagyei W, Acheampong I, Yeboah A, Arthur JF, Lamptey MNK, Abass MK, Gawusu A, Kumbel F, Osei-Yeboah F, Debrah LB, Owusu DO, Debrah A, Mayatepek E, Seyfarth J, Phillips RO, Jacobsen M. Plasma cytokine levels characterize disease pathogenesis and treatment response in tuberculosis patients. Infection. 2023 Feb;51(1):169-179. doi: 10.1007/s15010-022-01870-3. Epub 2022 Jun 27. PMID: 35759173; PMCID: PMC9879809.

 

  1. Akenten CW, Khan NA, Mbwana J, Krumkamp R, Fosu D, Paintsil EK, Boahen KG, Osei-Mensa J, Maiga-Ascofare O, May J, Obiri-Danso K, Phillips RO, Ofori LA, Dekker D. Carriage of ESBL-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae and Escherichia coli among children in rural Ghana: a cross-sectional study. Antimicrob Resist Infect Control. 2023 Jul 3;12(1):60. doi: 10.1186/s13756-023-01263-7. PMID: 37400910; PMCID: PMC10318731.

 

  1. Aniagyei W, Adjei JK, Adankwah E, Seyfarth J, Mayatepek E, Antwi Berko D, Sakyi SA, Batsa Debrah L, Debrah AY, Hoerauf A, Owusu DO, Phillips RO, Jacobsen M. Doxycycline Treatment of Mansonella perstans-Infected Individuals Affects Immune Cell Activation and Causes Long-term T-cell Polarization. Clin Infect Dis. 2023 Feb 8;76(3):e1399-e1407. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciac428. PMID: 35657028.

 

  1. Owusu DO, Adankwah E, Aniagyei W, Acheampong I, Minadzi D, Yeboah A, Arthur JF, Lamptey M, Vivekanandan MM, Abass MK, Kumbel F, Osei-Yeboah F, Gawusu A, Batsa Debrah L, Debrah A, Mayatepek E, Seyfarth J, Phillips RO, Jacobsen M. BCG-Vaccinated Children with Contact to Tuberculosis Patients Show Delayed Conversion of Mycobacterium tuberculosis-Specific IFN-γ Release. Vaccines (Basel). 2023 Apr 17;11(4):855. doi: 10.3390/vaccines11040855. PMID: 37112767; PMCID: PMC10146292.

 

  1. Adjei JK, Aniagyei W, Adankwah E, Seyfarth J, Mayatepek E, Berko DA, Ackam N, Annani-Akollor ME, Sakyi SA, Amoako YA, Owusu D, Jacobsen M, Phillips RO. Memory B-cells are enriched in the blood of patients with acute Buruli ulcer disease: a prospective observational study. BMC Infect Dis. 2023 Jun 12;23(1):393. doi: 10.1186/s12879-023-08370-1. PMID: 37308884; PMCID: PMC10259001.

 

  1. Owusu L, Tuwor RD, Ackam N, Loglo A, Agbavor B, Agbanyo A, Dornu O, Antwi PB, Oppong MN, Adjei JK, Frimpong V, Abass MK, Novignon J, Asiedu K, Laryea DO, Amoako YA, Phillips RO. Role and capacity needs of community based surveillance volunteers in the integrated management of skin neglected tropical diseases (skin NTDs): a qualitative study from central Ghana. BMC Public Health. 2023 Jun 6;23(1):1086. doi: 10.1186/s12889-023-16015-w. PMID: 37280609; PMCID: PMC10243008.

 

  1. Rolling CC, Phillips RO, Abass KM, Ken Adu Poku J, Osei-Mireku S, Osei-Wusu B, Thompson W, Vinnemeier CD, Huebl L, Langer F, Francke P, Kuta P, Konrath S, Renné T, Tannich E, Rolling T, Heinemann M. Absence of Malaria-Associated Coagulopathy in Asymptomatic Plasmodium falciparumInfection: Results From a Cross-sectional Study in the Ashanti Region, Ghana. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2023 Feb 18;10(3):ofad074. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofad074. PMID: 36968961; PMCID: PMC10034594.

 

  1. Abdullahi A, Frimpong J, Cheng MTK, Aliyu SH, Smith C, Abimiku A, Phillips RO, Owusu M, Gupta RK. Performance of SARS COV-2 IgG Anti-N as an Independent Marker of Exposure to SARS COV-2 in an Unvaccinated West African Population. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2023 Aug 14:tpmd230179. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.23-0179. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37580023.

 

  1. Vivekanandan MM, Adankwah E, Aniagyei W, Acheampong I, Minadzi D, Yeboah A, Arthur JF, Lamptey M, Abass MK, Kumbel F, Osei-Yeboah F, Gawusu A, Debrah LB, Owusu DO, Debrah A, Mayatepek E, Seyfarth J, Phillips RO, Jacobsen M. Impaired T-cell response to phytohemagglutinin (PHA) in tuberculosis patients is associated with high IL-6 plasma levels and normalizes early during anti-mycobacterial treatment. Infection. 2023 Aug;51(4):1013-1023. doi: 10.1007/s15010-023-01977-1. Epub 2023 Jan 18. PMID: 36650358; PMCID: PMC10352402.

 

  1. Akuffo RA, Sanchez C, Amanor I, Amedior JS, Kotey NK, Anto F, Azurago T, Ablordey A, Owusu-Antwi F, Beshah A, Amoako YA, Phillips RO, Wilson M, Asiedu K, Ruiz-Postigo JA, Moreno J, Mokni M. Endemic infectious cutaneous ulcers syndrome in the Oti Region of Ghana: Study of cutaneous leishmaniasis, yaws and Haemophilus ducreyi cutaneous ulcers. PLoS One. 2023 Sep 27;18(9):e0292034. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0292034. PMID: 37756291; PMCID: PMC10529585.

 

  1. Phillips RO, Berge SH. Sociotechnical Factors Supporting Mobile Phone Use by Bus Drivers. IISE Trans Occup Ergon Hum Factors. 2023 Jan-Jun;11(1-2):1-13. doi: 10.1080/24725838.2023.2166161. Epub 2023 Feb 7. PMID: 36657015.

 

  1. Eberhardt KA, Veletzky L, Weinreich F, Phillips RO, Sarfo FS, Feldt T, Dompreh A, Asibey SO, Boateng R, Frickmann H. Very low prevalence of Mansonella perstans-specific cell-free DNA in serum samples of Ghanaian HIV patients. Eur J Microbiol Immunol (Bp). 2023 Sep 26. doi: 10.1556/1886.2023.00028. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37751320.

 

  1. Razavi-Shearer D, Gamkrelidze I, Pan C, Jia J, Berg T, Gray R, Lim YS, Chen CJ, Ocama P, Desalegn H, Abbas Z. Global prevalence, cascade of care, and prophylaxis coverage of hepatitis B in 2022: a modelling study. The Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology. 2023 Oct 1;8(10):879-907.

 

  1. Frej A, Cano M, Ruiz-Postigo JA, Macharia P, Phillips RO, Amoako YA, Carrion C. Assessing the Quality of the World Health Organization’s Skin NTDs App as a Training Tool in Ghana and Kenya: Protocol for a Cross-sectional Study. JMIR Res Protoc. 2022 Dec 8;11(12):e39393. doi: 10.2196/39393. PMID: 36480252; PMCID: PMC9782345.

 

  1. Amoako YA, Agbanyo A, Novignon J, Owusu L, Tuffour J, Asante-Poku A, Hailemichael Y, Mosweu I, Canter R, Opondo C, Allen E, Pitt C, Yeboah-Manu D, Walker SL, Marks M, Phillips RO. Buruli-RifDACC: Evaluation of the efficacy and cost-effectiveness of high-dose versus standard-dose rifampicin on outcomes in Mycobacterium ulcerans disease, a protocol for a randomised controlled trial in Ghana [version 1; peer review: 2 approved]. NIHR Open Res. 2022 Nov 29;2:59. doi: 10.3310/nihropenres.13332.1. PMID: 36825217; PMCID: PMC7614217.

 

  1. Vivekanandan MM, Adankwah E, Aniagyei W, Acheampong I, Yeboah A, Arthur JF, Lamptey MNK, Abass MK, Gawusu A, Kumbel F, Osei-Yeboah F, Debrah LB, Owusu DO, Debrah A, Mayatepek E, Seyfarth J, Phillips RO, Jacobsen M. Plasma cytokine levels characterize disease pathogenesis and treatment response in tuberculosis patients Infection. 2023 Feb;51(1):169-179. doi: 10.1007/s15010-022-01870-3

 

  1. Aniagyei W, Adjei JK, Adankwah E, Seyfarth J, Mayatepek E, Antwi Berko D, Sakyi SA, Batsa Debrah L, Debrah AY, Hoerauf A, Owusu DO, Phillips RO, Jacobsen M. Doxycycline Treatment of Mansonella perstans-Infected Individuals Affects Immune Cell Activation and Causes Long-term T-cell Polarization. Clin Infect Dis. 2023 Feb 8;76(3):e1399-e1407. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciac428.

 

  1. Owusu DO, Adankwah E, Aniagyei W, Acheampong I, Minadzi D, Yeboah A, Arthur JF, Lamptey M, Vivekanandan MM, Abass MK, Kumbel F, Osei-Yeboah F, Gawusu A, Batsa Debrah L, Debrah A, Mayatepek E, Seyfarth J, Phillips RO, Jacobsen M. BCG- Vaccinated Children with Contact to Tuberculosis Patients Show Delayed Conversion of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Specific IFN-γ Release. Vaccines (Basel). 2023 Apr 17;11(4):855. doi: 10.3390/vaccines11040855.

 

  1. Vivekanandan MM, Adankwah E, Aniagyei W, Acheampong I, Minadzi D, Yeboah A, Arthur JF, Lamptey M, Abass MK, Kumbel F, Osei-Yeboah F, Gawusu A, Debrah LB, Owusu DO, Debrah A, Mayatepek E, Seyfarth J, Phillips RO, Jacobsen M. Impaired T-cell response to phytohemagglutinin (PHA) in tuberculosis patients is associated with high IL-6 plasma levels and normalizes early during anti- mycobacterial treatment. Infection. 2023 Jan 18. doi:10.1007/s15010-023-01977-1.

 

  1. Adjei JK, Aniagyei W, Adankwah E, Seyfarth J, Mayatepek E, Berko DA, Ackam N, Annani-Akollor ME, Sakyi SA, Amoako YA, Owusu D, Jacobsen M, Phillips RO. Memory B-cells are enriched in the blood of patients with acute Buruli ulcer disease: a prospective observational study. BMC Infect Dis. 2023 Jun 12;23(1):393. doi: 10.1186/s12879-023-08370-1. PMID: 37308884; PMCID: PMC10259001.

 

  1. Ahor HS, Schulte R, Adankwah E, Harelimana JD, Minadzi D, Acheampong I, Vivekanandan MM, Aniagyei W, Yeboah A, Arthur JF, Lamptey M, Abass MK, Kumbel F, Osei-Yeboah F, Gawusu A, Debrah LB, Owusu DO, Debrah A, Mayatepek E, Seyfarth J, Phillips RO, Jacobsen M. Monocyte pathology in human tuberculosis is due to plasma milieu changes and aberrant STAT signalling. Immunology. 2023 Sep;170(1):154-166. doi: 10.1111/imm.13659. Epub 2023 May 23. PMID: 37219921.

 

  1. Acheampong I, Minadzi D, Adankwah E, Aniagyei W, Vivekanandan MM, Yeboah A, Arthur JF, Lamptey M, Abass MK, Kumbel F, Osei-Yeboah F, Gawusu A, Laing EF, Batsa Debrah L, Owusu DO, Debrah A, Mayatepek E, Seyfarth J, Phillips RO, Jacobsen M. Diminished Interleukin-7 receptor expression on T-cell subsets in tuberculosis patients. Hum Immunol. 2023 Oct;84(10):543-550. doi: 10.1016/j.humimm.2023.08.141. Epub 2023 Aug 12. PMID: 37580215.

 

  1. Agbogbatey M., Foli P., Akweongo P. 2022. A qualitative inquiry into barriers against the public-private mix for TB control in Ghana. The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases, Volume 26 (Supplement 2), S179.

 

  1. Agbogbatey M., Tamakloe B., Aglanu L., Puorideme E., Gmanyami J., Amuasi J. 2022. Integration of TB and HIV control with national AMR plans: evidence from the 2021 Global Tripartite Survey. The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases, Volume 26 (Supplement 2), S40.

 

  1. Aglanu LM, Amuasi JH, Prokesh E, Beyuo A, Dari CD, Ravensbergen SJ, et al. Community members and healthcare workers’ priorities for the control and prevention of snakebite envenoming in Ghana. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2023 Jul;17(7):e0011504.

 

  1. Akenten CW, Weinreich F, Paintsil EK, Amuasi J, Fosu D, Loderstädt U, May J, Frickmann H, Dekker D. Intestinal Helminth Infections in Ghanaian Children from the Ashanti Region between 2007 and 2008-A Retrospective Cross-Sectional Real-Time PCR-Based Assessment. Trop Med Infect Dis. 2022 Nov 14;7(11):374. doi: 10.3390/tropicalmed7110374.

 

  1. Anto EO, Boadu WIO, Korsah EE, Ansah E, Adua E, Frimpong J, Nyarkoa P, Tamakloe VCKT, Acheampong E, Asamoah EA, Opoku S, Afrifa-Yamoah E, Annani- Akollor ME, Obirikorang C. Unrecognized hypertension among a general adult Ghanaian population: An urban community-based cross-sectional study of prevalence and putative risk factors of lifestyle and obesity indices. PLOS Glob Public Health. 2023 May 24;3(5): e0001973. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0001973.

 

  1. Danquah M, Owiredu WKBA, Jnr BAE, Serwaa D, Odame Anto E, Peprah MO, Obirikorang C, Fondjo LA. Diagnostic value of neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL) as an early biomarker for detection of renal failure in hypertensives: a case-control study in a regional hospital in Ghana. BMC Nephrol. 2023 Apr 26;24(1):114. doi: 10.1186/s12882-023-03120-6.

 

  1. Danquah, M., Owiredu, W.K., Jnr, B.E., Serwaa, D., Odame Anto, E., Peprah, M.O., Obirikorang, C. and Fondjo, L.A., 2023. Diagnostic value of neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL) as an early biomarker for detection of renal failure in hypertensives: a case–control study in a regional hospital in Ghana. BMC nephrology, 24(1), p.114. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12882-023-03120-6

 

  1. Dayan GH, Rouphael N, Walsh SR, Chen A, Grunenberg N, Allen M, et al. Efficacy of a bivalent (D614 + 1.351) SARS-CoV-2 recombinant protein vaccine with AS03 adjuvant in adults: a phase 3, parallel, randomised, modified double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. Lancet Respir Med. 2023 Sep 13;S2213-2600(23)00263-1.

 

  1. Domfeh, S.A., Darkwa, B.Y., Gablah, R.K., Adu-Asamoah, E. and Obirikorang, C., 2023. Evaluation of Four Malaria Rapid Diagnostic Test Kits Used at the Enyiresi Government Hospital in the Eastern Region of Ghana. Journal of Parasitology Research, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1155/2023/4226020

 

  1. Foster I, Amuasi J, Geelen J, Miyagawa S, Böcking D, Hagen H, et al. How funders can support improved clinical trial practice for outbreaks. Lancet. 2023 Jul 1;402(10395):26.

 

  1. Horby PW, Staplin N, Peto L, Emberson JR, Campbell M, Pessoa-Amorim G, et al. Empagliflozin in patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19 (RECOVERY): a randomised, controlled, open-label, platform trial. medRxiv. 2023;2023–04.

 

  1. Lokpo, S.Y., Amenyega, W., Doe, P., Osei-Yeboah, J., Owiredu, W.K., Obirikorang, C., Adu, E.A., Agordoh, P.D., Ativi, E., Kortei, N.K. and Ametepe, S., 2022. Abdominal volume index is a better predictor of visceral fat in patients with type 2 diabetes: a cross-sectional study in Ho municipality, Ghana. Alexandria Journal of Medicine, 58(1), pp.85-91. https://doi.org/10.1080/20905068.2022.2094882

 

  1. Mubareka S, Amuasi J, Banerjee A, Carabin H, Copper Jack J, Jardine C, et al. Strengthening a One Health approach to emerging zoonoses. MacDonald R, editor. FACETS. 2023 Jan 1;8:1–64.

 

  1. Rashan A, Beane A, Ghose A, Dondorp AM, Kwizera A, Vijayaraghavan BKT, et al. Mixed methods study protocol for combining stakeholder-led rapid evaluation with near real-time continuous registry data to facilitate evaluations of quality of care in intensive care units. Wellcome Open Research. 2023;8(29):29.

 

  1. RECOVERY Collaborative Group. Electronic address: recoverytrial@ndph.ox.ac.uk; RECOVERY Collaborative Group. Higher dose corticosteroids in patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19 who are hypoxic but not requiring ventilatory support (RECOVERY): a randomised, controlled, open-label, platform trial. Lancet. 2023 May 6;401(10387):1499-1507. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(23)00510-X.

 

  1. Tannor EK, Quentin W, Busse R, Opoku D, Amuasi J. Impact of COVID-19 on health service utilisation in sub-Saharan Africa: protocol for a scoping review. BMJ Open. 2023 Sep 26;13(9):e074769.

 

  1. Umoh Mp, Amuasi Jh, Jimmy Ai, Gyamfi Ao, Djangmason Ra, Fallah J, Et Al. Occupational Risks And Hazards Assessment Among Vehicle Artisans At Suame Magazines, Kumasi, Ghana. Quantum Journal of Medical and Health Sciences. 2023;2(1):1–26.

 

  1. Umoh Mp, Amuasi Jh, Jimmy Ai, Tetteh Ma, Opoku Fa, Fallah J, Et Al. Knowledge, Attitude And Compliance To Occupational Health And Safety Practices Among Vehicle Artisans. Quantum Journal of Medical and Health Sciences. 2023;2(1):27–37.

 

  1. Valles-Colomer M, Blanco-Míguez A, Manghi P, Asnicar F, Dubois L, Golzato D, Armanini F, Cumbo F, Huang KD, Manara S, Masetti G, Pinto F, Piperni E, Punčochář M, Ricci L, Zolfo M, Farrant O, Goncalves A, Selma-Royo M, Binetti AG, Becerra JE, Han B, Lusingu J, Amuasi J, Amoroso L, Visconti A, Steves CM, Falchi M, Filosi M, Tett A, Last A, Xu Q, Qin N, Qin H, May J, Eibach D, Corrias MV, Ponzoni M, Pasolli E, Spector TD, Domenici E, Collado MC, Segata N. The person-to-person transmission landscape of the gut and oral microbiomes. Nature. 2023 Feb;614(7946):125-135. doi: 10.1038/s41586-022-05620-1.

 

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Di Cristanziano V, Weimer K, Böttcher S, Sarfo FS, Dompreh A, Cesar LG, Knops E, Heger E, Wirtz M, Kaiser R, Norman B, Phillips RO, Feldt T, Eberhardt KA. Molecular Characterization and Clinical Description of Non-Polio Enteroviruses Detected in Stool Samples from HIV-Positive and HIV-Negative Adults in Ghana. Viruses. 2020 Feb 16;12(2):221. doi: 10.3390/v12020221. PMID: 32079128; PMCID:PMC7077198.

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Amuasi JH, Lucas T, Horton R, Winkler AS. Reconnecting for our future: The

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Amuasi JH, Walzer C, Heymann D, Carabin H, Huong LT, Haines A, Winkler AS. Calling for a COVID-19 One Health Research Coalition. Lancet. 2020 May

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Manouana GP, Lorenz E, Mbong Ngwese M, Nguema Moure PA, Maiga Ascofaré O, Akenten CW, Amuasi J, Rakotozandrindrainy N, Rakotozandrindrainy R, Mbwana J, Lusingu J, Byrne N, Melhem S, Zinsou JF, Adegbite RB, Hogan B, Winter D, May J, Kremsner PG, Borrmann S, Eibach D, Adegnika AA. Performance of a rapid diagnostic test for the detection of Cryptosporidium spp. in African children admitted to hospital with diarrhea. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2020 Jul 13;14(7):e0008448. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0008448. PMID: 32658930; PMCID: PMC7377516.

Struck NS, Zimmermann M, Krumkamp R, Lorenz E, Jacobs T, Rieger T, Wurr S, Günther S, Gyau Boahen K, Marks F, Sarpong N, Owusu-Dabo E, May J, Eibach D. Cytokine Profile Distinguishes Children With Plasmodium falciparum Malaria From Those With Bacterial Blood Stream Infections. J Infect Dis. 2020 Mar 16;221(7):1098-1106. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiz587. PMID: 31701142; PMCID: PMC7075412.

Herr W, Krumkamp R, Hogan B, Dekker D, Gyau K, Owusu-Dabo E, Sarpong N,Jaeger A, Loag W, Winter D, Akenten CW, Eibach D, Fickenscher H, Eis-Hübinger A,May J, Kreuels B. A cross-sectional study on risk factors for infection with Parvovirus B19 and the association with anaemia in a febrile paediatric population in Ghana. Sci Rep. 2020 Sep 24;10(1):15695. doi:

10.1038/s41598-020-72657-5. PMID: 32973247; PMCID: PMC7515863.

Krumkamp R, Oppong K, Hogan B, Strauss R, Frickmann H, Wiafe-Akenten C, Boahen KG, Rickerts V, McCormick Smith I, Groß U, Schulze M, Jaeger A,

Loderstädt U, Sarpong N, Owusu-Dabo E, May J, Dekker D. Spectrum of antibiotic resistant bacteria and fungi isolated from chronically infected wounds in a rural district hospital in Ghana. PLoS One. 2020 Aug 7;15(8):e0237263. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0237263. PMID: 32764812; PMCID: PMC7413558.

Ayim-Akonor M, Krumkamp R, May J, Mertens E. Understanding attitude,
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5. Wadagni AC, Steinhorst J, Barogui YT, Catraye PM, Gnimavo R, Abass KM, Amofa G, Frimpong M, Sarpong FN, van der Werf TS, Phillips R. Buruli ulcer treatment: Rate of surgical intervention differs highly between treatment centers in West Africa. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 2019 Oct;13(10).


6. Stienstra Y, Beeres DT, Phillips R, Vonk M, Ravensbergen SJ. The public health control of scabies: priorities for research and action. Lancet (London, England). 2019 Dec 7;394(10214):2068.


7. Frimpong M, Ahor HS, Sakyi SA, Agbavor B, Akowuah E, Phillips RO. Rapid Extraction Method of Mycobacterium ulcerans DNA from Clinical Samples of Suspected Buruli Ulcer Patients. Diagnostics. 2019 Dec;9(4):204.


8. Seyfarth J, Sarfo‐Kantanka O, Rosenbauer J, Phillps RO, Jacobsen M. Type‐1 diabetes onset age and sex differences between Ghanaian and German urban populations. Journal of diabetes. 2019 Dec;11(12):1002-1004. doi: 10.1111/1753-0407.12978


9. Di Cristanziano V, D Alfonso R, Berrilli F, Sarfo FS, Santoro M, Fabeni L, Knops E, Heger E, Kaiser R, Dompreh A, Phillips RO, Norman B, Feldt T, Eberhardt KA. Lower prevalence of Blastocystis sp. infections in HIV positive compared to HIV negative adults in Ghana. PLoS One. 2019 Sep 3;14(9):e0221968. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0221968. Erratum in: PLoS One. 2019 Oct 11;14(10):e0224000.


10. Frimpong M, Agbavor B, Duah MS, Loglo A, Sarpong FN, Boakye-Appiah J, Abass KM, Dongyele M, Amofa G, Tuah W, Frempong M, Amoako YA, Wansbrough-Jones M, Phillips RO. Paradoxical reactions in Buruli ulcer after initiation of antibiotic therapy: Relationship to bacterial load. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2019 Aug;13(8):e0007689.


11. Simpson H, Deribe K, Tabah EN, Peters A, Maman I, Frimpong M, Ampadu E, Phillips R, Saunderson P, Pullan RL, Cano J. Mapping the global distribution of Buruli ulcer: a systematic review with evidence consensus. Lancet Glob Health.2019 Jul;7(7):e912-e922.


12. Adankwah E, Güler A, Mayatepek E, Phillips RO, Nausch N, Jacobsen M. CD27 expression of T-cells discriminates IGRA-negative TB patients from healthy contacts in Ghana. Microbes Infect. 2019 Aug 12;. doi: 10.1016/j.micinf.2019.07.003


13. Amoako YA, Frimpong M, Awuah DO, Plange-Rhule G, Boakye-Yiadom E, Agbavor B, Sarpong F, Ahor H, Adu E, Danso KG, Abass MK, Asiedu K, Wansbrough-Jones M, Phillips RO. Providing insight into the incubation period of Mycobacterium ulcerans disease: two case reports. J Med Case Rep. 2019 Jul 18;13(1):218.


14. Adankwah E, Lundtoft C, Güler A, Franken KLMC, Ottenhoff THM, Mayatepek E, Owusu-Dabo E, Phillips RO, Nausch N, Jacobsen M. Two-Hit in vitro T-Cell Stimulation Detects Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection in QuantiFERON Negative Tuberculosis Patients and Healthy Contacts From Ghana. Front Immunol. 2019 Jul 3;10:1518. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2019.01518.


15. Batsa Debrah L, Phillips RO, Pfarr K, Klarmann-Schulz U, Opoku VS, Nausch N, Owusu W, Mubarik Y, Sander AL, Lämmer C, Ritter M, Layland LE, Jacobsen M, Debrah AY, Hoerauf A. The Efficacy of Doxycycline Treatment on Mansonella perstans Infection: An Open-Label, Randomized Trial in Ghana. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2019 Jul;101(1):84-92.


16. Awua-Boateng NY, Mohammed A, Aglanu LM, Acheampong G, Amuasi JH, Bonsu FA, Phillips RO, Owusu-Dabo E. Is pulmonary tuberculosis in pregnant women a problem in Ghana? Observations and lessons from the national tuberculosis prevalence project. Int J Mycobacteriol. 2019 Jul-Sep;8(3):267-272.


17. Asare R, Opoku-Okrah C, Danquah KO, Opare-Sem O, Addai-Mensah O, Gyamfi D, Amponsah FA, Afriyie EY, Duneeh RV, Ofosu DN, Frimpong M. Expression of platelet parameters and platelet membrane glycoproteins in childhood Burkitt lymphoma.Leuk Res. 2019 Sep;84:106189. doi: 10.1016/j.leukres.2019.106189.


18. Struck NS, Zimmermann M, Krumkamp R, Lorenz E, Jacobs T, Rieger T, Wurr S, Günther S, Gyau Boahen K, Marks F, Sarpong N, Owusu-Dabo E, May J, Eibach D. Cytokine profile distinguishes children with P. falciparum malaria from those with bacterial blood stream infections. J Infect Dis. 2019 Nov 8. pii: jiz587.doi:10.1093/infdis/jiz587.


19. Toy T, Pak GD, Duc TP, Campbell JI, El Tayeb MA, Von Kalckreuth V, Im J,Panzner U, Cruz Espinoza LM, Eibach D, Dekker DM, Park SE, Jeon HJ, Konings F,Mogeni OD, Cosmas L, Bjerregaard-Andersen M, Gasmelseed N, Hertz JT, Jaeger A,Krumkamp R, Ley B, Thriemer K, Kabore LP, Niang A, Raminosoa TM, Sampo E, Sarpong N, Soura A, Owusu-Dabo E, Teferi M, Yeshitela B, Poppert S, May J, Kim JH, Chon Y, Park JK, Aseffa A, Breiman RF, Schütt-Gerowitt H, Aaby P, Adu-Sarkodie Y, Crump JA, Rakotozandrindrainy R, Meyer CG, Sow AG, Clemens JD, Wierzba TF, Baker S, Marks F. Multicountry Distribution and Characterization of Extended-spectrum β-Lactamase-associated Gram-negative Bacteria From Bloodstream Infections in Sub-Saharan Africa. Clin Infect Dis. 2019 Oct 30;69(Supplement_6):S449-S458. doi:10.1093/cid/ciz450.


20. Aldrich C, Hartman H, Feasey N, Chattaway MA, Dekker D, Al-Emran HM, Larkin L,McCormick J, Sarpong N, Le Hello S, Adu-Sarkodie Y, Panzner U, Park SE, Im J, Marks F, May J, Dallman TJ, Eibach D. Emergence of phylogenetically diverse and fluoroquinolone resistant Salmonella Enteritidis as a cause of invasive nontyphoidal Salmonella disease in Ghana. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2019 Jun 20;13(6):e0007485. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0007485.


21. Eibach D, Hogan B, Sarpong N, Winter D, Struck NS, Adu-Sarkodie Y, Owusu-Dabo E, Schmidt-Chanasit J, May J, Cadar D. Viral metagenomics revealed novel betatorquevirus species in pediatric inpatients with encephalitis/meningoencephalitis from Ghana. Sci Rep. 2019 Feb 20;9(1):2360. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-38975-z.


22. Owusu M, Acheampong G, Annan A, Marfo KS, Osei I, Amuasi J, Sarpong N, Im J, Mogeni OD, Chiang HY, Kuo CH, Jeon HJ, Panzner U, Park SE, Marks F, Owusu-Dabo E, Adu-Sarkodie Y. Ralstonia mannitolilytica sepsis: a case report. J Med Case Rep. 2019 Oct 26;13(1):318. doi: 10.1186/s13256-019-2235-0.


23. Park SE, Toy T, Cruz Espinoza LM, Panzner U, Mogeni OD, Im J, Poudyal N, Pak GD, Seo H, Chon Y, Schütt-Gerowitt H, Mogasale V, Ramani E, Dey A, Park JY, Kim JH, Seo HJ, Jeon HJ, Haselbeck A, Conway Roy K, MacWright W, Adu-Sarkodie Y, Owusu-Dabo E, Osei I, Owusu M, Rakotozandrindrainy R, Soura AB, Kabore LP, Teferi M, Okeke IN, Kehinde A, Popoola O, Jacobs J, Lunguya Metila O, Meyer CG, Crump JA, Elias S, Maclennan CA, Parry CM, Baker S, Mintz ED, Breiman RF, Clemens JD, Marks F. The Severe Typhoid Fever in Africa Program: Study Design and Methodology to Assess Disease Severity, Host Immunity, and Carriage Associated With Invasive Salmonellosis. Clin Infect Dis. 2019 Oct 30;69(Supplement_6):S422-S434. doi:10.1093/cid/ciz715.


24. Acheampong G, Owusu M, Owusu-Ofori A, Osei I, Sarpong N, Sylverken A, Kung HJ,Cho ST, Kuo CH, Park SE, Marks F, Adu-Sarkodie Y, Owusu-Dabo E. Chromosomal and plasmid-mediated fluoroquinolone resistance in human Salmonella enterica infection in Ghana. BMC Infect Dis. 2019 Oct 28;19(1):898. doi:10.1186/s12879-019-4522-1.


25. Eibach D, Nagel M, Lorenzen S, Hogan B, Belmar Campos C, Aepfelbacher M, Sarpong N, May J. Extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae among geckos (Hemidactylus brookii) in a Ghanaian hospital. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2019 Aug;25(8):1048-1050. doi: 10.1016/j.cmi.2019.04.007.


26. Dekker D, Eibach D, Boahen KG, Akenten CW, Pfeifer Y, Zautner AE, Mertens E,Krumkamp R, Jaeger A, Flieger A, Owusu-Dabo E, May J. Fluoroquinolone-ResistantSalmonella enterica, Campylobacter spp., and Arcobacter butzleri from Local and Imported Poultry Meat in Kumasi, Ghana. Foodborne Pathog Dis. 2019May;16(5):352-358. doi: 10.1089/fpd.2018.2562.


27. Falgenhauer L, Imirzalioglu C, Oppong K, Akenten CW, Hogan B, Krumkamp R,Poppert S, Levermann V, Schwengers O, Sarpong N, Owusu-Dabo E, May J, Eibach D. Detection and Characterization of ESBL-Producing Escherichia coli From Humans and Poultry in Ghana. Front Microbiol. 2019 Jan 15;9:3358. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.03358.


28. Frickmann H, Wiemer DF, Wassill L, Hinz R, Rojak S, Wille A, Loderstädt U,Schwarz NG, von Kalckreuth V, Im J, Jin Jeon H, Marks F, Owusu-Dabo E, Sarpong N, May J, Eibach D, Dekker D. Loop-mediated isothermal amplification-based detection of typhoid fever on an automated Genie II Mk2 system – A case-control-based approach. Acta Trop. 2019 Feb;190:293-295. doi:10.1016/j.actatropica.2018.12.004.


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Beissner, M., R. O. Phillips, F. Battke, M. Bauer, K. Badziklou, F. S. Sarfo, I. Maman, A. Rhomberg, E. Piten, M. Frimpong, K. L. Huber, D. Symank, M. Jansson, F. X. Wiedemann, A. Banla Kere, K. H. Herbinger, T. Loscher and G. Bretzel (2015). “Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification for Laboratory Confirmation of Buruli Ulcer Disease-Towards a Point-of-Care Test.” PLoS Negl Trop Dis 9(11): e0004219.

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Darko, S. N., D. D. Yar, E. Owusu-Dabo, A. A. Awuah, W. Dapaah, N. Addofoh, S. P. Salifu, N. Y. Awua-Boateng and F. Adomako-Boateng (2015). “Variations in levels of IL-6 and TNF-alpha in type 2 diabetes mellitus between rural and urban Ashanti Region of Ghana.” BMC Endocr Disord 15: 50.

De Zeeuw, J., M. Alferink, Y. T. Barogui, G. Sopoh, R. O. Phillips, T. S. van der Werf, S. Loth, B. Molenbuur, M. Plantinga, A. V. Ranchor and Y. Stienstra (2015). “Assessment and Treatment of Pain during Treatment of Buruli Ulcer.” PLoS Negl Trop Dis 9(9): e0004076.

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Eberhardt, K. A., F. S. Sarfo, A. Dompreh, E. O. Kuffour, C. Geldmacher, M. Soltau, M. Schachscheider, J. F. Drexler, A. M. Eis-Hubinger, D. Haussinger, G. Bedu-Addo, R. O. Phillips, B. Norman, G. D. Burchard and T. Feldt (2015). “Helicobacter pylori Coinfection Is Associated With Decreased Markers of Immune Activation in ART-Naive HIV-Positive and in HIV-Negative Individuals in Ghana.” Clin Infect Dis 61(10): 1615-1623.

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Eibach, D., R. Krumkamp, H. M. Al-Emran, N. Sarpong, R. M. Hagen, Y. Adu-Sarkodie, E. Tannich and J. May (2015). “Molecular characterization of Cryptosporidium spp. among children in rural Ghana.” PLoS Negl Trop Dis 9(3): e0003551.

Freidl, G. S., T. Binger, M. A. Muller, E. de Bruin, J. van Beek, V. M. Corman, A. Rasche, J. F. Drexler, A. Sylverken, S. K. Oppong, Y. Adu-Sarkodie, M. Tschapka, V. M. Cottontail, C. Drosten and M. Koopmans (2015). “Serological evidence of influenza A viruses in frugivorous bats from Africa.” PLoS One 10(5): e0127035.

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Frickmann, H., D. Dekker, N. G. Schwarz, A. Hahn, K. Boahen, N. Sarpong, Y. Adu-Sarkodie, E. Halbgewachs, F. Marks, V. von Kalckreuth, S. Poppert, U. Loderstaedt, J. May and R. M. Hagen (2015). “16S rRNA Gene Sequence-Based Identification of Bacteria in Automatically Incubated Blood Culture Materials from Tropical Sub-Saharan Africa.” PLoS One 10(8): e0135923.

Garms, R., K. Badu, E. Owusu-Dabo, S. Baffour-Awuah, O. Adjei, A. Y. Debrah, M. Nagel, N. K. Biritwum, L. Gankpala, R. J. Post and T. F. Kruppa (2015). “Assessments of the transmission of Onchocerca volvulus by Simulium sanctipauli in the Upper Denkyira District, Ghana, and the intermittent disappearance of the vector.” Parasitol Res 114(3): 1129-1137.

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Junglen, S., M. Marklewitz, F. Zirkel, R. Wollny, B. Meyer, H. Heidemann, S. Metzger, A. Annan, D. Dei, F. H. Leendertz, S. Oppong and C. Drosten (2015). “No Evidence of Gouleako and Herbert Virus Infections in Pigs, Cote d’Ivoire and Ghana.” Emerg Infect Dis 21(12): 2190-2193.

Katawa, G., L. E. Layland, A. Y. Debrah, C. von Horn, L. Batsa, A. Kwarteng, S. Arriens, W. T. D, S. Specht, A. Hoerauf and T. Adjobimey (2015). “Hyperreactive onchocerciasis is characterized by a combination of Th17-Th2 immune responses and reduced regulatory T cells.” PLoS Negl Trop Dis 9(1): e3414.

King, S., K. Adjei-Asante, L. Appiah, D. Adinku, A. Beloukas, M. Atkins, S. F. Sarfo, D. Chadwick, R. O. Phillips and A. M. Geretti (2015). “Antibody screening tests variably overestimate the prevalence of hepatitis C virus infection among HIV-infected adults in Ghana.” J Viral Hepat 22(5): 461-468.

Krumkamp, R., N. Sarpong, N. G. Schwarz, J. Adlkofer, W. Loag, D. Eibach, R. M. Hagen, Y. Adu-Sarkodie, E. Tannich and J. May (2015). “Gastrointestinal infections and diarrheal disease in Ghanaian infants and children: an outpatient case-control study.” PLoS Negl Trop Dis 9(3): e0003568.

Nakua, E. K., E. Otupiri, V. M. Dzomeku, E. Owusu-Dabo, P. Agyei-Baffour, A. E. Yawson, G. Folson and S. Hewlett (2015). “Gender disparities of chronic musculoskeletal disorder burden in the elderly Ghanaian population: study on global ageing and adult health (SAGE WAVE 1).” BMC Musculoskelet Disord 16: 204.

Nakua, E. K., J. T. Sevugu, V. M. Dzomeku, E. Otupiri, H. R. Lipkovich and E. Owusu-Dabo (2015). “Home birth without skilled attendants despite millennium villages project intervention in Ghana: insight from a survey of women’s perceptions of skilled obstetric care.” BMC Pregnancy Childbirth 15: 243.

Niang, F., F. S. Sarfo, M. Frimpong, L. Guenin-Mace, M. Wansbrough-Jones, T. Stinear, R. O. Phillips and C. Demangel (2015). “Metabolomic profiles delineate mycolactone signature in Buruli ulcer disease.” Sci Rep 5: 17693.

Nielsen, M. V., S. Amemasor, A. Agyekum, W. Loag, F. Marks, N. Sarpong, D. Dekker, Y. Adu-Sarkodie and J. May (2015). “Clinical indicators for bacterial co-infection in Ghanaian children with P. falciparum infection.” PLoS One 10(4): e0122139.

Oteng, R. A., L. K. Whiteside, S. D. Rominski, J. H. Amuasi, P. M. Carter, P. Donkor and R. Cunningham (2015). “Individual and Medical Characteristics of Adults Presenting to an Urban Emergency Department in Ghana.” Ghana Med J 49(3): 136-141.

Phillips, R. O., D. M. Phanzu, M. Beissner, K. Badziklou, E. K. Luzolo, F. S. Sarfo, W. A. Halatoko, Y. Amoako, M. Frimpong, A. M. Kabiru, E. Piten, I. Maman, B. Bidjada, A. Koba, K. S. Awoussi, B. Kobara, J. Nitschke, F. X. Wiedemann, A. B. Kere, O. Adjei, T. Loscher, B. Fleischer, G. Bretzel and K. H. Herbinger (2015). “Effectiveness of routine BCG vaccination on buruli ulcer disease: a case-control study in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana and Togo.” PLoS Negl Trop Dis 9(1): e3457.

Quintana, J. F., B. L. Makepeace, S. A. Babayan, A. Ivens, K. M. Pfarr, M. Blaxter, A. Debrah, S. Wanji, H. F. Ngangyung, G. S. Bah, V. N. Tanya, D. W. Taylor, A. Hoerauf and A. H. Buck (2015). “Extracellular Onchocerca-derived small RNAs in host nodules and blood.” Parasit Vectors 8: 58.

Sarfo, F. S., K. A. Eberhardt, A. Dompreh, E. O. Kuffour, M. Soltau, M. Schachscheider, J. F. Drexler, A. M. Eis-Hubinger, D. Haussinger, E. E. Oteng-Seifah, G. Bedu-Addo, R. O. Phillips, B. Norman, G. Burchard and T. Feldt (2015). “Helicobacter pylori Infection Is Associated with Higher CD4 T Cell Counts and Lower HIV-1 Viral Loads in ART-Naive HIV-Positive Patients in Ghana.” PLoS One 10(11): e0143388.

Sarpong, N., E. Owusu-Dabo, B. Kreuels, J. N. Fobil, S. Segbaya, F. Amoyaw, A. Hahn, T. Kruppa and J. May (2015). “Prevalence of malaria parasitaemia in school children from two districts of Ghana earmarked for indoor residual spraying: a cross-sectional study.” Malar J 14: 260.

Sondo, P., K. Derra, S. Diallo-Nakanabo, Z. Tarnagda, O. Zampa, A. Kazienga, I. Valea, H. Sorgho, E. Owusu-Dabo, J. B. Ouedraogo, T. R. Guiguemde and H. Tinto (2015). “Effectiveness and safety of artemether-lumefantrine versus artesunate-amodiaquine for unsupervised treatment of uncomplicated falciparum malaria in patients of all age groups in Nanoro, Burkina Faso: a randomized open label trial.” Malar J 14: 325.

Sothmann, P., R. Krumkamp, B. Kreuels, N. Sarpong, C. Frank, L. Ehlkes, J. Fobil, K. Gyau, A. Jaeger, B. Bosu, F. Marks, E. Owusu-Dabo, B. Salzberger and J. May (2015). “Urbanicity and Paediatric Bacteraemia in Ghana-A Case-Control Study within a Rural-Urban Transition Zone.” PLoS One 10(9): e0139433.

Stockdale, A. J., R. O. Phillips, A. Beloukas, L. T. Appiah, D. Chadwick, S. Bhagani, L. Bonnett, F. S. Sarfo, G. Dusheiko, A. M. Geretti and B. I. i. K. S. G. Hepatitis (2015). “Liver Fibrosis by Transient Elastography and Virologic Outcomes After Introduction of Tenofovir in Lamivudine-Experienced Adults With HIV and Hepatitis B Virus Coinfection in Ghana.” Clin Infect Dis 61(6): 883-891.

Vinnemeier, C. D., P. Brust, E. Owusu-Dabo, N. Sarpong, E. Y. Sarfo, Y. Bio, T. Rolling, D. Dekker, Y. Adu-Sarkodie, K. A. Eberhardt, J. May and J. P. Cramer (2015). “Group B Streptococci serotype distribution in pregnant women in Ghana: assessment of potential coverage through future vaccines.” Trop Med Int Health 20(11): 1516-1524.

Wadagni, A., M. Frimpong, D. M. Phanzu, A. Ablordey, E. Kacou, M. Gbedevi, E. Marion, Y. Xing, V. S. Babu, R. O. Phillips, M. Wansbrough-Jones, Y. Kishi and K. Asiedu (2015). “Simple, Rapid Mycobacterium ulcerans Disease Diagnosis from Clinical Samples by Fluorescence of Mycolactone on Thin Layer Chromatography.” PLoS Negl Trop Dis 9(11): e0004247.

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de Zeeuw, J., M. Douwstra, T. F. Omansen, G. E. Sopoh, C. Johnson, R. O. Phillips, M. Alferink, P. Saunderson, T. S. Van der Werf, P. U. Dijkstra and Y. Stienstra (2014). “Psychometric properties of the participation scale among former buruli ulcer patients in Ghana and Benin.” PLoS Negl Trop Dis 8(11): e3254.

de Zeeuw, J., T. F. Omansen, M. Douwstra, Y. T. Barogui, C. Agossadou, G. E. Sopoh, R. O. Phillips, C. Johnson, K. M. Abass, P. Saunderson, P. U. Dijkstra, T. S. van der Werf and Y. Stienstra (2014). “Persisting social participation restrictions among former Buruli ulcer patients in Ghana and Benin.” PLoS Negl Trop Dis 8(11): e3303.

Doherty, M. L., E. Owusu-Dabo, O. S. Kantanka, R. O. Brawer and J. D. Plumb (2014). “Type 2 diabetes in a rapidly urbanizing region of Ghana, West Africa: a qualitative study of dietary preferences, knowledge and practices.” BMC Public Health 14: 1069.

Eckerle, I., L. Ehlen, R. Kallies, R. Wollny, V. M. Corman, V. M. Cottontail, M. Tschapka, S. Oppong, C. Drosten and M. A. Muller (2014). “Bat airway epithelial cells: a novel tool for the study of zoonotic viruses.” PLoS One 9(1): e84679.

Ehlkes, L., A. C. Krefis, B. Kreuels, R. Krumkamp, O. Adjei, M. Ayim-Akonor, R. Kobbe, A. Hahn, C. Vinnemeier, W. Loag, U. Schickhoff and J. May (2014). “Geographically weighted regression of land cover determinants of Plasmodium falciparum transmission in the Ashanti Region of Ghana.” Int J Health Geogr 13: 35.

Geroult, S., R. O. Phillips and C. Demangel (2014). “Adhesion of the ulcerative pathogen Mycobacterium ulcerans to DACC-coated dressings.” J Wound Care 23(8): 417-418, 422-414.

Jansson, M., M. Beissner, R. O. Phillips, K. Badziklou, E. Piten, I. Maman, F. S. Sarfo, K. L. Huber, A. Rhomberg, D. Symank, M. Wagner, F. Wiedemann, J. Nitschke, A. Banla Kere, K. H. Herbinger, O. Adjei, T. Loscher and G. Bretzel (2014). “Comparison of two assays for molecular determination of rifampin resistance in clinical samples from patients with Buruli ulcer disease.” J Clin Microbiol 52(4): 1246-1249.

Klis, S., A. Ranchor, R. O. Phillips, K. M. Abass, W. Tuah, S. Loth, K. Velding, T. S. van der Werf and Y. Stienstra (2014). “Good quality of life in former Buruli ulcer patients with small lesions: long-term follow-up of the BURULICO trial.” PLoS Negl Trop Dis 8(7): e2964.

Klis, S., Y. Stienstra, R. O. Phillips, K. M. Abass, W. Tuah and T. S. van der Werf (2014). “Long term streptomycin toxicity in the treatment of Buruli Ulcer: follow-up of participants in the BURULICO drug trial.” PLoS Negl Trop Dis 8(3): e2739.

Klis, S., T. S. van der Werf, R. O. Phillips, F. S. Sarfo, M. Wansbrough-Jones and Y. Stienstra (2014). “Oral treatment for patients with Buruli ulcer co-infected with HIV: think twice.” AIDS 28(5): 797-798.

Kollie, K., Y. A. Amoako, J. Ake, T. Mulbah, F. Zaizay, M. Abass, L. Lehman, A. Paintsil, F. Sarfo, C. Lugala, A. Tiendrebeogo, R. Phillips and K. Asiedu (2014). “Buruli ulcer in Liberia, 2012.” Emerg Infect Dis 20(3): 494-496.

Owusu, M., A. Annan, V. M. Corman, R. Larbi, P. Anti, J. F. Drexler, O. Agbenyega, Y. Adu-Sarkodie and C. Drosten (2014). “Human coronaviruses associated with upper respiratory tract infections in three rural areas of Ghana.” PLoS One 9(7): e99782.

Phillips, R. O., M. Frimpong, F. S. Sarfo, B. Kretschmer, M. Beissner, A. Debrah, Y. Ampem-Amoako, K. M. Abass, W. Thompson, M. S. Duah, J. Abotsi, O. Adjei, B. Fleischer, G. Bretzel, M. Wansbrough-Jones and M. Jacobsen (2014). “Infection with Mansonella perstans Nematodes in Buruli Ulcer Patients, Ghana.” Emerg Infect Dis 20(6): 1000-1003.

Phillips, R. O., F. S. Sarfo, M. K. Abass, J. Abotsi, T. Wilson, M. Forson, Y. A. Amoako, W. Thompson, K. Asiedu and M. Wansbrough-Jones (2014). “Clinical and bacteriological efficacy of rifampin-streptomycin combination for two weeks followed by rifampin and clarithromycin for six weeks for treatment of Mycobacterium ulcerans disease.” Antimicrob Agents Chemother 58(2): 1161-1166.

Phillips, R. O., F. S. Sarfo, M. K. Abass, M. Frimpong, E. Ampadu, M. Forson, Y. A. Amoako, W. Thompson, K. Asiedu and M. Wansbrough-Jones (2014). “Reply to “compliance with antimicrobial therapy for buruli ulcer”.” Antimicrob Agents Chemother 58(10): 6341.

Phillips, R. O., F. S. Sarfo, J. Landier, R. Oldenburg, M. Frimpong, M. Wansbrough-Jones, K. Abass, W. Thompson, M. Forson, A. Fontanet, F. Niang and C. Demangel (2014). “Combined inflammatory and metabolic defects reflected by reduced serum protein levels in patients with Buruli ulcer disease.” PLoS Negl Trop Dis 8(4): e2786.

Pool, M. S., E. Otupiri, E. Owusu-Dabo, A. de Jonge and C. Agyemang (2014). “Physical violence during pregnancy and pregnancy outcomes in Ghana.” BMC Pregnancy Childbirth 14: 71.

Rts, S. C. T. P. (2014). “Efficacy and safety of the RTS,S/AS01 malaria vaccine during 18 months after vaccination: a phase 3 randomized, controlled trial in children and young infants at 11 African sites.” PLoS Med 11(7): e1001685.

Sarfo, F. S., R. O. Phillips, J. Zhang, M. K. Abass, J. Abotsi, Y. A. Amoako, Y. Adu-Sarkodie, C. Robinson and M. H. Wansbrough-Jones (2014). “Kinetics of mycolactone in human subcutaneous tissue during antibiotic therapy for Mycobacterium ulcerans disease.” BMC Infect Dis 14: 202.

Sarfo, F. S., M. A. Sarfo, B. Norman, R. Phillips, G. Bedu-Addo and D. Chadwick (2014). “Risk of deaths, AIDS-defining and non-AIDS defining events among Ghanaians on long-term combination antiretroviral therapy.” PLoS One 9(10): e111400.

Sarfo, F. S., M. A. Sarfo, B. Norman, R. Phillips and D. Chadwick (2014). “Incidence and determinants of nevirapine and efavirenz-related skin rashes in West Africans: nevirapine’s epitaph?” PLoS One 9(4): e94854.

Sarfo, F. S., W. Thompson, R. O. Phillips, A. Paintsil, M. K. Abass, M. Frimpong, J. Abotsi, K. Asiedu and M. H. Wansbrough-Jones (2014). “A severe case of Buruli ulcer disease with pleural effusions.” PLoS Negl Trop Dis 8(6): e2868.

Schuldt, K., C. Ehmen, J. Evans, J. May, D. Ansong, J. Sievertsen, B. Muntau, G. Ruge, T. Agbenyega and R. D. Horstmann (2014). “Endothelial protein C receptor gene variants not associated with severe malaria in ghanaian children.” PLoS One 9(12): e115770.

Singh, A., E. Owusu-Dabo, J. Britton, M. R. Munafo and L. L. Jones (2014). “”Pictures don’t lie, seeing is believing”: exploring attitudes to the introduction of pictorial warnings on cigarette packs in Ghana.” Nicotine Tob Res 16(12): 1613-1619.

Vandelannoote, K., K. Jordaens, P. Bomans, H. Leirs, L. Durnez, D. Affolabi, G. Sopoh, J. Aguiar, D. M. Phanzu, K. Kibadi, S. Eyangoh, L. B. Manou, R. O. Phillips, O. Adjei, A. Ablordey, L. Rigouts, F. Portaels, M. Eddyani and B. C. de Jong (2014). “Insertion sequence element single nucleotide polymorphism typing provides insights into the population structure and evolution of Mycobacterium ulcerans across Africa.” Appl Environ Microbiol 80(3): 1197-1209.

Williamson, H., R. Phillips, S. Sarfo, M. Wansbrough-Jones and P. Small (2014). “Genetic diversity of PCR-positive, culture-negative and culture-positive Mycobacterium ulcerans isolated from Buruli ulcer patients in Ghana.” PLoS One 9(2): e88007.s, K. M., T. S.

van der Werf, R. O. Phillips, F. S. Sarfo, J. Abotsi, S. O. Mireku, W. N. Thompson, K. Asiedu, Y. Stienstra and S. A. Klis (2015). “Buruli ulcer control in a highly endemic district in Ghana: role of community-based surveillance volunteers.” Am J Trop Med Hyg 92(1): 115-117.

Alferink, M., J. de Zeeuw, G. Sopoh, C. Agossadou, K. M. Abass, R. O. Phillips, S. Loth, E. Jutten, Y. T. Barogui, R. E. Stewart, T. S. van der Werf, Y. Stienstra and A. V. Ranchor (2015). “Pain Associated with Wound Care Treatment among Buruli Ulcer Patients from Ghana and Benin.” PLoS One 10(6): e0119926.

Annan, A., M. Owusu, K. S. Marfo, R. Larbi, F. N. Sarpong, Y. Adu-Sarkodie, J. Amankwa, S. Fiafemetsi, C. Drosten, E. Owusu-Dabo and I. Eckerle (2015). “High prevalence of common respiratory viruses and no evidence of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus in Hajj pilgrims returning to Ghana, 2013.” Trop Med Int Health 20(6): 807-812.

Annan, A. A., T. F. Kruppa, O. Adjei and R. Garms (2015). “Palp ratio as a field identification tool for two members of the Anopheles gambiae complex in Ghana (A. melas and A. gambiae).” Parasit Vectors 8: 295.

Anti, P., M. Owusu, O. Agbenyega, A. Annan, E. K. Badu, E. E. Nkrumah, M. Tschapka, S. Oppong, Y. Adu-Sarkodie and C. Drosten (2015). “Human-Bat Interactions in Rural West Africa.” Emerg Infect Dis 21(8): 1418-1421.

Arndts, K., U. Klarmann-Schulz, L. Batsa, A. Y. Debrah, C. Epp, R. Fimmers, S. Specht, L. E. Layland and A. Hoerauf (2015). “Reductions in microfilaridermia by repeated ivermectin treatment are associated with lower Plasmodium-specific Th17 immune responses in Onchocerca volvulus-infected individuals.” Parasit Vectors 8: 184.

Badu, K., B. Gyan, M. Appawu, D. Mensah, D. Dodoo, G. Yan, C. Drakeley, G. Zhou, E. Owusu-Dabo and K. A. Koram (2015). “Serological evidence of vector and parasite exposure in Southern Ghana: the dynamics of malaria transmission intensity.” Parasit Vectors 8: 251.

Beissner, M., R. O. Phillips, F. Battke, M. Bauer, K. Badziklou, F. S. Sarfo, I. Maman, A. Rhomberg, E. Piten, M. Frimpong, K. L. Huber, D. Symank, M. Jansson, F. X. Wiedemann, A. Banla Kere, K. H. Herbinger, T. Loscher and G. Bretzel (2015). “Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification for Laboratory Confirmation of Buruli Ulcer Disease-Towards a Point-of-Care Test.” PLoS Negl Trop Dis 9(11): e0004219.

Binger, T., A. Annan, J. F. Drexler, M. A. Muller, R. Kallies, E. Adankwah, R. Wollny, A. Kopp, H. Heidemann, D. Dei, F. C. Agya-Yao, S. Junglen, T. Feldt, A. Kurth, S. Oppong, Y. Adu-Sarkodie and C. Drosten (2015). “A novel rhabdovirus isolated from the straw-colored fruit bat Eidolon helvum, with signs of antibodies in swine and humans.” J Virol 89(8): 4588-4597.

Corman, V. M., H. J. Baldwin, A. F. Tateno, R. M. Zerbinati, A. Annan, M. Owusu, E. E. Nkrumah, G. D. Maganga, S. Oppong, Y. Adu-Sarkodie, P. Vallo, L. V. da Silva Filho, E. M. Leroy, V. Thiel, L. van der Hoek, L. L. Poon, M. Tschapka, C. Drosten and J. F. Drexler (2015). “Evidence for an Ancestral Association of Human Coronavirus 229E with Bats.” J Virol 89(23): 11858-11870.

Corman, V. M., A. Grundhoff, C. Baechlein, N. Fischer, A. Gmyl, R. Wollny, D. Dei, D. Ritz, T. Binger, E. Adankwah, K. S. Marfo, L. Annison, A. Annan, Y. Adu-Sarkodie, S. Oppong, P. Becher, C. Drosten and J. F. Drexler (2015). “Highly divergent hepaciviruses from African cattle.” J Virol 89(11): 5876-5882.

Darko, S. N., D. D. Yar, E. Owusu-Dabo, A. A. Awuah, W. Dapaah, N. Addofoh, S. P. Salifu, N. Y. Awua-Boateng and F. Adomako-Boateng (2015). “Variations in levels of IL-6 and TNF-alpha in type 2 diabetes mellitus between rural and urban Ashanti Region of Ghana.” BMC Endocr Disord 15: 50.

de Zeeuw, J., M. Alferink, Y. T. Barogui, G. Sopoh, R. O. Phillips, T. S. van der Werf, S. Loth, B. Molenbuur, M. Plantinga, A. V. Ranchor and Y. Stienstra (2015). “Assessment and Treatment of Pain during Treatment of Buruli Ulcer.” PLoS Negl Trop Dis 9(9): e0004076.

Debrah, A. Y., S. Specht, U. Klarmann-Schulz, L. Batsa, S. Mand, Y. Marfo-Debrekyei, R. Fimmers, B. Dubben, A. Kwarteng, M. Osei-Atweneboana, D. Boakye, A. Ricchiuto, M. Buttner, O. Adjei, C. D. Mackenzie and A. Hoerauf (2015). “Doxycycline Leads to Sterility and Enhanced Killing of Female Onchocerca volvulus Worms in an Area With Persistent Microfilaridermia After Repeated Ivermectin Treatment: A Randomized, Placebo-Controlled, Double-Blind Trial.” Clin Infect Dis 61(4): 517-526.

Dekker, D. M., R. Krumkamp, N. Sarpong, H. Frickmann, K. G. Boahen, M. Frimpong, R. Asare, R. Larbi, R. M. Hagen, S. Poppert, W. Rabsch, F. Marks, Y. Adu-Sarkodie and J. May (2015). “Drinking water from dug wells in rural ghana–salmonella contamination, environmental factors, and genotypes.” Int J Environ Res Public Health 12(4): 3535-3546.
Eberhardt, K. A., F. S. Sarfo, A. Dompreh, E. O. Kuffour, C. Geldmacher, M. Soltau, M. Schachscheider, J. F. Drexler, A. M. Eis-Hubinger, D. Haussinger, G. Bedu-Addo, R. O. Phillips, B. Norman, G. D. Burchard and T. Feldt (2015). “Helicobacter pylori Coinfection Is Associated With Decreased Markers of Immune Activation in ART-Naive HIV-Positive and in HIV-Negative Individuals in Ghana.” Clin Infect Dis 61(10): 1615-1623.

Eckerle, I., A. Annan and C. Drosten (2015). “Response to the letter to the editor: Barasheed et al., ‘No evidence of MERS-CoV in Ghanaian Hajj pilgrims: cautious interpretation is needed’.” Trop Med Int Health 20(8): 1123-1124.

Eibach, D., R. Krumkamp, H. M. Al-Emran, N. Sarpong, R. M. Hagen, Y. Adu-Sarkodie, E. Tannich and J. May (2015). “Molecular characterization of Cryptosporidium spp. among children in rural Ghana.” PLoS Negl Trop Dis 9(3): e0003551.
Freidl, G. S., T. Binger, M. A. Muller, E. de Bruin, J. van Beek, V. M. Corman, A. Rasche, J. F. Drexler, A. Sylverken, S. K. Oppong, Y. Adu-Sarkodie, M. Tschapka, V. M. Cottontail, C. Drosten and M. Koopmans (2015). “Serological evidence of influenza A viruses in frugivorous bats from Africa.” PLoS One 10(5): e0127035.

Freuling, C. M., T. Binger, M. Beer, Y. Adu-Sarkodie, J. Schatz, M. Fischer, D. Hanke, B. Hoffmann, D. Hoper, T. C. Mettenleiter, S. K. Oppong, C. Drosten and T. Muller (2015). “Lagos bat virus transmission in an Eidolon helvum bat colony, Ghana.” Virus Res 210: 42-45.

Frickmann, H., D. Dekker, N. G. Schwarz, A. Hahn, K. Boahen, N. Sarpong, Y. Adu-Sarkodie, E. Halbgewachs, F. Marks, V. von Kalckreuth, S. Poppert, U. Loderstaedt, J. May and R. M. Hagen (2015). “16S rRNA Gene Sequence-Based Identification of Bacteria in Automatically Incubated Blood Culture Materials from Tropical Sub-Saharan Africa.” PLoS One 10(8): e0135923.

Garms, R., K. Badu, E. Owusu-Dabo, S. Baffour-Awuah, O. Adjei, A. Y. Debrah, M. Nagel, N. K. Biritwum, L. Gankpala, R. J. Post and T. F. Kruppa (2015). “Assessments of the transmission of Onchocerca volvulus by Simulium sanctipauli in the Upper Denkyira District, Ghana, and the intermittent disappearance of the vector.” Parasitol Res 114(3): 1129-1137.

Gyimah, A. A., E. K. Nakua, E. Owusu-Dabo and E. Otupiri (2015). “Fertility Preferences of Women Living with HIV in the Kumasi Metropolis, Ghana.” Afr J Reprod Health 19(2): 125-133.
Junglen, S., M. Marklewitz, F. Zirkel, R. Wollny, B. Meyer, H. Heidemann, S. Metzger, A. Annan, D. Dei, F. H. Leendertz, S. Oppong and C. Drosten (2015). “No Evidence of Gouleako and Herbert Virus Infections in Pigs, Cote d’Ivoire and Ghana.” Emerg Infect Dis 21(12): 2190-2193.

Katawa, G., L. E. Layland, A. Y. Debrah, C. von Horn, L. Batsa, A. Kwarteng, S. Arriens, W. T. D, S. Specht, A. Hoerauf and T. Adjobimey (2015). “Hyperreactive onchocerciasis is characterized by a combination of Th17-Th2 immune responses and reduced regulatory T cells.” PLoS Negl Trop Dis 9(1): e3414.

King, S., K. Adjei-Asante, L. Appiah, D. Adinku, A. Beloukas, M. Atkins, S. F. Sarfo, D. Chadwick, R. O. Phillips and A. M. Geretti (2015). “Antibody screening tests variably overestimate the prevalence of hepatitis C virus infection among HIV-infected adults in Ghana.” J Viral Hepat 22(5): 461-468.

Krumkamp, R., N. Sarpong, N. G. Schwarz, J. Adlkofer, W. Loag, D. Eibach, R. M. Hagen, Y. Adu-Sarkodie, E. Tannich and J. May (2015). “Gastrointestinal infections and diarrheal disease in Ghanaian infants and children: an outpatient case-control study.” PLoS Negl Trop Dis 9(3): e0003568.

Nakua, E. K., E. Otupiri, V. M. Dzomeku, E. Owusu-Dabo, P. Agyei-Baffour, A. E. Yawson, G. Folson and S. Hewlett (2015). “Gender disparities of chronic musculoskeletal disorder burden in the elderly Ghanaian population: study on global ageing and adult health (SAGE WAVE 1).” BMC Musculoskelet Disord 16: 204.

Nakua, E. K., J. T. Sevugu, V. M. Dzomeku, E. Otupiri, H. R. Lipkovich and E. Owusu-Dabo (2015). “Home birth without skilled attendants despite millennium villages project intervention in Ghana: insight from a survey of women’s perceptions of skilled obstetric care.” BMC Pregnancy Childbirth 15: 243.

Niang, F., F. S. Sarfo, M. Frimpong, L. Guenin-Mace, M. Wansbrough-Jones, T. Stinear, R. O. Phillips and C. Demangel (2015). “Metabolomic profiles delineate mycolactone signature in Buruli ulcer disease.” Sci Rep 5: 17693.

Nielsen, M. V., S. Amemasor, A. Agyekum, W. Loag, F. Marks, N. Sarpong, D. Dekker, Y. Adu-Sarkodie and J. May (2015). “Clinical indicators for bacterial co-infection in Ghanaian children with P. falciparum infection.” PLoS One 10(4): e0122139.

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Fobil, J. N., R. Kumoji, H. B. Armah, E. Aryee, F. Bilson, D. Carboo, F. K. Rodrigues, C. G. Meyer, J. May and A. Kraemer (2011). “A study of autopsy procedures in Ghana: implications for the use of autopsy data in epidemiological analyses.” J Public Health Afr 2(1): e7.

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Frank, C., R. Krumkamp, N. Sarpong, P. Sothmann, J. N. Fobil, G. Foli, A. Jaeger, L. Ehlkes, E. Owusu-Dabo, Y. Adu-Sarkodie, F. Marks, R. R. Schumann, J. May and B. Kreuels (2016). “Spatial heterogeneity of malaria in Ghana: a cross-sectional study on the association between urbanicity and the acquisition of immunity.” Malar J 15: 84.

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Thye, T., S. Niemann, K. Walter, S. Homolka, C. D. Intemann, M. A. Chinbuah, A. Enimil, J. Gyapong, I. Osei, E. Owusu-Dabo, S. Rusch-Gerdes, R. D. Horstmann, S. Ehlers and C. G. Meyer (2011). “Variant G57E of mannose binding lectin associated with protection against tuberculosis caused by Mycobacterium africanum but not by M. tuberculosis.” PLoS One 6(6): e20908.

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Thye, T., F. O. Vannberg, S. H. Wong, E. Owusu-Dabo, I. Osei, J. Gyapong, G. Sirugo, F. Sisay-Joof, A. Enimil, M. A. Chinbuah, S. Floyd, D. K. Warndorff, L. Sichali, S. Malema, A. C. Crampin, B. Ngwira, Y. Y. Teo, K. Small, K. Rockett, D. Kwiatkowski, P. E. Fine, P. C. Hill, M. Newport, C. Lienhardt, R. A. Adegbola, T. Corrah, A. Ziegler, T. B. G. C. African, C. Wellcome Trust Case Control, A. P. Morris, C. G. Meyer, R. D. Horstmann and A. V. S. Hill (2010). “Genome-wide association analyses identifies a susceptibility locus for tuberculosis on chromosome 18q11.2.” Nat Genet 42(9): 739-741.

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Timmann, C., T. Thye, M. Vens, J. Evans, J. May, C. Ehmen, J. Sievertsen, B. Muntau, G. Ruge, W. Loag, D. Ansong, S. Antwi, E. Asafo-Adjei, S. B. Nguah, K. O. Kwakye, A. O. Akoto, J. Sylverken, M. Brendel, K. Schuldt, C. Loley, A. Franke, C. G. Meyer, T. Agbenyega, A. Ziegler and R. D. Horstmann (2012). “Genome-wide association study indicates two novel resistance loci for severe malaria.” Nature 489(7416): 443-446.

Tuno, N., J. Kjaerandsen, K. Badu and T. Kruppa (2010). “Blood-feeding behavior of Anopheles gambiae and Anopheles melas in Ghana, western Africa.” J Med Entomol 47(1): 28-31.

Turner, J. D., S. Mand, A. Y. Debrah, J. Muehlfeld, K. Pfarr, H. F. McGarry, O. Adjei, M. J. Taylor and A. Hoerauf (2006). “A randomized, double-blind clinical trial of a 3-week course of doxycycline plus albendazole and ivermectin for the treatment of Wuchereria bancrofti infection.” Clin Infect Dis 42(8): 1081-1089.

Vandelannoote, K., K. Jordaens, P. Bomans, H. Leirs, L. Durnez, D. Affolabi, G. Sopoh, J. Aguiar, D. M. Phanzu, K. Kibadi, S. Eyangoh, L. B. Manou, R. O. Phillips, O. Adjei, A. Ablordey, L. Rigouts, F. Portaels, M. Eddyani and B. C. de Jong (2014). “Insertion sequence element single nucleotide polymorphism typing provides insights into the population structure and evolution of Mycobacterium ulcerans across Africa.” Appl Environ Microbiol 80(3): 1197-1209.

Velink, A., R. J. Woolley, R. O. Phillips, K. M. Abass, T. S. van der Werf, E. Agumah, J. de Zeeuw, S. Klis and Y. Stienstra (2016). “Former Buruli Ulcer Patients’ Experiences and Wishes May Serve as a Guide to Further Improve Buruli Ulcer Management.” PLoS Negl Trop Dis 10(12): e0005261.

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Vinnemeier, C. D., E. M. Klupp, R. Krumkamp, T. Rolling, N. Fischer, E. Owusu-Dabo, M. M. Addo, Y. Adu-Sarkodie, J. Kasmaier, M. Aepfelbacher, J. P. Cramer, J. May and E. Tannich (2016). “Tropheryma whipplei in children with diarrhoea in rural Ghana.” Clin Microbiol Infect 22(1): 65 e61-65 e63.

Vinnemeier, C. D., N. G. Schwarz, N. Sarpong, W. Loag, S. Acquah, B. Nkrumah, F. Huenger, Y. Adu-Sarkodie and J. May (2012). “Predictive value of fever and palmar pallor for P. falciparum parasitaemia in children from an endemic area.” PLoS One 7(5): e36678.

von Kalckreuth, V., J. A. Evans, C. Timmann, D. Kuhn, T. Agbenyega, R. D. Horstmann and J. May (2006). “Promoter polymorphism of the anion-exchange protein 1 associated with severe malarial anemia and fatality.” J Infect Dis 194(7): 949-957.

Wadagni, A., M. Frimpong, D. M. Phanzu, A. Ablordey, E. Kacou, M. Gbedevi, E. Marion, Y. Xing, V. S. Babu, R. O. Phillips, M. Wansbrough-Jones, Y. Kishi and K. Asiedu (2015). “Simple, Rapid Mycobacterium ulcerans Disease Diagnosis from Clinical Samples by Fluorescence of Mycolactone on Thin Layer Chromatography.” PLoS Negl Trop Dis 9(11): e0004247.

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Williamson, H., R. Phillips, S. Sarfo, M. Wansbrough-Jones and P. Small (2014). “Genetic diversity of PCR-positive, culture-negative and culture-positive Mycobacterium ulcerans isolated from Buruli ulcer patients in Ghana.” PLoS One 9(2): e88007.

Woolley, R. J., A. Velink, R. O. Phillips, W. A. Thompson, K. M. Abass, T. S. van der Werf, J. de Zeeuw and Y. Stienstra (2016). “Experiences of Pain and Expectations for Its Treatment Among Former Buruli Ulcer Patients.” Am J Trop Med Hyg 95(5): 1011-1015.

Yang, H., A. Enimil, F. S. Gillani, S. Antwi, A. Dompreh, A. Ortsin, E. Adu Awhireng, M. Owusu, L. Wiesner, C. A. Peloquin and A. Kwara (2018). “Evaluation of the Adequacy of the 2010 Revised World Health Organization Recommended Dosages of the First-line Antituberculosis Drugs for Children: Adequacy of Revised Dosages of TB Drugs for Children.” Pediatr Infect Dis J 37(1): 43-51.

Yar, D. D., S. P. Salifu, S. N. Darko, A. A. Annan, A. A. Gyimah, K. O. Buabeng and E. Owusu-Dabo (2016). “Genotypic characterisation of human papillomavirus infections among persons living with HIV infection; a case-control study in Kumasi, Ghana.” Trop Med Int Health 21(2): 275-282.

Abonuusum, A., K. Owusu-Daako, E. Tannich, J. May, R. Garms and T. Kruppa (2011). “Malaria transmission in two rural communities in the forest zone of Ghana.” Parasitol Res 108(6): 1465-1471.

Bates, I., R. Phillips, R. Martin-Peprah, G. Kibiki, O. Gaye, K. Phiri, H. Tagbor and S. Purnell (2011). “Assessing and strengthening African universities’ capacity for doctoral programmes.” PLoS Med 8(9): e1001068.

Biesold, S. E., D. Ritz, F. Gloza-Rausch, R. Wollny, J. F. Drexler, V. M. Corman, E. K. Kalko, S. Oppong, C. Drosten and M. A. Muller (2011). “Type I interferon reaction to viral infection in interferon-competent, immortalized cell lines from the African fruit bat Eidolon helvum.” PLoS One 6(11): e28131.

Canuti, M., A. M. Eis-Huebinger, M. Deijs, M. de Vries, J. F. Drexler, S. K. Oppong, M. A. Muller, S. M. Klose, N. Wellinghausen, V. M. Cottontail, E. K. Kalko, C. Drosten and L. van der Hoek (2011). “Two novel parvoviruses in frugivorous New and Old World bats.” PLoS One 6(12): e29140.

Debrah, A. Y., L. Batsa, A. Albers, S. Mand, M. R. Toliat, P. Nurnberg, O. Adjei, A. Hoerauf and K. Pfarr (2011). “Transforming growth factor-beta1 variant Leu10Pro is associated with both lack of microfilariae and differential microfilarial loads in the blood of persons infected with lymphatic filariasis.” Hum Immunol 72(11): 1143-1148.

Debrah, A. Y., S. Mand, Y. Marfo-Debrekyei, L. Batsa, A. Albers, S. Specht, U. Klarmann, K. Pfarr, O. Adjei and A. Hoerauf (2011). “Macrofilaricidal Activity in Wuchereria bancrofti after 2 Weeks Treatment with a Combination of Rifampicin plus Doxycycline.” J Parasitol Res 2011: 201617.

Fobil, J. N., E. Aryee, F. Bilson, J. May and A. Kraemer (2011). “A review of the structure and function of vital registration system in Ghana: towards improvement in mortality data quality for health policy analysis.” J Public Health Afr 2(1): e5.

Fobil, J. N., A. Kraemer, C. G. Meyer and J. May (2011). “Neighborhood urban environmental quality conditions are likely to drive malaria and diarrhea mortality in Accra, Ghana.” J Environ Public Health 2011: 484010.

Fobil, J. N., R. Kumoji, H. B. Armah, E. Aryee, F. Bilson, D. Carboo, F. K. Rodrigues, C. G. Meyer, J. May and A. Kraemer (2011). “A study of autopsy procedures in Ghana: implications for the use of autopsy data in epidemiological analyses.” J Public Health Afr 2(1): e7.

Hoerauf, A., K. Pfarr, S. Mand, A. Y. Debrah and S. Specht (2011). “Filariasis in Africa–treatment challenges and prospects.” Clin Microbiol Infect 17(7): 977-985.

Intemann, C. D., T. Thye, B. Forster, E. Owusu-Dabo, J. Gyapong, R. D. Horstmann and C. G. Meyer (2011). “MCP1 haplotypes associated with protection from pulmonary tuberculosis.” BMC Genet 12: 34.

Jolly, P. E., F. M. Shuaib, Y. Jiang, P. Preko, J. Baidoo, J. K. Stiles, J. S. Wang, T. D. Phillips and J. H. Williams (2011). “Association of high viral load and abnormal liver function with high aflatoxin B1-albumin adduct levels in HIV-positive Ghanaians: preliminary observations.” Food Addit Contam Part A Chem Anal Control Expo Risk Assess 28(9): 1224-1234.

Kariuki, T., R. Phillips, S. Njenga, O. F. Olesen, P. R. Klatser, R. Porro, S. Lock, M. H. Cabral, M. Gliber and D. Hanne (2011). “Research and capacity building for control of neglected tropical diseases: the need for a different approach.” PLoS Negl Trop Dis 5(5): e1020.

Kobbe, R., B. Hogan, S. Adjei, P. Klein, B. Kreuels, W. Loag, O. Adjei and J. May (2011). “Follow-up survey of children who received sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine for intermittent preventive antimalarial treatment in infants.” J Infect Dis 203(4): 556-560.

Krefis, A. C., N. G. Schwarz, A. Kruger, J. Fobil, B. Nkrumah, S. Acquah, W. Loag, N. Sarpong, Y. Adu-Sarkodie, U. Ranft and J. May (2011). “Modeling the relationship between precipitation and malaria incidence in children from a holoendemic area in Ghana.” Am J Trop Med Hyg 84(2): 285-291.

Krefis, A. C., N. G. Schwarz, B. Nkrumah, S. Acquah, W. Loag, J. Oldeland, N. Sarpong, Y. Adu-Sarkodie, U. Ranft and J. May (2011). “Spatial analysis of land cover determinants of malaria incidence in the Ashanti Region, Ghana.” PLoS One 6(3): e17905.

Mamoojee, Y., S. Shakoor, R. L. Gorton, S. Sarfo, L. T. Appiah, B. Norman, I. Balakrishnan, R. Phillips and D. Chadwick (2011). “Short Communication: Low seroprevalence of cryptococcal antigenaemia in patients with advanced HIV infection enrolling in an antiretroviral programme in Ghana.” Trop Med Int Health 16(1): 53-56.

Mand, S., A. Y. Debrah, U. Klarmann, S. Mante, A. Kwarteng, L. Batsa, Y. Marfo-Debrekyei, O. Adjei and A. Hoerauf (2011). “The role of ultrasonography in the differentiation of the various types of filaricele due to bancroftian filariasis.” Acta Trop 120 Suppl 1: S23-32.

Meyer, C. G., M. H. Calixto Fernandes, C. D. Intemann, B. Kreuels, R. Kobbe, C. Kreuzberg, M. Ayim, A. Ruether, W. Loag, C. Ehmen, S. Adjei, O. Adjei, R. D. Horstmann and J. May (2011). “IL3 variant on chromosomal region 5q31-33 and protection from recurrent malaria attacks.” Hum Mol Genet 20(6): 1173-1181.

Nkrumah, B., S. E. Acquah, L. Ibrahim, J. May, N. Brattig, E. Tannich, S. B. Nguah, Y. Adu-Sarkodie and F. Huenger (2011). “Comparative evaluation of two rapid field tests for malaria diagnosis: Partec Rapid Malaria Test(R) and Binax Now(R) Malaria Rapid Diagnostic Test.” BMC Infect Dis 11: 143.

Nkrumah, B., S. B. Nguah, N. Sarpong, D. Dekker, A. Idriss, J. May and Y. Adu-Sarkodie (2011). “Hemoglobin estimation by the HemoCue(R) portable hemoglobin photometer in a resource poor setting.” BMC Clin Pathol 11: 5.

Nkrumah, B., M. Owusu and P. Averu (2011). “Hepatitis B and C viral infections among blood donors. A retrospective study from a rural community of Ghana.” BMC Res Notes 4: 529.

Nkrumah, B., M. Owusu, H. O. Frempong and P. Averu (2011). “Hepatitis B and C viral infections among blood donors from rural Ghana.” Ghana Med J 45(3): 97-100.

Obuseh, F. A., P. E. Jolly, A. Kulczycki, J. Ehiri, J. Waterbor, R. A. Desmond, P. O. Preko, Y. Jiang and C. J. Piyathilake (2011). “Aflatoxin levels, plasma vitamins A and E concentrations, and their association with HIV and hepatitis B virus infections in Ghanaians: a cross-sectional study.” J Int AIDS Soc 14: 53.

Owusu-Dabo, E., S. Lewis, A. McNeill, A. Gilmore and J. Britton (2011). “Support for smoke-free policy, and awareness of tobacco health effects and use of smoking cessation therapy in a developing country.” BMC Public Health 11: 572.

Sarfo, F. S., C. J. Lavender, J. A. Fyfe, P. D. Johnson, T. P. Stinear and R. O. Phillips (2011). “Mycobacterium ulcerans DNA not detected in faecal samples from Buruli ulcer patients: results of a pilot study.” PLoS One 6(5): e19611.

Sarfo, F. S., F. Le Chevalier, N. Aka, R. O. Phillips, Y. Amoako, I. G. Boneca, P. Lenormand, M. Dosso, M. Wansbrough-Jones, R. Veyron-Churlet, L. Guenin-Mace and C. Demangel (2011). “Mycolactone diffuses into the peripheral blood of Buruli ulcer patients–implications for diagnosis and disease monitoring.” PLoS Negl Trop Dis 5(7): e1237.

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Horstmann (2011). “A -436C>A polymorphism in the human FAS gene promoter associated with severe childhood malaria.” PLoS Genet 7(5): e1002066.

Swysen, C., J. Vekemans, M. Bruls, S. Oyakhirome, C. Drakeley, P. Kremsner, B. Greenwood, O. Ofori-Anyinam, B. Okech, T. Villafana, T. Carter, B. Savarese, A. Duse, A. Reijman, C. Ingram, J. Frean, B. Ogutu and C. Clinical Trials Partnership (2011). “Development of standardized laboratory methods and quality processes for a phase III study of the RTS, S/AS01 candidate malaria vaccine.” Malar J 10: 223.

Thye, T., S. Niemann, K. Walter, S. Homolka, C. D. Intemann, M. A. Chinbuah, A. Enimil, J. Gyapong, I. Osei, E. Owusu-Dabo, S. Rusch-Gerdes, R. D. Horstmann, S. Ehlers and C. G. Meyer (2011). “Variant G57E of mannose binding lectin associated with protection against tuberculosis caused by Mycobacterium africanum but not by M. tuberculosis.” PLoS One 6(6): e20908.

Beissner, M., N. Y. Awua-Boateng, W. Thompson, W. A. Nienhuis, E. Klutse, P. Agbenorku, J. Nitschke, K. H. Herbinger, V. Siegmund, E. Fleischmann, O. Adjei, B. Fleischer, T. S. van der Werf, T. Loscher and G. Bretzel (2010). “A genotypic approach for detection, identification, and characterization of drug resistance in Mycobacterium ulcerans in clinical samples and isolates from Ghana.” Am J Trop Med Hyg 83(5): 1059-1065.

Fobil, J., J. May and A. Kraemer (2010). “Assessing the relationship between socioeconomic conditions and urban environmental quality in Accra, Ghana.” Int J Environ Res Public Health 7(1): 125-145.
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Homolka, S., C. G. Meyer, D. Hillemann, E. Owusu-Dabo, O. Adjei, R. D. Horstmann, E. N. Browne, A. Chinbuah, I. Osei, J. Gyapong, T. Kubica, S. Ruesch-Gerdes and S. Niemann (2010). “Unequal distribution of resistance-conferring mutations among Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Mycobacterium africanum strains from Ghana.” Int J Med Microbiol 300(7): 489-495.

Krefis, A. C., N. G. Schwarz, B. Nkrumah, S. Acquah, W. Loag, N. Sarpong, Y. Adu-Sarkodie, U. Ranft and J. May (2010). “Principal component analysis of socioeconomic factors and their association with malaria in children from the Ashanti Region, Ghana.” Malar J 9: 201.
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Marks, F., Y. Adu-Sarkodie, F. Hunger, N. Sarpong, S. Ekuban, A. Agyekum, B. Nkrumah, N. G. Schwarz, M. O. Favorov, C. G. Meyer and J. May (2010). “Typhoid fever among children, Ghana.” Emerg Infect Dis 16(11): 1796-1797.

Nienhuis, W. A., Y. Stienstra, W. A. Thompson, P. C. Awuah, K. M. Abass, W. Tuah, N. Y. Awua-Boateng, E. O. Ampadu, V. Siegmund, J. P. Schouten, O. Adjei, G. Bretzel and T. S. van der Werf (2010). “Antimicrobial treatment for early, limited Mycobacterium ulcerans infection: a randomised controlled trial.” Lancet 375(9715): 664-672.

Nkrumah, B., A. Agyekum, S. E. Acquah, J. May, E. Tannich, N. Brattig, S. B. Nguah, H. von Thien, Y. Adu-Sarkodie and F. Huenger (2010). “Comparison of the novel Partec rapid malaria test to the conventional Giemsa stain and the gold standard real-time PCR.” J Clin Microbiol 48(8): 2925-2928.

Obuseh, F. A., P. E. Jolly, Y. Jiang, F. M. Shuaib, J. Waterbor, W. O. Ellis, C. J. Piyathilake, R. A. Desmond, E. Afriyie-Gyawu and T. D. Phillips (2010). “Aflatoxin B1 albumin adducts in plasma and aflatoxin M1 in urine are associated with plasma concentrations of vitamins A and E.” Int J Vitam Nutr Res 80(6): 355-368.

Owusu-Dabo, E., A. McNeill, S. Lewis, A. Gilmore and J. Britton (2010). “Status of implementation of Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) in Ghana: a qualitative study.” BMC Public Health 10: 1.

Panning, M., R. Kobbe, S. Vollbach, J. F. Drexler, S. Adjei, O. Adjei, C. Drosten, J. May and A. M. Eis-Hubinger (2010). “Novel human parvovirus 4 genotype 3 in infants, Ghana.” Emerg Infect Dis 16(7): 1143-1146.

Sarfo, F. S., R. Phillips, K. Asiedu, E. Ampadu, N. Bobi, E. Adentwe, A. Lartey, I. Tetteh and M. Wansbrough-Jones (2010). “Clinical efficacy of combination of rifampin and streptomycin for treatment of Mycobacterium ulcerans disease.” Antimicrob Agents Chemother 54(9): 3678-3685.

Sarfo, F. S., R. O. Phillips, B. Rangers, E. A. Mahrous, R. E. Lee, E. Tarelli, K. B. Asiedu, P. L. Small and M. H. Wansbrough-Jones (2010). “Detection of Mycolactone A/B in Mycobacterium ulcerans-Infected Human Tissue.” PLoS Negl Trop Dis 4(1): e577.

Schuldt, K., C. Esser, J. Evans, J. May, C. Timmann, C. Ehmen, W. Loag, D. Ansong, A. Ziegler, T. Agbenyega, C. G. Meyer and R. D. Horstmann (2010). “FCGR2A functional genetic variant associated with susceptibility to severe malarial anaemia in Ghanaian children.” J Med Genet 47(7): 471-475.

Schwarz, N. G., N. Sarpong, F. Hunger, F. Marks, S. E. Acquah, A. Agyekum, B. Nkrumah, W. Loag, R. M. Hagen, J. A. Evans, D. Dekker, J. N. Fobil, C. G. Meyer, J. May and Y. Adu-Sarkodie (2010). “Systemic bacteraemia in children presenting with clinical pneumonia and the impact of non-typhoid salmonella (NTS).” BMC Infect Dis 10: 319.

Thye, T., F. O. Vannberg, S. H. Wong, E. Owusu-Dabo, I. Osei, J. Gyapong, G. Sirugo, F. Sisay-Joof, A. Enimil, M. A. Chinbuah, S. Floyd, D. K. Warndorff, L. Sichali, S. Malema, A. C. Crampin, B. Ngwira, Y. Y. Teo, K. Small, K. Rockett, D. Kwiatkowski, P. E. Fine, P. C. Hill, M. Newport, C. Lienhardt, R. A. Adegbola, T. Corrah, A. Ziegler, T. B. G. C. African, C. Wellcome Trust Case Control, A. P. Morris, C. G. Meyer, R. D. Horstmann and A. V. S. Hill (2010). “Genome-wide association analyses identifies a susceptibility locus for tuberculosis on chromosome 18q11.2.” Nat Genet 42(9): 739-741.

Tuno, N., J. Kjaerandsen, K. Badu and T. Kruppa (2010). “Blood-feeding behavior of Anopheles gambiae and Anopheles melas in Ghana, western Africa.” J Med Entomol 47(1): 28-31.

Agyemang, C., E. Owusu-Dabo, A. de Jonge, D. Martins, G. Ogedegbe and K. Stronks (2009). “Overweight and obesity among Ghanaian residents in The Netherlands: how do they weigh against their urban and rural counterparts in Ghana?” Public Health Nutr 12(7): 909-916.

Attout, T., A. Hoerauf, G. Denece, A. Y. Debrah, Y. Marfo-Debrekyei, M. Boussinesq, S. Wanji, V. Martinez, S. Mand, O. Adjei, O. Bain, S. Specht and C. Martin (2009). “Lymphatic vascularisation and involvement of Lyve-1+ macrophages in the human onchocerca nodule.” PLoS One 4(12): e8234.

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Meyer, C. G., G. Scarisbrick, S. Niemann, E. N. Browne, M. A. Chinbuah, J. Gyapong, I. Osei, E. Owusu-Dabo, T. Kubica, S. Rusch-Gerdes, T. Thye and R. D. Horstmann (2008). “Pulmonary tuberculosis: virulence of Mycobacterium africanum and relevance in HIV co-infection.” Tuberculosis (Edinb) 88(5): 482-489.

Satoguina, J. S., T. Adjobimey, K. Arndts, J. Hoch, J. Oldenburg, L. E. Layland and A. Hoerauf (2008). “Tr1 and naturally occurring regulatory T cells induce IgG4 in B cells through GITR/GITR-L interaction, IL-10 and TGF-beta.” Eur J Immunol 38(11): 3101-3113.

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Allen, J. E., O. Adjei, O. Bain, A. Hoerauf, W. H. Hoffmann, B. L. Makepeace, H. Schulz-Key, V. N. Tanya, A. J. Trees, S. Wanji and D. W. Taylor (2008). “Of mice, cattle, and humans: the immunology and treatment of river blindness.” PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2(4): e217.

Gloza-Rausch, F., A. Ipsen, A. Seebens, M. Gottsche, M. Panning, J. F. Drexler, N. Petersen, A. Annan, K. Grywna, M. Muller, S. Pfefferle and C. Drosten (2008). “Detection and prevalence patterns of group I coronaviruses in bats, northern Germany.” Emerg Infect Dis 14(4): 626-631.

Herb, F., T. Thye, S. Niemann, E. N. Browne, M. A. Chinbuah, J. Gyapong, I. Osei, E. Owusu-Dabo, O. Werz, S. Rusch-Gerdes, R. D. Horstmann and C. G. Meyer (2008). “ALOX5 variants associated with susceptibility to human pulmonary tuberculosis.” Hum Mol Genet 17(7): 1052-1060.

Hoerauf, A., Y. Marfo-Debrekyei, M. Buttner, A. Y. Debrah, P. Konadu, S. Mand, O. Adjei and D. W. Buttner (2008). “Effects of 6-week azithromycin treatment on the Wolbachia endobacteria of Onchocerca volvulus.” Parasitol Res 103(2): 279-286.

Hoerauf, A., S. Specht, M. Buttner, K. Pfarr, S. Mand, R. Fimmers, Y. Marfo-Debrekyei, P. Konadu, A. Y. Debrah, C. Bandi, N. Brattig, A. Albers, J. Larbi, L. Batsa, M. J. Taylor, O. Adjei and D. W. Buttner (2008). “Wolbachia endobacteria depletion by doxycycline as antifilarial therapy has macrofilaricidal activity in onchocerciasis: a randomized placebo-controlled study.” Med Microbiol Immunol 197(3): 295-311.

Kobbe, R., P. Klein, S. Adjei, S. Amemasor, W. N. Thompson, H. Heidemann, M. V. Nielsen, J. Vohwinkel, B. Hogan, B. Kreuels, M. Buhrlen, W. Loag, D. Ansong and J. May (2008). “A randomized trial on effectiveness of artemether-lumefantrine versus artesunate plus amodiaquine for unsupervised treatment of uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Ghanaian children.” Malar J 7: 261.

Kobbe, R., S. Kramme, B. Kreuels, S. Adjei, C. Kreuzberg, M. Panning, O. Adjei, B. Fleischer and J. May (2008). “Q fever in young children, Ghana.” Emerg Infect Dis 14(2): 344-346.

Kreuels, B., R. Kobbe, S. Adjei, C. Kreuzberg, C. von Reden, K. Bater, S. Klug, W. Busch, O. Adjei and J. May (2008). “Spatial variation of malaria incidence in young children from a geographically homogeneous area with high endemicity.” J Infect Dis 197(1): 85-93.

May, J., S. Adjei, W. Busch, J. J. Gabor, S. Issifou, R. Kobbe, B. Kreuels, B. Lell, N. G. Schwarz, O. Adjei, P. G. Kremsner and M. P. Grobusch (2008). “Therapeutic and prophylactic effect of intermittent preventive anti-malarial treatment in infants (IPTi) from Ghana and Gabon.” Malar J 7: 198.

Meyer, C. G., G. Scarisbrick, S. Niemann, E. N. Browne, M. A. Chinbuah, J. Gyapong, I. Osei, E. Owusu-Dabo, T. Kubica, S. Rusch-Gerdes, T. Thye and R. D. Horstmann (2008). “Pulmonary tuberculosis: virulence of Mycobacterium africanum and relevance in HIV co-infection.” Tuberculosis (Edinb) 88(5): 482-489.

Satoguina, J. S., T. Adjobimey, K. Arndts, J. Hoch, J. Oldenburg, L. E. Layland and A. Hoerauf (2008). “Tr1 and naturally occurring regulatory T cells induce IgG4 in B cells through GITR/GITR-L interaction, IL-10 and TGF-beta.” Eur J Immunol 38(11): 3101-3113.

Specht, S., S. Mand, Y. Marfo-Debrekyei, A. Y. Debrah, P. Konadu, O. Adjei, D. W. Buttner and A. Hoerauf (2008). “Efficacy of 2- and 4-week rifampicin treatment on the Wolbachia of Onchocerca volvulus.” Parasitol Res 103(6): 1303-1309.

Agyemang, C., W. K. Redekop, E. Owusu-Dabo and M. A. Bruijnzeels (2005). “Blood pressure patterns in rural, semi-urban and urban children in the Ashanti region of Ghana, West Africa.” BMC Public Health 5: 114.

Bretzel, G., V. Siegmund, P. Racz, F. van Vloten, F. Ngos, W. Thompson, P. Biason, O. Adjei, B. Fleischer and J. Nitschke (2005). “Post-surgical assessment of excised tissue from patients with Buruli ulcer disease: progression of infection in macroscopically healthy tissue.” Trop Med Int Health 10(11): 1199-1206.

Etuaful, S., B. Carbonnelle, J. Grosset, S. Lucas, C. Horsfield, R. Phillips, M. Evans, D. Ofori-Adjei, E. Klustse, J. Owusu-Boateng, G. K. Amedofu, P. Awuah, E. Ampadu, G. Amofah, K. Asiedu and M. Wansbrough-Jones (2005). “Efficacy of the combination rifampin-streptomycin in preventing growth of Mycobacterium ulcerans in early lesions of Buruli ulcer in humans.” Antimicrob Agents Chemother 49(8): 3182-3186.

Evans, J. A., J. May, D. Tominski, T. Eggelte, F. Marks, H. H. Abruquah, C. G. Meyer, C. Timmann, T. Agbenyega and R. D. Horstmann (2005). “Pre-treatment with chloroquine and parasite chloroquine resistance in Ghanaian children with severe malaria.” QJM 98(11): 789-796.

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Mand, S., Y. Marfo-Debrekyei, A. Debrah, M. Buettner, L. Batsa, K. Pfarr, O. Adjei and A. Hoerauf (2005). “Frequent detection of worm movements in onchocercal nodules by ultrasonography.” Filaria J 4(1): 1.

Marks, F., V. von Kalckreuth, R. Kobbe, S. Adjei, O. Adjei, R. D. Horstmann, C. G. Meyer and J. May (2005). “Parasitological rebound effect and emergence of pyrimethamine resistance in Plasmodium falciparum after single-dose sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine.” J Infect Dis 192(11): 1962-1965.

Phillips, R., C. Horsfield, S. Kuijper, A. Lartey, I. Tetteh, S. Etuaful, B. Nyamekye, P. Awuah, K. M. Nyarko, F. Osei-Sarpong, S. Lucas, A. H. Kolk and M. Wansbrough-Jones (2005). “Sensitivity of PCR targeting the IS2404 insertion sequence of Mycobacterium ulcerans in an Assay using punch biopsy specimens for diagnosis of Buruli ulcer.” J Clin Microbiol 43(8): 3650-3656.

Siegmund, V., O. Adjei, P. Racz, C. Berberich, E. Klutse, F. van Vloten, T. Kruppa, B. Fleischer and G. Bretzel (2005). “Dry-reagent-based PCR as a novel tool for laboratory confirmation of clinically diagnosed Mycobacterium ulcerans-associated disease in areas in the tropics where M. ulcerans is endemic.” J Clin Microbiol 43(1): 271-276.

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Evans, J. A., A. Adusei, C. Timmann, J. May, D. Mack, T. Agbenyega, R. D. Horstmann and E. Frimpong (2004). “High mortality of infant bacteraemia clinically indistinguishable from severe malaria.” QJM 97(9): 591-597.

Mand, S., A. Debrah, L. Batsa, O. Adjei and A. Hoerauf (2004). “Reliable and frequent detection of adult Wuchereria bancrofti in Ghanaian women by ultrasonography.” Trop Med Int Health 9(10): 1111-1114.

Niemann, S., T. Kubica, F. C. Bange, O. Adjei, E. N. Browne, M. A. Chinbuah, R. Diel, J. Gyapong, R. D. Horstmann, M. L. Joloba, C. G. Meyer, R. D. Mugerwa, A. Okwera, I. Osei, E. Owusu-Darbo, S. K. Schwander and S. Rusch-Gerdes (2004). “The species Mycobacterium africanum in the light of new molecular markers.” J Clin Microbiol 42(9): 3958-3962.

Phillips, R., O. Adjei, S. Lucas, N. Benjamin and M. Wansbrough-Jones (2004). “Pilot randomized double-blind trial of treatment of Mycobacterium ulcerans disease (Buruli ulcer) with topical nitrogen oxides.” Antimicrob Agents Chemother 48(8): 2866-2870

Evans, M. R., R. Phillips, S. N. Etuaful, G. Amofah, J. Adomako, O. Adjei, J. Dennis-Antwi, S. B. Lucas and M. H. Wansbrough-Jones (2003). “An outreach education and treatment project in Ghana for the early stage of Mycobacterium ulcerans disease.” Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 97(2): 159-160.

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