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2011 Publication

  1. Mensah G.I., Addo, K.K., Aning, K.G., Nartey, Nipah, G.K. Smits, H.L. Brucella Abortus Antibodies in Raw Cow Milk Collected from Kraals within the Coastal Savannah Zone of Ghana. Journal of Basic and Applied Scientific Research 2011; 1 🙁 8) 942-947.

 

  1. Odonkor S.T., Addo, K.K. Bacteria resistance to antibiotics: Recent trends International Journal of Biological & Medical Research 2011: 2 (4):1204-1210.

 

  1. Odonkor S. T., Addo K. K. Evaluation of three methods for detection of Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). International Journal of Biological & Medical Research 2011: 2 (4):1031 – 1034.

 

  1. Odonkor S. T., Mahami, T., Addo K. K. Antimicrobial sensitivity patterns of urine isolates from a large Ghanaian hospital. International Research Journal of Microbiology 2011: 2 (7):237-241.

 

  1. Addo K., Mensah G. I., Aning K. G, Nartey N., Nipah G.K., Bonsu, C., Akyeh M. L., Smits, H.L. Microbiological quality and antibiotic residues in informally marketed raw cow milk within the coastal savannah zone of Ghana. Tropical Medicine & International Health 2011: 16 (2): 227-232.

 

  1. Yeboah-Manu, Asante-Poku A., Asan-Ampah K., Danso E., and Pluschke G. Combining PCR with Microscopy to Reduce Costs of Laboratory Diagnosis of Buruli Ulcer. Am J Trop Med Hyg 2011 vol. 85 no. 5 900-904.

 

  1. Yeboah-Manu , Danso, E.,  Kobina A.,  Asante-Poku A.,  Nakobu Z.,  Pluschke  G. Isolation of Mycobacterium ulcerans from Swab and Fine Needle Aspiration Specimens. J. Clin. Microbiol 2011. doi:10.1128/JCM.02279-10.

 

  1. Yeboah-Manu D., Asante-Poku A., Bodmer T., Stucki D., Koram K., Bonsu F., Pluschke G., Sebastien Gagneux Genotypic Diversity and Drug Susceptibility Patterns among M. tuberculosis Complex Isolates from South- Western Ghana. PLoS ONE 2011; 6: 7 e21906.

 

  1. Wilson M. D., Boakye D.A., Mosi L. and Asiedu K (2011). In the case of transmission of Mycobacterium ulcerans in Buruli ulcer disease Acanthamoeba species stand accused. Ghana Medical Journal, 45(1): 31-34.

 

  1. Dosoo D., Kwara E., Osei-Kwakye K., Amenga-Etego, S., Bilson P., Abdul H., Apang S., Owusua R., Asante K.P., Ocran J, Mahama E., Kayan K., Awini E., Tchuma K., Koram K., Owusu-Agyei S. Reference values for commonly used biochemical and haematological tests for children in the middle belt of Ghana. Clinical Biochemistry 2011; 44: 520–549.

 

  1. Adinortey M.B., Gyan B. E., Adjimani J., Nyarko P., Sarpong C., Tsikata F.Y., Nyarko A.K. Dyslipidaemia Associated with Type 2 Diabetics with Micro and Macrovascular Complications among Ghanaians. Ind J Clin Biochem DOI 10.1007/s12291-010-0101-3.

 

  1. Adinortey M.B., Gyan B.A., Adjimani J., Nyarko P.E., Sarpong C., Tsikata F.Y., Nyarko A.K. Haptoglobin Polymorphism and Association with Complications in Ghanaian Type 2 Diabetic Patients. Indian Journal of Clinical Biochemistry. 2011 26(4) 366-372.

 

  1. Vuvor F., Steiner-Asiedu M., Armar-Klemesu Armah S. Population-based study of diabetes mellitus prevalence and its associated factors in adult Ghanaians in the Greater Accra region. International Journal of Diabetes in Developing Countries 2011, 31:149-153.

 

  1. Bonkoungou I. J., Damanka S., Sanou I., Tiendre´be´ogo F., Coulibaly S.O., Bon F., Haukka K., Traore´ A.S., Barro N., Armah G.E. Genotype Diversity of Group A Rotavirus Strains in Children With Acute Diarrhea in Urban Burkina Faso, 2008–2010: Journal of Medical Virology 2011; 83:1485–

 

  1. Binka E., Vermund S.H., ArmahE. Rotavirus diarrhea among children less than 5 years of age in urban Ghana, 2008-2010. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2011 Aug; 30(8):716-8.

 

  1. Esona M.D., Banyai K., Foytich K., Freeman M., Mijatovic-Rustempasic S., Hull J., KERIN T., Steele A.D., Armah E., Geyer A., Page N., Abaya V.A., Forbi, J.C., Aminur, M., Guatam R., Seheri, L.M. Nyangao J., Glass R., Bowen M.D., Gentsch J. R. Genomic characterization of human retrovirus G10 strains from the African Rotavirus network: relationship to animals rotaviruss. Infections, Genetics and Evaluations 2011: 11; 237-241.

 

  1. Peng M., Liu A., Zhou J., Wen S., Li S., Yang T., Li X., Huang X., Abuaku B., Tan H. Association between posttraumatic stress disorder and pre flood behavioral characteristics among children aged 7-15 years in Hunan, China. Med Princ Pract. 2011; 20 (4):336-40.

 

  1. Odonkor S. T., Addo K.K. Bacteria Resistance to Antibiotics: Recent Trends and Challenges. Int J Biol Med Res. 2011; 2(4) 1204 – 1210.

 

  1. Alam M.T., Souza D.K., Vinayak S., Griffing S.M., Poe A.C., Duah N.O., Ghansah A., Asamoa, Slutsker L., Wilson M.D., Barnwell J.W., Udhayakumar V., Koram K.A. Selective Sweeps and Genetic Lineages of Plasmodium falciparum Drug -Resistant Alleles in Ghana The Journal of Infectious Diseases 2011;203:220–227.

 

  1. Obeng B.B., Amoah, Larbi I.A., Yazdanbakhsh M., Ree R., Boakye D.A., Hartgers F.C. Food Allergy in Ghanaian Schoolchildren: Data on Sensitization and Reported Food Allergy. International Archives of Allergy and Immunology. 2011; 155 (1):63-73.

 

  1. Larbi I.A., Klipstein-Grobusch K., Amoah A.S., Obeng B.B., Wilson M.D., Yazdanbakhsh M. and Boakye D.A. High body mass index is not associated with atopy in schoolchildren living in rural and urban areas of Ghana. BMC Public Health, 2011 MS ID: 1302624744491267.

 

  1. Meurs L., Labuda L., Amoah A.S., Mbow M., Ngoa U.A., Boakye D.A., Mboup S., Tandakha T., Mountford A.P., Turner J.D., Kremsner P.G., Polman K., Yazdanbakhsh M. and Adegnika A.A. (2011). Enhanced Pro-Inflammatory Cytokine Responses following Toll-Like-Receptor Ligation in Schistosoma haematobium-Infected Schoolchildren from Rural Gabon PLoS ONE 6(9): e24393. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0024393.

 

  1. Kweku M.A., Odoom S., Puplampu N., Desewu K., Nuako G.K., Gyan B., Raczniak G., Kronmann KC, Koram K., Botero S., Boakye D., Akuffo H. An outbreak of suspected cutaneous leishmaniasis in Ghana: lessons learnt and preparation for future outbreaks. Glob Health Action. 2011; 4. doi: 10.3402/gha.v4i0.5527.

 

  1. Bradley J., Lawniczakb K. N., Chenga C., Coulibalyc M.B., Wilson M.D., Sagnone N., Costantinif C.G., Simardf F.H., Christophidesb G.K., Besanskya N.J. Adaptive divergence between incipient species of Anopheles gambiae increases resistance to Plasmodium. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A January 4, 2011; 108 (1):244-249.

 

  1. Koram K.A. Antibodies to Plasmodium falciparum antigens and the risk of clinical malaria in endemic populations. Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther. 2011Nov; 9(11):987-91.

 

  1. Asamoah KA, Faber B.F., Eijk M.V., Alan W. T., Kocken C. H., Remarque E.J. Immunization with different PfAMA1 alleles in sequence induces clonal imprint humoral responses that are similar to responses induced by the same alleles as a vaccine cocktail in rabbits. Malaria Journal 2011, 10(1) 40.

 

  1. Dodoo D., Atuguba F., Bosomprah S., Ansah N.A., Ansah P., Lamptey H., Egyir B., Oduro A.R., Gyan B., Hodgson A., Koram K.A. Antibody levels to multiple malaria vaccine candidate antigens in relation to clinical malaria episodes in children in the Kasena-Nankana district of Northern Ghana. Malar J. 2011 May 1; 10: 108.

 

  1. Adu B., Dodoo D., Adukpo S., Gyan B.A., Hedley P.L., Goka B., Adjei G.O., Larsen S.O., Christiansen M., Theisen M. Polymorphisms in the RNASE3 Gene Are Associated with Susceptibility to Cerebral Malaria in Ghanaian Children. PLoS One. 2011; 6 (12):e29465.

 

  1. Kwansa-Bentum B., Ayi I., Suzuki T., Otchere J., Kumagai T., Anyan W.K., Osei J.H, Asahi H., Ofori M.F., Akao N., Wilson M.D., Boakye D.A., Ohta N. Plasmodium falciparum isolates from southern Ghana exhibit polymorphisms in the SERCA-type PfATPase6 though sensitive to artesunate in vitro. Malaria Journal. 2011 July 11(10)187.

 

  1. Barfod L., Dalgaard M.B., Pleman S.T., Ofori M.F., Pleass R.J., Hviid L. Evasion of immunity to Plasmodium falciparum malaria by IgM masking of protective IgG epitopes in infected erythrocyte surface-exposed PfEMP1. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2011 Jul 26; 108(30):12485-90.
  2. Ahorlu C.K., Koram K.A., Seake-Kwawu A., Mitchell G. Weiss Two-year evaluation of Intermittent Preventive Treatment for Children (IPTc) combined with timely home treatment for malaria control in Ghana. Malaria Journal 2011, 10:127 doi: 10.1186/1475-2875-10-127.

 

  1. Yamazaki A., Yasunami M., Ofori M., Horie H., Kikuchi M., Helegbe G., Takaki A., Ishii K., Omar A.H., Akanmori B.D., Hirayama K. Human leukocyte antigen class I polymorphisms influence the mild clinical manifestation of Plasmodium falciparum infection in Ghanaian children. Hum Immunol. 2011 Oct; 72 (10):881-8.

 

  1. Humphries, Mosites E., Otchere J., Twum W.A., Woo L.,  Jones-Sanpei H.,  Harrison L.M.,  Bungiro R.D.,  Benham-Pyle B.,  Bimi L.,  Edoh D., Bosompem K.,  Wilson M., Cappello M. Epidemiology of Hookworm Infection in Kintampo North Municipality, Ghana: Patterns of Malaria Coinfection, Anemia, and Albendazole Treatment Failure. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2011; 84 (5) 792-800.

 

  1. Barfod L., Dalgaard M.B., Pleman S.T., Ofori M.F., Pleass R.J., Hviid L. Evasion of immunity to Plasmodium falciparum malaria by IgM masking of protective IgG epitopes in infected erythrocyte surface-exposed PfEMP1., Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A.;108(30):12485-90, 2011.

 

  1. Padonou G. G., Sezonlin M., Gbedjissi G. L., Ayi I., Azondekon R., Djenontin A., Bio-Bangana S., Oussou O., Yadouleton A., Boakye , Akogbeto M. Biology of Anopheles gambiae and insecticide resistance: Entomological study for a large scale of indoor residual spraying in South East Benin. Journal of Parasitology and Vector Biology. 2011, 3(4), pp. 59-68.

 

  1. Kwansa-Bentum B.,Ayi I., Suzuki T., Otchere J., Kumagai T., Anyan W.K., Asahi H.,Akao N., Wilson M.D., Boakye D.A., Ohta N. Administrative practices of health professionals and use of artesunate-amodiaquine by community members for treating uncomplicated malaria in southern Ghana: implications for artemisinin-based combination therapy deployment Trop Med Int Health 16(10):1215–1224, (2011) PMID 21740487.

 

  1. Fode P., Jespergaard C., Hardwick R.J., Bogle H., Theisen M., Doddo D., Lenicet M., Vitek L. , Viera A., Freitas J., Skytt P.A Hollox J. Determination of Beta-Defensive genomic copy number in different populations: a comparison of three methods. PLoS ONE 2011 February ;( 6) 2: 1-10.

 

  1. Pelto G.H. and Armar-Klemesu M. Balancing nurturance, cost and time: complementary feeding in Accra, Ghana. Maternal and Child Nutrition (2011), 7 (Suppl. 3), pp. 66–81.

 

  1. Kosinski K.C., Bosompem K. M., Stadecker M.J., Wagner A.D., Plummer J., Durant J.L., Gute D. M. Diagnostic accuracy of urine filtration and dipstick tests for Schistosoma haematobium infection in a lightly infected population of Ghanaian schoolchildren. Acta Tropica May 2011; 118 (2) 123–127.

 

  1. Yerenya-Tawiah D., Amoah C., Apea-Kubi K.A.,  Dade M., Annang T.,  Mensah D.Y. and Bosompem K.M. A Survey of female genital schistosomiasis of the reproductive tractin the Volta Basin of Ghana. Ghana Medical Journal, March 2011 45: ((1) 16-21.
  2. Seki T., Kumagai T., Kwansa-Bentum B., Furushima-Shimogawara R., Anyan K., Miyazawa Y., Iwakura Y., Ohta N. IL-4/IL-13 suppress excessive neutrophil infiltration and hepatocyte damage during acute murine schistosomiasis japonica. Infection and Immunity. America Society for Microbiology, 2011 79 (12)

 

  1. Asare, A., Sittie A., Bugyei K., Gyan B.A., Adjei S., Addo P., Wiredu E.K, Nyarko A.K., Otu-Nyarko L.S, and Adjei D.N. Acute toxicity studies of Croton membranaceus root extract. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 2011 134, (3) p 938-943.

 

  1. Asare G.A., Gyan, Bugyei K., Adjei S., Mahama R., Addo P., Otu-Nyarko L., Wiredu E.K, Nyarko A. (2011) Toxicity potentials of the nutraceutical Moringa oleifera at supra-supplementation levels. J Ethnopharmacol. Nov 11. doi:10.1016/j.jep.2011.11.009) Epub ahead of print].

 

  1. Asare, A., Addo P., Bugyei K., Gyan B.A., Adjei S., Wiredu E.K, Otu-Nyarko L.S, Nyarko A.K., Acute toxicity studies of aqueous leaf extract of Phyllanthus niruri. Interdiscip. Toxicol. 2011; Vol. 4(4): 206–210.

 

  1. Ayisi N.K., Appiah-Opong R., Gyan B., Bugyei K., F. Ekuban (2011). Plasmodium falciparium: Assessment of selectivity of action of chloroquine, Alchornea cordifolia, Ficus polita and other Drugs by a Tetrazolium-Based Colorometric Assay. Malaria Research Treatment, Article ID 816250, doi:10.4061/2011/816250.

 

  1. Appiah-Opong R., Nyarko, A.K., Dodoo, D., Gyang, F.N., Koram, K.A. and Ayisi, N.K. (2011) Antiplasmodial activity of extracts of Tridax procumbens and Phyllanthus amarus in in vitro Plasmodium falciparum culture system. Ghana Medical Journal, 45:143-150.

 

  1. Wiysonge C.S., Armah G.E., Madhi S.A., Were F., Kitaka S.B., Akoua-Koffi C., Gresenguet G., Gatheru Z., Maranga P.W., Dicko A., Falade A.G., Boula A.Y, Kuit S.B., Odusanya O.O., Sow P.S., Lakhani N., Mpabalwani E.M., Tamfum J.J., Hussey G.D. The African Vaccine-Preventable Diseases Network: a vaccine advocacy initiative. Pan Afr Med J. 2011; 8:24. Epub 2011 Mar 14.

 

  1. Dodoo D., Hollingdale M.R., Anum D., Koram K.A., Gyan B., Akanmori B.D., Ocran J., Adu-Amankwah S., Geneshan H., Abot E., LeganoJ., Banani G., Sayo R., Brambilla D., Kumar S., Doolan D.L., Rogers W., Epstein J., Richie T.L., Sedegah M. Measuring naturally acquired immune responses to candidate malaria vaccine antigens in Ghanaian adults: Malaria Journal 2011;10:168.

 

  1. Feldblum P.J. , Halpern V., Lie C., Obunge O., Ogunsola F., Ampofo W., Opoku K. What predicts non-retention in microbicide trials? Contemporary Clinical Trials 2011; 32:512-516.

 

  1. Addo K.K., Mensah G.I, Nartey N., Nipah J.K., Mensah D., Aning K.G., Smits H.L. Research Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices (KAP) of Herdsmen in Ghana with respect to Milk-Borne Zoonotic Diseases and the Safe Handling of Milk: Basic. Appl. Sci. Res. 2011 1:10; 1556-1562.
  2. Lartey A., Marquis G.S., Perez-Escamilla R., Mazur R., Brakohiapa L., Ampofo W., Sellen D. Maternal HIV is associated with reduced growth in the first year of life among infants in the Eastern region of Ghana.  FASEB J March 17, 2011 25:216.2.

 

  1. Ampofo W.K., Baylor N., Cobey S., Cox N.J., Daves S., Edwards S., Ferguson N., Grohmann G., Hay A., Katz J., Kullabutr K., Lambert L., Levandowski R., Mishra A.C., Monto A., Siqueira M., Tashiro M., Waddell A.L., Wairagkar N., Wood J., Zambon M., Zhang W. Improving influenza vaccine virus selection. WHO Writing Group. Report of a WHO informal consultation held at WHO headquarters, Geneva, Switzerland, 14-16 June 2010. Inf.

 

  1. Ampofo W., Ohene S. O., Sarkodie B., Adjabeng M., Nzussouo N.T., Duplessis C., Doman B., Aryee E., Brightson K., Yebuah N., Ansah E., Ayebazibwe N. Protocol For Human Influenza Surveillance In Ghana. Disease Surveillance Department, Ghana Health Service/MINISTRY OF HEALTH / WHO. Revised November 2011.

 

  1. Osei-Atweneboana M.Y., Awadzi K., Attah S.K., Boakye D.A., Gyapong J.O., Prichard R.K. Phenotypic Evidence of Emerging Ivermectin Resistance in Onchocerca volvulus. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 20115(3): doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0000998.

 

 

  1. Kusi KA, Remarque EJ, Riasat V, Walraven V, Thomas AW, Faber BW and Kocken CHM (2011). Safety and immunogenicity of multi-antigen AMA1-based vaccines formulated with CoVaccine HT™ and Montanide ISA 51 in rhesus macaques. Malaria Journal, 10:182.

 

 

  1. Kusi KA, Faber BW, van der Eijk M, Thomas AW, Kocken CHM and Remarque EJ (2011). Immunisation with different PfAMA1 alleles in sequence induces clonal imprint humoral responses that are similar to responses induced by the same alleles as a vaccine cocktail in rabbits. Malaria Journal, 10:40
Year of publication: 2011