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2011 PUBLICATIONS

  1. Yeboah-Manu D., Asante-Poku A., Bodmer T., Stucki D., Koram K, Bonsu F., Pluschke G., Gagneux S. (2011). Genotypic diversity and drug susceptibility patterns among M. tuberculosis complex isolates from South-Western Ghana PLoS One. 2011;6(7):e21906. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0021906. Epub 2011 Jul 11. PMID: 21779354. 
  2. Ayisi, N., K., Appiah-Opong, R., Gyan, B., Bugyei, K., Ekuban, F. (2011).Plasmodium falciparum: Assessment of Selectivity of Action of Chloroquine, Alchornea cordifolia, Ficus polita, and Other Drugs by a Tetrazolium-Based Colorimetric Assay. Malar Res Treat. 2011;2011:816250. doi: 10.4061/2011/816250. Epub 2011 Dec 1. PMID: 22312574 
  3. Addo, K. K., Mensah, G. I., Aning, K. G., Nartey, N., Nipah, G. K, Bonsu, C., Akyeh, M. L., Smits, H. L. (2011). Microbiological quality and antibiotic residues in informally marketed raw cow milk within the coastal savannah zone of Ghana.Trop Med Int Health. 2011 Feb;16(2):227-32. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2010.02666.x. Epub 2010 Nov 10. PMID: 21070512
  4. Wilson, M. D., Boakye, D. A., Mosi,. L., Asiedu, K. (2011). In the case of transmission of Mycobacterium ulcerans in buruli ulcer disease Acanthamoeba species stand accused. Ghana Med J. 2011 Mar;45(1):31-4. doi: 10.4314/gmj.v45i1.68920. PMID: 21572823
  5. Yeboah-Manu, D., Danso, E., Ampah, K., Asante-Poku, A., Nakobu, Z., Pluschke, G. (2011). Isolation of Mycobacterium ulcerans from swab and fine-needle-aspiration specimens. J Clin Microbiol. 2011 May;49(5):1997-9. doi: 10.1128/JCM.02279-10. Epub 2011 Mar 16.PMID: 21411582 
  6. Dodoo, , Hollingdale, M., R., Anum,  D., Koram, K. A., Gyan,  B., Akanmori, B. D., Ocran, J., Adu-Amankwah, S., Geneshan, H., Abot, E., Legano, J., Banania, G., Sayo, R., Brambilla, D., Kumar, S., Doolan, D. L., Rogers, W., O., Epstein, J., Richie, T., L., Sedegah, M. (2011). Measuring naturally acquired immune responses to candidate malaria vaccine antigens in Ghanaian adults. Malar J. 2011 Jun 20;10:168. doi: 10.1186/1475-2875-10-168.PMID: 21689436
  7. Yeboah-Manu, D., Asante-Poku, A., Bodmer, T., Stucki, D., Koram, K., Bonsu, F., Pluschke, G., Gagneux, S. (2011). Genotypic diversity and drug susceptibility patterns among M. tuberculosis complex isolates from South-Western Ghana.PLoS One. 2011;6(7):e21906. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0021906. Epub 2011 Jul 11.PMID: 21779354
  8. Ahorlu, C. K., Koram, K. A., Seake-Kwawu, A., Weiss, M., G. (2011). Two-year evaluation of Intermittent Preventive Treatment for Children (IPTc) combined with timely home treatment for malaria control in Ghana.Malar J. 2011 May 15;10:127. doi: 10.1186/1475-2875-10-127. PMID: 21569634
  9. Koram, K. A. (2011). Antibodies to Plasmodium falciparum antigens and the risk of clinical malaria in endemic populations. Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther. 2011 Nov;9(11):987-91. doi: 10.1586/eri.11.128.PMID: 22029518
  10. Appiah-Opong, R. Nyarko, , K., Dodoo, D., Gyang, F. N., Koram, K. A., Ayisi, N. K. (2011). Antiplasmodial activity of extracts of Tridax procumbens and Phyllanthus amarus in in vitro Plasmodium falciparum culture systems.Ghana Med J. 2011 Dec;45(4):143-50. PMID: 22359419
  11. Ayisi, N. K., Appiah-Opong, R., Gyan, B., Bugyei, K., Ekuban, F. (2011). Plasmodium falciparum: Assessment of Selectivity of Action of Chloroquine, Alchornea cordifolia, Ficus polita, and Other Drugs by a Tetrazolium-Based Colorimetric Assay. Malar Res Treat. 2011;2011:816250. doi: 10.4061/2011/816250. Epub 2011 Dec 1.PMID: 22312574
  12. Yeboah-Manu, D., Asante-Poku, A., Asan-Ampah, K., Ampadu, E. D., Pluschke, G. (2011). Combining PCR with microscopy to reduce costs of laboratory diagnosis of Buruli ulcer. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2011 Nov;85(5):900-4.doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.2011.11-0362. PMID: 22049046
  13. 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. (2011). 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. doi: 10.1186/1475-2875-10-108.PMID: 21529376
  14. Addo, K., Mensah, G. I.,   Aning, K. G., Nartey, N., Nipah, G. K,  Bonsu, C., Akyeh, M. L., Smits, H. L. (2011). Microbiological quality and antibiotic residues in informally marketed raw cow milk within the coastal savannah zone of Ghana First published: 10 November 2010 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3156.2010.02666.x
  15. Yirenya-Tawiah, D., Amoah, C., Apea-Kubi, K. A, Dade, M., Ackumey, M., Annang, T., Mensah, D. Y., and Bosompem, K. M. (2011). A Survey of Female Genital Schistosomiasis of the Lower Reproductive Tract in the Volta Basin of Ghana,Ghana Med J. 2011 Mar; 45(1): 16–21.doi: 10.4314/gmj.v45i1.68917
  16. Bonkoungou, I.J., Damanka, S., Sanou, I., Tiendrébéogo, F., Coulibaly, S. O., Bon, F., Haukka, K., Traoré, A., S., Barro, N., Armah, G. E. (2011). Genotype diversity of group A rotavirus strains in children with acute diarrhea in urban Burkina Faso, 2008-2010. Journal of Medical Virology, 01 Aug 2011, 83(8):1485-1490DOI: 10.1002/jmv.22137 PMID: 21678452
  17. 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. (2011). 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 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2011.02833.x PMID: 21740487
  18. Lartey, A. Marquis, G. S., Perez‐Escamilla, R., Mazur, R., Brakohiapa, L,, Ampofo, W., & Sellen, D. (2011). Maternal HIV is associated with reduced growth in the first year of life among infants in the Eastern region of Ghana,Maternal HIV is associated with reduced growth in the first year of life among infants in the Eastern region of Ghana.doi: 10.1111/j.1740-8709.2012.00441.x PMCID: PMC4193668
  19. Yeboah-Manu, D., Asante-Poku, A., Bodmer, T., Stucki, D., Koram, K., Bonsu, F., Pluschke, G., Gagneux, S., & Gagneux, S. (2011). Genotypic diversity and drug susceptibility patterns among M. tuberculosis complex isolates from South-Western Ghana. Plos one, 6(7), e21906-e21906. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0021906 PMID: 21779354 PMCID: PMC3133566
  20. Kwansa-Bentum, B., Ayi, I., Suzuki, T., Otchere, J., Kumagai, T., Anyan, W. K., Osei, J. H. N., Asahi, H., Ofori, M. F., Akao, N., Wilson, M. D., Daniel A Boakye, D. A., Ohta, N. (2011). Plasmodium falciparum isolates from southern Ghana exhibit polymorphisms in the SERCA-type PfATPase6 though sensitive to artesunate in vitro. Malaria journal, 10(1), 1-9. DOI:10.1186/1475-2875-10-187
  21. Adinortey, M. B., Gyan, B. E., Adjimani, J., Nyarko, P., Sarpong, C., Tsikata, F. Y., & Nyarko, A. K. (2011). Dyslipidaemia associated with type 2 diabetics with micro and macrovascular complications among Ghanaians. Indian Journal of Clinical Biochemistry, 26(3), 261-268. Dordrecht 26, Iss. 3,  (Jul 2011): 261-268. DOI:10.1007/s12291-010-0101-3 
  22. Asare, G. A., Addo, P., Bugyei, K., Gyan, B., Adjei, S., Otu-Nyarko, L. S., … & Nyarko, A. (2011). Acute toxicity studies of aqueous leaf extract of Phyllanthus niruri. Interdisciplinary Toxicology, 4(4), 206.
  23. Soulama, I., Bigoga, J. D., Ndiaye, M., Bougouma, E. C., Quagraine, J., Casimiro, P. N., … & Sirima, S. B. (2011). Genetic diversity of polymorphic vaccine candidate antigens (apical membrane antigen-1, merozoite surface protein-3, and erythrocyte binding antigen-175) in Plasmodium falciparum isolates from western and central Africa. The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, 84(2), 276.PMID: 21292899 PMCID: PMC3029182 DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2011.10-0365
  24. Humphries, D., 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. (2011). Epidemiology of Hookworm Infection in Kintampo North Municipality, Ghana: Patterns of Malaria Coinfection, Anemia, and Albendazole Treatment Failure. The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 84(5), 792. The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 01 May 2011, 84(5):792-800.DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2011.11-0003 PMID: 21540391 PMCID: PMC3083749
  25. Adu, B., Dodoo, D., Adukpo, S., Gyan, B. A., Hedley, P. L., Goka, B., … & Theisen, M. (2011). Polymorphisms in the RNASE3 gene are associated with susceptibility to cerebral malaria in Ghanaian children. Plos one, 6(12), e29465.Plos one, 27 Dec 2011, 6(12):e29465.DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0029465 PMID: 22216286 PMCID: PMC3246477
  26. Adinortey, M. B., Gyan, B. A., Adjimani, J. P., Nyarko, P. E., Sarpong, C., Tsikata, F. Y., & Nyarko, A. K. (2011). Haptoglobin polymorphism and association with complications in Ghanaian type 2 diabetic patients. Indian Journal of Clinical Biochemistry, 26(4), 366-372.Indian Journal of Clinical Biochemistry; Dordrecht Vol. 26, Iss. 4,  (Oct 2011): 366-372. DOI:10.1007/s12291-011-0141-3
  27. Vuvor, F., Steiner-Asiedu, M., Armar-Klemesu, M., & Armah, S. (2011). Population-based study of diabetic mellitus prevalence and its associated factors in adult Ghanaians in the greater Accra region. International Journal of Diabetes in Developing Countries, 31(3), 149-153. International Journal of Diabetes in Developing Countries; Dordrecht Vol. 31, Iss. 3, (Sep 2011): 149-153. DOI:10.1007/s13410-011-0035-1
  28. Mitchell, N., Kumi, J., Marroquin-Cardona, A., Dotse, E., Tang, L., Wang, J. S., Ankrah, N-A.,… & Phillips, T. (2011, October). UPSN Included In Food Reduces Aflatoxin Bioavailability In a Crossover Study In Ghana. In ASA, CSSA and SSSA Annual Meetings (San Antonio, TX-Oct. 16-19, 2011). ASA-CSSA-SSSA.
  29. Obeng, B. B., Amoah, A. S., Larbi, I. A., Yazdanbakhsh, M., Van Ree, R., Boakye, D. A., & Hartgers, F. C. (2011). Food allergy in Ghanaian schoolchildren: data on sensitization and reported food allergy. International archives of allergy and immunology, 155(1), 63-73.https://doi.org/10.1159/000318704
  30. Alam, M. T., De Souza, D. K., Vinayak, S., Griffing, S. M., Poe, A. C., Duah, N. O., Ghansah, A., Asamoa, K., Slutsker, L., Wilson, M. D., Barnwell, J. W. Udhayakumar, V. & Koram, K. A. (2011). Selective sweeps and genetic lineages of Plasmodium falciparum drug-resistant alleles in Ghana. Journal of Infectious Diseases, 203(2), 220-227. https://doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jiq038.PMCID: PMC3071065 
  31. Larbi, I. A., Klipstein-Grobusch, K., Amoah, A. S., Obeng, B. B., Wilson, M. D., Yazdanbakhsh, M., & Boakye, D. A. (2011). High body mass index is not associated with atopy in schoolchildren living in rural and urban areas of Ghana. BMC Public Health, 11(1), 1-10. DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-469 PMID: 21669010 PMCID: PMC3141453
  32. Osei-Atweneboana, M. Y., Awadzi, K., Attah, S. K., Boakye, D. A., Gyapong, J. O., & Prichard, R. K. (2011). Phenotypic evidence of emerging ivermectin resistance in Onchocerca volvulus. PLoS neglected tropical diseases, 5(3), e998.Published: March 29, 2011.  https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000998
  33. Fode, P., Jespersgaard, C., Hardwick, R. J., Bogle, H., Theisen, M., Dodoo, D., … & Hollox, E. J. (2011). Determination of beta-defensin genomic copy number in different populations: a comparison of three methods. PLOS one, 6(2), e16768.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0016768
  34. Binka, E., Vermund, S. H., & Armah, G. E. (2011). Rotavirus as a cause of diarrhea among children under 5 years of age in urban Ghana: prevalence and serotypes/genotypes. The Pediatric infectious disease journal, 30(8), 718.doi: 10.1097/INF.0b013e318223bd85. PMCID: PMC314989
  35. Koram, K. A. (2011). Antibodies to Plasmodium falciparum antigens and the risk of clinical malaria in endemic populations. Expert review of anti-infective therapy, 9(11), 987-991. https://doi.org/10.1586/eri.11.128. PMID: 22029518 
  36. Meurs, L., Labuda, L., Amoah, A. S., Mbow, M., Ngoa, U. A., Boakye, D. A., … & 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.
  37. Dongdem, J. T., Damanka, S., & Asmah, R. (2011). Molecular isolation of human norovirus and astrovirus in tap water by RT-PCR. Int. Res. J. Biochem. Bioinform, 1, 131-138. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/260710346_Molecular_isolation_of_human_norovirus_and_astrovirus_in_tap_water_by_RT-_PCR
  38. Yirenya-Tawiah, D. R., Annang, T., Otchere, J., Bentum, D., Edoh, D., Amoah, C., & Bosompem, K. M. (2011). Urinary schistosomiasis among adults in the Volta Basin of Ghana: prevalence, knowledge and practices. J Trop Med Parasitol, 34(1), 1-16.
  39. Odonkor, S. T., & Addo, K. K. (2011). Evaluation of three methods for detection of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). Int J Biol Med Res, 2(4), 1031-1034.
  40. Yeboah-Manu, D., Asante-Poku, A., Bodmer, T., Stucki, D., & Koram, K. (2011). Genotypic Diversity and Drug Susceptibility Patterns among M. tuberculosis. 
  41. White, B. J., Lawniczak, M. K., Cheng, C., Coulibaly, M. B., Wilson, M. D., Sagnon, N. F., … & Besansky, N. J. (2011). Adaptive divergence between incipient species of Anopheles gambiae increases resistance to Plasmodium. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 108(1), 244.doi: 10.1073/pnas.1013648108. PMCID: PMC3017163
  42. Odonkor, S. T., & Addo, K. K. (2011). Bacteria resistance to antibiotics: recent trends and challenges. Int J Biol Med Res, 2(4), 1204-1210.
  43. Comas, I., Coscolla, M., Luo, T., Borrell, S., Holt, K., Kato-Maeda, M., Yeboah-Manu, D., … & Gagneux, S. Out-of-Africa migration and Neolithic co-expansion of tuberculosis with anatomically modern humans.
  44. Box, L. G. Odonkor, S. T., Mahami, T., & Addo,  K. (2011). Antimicrobial sensitivity patterns of urine isolates from a large Ghanaian hospital.
  45. Kusi, K. A., Kusi, KA, Dodoo D, Bosomprah S, van der Eijk M, Faber BW, Kocken CHM and Remarque EJ. Measurement of the plasma levels of antibodies against the polymorphic vaccine candidate apical membrane antigen 1 in a malaria-exposed population. In press. children, 80(4), 541-6.
  46. Addo, K. K., Mensah, G. I., Nartey, N., Nipah, G. K., Mensah, D., Aning, G. A., & Smits, H. L. (2011). Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices (KAP) of herdsmen in Ghana with respect to milk-borne zoonotic diseases and the safe handling of milk. J. Basic Appl. Sci. Res, 1(10), 1566-1562.