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title: 2012 Publication
description: "  1. **Amoah, A. S.**, Forson, A. G., **Boakye, D. A.** (2012). A review of epidemiological studies of asthma in Ghana. Ghana Med J. 2012 Jun;46(2 Suppl):23-8. PMID: 23661814 2. **de Souza, D. K.,** Koudou, B. Kelly-Hope, L. A., **Wilson, M. D.**, Bockarie, M.…"
url: "https://noguchi.ug.edu.gh/docs/publications/2012-publication/"
updated: "2022-12-22"
category: Publications
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# 2012 Publication

 

1. **Amoah, A. S.**, Forson, A. G., **Boakye, D. A.** (2012). A review of epidemiological studies of asthma in Ghana. Ghana Med J. 2012 Jun;46(2 Suppl):23-8. PMID: 23661814
2. **de Souza, D. K.,** Koudou, B. Kelly-Hope, L. A., **Wilson, M. D.**, Bockarie, M. J., **Boakye, D. A.** (2011). Diversity and transmission competence in lymphatic filariasis vectors in West Africa, and the implications for accelerated elimination of Anopheles-transmitted filariasis.Parasit Vectors. 2012 Nov 14;5:259. doi: 10.1186/1756-3305-5-259. PMID: 23151383
3. **Ablordey, A.,** Amissah, D. A., Aboagye, I. F., Hatano, B., Yamazaki, T., Sata, T., Ishikawa, K., Katano, H. (2012). Detection of Mycobacterium ulcerans by the loop mediated isothermal amplification method. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2012;6(4):e1590. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001590. Epub 2012 Apr 3. PMID: 22509415
4. **Bonney, J. H.,** Kronmann, K. C., Lindan, C. P., Asante, I. A., **Parbie, P.,** **Aboagye,  J.,** Amankwah, J., **Odoom, J. K.,** Adjabeng, M., Nzussouo, N. T., Ahadzie, L., Barthel, R. V., Cornelius, C., Amofah, G., Oyofo, B., **Ampofo, W. K. **(2012).Virological surveillance of influenza-like illness among children in Ghana, 2008-2010. J Infect Dis. 2012 Dec 15;206 Suppl 1:S108-13. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jis577. PMID: 23169955
5. **Ughasi, J., Bekard, H. E.,** Coulibaly, M., Adabie-Gomez, D., **Gyapong, J., Appawu, M., Wilson, M. D., Boakye, D. A.** (2012). Mansonia africana and Mansonia uniformis are vectors in the transmission of Wuchereria bancrofti lymphatic filariasis in Ghana. Parasit Vectors. 2012 May 7;5:89. doi: 10.1186/1756-3305-5-89. PMID: 22564488
6. **Odoom, J.K.,** Bel-Nono, S., Rodgers, D., Agbenohevi, P. G., Dafeamekpor, C. K., Sowa, R. M., Danso, F., Tettey, R., Suu-Ire, R., **Bonney, J. H., Asante, I. A., Aboagye, J., Abana, C. Z., Frimpong, J. A, **Kronmann, K. C., Oyofo, B. A.,** Ampofo, W. K. **(2012).Troop education and avian influenza surveillance in military barracks in Ghana, 2011. BMC Public Health. 2012 Nov 8;12:957. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-957. PMID: 23137234
7. **Armah, G. E.**, Breiman, R. F., Tapia, M. D., Dallas, M. J., Neuzil, K. M., Binka, F. N., Sow, S. O., Ojwando, J., Ciarlet, M., Steele, A. D. (2012). Immunogenicity of the pentavalent rotavirus vaccine in African infants.Vaccine. 2012 Apr 27;30 Suppl 1:A86-93. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2011.10.006. PMID: 22520142
8. **Yeboah-Manu, D.,** Röltgen, K., Opare, W., Asan-Ampah, K., **Quenin-Fosu, K.  Asante-Poku, A., **Ampadu, E., Fyfe,  J., **Koram, K., Ahorlu, C.,** Pluschke, G. (2012). Sero-epidemiology as a tool to screen populations for exposure to Mycobacterium ulcerans. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2012 Jan;6(1):e1460. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001460. Epub 2012 Jan 10. PMID: 22253937
9. **de Souza, D. K.,** **Quaye, C., Mosi, L.**, Addo, P., **Boakye, D. A.** (2012). A quick and cost effective method for the diagnosis of Mycobacterium ulcerans infection.BMC Infect Dis. 2012 Jan 18;12:8. doi: 10.1186/1471-2334-12-8. PMID: 22257432
10. **Abuaku,  B., Duah, N., Quaye, L., Quashie, N., Koram, K. **(2012).Therapeutic efficacy of artemether-lumefantrine combination in the treatment of uncomplicated malaria among children under five years of age in three ecological zones in Ghana. Malar J. 2012 Nov 22;11:388. doi: 10.1186/1475-2875-11-388.PMID: 23173737
11. **Odoom, J. K.,** Obodai, E., Barnor, J. S., Ashun, M., Arthur-Quarm, J., Osei-Kwasi, M. (2012). Human Enteroviruses isolated during acute flaccid paralysis surveillance in Ghana: implications for the post eradication era. Pan Afr Med J. 2012;12:74. Epub 2012 Jul 16. PMID: 23077695
12. **Wilson, M. D.,** Osei-Atweneboana, M., **Boakye, D. A.,** Osei-Akoto, I., Obuobi, E., Wiafe, C., Kiszewski, A. S. (2012). Efficacy of DEET and non-DEET-based insect repellents against bites of Simulium damnosum vectors of onchocerciasis. Med Vet Entomol. 2013 Jun;27(2):226-31. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.2012.01054.x. Epub 2012 Nov 20. PMID: 23167529
13. Aidoo, E., Addai, F. K., Ahenkorah, J., Hottor, B., Bugyei, K. A.,** Gyan, B. A. **(2012). Natural cocoa ingestion reduced liver damage in mice infected with Plasmodium berghei (NK65). Res Rep Trop Med. 2012 Sep 4;3:107-116. doi: 10.2147/RRTM.S33149. eCollection 2012. PMID: 30890870
14. **Adu-Addai, B.,** Koney, E. B., **Addo, P.,** **Kaneene, J.,** Mackenzie, C., Agnew, D. W. (2012). Importance of infectious bovine reproductive diseases: an example from Ghana. Vet Rec. 2012 Jul 14;171(2):47. doi: 10.1136/vr.100789. Epub 2012 Jun 15. PMID: 22706039
15. **Ghansah, A.,** Rockett, K. A., Clark, T. G., **Wilson, M. D.,** **Koram, K. A.,** Oduro, A. R., Amenga-Etego, L., Anyorigiya, T., Hodgson, A., Milligan, P., Rogers, W. O., Kwiatkowski, D. P. (2012). Haplotype analyses of haemoglobin C and haemoglobin S and the dynamics of the evolutionary response to malaria in Kassena-Nankana District of Ghana.PLoS One. 2012;7(4):e34565. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0034565. Epub 2012 Apr 10.PMID: 22506028
16. **Duah, N. O.**, Quashie, N. B., **Abuaku, B. K.,** Sebeny, P. J., Kronmann, K. C.**, Koram, K. A. **(2012). Surveillance of molecular markers of Plasmodium falciparum resistance to sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine 5 years after the change of malaria treatment policy in Ghana. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2012 Dec;87(6):996-1003. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.2012.12-0202. Epub 2012 Oct 8. PMID: 23045251
17. Osei-Atweneboana, M. Y., **Boakye, D. A.,** Awadzi, K., **Gyapong, J. O.,** Prichard, R. K. (2012). Genotypic analysis of β-tubulin in Onchocerca volvulus from communities and individuals showing poor parasitological response to ivermectin treatment. Int J Parasitol Drugs Drug Resist. 2012 Feb 12;2:20-8. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpddr.2012.01.005. eCollection 2012 Dec. PMID: 24533268
18. **Bonney, J. H.,** Kwame-Aryee, R. A., Obed, S., Tamatey, A. A., Barnor, J. S., Armah, N. B., Oppong, S. A., **Osei-Kwesi, M**. (2012). Fatal hepatitis E viral infection in pregnant women in Ghana: a case series. BMC Res Notes. 2012 Sep 3;5:478. doi: 10.1186/1756-0500-5-478. PMID: 22937872
19. **Dadzie, S., Boakye, D., ** Asoala, V.**, Koram, K.,** Kiszewski, A., **Appawu, M.** (2012). A community-wide study of malaria reduction: evaluating efficacy and user-acceptance of a low-cost repellent in northern Ghana. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2013 Feb;88(2):309-14. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.2012.12-0370. Epub 2012 Dec 18. PMID: 23249683 
20. **Ampofo, W.** (2012). Tackling influenza in Ghana. Interview by Ben Jones. Bull World Health Organ. 2012 Apr 1;90(4):254-5. doi: 10.2471/BLT.12.040412. PMID: 22511820
21. **Odoom, J. K., **Forrest, L., Dunn, G., Osei-Kwasi, M., Obodai, E., Arthur-Quarm, J., Barnor, J., Minor, P. D., Martin, J. (2012). Interruption of poliovirus transmission in Ghana: molecular epidemiology of wild-type 1 poliovirus isolated from 1995 to 2008. J Infect Dis. 2012 Oct 1;206(7):1111-20. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jis474. Epub 2012 Jul 24. PMID: 22829642
22. Donkor, E. S., Newman, M. J, **Yeboah-Manu, D.  **(2011). Epidemiologica**l** aspects of non-human antibiotic usage and resistance: implications for the control of antibiotic resistance in Ghana. First published: 13 March 2012 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3156.2012.02955.xe
23. **Bonney, J. H. K.**, Kronmann, K. C., Lindan, C. P., **Asante, I. A.,  Parbie, P., Aboagye, J**, Amankwah, J., **Odoom, J. K.,** Adjabeng, M., Nzussouo, N. T., Ahadzie, L., Barthel, R. V., Cornelius, C., Amofah, G., Oyofo, B., **Ampofo, W. K .(**2012**). **Virological surveillance of influenza-like illness among children in Ghana, 2008-2010 The Journal of Infectious Diseases, Volume 206, Issue suppl_1, 15 December 2012, Pages S108–S113, [https://doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jis577](https://doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jis577). PMID: 23169955
24. Kweku, M. A., **Odoom, S., Puplampu, N., Desewu, K.**, Nuako, G. K., **Gyan, .B,** Raczniak, G., Kronmann, K. C., **Koram, K. A.**, Botero, S., **Boakye, D.,** Akuffo, H. (2012). An outbreak of suspected cutaneous leishmaniasis in Ghana: lessons learnt and preparation for future outbreaks. Global Health Action, 13 Jul 2011, 4 DOI: 10.3402/gha.v4i0.5527 PMID: 21765823 PMCID: PMC3137292
25. Dosoo, D. K., Kayan, K., Adu-Gyasi, D., Kwara, E.,  **Ocran, J.**, Osei-Kwakye, K. Mahama, E., Amenga-Etego, S., Bilson, P., Asante, K. P.,  **Koram, K. A.,** Owusu-Agyei, S. (2012). Haematological and Biochemical Reference Values for Healthy Adults in the Middle Belt of Ghana  Published: April 27, 2012 [https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0036308](https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0036308)
26. **Odoom, J. K., Obodai, E., Barnor, J. S., Ashun, M., Arthur-Quarm, J., Osei-Kwasi, M. **(2012). Human enteroviruses isolated during acute flaccid paralysis surveillance in Ghana: Implications for the post eradication era The Pan African Medical Journal, 16 Jul 2012, 12:74 doi:10.11604/pamj.2012.12.74.1602 PMID: 23077695 PMCID: PMC3473960
27. **de Souza, D. K., Quaye, C., Mosi, L., Addo, P., & Boakye, D. A.** (2012). A quick and cost effective method for the diagnosis of Mycobacterium ulcerans infection A quick and cost effective method for the diagnosis of Mycobacterium ulcerans infection. BMC Infectious Diseases, 12(1), 1-7. DOI:10.1186/1471-2334-12-8
28. Asare, S. Y., Paintsil, E**., Koram, K.,** Atuguba, F., Asoala, V., & Humphries, D. (2012). Relationship between nutritional status and the prevalence of malaria and anemia among children in the Kassena‐Nankana District of Ghana.First published: 01 April 2012 [https://doi.org/10.1096/fasebj.26.1_supplement.28.8](https://doi.org/10.1096/fasebj.26.1_supplement.28.8)
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30. **de Souza, D. K., Dadzie, S., Osei, J. H. N., Boakye, D. A.,** & Suzuki, T. (2012). Shifting the focus from open release of genetically modified mosquitoes, to controlled individualized treatment for infectious diseases. [https://www.researchgate.net/publication/235719015_Shifting_the_focus_from_open_release_of_genetically_modified_mosquitoes_to_controlled_individualized_treatment_for_infectious_diseases](https://www.researchgate.net/publication/235719015_Shifting_the_focus_from_open_release_of_genetically_modified_mosquitoes_to_controlled_individualized_treatment_for_infectious_diseases) 
31. Hogewoning, A. A., Bouwes Bavinck, J. N., **Amoah, A. S., Boakye, D. A.,** Yazdanbakhsh, M., Kremsner, P. G., … & Lavrijsen, A. P. M. (2012). Point and period prevalences of eczema in rural and urban schoolchildren in Ghana, Gabon and Rwanda. Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology, 26(4), 488-494. [https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-3083.2011.04106.x](https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-3083.2011.04106.x)
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33. **Abuaku, B., Duah, N., Quaye, L., Quashie, N., & Koram, K.** (2012). Therapeutic efficacy of artemether-lumefantrine combination in the treatment of uncomplicated malaria among children under five years of age in three ecological zones in Ghana. Malaria journal, 11(1), 1-8. Malaria Journal, 22 Nov 2012, 11:388 DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-11-388 PMID: 23173737 PMCID: PMC3519607
34. Dzotsi, E. K., Ohene, S. A., Asiedu-Bekoe, F., Amankwa, J., Sarkodie, B., Adjabeng, M.,   Thouphique, A. M.,  Ofei, A.,  Oduro, J.,  Atitogo D., **Bonney, J. H. K.,** **Paintsil, S. C. N** . **Ampofo, W.** (2012). The first cases of Lassa fever in Ghana. Ghana medical journal, 46(3), Ghana Medical Journal, 01 Sep 2012, 46(3):166-170 PMID: 23661832 PMCID: PMC3645162
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55. Amponsah, S. K., Bugyei, K. A., Osei-Safo, D., Addai, F. K., Asare, G., Tsegah, E. A., Baah, J., **Ofori, M.,** & **Gyan, B. A.** (2012). In vitro activity of extract and fractions of natural cocoa powder on Plasmodium falciparum. Journal of Medicinal Food, 15(5), 476-482. KMID : 1161420120150050476    DOI : 10.1089/jmf.2011.0220. PMID: 22248179
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