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title: 2013 Publication
description: "  1. Kronmann, K. C., **Ampofo, W.,** Nzussouo, T., Wasfy, M. O., Agbenohevi, P., Carroll, J., Diabate, M., Sourabie, S., **Puplampu, N.,** Clemens, M., Oyofo, B. A. (2013). Building military influenza surveillance capacity in West Africa. Mil Med. 2013 Mar;178(3):306-14. doi: 10.7205/MILMED-D-12-00273. PMID: 23707118. …"
url: "https://noguchi.ug.edu.gh/docs/publications/2013-publication/"
updated: "2022-12-22"
category: Publications
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# 2013 Publication

 

1. Kronmann, K. C., **Ampofo, W.,** Nzussouo, T., Wasfy, M. O., Agbenohevi, P., Carroll, J., Diabate, M., Sourabie, S., **Puplampu, N.,** Clemens, M., Oyofo, B. A. (2013). Building military influenza surveillance capacity in West Africa. Mil Med. 2013 Mar;178(3):306-14. doi: 10.7205/MILMED-D-12-00273. PMID: 23707118. 
2. **Agyemang K,** Han, L., Liu, E., Zhang, Y., Wang, T., Gao, X. (2013). Recent Advances in Astragalus membranaceus Anti-Diabetic Research: Pharmacological Effects of Its Phytochemical Constituents. Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2013;2013:654643. doi: 10.1155/2013/654643. Epub 2013 Nov 17. MID: 24348714.
3. **Amoah, A. S., Boakye, D. A.,** van Ree, R., Yazdanbakhsh, M. (2013). Parasitic worms and allergies in childhood: insights from population studies 2008-2013. Pediatr Allergy Immunol. 2014 May;25(3):208-17. doi: 10.1111/pai.12174. Epub 2013 Dec 10. PMID: 24325393
4. Brakohiapa, E., K., **Armah, G. E.,** Clegg-Lamptey, J. N., **Brakohiapa, W. O.** (2013). Pattern of breast diseases in Accra: review of mammography reports. Ghana Med J. 2013 Sep;47(3):101-6. PMID: 24391224
5. **Duah, N. O., Matrevi, S. A., de Souza, D. K., Binnah, D. D., Tamakloe, M. M., Opoku, V. S., Onwona,  C. O., Narh, C. A., Quashie, N. B., Abuaku, B.,** Duplessis, C., Kronmann, K. C., **Koram, K. A.** (2013). Increased pfmdr1 gene copy number and the decline in pfcrt and pfmdr1 resistance alleles in Ghanaian Plasmodium falciparum isolates after the change of anti-malarial drug treatment policy. Malar J. 2013 Oct 30;12:377. doi: 10.1186/1475-2875-12-377. PMID: 24172030
6. **Bonney, J. H.,** Osei-Kwasi, M., Adiku, T. K., Barnor, J. S., Amesiya, R., Kubio, C., Ahadzie, L., Olschläger, S., Lelke, M., Becker-Ziaja, B., Pahlmann, M., Günther, S. (2013). Hospital-based surveillance for viral hemorrhagic fevers and hepatitides in Ghana. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2013 Sep 19;7(9):e2435. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002435. eCollection 2013.PMID: 24069490
7. **Anyan, W. K.,** Seki, T., Kumagai, T., Obata-Ninomiya, K., Furushima-Shimogawara, R., **Kwansa-Bentum, B., **Akao, N. **Bosompem, K. M.,  Boakye,  D. A., Wilson, M. D.,** Karasuyama, H., Ohta, .N(2013). Basophil depletion downregulates Schistosoma mansoni egg-induced granuloma formation Parasitol Int. 2013 Dec;62(6):508-13. doi: 10.1016/j.parint.2013.07.003. Epub 2013 Jul 12. PMID: 23850838
8. **Ahorlu, C. K.,** Koka, E., **Yeboah-Manu, D.,** Lamptey, I., Ampadu, E. (2013). Enhancing Buruli ulcer control in Ghana through social interventions: a case study from the Obom sub-district. BMC Public Health. 2013 Jan 22;13:59. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-59. PMID: 23339623
9. **Aryeetey, Y. A.,** Essien-Baidoo, S., **Larbi, I. A.,** Ahmed, K., Amoah, A. S., Obeng, B. B., van Lieshout, L., Yazdanbakhsh, M., **Boakye, D. A. **(2013). Verweij JJ.Molecular diagnosis of Schistosoma infections in urine samples of school children in Ghana. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2013 Jun;88(6):1028-31. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.12-0571. Epub 2013 Mar 25. PMID: 23530072
10. Fenenga, C. J., Boahene, K., **Arhinful,  D.,** **de Wit, T. R.,** Hutter, I. (2013). Do prevailing theories sufficiently explain perceptions and health-seeking behavior of Ghanaians? Int J Health Plann Manage. 2014 Jan-Mar;29(1):26-42. doi: 10.1002/hpm.2159. Epub 2013 Jan 10. PMID: 23303726
11. **Alhassan, R. K.,** Spieker N., van Ostenberg, P., Ogink, A., Nketiah-Amponsah, E., (2013). Association between health worker motivation and healthcare quality efforts in Ghana.Hum Resour Health. 2013 Aug 14;11:37. doi: 10.1186/1478-4491-11-37. PMID: 23945073
12. **Adukpo, S.**, **Kusi, K. A.**, **Ofori, M.F., Tetteh, J. K., Amoako-Sakyi, D.**, Goka, B. Q., Adjei, G. O., Edoh, D. A., **Akanmori, B. D., Gyan, B. A., Dodoo, D. **(2013). High plasma levels of soluble intercellular adhesion molecule (ICAM)-1 are associated with cerebral malaria. PLoS One. 2013 Dec 27;8(12):e84181. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0084181. eCollection 2013. PMID: 24386348
13. **Yeboah-Manu, D.**, **Kpeli, G. S**.,** Ruf, M. T., Asan-Ampah, K.,** **Quenin-Fosu, K.,** **Owusu-Mireku, E.,** Paintsil, A., Lamptey, .I, Anku, .B, Kwakye-Maclean, C., Newman, M., Pluschke, G.(2013). Secondary bacterial infections of buruli ulcer lesions before and after chemotherapy with streptomycin and rifampicin. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2013 May 2;7(5):e2191. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002191. Print 2013. PMID: 23658847
14. **Amoah, A. S.,** **Obeng, B. B., Larbi, I. A., **Versteeg, S. A.**, Aryeetey, Y.**, Akkerdaas, J. H., Zuidmeer, L., Lidholm, J., Fernández-Rivas, M., Hartgers, F. C., **Boakye, D. A.,** van Ree, R., Yazdanbakhsh, M. J. (2013). Peanut-specific IgE antibodies in asymptomatic Ghanaian children possibly caused by carbohydrate determinant cross-reactivity. Allergy Clin Immunol. 2013 Sep;132(3):639-647. doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2013.04.023. Epub 2013 Jun 12. PMID: 23763976
15. Boru, W. G., Kikuvi, G., Omollo, J., Abade, A., Amwayi, .S, **Ampofo, W.**, Luman, E. T., Oundo, J. (2013). Aetiology and factors associated with bacterial diarrhoeal diseases amongst urban refugee children in Eastleigh, Kenya: A case control study. Afr J Lab Med. 2013 Sep 3;2(1):63. doi: 10.4102/ajlm.v2i1.63. eCollection 2013. PMID: 29043163
16. Treger, R. S., **Otchere, J.**, Keil, M. F., Quagraine, J. E., Rai, G., Mott, B. T., Humphries, D.L., **Wilson, M.,** Cappello, M., Vermeire, J. J.(2013). In vitro screening of compounds against laboratory and field isolates of human hookworm reveals quantitative differences in anthelmintic susceptibility. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2014 Jan;90(1):71-4. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.12-0547. Epub 2013 Dec 2. PMID: 24297811
17. **Dadzie, S. K.,** Brenyah, R., **Appawu, M. A. **(2013). Role of species composition in malaria transmission by the Anopheles funestus group (Diptera: Culicidae) in Ghana. J Vector Ecol. 2013 Jun;38(1):105-10. doi: 10.1111/j.1948-7134.2013.12015.x. PMID: 23701614
18. Tetteh, P. W., Antwi-Boasiako, C. **Gyan, B.,** Antwi, D., Adzaku F., Adu-Bonsaffoh, K., Obed, S. (2013). Impaired renal function and increased urinary isoprostane excretion in Ghanaian women with pre-eclampsia. Res Rep Trop Med. 2013 Jun 18;4:7-13. doi: 10.2147/RRTM.S40450. eCollection 2013. PMID: 30890871
19. **Bonney, E. Y.**, Addo, N. A., Ntim, N. A., Addo-Yobo, F., Bondzie, P., Aryee, K. E., Barnor, J., Brandful, J., Bekoe, V., Ohene, S. A., **Ampofo, W**. (2013) Low level of transmitted HIV Drug resistance at two HIV care centres in Ghana: a threshold survey. Ghana Med J. 2013 Jun;47(2):82-6. PMID: 23966745
20. **de Souza, D. K.,** Koudou, B. G., Bolay, F. K., **Boakye, D. A.,** Bockarie, M. J. (2013). Filling the gap 115 years after Ronald Ross: the distribution of the Anopheles coluzzii and Anopheles gambiae s.s from Freetown and Monrovia, West Africa. PLoS **One**. 2013 May 31;8(5):e64939. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0064939. Print 2013. PMID: 23741429
21. **Jackson-Sillah, D.,** Cliff, J. M., **Mensah, G. I.,** **Dickson, E.,** **Sowah,  S.,** **Tetteh, J. K.**, **Addo,  K. K.,** Ottenhoff , T. H., Bothamley, G., Dockrell, H. M. (2013). Recombinant ESAT-6-CFP10 Fusion Protein Induction of Th1/Th2 Cytokines and FoxP3 Expressing Treg Cells in Pulmonary TB. PLoS One. 2013 Jun 27;8(6):e68121. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0068121. Print 2013. PMID: 23826366
22. **Dadzie, S.,** **Boakye, D.,** Asoala, V., **Koram, K.,** Kiszewski, A., **Appawu, M. **(2013). 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
23. Nzussouo NT, Kadjo HA, Coulibaly D, Ekaza E, Kouakou B, N’Golo DC, Tempia S, Davis R, Dosso M, Thompson M. (2013). Comparing Influenza Positivity Rates by Real-Time RT-PCR, Elisa and Viral Culture Methods in Côte D’Ivoire, West Africa, in 2009. Afr J Infect Dis. 2013 Aug 9;7(2):31-35. doi: 10.4314/ajid.v7i2.3.PMID: 28451079
24. Egyir, B., Guardabassi, L., Nielsen, S. S., Larsen, J., **Addo, K. K.,** Newman, M. J., Larsen, A. R. (2013). Prevalence of nasal carriage and diversity of Staphylococcus aureus among inpatients and hospital staff at Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Ghana. J Glob Antimicrob Resist. 2013 Dec;1(4):189-193. doi: 10.1016/j.jgar.2013.05.006. Epub 2013 Jul 16. PMID: 27873611
25. Kronmann, K. C., **Nimo-Paintsil, S.,** Guirguis, F., Kronmann, L. C., **Bonney, K., Ampofo, W.,** Obiri-Danso, K.., …& Fichet-Calvet, E. (2013). Two novel arenaviruses detected in pygmy mice, Ghana. Two novel arenaviruses detected in pygmy mice, Ghana. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 19(11), 1832-1835. DOI: 10.3201/eid1911.121491 PMID: 24188212 PMCID: PMC3837667
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