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  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
  26. 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 Role of species composition in malaria transmission by the Anopheles funestus group (Diptera: Culicidae) in Ghana. Journal of Vector Ecology, 38(1), 105. doi.org/10.1111/j.1948-7134.2013.12015.x
  27. Hogewoning, A., Amoah,  A., Bavinck, J. N., Boakye, D., Yazdanbakhsh, M., Adegnika, A, … & Lavrijsen, A. (2013). Skin diseases among schoolchildren in Ghana, Gabon, and Rwanda. International Journal of Dermatology, 52(5), 589-600. DOI     10.1111/j.1365-4632.2012.05822.x
  28. van Mensa, S. P., Aryeetey, Y., Yazdanbakhshc, M., van Lieshoutc, L., Boakye, D., & Verweijc, J.  J. (2013). Comparison of real-time PCR and Kato smear microscopy for the detection of hookworm infections in three consecutive faecal samples from schoolchildren in Ghana. Comparison of real-time PCR and Kato smear microscopy for the detection of hookworm infections in three consecutive faecal samples from schoolchildren in Ghana. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg, 107, 269-271. PMID: 23426113 DOI: 10.1093/trstmh/trs094
  29. Kronmann, K. C., Ampofo, W., Nzussouo, T., Wasfy, M. O., Agbenohevi, P., Carroll, J., … & Oyofo, B. A. (2013). Building military influenza surveillance capacity in West Africa. Military Medicine, 178(3), 306-314. https://doi.org/10.7205/MILMED-D-12-00273
  30. Nii-Trebi, N. I., Ibe, S., Barnor, J. S., Ishikawa, K., Brandful, J. A., Ofori, S. B., Shoji Yamaoka, S., Ampofo, W. K., & Sugiura, W. (2013). HIV-1 drug-resistance surveillance among treatment-experienced and-naive patients after the implementation of antiretroviral therapy in Ghana. PLoS one, 8(8), e71972. Published: August 19, 2013https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0071972
  31. Mitchell, N. J., Kumi, J., Johnson, N. M., Dotse, E., Marroquin-Cardona, A., Wang, J. S., … & Phillips, T. D. (2013). Reduction in the urinary aflatoxin M1 biomarker as an early indicator of the efficacy of dietary interventions to reduce exposure to aflatoxins. Biomarkers, 18(5), 391-398. https://doi.org/10.3109/1354750X.2013.798031 PMID: 23697800.
  32. Ayolabi, C. I., Ojo, D. A., & Armah, G. E. (2013). Electropherotypes and G-types of group A rotaviruses detected in children with diarrhea in Lagos, Nigeria. International Scholarly Research Notices, 2013. https://doi.org/10.5402/2013/179871
  33. Kyeremeh, K., Obed, A., Kojo, B. S., Tuffour, I., Uto, T., & Appiah-Opong, R. (2013). Bioactivity Data for Eunicellin-Based Diterpenes Isolated from Acalycigorgia Sp. International Journal of Applied Chemistry, 9(2), 141-150. DOI:10.37622/000000
  34. Bonney, J. H. K., Osei-Kwasi,, Adiku, T. K., Barnor, J. S., Amesiya, R., Kubio, C., … & Günther, S. (2013). Hospital-based surveillance for viral hemorrhagic fevers and hepatitides in Ghana. PLoS neglected tropical diseases, 7(9), e2435. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0002435 KAAK, M. A. Female Genital Schistosomiasis, Genital Tract Infections and HIV Co-infection in the Volta Basin of Ghana. DOI:10.9734/IJTDH/2013/1010
  35. Dabo, N. T., Ofori, M., Nyarko, M., Edo, A. K., & Bimi, L. (2013). Anti-Plasmodial activities of some plants extracts used in traditional malaria therapy in Kano-Nigeria. Bayero Journal of Pure and Applied Sciences, 6(1), 1-6. DOI: 10.4314/bajopas.v6i1.1 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/271350665_Anti-Plasmodial_activities_of_some_plants_extracts_used_in_traditional_malaria_therapy_in_Kano-Nigeria
  36. Martey, O. N., Armah, G. E., Sittie, A. A., & Okine, L. K. (2013). A chronic toxicity study of the ground root bark of Capparis erythrocarpus (Cappareceae) in male Sprague-Dawley rats. Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences: PJBS, 16(23), 1706-1713. DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2013.1706.1713 PMID: 24506037
  37. de Souza, D. K., Brown, C. A., Ahorlu, C. K., & Suzuki, T. (2013). Understanding the requirements and factors necessary for the acceptance of genetically modified mosquitoes as a potential malaria control tool in Ghana: a questionnaire survey.
  38. Enweronu-Laryea, C. C., Adjei, G. O., Mensah, B., Duah, N., & Quashie, N. B. (2013). Prevalence of congenital malaria in high-risk Ghanaian newborns: a cross-sectional study. Malaria Journal, 12(1), 1-5. Published online 2013 Jan 11. doi: 10.1186/1475-2875-12-17. PMCID: PMC3565937
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  40. Agyeman-Budu, A., Brown, C., Adjei, G., Adams, M., Dosoo, D., Dery, D., Wilson, M., … & Owusu-Agyei, S. (2013). Trends in multiplicity of Plasmodium falciparum infections among asymptomatic residents in the middle belt of Ghana. Malaria journal, 12(1), 1-6. https://doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-12-22
  41. Laar, A. K., Grant, F. E., Addo, Y., Soyiri, I., Nkansah, B., Abugri, J., Ampofo, W. K., … & Quakyi, I. A. (2013). Predictors of fetal anemia and cord blood malaria parasitemia among newborns of HIV-positive mothers. BMC research notes, 6(1), 1-9. DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-6-350 PMID: 24007344 PMCID: PMC3844504
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  43. Chabi, J., Ahadji-Dabla, K. M., Amoudji, A. D., Nyamador, S. W., Apétogbo, G. W., Glitho, I. A., & Ketoh, G. K. (2013). High Levels of Knockdown Resistance in Anopheles coluzzii and Anopheles gambiae (Diptera: Culicidae), Major Malaria Vectors in Togo, West Africa: A 2011 Monitoring Report. PMID: 30924857 DOI: 10.1093/jme/tjz030
  44. Humphries, D., Simms, B. T., Davey, D., Otchere, J., Quagraine, J., Terryah, S., Newton, S., Berg, E., Harrison, L. M., Boakye, D., Wilson, M. & Cappello, M. (2013). Hookworm infection among school age children in Kintampo north municipality, Ghana: nutritional risk factors and response to albendazole treatment. The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 89(3), 540-548. DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.12-0605 PMID: 23836564 PMCID: PMC3771297
  45. Asante, K. P., Owusu-Agyei, S., Cairns, M., Dodoo, D., Boamah, E. A., Gyasi, R., Gyan, B., Koram., K., … & Chandramohan, D. (2013). Placental malaria and the risk of malaria in infants in a high malaria transmission area in Ghana: a prospective cohort study. The Journal of infectious diseases, 208(9), 1504-1513. https://doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jit366
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  47. Quashie, N. B., Duah, N. O., Abuaku, B., Quaye, L., Ayanful-Torgby, R., Akwoviah, A., … & Koram, K. A. (2013). A SYBR Green 1-based in vitro test of susceptibility of Ghanaian Plasmodium falciparum clinical isolates to a panel of anti-malarial drugs. Malaria journal, 12(1), 1-12. http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-12-450
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