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2023 Publications

1.         Labbé, F., He, Q., Zhan, Q., Tiedje, K.E., Argyropoulos, D.C., Tan, M.H., Ghansah,A., Day, K.P. & Pascual, M.(2023). Neutral vs. non-neutral genetic footprints of Plasmodium falciparum multiclonal infections. PLOS Computational Biology, 19(1): e1010816. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1010816.

2.         Abuaku, B., Boateng, P., Peprah, N.Y., Asamoah, A., Duah-Quashie, N.O., Matrevi,  S.A., Amoako, E.O., Quashie, N., Owusu-Antwi, F., Malm, K.L. & Koram, K.A. (2023). Therapeutic efficacy of dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine combination for the treatment of uncomplicated malaria in Ghana. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 12: 1962. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcimb.2022.1058660.

3.         de Souza, D.K., Desewu, K., Nzelu, C.O., Addo, S.O., Mosore, M.T., Odoom, S., Puplampu-Attram, N., Appawu, M., Wilson, M.D. & Boakye, D.A. (2023). Identifying Cutaneous Leishmaniasis Vectors after an Outbreak: Anthropophily of Sergentomyia species and detection of Leishmania major DNA within Sergentomyia ingrami, in Ghana. https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-2497061/v1.

4.         Blankson, S.O., Dikroh, L., Tettey, P., Tornyigah, B., Adamou, R., Moussiliou, A., Alao, M.J., Amoussou, A., Padounou, C., Milet, J., Mensah, B.A., Aniweh, Y.,  Ndam, N. T., Roussilhon, C. & Tahar, R. (2023). Association of endothelial protein C receptor (EPCR) rs867186 gene polymorphism with increased levels of soluble EPCR and high risk of severe malaria and fatality in Beninese children. The Journal of Infectious Diseases, 227(2): 179-182. https://doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jiac461.

5.         Maya, T., Komba, E., Mensah, G., Mnyambwa, N., Doulla, B., Mfinanga, S., Addo, K. & Kazwala, R. (2023). Non-tuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease: Awareness survey of front-desk healthcare workers in Northern Tanzania. PLOS Global Public Health, 3(1): e0000741. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0000741.

6.         Amuquandoh, A., Aluko, M., Ofori-Attah, E., Egbi, G. & Adu-Bonsaffoh, K. (2023). Evaluating pregnant women’s selenium intake through dietary assessment in Accra, Ghana: A feasibility study. medRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.01.18.23284731.

7.         Ameme, D.K., Yeboah, Y.O., Odoom, J.K., Djokoto, S.K., Akyereko, E., Mamudu, A., Diwura, M., Opare, W., Avevor, P., Diamenu, S. & Ohene, S.A. (2023). Response to back-to-back outbreaks of circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 in two nomadic pastoralist settlements in Oti Region, Ghana-2019. Archives of Public Health, 81(1): 1- 12. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13690-022-01021-y.

8.         Bonney, E.Y., Lamptey, H. and Kyei, G.B. (2023). HIV cure: an acceptability scientific agenda. Current Opinion in HIV and AIDS, 18(1): 12-17. https://doi.org/10.1097/coh.0000000000000771.

9.         Addo, S.O., Bentil, R.E., Yartey, K.N., Ansah-Owusu, J., Behene, E., Opoku Agyeman, P., Bruku, S., Asoala, V., Mate, S., Larbi, J.A. and Baidoo, P.K., Wilson, M. D., Diclaro, J.W.,& Dadzie, S. K. (2023). First molecular identification of multiple tick-borne pathogens in livestock within Kassena-Nankana, Ghana. Animal Diseases, 3(1):1. https://doi.org/10.1186/s44149-022-00064-6.

10.       Juusti, V., Kulpakko, J., Cudjoe, E., Pimenoff, V.N. and Hänninen, P. (2023). Biophysical Properties of Bifunctional Phage-Biosensor. Viruses, 15(2): 299. https://doi.org/10.3390/v15020299.

11.       Belmonte, M., Ganeshan, H., Huang, J., Belmonte, A., Inoue, S., Velasco, R., Acheampong, N., Ofori, E. A., Akyea-Mensah, K., Frimpong, A., Ennuson, N. A., Frempong, A. F., Kyei-Baafour, E., Amoah, L. E., Edgel, K., Peters, B., Villasante, E., Kusi, K. A. & Sedegah, M. (2023). Immunodominant T cell peptides from four candidate malarial antigens as biomarkers of protective immunity against malaria. Vaccine.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2023.01.016.

12.       Nuvey, F. S., Mensah, G. I., Zinsstag, J., Hattendorf, J., Fink, G., Bonfoh, B., & Addo, K. K. (2023). Management of diseases in a ruminant livestock production system: a participatory appraisal of the performance of veterinary services delivery, and utilization in Ghana. Research square. https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-2380836/v1.

13.       Debrah, I., Ochwedo, K. O., Otambo, W. O., Machani, M. G., Magomere, E. O., Onyango, S. A., Zhong, D., Amoah, L. E., Githeko, A. K., Afrane, Y. A. & Yan, G. (2023). Genetic Diversity and Population Structure of Anopheles funestus in western Kenya Based on Mitochondrial DNA Marker mtDNA-COII. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202301.0494.v1.

14.       Otchere, I. D., Morgan, P. A., Asare, P., Osei-Wusu, S., Aboagye, S. Y., Yirenkyi, S. O., Musah, A. B., Danso, E. K., Tetteh-Ocloo. G., Afum, T., Asante-Poku, A., Laryea, C., Poku, Y. A., Bonsu, F., Gagneux, S. & Yeboah-Manu, D. (2023). Analysis of Drug Resistance Among Difficult-to-Treat (DTT) Tuberculosis Patients in Ghana Identifies Several pre-XDR TB Cases. Frontiers in Microbiology, 13: 5436. https://doi.10.3389/fmicb.2022.1069292.

15.       Boateng, E. M., Dvorak, J., Ayi, I. & Chanova, M. (2013). A literature review of schistosomiasis in Ghana: a reference for bridging the research and control gap. Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene: 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trac134.

16.       Vicar, E. K., Alo, D. B., Koyiri, V. C., Opare-Asamoah, K., Obeng-Bempong, M. & Mensah, G. I. (2023). Carriage of Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria and Associated Factors Among Food Handlers in Tamale Metropolis, Ghana: Implications for Food Safety. Microbiology Insights, 16:1-10. https://doi.org/10.1177/11786361221150695.

17.       Baptista, B. D, de Souza, A. B. L, de Oliveira, L. S., de Souza, H. A. D., de Barros, J. P., de Queiroz, L. T., de Souza, R. M., Amoah, L. E., Singh, S. K., Theisen, M., Rodrigues-da-Silva, R. N., Riccio, E. K. P., Totino, P. R. R., Lima-Junior, J. D., Daniel-Ribeiro, C. T. & Pratt-Riccio, L. R. (2023). B-Cell Epitope Mapping of the Plasmodium falciparum Malaria Vaccine Candidate GMZ2.6c in a Naturally Exposed Population of the Brazilian Amazon. Vaccines, 11(2), 446. https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines11020446.

18.       Yeboah, C., Mosore, M-T., Attram, N., Shelite, T. R., Akuffo, R. A., Addo, S. O., Behene, E., Agbodzi, B., Bentil, R. E., Fox, A. T., Wilson, M., Boakye, D., Letizia, A. G., Melby, P. C. & Travi, B. L. (2023). A Preliminary Study to Compare Recombinase Polymerase Amplification-Lateral Flow and Quantitative PCR in the Detection of Cutaneous Leishmania in Communities from the Volta Region of Ghana. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases, 23 (2): 75-80. https://doi.org/10.1089/vbz.2022.0043.

19.       Blankson, S. O., Rietmeyer, L., Tettey, P., Dikroh, L., Tornyigah, B., Adamou, R., Moussiliou, A., Padounou, C., Amoussou, A. Mensah, B.A., Alao, M. J., Awandare, G., Ndam, N. T., Roussilhon, C., & Tahar, R. (2023). High Plasma Levels of Neopterin Are Associated with Increased Mortality among Children with Severe Malaria in Benin. Diagnostics, 13: 528. https://www.mdpi.com/2106608.

20.       Addo, S. O., Baako, B. O. A., Bentil, R. E.,  Addae, C. A.,  Behene, E., Asoala, V., Sallam, M., Mate, S., Dunford, J.C., Larbi, J. A., Baidoo, P. K., Wilson, M. D., Diclaro II, J. W. & Dadzie, S. K.  (2023). Molecular survey of Anaplasma and Ehrlichia species in livestock ticks from Kassena-Nankana, Ghana; with a first report of Anaplasma capra and Ehrlichia minasensis. Archivesof Microbioogy, 205: 92. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00203-023-03430-1.

21.       Kwofie, S. K., Adams, J., Broni, E., Enninful, K.S., Agoni, C., Soliman, M. E. S. & Wilson, M. D. (2023). Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning,and Big Data for Ebola Virus Drug Discovery. Pharmaceuticals, 16 (3): 332. https://doi.org/10.3390/ph16030332.

22.       Sakyi, P. O., Kwofie, S. K., Tuekpe, J. K., Gwira, T. M., Broni, E., Miller III, W. A., Wilson, M. D. & Amew, R. K. (2023). Inhibiting Leishmania donovani Sterol Methyltransferase to Identify Lead Compounds Using Molecular Modelling. Pharmaceuticals 2023, 16 (3): 330. https://doi.org/10.3390/ph16030330.

23.       Dieng, C. C., Ford, C. T., Lerch, A., Doniou, D., Vegesna, K., Janies, D., Cui, L., Amoah, L., Afrane, Y. & Lo, E. (2023). Genetic variations of Plasmodium falciparum circumsporozoite protein and the impact on interactions with human immunoproteins and malaria vaccine efficacy. Infection, Genetics and Evolution. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.meegid.2023.105418.

24.       Ahorhorlu, S. Y., Quashie, N. B., Jensen, R. W., Kudzi, W., Nartey, E. T., Duah-Quashie, N. O., Zoiku, F., Dzudzor, B., Wang, C. W., Hansson, H., Alifrangis, M. & Adjei, G. O.(2023). Assessment of artemisinin tolerance in Plasmodium falciparum clinical isolates in children with uncomplicated malaria in Ghana. Malaria Journal, 22:58. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-023-04482-w.

25.       Lamptey, R., Amoakoh-Coleman, M., Barker, M. M., Iddi, S., Hadjiconstantinou, M., Davies, M., Darko, D., Agyepong, I., Acheampong, F., Commey, M., Yawson, A., Grobbee, D. E., Adjei, G. O. & Klipstein-Grobusch, K.  (2023). Change in glycaemic control with structured diabetes self-management education in urban low-resource settings: multicentre randomised trial of effectiveness. BMC health services research, 23 (1): 199. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-023-09188-y.

26.       Mensah, G. T., Ayeh-Kumi, P. F., Annang. A. K., Owusu-Frimpong, I., Niampoma, S. & Brown, C. A. (2023). Molecular epidemiology of Cryptosporidium species in Kpong and its environs, Ghana. PLoS ONE, 18 (2): e0281216. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0281216.

27.       Donkor, E. S., Muhsen, K., Johnson, S. A. M., Kotey, F. C. N., Dayie, N. T. K. D., Tetteh-Quarcoo, P. B., Tette, E. M. A., Osei, M-M., Egyir, B., Nii-Trebi, N. I., Owusu-Okyere, G., Owusu-Ofori, A., Amir, Y., Perlman, S., Lopes, P. H., Mfodwo, A., Gordon, N. C., Gresham, L., Smolinski, M. & Cohen, D. (2023). Multicenter Surveillance of Antimicrobial Resistance among Gram-Negative Bacteria Isolated from Bloodstream Infections in Ghana. Antibiotics, 12 (2): 255. https://doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics12020255.

28.       Sarfo, M. K., Gyasi, S. F., Kabo-Bah, A. T., Adu, B., Mohktar, Q., Appiah, A. S., & Serfor-Armah, Y. (2023). Isolation and characterization of crude-oil-dependent bacteria from the coast of Ghana using oxford nanopore sequencing. Heliyon, 9 (2). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e13075.

29.       Anabire, N. G., Quintana, M. D. P., Ofori, M. F., & Hviid, L. (2023). The rapid and spontaneous post-partum clearance of Plasmodium falciparum is related to expulsion of the placenta. The Journal of infectious diseases, jiad031. https://doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jiad031.

30.       de Souza, D. K., Turner, J. & Taylor M. (2023). Editorial: Highlights in neglected tropical diseases 2021/22. Frontiers in Tropical Diseases, 4: 1151958. http://doi.org/10.3389/fitd.2023.1151958.

31.       Kofi, A.E., Agyemang, D.A., Ghansah, A.  wandare, G. A., Hakim, H. M.,  Khan, H. O., Haslindawaty, A. R. N., Aziz, M. Y.,  Chambers, G. K. &  Edinur, H. A. (2023). A genetic Study of the Ghanaian Population Using 15 Autosomal STR Loci. Biochemical Genetics. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10528-023-10347-3.

32.       Baatiema, L., Sanuade, O. A., Allen, L. N., Abimbola, S., Hategeka, C., Koram, K. A., Kruk, M. E. (2023).Health system adaptations to improve care for people living with non-communicable diseases during COVID-19 in low-middle income countries: A scoping review. Journal of Global Health, 13: 06006. https://doi.org/10.7189/jogh.13.06006.

33.       Debrah, I., Ochwedo, K. O., Otambo, W. O., Machani, M. G., Magomere, E. O., Onyango, S. A., Zhong, D., Amoah, L. E., Githeko, A. K., Afrane, Y. A. & Yan, G. (2023). Genetic Diversity and Population Structure of Anopheles funestus in Western Kenya Based on Mitochondrial DNA Marker COII. Insects, 14 (3): 273. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects14030273.

34.       Aidoo EK, Aboagye FT, Botchway FA, Osei-Adjei G, Appiah M, Duku-Takyi R, Sakyi SA, Amoah L, Badu K, Asmah RH, Lawson BW, Krogfelt KA. (2023). Reactive Case Detection Strategy for Malaria Control and Elimination: A 12 Year Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis from 25 Malaria-Endemic Countries. Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 8(3):180. https://doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed8030180.

35.       Ofori EK, Buabeng A, Amanquah SD, Danquah, K. O.,  Amponsah, S. K., Dziedzorm, W., Dogodzi, F. K.,  Adusu-Donkor, L. X.,  Bernard, S. K. &  Asare-Anane, H. (2023). Effect of circulating ceramides on adiposity and insulin resistance in patients with type 2 diabetes: An observational cross-sectional study. Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, 00:e418. https://doi.org/10.1002/edm2.418.

36.       Morgan, P. A., Parbie, P. K., Ntiamoah, D. O., Boadu, A. A., Asare. P., Lamptey, I. N. K., Gorman, C. N., Afreh, E., Asante-Poku, A., Otchere, I. D., Aboagye, S. Y. & Yeboah-Manu, D. (2023). Gut microbiome variation in pulmonary TB patients with diabetes or HIV comorbidities. Frontiers in Microbiomes 2:1123064. https://doi.org/10.3389/frmbi.2023.1123064

37.       Rodriguez-Morales, A. J., Abbara, A., Ntoumi, F., Kapata, N., Mwaba, P., Yeboah-Manu, D., Maeurer, M., Dar, O.,  Abubakar, I. & Zumla, A. (2023). World tuberculosis day 2023 – Reflections on the spread of drug-resistant tuberculosis by travellers and reducing risk in forcibly displaced populations. Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease, 53: 102568. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tmaid.2023.102568.

38.       Afeke, I., Amegan-Aho, K, H., Adu-Amankwaah, J., Orish, V. N., Mensah, G. L., Mbroh, H. K., Jamfaru, I., Hamid, A-W., M., Ankrah, L. M., Korbuvi, J. & Ablordey, A. (2023). Antimicrobial profile of coagulase-negative staphylococcus isolates from categories of individuals at a neonatal intensive care unit of a tertiary hospital-Ghana. Pan African Medical Journal, 44 (92). https://doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2023.44.92.37229.

39.       Broni, E., Ashley, C., Adams, J., Manu, H., Aikins, E., Okom, M., Miller, W. A., III, Wilson, M. D. & Kwofie, S.K. (2023). Cheminformatics-Based Study Identifies Potential Ebola VP40 Inhibitors. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 24, 6298. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms24076298.

40.       Rose, N. H., Badolo, A., Sylla, M., Akorli, J., Otoo, S., Gloria-Soria, A., Powell, J. R., White, B. J., Crawford, J. E. & McBride, C. S. (2023). Dating the origin and spread of specialization on human hosts in Aedes aegypti mosquitoes. eLife, 12:e83524. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.83524.

41.       Tchum, S. F., Asamoah Sakyi, S. A., Arthur, F., Adu, B., Abubakar, L. A., Oppong, F. B., Dzabeng, F., Amoani, B., Gyan, T. & Asante, K. P. (2023). Efect of iron fortifcation on anaemia and risk of malaria among Ghanaian pre-school children with haemoglobinopathies and diferent ABO blood groups. BMC Nutrition 9:56. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40795-023-00709-w.

42.       Anisuzzamana, Hossain, S., Hatta, T., Labony, S., Kwofie, K. D., Kawada, H., Tsuji, N. & Alim, A. (2023). Food- and vector-borne parasitic zoonoses: Global burden and impacts. Advances in Parasitology, 120. https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.apar.2023.02.001.

43.       Ahedor, B., Sivakumar, T., Valinotti, M. F. R., Otgonsuren, D., Yokoyama, N. & Acosta, T. J. (2023). PCR detection of Theileria equi and Babesia caballi in apparently healthy horses in Paraguay. Veterinary Parasitology: Regional Studies and Reports, 39: 100835. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vprsr.2023.100835.

44.       Badr, H. S., Colston, J. M., Nguyen, N-L. H., Chen, Y. T., Burnett, E., Ali, S. A., Rayamajhi, A., Satter, S. M., Trang, N. V., Eibach, D., Krumkamp, R., May, J., Adegnika, A. A., Manouana, G. P., Kremsner, P. G., Chilengi, R., Hatyoka, L., Debes, A. K., Ateudjieu, J., Faruque, A. S. G., Hossain, M. J., Kanungo, S., Kotloff, K. L., Mandomando, I., Nisar, M. I., Omore, R., Sow, S. O., Zaidi, A. K. M., Lambrecht, N., Adu, B., Page, N., Platts-Mills, J. A., Freitas, C. M., Pelkonen, T., Ashorn, P., Maleta, K., Ahmed, T., Bessong, P., Bhutta, Z. A., Mason, C., Mduma, E., Olortegui, M. P., Yori, P. P., Lima, A. A. M., Kang, G., Humphrey, J., Ntozini, R., Prendergast, A. J., Okada, K., Wongboot, W., Langeland, N., Moyo, S. J., Gaensbauer, J., Melgar, M., Freeman, M., Chard, A. N., Thongpaseuth, V., Houpt, E., Zaitchik, B. F. & Kosek, M. N. (2023). Spatiotemporal variation in risk of Shigella infection in childhood: a global risk mapping and prediction model using individual participant data.  Lancet Glob Health, 11 (3): e373–84. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(22)00549-6.

45.       Bockarie, M. J., Hanson, J., Ansumana, R., Yeboah-Manu, D., Zumla, A. & Lee, S. S. (2023). The re-emergence of Marburg virus Disease in West Africa: how prepared is the sub-region for preventing recurrent zoonotic outbreaks? International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 130: 28-30. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2023.03.001.

46.       Adu, B., Bonney, J. H. K., Egyir, B., Otchere, I. D., Asare, P., Dennis, F. E., Bonney, E. Y., Akuffo, R., Asante, I. A., Obodai, E., Kumordjie, S., Appiah-Kubi, J., Mohktar, Q., Frempong, H.O., Asiedu-Bekoe, F., Adusei-Poku, M. A., Aboagye, J. O., Agbodzi, B., Yeboah, C., Agbenyo, S. B., Uche, P. O., Attiku, K. O., Sekyere, B. T., Laryea, D., Buabeng, K., Lamptey, H., Ghansah, A., Yeboah-Manu, D., Anang, A. K., Ampofo, W. K., Kyei, G. B. & Odoom, J. K. (2023). SARS-CoV-2 Molecular Evolutionary Dynamics in the Greater Accra Region, Ghana. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 29(4):862-865. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2904.221410.

47.       Steele, A. D., Armah, G. E., Mwenda, J. M. & Kirkwood, C. D. (2023). The Full Impact of Rotavirus Vaccines in Africa Has Yet to Be Realized, Clinical Infectious Diseases, 76, (1): 1–4. https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciad017.

48.       Simons, L. M., Ferrer, P., Gombakomba, N., Underwood, K., Herrera, R., Narum, D. L., Canepa, G., Acquah, F., Amoah, L., Duffy, P. E., Barillas-Mury, C., Long, C., Lee, S-M., Locke, E., Miura, K. & Williamson, K. C. (2023). Extending the range of Plasmodium falciparum transmission blocking antibodies. Vaccine. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2023.04.042.

49.       Petersen, E., Hui, D. S., Nachega, J. B., Ntoumi, F., Goletti, D., Aklillu, E., Sharma, A., Nyirenda, T., Yeboah-Manu, D., Satta, G., da Costa, C., Azhar, E. I., Bockarie, M., Al-Abri, S., McHugh, T. D., Rodriguez-Morales, A. J., Varghese, G. M. & Zumla, A. (2023). End of the Bedaquiline patent – a crucial development for moving forward affordable drugs, diagnostics, and vaccines for infectious diseases in low- and middle-income countries. International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 131: 180-182. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2023.04.386.

50.       Nditanchou, R., Dixon, R., Atekem, K., Akongo, S., Biholong, B., Ayisi, F., Nwane, P., Wilhelm, A., Basnet, S., Selby, R., Wanji, S., Bakajika, D., Oye, J., Kamgno, J., Boakye, D., Schmidt, E. & Senyonjo, L. (2023). Acceptability of test and treat with doxycycline against Onchocerciasis in an area of persistent transmission in Massangam Health District, Cameroon. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 17(4): e0011185. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0011185.

51.       Nuvey, F. S., Fink, G., Hattendorf, J., Mensah, G. I., Addo, K. K., Bassirou Bonfoh & Jakob Zinsstag. (2023). Access to vaccination services for priority ruminant livestock diseases in Ghana: Barriers and determinants of service utilization by farmers. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 215, 105919. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prevetmed.2023.105919.

52.       Zwyer, M., Rutaihwa, L. K., Windels, E., Hella, J., Menardo, F., Sasamalo, M., Sommer, G., Schmulling, L., Borrell, S., Reinhard, M., Dotsch, A., Hiza, H., Stritt, C., Sikalengo, G., Fenner, L., Jong, B. C. D., Kato-Maeda, M., Jugheli, L., Ernst, J. D., Niemann, S., Jeljeli, L., Ballif, M., Egger, M., Rakotosamimanana, N., Yeboah-Manu, D., Asare, P., Malla, B., Dou, H. Y., Zetola, N., Wilkinson, R. J., Cox, H., Carter, E. J., Gnokoro, J., Yotebieng, M., Gotuzzo, E., Abimiku, A., Avihingsanon, A., Xu, Z. M., Fellay, J., Portevin, D., Reither, K., Stadler, T., Gagneux, S. & Brites, D. (2023).  Back-to-Africa introductions of Mycobacterium tuberculosis as the main cause of tuberculosis in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.  PLoS Pathogens, 19(4): e1010893. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1010893.

53.       Addo, S. O., Bentil, R. E., Baako, B. O. A., Addae, C. A., Larbi, J. A., Baidoo, P. K., Wilson, M. D., Asoala, V., Oduro, D., Mate, S., Diclaro II, J. W. & Dadzie, S. K. (2023). First record of Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus in Ghana, a potential risk to livestock production. Experimental and Applied Acarology, 1-9s https://doi.org/10.1007/s10493-023-00793-4.

54.       Adams, L., Afiadenyo, M., Kwofie, S. K., Wilson, M. D., Kusi, K. A., Obiri-Yeboah, D., Moane, S. & McKeon-Bennett, M. (2023). In silico screening of phytochemicals from Dissotis rotundifolia against Plasmodium falciparum Dihydrofolate Reductase. Phytomedicine Plus, 3: 100447. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phyplu.2023.100447.

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