Clinical Buruli Ulcer Diagnosis, Trainings & Interventions

Clinical Buruli Ulcer Diagnosis, Trainings & Interventions

Project Lead(s)
DR. ABLODEY
HOD, Associate Professor
Key Publications  

Aboagye, S. Y., Kpeli, G., Tuffour, J., & Yeboah-Manu, D. (2019). Challenges associated with the treatment of Buruli ulcer. Journal of Leukocyte Biology, 105(2), 233-242. doi:10.1002/JLB.MR0318-128

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, 13, 59. doi:10.1186/1471-2458-13-59

Iddrisah, F. N., Yeboah-Manu, D., Nortey, P. A., Nyarko, K. M., Anim, J., Antara, S. N., . . . Afari, E. A. (2016). Outcome of Streptomycin-Rifampicin treatment of Buruli Ulcer in two Ghanaian districts. Pan African Medical Journal, 25(Suppl 1), 13. doi:10.11604/pamj.supp.2016.25.1.6203

Mensah-Quainoo, E., Yeboah-Manu, D., Asebi, C., Patafuor, F., Ofori-Adjei, D., Junghanss, T., & Pluschke, G. (2008). Diagnosis of Mycobacterium ulcerans infection (Buruli ulcer) at a treatment centre in Ghana: a retrospective analysis of laboratory results of clinically diagnosed cases. Trop Med Int Health, 13(2), 191-198. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3156.2007.01990.x

Njiru, Z. K., Yeboah-Manu, D., Stinear, T. P., & Fyfe, J. A. (2012). Rapid and sensitive detection of Mycobacterium ulcerans by use of a loop-mediated isothermal amplification test. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 50(5), 1737-1741. doi:10.1128/JCM.06460-11

Roltgen, K., Assan-Ampah, K., Danso, E., Yeboah-Manu, D., & Pluschke, G. (2012). Development of a temperature-switch PCR-based SNP typing method for Mycobacterium ulcerans. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 6(11), e1904. doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0001904

Sakyi, S. A., Aboagye, S. Y., Darko Otchere, I., & Yeboah-Manu, D. (2016). Clinical and Laboratory Diagnosis of Buruli Ulcer Disease: A Systematic Review. Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology, 2016, 10. doi:10.1155/2016/5310718

Yeboah-Manu, D., Aboagye, S. Y., Asare, P., Asante-Poku, A., Ampah, K., Danso, E., . . . Ampadu, E. (2018). Laboratory confirmation of Buruli ulcer cases in Ghana, 2008-2016. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 12(6), e0006560. doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0006560

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, 85(5), 900-904. doi:10.4269/ajtmh.2011.11-0362

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. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 49(5), 1997-1999. doi:10.1128/JCM.02279-10

Team 
Internal Collaborator(s) 
Prof. Kwadwo Ansah Koram
External Collaborator(s) 
Prof. Gerd Pluschke , Swiss TPH
Dr. Janet Fyfe, VIDRL, Melbourne
Prof. Timothy Stinear, University of Melbourne
Dr. Ernestina Mensah Quinooh
Dr. Albert Paintstil, KBTH
Dr. Edwin Ampadu, NBUCP
National BU Control Programme
Funder(s) 
Swiss TPH
Ghana Health Service
Heidelberg University Hospital
UBS Optimus Foundation
Kanton Basel-Stadt
Stop Buruli
VolkswagenStiftung