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Prof. Dorothy Yeboah-Manu

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Aboagye, S. Y., Ampah, K. A., Ross, A., Asare, P., Otchere, I. D., Fyfe, J., & Yeboah-Manu, D. (2017). Seasonal Pattern of Mycobacterium ulcerans, the Causative Agent of Buruli Ulcer, in the Environment in Ghana. Microbial Ecology, 74(2), 350-361. doi:10.1007/s00248-017-0946-6
Aboagye, S. Y., Asare, P., Otchere, I. D., Koka, E., Mensah, G. E., Yirenya-Tawiah, D., & Yeboah-Manu, D. (2017). Environmental and Behavioral Drivers of Buruli Ulcer Disease in Selected Communities Along the Densu River Basin of Ghana: A Case-Control Study. The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, 96(5), 1076-1083. doi:doi:https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.16-0749
Aboagye, S. Y., Danso, E., Ampah, K. A., Nakobu, Z., Asare, P., Otchere, I. D., . . . Yeboah-Manu, D. (2016). Isolation of Nontuberculous Mycobacteria from the Environment of Buruli Ulcer Endemic Communities in Ghana. Appl Environ Microbiol. doi:10.1128/aem.01002-16
Aboagye, S. Y., Kpeli, G., Tuffour, J., & Yeboah-Manu, D. (2018). Challenges associated with the treatment of Buruli ulcer. Journal of Leukocyte Biology. doi:10.1002/JLB.MR0318-128
Ampah, K. A., Asare, P., Binnah, D. D., Maccaulley, S., Opare, W., Roltgen, K., . . . Yeboah-Manu, D. (2016). Burden and Historical Trend of Buruli Ulcer Prevalence in Selected Communities along the Offin River of Ghana. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 10(4), e0004603. doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0004603
Ampah, K. A., Nickel, B., Asare, P., Ross, A., De-Graft, D., Kerber, S., . . . Röltgen, K. (2016). A Sero-epidemiological Approach to Explore Transmission of Mycobacterium ulcerans. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 10(1), e0004387. doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0004387
Bibert, S., Bratschi, M. W., Aboagye, S. Y., Collinet, E., Scherr, N., Yeboah-Manu, D., . . . Bochud, P. Y. (2017). Susceptibility to Mycobacterium ulcerans Disease (Buruli ulcer) Is Associated with IFNG and iNOS Gene Polymorphisms. Frontiers in Microbiology, 8, 1903. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2017.01903
Diaz, D., Dobeli, H., Yeboah-Manu, D., Mensah-Quainoo, E., Friedlein, A., Soder, N., . . . Pluschke, G. (2006). Use of the immunodominant 18-kiloDalton small heat shock protein as a serological marker for exposure to Mycobacterium ulcerans. Clinical and Vaccine Immunology, 13(12), 1314-1321. doi:10.1128/CVI.00254-06
Lamelas, A., Ampah, K. A., Aboagye, S., Kerber, S., Danso, E., Asante-Poku, A., . . . Röltgen, K. (2016). Spatiotemporal Co-existence of Two Mycobacterium ulcerans Clonal Complexes in the Offin River Valley of Ghana. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 10(7), e0004856. doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0004856
Roltgen, K., Bratschi, M. W., Ross, A., Aboagye, S. Y., Ampah, K. A., Bolz, M., . . . Pluschke, G. (2014). Late onset of the serological response against the 18 kDa small heat shock protein of Mycobacterium ulcerans in children. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 8(5), e2904. doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0002904
Roltgen, K., Qi, W., Ruf, M. T., Mensah-Quainoo, E., Pidot, S. J., Seemann, T., . . . Pluschke, G. (2010). Single nucleotide polymorphism typing of Mycobacterium ulcerans reveals focal transmission of buruli ulcer in a highly endemic region of Ghana. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 4(7), e751. doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0000751
Ruf, M. T., Bolz, M., Vogel, M., Bayi, P. F., Bratschi, M. W., Sopho, G. E., . . . Pluschke, G. (2016). Spatial Distribution of Mycobacterium ulcerans in Buruli Ulcer Lesions: Implications for Laboratory Diagnosis. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 10(6), e0004767. doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0004767
Yeboah-Manu, D., Roltgen, K., Opare, W., Asan-Ampah, K., Quenin-Fosu, K., Asante-Poku, A., . . . Pluschke, G. (2012). Sero-epidemiology as a tool to screen populations for exposure to Mycobacterium ulcerans. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 6(1), e1460. doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0001460