Yaw Adu‐Sarkodie

Inspiring, shaping and sustaining an African research & development agenda

Nature Medicine · 2026

Risk Factors for Typhoid Fever: Systematic Review

JMIR Public Health and Surveillance · 2025 · 11 citations

Evaluation of Moore and grab sampling method for Salmonella Typhi detection in environmental samples in Ghana

PLoS ONE · 2025 · corresponding author · 4 citations

Burden of febrile illness complications and determinants of typhoid fever complications in the Ashanti region of Ghana

medRxiv · 2025 · 2 citations

AmpliconTyper – tool for analysing ONT multiplex PCR data from environmental and other mixed sources

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · 2025 · 1 citations

Viral zoonotic disease outbreaks and response strategies in Sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review

One Health Outlook · 2025 · 1 citations

AmpliconTyper – a tool for analysing ONT multiplex PCR data from environmental and other complex samples

Microbial Genomics · 2025

Evaluation of Moore and Grab Sampling Method for Salmonella Typhi Detection in Environmental Samples in Ghana

2025

Filling a critical gap: a qualitative study of HIV prevention needs and vulnerability among older sexual minority men in Ghana

Discover Social Science and Health · 2025

Strengthening community engagement capacity for vaccine trial readiness in West Africa: A platform approach anchored in Lassa fever preparedness

Journal of Interventional Epidemiology and Public Health · 2025

Incidence of typhoid fever in Burkina Faso, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Ghana, Madagascar, and Nigeria (the Severe Typhoid in Africa programme): a population-based study

The Lancet Global Health · 2024 · 63 citations

Aetiological agents of pneumonia among HIV and non-HIV infected children in Ghana: A case-control study

PLoS ONE · 2024 · corresponding author · 5 citations

Risk factors for typhoid fever: A desk review

medRxiv · 2024 · 1 citations

Risk Factors for Typhoid Fever: Systematic Review (Preprint)

2024

Comparison of Statistical Methods for Predicting S. Typhi Detection in Wastewater in the Asante Akim District, Ghana

2024

Filling a Critical Gap: A Qualitative Study of HIV Prevention and Vulnerability Among Older Sexual Minority Men in Ghana

Research Square · 2024

Defining a research agenda for environmental wastewater surveillance of pathogens

Nature Medicine · 2023 · 21 citations

Attitudes of health care professionals towards interprofessional teamwork in Ashanti Region, Ghana

BMC Medical Education · 2023 · 17 citations

Characterization of Typhoid Intestinal Perforation in Africa: Results From the Severe Typhoid Fever Surveillance in Africa Program

Open Forum Infectious Diseases · 2023 · 12 citations

Typhoid Control in an Era of Antimicrobial Resistance: Challenges and Opportunities

Open Forum Infectious Diseases · 2023 · 10 citations

Fever in focus: Symptoms, diagnoses and treatment of febrile children in Ghana—A longitudinal hospital study

Tropical Medicine & International Health · 2023 · 2 citations

PA-261 Enhancing referral and participation in surveillance through facilitated participatory training in Asante Akim Agogo, Ghana: The TyVEGHA experience

2023 · 1 citations

PA-401 Demographic surveillance in low-resource settings during COVID-19: lessons learnt from the typhoid cluster randomised trial in Ghana

2023

PA-259 Overcoming challenges in vaccination campaign during COVID-19: lessons learned from the TyVEGHA study

2023

PA-500 Prevalence and genomic characterization of typhoidal and non-typhoidal Salmonellae in Ghana

2023

Dataset and R script: a longitudinal hospital study of febrile children in Ghana

Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) · 2023

Dataset and R script: a longitudinal hospital study of febrile children in Ghana

Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) · 2023

Estimating typhoid incidence from community-based serosurveys: a multicohort study

The Lancet Microbe · 2022 · 59 citations

Using drones to transport suspected COVID-19 samples; experiences from the second largest testing centre in Ghana, West Africa

PLoS ONE · 2022 · 25 citations

Detection of Salmonella Typhi nucleic acid by RT-PCR and anti-HlyE, -CdtB, -PilL, and -Vi IgM by ELISA at sites in Ghana, Madagascar and Ethiopia

BMC Infectious Diseases · 2022 · 8 citations

The Severe Typhoid in Africa Program: Incidences Of Typhoid Fever in Burkina Faso, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Ghana, Madagascar, And Nigeria

SSRN Electronic Journal · 2022 · 5 citations

Surveillance and laboratory collaboration in response to an outbreak of Vibrio parahaemolyticus, Plesiomonas shigelloides, and Aeromonas hydrophila in Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana: a case series

Journal of Medical Case Reports · 2022 · 4 citations

The genomic epidemiology of multi-drug resistant invasive non-typhoidal <i>Salmonella</i> in selected sub-Saharan African countries

BMJ Global Health · 2021 · 42 citations

Autonomy-Supportive Healthcare Climate and HIV-Related Stigma Predict Linkage to HIV Care in Men Who Have Sex With Men in Ghana, West Africa

Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care (JIAPAC) · 2021 · 35 citations

Genomic and epidemiological characteristics of SARS-CoV-2 in Africa

PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2021 · corresponding author · 23 citations

High levels of used syringe use and unsafe sex among people who inject drugs in Kumasi, Ghana: an urgent call for a comprehensive harm reduction approach

Harm Reduction Journal · 2021 · 15 citations

Low risk of SARS-CoV-2 in blood transfusion

PLoS ONE · 2021 · 15 citations

Evaluation of Typhoid Conjugate Vaccine Effectiveness in Ghana (TyVEGHA) Using a Cluster-Randomized Controlled Phase IV Trial: Trial Design and Population Baseline Characteristics

Vaccines · 2021 · 13 citations

Sero-epidemiology of human coronaviruses in three rural communities in Ghana

Pan African Medical Journal · 2021 · 8 citations

Sero-molecular epidemiology of hepatitis E virus in pigs and human contacts in Ghana

One Health Outlook · 2021 · 3 citations

Antibody Responses to Two Recombinant Treponemal Antigens (rp17 and TmpA) before and after Azithromycin Treatment for Yaws in Ghana and Papua New Guinea

Journal of Clinical Microbiology · 2021 · 3 citations

Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in northern Ghana: insights from whole-genome sequencing

Archives of Virology · 2021 · 3 citations

Estimating typhoid incidence from community-based serosurveys: A multicohort study in Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan and Ghana

medRxiv · 2021 · 2 citations

Molecular-based cross-species evaluation of bovine coronavirus infection in cattle, sheep and goats in Ghana

BMC Veterinary Research · 2020 · 32 citations

Multiplex Mediator Displacement Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification for Detection of <i>Treponema pallidum</i> and <i>Haemophilus ducreyi</i>

Emerging infectious diseases · 2020 · 30 citations

Epidemiological profile of SARS-CoV-2 among selected regions in Ghana: A cross-sectional retrospective study

PLoS ONE · 2020 · 30 citations

The usefulness of C-reactive protein as a biomarker in predicting neonatal sepsis in a sub-Saharan African region

BMC Research Notes · 2020 · 21 citations

Detection and genomic characterization of hepatitis E virus genotype 3 from pigs in Ghana, Africa

One Health Outlook · 2020 · 14 citations

A Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification Assay for the Detection of Treponema pallidum subsp. pertenue

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene · 2020 · 9 citations

Mapping of yaws endemicity in Ghana; Lessons to strengthen the planning and implementation of yaws eradication

medRxiv · 2020 · 7 citations

Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in Northern Ghana; Insights from Whole Genome Sequencing

Preprints.org · 2020 · 1 citations

The genomic epidemiology of multi-drug resistant nontyphoidal <i>Salmonella</i> causing invasive disease in sub-Saharan Africa

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · 2020

Emergence of phylogenetically diverse and fluoroquinolone resistant Salmonella Enteritidis as a cause of invasive nontyphoidal Salmonella disease in Ghana

PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2019 · 46 citations

Viral metagenomics revealed novel betatorquevirus species in pediatric inpatients with encephalitis/meningoencephalitis from Ghana

Scientific Reports · 2019 · 46 citations

Chromosomal and plasmid-mediated fluoroquinolone resistance in human Salmonella enterica infection in Ghana

BMC Infectious Diseases · 2019 · 41 citations

The Severe Typhoid Fever in Africa Program: Study Design and Methodology to Assess Disease Severity, Host Immunity, and Carriage Associated With Invasive Salmonellosis

Clinical Infectious Diseases · 2019 · 41 citations

Sero-prevalence, cross-species infection and serological determinants of prevalence of Bovine Coronavirus in Cattle, Sheep and Goats in Ghana

Veterinary Microbiology · 2019 · 34 citations

Knowledge and experience of a cohort of HIV-positive and HIV-negative Ghanaian women after undergoing human papillomavirus and cervical cancer screening

BMC Women s Health · 2019 · 32 citations

Multicountry Distribution and Characterization of Extended-spectrum β-Lactamase–associated Gram-negative Bacteria From Bloodstream Infections in Sub-Saharan Africa

Clinical Infectious Diseases · 2019 · 27 citations

Development of a Whole-Virus ELISA for Serological Evaluation of Domestic Livestock as Possible Hosts of Human Coronavirus NL63

Viruses · 2019 · 21 citations

Ralstonia mannitolilytica sepsis: a case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports · 2019 · 16 citations

Clinical outcome and isolated pathogens among neonates with sepsis in Democratic Republic of the Congo: a cross-sectional study

BMC Research Notes · 2019 · 13 citations

Potential Intermediate Hosts for Coronavirus Transmission: No Evidence of Clade 2c Coronaviruses in Domestic Livestock from Ghana

Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease · 2019 · corresponding author · 10 citations

The phylogeography and incidence of multi-drug resistant typhoid fever in sub-Saharan Africa

Nature Communications · 2018 · 140 citations

Malaria Coinfections in Febrile Pediatric Inpatients: A Hospital-Based Study From Ghana

Clinical Infectious Diseases · 2018 · 41 citations

Melioidosis in Africa: Time to Uncover the True Disease Load

Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease · 2018 · 40 citations

Characterization of Salmonella enterica from invasive bloodstream infections and water sources in rural Ghana

BMC Infectious Diseases · 2018 · 38 citations

Community-based mass treatment with azithromycin for the elimination of yaws in Ghana—Results of a pilot study

PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2018 · 37 citations

Rollout of rapid point of care tests for antenatal syphilis screening in Ghana: healthcare provider perspectives and experiences

BMC Health Services Research · 2018 · 34 citations

Love, power, resilience and vulnerability: relationship dynamics between female sex workers in Ghana and their intimate partners

Culture Health & Sexuality · 2018 · 31 citations

Comparative efficacy of low-dose versus standard-dose azithromycin for patients with yaws: a randomised non-inferiority trial in Ghana and Papua New Guinea

The Lancet Global Health · 2018 · 29 citations

“Too Much Sex and Alcohol”: Beliefs, Attitudes, and Behaviors of Male Adolescents and Young Men Who have Sex with Men in Ghana

The Open AIDS Journal · 2018 · 29 citations

The usefulness of C-reactive protein in predicting malaria parasitemia in a sub-Saharan African region

PLoS ONE · 2018 · 29 citations

Accuracy of clinical diagnosis, mammography and ultrasonography in preoperative assessment of breast cancer

Ghana Medical Journal · 2018 · 25 citations

Determining the Best Immunization Strategy for Protecting African Children Against Invasive <i>Salmonella</i> Disease

Clinical Infectious Diseases · 2018 · 20 citations

Aetiology of viral hepatitis among jaundiced patients presenting to a tertiary hospital in Ghana

PLoS ONE · 2018 · 19 citations

Accuracy of clinical diagnosis, mammography and ultrasonography in preoperative assessment of breast cancer

Ghana Medical Journal · 2018 · 11 citations

Gonococcal sepsis in a 32-year-old female: a case report

BMC Research Notes · 2018 · 7 citations

Incidence of invasive salmonella disease in sub-Saharan Africa: a multicentre population-based surveillance study

The Lancet Global Health · 2017 · 317 citations

“But the moment they find out that you are MSM…”: a qualitative investigation of HIV prevention experiences among men who have sex with men (MSM) in Ghana’s health care system

BMC Public Health · 2017 · 115 citations

Self-collected vaginal sampling for the detection of genital human papillomavirus (HPV) using careHPV among Ghanaian women

BMC Women s Health · 2017 · 75 citations

Epidemiology of cervical human papillomavirus (HPV) infection and squamous intraepithelial lesions (SIL) among a cohort of HIV-infected and uninfected Ghanaian women

BMC Cancer · 2017 · 72 citations

High diversity of human parechovirus including novel types in stool samples from Ghanaian children

Journal of Clinical Virology · 2017 · 28 citations

Options in human papillomavirus (HPV) detection for cervical cancer screening: comparison between full genotyping and a rapid qualitative HPV-DNA assay in Ghana

Gynecologic Oncology Research and Practice · 2017 · 28 citations

A Single Dose Oral Azithromycin versus Intramuscular Benzathine Penicillin for the Treatment of Yaws-A Randomized Non Inferiority Trial in Ghana

PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2017 · 26 citations

Knowledge, attitudes and practices towards yaws and yaws-like skin disease in Ghana

PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2017 · 22 citations

Pseudomonas oryzihabitans sepsis in a 1-year-old child with multiple skin rashes: a case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports · 2017 · 12 citations

Burden of influenza among hospitalized febrile children in Ghana

Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses · 2017 · 12 citations

Erratum to: Options in human papillomavirus (HPV) detection for cervical cancer screening: comparison between full genotyping and a rapid qualitative HPV-DNA assay in Ghana

Gynecologic Oncology Research and Practice · 2017 · 3 citations

Co-diagnoses in hospitalised children – revealing the cause of admission in a malaria endemic area

Das Gesundheitswesen · 2017

The Typhoid Fever Surveillance in Africa Program (TSAP): Clinical, Diagnostic, and Epidemiological Methodologies

Clinical Infectious Diseases · 2016 · 89 citations

The Relationship Between Invasive Nontyphoidal<i>Salmonella</i>Disease, Other Bacterial Bloodstream Infections, and Malaria in Sub-Saharan Africa

Clinical Infectious Diseases · 2016 · 76 citations

Application of a multiplex PCR assay for the detection of gastrointestinal pathogens in a rural African setting

BMC Infectious Diseases · 2016 · 63 citations

Extended spectrum beta-lactamase producing Enterobacteriaceae causing bloodstream infections in rural Ghana, 2007–2012

International Journal of Medical Microbiology · 2016 · 59 citations

The Emergence of Reduced Ciprofloxacin Susceptibility in<i>Salmonella enterica</i>Causing Bloodstream Infections in Rural Ghana

Clinical Infectious Diseases · 2016 · 44 citations

Antibiotic resistance and clonal diversity of invasive Staphylococcus aureus in the rural Ashanti Region, Ghana

BMC Infectious Diseases · 2016 · 39 citations

Utilization of Healthcare in the Typhoid Fever Surveillance in Africa Program

Clinical Infectious Diseases · 2016 · 39 citations

Variations of Invasive<i>Salmonella</i>Infections by Population Size in Asante Akim North Municipal, Ghana

Clinical Infectious Diseases · 2016 · 27 citations

Detection of a Novel<i>gyrB</i>Mutation Associated With Fluoroquinolone-Nonsusceptible<i>Salmonella enterica</i>serovar Typhimurium Isolated From a Bloodstream Infection in Ghana

Clinical Infectious Diseases · 2016 · 23 citations

Spatial heterogeneity of malaria in Ghana: a cross-sectional study on the association between urbanicity and the acquisition of immunity

Malaria Journal · 2016 · 19 citations

Validation and Identification of Invasive<i>Salmonella</i>Serotypes in Sub-Saharan Africa by Multiplex Polymerase Chain Reaction: Table 1.

Clinical Infectious Diseases · 2016 · 17 citations

Diagnostic performance of the Luminex xTAG gastrointestinal pathogens panel to detect rotavirus in Ghanaian children with and without diarrhoea

Virology Journal · 2016 · 14 citations

Association Between Malaria and Invasive Nontyphoidal<i>Salmonella</i>Infection in a Hospital Study: Accounting for Berkson's Bias

Clinical Infectious Diseases · 2016 · 13 citations

Antimicrobial Resistance Patterns of Extended Spectrum Β-Lactamase Producing Klebsiellae and E. coli Isolates from a Tertiary Hospital in Ghana

European Scientific Journal ESJ · 2016 · 9 citations

Performance of Syphilis Sentinel Surveillance in the context of endemic Treponematoses: experience from Ghana

BMC Infectious Diseases · 2016 · 8 citations

Evidence for an Ancestral Association of Human Coronavirus 229E with Bats

Journal of Virology · 2015 · 274 citations

Evolutionary origins of hepatitis A virus in small mammals

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2015 · 131 citations

Highly Divergent Hepaciviruses from African Cattle

Journal of Virology · 2015 · 87 citations

Etiology of bacteremia in young infants in six countries.

eCommons - AKU (Aga Khan University) · 2015 · 82 citations

A Cross-Sectional Study of ‘Yaws’ in Districts of Ghana Which Have Previously Undertaken Azithromycin Mass Drug Administration for Trachoma Control

PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2015 · 81 citations

Gastrointestinal Infections and Diarrheal Disease in Ghanaian Infants and Children: An Outpatient Case-Control Study

PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2015 · 77 citations

The Association of HIV Stigma and HIV/STD Knowledge With Sexual Risk Behaviors Among Adolescent and Adult Men Who Have Sex With Men in Ghana, West Africa

Research in Nursing & Health · 2015 · 74 citations

High prevalence of common respiratory viruses and no evidence of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus in Hajj pilgrims returning to Ghana, 2013

Tropical Medicine & International Health · 2015 · 68 citations

Human–Bat Interactions in Rural West Africa

Emerging infectious diseases · 2015 · 63 citations

Molecular Characterization of Cryptosporidium spp. among Children in Rural Ghana

PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2015 · 59 citations

Predictors of Condom Use among Peer Social Networks of Men Who Have Sex with Men in Ghana, West Africa

PLoS ONE · 2015 · 53 citations

Serological Evidence of Influenza A Viruses in Frugivorous Bats from Africa

PLoS ONE · 2015 · 50 citations

“It's All About Making a Life”

JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes · 2015 · 47 citations

Similar virus spectra and seasonality in paediatric patients with acute respiratory disease, Ghana and Germany

Clinical Microbiology and Infection · 2015 · 40 citations

Drinking Water from Dug Wells in Rural Ghana — Salmonella Contamination, Environmental Factors, and Genotypes

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health · 2015 · 32 citations

A Novel Rhabdovirus Isolated from the Straw-Colored Fruit Bat Eidolon helvum, with Signs of Antibodies in Swine and Humans

Journal of Virology · 2015 · 32 citations

Tropheryma whipplei in children with diarrhoea in rural Ghana

Clinical Microbiology and Infection · 2015 · 31 citations

Clinical Indicators for Bacterial Co-Infection in Ghanaian Children with P. falciparum Infection

PLoS ONE · 2015 · 22 citations

Factors associated with failure to screen for syphilis during antenatal care in Ghana: a case control study

BMC Infectious Diseases · 2015 · 19 citations

Lagos bat virus transmission in an Eidolon helvum bat colony, Ghana

Virus Research · 2015 · 19 citations

Group B <i>Streptococci</i> serotype distribution in pregnant women in Ghana: assessment of potential coverage through future vaccines

Tropical Medicine & International Health · 2015 · 17 citations

Estimating the uptake of maternal syphilis screening and other antenatal interventions before and after national rollout of syphilis point‐of‐care testing in Ghana

International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics · 2015 · 15 citations

Correction: Gastrointestinal Infections and Diarrheal Disease in Ghanaian Infants and Children: An Outpatient Case-Control Study

PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2015 · 15 citations

16S rRNA Gene Sequence-Based Identification of Bacteria in Automatically Incubated Blood Culture Materials from Tropical Sub-Saharan Africa

PLoS ONE · 2015 · 13 citations

Extended-Spectrum-Beta-Lactamase (ESBL) production among Escherichia coli and Klebsiella species in Kumasi, Ghana.

2015 · 8 citations

Drug Use and Sexual Behavior

JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes · 2015 · 7 citations

O12.2 Understanding the relationship dynamics between female sex workers and their intimate partners in kumasi, ghana

Sexually Transmitted Infections · 2015 · 2 citations

Itʼs All About Making a Life

JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes · 2015

Seasonal distribution and concentration variation of HCoVs.

Figshare · 2015

Demographic characteristics of study subjects.

Figshare · 2015

Frequency and proportion of susceptibility of the four most frequent isolated pathogens to antibiotics and MDR&lt;sup&gt;a&lt;/sup&gt;.

INDIGO (University of Illinois at Chicago) · 2015

Human Coronaviruses Associated with Upper Respiratory Tract Infections in Three Rural Areas of Ghana

PLoS ONE · 2014 · 89 citations

Kinetics of mycolactone in human subcutaneous tissue during antibiotic therapy for Mycobacterium ulcerans disease

BMC Infectious Diseases · 2014 · 62 citations

Multisite Laboratory Evaluation of a Dual Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)/Syphilis Point-of-Care Rapid Test for Simultaneous Detection of HIV and Syphilis Infection

Open Forum Infectious Diseases · 2014 · 47 citations

"I can decide to use the property I have to make money": HIV vulnerability of bar workers and bar patrons in Kumasi, Ghana

OpenBU (Boston University) · 2014 · 4 citations

HIV vulnerability of men and women who inject drugs in Kumasi, Ghana

OpenBU (Boston University) · 2014 · 1 citations

STI Control in Africa – Where are we now?

2014 National STD Prevention Conference · 2014 · corresponding author

The Ghana retention on ART study (ROARS):keeping HIV-positive patients on antiretroviral therapy

2014

TACKLING BIG PROBLEMS WITH SMALL PARTICLES: NANO-BASED RAPID BIOSENSORS FOR DETECTING SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA

Technology & Innovation · 2014

Evidence for Novel Hepaciviruses in Rodents

PLoS Pathogens · 2013 · 216 citations

Bats carry pathogenic hepadnaviruses antigenically related to hepatitis B virus and capable of infecting human hepatocytes

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2013 · 186 citations

Health Care Utilization and Symptom Severity in Ghanaian Children – a Cross-Sectional Study

PLoS ONE · 2013 · 26 citations

Increased detection of invasive enteropathogenic bacteria in pre-incubated blood culture materials by real-time PCR in comparison with automated incubation in Sub-Saharan Africa

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases · 2013 · 18 citations

P3.427 Exploring the Beliefs, Attitudes, and Behaviours of MSM Engaged in Substance Use and Transactional Sex in Ghana

Sexually Transmitted Infections · 2013 · 12 citations

The immunological response of HIV-positive patients initiating HAART at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana.

PubMed · 2013 · 10 citations

Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) for rapid identification of Salmonella spp. from agar and blood culture broth—An option for the tropics?

International Journal of Medical Microbiology · 2013 · 10 citations

Program brief: "Using what you have to get what you want: HIV vulnerability and prevention needs of female post‐secondary students engaged in transactional sex in Kumasi, Ghana

OpenBU/Boston University Institutional Repository (Boston University) · 2013 · 9 citations

P4.051 Vulnerability to HIV and Prevention Needs of Female Post-Secondary Students Engaged in Transactional Sex in Kumasi, Ghana - A Qualitative Study

Sexually Transmitted Infections · 2013 · 5 citations

Attitudes and behaviors among older MSM in Ghana

OpenBU (Boston University) · 2013 · 4 citations

Research report: Exploring the beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors of MSM engaged in substance use and transactional sex in Ghana

OpenBU (Boston University) · 2013

Program brief: HIV vulnerability and preventionneeds of young female sex workers in Kumasi, Ghana

2013

Research report: "Using what you have to get what you want": Vulnerability to HIV and prevention needs of female post‐secondary students engaged in transactional sex in Kumasi, Ghana

OpenBU (Boston University) · 2013

Bats Worldwide Carry Hepatitis E Virus-Related Viruses That Form a Putative Novel Genus within the Family Hepeviridae

Journal of Virology · 2012 · 261 citations

Incidence and Characteristics of Bacteremia among Children in Rural Ghana

PLoS ONE · 2012 · 110 citations

Aetiological agents of cerebrospinal meningitis: a retrospective study from a teaching hospital in Ghana

Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials · 2012 · 50 citations

Human Parvovirus 4 in Nasal and Fecal Specimens from Children, Ghana

Emerging infectious diseases · 2012 · 39 citations

Emergence of a Novel Extended-Spectrum-β-Lactamase (ESBL)-Producing, Fluoroquinolone-Resistant Clone of Extraintestinal Pathogenic Escherichia coli in Kumasi, Ghana

Journal of Clinical Microbiology · 2012 · 35 citations

Predictive Value of Fever and Palmar Pallor for P. falciparum Parasitaemia in Children from an Endemic Area

PLoS ONE · 2012 · 16 citations

Extrapolating respiratory tract infection incidences to a rural area of Ghana using a probability model for hospital attendance

International Journal of Infectious Diseases · 2012 · 4 citations

Incidence of invasive Salmonella infections in Agogo, Ghana

International Journal of Infectious Diseases · 2012 · 1 citations

Gastrointestinal infections in Ghanaian children – disease agents and associated symptoms

International Journal of Infectious Diseases · 2012 · 1 citations

Research report: "It’s all about making a life": young female sex workers vulnerability to HIV and prevention needs in Kumasi, Ghana

2012

Hemoglobin estimation by the HemoCue® portable hemoglobin photometer in a resource poor setting

BMC Clinical Pathology · 2011 · 178 citations

Modeling the Relationship between Precipitation and Malaria Incidence in Children from a Holoendemic Area in Ghana

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene · 2011 · 103 citations

Costs of cervical cancer screening and treatment using visual inspection with acetic acid (VIA) and cryotherapy in Ghana: the importance of scale

Tropical Medicine & International Health · 2011 · 48 citations

Spatial Analysis of Land Cover Determinants of Malaria Incidence in the Ashanti Region, Ghana

PLoS ONE · 2011 · 48 citations

Comparative evaluation of two rapid field tests for malaria diagnosis: Partec Rapid Malaria Test® and Binax Now® Malaria Rapid Diagnostic Test

BMC Infectious Diseases · 2011 · 46 citations

Using research to influence sexual and reproductive health practice and implementation in Sub-Saharan Africa: a case-study analysis

Health Research Policy and Systems · 2011 · 33 citations

Getting research into policy - Herpes simplex virus type-2 (HSV-2) treatment and HIV infection: international guidelines formulation and the case of Ghana

Health Research Policy and Systems · 2011 · 31 citations

Electronic learning and open educational resources in the health sciences in Ghana

Ghana Medical Journal · 2011 · 27 citations

P1-S1.48 Prevalence of syphilis in antenatal clinic attenders and associated risk factors

Sexually Transmitted Infections · 2011

O3-S1.05 Quality assurance of syphilis testing in a rural health facility using dried tube specimens (DTS)

Sexually Transmitted Infections · 2011

Principal component analysis of socioeconomic factors and their association with malaria in children from the Ashanti Region, Ghana

Malaria Journal · 2010 · 111 citations

Typhoid Fever among Children, Ghana

Emerging infectious diseases · 2010 · 70 citations

Occurrence, species distribution and antibiotic resistance of Proteus isolates: A case study at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in Ghana

2010 · 49 citations

Systemic bacteraemia in children presenting with clinical pneumonia and the impact of non-typhoid salmonella (NTS)

BMC Infectious Diseases · 2010 · 44 citations

Comparison of the Novel Partec Rapid Malaria Test to the Conventional Giemsa Stain and the Gold Standard Real-Time PCR

Journal of Clinical Microbiology · 2010 · 27 citations

Costs of cervical cancer screening in Ghana.

2010 · 3 citations

Extended spectrum β-lactamase production at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana

International Journal of Infectious Diseases · 2010 · corresponding author · 2 citations

Screening for syphilis during pregnancy in Ghana:the role of new rapid point-of-care diagnostic tests

2010

Getting research into policy at international level and in Ghana: the case of genital herpes treatment.

2010

Laboratory Methods for Clinical Microbiology

Deep Blue (University of Michigan) · 2010

Distant Relatives of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus and Close Relatives of Human Coronavirus 229E in Bats, Ghana

Emerging infectious diseases · 2009 · 265 citations

Henipavirus RNA in African Bats

PLoS ONE · 2009 · 227 citations

National health insurance coverage and socio‐economic status in a rural district of Ghana

Tropical Medicine & International Health · 2009 · 120 citations

Testing for syphilis in pregnancy – policy vs. practice.

2009

Getting research into policy: including HSV-2 treatment in WHO GUD management guidelines and the case of Ghana

2009

Cases in Clinical Microbiology

Deep Blue (University of Michigan) · 2009

Clinico-epidemiological profile and predictors of severe illness in young infants (0–59 days) in Ghana

Annals of Tropical Paediatrics · 2008 · 10 citations

Global control of sexually transmitted infections

The Lancet · 2006 · 285 citations

Trichomonas vaginalis infection

Sexually Transmitted Infections · 2006 · 26 citations

Lack of evidence for the involvement of rectal and oral trichomonads in the aetiology of vaginal trichomoniasis in Ghana

Sexually Transmitted Infections · 2006 · corresponding author · 16 citations

Antibiotic susceptibility patterns of &lt;i&gt;Vibrio cholerae&lt;/i&gt; isolates in Ghana

Ghana Medical Journal · 2006 · 1 citations

Faculty Opinions recommendation of Fifty ways to leave your rubber: how men in Mombasa rationalise unsafe sex.

Faculty Opinions – Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature · 2006 · corresponding author

Comparison of latex agglutination, wet preparation, and culture for the detection of Trichomonas vaginalis

Sexually Transmitted Infections · 2004 · corresponding author · 51 citations