Richard Odame Phillips

Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital

298 publications · 9,202 citations · ORCID 0000-0001-8992-0222

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Richard Odame Phillips is a clinical researcher specializing in infectious diseases and neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), with a primary focus on Buruli ulcer. Phillips has contributed extensively to the understanding of Buruli ulcer epidemiology, immunopathology, and diagnostics, while also engaging in research on tuberculosis, HIV co-infections, and emerging respiratory viruses. The work spans clinical trials, laboratory-based immunology studies, and the implementation of integrated public health strategies in Ghana.

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What are the comparative efficacy and adherence rates of new short-course latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) regimens versus traditional long-course therapies in high-burden, low-resource settings?

Why this gap exists: While a 2023 network meta-analysis [6] synthesizes general efficacy and adherence data for LTBI regimens, the retrieved evidence lacks direct comparative studies specifically focused on high-burden, low-resource settings, leaving the specific constraints of these environments unresolved.

Sources

New developments in tuberculosis diagnosis and treatment — Breathe, 2022
Latent Tuberculosis and HIV Infection — Current Infectious Disease Reports, 2020
Epidemic and pandemic viral infections: impact on tuberculosis and the lung — European Respiratory Journal, 2020
Overcoming barriers to patient adherence: the case for developing innovative drug delivery systems — Nature Reviews Drug Discovery, 2023
Drug resistant tuberculosis: Implications for transmission, diagnosis, and disease management — Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2022
Updates on the Treatment of Drug-Susceptible and Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis: An Official ATS/CDC/ERS/IDSA Clinical Practice Guideline — American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 2024
Efficacy and safety of different regimens in the treatment of patients with latent tuberculosis infection: a systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials — Archives of Public Health, 2023
Improving Tuberculosis Medication Adherence: The Potential of Integrating Digital Technology and Health Belief Model — Tuberculosis & respiratory diseases, 2023
Mind the gap – Managing tuberculosis across the disease spectrum — EBioMedicine, 2022
Tuberculosis Preventive Treatment in High TB-Burden Settings: A State-of-the-Art Review — Drugs, 2024

How does the consumption of plant-based proteins, specifically those high in anti-nutritional factors like phytates and trypsin inhibitors, affect mineral bioavailability and growth outcomes in children relying on these proteins as primary staples?

Why this gap exists: While the retrieved papers confirm that anti-nutritional factors like phytates and trypsin inhibitors reduce mineral bioavailability [0, 2], they focus on general adult health or crop improvement [1, 6] and do not provide direct evidence on the specific growth outcomes in children relying on these proteins as primary staples.

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Plant food anti-nutritional factors and their reduction strategies: an overview — Food Production Processing and Nutrition, 2020
Sustaining Protein Nutrition Through Plant-Based Foods — Frontiers in Nutrition, 2022
Is There Such a Thing as “Anti-Nutrients”? A Narrative Review of Perceived Problematic Plant Compounds — Nutrients, 2020
Faba Bean: An Untapped Source of Quality Plant Proteins and Bioactives — Nutrients, 2022
Nutritional properties and health aspects of pulses and their use in plant‐based yogurt alternatives — Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety, 2021
Grains – a major source of sustainable protein for health — Nutrition Reviews, 2021
Healthy and Resilient Cereals and Pseudo-Cereals for Marginal Agriculture: Molecular Advances for Improving Nutrient Bioavailability — Frontiers in Genetics, 2020
Protein Quality in Perspective: A Review of Protein Quality Metrics and Their Applications — Nutrients, 2022
Health Benefits of Plant-Based Nutrition: Focus on Beans in Cardiometabolic Diseases — Nutrients, 2021
Bioavailability of Micronutrients From Nutrient-Dense Whole Foods: Zooming in on Dairy, Vegetables, and Fruits — Frontiers in Nutrition, 2020

How does the longitudinal trajectory of maternal stress and resilience during pregnancy specifically mediate the association between social determinants of health (e.g., socioeconomic status, structural inequality) and infant cognitive or emotional development outcomes?

Why this gap exists: While the retrieved literature confirms associations between socioeconomic disadvantage, maternal stress, and infant neurodevelopment, it does not resolve the specific question of how longitudinal trajectories of maternal stress and resilience mediate these associations, as the studies focus on broad correlations or static measures rather than dynamic mediation pathways.

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Maternal Depression During Pregnancy and the Postnatal Period — JAMA Psychiatry, 2013
Socioeconomic disadvantage, gestational immune activity, and neurodevelopment in early childhood — Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2017
Disrupted beginnings: Neurodevelopmental outcomes of COVID-19 lockdowns in early childhood (Review). — Experimental and therapeutic medicine, 2026
Pregnancy as a period of risk, adaptation, and resilience for mothers and infants — Development and Psychopathology, 2020
The influence of attachment and relational quality on developmental outcomes across the lifespan: a systematic review and meta-analytic insights (2014-2024). — Frontiers in psychology, 2026
Nutrition as the Foundation of Human Capital: Pathways to Holistic Development. — Maternal & child nutrition, 2026
Chronic stress may disrupt covariant fluctuations of vitamin D and cortisol plasma levels in pregnant sheep during the last trimester: a preliminary report — arXiv preprint, 2019
Resilience and Stress during Pregnancy: A Comprehensive Multidimensional Approach in Maternal and Perinatal Health — The Scientific World JOURNAL, 2021
Maternal Stress During Pregnancy and Infant and Child Outcome — Oxford Handbooks Online, 2014
Maternal Docosahexaenoic Acid Status During Pregnancy and Its Impact on Infant Neurodevelopment — 2020

What is the comparative effectiveness of telemedicine versus traditional in-person care in maintaining essential antenatal coverage and reducing maternal mortality in low-income and middle-income countries during future health system shocks?

Why this gap exists: While abstracts [4], [7], [8], and [9] discuss digital tools and maternity care in low- and middle-income countries, none provide a direct comparative effectiveness analysis of telemedicine versus in-person care regarding maternal mortality during health system shocks, leaving the specific question unresolved.

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COVID-19 and resilience of healthcare systems in ten countries — Nature Medicine, 2022
Community Health Workers Can Provide Psychosocial Support to the People During COVID-19 and Beyond in Low- and Middle- Income Countries — Frontiers in Public Health, 2021
Social Impacts and Responses Related to COVID-19 in Low- and Middle-income Countries — OpenDocs (Institute of Development Studies), 2020
Seizing the moment to rethink health systems — The Lancet Global Health, 2021
Use of mHealth in promoting maternal and child health in “BIMARU” states of India “A health system strengthening strategy”: Systematic literature review — PLOS Digital Health, 2024
Investments for effective functionality of health systems towards Universal Health Coverage in Africa: A scoping review — PLOS Global Public Health, 2022
Infant and young child feeding — OECD eBooks, 2023
Facilitators and barriers to the implementation of a Mobile Health Wallet for pregnancy-related health care: A qualitative study of stakeholders’ perceptions in Madagascar — PLoS ONE, 2020
The impact of digital interventions on health insurance coverage for reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health services utilization in Kakamega, Kenya: a cluster randomized controlled trial — Health Policy and Planning, 2024
Seeking digital maternity healthcare during the pandemic health system shock: a systematic review of women's experiences in low- and middle-income countries — Frontiers in Reproductive Health, 2026

How do specific policy interventions aimed at improving female education and labor force participation accelerate the 'maternal mortality transition' in regions currently experiencing high maternal mortality?

Why this gap exists: While the retrieved literature establishes links between female education, political power, and health outcomes (e.g., [3], [6], [9]), no study directly addresses how specific labor or education policy interventions accelerate the 'maternal mortality transition' in high-mortality regions, leaving the mechanism and impact of such specific policies unresolved.

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Global burden and strength of evidence for 88 risk factors in 204 countries and 811 subnational locations, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 — The Lancet, 2024
Global age-sex-specific mortality, life expectancy, and population estimates in 204 countries and territories and 811 subnational locations, 1950–2021, and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic: a comprehensive demographic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 — The Lancet, 2024
Determinants of female labor force participation: implications for policy in Qatar — Cogent Social Sciences, 2022
Maternal Mortality and Women’s Political Power — Journal of the European Economic Association, 2023
The labor force participation of Indian women before and after widowhood — Demographic Research, 2020
The public health effects of interventions similar to basic income: a scoping review — The Lancet Public Health, 2020
Differential impact of maternal education on under-five mortality in rural and urban India — Health & Place, 2023
Public Health Expenditure and Under-five Mortality in Nigeria: An Overview for Policy Intervention — Open Access Macedonian Journal of Medical Sciences, 2020
Efficacy of companion-integrated childbirth preparation for childbirth fear, self-efficacy, and maternal support in primigravid women in Malawi — BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2020
The contribution of female health to economic development — The Economic Journal, 2020

Publications

Point-of-care multiplexed detection of cytokines using a HexaPie electrode array for asthma endotyping

npj Biosensing · 2026 · 1 citations

Prevalence and Spectrum of Chronic Liver Disease Among Patients Seeking Health Care in Ghana

Liver International · 2026 · 1 citations

Effect, equity and costs of an integrated and decentralised intervention to improve access to primary care for skin diseases: a prospective before-and-after study in south-west Ghana

medRxiv · 2026

Serological responses to SARS-CoV-2 in urban and rural Ghana: Antibody waning and implications for long-term population immunity

PLoS ONE · 2026

No evidence of zoonotic viruses in selected captive and wild-caught grasscutters (Thryonomys swinderianus) in the ashanti region of ghana: a cross-sectional study

BMC Veterinary Research · 2026

Blood Immunopathology of Tuberculosis Patients Disrupts Monocyte‐Dependent T‐Cell Activation and Cytokine Expression

Immunology · 2026

Comparative Performance of Portable DNA Extraction Protocols and Bioinformatics Workflows for Rapid Detection of Pathogens and Antimicrobial Resistance Using Oxford Nanopore Sequencing

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · 2026

“Bacterial aetiology in the lower respiratory tract of TB-negative patients with respiratory symptoms: implications for tuberculosis control in Ghana”

BMC Microbiology · 2026

Non-typhoidal Salmonella transmission reservoirs in sub-Saharan Africa: a genomic assessment from a One Health perspective

Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control · 2025 · 12 citations

Emergence and spread of the SARS-CoV-2 omicron (BA.1) variant across Africa: an observational study

The Lancet Global Health · 2025 · 12 citations

Prevalence of common respiratory viruses in children: insights from post-pandemic surveillance

BMC Infectious Diseases · 2025 · 7 citations

Molecular Markers of Antimalarial Drug Resistance in Plasmodium falciparum From Kumasi, Ghana, 2023

Tropical Medicine & International Health · 2025 · 4 citations

Improved protocols for isolation of Mycobacterium ulcerans from clinical samples

BMC Microbiology · 2025 · 3 citations

Micronutrient-deficient diets and possible environmental enteric dysfunction in Buruli ulcer endemic communities in Ghana: Lower dietary diversity and reduced serum zinc and vitamin C implicate micronutrient status a possible susceptibility factor

PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2025 · corresponding author · 2 citations

A composite subunit vaccine confers full protection against Buruli ulcer disease in the mouse footpad model of Mycobacterium ulcerans infection

PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2025 · corresponding author · 2 citations

Buruli ulcer

Nature Reviews Disease Primers · 2025 · 2 citations

Atypical causes of respiratory virus infections in Sub-Saharan Africa from 2013– 2023: a systematic review and meta-analysis

BMC Infectious Diseases · 2025 · 2 citations

Helminth Seropositivity Inversely Correlated with Th1 and Th17 Cytokines and Severe COVID-19

Vaccines · 2025 · 2 citations

Antimicrobial resistant bacteria isolated from Buruli ulcer lesions in Ghana

PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2025 · corresponding author · 2 citations

Ethnographic study of Buruli ulcer wound management practices in a traditional therapeutic setting in Ghana

International Journal for Equity in Health · 2025 · 1 citations

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

One Health Outlook · 2025 · 1 citations

Heterogeneity in clinically diagnosed type 1 diabetes: characterising a unique cohort with maintained C-peptide secretion in Ghana

Diabetologia · 2025 · 1 citations

Seroprevalence and geospatial epidemiology of yaws: Evidence from Ghana

PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2025 · corresponding author · 1 citations

Methods to Improve Confidence in the Accuracy of Molecular Testing for Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis

Clinical Chemistry · 2025 · 1 citations

Next-generation sequencing reveals viral aetiologies of encephalitis in Ghana: a prospective cross-sectional study

BMC Infectious Diseases · 2025 · 1 citations

Clinical epidemiology of Buruli ulcer disease in Ghana, 2006–2024

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology · 2025 · 1 citations

Non-invasive saliva cytokine profiling for asthma and respiratory disease using machine learning: observational study (Preprint)

2025

Dietary variability and micronutrient status of individuals with Yaws infection in Ghana: A case-control study

PLoS ONE · 2025 · corresponding author

Helicobacter pylori and Impaired Early Childhood Development—Evidence From a Birth Cohort Study From Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire

Helicobacter · 2025

Mycobacterium ulcerans Disease (Buruli Ulcer)

Cambridge University Press eBooks · 2025

Precision Breathing: Asthma Phenotyping via Machine Learning

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · 2025

Evaluating the World Health Organization’s SkinNTDs App as a Training Tool for Skin Neglected Tropical Diseases in Ghana and Kenya: Cross-Sectional Study

Journal of Medical Internet Research · 2024 · 16 citations

Stigma experiences, effects and coping among individuals affected by Buruli ulcer and yaws in Ghana

PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2024 · 11 citations

Clinical and microbiological predictors of healing in Buruli ulcer disease

Journal of Clinical Tuberculosis and Other Mycobacterial Diseases · 2024 · 7 citations

Improving experiences of neglected tropical diseases of the skin: Mixed methods formative research for development of a complex intervention in Atwima Mponua District, Ghana

PLOS Global Public Health · 2024 · corresponding author · 7 citations

Development of an integrated and decentralised skin health strategy to improve experiences of skin neglected tropical diseases and other skin conditions in Atwima Mponua District, Ghana

PLOS Global Public Health · 2024 · corresponding author · 7 citations

Prevalence and determinants of impetigo in Ghana: a cross-sectional study

BMC Infectious Diseases · 2024 · 6 citations

Implementation of an integrated control programme for neglected tropical diseases of the skin in Ghana: The essential role of the laboratory

Journal of Clinical Tuberculosis and Other Mycobacterial Diseases · 2024 · 6 citations

A systematic review and meta-analysis of the association between neglected tropical diseases and malnutrition: more research needed on diseases other than intestinal parasites, leishmaniasis and leprosy

Access Microbiology · 2024 · 5 citations

Haematological Profile and ACE2 Levels of COVID-19 Patients in a Metropolis in Ghana

COVID · 2024 · 4 citations

Immunopathology in human pulmonary tuberculosis: Inflammatory changes in the plasma milieu and impaired host immune cell functions

Immunology · 2024 · 4 citations

Diversity of Culicoides in the middle belt of Ghana with Implications on the transmission of Mansonella perstans; a molecular approach

Parasites & Vectors · 2024 · 4 citations

Multisensory medical illustrations of Buruli ulcer for improved disease detection, help seeking behaviour and adherence to treatment

Journal of Visual Communication in Medicine · 2024 · 3 citations

Burden of scabies in a Ghanaian penitentiary

PLoS ONE · 2024 · corresponding author · 3 citations

Prevalence and predictors of long-term progression of chronic kidney disease in people with HIV in Ghana from 2003–2018

BMC Nephrology · 2024 · 3 citations

Monocyte transcriptome signatures of inflammation and enhanced neutrophil recruitment characterize immunopathology in the blood of tuberculosis patients

Journal of Infection · 2024 · 2 citations

Clinical epidemiology, determinants, and outcomes of viral encephalitis in Ghana; a cross-sectional study

PLoS ONE · 2024 · 2 citations

Bacterial diversity in Buruli ulcer lesions in Ghana

Journal of Clinical Tuberculosis and Other Mycobacterial Diseases · 2024 · 2 citations

Traditional healers' perception on scabies causation and management in <scp>Ghana</scp>

Tropical Medicine & International Health · 2024 · 2 citations

Differences in PPD- and mitogen-induced T-cell activation marker expression characterize immunopathology in acute tuberculosis patients

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases · 2024 · 2 citations

BCG Vaccination-Associated Lower HbA1c and Increased CD25 Expression on CD8+ T Cells in Patients with Type 1 Diabetes in Ghana

Vaccines · 2024 · 1 citations

The role of nutrition in the pathogenesis of neglected tropical diseases: systematic review and meta-analysis

2024 · 1 citations

Prevalence of Common Respiratory Viruses in Children: Insights from Post-Pandemic Surveillance

medRxiv · 2024 · 1 citations

2024 · 1 citations

Buruli ulcer: Current landscape, challenges, and future directions

Journal of Clinical Tuberculosis and Other Mycobacterial Diseases · 2024 · 1 citations

Mycobacterial Infections

2024

A composite subunit vaccine confers full protection against Buruli ulcer disease in the mouse footpad model of Mycobacterium ulcerans infection

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · 2024

Concomitant parasite infections influence tuberculosis immunopathology and favor rapid sputum conversion of pulmonary tuberculosis patients

Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials · 2024

Ineffectiveness of international travel restrictions to contain spread of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA.1 variant: a continent-wide laboratory-based observational study from Africa

medRxiv · 2024

Replicative co-infections with human immunodeficiency virus 1 and 2 as well as hepatitis B and C virus in Ghanaian individuals

European Journal of Microbiology and Immunology · 2024

Micronutrient-deficient diets and possible environmental enteric dysfunction in Buruli ulcer endemic communities in Ghana: lower dietary diversity and reduced serum zinc and vitamin C implicate micronutrient status a possible susceptibility factor

medRxiv · 2024

Carriage of ESBL-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae and Escherichia coli among children in rural Ghana: a cross-sectional study

Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control · 2023 · 25 citations

Performance of SARS COV-2 IgG Anti-N as an Independent Marker of Exposure to SARS COV-2 in an Unvaccinated West African Population

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene · 2023 · 15 citations

Beliefs, attitudes and practices towards scabies in central Ghana

PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2023 · corresponding author · 14 citations

Multi-centric evaluation of Biomeme Franklin Mobile qPCR for rapid detection of Mycobacterium ulcerans in clinical specimens

PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2023 · corresponding author · 14 citations

Impaired T-cell response to phytohemagglutinin (PHA) in tuberculosis patients is associated with high IL-6 plasma levels and normalizes early during anti-mycobacterial treatment

Infection · 2023 · 12 citations

Role and capacity needs of community based surveillance volunteers in the integrated management of skin neglected tropical diseases (skin NTDs): a qualitative study from central Ghana

BMC Public Health · 2023 · 12 citations

Endemic infectious cutaneous ulcers syndrome in the Oti Region of Ghana: Study of cutaneous leishmaniasis, yaws and Haemophilus ducreyi cutaneous ulcers

PLoS ONE · 2023 · corresponding author · 11 citations

Salmonella enterica in farm environments in the Ashanti Region of Ghana

BMC Microbiology · 2023 · 10 citations

Monocyte pathology in human tuberculosis is due to plasma milieu changes and aberrant <scp>STAT</scp> signalling

Immunology · 2023 · 5 citations

Absence of Malaria-Associated Coagulopathy in AsymptomaticPlasmodium falciparumInfection: Results From a Cross-sectional Study in the Ashanti Region, Ghana

Open Forum Infectious Diseases · 2023 · 5 citations

Diminished Interleukin-7 receptor expression on T-cell subsets in tuberculosis patients

Human Immunology · 2023 · 5 citations

BCG-Vaccinated Children with Contact to Tuberculosis Patients Show Delayed Conversion of Mycobacterium tuberculosis-Specific IFN-γ Release

Vaccines · 2023 · 2 citations

Buruli-RifDACC: Evaluation of the efficacy and cost-effectiveness of high-dose versus standard-dose rifampicin on outcomes in Mycobacterium ulcerans disease, a protocol for a randomised controlled trial in Ghana

NIHR Open Research · 2023 · corresponding author · 2 citations

A single synthetic lipid antigen for improved serological diagnosis of Buruli ulcer

Public Health Action · 2023 · 1 citations

Mycobacterium ulcerans Disease: Buruli ulcer

Elsevier eBooks · 2023 · corresponding author · 1 citations

Very low prevalence of Mansonella perstans-specific cell-free DNA in serum samples of Ghanaian HIV patients

European Journal of Microbiology and Immunology · 2023 · 1 citations

PA-817 Relationship between microbiome and clinical outcome in Buruli ulcer disease

2023

Comparative Analysis of SARS-Cov-2 Detection Using Viral Swab in Viral Transport Medium Against Cotton Swab in 0.9% Normal Saline

GET Journal of Biosecurity and One Health · 2023

Evaluating the World Health Organization’s SkinNTDs App as a Training Tool for Skin Neglected Tropical Diseases in Ghana and Kenya: Cross-Sectional Study (Preprint)

2023

Memory B-cells are enriched in the blood of patients with acute Buruli ulcer disease: a prospective observational study

BMC Infectious Diseases · 2023 · corresponding author

PA-706 Clinical and microbiological predictors of healing in Buruli ulcer disease

2023

Genetic diversity of SARS-CoV-2 infections in Ghana from 2020-2021

Nature Communications · 2022 · 46 citations

SARS-COV-2 antibody responses to AZD1222 vaccination in West Africa

Nature Communications · 2022 · 36 citations

Prevalence and Antibiotic Resistance in Campylobacter spp. Isolated from Humans and Food-Producing Animals in West Africa: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Pathogens · 2022 · 28 citations

Plasma cytokine levels characterize disease pathogenesis and treatment response in tuberculosis patients

Infection · 2022 · 27 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

A combined effort of 11 laboratories in the WHO African region to improve quality of Buruli ulcer PCR diagnosis: The “BU-LABNET”

PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2022 · 19 citations

Assessing the Quality of the World Health Organization’s Skin NTDs App as a Training Tool in Ghana and Kenya: Protocol for a Cross-sectional Study

JMIR Research Protocols · 2022 · 13 citations

RETRACTED: Gradual emergence followed by exponential spread of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant in Africa

Science · 2022 · 12 citations

Liver steatosis and fibrosis in people with human immunodeficiency virus in West Africa and the relationship with hepatitis B virus coinfection

Hepatology Communications · 2022 · 12 citations

Genetic characterization of varicella-zoster and HIV-1 viruses from the cerebrospinal fluid of a co-infected encephalitic patient, Ghana

Virology Journal · 2022 · 8 citations

The Elusive Neuroendocrine Tumor: Finding the Ectopic ACTH Source 16 Years After the Diagnosis of Cushing Syndrome

JCEM Case Reports · 2022 · 7 citations

Additional files for BuruliRifDACC

Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) · 2022 · 6 citations

Picturing health: Buruli ulcer in Ghana

The Lancet · 2022 · 6 citations

Cytokine‐induced transient monocyte IL‐7Ra expression and the serum milieu in tuberculosis

European Journal of Immunology · 2022 · 5 citations

Mental distress and health-related quality of life in gambiense human African trypanosomiasis: a case–control study in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene · 2022 · 5 citations

Impact of antibiotic intake on the incidence of extended-spectrum β-lactamase–producing Enterobacterales in sub-Saharan Africa: results from a community-based longitudinal study

Clinical Microbiology and Infection · 2022 · 5 citations

SARS-CoV-2 Antibody Responses to AZD1222 Vaccination in West Africa

Research Square · 2022 · 4 citations

Renal mitochondrial toxicity: effects of thymidine analogues and tenofovir disoproxil fumarate in African people with HIV

AIDS · 2022 · 4 citations

NIHR Open Research · 2022 · corresponding author · 3 citations

Doxycycline Treatment of Mansonella perstans–Infected Individuals Affects Immune Cell Activation and Causes Long-term T-cell Polarization

Clinical Infectious Diseases · 2022 · 3 citations

Treatment of Buruli Ulcer

2022 · 3 citations

Predictors of long-term progression to chronic kidney disease in HIV infection in Ghana from 2003-2018

medRxiv · 2022 · 1 citations

T-Cell Responses Against Mycobacterium ulcerans and Mycobacterium tuberculosis Protein Extracts Identify Children With Buruli Ulcer Disease

Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society · 2022

Multi-centric evaluation of Biomeme Franklin Mobile qPCR for rapid detection of Mycobacterium ulcerans in clinical specimens

medRxiv · 2022

Author response for "Cytokine‐induced transient monocyte IL‐7Ra expression and the serum milieu in tuberculosis"

2022

Retraction

Science · 2022

Overview of preparedness and response to COVID-19 in Ghana

Ghana Medical Journal · 2021 · 40 citations

Rabies is still a fatal but neglected disease: a case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports · 2021 · 39 citations

Mental health and quality of life burden in Buruli ulcer disease patients in Ghana

Infectious Diseases of Poverty · 2021 · 34 citations

Caregiver burden in Buruli ulcer disease: Evidence from Ghana

PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2021 · 28 citations

Lower IL-7 Receptor Expression of Monocytes Impairs Antimycobacterial Effector Functions in Patients with Tuberculosis

The Journal of Immunology · 2021 · 19 citations

Performance of COVID-19 associated symptoms and temperature checking as a screening tool for SARS-CoV-2 infection

PLoS ONE · 2021 · 17 citations

Mapping suitability for Buruli ulcer at fine spatial scales across Africa: A modelling study

PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2021 · 16 citations

Low risk of SARS-CoV-2 in blood transfusion

PLoS ONE · 2021 · 15 citations

Evaluation of a real-time recombinase polymerase amplification assay for rapid detection of Schistosoma haematobium infection in resource-limited setting

Acta Tropica · 2021 · 14 citations

Aberrant cytokine milieu and signaling affect immune cell phenotypes and functions in tuberculosis pathology: What can we learn from this phenomenon for application to inflammatory syndromes?

Cellular and Molecular Immunology · 2021 · 10 citations

Co-infection of HIV in patients with Buruli ulcer disease in Central Ghana

BMC Infectious Diseases · 2021 · 7 citations

Intestinal Colonization with Tropheryma whipplei—Clinical and Immunological Implications for HIV Positive Adults in Ghana

Microorganisms · 2021 · 5 citations

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

Archives of Virology · 2021 · 3 citations

Determining Viability of M. ulcerans by 16S rRNA RT Reverse Transcriptase Real-Time PCR

Methods in molecular biology · 2021 · 3 citations

Tracking genetic diversity of SARS-CoV-2 infections in Ghana after one year of surveillance

Research Square · 2021 · 2 citations

Immune response against TB and non-tuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease

The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease · 2021 · 1 citations

Liver Steatosis and Fibrosis in People Living With HIV in West Africa and Relationship With Highly Prevalent Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) Co-Infection

SSRN Electronic Journal · 2021

Rifampicin and clarithromycin (extended release) versus rifampicin and streptomycin for limited Buruli ulcer lesions: a randomised, open-label, non-inferiority phase 3 trial

The Lancet · 2020 · 110 citations

High prevalence of asymptomatic malaria infections in adults, Ashanti Region, Ghana, 2018

Malaria Journal · 2020 · 69 citations

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

PLoS ONE · 2020 · 30 citations

A scabies outbreak in the North East Region of Ghana: The necessity for prompt intervention

PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2020 · 29 citations

Interleukin-6 and Mycobacterium tuberculosis dormancy antigens improve diagnosis of tuberculosis

Journal of Infection · 2020 · 28 citations

Pharmacologic management ofMycobacterium ulceransinfection

Expert Review of Clinical Pharmacology · 2020 · 28 citations

Determining virological suppression and resuppression by point-of-care viral load testing in a HIV care setting in sub-Saharan Africa

EClinicalMedicine · 2020 · 28 citations

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

One Health Outlook · 2020 · 13 citations

Profile and outcomes of hospitalized patients with COVID-19 at a tertiary institution hospital in Ghana

Ghana Medical Journal · 2020 · 12 citations

Barriers to Buruli ulcer treatment completion in the Ashanti and Central Regions, Ghana

PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2020 · 11 citations

Multiplex Recombinase Polymerase Amplification Assay for Simultaneous Detection of Treponema pallidum and Haemophilus ducreyi in Yaws-Like Lesions

Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease · 2020 · 10 citations

Molecular Characterization and Clinical Description of Non-Polio Enteroviruses Detected in Stool Samples from HIV-Positive and HIV-Negative Adults in Ghana

Viruses · 2020 · 9 citations

Towards a comprehensive research and development plan to support the control, elimination and eradication of neglected tropical diseases

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene · 2020 · 6 citations

Increased levels of circulating IL-10 in persons recovered from hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection compared with persons with active HCV infection

BMC Research Notes · 2020 · 5 citations

Diagnostics for COVID-19: A case for field-deployable, rapid molecular tests for community surveillance

Ghana Medical Journal · 2020 · 5 citations

Multiplex Recombinase Polymerase Amplification Assay for Simultaneous Detection of Treponema pallidum and Haemophilus ducreyi in yaws-like lesions

Preprints.org · 2020 · 4 citations

High prevalence of asymptomatic malaria infections in adults, Ashanti Region, Ghana, 2018

Research Square · 2020 · 2 citations

High prevalence of asymptomatic malaria infections in adults, Ashanti Region, Ghana, 2018

Research Square · 2020 · 2 citations

Influenza Outbreak Among Students in Ghana: a Report From Three Time Points

Research Square · 2020 · 1 citations

Influenza outbreak among students in Ghana: a report from three time points

Research Square · 2020 · 1 citations

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

Preprints.org · 2020 · 1 citations

Mapping suitability for Buruli ulcer at fine spatial scales across Africa: a modelling study

medRxiv · 2020

Buruli Ulcer

Elsevier eBooks · 2020

Lower Monocyte Interleukin-7 Receptor Expression Impairs Anti-Mycobacterial Effector Functions in Tuberculosis Patients

SSRN Electronic Journal · 2020

Influenza outbreak among students in Ghana: a report from three time points

Research Square · 2020

Mapping the global distribution of Buruli ulcer: a systematic review with evidence consensus

The Lancet Global Health · 2019 · 73 citations

Paradoxical reactions in Buruli ulcer after initiation of antibiotic therapy: Relationship to bacterial load

PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2019 · 65 citations

The Efficacy of Doxycycline Treatment on Mansonella perstans Infection: An Open-Label, Randomized Trial in Ghana

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene · 2019 · 47 citations

Lower prevalence of Blastocystis sp. infections in HIV positive compared to HIV negative adults in Ghana

PLoS ONE · 2019 · 36 citations

Rapid detection of Mycobacterium ulcerans with isothermal recombinase polymerase amplification assay

PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2019 · 27 citations

The public health control of scabies: priorities for research and action

The Lancet · 2019 · 18 citations

Two-Hit in vitro T-Cell Stimulation Detects Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection in QuantiFERON Negative Tuberculosis Patients and Healthy Contacts From Ghana

Frontiers in Immunology · 2019 · 13 citations

Antimicrobial Treatment of Mycobacterium ulcerans Infection

2019 · 9 citations

Buruli ulcer treatment: Rate of surgical intervention differs highly between treatment centers in West Africa

PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2019 · 8 citations

CD27 expression of T-cells discriminates IGRA-negative TB patients from healthy contacts in Ghana

Microbes and Infection · 2019 · 7 citations

Type‐1 diabetes onset age and sex differences between Ghanaian and German urban populations

Journal of Diabetes · 2019 · 7 citations

Rapid Extraction Method of Mycobacterium ulcerans DNA from Clinical Samples of Suspected Buruli Ulcer Patients

Diagnostics · 2019 · 7 citations

Correction: Lower prevalence of Blastocystis sp. infections in HIV positive compared to HIV negative adults in Ghana

PLoS ONE · 2019 · 5 citations

Providing insight into the incubation period of Mycobacterium ulcerans disease: two case reports

Journal of Medical Case Reports · 2019 · 4 citations

The paediatric participation scale measuring participation restrictions among former Buruli Ulcer patients under the age of 15 in Ghana and Benin: Development and first validation results

PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2019 · 4 citations

OC 8173 RAPID DETECTION OF MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS BY RECOMBINASE POLYMERASE AMPLIFICATION

BMJ Global Health · 2019

Mycobacterium ulcerans disease: Buruli Ulcer

The biomedical & life sciences collection. · 2019 · corresponding author

Randomised Trial to Compare Clarithromycin (Extended Release)-Rifampicin and Streptomycin-Rifampicin for Early, Limited Lesions of M. Ulcerans Infection

SSRN Electronic Journal · 2019

Buruli Ulcer: a Review of the Current Knowledge

Current Tropical Medicine Reports · 2018 · 117 citations

Monitoring and management of autoimmunity in multiple sclerosis patients treated with alemtuzumab: practical recommendations

Journal of Neurology · 2018 · 65 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

Renal health after long-term exposure to tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF) in HIV/HBV positive adults in Ghana

Journal of Infection · 2018 · 14 citations

Spectrum of disease in HIV-positive patients presenting to a tertiary care hospital: a retrospective, cross-sectional review in Kumasi, Ghana

BMC Infectious Diseases · 2018 · corresponding author · 11 citations

IFN-γ and IL-5 whole blood response directed against mycolactone polyketide synthase domains in patients withMycobacterium ulceransinfection

PeerJ · 2018 · 9 citations

Drug resistance outcomes of long-term ART with tenofovir disoproxil fumarate in the absence of virological monitoring

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy · 2018 · 8 citations

An IL7RA exon 5 polymorphism is associated with impaired IL-7Rα splicing and protection against tuberculosis in Ghana

Genes and Immunity · 2018 · 7 citations

Mapping the Global Distribution of Buruli Ulcer Through a Systematic Review with an Evidence Consensus Approach

SSRN Electronic Journal · 2018 · 3 citations

2203. Risk Factors for Hepatitis C in Western Africa: An Observational Study in a STI Clinic

Open Forum Infectious Diseases · 2018 · 2 citations

Prevalence of hepatitis D virus infection in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis

The Lancet Global Health · 2017 · 142 citations

Historical epidemiology of hepatitis C virus in select countries—volume 4

Journal of Viral Hepatitis · 2017 · 40 citations

Epidemiology of Mansonella perstans in the middle belt of Ghana

Parasites & Vectors · 2017 · 35 citations

The present and future disease burden of hepatitis C virus infections with today's treatment paradigm: Volume 4

Journal of Viral Hepatitis · 2017 · 32 citations

Clearance of viable Mycobacterium ulcerans from Buruli ulcer lesions during antibiotic treatment as determined by combined 16S rRNA reverse transcriptase /IS 2404 qPCR assay

PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2017 · corresponding author · 32 citations

Strategies to manage hepatitis C virus infection disease burden—Volume 4

Journal of Viral Hepatitis · 2017 · 26 citations

Analysis of Mycobacterium ulcerans-specific T-cell cytokines for diagnosis of Buruli ulcer disease and as potential indicator for disease progression

PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2017 · corresponding author · 20 citations

Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) RNA screening and sequencing using dry plasma spots

Journal of Clinical Virology · 2017 · 7 citations

Additional file 1: Table S1. of Epidemiology of Mansonella perstans in the middle belt of Ghana

Figshare · 2017

Additional file 1: Table S1. of Epidemiology of Mansonella perstans in the middle belt of Ghana

Figshare · 2017

Additional file 2: Table S2. of Epidemiology of Mansonella perstans in the middle belt of Ghana

Figshare · 2017

Additional file 2: Table S2. of Epidemiology of Mansonella perstans in the middle belt of Ghana

Figshare · 2017

High prevalence of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis among patients with rifampicin resistance using GeneXpert Mycobacterium tuberculosis/rifampicin in Ghana

International Journal of Mycobacteriology · 2016 · 36 citations

Former Buruli Ulcer Patients’ Experiences and Wishes May Serve as a Guide to Further Improve Buruli Ulcer Management

PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2016 · 31 citations

Genetic Susceptibility and Predictors of Paradoxical Reactions in Buruli Ulcer

PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2016 · 28 citations

Pulmonary aspergilloma: An evasive disease

International Journal of Mycobacteriology · 2016 · 28 citations

Experiences of Pain and Expectations for Its Treatment Among Former Buruli Ulcer Patients

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene · 2016 · 9 citations

Buruli ulcer: wound care and rehabilitation

Chronic Wound Care Management and Research · 2016 · 7 citations

Insertion Element SNP typing provides insights into the population structure and evolution of the genetically monomorphic pathogen Mycobacterium ulcerans in Africa.

2016

Liver stiffness and virologic outcomes after introducing tenofovir as part of antiretroviral therapy in lamivudine-experienced adults with HIV and hepatitis B virus (HBV) co-infection in Ghana: four-year follow up of the prospective HEPIK cohort

UCL Discovery (University College London) · 2016

Renal health after long-term exposure to tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF) in HIV/HBV co-infected individuals in Sub-Saharan Africa: results from the HEPIK cohort

UCL Discovery (University College London) · 2016

Mycobacterium ulcerans Disease: Buruli Ulcer

Elsevier eBooks · 2016