Dorothy Yeboah‐Manu

University of Ghana

227 publications · 8,284 citations · ORCID 0000-0002-1663-6287

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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 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.

Sources

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.

Sources

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 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.

Sources

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 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.

Sources

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

Rebuilding community trust after attacks on Ebola treatment facilities in DRC: lessons from previous epidemics

International Journal of Infectious Diseases · 2026 · corresponding author · 5 citations

Research capacity and decolonisation in Sub-Saharan Africa: a bibliometric analysis

BMJ Global Health · 2026 · 2 citations

Host and pathogen factors modulate tuberculosis clinical severity independent of molecular bacterial burden: insights from a multicentre Ghanaian cohort

IJID Regions · 2026 · corresponding author

Defining a target product profile for antimicrobials to treat severe paediatric bacterial enteric infections in low- and medium-income countries, caused by E. coli , Shigella , Salmonella and Campylobacter species

JAC-Antimicrobial Resistance · 2026

Knowledge, attitudes, and perceived barriers to seeking treatment for tuberculosis and diabetes in Ghana: a survey on world tuberculosis day

Frontiers in Public Health · 2026

Breaking dependency: strengthening the global tuberculosis response in the face of USAID cuts

The Lancet · 2025 · 25 citations

Inequities underlie the alarming resurgence of Tuberculosis as the world's top cause of death from an Infectious Disease - Breaking the silence and addressing the underlying root causes

IJID Regions · 2025 · 11 citations

The role of metformin in tuberculosis control among TB and diabetes mellitus comorbid individuals

Frontiers in Microbiology · 2025 · 9 citations

Characterizing trachoma elimination using serology

Nature Communications · 2025 · 9 citations

The epidemiology of Lassa fever in Ghana: a study on the 2023 Lassa fever outbreak in Ghana

Frontiers in Public Health · 2025 · 7 citations

Global tuberculosis response off track: urgent priorities to end the world's top infectious killer

The Lancet · 2025 · 7 citations

Addressing key risk factors hindering tuberculosis control activities in West Africa - progress in meeting the UN sustainable development goals

IJID Regions · 2025 · corresponding author · 5 citations

Immune imprinting and antibody profiles to SARS-CoV-2 in urban and rural Ghana

iScience · 2025 · 4 citations

Malaria resurgence in Africa: confronting the challenges

The Lancet Infectious Diseases · 2025 · 3 citations

Data Resource Profile: Global Trachoma Serology Data Repository

International Journal of Epidemiology · 2025 · 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

Restriction of the main lineages of Mycobacterium africanum to West Africa: Insights from host-pathogen interaction studies

Tuberculosis · 2025 · corresponding author · 1 citations

Regional variations and socioeconomic factors influencing sex hormone profiles in adolescent girls in Ghana

Frontiers in Reproductive Health · 2025

Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex lineages and drug resistance patterns among tuberculosis patients with or without diabetes mellitus in southern Ghana

PLoS ONE · 2025

Defying barriers to fight tuberculosis in West Africa: a model of equitable partnerships within a research capacity-strengthening network in the subregion

Frontiers in Public Health · 2025

The epidemiology of Lassa fever in Ghana: A study on the 2023 Lassa fever outbreak in Ghana

Journal of Interventional Epidemiology and Public Health · 2025

Buruli ulcer community health education and medical screening in Ga South District, Ghana

Frontiers in Public Health · 2025

Diagnostic Yield of urine Xpert MTB/RIF ultra to detect Mycobacterium tuberculosis among severely immunosuppressed inpatients with HIV: A prospective cohort study in Ghana

International Journal of Infectious Diseases · 2025

Research capacity and decolonization in Sub-Saharan Africa: a bibliometric analysis

medRxiv · 2025

Opinion review of drug resistant tuberculosis in West Africa: tackling the challenges for effective control

Frontiers in Public Health · 2024 · 17 citations

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

PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2024 · 11 citations

Characterizing trachoma elimination using serology

medRxiv · 2024 · 8 citations

A successful UN High-Level Meeting on antimicrobial resistance must build on the 2023 UN High-Level Meeting on tuberculosis

The Lancet Global Health · 2024 · 7 citations

Overcoming the global tuberculosis crisis with urgent country-level political and financial action

The Lancet Infectious 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

Tuberculosis patients with diabetes co-morbidity experience reduced Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex clearance

Heliyon · 2024 · corresponding author · 5 citations

5 years of COVID-19: equity must lead the next pandemic response in a fractured multipolar world

The Lancet Respiratory Medicine · 2024 · 4 citations

Seventh Annual Research Meeting of the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research: Malaria Control and Elimination

Ghana Medical Journal · 2024 · 2 citations

Impact of COVID-19 lockdown measures on mother and child health – the case of Ghana

BMC Public Health · 2024 · 2 citations

Antimicrobial Resistance Levels of Non-Tuberculous Bacteria Isolates from Sputum of TB Patients in Ghana

Infection and Drug Resistance · 2024 · 2 citations

Knowledge, perceptions, and management of symptoms of hormonal imbalance among adolescent girls in selected schools in Ghana: a qualitative exploratory study

Frontiers in Reproductive Health · 2024 · 1 citations

Seventh Annual Research Meeting of the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research: Bacterial Infections and Antimicrobial Resistance

Ghana Medical Journal · 2024 · 1 citations

Impact of COVID-19 Lockdown Measures on Mother and Child Health – The case of Ghana

Research Square · 2024

Microbial Quality Assessment of Locally Produced Millet Drink &#8220;Lamugin&#8221; and Hibiscus sabdariffa Calyxes Extract Beverage &#8220;Sobolo&#8221; in Accra, Ghana

Advances in Microbiology · 2024

Seventh Annual Research Meeting of the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research: Non-Communicable Diseases

Ghana Medical Journal · 2024

Seventh Annual Research Meeting of the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research: Viral Infections

Ghana Medical Journal · 2024

Seventh Annual Research Meeting of the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana

Ghana Medical Journal · 2024

Seventh Annual Research Meeting of the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research: Neglected Tropical Diseases

Ghana Medical Journal · 2024

Seventh Annual Research Meeting of the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research: Health Systems Research

Ghana Medical Journal · 2024

Back-to-Africa introductions of Mycobacterium tuberculosis as the main cause of tuberculosis in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

PLoS Pathogens · 2023 · corresponding author · 27 citations

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 · 2023 · 15 citations

Marburg Virus Disease in Ghana

New England Journal of Medicine · 2023 · 14 citations

Macrophage susceptibility to infection by Ghanaian Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex lineages 4 and 5 varies with self-reported ethnicity

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology · 2023 · corresponding author · 12 citations

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 · 2023 · 10 citations

Analysis of drug resistance among difficult-to-treat tuberculosis patients in Ghana identifies several pre-XDR TB cases

Frontiers in Microbiology · 2023 · 8 citations

Gut microbiome variation in pulmonary TB patients with diabetes or HIV comorbidities

Frontiers in Microbiomes · 2023 · 7 citations

SARS-CoV-2 Molecular Evolutionary Dynamics in the Greater Accra Region, Ghana

Emerging infectious diseases · 2023 · 5 citations

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 · 2023 · corresponding author · 4 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

From research to health policy: The Noguchi story in the past, present and next 25 years

Frontiers in Tropical Diseases · 2023 · corresponding author · 2 citations

Control of Zoonotic TB: The Need for Multidisciplinary One Health Framework

2023 · 1 citations

Control of Zoonotic TB: The Need for Multidisciplinary One Health Framework

2023

PA-604 Whole genome sequencing confirmed contamination of mycobacterium ulcerans-infected lesions by rhodococcus erythropolis

2023

PA-224 Impact of diabetes mellitus on tuberculosis treatment outcome

2023

Tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS and Malaria Health Services in sub-Saharan Africa – A Situation Analysis of the Disruptions and Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic

International Journal of Infectious Diseases · 2022 · corresponding author · 74 citations

Genetic Analysis of TB Susceptibility Variants in Ghana Reveals Candidate Protective Loci in SORBS2 and SCL11A1 Genes

Frontiers in Genetics · 2022 · 45 citations

Diarrhea-Causing Bacteria and Their Antibiotic Resistance Patterns Among Diarrhea Patients From Ghana

Frontiers in Microbiology · 2022 · corresponding author · 30 citations

World TB Day 2022: Revamping and Reshaping Global TB Control Programs by Advancing Lessons learnt from the COVID-19 pandemic

International Journal of Infectious Diseases · 2022 · 27 citations

World Tuberculosis Day 2022: aligning COVID-19 and tuberculosis innovations to save lives and to end tuberculosis

The Lancet Infectious Diseases · 2022 · 21 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

Drug discovery research in Ghana, challenges, current efforts, and the way forward

PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2022 · 16 citations

Prevalence of non-tuberculous mycobacteria among previously treated TB patients in the Gulf of Guinea, Africa

IJID Regions · 2022 · 14 citations

Relevance of genomic diversity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex in Africa

International Journal of Infectious Diseases · 2022 · corresponding author · 6 citations

Molecular epidemiology of bovine tuberculosis in Northern Ghana identifies several uncharacterized bovine spoligotypes and suggests possible zoonotic transmission

PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2022 · corresponding author · 6 citations

Additional files for BuruliRifDACC

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

Synthesis and initial testing of novel antimalarial and antitubercular isonicotinohydrazides

Results in Chemistry · 2022 · 5 citations

Blue Skies research is essential for ending the Tuberculosis pandemic and advancing a personalized medicine approach for holistic management of Respiratory Tract infections.

International Journal of Infectious Diseases · 2022 · 5 citations

NIHR Open Research · 2022 · corresponding author · 3 citations

Gut Microbiome Variation in Pulmonary TB Patients with Diabetes or HIV Comorbidities

Research Square · 2022 · 1 citations

Back-to-Africa introductions of Mycobacterium tuberculosis as the main cause of tuberculosis in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

medRxiv · 2022 · 1 citations

Gut Microbiome Variation in Pulmonary TB Patients with Diabetes or HIV Comorbidities

Research Square · 2022

Phylogenomics of Mycobacterium africanum reveals a new lineage and a complex evolutionary history

Microbial Genomics · 2021 · 205 citations

Emergence of new SARS-CoV-2 Variant of Concern Omicron (B.1.1.529) - highlights Africa's research capabilities, but exposes major knowledge gaps, inequities of vaccine distribution, inadequacies in global COVID-19 response and control efforts

International Journal of Infectious Diseases · 2021 · corresponding author · 195 citations

Zoonotic Tuberculosis – The Changing Landscape

International Journal of Infectious Diseases · 2021 · corresponding author · 103 citations

Minimizing the impact of the triple burden of COVID-19, tuberculosis and HIV on health services in sub-Saharan Africa

International Journal of Infectious Diseases · 2021 · corresponding author · 79 citations

Local adaptation in populations of Mycobacterium tuberculosis endemic to the Indian Ocean Rim

F1000Research · 2021 · 49 citations

Gut microbiota signature of pathogen-dependent dysbiosis in viral gastroenteritis

Scientific Reports · 2021 · 48 citations

Local adaptation in populations of Mycobacterium tuberculosis endemic to the Indian Ocean Rim

F1000Research · 2021 · 31 citations

Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex lineage 5 exhibits high levels of within-lineage genomic diversity and differing gene content compared to the type strain H37Rv

Microbial Genomics · 2021 · 26 citations

Diagnosis of tuberculosis among COVID-19 suspected cases in Ghana

PLoS ONE · 2021 · corresponding author · 16 citations

Control of Streptococcal Infections: Is a Common Vaccine Target Achievable Against Streptococcus agalactiae and Streptococcus pneumoniae

Frontiers in Microbiology · 2021 · 11 citations

The Relevance of Genomic Epidemiology for Control of Tuberculosis in West Africa

Frontiers in Public Health · 2021 · corresponding author · 11 citations

Genotypic and phenotypic diversity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex genotypes prevalent in West Africa

PLoS ONE · 2021 · corresponding author · 10 citations

Molecular epidemiology of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex in the Volta Region of Ghana

PLoS ONE · 2021 · 10 citations

Genomic epidemiological analysis identifies high relapse among individuals with recurring tuberculosis and provides evidence of recent household-related transmission of tuberculosis in Ghana

International Journal of Infectious Diseases · 2021 · 7 citations

In Vitro Anti-Mycobacterium ulcerans and Cytotoxic Activities of Some Selected Medicinal Plants and an Indoloquinoline Alkaloid

International Journal of Mycobacteriology · 2021 · 7 citations

Bacterial Load Comparison of the Three Main Lineages of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex in West Africa

Frontiers in Microbiology · 2021 · corresponding author · 7 citations

Molecular epidemiology and drug susceptibility profiles of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex isolates from Northern Ghana

International Journal of Infectious Diseases · 2021 · corresponding author · 7 citations

Molecular epidemiology and multidrug resistance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex from pulmonary tuberculosis patients in the Eastern region of Ghana

Heliyon · 2021 · 6 citations

Surveillance for peri-elimination trachoma recrudescence: Exploratory studies in Ghana

PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2021 · 5 citations

Primary Isolation of Mycobacterium ulcerans

Methods in molecular biology · 2021 · corresponding author · 3 citations

Microbial profile of root canals of pulpally infected teeth in Ghanaians

Journal Of Oral Research · 2021 · 1 citations

Mycobacterium tuberculosis strain diversity and non Tuberculous Mycobacteria isolates in the West and Central Africa

International Journal of Mycobacteriology · 2021

Mapping Mycobacterium tuberculosis genetic diversity in the gulf of guinea – africa

International Journal of Mycobacteriology · 2021

Mapping Mycobacterium tuberculosis genetic diversity and associated drug resistance in the gulf of guinea – africa

International Journal of Mycobacteriology · 2021

Lockdown measures in response to COVID-19 in nine sub-Saharan African countries

BMJ Global Health · 2020 · 437 citations

COVID-19—Zoonosis or Emerging Infectious Disease?

Frontiers in Public Health · 2020 · 188 citations

Non-tuberculous mycobacterial infections—A neglected and emerging problem

International Journal of Infectious Diseases · 2020 · 97 citations

A molecular and epidemiological study of Vibrio cholerae isolates from cholera outbreaks in southern Ghana

PLoS ONE · 2020 · corresponding author · 27 citations

Whole Genome Sequencing and Spatial Analysis Identifies Recent Tuberculosis Transmission Hotspots in Ghana

Frontiers in Medicine · 2020 · corresponding author · 27 citations

Zoonotic tuberculosis—a call for an open One Health debate

The Lancet Infectious Diseases · 2020 · 17 citations

Phylogenomics of Mycobacterium africanum reveals a new lineage and a complex evolutionary history

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · 2020 · 14 citations

Commemorating World TB Day 2020: “IT’S TIME” — It’s time to End the Global TB Epidemic

International Journal of Infectious Diseases · 2020 · corresponding author · 13 citations

Lockdown measures in response to COVID-19 in Sub-Saharan Africa: A rapid study of nine countries

medRxiv · 2020 · 10 citations

A pilot study on the genetic diversity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex strains from tuberculosis patients in the Littoral region of Cameroon

Journal of Clinical Tuberculosis and Other Mycobacterial Diseases · 2020 · 7 citations

Local adaptation in populations of Mycobacterium tuberculosis endemic to the Indian Ocean Rim

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · 2020 · 4 citations

Human slc11a1 Gene Polymorphism Has the Propensity to Confer Susceptibility to M. Africanum TB Disease in Ghana

Preprints.org · 2020 · 1 citations

Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex lineage 5 exhibits high levels of within-lineage genomic diversity and differing gene content compared to the type strain H37Rv

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · 2020

Phylogenetic population structure and drug resistance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex in the Volta Region of Ghana

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · 2020

Microbial Profile of Root Canals of Pulpally Infected Teeth In Ghanaians

Research Square · 2020

Reference set of Mycobacterium tuberculosis clinical strains: A tool for research and product development

PLoS ONE · 2019 · 94 citations

Latent TB Infection (LTBI) – Mycobacterium tuberculosis pathogenesis and the dynamics of the granuloma battleground

International Journal of Infectious Diseases · 2019 · corresponding author · 53 citations

Improving treatment outcomes for MDR-TB — Novel host-directed therapies and personalised medicine of the future

International Journal of Infectious Diseases · 2019 · corresponding author · 36 citations

Molecular epidemiology and whole genome sequencing analysis of clinical Mycobacterium bovis from Ghana

PLoS ONE · 2019 · corresponding author · 30 citations

TB-diabetes co-morbidity in Ghana: The importance of Mycobacterium africanum infection

PLoS ONE · 2019 · corresponding author · 26 citations

Challenges of bovine tuberculosis control and genetic distribution in Africa

Biomedical and Biotechnology Research Journal (BBRJ) · 2019 · 16 citations

Molecular Analysis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Isolated in the North Central Zone of Nigeria

Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health · 2019 · 10 citations

Secondary Infection of Buruli Ulcer Lesions

2019 · corresponding author · 8 citations

Bovine Tuberculosis in Ghana

2019 · 2 citations

Buruli Ulcer: a Review of the Current Knowledge

Current Tropical Medicine Reports · 2018 · 117 citations

Comparative genomics of Mycobacterium africanum Lineage 5 and Lineage 6 from Ghana suggests distinct ecological niches

Scientific Reports · 2018 · corresponding author · 47 citations

Reduced transmission of Mycobacterium africanum compared to Mycobacterium tuberculosis in urban West Africa

International Journal of Infectious Diseases · 2018 · corresponding author · 42 citations

Laboratory confirmation of Buruli ulcer cases in Ghana, 2008-2016

PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2018 · 25 citations

Low sensitivity of the MPT64 identification test to detect lineage 5 of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex

Journal of Medical Microbiology · 2018 · 25 citations

Challenges associated with the treatment of Buruli ulcer

Journal of Leukocyte Biology · 2018 · corresponding author · 15 citations

Second-line anti-tuberculosis drug resistance testing in Ghana identifies the first extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis case

Infection and Drug Resistance · 2018 · 13 citations

OMNIgene SPUTUM: A good transport and decontaminating reagent for tuberculosis testing

International Journal of Mycobacteriology · 2018 · corresponding author · 9 citations

Molecular epidemiology and whole genome sequencing analysis of clinical Mycobacterium bovis from Ghana

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · 2018 · corresponding author · 5 citations

Reference Set of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Clinical Strains: A tool for research and product development

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · 2018 · 4 citations

Drug resistance and spoligotype patterns of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolated in Nigeria

International Journal of Infectious Diseases · 2018

The global dynamics of diabetes and tuberculosis: the impact of migration and policy implications

International Journal of Infectious Diseases · 2017 · 64 citations

Genomic analysis of ST88 community-acquired methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Ghana

PeerJ · 2017 · 34 citations

Susceptibility to Mycobacterium ulcerans Disease (Buruli ulcer) Is Associated with IFNG and iNOS Gene Polymorphisms

Frontiers in Microbiology · 2017 · 29 citations

Isolation and Characterization of Nontuberculous Mycobacteria from Patients with Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Ghana

International Journal of Mycobacteriology · 2017 · 28 citations

Significant under expression of the DosR regulon in M. tuberculosis complex lineage 6 in sputum

Tuberculosis · 2017 · 26 citations

The Biology and Epidemiology of Mycobacterium africanum

Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2017 · corresponding author · 25 citations

Seasonal Pattern of Mycobacterium ulcerans, the Causative Agent of Buruli Ulcer, in the Environment in Ghana

Microbial Ecology · 2017 · corresponding author · 25 citations

Assessing and managing wounds of Buruli ulcer patients at the primary and secondary health care levels in Ghana

PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2017 · 25 citations

Environmental and Behavioral Drivers of Buruli Ulcer Disease in Selected Communities Along the Densu River Basin of Ghana: A Case-Control Study

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene · 2017 · 15 citations

Longitudinal assessment of the bacterial burden of buruli ulcer wounds during treatment

Biomedical and Biotechnology Research Journal (BBRJ) · 2017 · corresponding author · 8 citations

DRUG RESISTANCE AND GENETIC PROFILE OF BACTERIAL SPECIES ASSOCIATED WITH BURULI ULCER WOUND INFECTIONS IN TWO DISTRICTS OF GHANA

BMJ Global Health · 2017

Comparative genomics of Mycobacterium africanum Lineage 5 and Lineage 6 from Ghana suggests different ecological niches

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · 2017

Mycobacterium tuberculosis lineage 4 comprises globally distributed and geographically restricted sublineages

Nature Genetics · 2016 · 481 citations

Host-directed therapies for infectious diseases: current status, recent progress, and future prospects

The Lancet Infectious Diseases · 2016 · 381 citations

Seasonality and Locality Affect the Diversity of Anopheles gambiae and Anopheles coluzzii Midgut Microbiota from Ghana

PLoS ONE · 2016 · 96 citations

Antimycobacterial and cytotoxic activity of selected medicinal plant extracts

Journal of Ethnopharmacology · 2016 · 89 citations

Spatio-Temporal Distribution of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex Strains in Ghana

PLoS ONE · 2016 · corresponding author · 53 citations

Detection and characterization of drug-resistant conferring genes in Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex strains: A prospective study in two distant regions of Ghana

Tuberculosis · 2016 · corresponding author · 53 citations

Molecular epidemiology of Mycobacterium africanum in Ghana

BMC Infectious Diseases · 2016 · corresponding author · 50 citations

Clinical and Laboratory Diagnosis of Buruli Ulcer Disease: A Systematic Review

Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology · 2016 · 44 citations

Possible healthcare-associated transmission as a cause of secondary infection and population structure of Staphylococcus aureus isolates from two wound treatment centres in Ghana

New Microbes and New Infections · 2016 · corresponding author · 34 citations

Isolation of Nontuberculous Mycobacteria from the Environment of Ghanian Communities Where Buruli Ulcer Is Endemic

Applied and Environmental Microbiology · 2016 · 32 citations

Cultural Understanding of Wounds, Buruli Ulcers and Their Management at the Obom Sub-district of the Ga South Municipality of the Greater Accra Region of Ghana

PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2016 · corresponding author · 25 citations

Taking forward the World TB Day 2016 theme ‘Unite to End Tuberculosis’ for the WHO Africa Region

International Journal of Infectious Diseases · 2016 · 25 citations

Spatial Distribution of Mycobacterium ulcerans in Buruli Ulcer Lesions: Implications for Laboratory Diagnosis

PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2016 · 25 citations

In Vitro Activity of Selected West African Medicinal Plants against Mycobacterium ulcerans Disease

Molecules · 2016 · 24 citations

Burden and Historical Trend of Buruli Ulcer Prevalence in Selected Communities along the Offin River of Ghana

PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2016 · corresponding author · 23 citations

RNA Aptamer That Specifically Binds to Mycolactone and Serves as a Diagnostic Tool for Diagnosis of Buruli Ulcer

PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2016 · 20 citations

A Sero-epidemiological Approach to Explore Transmission of Mycobacterium ulcerans

PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2016 · 17 citations

Limited Genetic Diversity of Hepatitis B Virus in the General Population of the Offin River Valley in Ghana

PLoS ONE · 2016 · 13 citations

In vitro antimycobacterial and cytotoxic data on medicinal plants used to treat tuberculosis

Data in Brief · 2016 · 13 citations

Learning from epidemiological, clinical, and immunological studies on Mycobacterium africanum for improving current understanding of host–pathogen interactions, and for the development and evaluation of diagnostics, host-directed therapies, and vaccines for tuberculosis

International Journal of Infectious Diseases · 2016 · corresponding author · 10 citations

Spatiotemporal Co-existence of Two Mycobacterium ulcerans Clonal Complexes in the Offin River Valley of Ghana

PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2016 · 8 citations

Outcome of Streptomycin-Rifampicin treatment of Buruli Ulcer in two Ghanaian districts

Pan African Medical Journal · 2016 · 6 citations

Possible healthcare-associated transmission as a cause of secondary infection and population structure of Staphylococcus aureus isolates from two wound-treatment centres in Ghana

2016 · corresponding author · 5 citations

The First population structure and comparative genomics analysis of Mycobacterium africanum strains from Ghana reveals higher diversity of Lineage 5

International Journal of Mycobacteriology · 2016 · 5 citations

Antimycobacterial ingredients from plants used in traditional medicine to treat Buruli ulcer

International Journal of Mycobacteriology · 2016 · 3 citations

Antimycobacterial potency and cytotoxicity study of three medicinal plants

International Journal of Mycobacteriology · 2016 · 2 citations

In vitro antimycobacterial activity and toxicity of eight medicinal plants against pathogenic and nonpathogenic mycobacterial strains

International Journal of Mycobacteriology · 2016 · 1 citations

Challenging dogma and stagnation in TB research

International Journal of Mycobacteriology · 2016 · 1 citations

Activity of selected West African medicinal plants against Mycobacterium ulcerans disease

Planta Medica · 2016

In vitro antimycobacterial activity and toxicity of eight medicinal plants against pathogenic and nonpathogenic mycobacterial strains.

DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) · 2016

Towards host-directed therapies for tuberculosis

Nature Reviews Drug Discovery · 2015 · 129 citations

Current perspectives in drug discovery against tuberculosis from natural products

International Journal of Mycobacteriology · 2015 · 102 citations

Medicinal plants used to treat TB in Ghana

International Journal of Mycobacteriology · 2015 · 95 citations

Mycobacterium africanum Is Associated with Patient Ethnicity in Ghana

PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2015 · 81 citations

Evaluation of GenoType® MTBDRplus for the rapid detection of drug-resistant tuberculosis in Ghana

The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease · 2015 · 29 citations

Challenges Associated with Management of Buruli Ulcer/Human Immunodeficiency Virus Coinfection in a Treatment Center in Ghana: A Case Series Study

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene · 2015 · 20 citations

Methods used in preclinical assessment of anti-Buruli ulcer agents: A global perspective

Journal of Pharmacological and Toxicological Methods · 2015 · 5 citations

Risk factors for Risk factor for TB caused by Lineage 5 compared to M. tuberculosis sensu stricto.

INDIGO (University of Illinois at Chicago) · 2015

Oligonucleotides used for Luminex MOL-PCR.

Figshare · 2015

Late Onset of the Serological Response against the 18 kDa Small Heat Shock Protein of Mycobacterium ulcerans in Children

PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2014 · 35 citations

Evaluation of Customised Lineage-Specific Sets of MIRU-VNTR Loci for Genotyping Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex Isolates in Ghana

PLoS ONE · 2014 · corresponding author · 20 citations

Primary cultivation: factors affecting contamination and Mycobacterium ulcerans growth after long turnover time of clinical specimens

BMC Infectious Diseases · 2014 · 20 citations

Prevalence of bovine tuberculosis in a dairy cattle farm and a research farm in Ghana

Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research · 2014 · 19 citations

Out-of-Africa migration and Neolithic coexpansion of Mycobacterium tuberculosis with modern humans

Nature Genetics · 2013 · 1067 citations

Secondary Bacterial Infections of Buruli Ulcer Lesions Before and After Chemotherapy with Streptomycin and Rifampicin

PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2013 · corresponding author · 75 citations

Enhancing Buruli ulcer control in Ghana through social interventions: a case study from the Obom sub-district

BMC Public Health · 2013 · 42 citations

Social and Economic Factors Influencing Buruli Ulcer Health Seeking Decision Making in the Ga West and South Municipalities

Advances in Applied Sociology · 2013 · 5 citations

Drug Susceptibility Pattern of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Isolates From Ghana; Correlation with Clinical Response

Mycobacterial Diseases · 2013 · corresponding author · 4 citations

Social and Economic Factors Influencing Buruli Ulcer Health Seeking Decision Making in the Ga West and South Municipalities

Advances in Applied Sociology · 2013 · 1 citations

On the origin of Mycobacterium ulcerans, the causative agent of Buruli ulcer

BMC Genomics · 2012 · 174 citations

Two New Rapid SNP-Typing Methods for Classifying Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex into the Main Phylogenetic Lineages

PLoS ONE · 2012 · 127 citations

Development of a Temperature-Switch PCR-Based SNP Typing Method for Mycobacterium ulcerans

PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2012 · 6 citations