Gordon A. Awandare

University of Ghana

285 publications · 5,175 citations · ORCID 0000-0002-8793-3641

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Gordon A. Awandare is a researcher focused on infectious disease genomics and immunology in Africa, with a primary emphasis on malaria and SARS-CoV-2. Awandare's work spans molecular surveillance of drug resistance, characterization of parasite biology and host immune responses, and the development of diagnostic tools. Additionally, Awandare contributes to broader initiatives in genomics data governance, hearing loss genetics, and non-communicable diseases such as breast cancer.

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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.

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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

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

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 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

Publications

Genomic population structure and insecticide resistance mechanisms in the malaria vector An. coluzzii across contrasting bioclimatic zones in West Africa

BMC Genomics · 2026 · 2 citations

Distinct systemic cytokine signatures define symptomatic malaria in children: insights from a longitudinal study in Togo

BMC Infectious Diseases · 2026 · 1 citations

Genomic diversity of SARS-CoV-2 carriage in a cohort of schoolchildren in Côte d’ivoire during COVID-19 pandemics: insights from pre-delta emergence

BMC Infectious Diseases · 2026

Genomic Surveillance of malaria reveals localized sporadic emergence of artemisinin partial resistance and wide-spread sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine resistance in Ghana

Research Square · 2026

Pf8: an open dataset of Plasmodium falciparum genome variation in 33,325 worldwide samples

Wellcome Open Research · 2025 · 9 citations

Deep generative classification of blood cell morphology

Nature Machine Intelligence · 2025 · 5 citations

Gossypol is a natural product with good antimalarial activity against Plasmodium falciparum clinical isolates

Scientific Reports · 2025 · corresponding author · 5 citations

Sensitive near point-of-care detection of asymptomatic and submicroscopic Plasmodium falciparum infections in African endemic countries

Nature Communications · 2025 · 4 citations

scRNA-seq reveals elevated interferon responses and TNF-α signaling via NFkB in monocytes in children with uncomplicated malaria

Experimental Biology and Medicine · 2025 · 3 citations

Plasmodium falciparum isolates: ex vivo drug response

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy · 2025 · 3 citations

Trends in insecticide resistance in Anopheles mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) in Ghana: a systematic review

Journal of Medical Entomology · 2025 · 2 citations

Malaria exposure remodels the plasma proteome of Ghanaian children

BMC Infectious Diseases · 2025 · corresponding author · 2 citations

A lyophilized open-source RT-LAMP assay for molecular diagnostics in resource-limited settings

Life Science Alliance · 2025 · corresponding author · 2 citations

An expanded method for malaria parasite genetic surveillance using targeted nanopore sequencing

Gates Open Research · 2025 · corresponding author · 2 citations

Extracellular Vesicle Abundance, but Not a High Aggregation-Prone Peptide Cargo, Is Associated with Dihydroartemisinin Exposure in Plasmodium falciparum

International Journal of Molecular Sciences · 2025 · 1 citations

Retaining African networks is urgent for global health

Trends in Microbiology · 2025 · 1 citations

Functional antibody responses to SARS-CoV-2 variants before and after booster vaccination among adults in Ghana

Experimental Biology and Medicine · 2025 · 1 citations

Reclassifying Menopausal Breast Cancer and Assessing Non-Genetic Risk Factors in Ghanaian Women: Insights from a Cohort Study

Cancers · 2025 · 1 citations

Mutational analysis of antibiotic resistance genes in Helicobacter pylori from Ghanaian dyspepsia patients: Implications for treatment strategies

Aspects of Molecular Medicine · 2025 · 1 citations

The efficacy of selected Ghanaian herbal antimalarials against laboratory strains and clinical isolates of Plasmodium falciparum

Scientific Reports · 2025

Differential ex vivo susceptibility of Plasmodium malariae and Plasmodium falciparum clinical isolates from Ghana and Mali to current and lead discovery candidate antimalarial drugs

Microbiology Spectrum · 2025

SARS-CoV-2 antibody immunity across three continents: the West Africa, West Indies, West London Consortium

medRxiv · 2025

Genomic population structure and insecticide resistance mechanisms in the malaria vector An. coluzzii across contrasting bioclimatic zones in West Africa

Research Square · 2025

Spatiotemporal analysis of Plasmodium falciparum erythrocyte binding antigen-175 gene dimorphism in Ghana

Malaria Journal · 2025

Evaluation of Malaria Parasite Transmission Competency Using a Nanozyme-Based Immunodiagnostic Targeting Female Gamete Antigen Release

ACS Nano · 2025

Reclassifying Menopausal Breast Cancer and Assessing Non-Genetic Risk Factors in Ghanaian Women: Insights from a Cohort Study

Preprints.org · 2025

Plasmodium falciparum Subtilisin-like Domain-Containing Protein (PfSDP), a Cross-Stage Antigen, Elicits Short-Lived Antibody Response Following Natural Infection with Plasmodium falciparum

Cells · 2025

Plasmodium falciparum Subtilisin-Like Domain Containing Protein ((PfSDP) PF3D7_1105800), a Cross-Stage Antigen, Elicits Short-Lived Antibody Response Following Natural Infection with Plasmodium falciparum

Preprints.org · 2025

Bi-Allelic MARVELD2 Variant Identified with Exome Sequencing in a Consanguineous Multiplex Ghanaian Family Segregating Non-Syndromic Hearing Loss

International Journal of Molecular Sciences · 2025

An expanded method for malaria parasite genetic surveillance using targeted nanopore sequencing

2025

Recent methodological advances in federated learning for healthcare

Patterns · 2024 · 85 citations

Innovative diagnostic technologies: navigating regulatory frameworks through advances, challenges, and future prospects

The Lancet Digital Health · 2024 · 37 citations

The commitment of the human cell atlas to humanity

Nature Communications · 2024 · 20 citations

Addressing pandemic-wide systematic errors in the SARS-CoV-2 phylogeny

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · 2024 · 17 citations

Cellular immune response to SARS-CoV-2 and clinical presentation in individuals exposed to endemic malaria

Cell Reports · 2024 · 16 citations

Genomics and Health Data Governance in Africa: Democratize the Use of Big Data and Popularize Public Engagement

The Hastings Center Report · 2024 · 9 citations

Identification of complex Plasmodium falciparum genetic backgrounds circulating in Africa: a multicountry genomic epidemiology analysis

The Lancet Microbe · 2024 · 6 citations

Association of symptomatic upper respiratory tract infections with the alteration of the oropharyngeal microbiome in a cohort of school children in Côte d’Ivoire

Frontiers in Microbiology · 2024 · 6 citations

Putative molecular markers of Plasmodium falciparum resistance to antimalarial drugs in malaria parasites from Ghana

Frontiers in Epidemiology · 2024 · 6 citations

Epidemiological overlaps in COVID-19 and malaria within healthcare and community settings of Southern Ghana

Frontiers in Public Health · 2024 · 5 citations

Upper Airway Epithelial Tissue Transcriptome Analysis Reveals Immune Signatures Associated with COVID‐19 Severity in Ghanaians

Journal of Immunology Research · 2024 · 5 citations

Knowledge, attitude and perception towards COVID-19 among representative educated sub-Saharan Africans: A cross-sectional study during the exponential phase of the pandemic

PLoS ONE · 2024 · 3 citations

Spatiotemporal dynamics of the oropharyngeal microbiome in a cohort of Ivorian school children

Scientific Reports · 2024 · 3 citations

Detection of naturally acquired, strain-transcending antibodies against rosetting Plasmodium falciparum strains in humans

Infection and Immunity · 2024 · 2 citations

A complex Plasmodium falciparum cryptotype circulating at low frequency across the African continent

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · 2024 · 2 citations

Detection of naturally acquired, strain-transcending antibodies against rosetting Plasmodium falciparum strains in humans

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · 2024 · 2 citations

Self-actuated microfluidic chiplet for two-stage multiplex nucleic acid amplification assay

Lab on a Chip · 2024 · 1 citations

A lyophilized open-source RT-LAMP assay for molecular diagnostics in resource-limited settings

medRxiv · 2024

Spatiotemporal Analysis of Plasmodium falciparum Erythrocyte Binding Antigen (Pf EBA) 175 Gene Dimorphism in Ghana

Research Square · 2024

Gossypol, a natural product has good antimalarial activity of against Plasmodium falciparum clinical isolates

Research Square · 2024

Two quantitative multiplex assays for the detection of P. falciparum asexual rings and male/female gametocyte developmental stages from human tissues

Research Square · 2024

Pf7: an open dataset of Plasmodium falciparum genome variation in 20,000 worldwide samples

Wellcome Open Research · 2023 · 151 citations

Drug resistance and vaccine target surveillance of Plasmodium falciparum using nanopore sequencing in Ghana

Nature Microbiology · 2023 · 45 citations

The COVID-19, tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS: Ménage à Trois

Frontiers in Immunology · 2023 · 33 citations

Variants of <scp> LRP2 </scp> , encoding a multifunctional cell‐surface endocytic receptor, associated with hearing loss and retinal dystrophy

Clinical Genetics · 2023 · 23 citations

Global Distribution of Founder Variants Associated with Non-Syndromic Hearing Impairment

Genes · 2023 · 18 citations

Sensitive Detection of Asymptomatic and Symptomatic Malaria with Seven Novel Parasite-Specific LAMP Assays and Translation for Use at Point-of-Care

Microbiology Spectrum · 2023 · 16 citations

Co-infection of Plasmodium falciparum and Schistosoma mansoni is associated with anaemia

Malaria Journal · 2023 · 13 citations

Conflicting COVID-19 excess mortality estimates

The Lancet · 2023 · 12 citations

Comparative Susceptibility of Plasmodium ovale and Plasmodium falciparum Field Isolates to Reference and Lead Candidate Antimalarial Drugs in Ghana

Microbiology Spectrum · 2023 · 12 citations

Genomic variation during culture adaptation of genetically complex Plasmodium falciparum clinical isolates

Microbial Genomics · 2023 · 11 citations

Development of an Affordable ELISA Targeting the SARS-CoV-2 Nucleocapsid and Its Application to Samples from the Ongoing COVID-19 Epidemic in Ghana

Molecular Diagnosis & Therapy · 2023 · 9 citations

Asymptomatic Plasmodium falciparum infection evades triggering a host transcriptomic response

Journal of Infection · 2023 · 9 citations

The global transcriptome of Plasmodium falciparum mid-stage gametocytes (stages II–IV) appears largely conserved and gametocyte-specific gene expression patterns vary in clinical isolates

Microbiology Spectrum · 2023 · 8 citations

Associations between the Plasmodium falciparum genome and sickle haemoglobin identified in mild malaria cases from Ghana

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · 2023 · 6 citations

High burden of asymptomatic malaria and anaemia despite high adherence to malaria control measures: a cross-sectional study among pregnant women across two seasons in a malaria-endemic setting in Ghana

Infection · 2023 · 5 citations

A genetic Study of the Ghanaian Population Using 15 Autosomal STR Loci

Biochemical Genetics · 2023 · 4 citations

MMV006087 is a potent Malaria Box compound against Plasmodium falciparum clinical parasites

Frontiers in Drug Discovery · 2023 · corresponding author · 3 citations

Characterization of a novel Plasmodium falciparum merozoite surface antigen and potential vaccine target

Frontiers in Immunology · 2023 · 3 citations

High Plasma Levels of Neopterin Are Associated with Increased Mortality among Children with Severe Malaria in Benin

Diagnostics · 2023 · 2 citations

Recent increase in low complexity polygenomic infections and sialic acid-independent invasion pathways in Plasmodium falciparum from Western Gambia

Parasites & Vectors · 2023 · 1 citations

scRNA-Seq reveals elevated interferon responses and TNF-α signaling via NFkB in monocytes in children with uncomplicated malaria

medRxiv · 2023 · 1 citations

Epidemiological overlaps in COVID-19 and malaria within healthcare and community settings of Southern Ghana

medRxiv · 2023

Cellular Immune Response to SARS-CoV-2 Suggests a Possible Link to Endemic Malaria

SSRN Electronic Journal · 2023

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Figshare · 2023

EVALUATION OF SYMPTOMATIC AND ASYMPTOMATIC P. FALCIPARUM WITH SPECIES-SPECIFIC LAMP ASSAY AND TRANSLATION TO THE POINT- OF-CARE

International Journal of Infectious Diseases · 2023

Phased Multi-Country Seroepidemiology Study of Over 20000 Individuals&nbsp;In West Africa Reveals the Dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 Exposure Driven by Delta, Omicron and Omicron Waves

SSRN Electronic Journal · 2023

The temporal dynamics of Plasmodium species infection after artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) among asymptomatic children in the Hohoe municipality, Ghana

Malaria Journal · 2023

Cryptolepine, a plant-derived alkaloid, differentially regulates signal transduction pathways in human embryonic kidney (HEK293) cells

Journal of Science and Technology. · 2023

Detection of SARS-CoV-2 intra-host recombination during superinfection with Alpha and Epsilon variants in New York City

Nature Communications · 2022 · 46 citations

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

Nature Communications · 2022 · corresponding author · 46 citations

Plasmodium falciparum Sexual Commitment Rate Variation among Clinical Isolates and Diverse Laboratory-Adapted Lines

Microbiology Spectrum · 2022 · 26 citations

Exome sequencing of families from Ghana reveals known and candidate hearing impairment genes

Communications Biology · 2022 · 21 citations

Analysis and validation of silica-immobilised BST polymerase in loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) for malaria diagnosis

Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry · 2022 · 17 citations

Probing SARS-CoV-2-positive plasma to identify potential factors correlating with mild COVID-19 in Ghana, West Africa

BMC Medicine · 2022 · 17 citations

A longitudinal two-year survey of the prevalence of trypanosomes in domestic cattle in Ghana by massively parallel sequencing of barcoded amplicons

PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2022 · corresponding author · 14 citations

Ultrasensitive electrochemical genosensors for species-specific diagnosis of malaria

Electrochimica Acta · 2022 · 13 citations

Population-based sero-epidemiological investigation of the dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 infections in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana

Scientific Reports · 2022 · 13 citations

Age Estimate of GJB2-p.(Arg143Trp) Founder Variant in Hearing Impairment in Ghana, Suggests Multiple Independent Origins across Populations

Biology · 2022 · 11 citations

The health-trash nexus in challenging environments: A spatial mixed methods analysis of Accra, Ghana

Applied Geography · 2022 · 10 citations

Capturing intrahost recombination of SARS-CoV-2 during superinfection with Alpha and Epsilon variants in New York City

medRxiv · 2022 · 8 citations

Reconsidering the incubation period of Marburg virus disease

The Lancet Infectious Diseases · 2022 · 7 citations

Nanopore sequencing for real-time genomic surveillance of Plasmodium falciparum

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · 2022 · 5 citations

A novel autosomal dominant GREB1L variant associated with non-syndromic hearing impairment in Ghana

BMC Medical Genomics · 2022 · 5 citations

Highly Variable Expression of Merozoite Surface Protein MSPDBL2 in Diverse Plasmodium falciparum Clinical Isolates and Transcriptome Scans for Correlating Genes

mBio · 2022 · 4 citations

Explaining the unexpected COVID-19 trends and potential impact across Africa.

F1000Research · 2022 · 4 citations

Short-term cryopreservation and thawing have minimal effects on Plasmodium falciparum ex vivo invasion profile

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology · 2022 · corresponding author · 4 citations

Parasite clearance dynamics in children hospitalised with severe malaria in the Ho Teaching Hospital, Volta Region, Ghana

Parasite Epidemiology and Control · 2022 · 3 citations

Cell-based analysis of CLIC5A and SLC12A2 variants associated with hearing impairment in two African families

Frontiers in Genetics · 2022 · 3 citations

Phenotypic characterization of Ghanaian P. falciparum clinical isolates reveals a homogenous parasite population

Frontiers in Immunology · 2022 · corresponding author · 1 citations

Genomic variation during culture-adaptation of genetically complex Plasmodium falciparum clinical isolates

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · 2022 · 1 citations

Animal contact and paediatric acute febrile illness in Greater Accra Region, Ghana

Ghana Medical Journal · 2022 · 1 citations

Knowledge, attitude and perception towards COVID-19 among representative educated sub-Saharan Africans: A cross-sectional study during the exponential phase of the pandemic

Research Square · 2022

Transcriptome analysis of diverse Plasmodium falciparum clinical isolates identifies genes correlating with highly variable expression of merozoite surface protein MSPDBL2

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · 2022

Variation in Plasmodium falciparum sexual commitment rates and responses to environmental modification

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · 2022

The Pharmacologically Active Alkaloid Cryptolepine Activates a Type 1 Interferon Response That Is Independent of MAVS and STING Pathways

Journal of Immunology Research · 2022

An open dataset of Plasmodium falciparum genome variation in 7,000 worldwide samples

Wellcome Open Research · 2021 · corresponding author · 198 citations

Breast cancer in sub-Saharan Africa: The current state and uncertain future

Experimental Biology and Medicine · 2021 · 134 citations

An open dataset of Plasmodium falciparum genome variation in 7,000 worldwide samples

Wellcome Open Research · 2021 · corresponding author · 54 citations

Predictors of COVID-19 epidemics in countries of the World Health Organization African Region

Nature Medicine · 2021 · 43 citations

Trends of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) antibody prevalence in selected regions across Ghana

Wellcome Open Research · 2021 · 43 citations

A year of genomic surveillance reveals how the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic unfolded in Africa

medRxiv · 2021 · 29 citations

Hearing loss in Africa: current genetic profile

Human Genetics · 2021 · 22 citations

Plasmodium malariae and Plasmodium falciparum comparative susceptibility to antimalarial drugs in Mali

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy · 2021 · 20 citations

Temporal evolution of sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine resistance genotypes and genetic diversity in response to a decade of increased interventions against Plasmodium falciparum in northern Ghana

Malaria Journal · 2021 · 18 citations

Blood donor variability is a modulatory factor for P. falciparum invasion phenotyping assays

Scientific Reports · 2021 · corresponding author · 16 citations

Development of Cooperative Primer-Based Real-Time PCR Assays for the Detection of Plasmodium malariae and Plasmodium ovale

Journal of Molecular Diagnostics · 2021 · corresponding author · 16 citations

A SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid ELISA represents a low-cost alternative to lateral flow testing for community screening in LMI countries

Journal of Infection · 2021 · 16 citations

Further confirmation of the association of SLC12A2 with non-syndromic autosomal-dominant hearing impairment

Journal of Human Genetics · 2021 · 14 citations

Trends of SARS-CoV-2 antibody prevalence in selected regions across Ghana

medRxiv · 2021 · corresponding author · 13 citations

Investigations of Kidney Dysfunction-Related Gene Variants in Sickle Cell Disease Patients in Cameroon (Sub-Saharan Africa)

Frontiers in Genetics · 2021 · 11 citations

Plasmodium falciparum Malaria Parasites in Ghana Show Signatures of Balancing Selection at Artemisinin Resistance Predisposing Background Genes

Evolutionary Bioinformatics · 2021 · 11 citations

Ex Vivo Plasmodium malariae Culture Method for Antimalarial Drugs Screen in the Field

ACS Infectious Diseases · 2021 · 11 citations

Low COVID-19 impact in Africa: The multifactorial Nexus

Open Research Africa · 2021 · 9 citations

Cryptolepine inhibits hepatocellular carcinoma growth through inhibiting interleukin-6/STAT3 signalling

BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies · 2021 · 8 citations

Cryptolepine and Nibima inhibit hepatitis B virus replication

Scientific African · 2021 · 6 citations

Explaining the unexpected COVID-19 trends and potential impact across Africa.

F1000Research · 2021 · corresponding author · 6 citations

HIV Viremia Is Associated With APOL1 Variants and Reduced JC-Viruria

Frontiers in Medicine · 2021 · 3 citations

Helicobacter Pylori Variants with ABC‐Type Tyrosine Phosphorylation Motif in Gastric Biopsies of Ghanaian Patients

BioMed Research International · 2021 · 3 citations

Predictors of COVID-19 Epidemics in Countries of the World Health Organisation African Region

SSRN Electronic Journal · 2021 · 3 citations

Cryptolepine consolidates its anticancer potential by increasing the anti-cancer pathway genes and decreasing that of pro-cancer pathway genes

Research Square · 2021 · 2 citations

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

Research Square · 2021 · 2 citations

Some novel antileishmanial compounds inhibit normal cell cycle progression of Leishmania donovani promastigotes and exhibits pro-oxidative potential

PLoS ONE · 2021 · 2 citations

The Health-trash Nexus in Challenging Environments: A Spatial Mixed Methods Analysis of Accra, Ghana

Research Square · 2021 · 2 citations

(Plenary) From Gene to Device: The Route to Diagnostics in Low Resource Countries

ECS Meeting Abstracts · 2021 · 1 citations

An initiative to develop a public engagement ecosystem in Ghana: a case of WACCBIP’s High Schools’ Engagement Programme

Open Research Africa · 2021

A Pilot Study on&nbsp;Autism Spectrum Disorders&nbsp;in Mali: Parental Concerns About Child Developmental Milestones and Late Diagnostic Age

Research Square · 2021

Cryptolepine consolidates its anticancer potential by increasing the anti-cancer pathway genes and decreasing that of pro-cancer pathway genes

Research Square · 2021

Short-Term Cryopreservation and Thawing have Minimal Effects on Plasmodium Falciparum Ex Vivo Invasion Profile

Research Square · 2021

Recent Advances in the Development of Biosensors for Malaria Diagnosis

Sensors · 2020 · 72 citations

Machine learning approaches classify clinical malaria outcomes based on haematological parameters

BMC Medicine · 2020 · 44 citations

Insecticide resistance in indoor and outdoor-resting Anopheles gambiae in Northern Ghana

Malaria Journal · 2020 · 32 citations

Intrinsic multiplication rate variation and plasticity of human blood stage malaria parasites

Communications Biology · 2020 · 31 citations

Genomic analysis of SARS-CoV-2 reveals local viral evolution in Ghana

Experimental Biology and Medicine · 2020 · corresponding author · 31 citations

Connexin Genes Variants Associated with Non-Syndromic Hearing Impairment: A Systematic Review of the Global Burden

Life · 2020 · 28 citations

COVID-19: Time for precision epidemiology

Experimental Biology and Medicine · 2020 · 22 citations

Investigating a Plasmodium falciparum erythrocyte invasion phenotype switch at the whole transcriptome level

Scientific Reports · 2020 · corresponding author · 19 citations

Enhancing science preparedness for health emergencies in Africa through research capacity building

BMJ Global Health · 2020 · 19 citations

Appreciating the complexity of localized malaria risk in Ghana: Spatial data challenges and solutions

Health & Place · 2020 · 17 citations

Comparison of leucocyte profiles between healthy children and those with asymptomatic and symptomatic Plasmodium falciparum infections

Malaria Journal · 2020 · 14 citations

High resistance to reverse transcriptase inhibitors among persons infected with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 subtype circulating recombinant form 02_AG in Ghana and on antiretroviral therapy

Medicine · 2020 · 13 citations

Assessment of antimalarial drug resistant markers in asymptomatic Plasmodium falciparum infections after 4 years of indoor residual spraying in Northern Ghana

PLoS ONE · 2020 · 13 citations

Comparative analysis of asexual and sexual stage Plasmodium falciparum development in different red blood cell types

Malaria Journal · 2020 · 13 citations

Science advisers around the world on 2020

Nature · 2020 · corresponding author · 12 citations

Screening for GJB2-R143W-Associated Hearing Impairment: Implications for Health Policy and Practice in Ghana

Public Health Genomics · 2020 · 10 citations

Elucidating the possible mechanism of action of some pathogen box compounds against Leishmania donovani

PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2020 · 9 citations

Enhancing Genetic Medicine: Rapid and Cost-Effective Molecular Diagnosis for a GJB2 Founder Mutation for Hearing Impairment in Ghana

Genes · 2020 · 8 citations

Analysis of Plasmodium falciparum Rh2b deletion polymorphism across different transmission areas

Scientific Reports · 2020 · 8 citations

Machine learning approaches classify clinical malaria outcomes based on haematological parameters

medRxiv · 2020 · 5 citations

Insecticide resistance in indoor and outdoor-resting Anopheles gambiae in Northern Ghana

Research Square · 2020 · 5 citations

GJB4 and GJC3 variants in non-syndromic hearing impairment in Ghana

Experimental Biology and Medicine · 2020 · 4 citations

Plasmodium falciparum Merozoite Associated Armadillo Protein (PfMAAP) Is Apically Localized in Free Merozoites and Antibodies Are Associated With Reduced Risk of Malaria

Frontiers in Immunology · 2020 · corresponding author · 4 citations

High-throughput genotyping assays for identification of glycophorin B deletion variants in population studies

Experimental Biology and Medicine · 2020 · corresponding author · 3 citations

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Experimental Biology and Medicine · 2020 · corresponding author · 3 citations

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Experimental Biology and Medicine · 2020 · corresponding author · 2 citations

Molecular Characterization and Immuno-Reactivity Patterns of a Novel Plasmodium falciparum Armadillo-Type Repeat Protein, PfATRP

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology · 2020 · corresponding author · 2 citations

Intrinsic multiplication rate variation and plasticity of human blood stage malaria parasites

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · 2020 · 1 citations

Epilepsy Research in Mali: A Pilot Pharmacokinetics Study on First-Line Antiepileptic Drug Treatment

Journal of Epilepsy Research · 2020 · 1 citations

Additional file 1 of Insecticide resistance in indoor and outdoor-resting Anopheles gambiae in Northern Ghana

Figshare · 2020

Blood donor variability is a modulatory factor for P. falciparum invasion phenotyping assays

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · 2020 · corresponding author

Autism Spectrum Disorders in Mali: Parental concerns about child developmental milestones and late diagnostic age

2020

Autism Spectrum Disorders in Mali: Parental concerns about child developmental milestones and late diagnostic age

Research Square (Research Square) · 2020

Insecticide resistance in indoor and outdoor-resting Anopheles gambiae s.l. in Northern Ghana

Research Square · 2020

Insecticide resistance in indoor and outdoor-resting Anopheles gambiae s.l. in Northern Ghana

Research Square · 2020

A Pilot Study on Autism Spectrum Disorders in Mali: Parental concerns about child developmental milestones and late diagnostic age

Research Square (Research Square) · 2020

Systematic Serological Diversity of a Putative Malaria Vaccine Candidate and Broad Protection

Research Square · 2020

Molecular Characterization and Immuno-Reactivity Patterns of a Novel Plasmodium falciparum Armadillo-Type Repeat Protein, PfATRP.

Apollo (University of Cambridge) · 2020

Cryptolepine consolidates its anticancer property by increasing the anti-cancer pathway genes and decreasing that of pro-cancer pathway genes

Research Square · 2020

Additional file 2 of Machine learning approaches classify clinical malaria outcomes based on haematological parameters

Open MIND · 2020

Prevalence of malaria and hepatitis B among pregnant women in Northern Ghana: Comparing RDTs with PCR

PLoS ONE · 2019 · 75 citations

A comprehensive analysis of drug resistance molecular markers and Plasmodium falciparum genetic diversity in two malaria endemic sites in Mali

Malaria Journal · 2019 · 52 citations

GJB2 and GJB6 Mutations in Non-Syndromic Childhood Hearing Impairment in Ghana

Frontiers in Genetics · 2019 · 47 citations

High cases of submicroscopic Plasmodium falciparum infections in a suburban population of Lagos, Nigeria

Malaria Journal · 2019 · 37 citations

Validation of two parent-reported autism spectrum disorders screening tools M-CHAT-R and SCQ in Bamako, Mali

eNeurologicalSci · 2019 · 29 citations

Immune Responses to the Sexual Stages of Plasmodium falciparum Parasites

Frontiers in Immunology · 2019 · 26 citations

Impact of malaria and hepatitis B co-infection on clinical and cytokine profiles among pregnant women

PLoS ONE · 2019 · 23 citations

Current and Novel Approaches in Influenza Management

Vaccines · 2019 · 18 citations

Antibody Reactivity to Merozoite Antigens in Ghanaian Adults Correlates With Growth Inhibitory Activity Against Plasmodium falciparum in Culture

Open Forum Infectious Diseases · 2019 · corresponding author · 9 citations

Health facility-based prevalence and potential risk factors of autism spectrum disorders in Mali

African Journal of Neurological Sciences · 2019 · 7 citations

SMIM1 at a glance; discovery, genetic basis, recent progress and perspectives

Parasite Epidemiology and Control · 2019 · 5 citations

Autism seminary for public engagement: evaluation of knowledge and attitudes of traditional medical practitioners in Mali

AAS Open Research · 2019 · 3 citations

Plasma cytokine and chemokine signatures during acute infection but not convalescence distinguish between children with different levels of prior exposure to malaria.

Faculty of 1000 Research Ltd · 2019

Development of a multiplex peptide array card for early detection of acute febrile illness in Ghanaian children

Faculty of 1000 Research Ltd · 2019

EBM and SEBM Inaugurates its African Global Editor and Office

Experimental Biology and Medicine · 2019

Molecular and immunological characterization of selected Plasmodium falciparum gametocyte-specific genes

Faculty of 1000 Research Ltd · 2019

Assessment of artemisinin resistance genetic background mutations in P. falciparum in Mali: a tool to predict Artemisinins resistance emergence

Faculty of 1000 Research Ltd · 2019

MOESM3 of High cases of submicroscopic Plasmodium falciparum infections in a suburban population of Lagos, Nigeria

Open MIND · 2019

Influenza Management Prospects of Passive Immunotherapy

Preprints.org · 2019

MOESM1 of High cases of submicroscopic Plasmodium falciparum infections in a suburban population of Lagos, Nigeria

Figshare · 2019

Prevalence of chloroquine and antifolate drug resistance alleles in Plasmodium falciparum clinical isolates from three areas in Ghana

AAS Open Research · 2018 · 13 citations