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CollegeCOLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES
School / InstituteNOGUCHI MEM. INST. FOR MED.RES
DepartmentDEPARTMENT OF IMMUNOLOGY
Immunologygeneticsinfectious diseasesgenomics
Publications

102

Citations

2,090

H-index

28

i10-index

55

Publication activity
Publication statistics
Average citations
20.5
Most cited paper
225
First publication year
1900
Latest publication year
2026
Last updated
14 Sep 2026, 00:12
Publications

102 matching publications

PublicationYearJournalThematic areaCitations
A randomized first-in-human phase I trial of differentially adjuvanted Pfs48/45 malaria vaccines in Burkinabé adults
AB Tiono, JL Plieskatt, A Ouedraogo, BI Soulama, K Miura, EC Bougouma, ...
2024 The Journal of Clinical Investigation 134 (7), 2024 Health Sciences 29
A pan-African pathogen genomics data sharing platform to support disease outbreaks
A Christoffels, G Mboowa, P van Heusden, S Makhubela, G Githinji, ...
2023 nature medicine 29 (5), 1052-1055, 2023 Health Sciences 29
Human blood neutrophils generate ROS through FcγR-signaling to mediate protection against febrile P. falciparum malaria
EA Ofori, A Garcia-Senosiain, M Naghizadeh, IH Kana, MH Dziegiel, ...
2023 Communications biology 6 (1), 743, 2023 Health Sciences 29
Intermittent preventive treatment in pregnancy with sulfadoxine–pyrimethamine and parasite resistance: cross-sectional surveys from antenatal care visit and delivery in rural Ghana
A Mama, C Ahiabor, B Tornyigah, NA Frempong, KA Kusi, B Adu, ...
2022 Malaria Journal 21 (1), 107, 2022 Health Sciences 27
High-throughput tri-colour flow cytometry technique to assess Plasmodium falciparum parasitaemia in bioassays
RW Tiendrebeogo, B Adu, SK Singh, D Dodoo, MH Dziegiel, ...
2014 Malaria journal 13 (1), 412, 2014 Health Sciences 27
Levels of serum eosinophil cationic protein are associated with hookworm infection and intensity in endemic communities in Ghana
B Amoani, B Adu, MT Frempong, T Sarkodie-Addo, SV Nuvor, MD Wilson, ...
2019 PLoS One 14 (9), e0222382, 2019 Health Sciences 25
Associations of bacterial enteropathogens with systemic inflammation, iron deficiency, and anemia in preschool-age children in southern Ghana
NJ Lambrecht, D Bridges, ML Wilson, B Adu, JNS Eisenberg, G Folson, ...
2022 Plos one 17 (7), e0271099, 2022 Health Sciences 23
Genomics costing tool: considerations for improving cost-efficiencies through cross scenario comparison
M Marklewitz, A Jaguparov, A Wilhelm, OW Akande, B Musul, AL Poates, ...
2025 Frontiers in Public Health 12, 1498094, 2025 Health Sciences 22
Epidemiology, antimicrobial resistance profile, associated risk factors and management of carbapenem resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae in children under 5 with …
E Gadisa, B Egyir, E Fekede, B Adu, J Danso, A Oclu, C Owusu-Nyantakyi, ...
2024 BMC infectious diseases 24 (1), 1458, 2024 Health Sciences 20
Malaria transmission intensity likely modifies RTS, S/AS01 efficacy due to a rebound effect in Ghana, Malawi, and Gabon
GJ Bell, V Goel, P Essone, D Dosoo, B Adu, BA Mensah, S Gyaase, ...
2022 The Journal of Infectious Diseases 226 (9), 1646-1656, 2022 Health Sciences 20
Microscopic and submicroscopic asymptomatic Plasmodium falciparum infections in Ghanaian children and protection against febrile malaria
B Adu, Q Issahaque, T Sarkodie-Addo, S Kumordjie, E Kyei-Baafour, ...
2020 Infection and immunity 88 (10), 10.1128/iai. 00125-20, 2020 Health Sciences 20
Effect of drug pressure on promoting the emergence of antimalarial-resistant parasites among pregnant women in Ghana
B Tornyigah, R Coppée, P Houze, KA Kusi, B Adu, I Quakyi, N Coleman, ...
2020 Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 64 (6), 10.1128/aac. 02029-19, 2020 Health Sciences 18
Marburg virus disease in Ghana
JK Bonney, B Adu, T Sanders, D Pratt, P Adams, IA Asante, EY Bonney, ...
2023 New England Journal of Medicine 388 (25), 2393-2394, 2023 Health Sciences 17
Extended follow-up of children in a phase2b trial of the GMZ2 malaria vaccine
S Dassah, B Adu, SB Sirima, B Mordmüller, UA Ngoa, F Atuguba, ...
2021 Vaccine 39 (31), 4314-4319, 2021 Health Sciences 17
Association between alpha-thalassaemia trait, Plasmodium falciparum asexual parasites and gametocyte carriage in a malaria endemic area in Southern Ghana
H Lamptey, MF Ofori, B Adu, KA Kusi, EK Dickson, I Quakyi, M Alifrangis
2019 BMC Research Notes 12 (1), 134, 2019 Health Sciences 17
Evidence for an adult-like type 1-immunity phenotype of Vδ1, Vδ2 and Vδ3 T cells in Ghanaian children with repeated exposure to malaria
X León-Lara, T Yang, AS Fichtner, E Bruni, C von Kaisenberg, ...
2022 Frontiers in Immunology 13, 807765, 2022 Health Sciences 16
GMZ2 vaccine-induced antibody responses, naturally acquired immunity and the incidence of malaria in Burkinabe children
S Dassah, B Adu, RW Tiendrebeogo, SK Singh, FKN Arthur, SB Sirima, ...
2022 Frontiers in Immunology 13, 899223, 2022 Health Sciences 16
Associations between livestock ownership and lower odds of anaemia among children 6–59 months old are not mediated by animal‐source food consumption in Ghana
NJ Lambrecht, ML Wilson, A Baylin, G Folson, S Naabah, JNS Eisenberg, ...
2021 Maternal & child nutrition 17 (3), e13163, 2021 Health Sciences 16
Whole genome sequencing revealed high proportions of ST152 MRSA among clinical Staphylococcus aureus isolates from ten hospitals in Ghana
B Egyir, C Owusu-Nyantakyi, A Bortey, G Rabbi Amuasi, FA Owusu, ...
2024 Msphere 9 (12), e00446-24, 2024 Health Sciences 15
Effect of hookworm infection and anthelmintic treatment on naturally acquired antibody responses against the GMZ2 malaria vaccine candidate and constituent antigens
B Amoani, B Gyan, SA Sakyi, EK Abu, SV Nuvor, P Barnes, ...
2021 BMC infectious diseases 21 (1), 332, 2021 Health Sciences 15
Epidemiology, antimicrobial resistance profile and management of carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae among mothers with suspected sepsis in Ethiopia
E Gadisa, B Egyir, B Adu, H Ahmed, G Disasa, TS Tessema
2024 Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 23 (1), 85, 2024 Health Sciences 13
In vitro assessment of crude oil degradation by Acinetobacter junii and Alcanivorax xenomutans isolated from the coast of Ghana
SF Gyasi, MK Sarfo, AT Kabo-Bah, B Adu, AS Appiah, Y Serfor-Armah
2024 Heliyon 10 (3), 2024 Health Sciences 13
Background malaria incidence and parasitemia during the three-dose RTS, S/AS01 vaccination series do not reduce magnitude of antibody response nor efficacy against the first …
GJ Bell, S Gyaase, V Goel, B Adu, B Mensah, P Essone, D Dosoo, M Osei, ...
2023 BMC Infectious Diseases 23 (1), 716, 2023 Health Sciences 13
Ruminant-related risk factors are associated with Shiga toxin–producing Escherichia coli infection in children in southern Ghana
NJ Lambrecht, ML Wilson, D Bridges, JNS Eisenberg, B Adu, A Baylin, ...
2021 The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 106 (2), 513, 2021 Health Sciences 13
Suitability of IgG responses to multiple Plasmodium falciparum antigens as markers of transmission intensity and pattern
E Kyei-Baafour, M Oppong, KA Kusi, AF Frempong, B Aculley, FKN Arthur, ...
2021 PLoS One 16 (4), e0249936, 2021 Health Sciences 13