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Kennedy Kwasi Addo

PROFESSOR

Verified email at noguchi.ug.edu.gh Professor of Bacteriology, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana Google Scholar

CollegeCOLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES
School / InstituteSCHOOL OF NURSING & MIDWIFERY
DepartmentDEPARTMENT OF ADULT HEALTH
Mycobacterial InfectionsBacterial sexually transmitted infectionsAntimicrobial ResistanceMicrobiological quality of food and waterSkin neglected tropical diseases
Publications

149

Citations

2,969

H-index

29

i10-index

66

Publication activity
Publication statistics
Average citations
19.9
Most cited paper
231
First publication year
1900
Latest publication year
2026
Last updated
14 Sep 2026, 08:39
Publications

149 matching publications

PublicationYearJournalThematic areaCitations
The prevalence of tuberculosis in cattle and their handlers in north Tongu, Volta region, Ghana
EA Amemor, SO Sackey, N Yebuah, RD Folitse, BO Emikpe, E Afari, ...
2017 African Journal of infectious diseases 11 (1), 12-17, 2017 Health Sciences 15
Drug susceptibility profiles and factors associated with non-tuberculous mycobacteria species circulating among patients diagnosed with pulmonary tuberculosis in Tanzania
TG Maya, EV Komba, GI Mensah, PM Mbelele, SG Mpagama, ...
2022 Plos one 17 (3), e0265358, 2022 Health Sciences 14
Effect of gamma radiation and storage at 4°C on the inactivation of Listeria monocytogenes, Escherichia coli and Salmonella enterica Typhimurium in Legon-18 …
BT Odai, K Tano-Debrah, KK Addo, FK Saalia, LM Akyeh
2019 Food Quality and Safety 3 (4), 265-272, 2019 Health Sciences 14
Evaluation of three methods for detection of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus
ST Odonkor, KK Addo
2011 Int. J. Biol. Med. Res 2 (4), 1031-1034, 2011 Health Sciences 14
An integrated active case detection and management of skin NTDs in yaws endemic health districts in Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana
S Tchatchouang, LA Basing, H Kouadio-Aboh, BL Handley, C G-Beiras, ...
2024 PLoS neglected tropical diseases 18 (10), e0011790, 2024 Health Sciences 13
Relationship between animal health and livestock farmers’ wellbeing in Ghana: beyond zoonoses
FS Nuvey, DT Haydon, J Hattendorf, KK Addo, GI Mensah, G Fink, ...
2023 BMC Public Health 23 (1), 1353, 2023 Health Sciences 13
Genome sequence of Mycobacterium yongonense RT 955-2015 isolate from a patient misdiagnosed with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis: First clinical detection in Tanzania
NP Mnyambwa, DJ Kim, E Ngadaya, J Chun, S Ha, P Petrucka, KK Addo, ...
2018 International Journal of Infectious Diseases 71, 82-88, 2018 Health Sciences 13
Molecular strain typing of the yaws pathogen, Treponema pallidum subspecies pertenue
SS Katz, KH Chi, E Nachamkin, D Danavall, F Taleo, JL Kool, KK Addo, ...
2018 PloS one 13 (9), e0203632, 2018 Natural Sciences 13
Evaluating the yaws diagnostic gap: a survey to determine the capacity of and barriers to improving diagnostics in all yaws-endemic countries
BL Handley, S Tchatchouang, L Grout, RC Johnson, EN Tabah, B Boua, ...
2022 Frontiers in Tropical Diseases 3, 969219, 2022 Health Sciences 12
Multiplex Recombinase Polymerase Amplification Assay for Simultaneous Detection of Treponema pallidum and Haemophilus ducreyi in Yaws-Like Lesions
M Frimpong, SV Simpson, HS Ahor, A Agbanyo, S Gyabaah, B Agbavor, ...
2020 Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease 5 (4), 157, 2020 Health Sciences 12
Microbiological quality of water sources from the largest district in Greater-Accra Region, Ghana: a call for innovational schemes towards rural water resources management
ST Odonkor, KK Addo
2013 International Journal of Science, Environment and Technology 4, 536-555, 2013 Social Sciences 12
Farmers’ valuation and willingness to pay for vaccines to protect livestock resources against priority infectious diseases in Ghana
FS Nuvey, N Hanley, K Simpson, DT Haydon, J Hattendorf, GI Mensah, ...
2023 Preventive Veterinary Medicine 219, 106028, 2023 Health Sciences 11
LAMP4yaws: Treponema pallidum, Haemophilus ducreyi loop mediated isothermal amplification − protocol for a cross-sectional, observational, diagnostic …
BL Handley, C González-Beiras, S Tchatchouang, LA Basing, KA Hugues, ...
2022 BMJ open 12 (3), e058605, 2022 Health Sciences 11
Magnitude and associated factors of latent tuberculosis infection due to Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex among high-risk groups in urban Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso
DA Djibougou, GI Mensah, T Sagna, LT Sawadogo, AK Ouedraogo, ...
2022 IJID regions 4, 1-9, 2022 Health Sciences 11
Utility of QuantiFERON tuberculosis gold-in-tube test for detecting latent tuberculosis infection among close household contacts of confirmed tuberculosis patients in Accra, Ghana
GI Mensah, SA Sowah, NYA Yeboah, KK Addo, D Jackson-Sillah
2017 The International Journal of Mycobacteriology 6 (1), 27-33, 2017 Health Sciences 10
Sanitation and its impact on the bacteriological quality of water: a study in three communities in Ghana.
HO Addo, KK Addo, B Langbong
2013 African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition & Development 13 (5), 8258, 2013 Health Sciences 10
Utility of anti-Mycobacterium tuberculosis antibody (ab905) for detection of mycobacterial antigens in formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissues from clinically and …
SO Addo, AOD Abrahams, GI Mensah, BA Mawuli, L Mosi, EK Wiredu, ...
2022 Heliyon 8 (12), 2022 Health Sciences 9
Identification of serum cytokine biomarkers associated with multidrug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB)
GI Mensah, AN Boakye, A Basingnaa, E Owusu, S Antwi-Baffour, MF Ofori, ...
2021 Immuno 1 (4), 400-409, 2021 Health Sciences 9
Microbial quality and antibiotic residues in raw beef from selected abattoirs in Accra, Ghana
K Addo, V Adjei, G Mensah, D Jackson-Sillah
2014 Int. J. Trop. Dis. Health 6, 20-26, 2014 Health Sciences 9
Culture and sensitivity of mycobacterial isolates from cases of pulmonary tuberculosis classified as treatment failures in a teaching hospital.
MJ Newman, KK Addo, S Aboagye, FA Bonsu, P Caulley, IF Hesse, ...
2007 West African Journal of Medicine 26 (2), 131-133, 2007 Health Sciences 9
A loop-mediated isothermal amplification test for yaws: a multi-country diagnostic accuracy evaluation
BL Handley, C González-Beiras, S Tchatchouang, KA Hugues, LA Basing, ...
2024 The Lancet Global Health 12 (11), e1891-e1898, 2024 Health Sciences 8
TB or not TB? Definitive determination of species within the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex in unprocessed sputum from adults with presumed multidrug …
PM Mbelele, E Sauli, EA Mpolya, SY Mohamed, KK Addo, SG Mfinanga, ...
2021 Tropical Medicine & International Health 26 (9), 1057-1067, 2021 Health Sciences 8
Trends in extrapulmonary TB cases at three teaching hospitals in Ghana, 2008–2017
SO Addo, GI Mensah, L Mosi, A Abrahams, B Bonfoh, R Kazwala, ...
2021 Public Health Action 11 (1), 26-32, 2021 Health Sciences 8
Bacteriological Quality and antibiotic residues in raw cow milk at producer level and milk products at sale points in the Northern Region of Ghana
GI Mensah, EK Vicar, PK Feglo, SEK Acquah, CSK Saba, SO Addo, ...
2019 Int J Tropl Dis Health 34, 1-10, 2019 Health Sciences 8
Effects of community action on animal vaccination uptake, antimicrobial usage, and farmers’ wellbeing in Ghana: study protocol for a cluster-randomized controlled trial
FS Nuvey, G Fink, J Hattendorf, DT Haydon, G Fokou, KK Addo, ...
2025 One Health 20, 100952, 2025 Health Sciences 7