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John Kofi Odoom

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

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

CollegeCOLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES
School / InstituteNOGUCHI MEM. INST. FOR MED.RES
DepartmentDEPARTMENT OF VIROLOGY
Virus characterization and evolution
Publications

82

Citations

3,633

H-index

18

i10-index

28

Publication activity
Publication statistics
Average citations
44.3
Most cited paper
2,418
First publication year
1900
Latest publication year
2026
Last updated
14 Sep 2026, 09:19
Publications

82 matching publications

PublicationYearJournalThematic areaCitations
Global, regional, and national disease burden estimates of acute lower respiratory infections due to respiratory syncytial virus in children younger than 5 years in 2019: a …
Y Li, X Wang, DM Blau, MT Caballero, DR Feikin, CJ Gill, SA Madhi, ...
2022 The Lancet 399 (10340), 2047-2064, 2022 Health Sciences 2,418
The evolving SARS-CoV-2 epidemic in Africa: Insights from rapidly expanding genomic surveillance
H Tegally, JE San, M Cotten, M Moir, B Tegomoh, G Mboowa, DP Martin, ...
2022 Science 378 (6615), eabq5358, 2022 Multidisciplinary / Unclassified 225
Evolutionary dynamics and temporal/geographical correlates of recombination in the human enterovirus echovirus types 9, 11, and 30
EC McWilliam Leitch, M Cabrerizo, J Cardosa, H Harvala, OE Ivanova, ...
2010 Journal of virology 84 (18), 9292-9300, 2010 Multidisciplinary / Unclassified 137
Global respiratory syncytial virus–related infant community deaths
NI Mazur, YN Löwensteyn, JE Willemsen, CJ Gill, L Forman, ...
2021 Clinical Infectious Diseases 73 (Supplement_3), S229-S237, 2021 Health Sciences 92
Evaluation of AFP surveillance indicators in polio-free Ghana, 2009–2013
JK Odoom, NAA Ntim, B Sarkodie, J Addo, K Minta-Asare, E Obodai, ...
2014 BMC Public Health 14 (1), 687, 2014 Health Sciences 63
Virological surveillance of influenza-like illness among children in Ghana, 2008–2010
JHK Bonney, KC Kronmann, CP Lindan, IA Asante, P Parbie, J Aboagye, ...
2012 The Journal of infectious diseases 206 (suppl_1), S108-S113, 2012 Multidisciplinary / Unclassified 43
Changes in population dynamics during long-term evolution of Sabin type 1 poliovirus in an immunodeficient patient
JK Odoom, Z Yunus, G Dunn, PD Minor, J Martín
2008 Journal of virology 82 (18), 9179-9190, 2008 Health Sciences 43
Genomic analysis of SARS-CoV-2 reveals local viral evolution in Ghana
JM Ngoi, PK Quashie, CM Morang'a, JHK Bonney, DSY Amuzu, ...
2021 Experimental Biology and Medicine 246 (8), 960-970, 2021 Health Sciences 38
The significance of human respiratory syncytial virus (HRSV) in children from Ghana with acute lower respiratory tract infection: a molecular epidemiological analysis, 2006 and …
E Obodai, JK Odoom, T Adiku, B Goka, T Wolff, B Biere, B Schweiger, ...
2018 PLoS One 13 (9), e0203788, 2018 Health Sciences 38
Antibody escape and global spread of SARS-CoV-2 lineage A. 27
T Kaleta, L Kern, SL Hong, M Hölzer, G Kochs, J Beer, D Schnepf, ...
2022 Nature Communications 13 (1), 1152, 2022 Multidisciplinary / Unclassified 36
Antibody response to 17D yellow fever vaccine in Ghanaian infants
M Osei-Kwasi, SK Dunyo, KA Koram, EA Afari, JK Odoom, FK Nkrumah
2001 Bulletin of the World Health Organization 79, 1056-1059, 2001 Health Sciences 34
Outbreak of Cholera, Greater Accra Region, Ghana, 2014
E Dzotsi, JK Odoom, J Opare, B Davies-Teye
2016 J Sci Res Rep 9 (3), 1-12, 2016 Multidisciplinary / Unclassified 31
Expanding molecular diagnostics of helminthiasis: Piloting use of the GPLN platform for surveillance of soil transmitted helminthiasis and schistosomiasis in Ghana
LJ Cunningham, J Odoom, D Pratt, L Boatemaa, N Asante-Ntim, K Attiku, ...
2018 PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases 12 (1), e0006129, 2018 Natural Sciences 27
Human Enteroviruses isolated during acute flaccid paralysis surveillance in Ghana: implications for the post eradication era
JK Odoom, E Obodai, JS Barnor, M Ashun, J Arthur-Quarm, M Osei-Kwasi
2012 The Pan African medical journal 12, 74, 2012 Health Sciences 27
Troop education and avian influenza surveillance in military barracks in Ghana, 2011
JK Odoom, S Bel-Nono, D Rodgers, PG Agbenohevi, CK Dafeamekpor, ...
2012 BMC Public Health 12 (1), 957, 2012 Health Sciences 24
Detection of vaccine-derived poliovirus circulation by environmental surveillance in the absence of clinical cases
JK Odoom, E Obodai, G Boateng, S Diamenu, K Attiku, P Avevor, E Duker, ...
2021 Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics 17 (7), 2117-2124, 2021 Health Sciences 22
Prevalence of human enteroviruses among apparently healthy nursery school children in Accra
J Attoh, E Obodai, T Adiku, JK Odoom
2014 The Pan African medical journal 18, 66, 2014 Health Sciences 20
Procyanidin trimer C1 derived from Theobroma cacao reactivates latent human immunodeficiency virus type 1 provirus
T Hori, J Barnor, TN Huu, O Morinaga, A Hamano, J Ndzinu, A Frimpong, ...
2015 Biochemical and biophysical research communications 459 (2), 288-293, 2015 Health Sciences 19
Repurposing an integrated national influenza platform for genomic surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 in Ghana: a molecular epidemiological analysis
IA Asante, SN Hsu, L Boatemaa, L Kwasah, M Adusei-Poku, JK Odoom, ...
2023 The Lancet Global Health 11 (7), e1075-e1085, 2023 Natural 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
Emergence of HIV-1 drug resistance mutations in mothers on treatment with a history of prophylaxis in Ghana
A Martin-Odoom, CA Brown, JK Odoom, EY Bonney, NAA Ntim, ...
2018 Virology journal 15 (1), 143, 2018 Health Sciences 17
Interruption of poliovirus transmission in Ghana: molecular epidemiology of wild-type 1 poliovirus isolated from 1995 to 2008
JK Odoom, L Forrest, G Dunn, M Osei-Kwasi, E Obodai, J Arthur-Quarm, ...
2012 The Journal of infectious diseases 206 (7), 1111-1120, 2012 Health Sciences 16
Respiratory syncytial virus genotypes circulating in urban Ghana: February to November 2006
E Obodai, R Asmah, I Boamah, B Goka, JK Odoom, T Adiku
2014 The Pan African Medical Journal 19, 128, 2014 Health Sciences 15
Circulation of hepatitis delta virus and occult hepatitis B virus infection amongst HIV/HBV co-infected patients in Korle-Bu, Ghana
K Attiku, J Bonney, E Agbosu, E Bonney, P Puplampu, V Ganu, J Odoom, ...
2021 Plos one 16 (1), e0244507, 2021 Health Sciences 14
Molecular diagnosis for the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2: lessons learnt from the Ghana experience
IA Asante, M Adusei-Poku, HK Bonney, EY Bonney, JK Odoom, E Obodai, ...
2020 Ghana Medical Journal 54 (4 Suppl), 77, 2020 Natural Sciences 14