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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
Outbreak of Cholera in Vea-Gunga, Bongo District of the Upper East Region, Ghana: Impact of Traditional Medicine and the National Health Insurance Scheme
JK Opare, JK Awoonor-Williams, JK Odoom, B Awuni, A Juliana, ...
2017 Kei Journal 5, 4, 2017 Health Sciences 3
Evaluation of the intensive acute flaccid paralysis surveillance system in Ghana: Post the switch from tOPV to bOPV
E Obodai, JD Boakye, NA Asante Ntim, GD Agbotse, CN Antwi, EO Duker, ...
2024 Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease 9 (11), 271, 2024 Health Sciences 2
Assessing the performance of regular surgical nose masks as a sampling method for SARS-CoV-2 detection in a cross-sectional study
M Opoku, E Obeng-Aboagye, GYK Boamah, D Adu-Asamoah, RY Ismail, ...
2023 Plos one 18 (10), e0293001, 2023 Multidisciplinary / Unclassified 2
From research to health policy: The Noguchi story in the past, present and next 25 years
D Yeboah-Manu, JK Odoom, S Osei-Wusu, A Adoma-Boakye, ...
2023 Frontiers in Tropical Diseases 4, 1135354, 2023 Health Sciences 2
Contribution of the Advanced Research Laboratories at the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (NMIMR) to SARS-CoV-2 Testing in Ghana
DNK Quansah, IA Asante, EY Bonney, E Obodai, MA Adusei-Poku, ...
2022 Health 14 (1), 125-136, 2022 Health Sciences 2
Environmental surveillance of poliovirus in four districts within two regions of Ghana
E Obese-Djomoah, E Obodai, E Gberbi, E Duker, K Attiku, M Eshun, ...
2022 medRxiv, 2022.07. 02.22277180, 2022 Multidisciplinary / Unclassified 2
Effectiveness of poliovirus environmental surveillance in Ghana: an indicator-based performance evaluation across seven regions, 2018–2022
E Obodai, NA Asante Ntim, EO Duker, E Gberbi, CN Antwi, JY Mensah, ...
2026 BMJ open 16 (1), e109733, 2026 Multidisciplinary / Unclassified 1
High serotype diversity of non-polio enteroviruses isolated in Ghana during acute flaccid paralysis surveillance, 2010-2014
J Barnor
2018 Advances in Research, 2018 Multidisciplinary / Unclassified 1
Antibiotic profiles and draft genome sequences of four Shigella flexneri recovered from untreated community wastewater samples in Ghana
B Egyir, AA Akayiri, EOK McKeown, DK Baka, W Boateng, ...
2026 Microbiology Resource Announcements, e00082-26, 2026 Health Sciences 0
Effectiveness of poliovirus environmental surveillance in Ghana: an indicator-based performance evaluation across seven regions, 2018–2022
O Evangeline, ANN Afia, DE Oduma, G Emmanuel, AC Nuamah, ...
2026 BMJ Open 16 (1), e109733, 2026 Multidisciplinary / Unclassified 0
Polyethylene Glycol Precipitation of Viruses and Bacteria from Wastewater
RX Sevor, RO Ansah, S Fitz, R Larbi, JO Frimpong, J Akello, J Mahindroo, ...
2026 Health Sciences 0
The African Polio Laboratory Network: Advancing Regional Poliovirus Detection, Genomic Surveillance, and Eradication
B Tesfaye, T Nomhwange, S Moonsamy, JE Chia, MM Baba, AO Fanaye, ...
2026 Vaccines 14 (9), 766, 2026 Multidisciplinary / Unclassified 0
Polio eradication in Ghana: past, present, and future
JK Odoom, DO Laryea, NAA Ntim, K Attiku, M Adjabeng, EO Duker, ...
2025 Frontiers in Tropical Diseases 6, 1577945, 2025 Multidisciplinary / Unclassified 0
Proof-of-principle of a technology transfer of a dried blood virus neutralisation assay to a Gavi-eligible country
E Obodai, J Terstappen, JY Mensah, A Versnel, CN Antwi, LJ Bont, ...
2025 BMJ global health 10 (3), e016916, 2025 Health Sciences 0
Anglicization of personal names: The case of Akan
K Adomako, J Odoom
2024 ACAL in SoCAL, 27, 2024 Multidisciplinary / Unclassified 0
Review 1:" Monitoring the Risk of Type-2 Circulating Vaccine-Derived Poliovirus Emergence during Roll-Out of Type-2 Novel Oral Polio Vaccine"
JK Odoom, E Obodai
2024 Rapid Reviews Infectious Diseases, 2024 Multidisciplinary / Unclassified 0
Seventh Annual Research Meeting of the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research: Viral Infections
JK Odoom, B Lartey, E Kyei-Baafour, JHK Bonney, K Kwadwo, M Ofori, ...
2024 Ghana Medical Journal 58 (2), 19-22, 2024 Health Sciences 0
Technology transfer of a dried blood virus neutralization assay to a GAVI-eligible country
E Obodai, J Terstappen, JY Mensah, A Versnel, CN Antwi, LJ Bont, ...
2024 medRxiv, 2024.07. 23.24310857, 2024 Health Sciences 0
Delayed SARS-COV-2 clearance in infected persons in Ghana
MA Adusei-Poku, JO Aboagye, JHK Bonney, JK Odoom, E Obodai, ...
2023 Ghana medical journal 57 (2), 97, 2023 Health Sciences 0
Correction: The significance of human respiratory syncytial virus (HRSV) in children from Ghana with acute lower respiratory tract infection: A molecular epidemiological …
E Obodai, JK Odoom, T Adiku, B Goka, T Wolff, B Biere, B Schweiger, ...
2019 Plos one 14 (8), e0221315, 2019 Health Sciences 0
Outbreak of Cholera in Vea-Gunga, Upper East Region, Ghana, 2015: Interfamilial and household-level transmission
JKL Opare, JK Awoonor-Williams, P Nsuguba, P Nguku, JK Odoom, ...
2017 Medical Research Archives 5 (4), 2017 Health Sciences 0
PROCYANIDIN TRIMER C1 DERIVED FROM THEOBROMA CACAO REACTIVATES LATENT HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS TYPE 1 PROVIRUS
A Frimpong, T Hori, JS Barnor, TN Huu, O Morinaga, A Hamano, J Ndzinu, ...
2015 AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE 93 (4), 145-145, 2015 Health Sciences 0
Procyanidin trimer C1 derived from Theobroma cacao reactivates latent human immunodeficiency virus type 1 provirus (vol 459, pg 288, 2015)
T Hori, J Barnor, TN Huu, O Morinaga, A Hamano, J Ndzinu, A Frimpong, ...
2015 BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS 461 (4), 702-702, 2015 Health Sciences 0
Human enteroviruses are not the cause of neurological impairments in children at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital
P Tettey, E Badoe, T Adiku, E Obodai, JK Odoom
2014 The Pan African Medical Journal 18, 232, 2014 Health Sciences 0
Human Enteroviruses implicated in acute flaccid paralysis in Ghana.
JK Odoom, E Obodai, JS Barnor, M Ashun, J Arthur-Quarm, M Osei-Kwasi
2012 PAMJ Clinical Medicine 12 (74), 2012 Health Sciences 0