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Kwadwo Koram

PROFESSOR

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

CollegeCOLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES
School / InstituteSCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
DepartmentDEPARTMENT OF EPIDEMIOLOGY AND DISEASE CONTROL
EpidemiologyPublic HealthInfectious Diseases
Publications

393

Citations

14,105

H-index

66

i10-index

192

Publication activity
Publication statistics
Average citations
35.9
Most cited paper
513
First publication year
1900
Latest publication year
2026
Last updated
14 Sep 2026, 10:11
Publications

393 matching publications

PublicationYearJournalThematic areaCitations
Co-evolution of human leukocyte antigen (HLA) class I ligands with killer-cell immunoglobulin-like receptors (KIR) in a genetically diverse population of sub-Saharan Africans
PJ Norman, JA Hollenbach, N Nemat-Gorgani, LA Guethlein, HG Hilton, ...
2013 PLoS genetics 9 (10), e1003938, 2013 Health Sciences 148
Haematological and biochemical reference values for healthy adults in the middle belt of Ghana
DK Dosoo, K Kayan, D Adu-Gyasi, E Kwara, J Ocran, K Osei-Kwakye, ...
2012 PloS one 7 (4), e36308, 2012 Health Sciences 144
When is “malaria” malaria? The different burdens of malaria infection, malaria disease, and malaria-like illnesses
KA Koram, ME Molyneux
2007 Defining and Defeating the Intolerable Burden of Malaria III: Progress and …, 2007 Health Sciences 140
Clinical case definitions for malaria: clinical malaria associated with very low parasite densities in African infants
D McGuinness, K Koram, S Bennett, G Wagner, F Nkrumah, E Riley
1998 Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 92 (5 …, 1998 Health Sciences 140
Seasonal profiles of malaria infection, anaemia, and bednet use among age groups and communities in northern Ghana
KA Koram, S Owusu‐Agyei, DJ Fryauff, F Anto, F Atuguba, A Hodgson, ...
2003 Tropical Medicine & International Health 8 (9), 793-802, 2003 Health Sciences 137
Systematic review of prediction models for gestational hypertension and preeclampsia
E Antwi, M Amoakoh-Coleman, DL Vieira, S Madhavaram, KA Koram, ...
2020 PLoS One 15 (4), e0230955, 2020 Health Sciences 134
Socio‐cultural determinants of treatment delay for childhood malaria in southern Ghana
CK Ahorlu, KA Koram, C Ahorlu, D De Savigny, MG Weiss
2006 Tropical Medicine & International Health 11 (7), 1022-1031, 2006 Health Sciences 134
Meiotic recombination generates rich diversity in NK cell receptor genes, alleles, and haplotypes
PJ Norman, L Abi-Rached, K Gendzekhadze, JA Hammond, AK Moesta, ...
2009 Genome research 19 (5), 757-769, 2009 Health Sciences 129
Severe falciparum malaria in young children of the Kassena-Nankana district of northern Ghana
AR Oduro, KA Koram, W Rogers, F Atuguba, P Ansah, T Anyorigiya, ...
2007 Malaria journal 6 (1), 96, 2007 Health Sciences 124
Frequent and Persistent, Asymptomatic Plasmodium falciparum Infections in African Infants, Characterized by Multilocus Genotyping
S Franks, KA Koram, GE Wagner, K Tetteh, D McGuinness, JG Wheeler, ...
2001 The Journal of infectious diseases 183 (5), 796-804, 2001 Health Sciences 123
Selective Sweeps and Genetic Lineages of Plasmodium falciparum Drug -Resistant Alleles in Ghana
MT Alam, DK De Souza, S Vinayak, SM Griffing, AC Poe, NO Duah, ...
2011 Journal of Infectious Diseases 203 (2), 220-227, 2011 Health Sciences 121
Seasonal malaria attack rates in infants and young children in northern Ghana
JK Baird, SO Agyei, GC Utz, K Koram, MJ Barcus, TR Jones, DJ Fryauff, ...
2002 American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 66 (3), 280-286, 2002 Health Sciences 119
Novel Plasmodium falciparum clones and rising clone multiplicities are associated with the increase in malaria morbidity in Ghanaian children during the transition into the …
A Ofosu-Okyere, MJ Mackinnon, MPK Sowa, KA Koram, F Nkrumah, ...
2001 Parasitology 123 (2), 113-123, 2001 Health Sciences 119
Positive selection of a CD36 nonsense variant in sub-Saharan Africa, but no association with severe malaria phenotypes
AE Fry, A Ghansa, KS Small, A Palma, S Auburn, M Diakite, A Green, ...
2009 Human molecular genetics 18 (14), 2683-2692, 2009 Health Sciences 118
Severe anemia in young children after high and low malaria transmission seasons in the Kassena-Nankana district of northern Ghana.
KA Koram, S Owusu-Agyei, G Utz, FN Binka, JK Baird, SL Hoffman, ...
2000 The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 62 (6), 670-674, 2000 Health Sciences 112
Feasibility, safety, and impact of the RTS, S/AS01E malaria vaccine when implemented through national immunisation programmes: evaluation of cluster-randomised introduction of …
KP Asante, DP Mathanga, P Milligan, S Akech, A Oduro, V Mwapasa, ...
2024 The Lancet 403 (10437), 1660-1670, 2024 Health Sciences 110
Safety, reactogenicity, and immunogenicity of a chimpanzee adenovirus vectored Ebola vaccine in adults in Africa: a randomised, observer-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 2 trial
MD Tapia, SO Sow, BP Ndiaye, KD Mbaye, A Thiongane, CT Ndour, ...
2020 The Lancet Infectious Diseases 20 (6), 707-718, 2020 Health Sciences 110
Anaemia caused by asymptomatic Plasmodium falciparum infection in semi-immune African schoolchildren
JAL Kurtzhals, MM Addae, BD Akanmori, S Dunyo, KA Koram, ...
1999 Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 93 (6 …, 1999 Health Sciences 110
Socio-economic determinants are not major risk factors for severe malaria in Gambian children
KA Koram, S Bennett, JH Adiamah, BM Greenwood
1995 Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 89 (2 …, 1995 Health Sciences 108
High incidence of asymptomatic malara infections in a birth cohort of children less than one year of age in Ghana, detected by multicopy gene polymerase chain reaction.
G Wagner, K Koram, D McGuinness, S Bennett, F Nkrumah, E Riley
1998 The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 59 (1), 115-123, 1998 Health Sciences 105
Characterisation of the opposing effects of G6PD deficiency on cerebral malaria and severe malarial anaemia
GM Clarke, K Rockett, K Kivinen, C Hubbart, AE Jeffreys, K Rowlands, ...
2017 elife 6, e15085, 2017 Health Sciences 104
A shared Asian origin of the triple-mutant dhfr allele in Plasmodium falciparum from sites across Africa
O Maïga, AA Djimdé, V Hubert, E Renard, A Aubouy, F Kironde, B Nsimba, ...
2007 Journal of Infectious diseases 196 (1), 165-172, 2007 Health Sciences 103
Increased pfmdr1 gene copy number and the decline in pfcrt and pfmdr1 resistance allelles in Ghanaian Plasmodium falciparum isolates after the change of antimalarial drug …
NO Duah, SA Matrevi, DK De Souza, DD Binnah, MM Tamakloe, ...
2013 Malar J 12, 377, 2013 Health Sciences 101
A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Dose-Ranging Trial of Tafenoquine for Weekly Prophylaxis against Plasmodium falciparum
BR Hale, S Owusu-Agyei, DJ Fryauff, KA Koram, M Adjuik, AR Oduro, ...
2003 Clinical infectious diseases 36 (5), 541-549, 2003 Health Sciences 101
Lymphatic filariasis related perceptions and practices on the coast of Ghana: implications for prevention and control
CK Ahorlu, SK Dunyo, KA Koram, FK Nkrumah, J Aagaard-Hansen, ...
1999 Acta Tropica 73 (3), 251-261, 1999 Health Sciences 97