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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
Gut microbiota signature of pathogen-dependent dysbiosis in viral gastroenteritis
T Mizutani, SY Aboagye, A Ishizaka, T Afum, GI Mensah, A Asante-Poku, ...
2021 Scientific Reports 11 (1), 13945, 2021 Health Sciences 60
Molecular epidemiology of Mycobacterium africanum in Ghana
A Asante-Poku, ID Otchere, S Osei-Wusu, E Sarpong, A Baddoo, ...
2016 BMC infectious diseases 16 (1), 385, 2016 Health Sciences 58
Anti-sporozoite antibodies as alternative markers for malaria transmission intensity estimation
KA Kusi, S Bosomprah, D Dodoo, E Kyei-Baafour, EK Dickson, D Mensah, ...
2014 Malaria journal 13 (1), 103, 2014 Health Sciences 57
Diarrhea-causing bacteria and their antibiotic resistance patterns among diarrhea patients from Ghana
T Afum, DA Asandem, P Asare, A Asante-Poku, GI Mensah, AB Musah, ...
2022 Frontiers in Microbiology 13, 894319, 2022 Health Sciences 55
Malaria vector studies in two ecological zones in southern Ghana
MA Appawu, A Baffoe-Wilmot, EA Afari, S Dunyo, KA Koram, FK Nkrumah
2001 African Entomology 9 (1), 59-65, 2001 Health Sciences 55
Detection and characterization of drug-resistant conferring genes in Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex strains: a prospective study in two distant regions of Ghana
ID Otchere, A Asante-Poku, S Osei-Wusu, A Baddoo, E Sarpong, ...
2016 Tuberculosis 99, 147-154, 2016 Health Sciences 54
Effectiveness of combined intermittent preventive treatment for children and timely home treatment for malaria control
CK Ahorlu, KA Koram, AK Seakey, MG Weiss
2009 Malaria Journal 8 (1), 292, 2009 Health Sciences 54
HLA-DRB1* 04 allele is associated with severe malaria in northern Ghana
AD Osafo-Addo, KA Koram, AR Oduro, M Wilson, A Hodgson, WO Rogers
2008 The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 78 (2), 251-255, 2008 Health Sciences 54
Community concepts of malaria-related illness with and without convulsions in southern Ghana
CK Ahorlu, KA Koram, C Ahorlu, D De Savigny, MG Weiss
2005 Malaria Journal 4 (1), 47, 2005 Health Sciences 54
Surveillance of molecular markers of Plasmodium falciparum resistance to sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine 5 years after the change of malaria treatment policy in Ghana
NO Duah, NB Quashie, BK Abuaku, PJ Sebeny, KC Kronmann, KA Koram
2012 The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 87 (6), 996, 2012 Health Sciences 52
Therapeutic efficacy of artemether-lumefantrine combination in the treatment of uncomplicated malaria among children under five years of age in three ecological zones in Ghana
B Abuaku, N Duah, L Quaye, N Quashie, K Koram
2012 Malaria journal 11 (1), 388, 2012 Health Sciences 52
Prevalence of Plasmodium falciparum delayed clearance associated polymorphisms in adaptor protein complex 2 mu subunit (pfap2mu) and ubiquitin specific protease 1 …
T Adams, NAA Ennuson, NB Quashie, G Futagbi, S Matrevi, OCK Hagan, ...
2018 Parasites & vectors 11 (1), 175, 2018 Health Sciences 49
Patterns of cardiovascular disease mortality in Ghana
OA Sanuade, JK Anarfi, A de-Graft Aikins, KA Koram
2014 Ethnicity & disease 24 (1), 55-59, 2014 Health Sciences 49
A SYBR Green 1-based in vitro test of susceptibility of Ghanaian Plasmodium falciparum clinical isolates to a panel of anti-malarial drugs
NB Quashie, NO Duah, B Abuaku, L Quaye, R Ayanful-Torgby, ...
2013 Malaria Journal 12 (1), 450, 2013 Health Sciences 49
Mutations in Plasmodium falciparum chloroquine resistance transporter and multidrug resistance genes, and treatment outcomes in Ghanaian children with uncomplicated malaria
NO Duah, MD Wilson, A Ghansah, B Abuaku, D Edoh, NB Quashie, ...
2007 Journal of tropical pediatrics 53 (1), 27-31, 2007 Health Sciences 49
Moral Standards for Research in Developing Countries from" Reasonable Availability" to" Fair Benefits"
M El Setouhy, T Agbenyega, F Anto, CA Clerk, KA Koram, M English, ...
2004 The Hastings Center Report 34 (3), 17-27, 2004 Health Sciences 49
Sero-epidemiology as a tool to screen populations for exposure to Mycobacterium ulcerans
D Yeboah-Manu, K Röltgen, W Opare, K Asan-Ampah, K Quenin-Fosu, ...
2012 PLoS neglected tropical diseases 6 (1), e1460, 2012 Health Sciences 47
Reduced transmission of Mycobacterium africanum compared to Mycobacterium tuberculosis in urban West Africa
P Asare, A Asante-Poku, DA Prah, S Borrell, S Osei-Wusu, ID Otchere, ...
2018 International Journal of Infectious Diseases 73, 30-42, 2018 Health Sciences 46
Genetic diversity of Plasmodium falciparum isolates from uncomplicated malaria cases in Ghana over a decade
NO Duah, SA Matrevi, NB Quashie, B Abuaku, KA Koram
2016 Parasites & vectors 9 (1), 416, 2016 Health Sciences 46
Plasmodium falciparum kelch propeller polymorphisms in clinical isolates from Ghana from 2007 to 2016
SA Matrevi, P Opoku-Agyeman, NB Quashie, S Bruku, B Abuaku, ...
2019 Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 63 (11), 10.1128/aac. 00802-19, 2019 Health Sciences 45
Efficacy of amodiaquine/artesunate combination therapy for uncomplicated malaria in children under five years in Ghana
KA Koram, L Quaye, B Abuaku
2008 Ghana Medical Journal 42 (2), 55, 2008 Health Sciences 45
Antimalarial prescribing practices: a challenge to malaria control in Ghana
BK Abuaku, KA Koram, FN Binka
2005 Medical Principles and Practice 14 (5), 332-337, 2005 Health Sciences 45
The in-vitro susceptibilities of Ghanaian Plasmodium falciparum to antimalarial drugs
NB Quashie, NO Duah, B Abuaku, KA Koram
2007 Annals of Tropical Medicine & Parasitology 101 (5), 391-398, 2007 Health Sciences 44
Development and validation of a prediction model for gestational hypertension in a Ghanaian cohort
E Antwi, RHH Groenwold, JL Browne, A Franx, IA Agyepong, KA Koram, ...
2017 BMJ open 7 (1), e012670, 2017 Health Sciences 43
New anti-trypanosomal active tetracyclic iridoid isolated from Morinda lucida Benth.
M Suzuki, NH Tung, KD Kwofie, R Adegle, M Amoa-Bosompem, ...
2015 Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters 25 (15), 3030-3033, 2015 Health Sciences 43