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Richard Suu-Ire

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

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Verified email at ug.edu.gh Associate Professor, University of Ghana ORCID 0000-0002-3671-4342 Google Scholar

CollegeCOLLEGE OF BASIC & APPLIED SC.
School / InstituteSCHOOL OF VETERINARY MEDICINE
DepartmentSCHOOL OF VETERINARY MEDICINE SECRETARIAT
Wildlife HealthOne health
Publications

88

Citations

3,913

H-index

27

i10-index

38

Publication activity
Publication statistics
Average citations
44.5
Most cited paper
394
First publication year
1900
Latest publication year
2026
Last updated
13 Sep 2026, 22:46
Publications

88 matching publications

PublicationYearJournalThematic areaCitations
Ranking the risk of animal-to-human spillover for newly discovered viruses
ZL Grange, T Goldstein, CK Johnson, S Anthony, K Gilardi, P Daszak, ...
2021 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 118 (15), e2002324118, 2021 Health Sciences 394
Evidence of henipavirus infection in West African fruit bats
DTS Hayman, R Suu-Ire, AC Breed, JA McEachern, L Wang, JLN Wood, ...
2008 PloS one 3 (7), e2739, 2008 Health Sciences 338
A framework for the study of zoonotic disease emergence and its drivers: spillover of bat pathogens as a case study
JLN Wood, M Leach, L Waldman, H MacGregor, AR Fooks, KE Jones, ...
2012 Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 367 …, 2012 Health Sciences 301
Uncovering the fruit bat bushmeat commodity chain and the true extent of fruit bat hunting in Ghana, West Africa
AO Kamins, O Restif, Y Ntiamoa-Baidu, R Suu-Ire, DTS Hayman, ...
2011 Biological conservation 144 (12), 3000-3008, 2011 Natural Sciences 264
Ebola virus antibodies in fruit bats, Ghana, West Africa
DTS Hayman, M Yu, G Crameri, LF Wang, R Suu-Ire, JLN Wood, ...
2012 Emerging infectious diseases 18 (7), 1207, 2012 Health Sciences 260
Long-term survival of an urban fruit bat seropositive for Ebola and Lagos bat viruses
DTS Hayman, P Emmerich, M Yu, LF Wang, R Suu-Ire, AR Fooks, ...
2010 PloS one 5 (8), e11978, 2010 Social Sciences 240
A silent enzootic of an orthopoxvirus in Ghana, West Africa: evidence for multi-species involvement in the absence of widespread human disease
MG Reynolds, DS Carroll, VA Olson, C Hughes, J Galley, A Likos, ...
2010 The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 82 (4), 746, 2010 Health Sciences 191
Metagenomic study of the viruses of African straw-coloured fruit bats: detection of a chiropteran poxvirus and isolation of a novel adenovirus
KS Baker, RM Leggett, NH Bexfield, M Alston, G Daly, S Todd, ...
2013 Virology 441 (2), 95-106, 2013 Health Sciences 175
Continent-wide panmixia of an African fruit bat facilitates transmission of potentially zoonotic viruses
AJ Peel, DR Sargan, KS Baker, DTS Hayman, JA Barr, G Crameri, ...
2013 Nature communications 4 (1), 2770, 2013 Health Sciences 162
Novel, potentially zoonotic paramyxoviruses from the African straw-colored fruit bat Eidolon helvum
KS Baker, S Todd, GA Marsh, G Crameri, J Barr, AO Kamins, AJ Peel, ...
2013 Journal of virology 87 (3), 1348-1358, 2013 Health Sciences 120
Bartonella species in bat flies (Diptera: Nycteribiidae) from western Africa
SA Billeter, DTS Hayman, AJ Peel, K Baker, JLN Wood, A Cunningham, ...
2012 Parasitology 139 (3), 324-329, 2012 Health Sciences 114
Antibodies to henipavirus or henipa-like viruses in domestic pigs in Ghana, West Africa
DTS Hayman, LF Wang, J Barr, KS Baker, R Suu-Ire, CC Broder, ...
2011 PloS one 6 (9), e25256, 2011 Health Sciences 111
Demography of straw-colored fruit bats in Ghana
DTS Hayman, R McCrea, O Restif, R Suu-Ire, AR Fooks, JLN Wood, ...
2012 Journal of mammalogy 93 (5), 1393-1404, 2012 Social Sciences 102
Dog rabies control in West and Central Africa: A review
C Mbilo, A Coetzer, B Bonfoh, A Angot, C Bebay, B Cassamá, ...
2021 Acta tropica 224, 105459, 2021 Health Sciences 98
Co-circulation of diverse paramyxoviruses in an urban African fruit bat population
KS Baker, S Todd, G Marsh, A Fernandez-Loras, R Suu-Ire, JLN Wood, ...
2012 Journal of General Virology 93 (4), 850-856, 2012 Social Sciences 97
Pronounced Seasonal Changes in the Movement Ecology of a Highly Gregarious Central-Place Forager, the African Straw-Coloured Fruit Bat (Eidolon helvum)
J Fahr, M Abedi-Lartey, T Esch, M Machwitz, R Suu-Ire, M Wikelski, ...
2015 PloS one 10 (10), e0138985, 2015 Natural Sciences 94
Antibodies against Lagos bat virus in megachiroptera from West Africa
DTS Hayman, AR Fooks, D Horton, R Suu-Ire, AC Breed, AA Cunningham, ...
2008 Emerging Infectious Diseases 14 (6), 926, 2008 Health Sciences 88
Viral antibody dynamics in a chiropteran host
KS Baker, R Suu‐Ire, J Barr, DTS Hayman, CC Broder, DL Horton, ...
2013 The Journal of animal ecology 83 (2), 415, 2013 Health Sciences 78
Virus neutralising activity of African fruit bat (Eidolon helvum) sera against emerging lyssaviruses
E Wright, DTS Hayman, A Vaughan, NJ Temperton, JLN Wood, ...
2010 Virology 408 (2), 183-189, 2010 Health Sciences 78
Domesticated animals as hosts of henipaviruses and filoviruses: a systematic review
EE Glennon, O Restif, SR Sbarbaro, R Garnier, AA Cunningham, ...
2018 The Veterinary Journal 233, 25-34, 2018 Health Sciences 55
What is stirring in the reservoir? Modelling mechanisms of henipavirus circulation in fruit bat hosts
EE Glennon, DJ Becker, AJ Peel, R Garnier, RD Suu-Ire, L Gibson, ...
2019 Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 374 …, 2019 Health Sciences 51
Endemic Lagos bat virus infection in Eidolon helvum
DTS Hayman, AR Fooks, JM Rowcliffe, R McCrea, O Restif, KS Baker, ...
2012 Epidemiology & Infection 140 (12), 2163-2171, 2012 Health Sciences 50
Viral zoonoses of national importance in Ghana: advancements and opportunities for enhancing capacities for early detection and response
RD Suu-Ire, E Obodai, JHK Bonney, SO Bel-Nono, W Ampofo, TR Kelly
2021 Journal of tropical medicine 2021 (1), 8938530, 2021 Health Sciences 44
How does Africa's most hunted bat vary across the continent? Population traits of the straw-coloured fruit bat (Eidolon helvum) and its interactions with humans
AJ Peel, JLN Wood, KS Baker, AC Breed, A De Carvalho, ...
2017 Acta Chiropterologica 19 (1), 77-92, 2017 Social Sciences 37
Surveillance for potentially zoonotic viruses in rodent and bat populations and behavioral risk in an agricultural settlement in Ghana
R Suu-Ire, E Obodai, SO Bel-Nono, WK Ampofo, JAK Mazet, T Goldstein, ...
2022 One Health Outlook 4 (1), 6, 2022 Agriculture 31