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Evangeline Obodai

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Verified email at noguchi.ug.edu.gh Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana ORCID 0000-0001-5358-5688 Google Scholar

CollegeCOLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES
School / InstituteNOGUCHI MEM. INST. FOR MED.RES
DepartmentDEPARTMENT OF VIROLOGY
VirologyBiomedical Science and ResearchInfectious Disease Epidemiology
Publications

57

Citations

3,263

H-index

17

i10-index

21

Publication activity
Publication statistics
Average citations
57.2
Most cited paper
2,441
First publication year
1900
Latest publication year
2026
Last updated
13 Sep 2026, 22:47
Publications

57 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 2,441
Respiratory Virus Global Epidemiology Network; RESCEU investigators. Global, regional, and national disease burden estimates of acute lower respiratory infections due to …
Y Li, X Wang, DM Blau, MT Caballero, DR Feikin, CJ Gill, SA Madhi, ...
2022 Lancet 399 (10340), 2047-2064, 2022 Health Sciences 161
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
A systematic review on suitability of molecular techniques for diagnosis and research into infectious diseases of concern in resource-limited settings
AK Yalley, S Ahiatrogah, AA Kafintu-Kwashie, G Amegatcher, D Prah, ...
2022 Current Issues in Molecular Biology 44 (10), 4367-4385, 2022 Natural Sciences 46
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
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
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
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
Advances in malaria diagnostic methods in resource-limited settings: a systematic review
AK Yalley, J Ocran, JE Cobbinah, E Obodai, IK Yankson, ...
2024 Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease 9 (9), 190, 2024 Health Sciences 26
Respiratory syncytial virus infection among children younger than 2 years admitted to a paediatric intensive care unit with extended severe acute respiratory infection in ten …
DN Abdelrahman, FL Abdullahi, F Abdu-Raheem, LT Abicher, H Adelaiye, ...
2024 The Lancet Global Health 12 (10), e1611-e1619, 2024 Health Sciences 25
Aetiology of acute lower respiratory infections among children under five years in Accra, Ghana
TK Adiku, RH Asmah, O Rodrigues, B Goka, E Obodai, AA Adjei, ...
2015 Pathogens 4 (1), 22-33, 2015 Health Sciences 24
Probing SARS-CoV-2-positive plasma to identify potential factors correlating with mild COVID-19 in Ghana, West Africa
K Tapela, FO Oyawoye, CO Olwal, PC Opurum, JA Amponsah, ...
2022 BMC medicine 20 (1), 370, 2022 Health Sciences 22
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
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
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
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
Molecular epidemiological surveillance of viral agents of acute lower respiratory tract infections in children in Accra, Ghana
AA Kafintu-Kwashie, NI Nii-Trebi, E Obodai, M Neizer, TK Adiku, ...
2022 BMC pediatrics 22 (1), 364, 2022 Health Sciences 12
Environmental surveillance for poliovirus in Greater Accra and eastern regions of Ghana-2016
JK Odoom, E Obodai, S Diamenu, V Ahove, J Addo, B Banahene, J Taylor, ...
2017 Virol. Curr. Res 1 (2), 2017 Health Sciences 7
First Molecular Detection of SARS‐CoV‐2 in Sewage and Wastewater in Ghana
EO Duker, E Obodai, SO Addo, L Kwasah, ES Mensah, E Gberbi, ...
2024 BioMed Research International 2024 (1), 9975781, 2024 Natural Sciences 6
SARS-CoV-2 molecular evolutionary dynamics in the Greater Accra Region, Ghana
B Adu, JHK Bonney, B Egyir, ID Otchere, P Asare, FE Dennis, EY Bonney, ...
2023 Emerging infectious diseases 29 (4), 862, 2023 Natural Sciences 6
Occurrence of influenza and bacterial infections in cancer patients receiving radiotherapy in Ghana
AK Arjarquah, E Obodai, HA Anie, MA Osei, JK Odoom, JHK Bonney, ...
2022 PLoS One 17 (7), e0271877, 2022 Health Sciences 6