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Dziedzom K. de Souza

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Verified email at noguchi.ug.edu.gh Department of Parasitology, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, College of Health ORCID 0000-0001-5000-6177 Google Scholar

CollegeCOLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES
School / InstituteNOGUCHI MEM. INST. FOR MED.RES
DepartmentDEPARTMENT OF PARASITOLOGY
Neglected Tropical DiseasesMedical EntomologyMolecular Biology of Disease Vectors and Parasites
Publications

168

Citations

2,599

H-index

28

i10-index

63

Publication activity
Publication statistics
Average citations
15.5
Most cited paper
210
First publication year
1900
Latest publication year
2026
Last updated
13 Sep 2026, 22:58
Publications

168 matching publications

PublicationYearJournalThematic areaCitations
Assessing diagnostic accuracy of onchocerciasis rapid diagnostic tests using Bayesian latent class models
J Norman, NDM Bassabi-Alladjie, PM Boko-Collins, DK de Souza, K Gass, ...
2026 medRxiv, 2026.01. 20.26344416, 2026 Health Sciences 1
Defining onchocerciasis transmission zones: integrating operational insights with genomic and ecological advances
A Elaagip, L Koala, DK de Souza, K Atekem, O Surakat, F Ayisi, ...
2026 International Health 18 (Supplement_1), i27-i33, 2026 Natural Sciences 1
Progress towards interrupting onchocerciasis transmission in the Oulibangala focus, Chad
AM Oumar, L Koala, A Heggen, F Ayisi, A Elaagip, O Surakat, K Atekem, ...
2026 International Health 18 (Supplement_1), i89-i91, 2026 Health Sciences 1
The WHO IRIS APOC Collection: an electronic resource of the OCP and APOC experience and data to inform onchocerciasis elimination strategies.
DK de Souza, O Surakat, A Elaagip, F Ayisi, K Lassane, K Atekem, ...
2026 International Health, ihaf090-ihaf090, 2026 Health Sciences 1
Evaluation of the Clinical Performance of Two New Onchocerciasis Rapid Diagnostic Tests
DK de Souza, Y Ashong, S Afatodzie, M Dogbe, AA Nyarko, B Logonia, ...
2025 medRxiv, 2025.09. 24.25336608, 2025 Health Sciences 1
Seventh Annual Research Meeting of the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research: Bacterial Infections and Antimicrobial Resistance
B Egyir, DK de Souza, S Osei-Wusu, J Kumi, KA Kusi, M Ofori, ...
2024 Ghana Medical Journal 58 (2), 4-6, 2024 Health Sciences 1
Towards a Buruli ulcer rapid diagnostic test that targets mycolactone
M Siirin, B Pedram, MJ Gonzalez-Moa, L Warryn, R Yotsu, JM Saunders, ...
2024 medRxiv, 2024.01. 23.24301643, 2024 Health Sciences 1
Identifying Cutaneous Leishmaniasis Vectors after an Outbreak: Anthropophily of Sergentomyia species and detection of Leishmania major DNA within Sergentomyia ingrami, in Ghana
DK de Souza, K Desewu, CO Nzelu, SO Addo, MT Mosore, S Odoom, ...
2023 Health Sciences 1
Onchocerciasis in the Cameroon-Chad border area after more than twenty years of annual mass ivermectin distribution
F Ayisi, DK de Souza, J Tallant, BD Biholong, EB Fokam, DA Boakye
2023 Health Sciences 1
Dust and Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) in Ghanaian Homes: developing home cleaning intervention through community engagement to reduce infections and AMR.
E Tsekleves, D De Souza, R Pickup, C Ahorlu, A Darby
2022 Health Sciences 1
Pre-validation survey for the elimination of trachoma and evaluation of the effectiveness of the trachoma surveillance strategy in Ghana
O Debrah, E Mensah, L Senyonjo, DK de Souza, TE Hervie, D Agyemang, ...
2017 ProtocolsIo Available: https://www. protocols. io/view/pre-validation-survey …, 2017 Health Sciences 1
Diversity in Anopheles gambiae ss and Wuchereria bancrofti, and the Distribution of Lymphatic Filariasis in Ghana
DK de Souza
2010 KNUST, Faculty of Biological Sciences, College of Science, 2010 Natural Sciences 1
Adult blackfly (Simulium damnosum s.l.) collection methods: overview and research needs
O Surakat, K Atekem, A Elaagip, F Ayisi, L Koala, A Mahamat, ...
2026 International Health 18 (Supplement_1), i38-i45, 2026 Health Sciences 0
A geospatial approach to understanding transmission patterns of onchocerciasis in Ghana
M Opoku, DC Deane, H Shrestha, KK Frempong, S Pi-Bansa, ...
2026 medRxiv, 2026.07. 27.26359079, 2026 Health Sciences 0
Assessing the diagnostic accuracy of the SD-Ov16 Rapid Diagnostic Test compared to qPCR assay for the diagnosis of onchocerciasis in high and low endemic settings of Ghana
AA Nyarko, Y Ashong, SSM Dogbe, MS Afatodzie, GO Gyamfi, K Nketia, ...
2026 Health Sciences 0
A Study Protocol for Facility Based Surveillance of Lymphatic Filariasis Integrated into Routine Malaria Diagnostic Services in Districts That Have Stopped Transmission …
C Quaye, AID Saeed, SA King, R Selby, A Diawara, AN Azhari, JL Opare, ...
2026 Health Sciences 0
Exploring the Role of Social Networks in Lymphatic Filariasis Mass Drug Administration Participation in Ghanaian Communities
DD Gadeka, JG Sumboh, KM Sedzro, CS Ahorlu, DK de Souza
2026 Social Sciences 0
Malaria in onchocerciasis-endemic populations: patterns in two districts in the Oti and Volta regions of Ghana
B Ampadu, S Osei, Y Ashong, DK de Souza, EDA Owusu
2026 BMC Infectious Diseases 26 (1), 291, 2026 Health Sciences 0
Malaria in onchocerciasis-endemic populations: patterns in two districts in the Oti and Volta regions of Ghana
SO Bright Ampadu, Y Ashong, DK de Souza, EDA Owusu
2026 Health Sciences 0
Pooling poo for Strongyloides PCR screening in communities in South-eastern Ghana
GO Gyamfi, Y Ashong, M Opoku, MS Afatodzie, EF Gyekye, SO Addo, ...
2026 BMC Infectious Diseases, 2026 Health Sciences 0
Prevalence of Schistosoma bovis and Schistosoma haematobium hybrids in endemic communities in Ghana
Y Ashong, FT Aboagye, I Owusu-Frimpong, S Nyarko, J Akorli, LB Debrah, ...
2026 Plos one 21 (1), e0339722, 2026 Health Sciences 0
A Novel Biplex Onchocerca volvulus Rapid Diagnostic Test: Feasibility and Comparison with the Ov16 SD Bioline Rapid Diagnostic Test Among 3–9-Year-Old Children in Maridi, South …
A Hadermann, SR Jada, C Lubbers, LJ Amaral, M Biamonte, ...
2025 Preprints, 2025 Health Sciences 0
Beyond business as usual for lymphatic filariasis mass drug administration in hotspot districts
DK de Souza, JG Sumboh, NA Laryea, O Asiedu, B Alomatu, SK Mensah, ...
2025 International Health 17 (6), 960-967, 2025 Social Sciences 0
Cattle as reservoirs of zoonotic parasitic neglected tropical diseases: A One Health perspective on schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminths in an endemic district in Ghana
T Koo, C Quaye, P Jackson
2025 International Journal of One Health, 2025 Health Sciences 0
CHANGES IN CYTOFORM (CYTOSPECIES AND CYTOTYPE) COMPOSITION OF VECTORS OF ONCHOCERCIASIS IN NORTHERN CAMEROON AND ITS POSSIBLE IMPLICATIONS FOR DISEASE ELIMINATION
F Ayisi, D de Souza, J Tallant, EB Fokam, DA Boakye
2025 AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE 112 (6), 2025 Health Sciences 0