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Dorothy Yeboah-Manu

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Verified email at Noguchi.ug.edu.gh Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana ORCID 0000-0002-1663-6287 Google Scholar

CollegeCOLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES
School / InstituteNOGUCHI MEM. INST. FOR MED.RES
DepartmentDEPARTMENT OF ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
BacteriologyTuberculosisBuruli ulcer
Publications

283

Citations

10,921

H-index

50

i10-index

133

Publication activity
Publication statistics
Average citations
38.6
Most cited paper
1,475
First publication year
1900
Latest publication year
2026
Last updated
13 Sep 2026, 23:01
Publications

283 matching publications

PublicationYearJournalThematic areaCitations
Out-of-Africa migration and Neolithic coexpansion of Mycobacterium tuberculosis with modern humans
I Comas, M Coscolla, T Luo, S Borrell, KE Holt, M Kato-Maeda, J Parkhill, ...
2013 Nature genetics 45 (10), 1176-1182, 2013 Health Sciences 1,475
Street foods in Accra, Ghana: how safe are they?
P Mensah, D Yeboah-Manu, K Owusu-Darko, A Ablordey
2002 Bulletin of the world health organization 80, 546-554, 2002 Health Sciences 976
Lockdown measures in response to COVID-19 in nine sub-Saharan African countries
N Haider, AY Osman, A Gadzekpo, GO Akipede, D Asogun, R Ansumana, ...
2020 BMJ Global health 5 (10), e003319, 2020 Health Sciences 512
Mycobacterium tuberculosis lineage 4 comprises globally distributed and geographically restricted sublineages
D Stucki, D Brites, L Jeljeli, M Coscolla, Q Liu, A Trauner, L Fenner, ...
2016 Nature genetics 48 (12), 1535-1543, 2016 Health Sciences 496
Host-directed therapies for infectious diseases: current status, recent progress, and future prospects
A Zumla, M Rao, RS Wallis, SHE Kaufmann, R Rustomjee, P Mwaba, ...
2016 The Lancet Infectious Diseases 16 (4), e47-e63, 2016 Health Sciences 473
COVID-19—zoonosis or emerging infectious disease?
N Haider, P Rothman-Ostrow, AY Osman, LB Arruda, L Macfarlane-Berry, ...
2020 Frontiers in Public Health 8, 596944, 2020 Health Sciences 267
Phylogenomics of Mycobacterium africanum reveals a new lineage and a complex evolutionary history
M Coscolla, S Gagneux, F Menardo, C Loiseau, P Ruiz-Rodriguez, ...
2021 Microbial genomics 7 (2), 000477, 2021 Humanities 225
Emergence of new SARS-CoV-2 Variant of Concern Omicron (B. 1.1. 529)-highlights Africa's research capabilities, but exposes major knowledge gaps, inequities of vaccine …
E Petersen, F Ntoumi, DS Hui, A Abubakar, LD Kramer, C Obiero, ...
2022 International Journal of Infectious Diseases 114, 268-272, 2022 Health Sciences 212
On the origin of Mycobacterium ulcerans, the causative agent of Buruli ulcer
KD Doig, KE Holt, JAM Fyfe, CJ Lavender, M Eddyani, F Portaels, ...
2012 BMC genomics 13 (1), 258, 2012 Health Sciences 198
Two new rapid SNP-typing methods for classifying Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex into the main phylogenetic lineages
D Stucki, B Malla, S Hostettler, T Huna, J Feldmann, D Yeboah-Manu, ...
2012 PloS one 7 (7), e41253, 2012 Health Sciences 175
Towards host-directed therapies for tuberculosis
A Zumla, J Chakaya, M Hoelscher, F Ntoumi, R Rustomjee, C Vilaplana, ...
2015 Nature reviews Drug discovery 14 (8), 511-512, 2015 Health Sciences 154
Zoonotic tuberculosis–the changing landscape
R Kock, AL Michel, D Yeboah-Manu, EI Azhar, JB Torrelles, SI Cadmus, ...
2021 International Journal of Infectious Diseases 113, S68-S72, 2021 Health Sciences 144
Buruli ulcer: a review of the current knowledge
RR Yotsu, K Suzuki, RE Simmonds, R Bedimo, A Ablordey, ...
2018 Current tropical medicine reports 5 (4), 247-256, 2018 Health Sciences 142
Tuberculosis and diabetes mellitus: The complexity of the comorbid interactions
AA Boadu, M Yeboah-Manu, S Osei-Wusu, D Yeboah-Manu
2024 International journal of infectious diseases 146, 107140, 2024 Health Sciences 136
Current perspectives in drug discovery against tuberculosis from natural products
JM Nguta, R Appiah-Opong, AK Nyarko, D Yeboah-Manu, PGA Addo
2015 International Journal of Mycobacteriology 4 (3), 165-183, 2015 Health Sciences 136
Non-tuberculous mycobacterial infections—A neglected and emerging problem
I Ahmed, S Tiberi, J Farooqi, K Jabeen, D Yeboah-Manu, GB Migliori, ...
2020 International Journal of Infectious Diseases 92, S46-S50, 2020 Health Sciences 128
Antimycobacterial and cytotoxic activity of selected medicinal plant extracts
JM Nguta, R Appiah-Opong, AK Nyarko, D Yeboah-Manu, PGA Addo, ...
2016 Journal of ethnopharmacology 182, 10-15, 2016 Health Sciences 126
Medicinal plants used to treat TB in Ghana
JM Nguta, R Appiah-Opong, AK Nyarko, D Yeboah-Manu, PGA Addo
2015 International Journal of Mycobacteriology 4 (2), 116-123, 2015 Health Sciences 123
Seasonality and Locality Affect the Diversity of Anopheles gambiae and Anopheles coluzzii Midgut Microbiota from Ghana
J Akorli, M Gendrin, NAP Pels, D Yeboah-Manu, GK Christophides, ...
2016 PloS one 11 (6), e0157529, 2016 Health Sciences 122
Epidemiological aspects of non‐human antibiotic usage and resistance: implications for the control of antibiotic resistance in Ghana
ES Donkor, MJ Newman, D Yeboah‐Manu
2012 Tropical Medicine & International Health 17 (4), 462-468, 2012 Health Sciences 120
The role of street food vendors in the transmission of enteric pathogens in Accra
P Mensah, K Owusu-Darko, D Yebooh-Manu, A Ablordey, FK Nkrumah, ...
1999 Ghana Medical Journal, 1999 Health Sciences 106
Reference set of Mycobacterium tuberculosis clinical strains: A tool for research and product development
S Borrell, A Trauner, D Brites, L Rigouts, C Loiseau, M Coscolla, ...
2019 PLoS one 14 (3), e0214088, 2019 Health Sciences 104
Minimizing the impact of the triple burden of COVID-19, tuberculosis and HIV on health services in sub-Saharan Africa
JB Nachega, N Kapata, NA Sam-Agudu, EH Decloedt, PDMC Katoto, ...
2021 International Journal of Infectious Diseases 113, S16-S21, 2021 Health Sciences 100
Mycobacterium africanum Is Associated with Patient Ethnicity in Ghana
A Asante-Poku, D Yeboah-Manu, ID Otchere, SY Aboagye, D Stucki, ...
2015 PLoS neglected tropical diseases 9 (1), e3370, 2015 Health Sciences 100
Evaluation of Decontamination Methods and Growth Media for Primary Isolation of Mycobacterium ulcerans from Surgical Specimens
D Yeboah-Manu, T Bodmer, E Mensah-Quainoo, S Owusu, D Ofori-Adjei, ...
2004 Journal of Clinical Microbiology 42 (12), 5875-5876, 2004 Health Sciences 98