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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
Genomic Diversity and Evolution of Mycobacterium ulcerans Revealed by Next-Generation Sequencing
W Qi, M Käser, K Röltgen, D Yeboah-Manu, G Pluschke
2009 PLoS pathogens 5 (9), e1000580, 2009 Health Sciences 95
Secondary bacterial infections of buruli ulcer lesions before and after chemotherapy with streptomycin and rifampicin
D Yeboah-Manu, GS Kpeli, MT Ruf, K Asan-Ampah, K Quenin-Fosu, ...
2013 PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases 7 (5), e2191, 2013 Health Sciences 93
Tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS and malaria health services in sub-Saharan Africa–a situation analysis of the disruptions and impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
P Chanda-Kapata, F Ntoumi, N Kapata, P Lungu, LA Mucheleng'anga, ...
2022 International Journal of Infectious Diseases 124, S41-S46, 2022 Health Sciences 92
Genotypic diversity and drug susceptibility patterns among M. tuberculosis complex isolates from South-Western Ghana
D Yeboah-Manu, A Asante-Poku, T Bodmer, D Stucki, K Koram, F Bonsu, ...
2011 PloS one 6 (7), e21906, 2011 Health Sciences 92
Mycobacterial species causing pulmonary tuberculosis at the korle bu teaching hospital, accra, ghana
KK Addo, K Owusu-Darko, D Yeboah-Manu, P Caulley, M Minamikawa, ...
2007 Ghana medical journal 41 (2), 52, 2007 Health Sciences 90
Application of a simple multiplex PCR to aid in routine work of the mycobacterium reference laboratory
D Yeboah-Manu, MD Yates, SM Wilson
2001 Journal of clinical microbiology 39 (11), 4166-4168, 2001 Health Sciences 83
The global dynamics of diabetes and tuberculosis: the impact of migration and policy implications
E Girardi, MS Schepisi, D Goletti, M Bates, P Mwaba, D Yeboah-Manu, ...
2017 International Journal of Infectious Diseases 56, 45-53, 2017 Health Sciences 82
Use of the Immunodominant 18-Kilodalton Small Heat Shock Protein as a Serological Marker for Exposure to Mycobacterium ulcerans
D Diaz, H Döbeli, D Yeboah-Manu, E Mensah-Quainoo, A Friedlein, ...
2006 Clinical and Vaccine Immunology 13 (12), 1314-1321, 2006 Health Sciences 81
Bacteriological quality of ready-to-eat foods sold on and around University of Ghana campus.
D Yeboah-Manu, G Kpeli, M Akyeh, L Bimi
2010 Health Sciences 75
Single Nucleotide Polymorphism Typing of Mycobacterium ulcerans Reveals Focal Transmission of Buruli Ulcer in a Highly Endemic Region of Ghana
K Röltgen, W Qi, MT Ruf, E Mensah-Quainoo, SJ Pidot, T Seemann, ...
2010 PLoS neglected tropical diseases 4 (7), e751, 2010 Health Sciences 72
Diagnosis of Mycobacterium ulcerans infection (Buruli ulcer) at a treatment centre in Ghana: a retrospective analysis of laboratory results of clinically diagnosed cases
E Mensah‐Quainoo, D Yeboah‐Manu, C Asebi, F Patafuor, D Ofori‐Adjei, ...
2008 Tropical Medicine & International Health 13 (2), 191-198, 2008 Health Sciences 68
Latent TB Infection (LTBI)–Mycobacterium tuberculosis pathogenesis and the dynamics of the granuloma battleground
M Rao, G Ippolito, S Mfinanga, F Ntoumi, D Yeboah-Manu, C Vilaplana, ...
2019 International journal of infectious diseases 80, S58-S61, 2019 Health Sciences 65
Genetic Diversity in Mycobacterium ulcerans Isolates from Ghana Revealed by a Newly Identified Locus Containing a Variable Number of Tandem Repeats
M Hilty, D Yeboah-Manu, D Boakye, E Mensah-Quainoo, S Rondini, ...
2006 Journal of bacteriology 188 (4), 1462-1465, 2006 Health Sciences 65
Spatio-Temporal Distribution of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex Strains in Ghana
D Yeboah-Manu, P Asare, A Asante-Poku, ID Otchere, S Osei-Wusu, ...
2016 PloS one 11 (8), e0161892, 2016 Health Sciences 63
Clinical and laboratory diagnosis of Buruli ulcer disease: a systematic review
SA Sakyi, SY Aboagye, I Darko Otchere, D Yeboah-Manu
2016 Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology 2016 (1 …, 2016 Health Sciences 62
Systemic suppression of interferon-γ responses in Buruli ulcer patients resolves after surgical excision of the lesions caused by the extracellular pathogen Mycobacterium ulcerans
D Yeboah-Manu, E Peduzzi, E Mensah-Quainoo, A Asante-Poku, ...
2006 Journal of Leukocyte Biology 79 (6), 1150-1156, 2006 Natural Sciences 62
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
Enhancing Buruli ulcer control in Ghana through social interventions: a case study from the Obom sub-district
CK Ahorlu, E Koka, D Yeboah-Manu, I Lamptey, E Ampadu
2013 BMC public health 13 (1), 59, 2013 Health Sciences 59
Rapid and sensitive detection of Mycobacterium ulcerans by use of a loop-mediated isothermal amplification test
ZK Njiru, D Yeboah-Manu, TP Stinear, JAM Fyfe
2012 Journal of clinical microbiology 50 (5), 1737-1741, 2012 Health Sciences 59
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
Comparative genomics of Mycobacterium africanum Lineage 5 and Lineage 6 from Ghana suggests distinct ecological niches
ID Otchere, M Coscollá, L Sánchez-Busó, A Asante-Poku, D Brites, ...
2018 Scientific reports 8 (1), 11269, 2018 Natural 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
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
Host-directed therapies for tackling multi-drug resistant tuberculosis: learning from the Pasteur-Bechamp debates
A Zumla, M Maeurer, ...
2015 Clinical infectious diseases 61 (9), 1432-1438, 2015 Health Sciences 53
Microbiological quality of “khebab” consumed in the Accra metropolis
D Agbodaze, PNA Nmai, FC Robertson, D Yeboah-Manu, ...
2005 Ghana medical journal 39 (2), 46, 2005 Health Sciences 51