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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
Evaluation of Customised Lineage-Specific Sets of MIRU-VNTR Loci for Genotyping Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex Isolates in Ghana
A Asante-Poku, MS Nyaho, S Borrell, I Comas, S Gagneux, ...
2014 PloS one 9 (3), e92675, 2014 Health Sciences 31
Prevalence of bovine tuberculosis in a dairy cattle farm and a research farm in Ghana: proceedings
A Asante-Poku, D Yeboah-Manu, KG Aning, B Boi-Kikimoto
2014 Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research 81 (2), 1-6, 2014 Health Sciences 31
In Vitro Activity of Selected West African Medicinal Plants against Mycobacterium ulcerans Disease
PV Tsouh Fokou, AA Kissi-Twum, D Yeboah-Manu, R Appiah-Opong, ...
2016 Molecules 21 (4), 445, 2016 Health Sciences 30
Seasonal Pattern of Mycobacterium ulcerans, the Causative Agent of Buruli Ulcer, in the Environment in Ghana: Aboagye S. Y. et al.
SY Aboagye, KA Ampah, A Ross, P Asare, ID Otchere, J Fyfe, ...
2017 Microbial ecology 74 (2), 350-361, 2017 Natural Sciences 29
Diagnosis of tuberculosis in Ghana: the role of laboratory training
KK Addo, D Yeboah-Manu, M Dan-Dzide, K Owusu-Darko, P Caulley, ...
2010 Ghana Medical Journal 44 (1), 2010 Health Sciences 29
World Tuberculosis Day 2022: aligning COVID-19 and tuberculosis innovations to save lives and to end tuberculosis
F Ntoumi, JB Nachega, E Aklillu, J Chakaya, I Felker, F Amanullah, ...
2022 The Lancet Infectious Diseases 22 (4), 442-444, 2022 Health Sciences 28
RNA aptamer that specifically binds to mycolactone and serves as a diagnostic tool for diagnosis of Buruli ulcer
SA Sakyi, SY Aboagye, ID Otchere, AM Liao, TG Caltagirone, ...
2016 PLoS neglected tropical diseases 10 (10), e0004950, 2016 Health Sciences 27
Spatial Distribution of Mycobacterium ulcerans in Buruli Ulcer Lesions: Implications for Laboratory Diagnosis
MT Ruf, M Bolz, M Vogel, PF Bayi, MW Bratschi, GE Sopho, ...
2016 PLoS neglected tropical diseases 10 (6), e0004767, 2016 Health Sciences 27
Challenges of bovine tuberculosis control and genetic distribution in Africa
BDT Pokam, PW Guemdjom, D Yeboah-Manu, EP Weledji, JE Enoh, ...
2019 Biomedical and Biotechnology Research Journal (BBRJ) 3 (4), 217-227, 2019 Health Sciences 26
Primary cultivation: factors affecting contamination and Mycobacterium ulcerans growth after long turnover time of clinical specimens
MW Bratschi, M Bolz, L Grize, S Kerber, JC Minyem, A Um Boock, ...
2014 BMC infectious diseases 14 (1), 636, 2014 Health Sciences 26
Characterizing trachoma elimination using serology
E Kamau, PA Ante-Testard, S Gwyn, S Blumberg, Z Abdalla, K Aiemjoy, ...
2025 Nature communications 16 (1), 5545, 2025 Health Sciences 25
Inequities underlie the alarming resurgence of Tuberculosis as the world's top cause of death from an Infectious Disease-Breaking the silence and addressing the underlying root …
A Zumla, S Sahu, L Ditiu, U Singh, YJ Park, D Yeboah-Manu, ...
2025 IJID Regions 14 (Suppl 2), 100587, 2025 Health Sciences 25
A combined effort of 11 laboratories in the WHO African region to improve quality of Buruli ulcer PCR diagnosis: The “BU-LABNET”
E Marion, N Hycenth, SC Vedithi, M Robbe-Saule, V Donkeng, ...
2022 PLoS neglected tropical diseases 16 (11), e0010908, 2022 Health Sciences 25
Challenges associated with management of Buruli ulcer/human immunodeficiency virus coinfection in a treatment center in Ghana: a case series study
J Tuffour, E Owusu-Mireku, MT Ruf, S Aboagye, G Kpeli, V Akuoku, ...
2015 The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 93 (2), 216, 2015 Health Sciences 25
Improving the laboratory diagnosis of TB in Ghana: the impact of a quality assurance system
KK Addo, M Dan-Dzide, D Yeboah-Manu, K Owusu-Darko, P Caulley, ...
2006 International journal of tuberculosis and lung disease 10 (7), 812-817, 2006 Health Sciences 25
Situation analysis of TB microscopy centres in Ghana
KK Addo, K Owusu-Darko, M Dan-Dzide, D Yeboah-Manu, A Ablordey, ...
2006 International journal of tuberculosis and lung disease 10 (8), 870-875, 2006 Health Sciences 25
Opinion review of drug resistant tuberculosis in West Africa: tackling the challenges for effective control
ID Otchere, A Asante-Poku, KF Akpadja, AB Diallo, A Sanou, P Asare, ...
2024 Frontiers in public health 12, 1374703, 2024 Health Sciences 24
Low sensitivity of the MPT64 identification test to detect lineage 5 of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex
CND Sanoussi, BC De Jong, M Odoun, K Arekpa, M Ali Ligali, O Bodi, ...
2018 Journal of medical microbiology 67 (12), 1718-1727, 2018 Health Sciences 24
Back-to-Africa introductions of Mycobacterium tuberculosis as the main cause of tuberculosis in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
M Zwyer, LK Rutaihwa, E Windels, J Hella, F Menardo, M Sasamalo, ...
2023 PLoS pathogens 19 (4), e1010893, 2023 Health Sciences 22
Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex lineage 5 exhibits high levels of within-lineage genomic diversity and differing gene content compared to the type strain H37Rv
CND Sanoussi, M Coscolla, B Ofori-Anyinam, ID Otchere, M Antonio, ...
2021 Microbial genomics 7 (7), 000437, 2021 Health Sciences 22
Diagnosis of tuberculosis among COVID-19 suspected cases in Ghana
T Afum, P Asare, A Asante-Poku, I Darko-Otchere, PA Morgan, E Bedeley, ...
2021 PLoS One 16 (12), e0261849, 2021 Health Sciences 21
The study of bacterial contamination of drinking water sources: a case study of Mpraeso, Ghana
S OMARI
2012 The Internet Journal of Microbiology, 2012 Health Sciences 21
Drug discovery research in Ghana, challenges, current efforts, and the way forward
RK Amewu, P Amoateng, PK Arthur, P Asare, I Asiamah, D Boamah, ...
2022 PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases 16 (9), e0010645, 2022 Health Sciences 20
Zoonotic tuberculosis—a call for an open One Health debate
A Zumla, D Yeboah-Manu, AL Michel, EI Azhar, JB Torrelles, SI Cadmus, ...
2020 The Lancet Infectious Diseases 20 (6), 642-644, 2020 Health Sciences 20
Lack of Insertional-Deletional Polymorphism in a Collection of Mycobacterium ulcerans Isolates from Ghanaian Buruli Ulcer Patients
M Käser, O Gutmann, J Hauser, T Stinear, S Cole, D Yeboah-Manu, ...
2009 Journal of clinical microbiology 47 (11), 3640-3646, 2009 Health Sciences 20