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Francis Ekow Dennis

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Verified email at noguchi.ug.edu.gh Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana Google Scholar

CollegeCOLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES
School / InstituteNOGUCHI MEM. INST. FOR MED.RES
DepartmentDEPARTMENT OF ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
Molecular diagnostics and epidemiology of infectious diseasesinfluence of host-genetic factors on disease susceptibility
Publications

35

Citations

1,010

H-index

15

i10-index

22

Publication activity
Publication statistics
Average citations
28.9
Most cited paper
208
First publication year
2014
Latest publication year
2026
Last updated
13 Sep 2026, 23:25
Publications

35 matching publications

PublicationYearJournalThematic areaCitations
Aetiology and incidence of diarrhoea requiring hospitalisation in children under 5 years of age in 28 low-income and middle-income countries: findings from the Global Pediatric …
AL Cohen, JA Platts-Mills, T Nakamura, DJ Operario, S Antoni, ...
2022 BMJ Global Health 7 (9), e009548, 2022 Health Sciences 208
Etiology of severe acute watery diarrhea in children in the global rotavirus surveillance network using quantitative polymerase chain reaction
DJ Operario, JA Platts-Mills, S Nadan, N Page, M Seheri, J Mphahlele, ...
2017 The Journal of infectious diseases 216 (2), 220-227, 2017 Health Sciences 154
Identification of novel Ghanaian G8P [6] human-bovine reassortant rotavirus strain by next generation sequencing
FE Dennis, Y Fujii, K Haga, S Damanka, B Lartey, CA Agbemabiese, ...
2014 PloS one 9 (6), e100699, 2014 Health Sciences 86
Detection of dengue virus among children with suspected malaria, Accra, Ghana
N Amoako, S Duodu, FE Dennis, JHK Bonney, KP Asante, J Ameh, L Mosi, ...
2018 Emerging infectious diseases 24 (8), 1544, 2018 Health Sciences 77
Rotavirus strain distribution in Ghana pre-and post-rotavirus vaccine introduction
BL Lartey, S Damanka, FE Dennis, CC Enweronu-Laryea, E Addo-Yobo, ...
2018 Vaccine 36 (47), 7238-7242, 2018 Health Sciences 60
Enteric virome negatively affects seroconversion following oral rotavirus vaccination in a longitudinally sampled cohort of Ghanaian infants
AHJ Kim, G Armah, F Dennis, L Wang, R Rodgers, L Droit, MT Baldridge, ...
2022 Cell host & microbe 30 (1), 110-123. e5, 2022 Health Sciences 57
Rotavirus vaccine take in infants is associated with secretor status
GE Armah, MM Cortese, FE Dennis, Y Yu, AL Morrow, MM McNeal, ...
2019 The Journal of infectious diseases 219 (5), 746-749, 2019 Health Sciences 46
Understanding Pediatric Norovirus Epidemiology: A Decade of Study among Ghanaian Children
BL Lartey, O Quaye, SA Damanka, CA Agbemabiese, J Armachie, ...
2020 Viruses 12 (11), 1321, 2020 Health Sciences 35
Sub-genotype phylogeny of the non-G, non-P genes of genotype 2 Rotavirus A strains
CA Agbemabiese, T Nakagomi, SA Damanka, FE Dennis, BL Lartey, ...
2019 PLoS One 14 (5), e0217422, 2019 Health Sciences 35
Whole genomic analysis of human G12P [6] and G12P [8] rotavirus strains that have emerged in Myanmar
T Ide, S Komoto, K Higo-Moriguchi, KW Htun, YY Myint, TW Myat, ...
2015 PLoS One 10 (5), e0124965, 2015 Health Sciences 35
Rotavirus genotypes in children under five years hospitalized with diarrhea in low and middle-income countries: Results from the WHO-coordinated Global Rotavirus Surveillance …
S Antoni, T Nakamura, AL Cohen, JM Mwenda, G Weldegebriel, ...
2023 PLOS Global Public Health 3 (11), e0001358, 2023 Health Sciences 30
Uncovering the first atypical ds-1-like g1p [8] rotavirus strains that circulated during pre-rotavirus vaccine introduction era in South Africa
PN Mwangi, MT Mogotsi, SP Rasebotsa, ML Seheri, MJ Mphahlele, ...
2020 Pathogens 9 (5), 391, 2020 Health Sciences 26
Whole genomic analysis of porcine G10P [5] rotavirus strain P343 provides evidence for bovine-to-porcine interspecies transmission
S Komoto, Y Pongsuwanna, T Ide, M Wakuda, R Guntapong, FE Dennis, ...
2014 Veterinary microbiology 174 (3-4), 577-583, 2014 Health Sciences 23
Emergence of Intergenogroup Reassortant G9P [4] Strains Following Rotavirus Vaccine Introduction in Ghana
YH Doan, FE Dennis, N Takemae, K Haga, H Shimizu, MG Appiah, ...
2023 Viruses 15 (12), 2453, 2023 Health Sciences 18
Comparative whole genome analysis reveals re-emergence of human Wa-like and DS-1-like G3 rotaviruses after Rotarix vaccine introduction in Malawi
C Mhango, A Banda, E Chinyama, JJ Mandolo, O Kumwenda, ...
2023 Virus Evolution 9 (1), vead030, 2023 Health Sciences 17
Genetic analysis of Ghanaian G1P [8] and G9P [8] rotavirus A strains reveals the impact of P [8] VP4 gene polymorphism on P-genotyping
SA Damanka, CA Agbemabiese, FE Dennis, BL Lartey, TK Adiku, ...
2019 PloS one 14 (6), e0218790, 2019 Health Sciences 15
Whole genome characterization and evolutionary analysis of OP354-like P[8] Rotavirus A strains isolated from Ghanaian children with diarrhoea
SA Damanka, S Kwofie, FE Dennis, BL Lartey, CA Agbemabiese, ...
2019 Plos one 14 (6), e0218348, 2019 Health Sciences 14
Whole Genome In-Silico Analysis of South African G1P [8] Rotavirus Strains before and after Vaccine Introduction over a Period of 14 Years
PN Mwangi, MT Mogotsi, ML Seheri, MJ Mphahlele, I Peenze, MD Esona, ...
2020 Vaccines 8 (4), 609, 2020 Health Sciences 12
Report of the 1st African Enteric Viruses Genome Initiative (AEVGI) Data and Bioinformatics Workshop on whole-genome analysis of some African rotavirus strains held in …
MM Nyaga, S Sabiu, VN Ndze, FE Dennis, KC Jere
2020 Vaccine 38 (34), 5402-5407, 2020 Health Sciences 11
Evolutionary changes between pre-and post-vaccine South African group A G2P [4] rotavirus strains, 2003–2017
PN Mwangi, NA Page, ML Seheri, MJ Mphahlele, S Nadan, MD Esona, ...
2022 Microbial Genomics 8 (4), 000809, 2022 Health Sciences 10
Detection of the first G6P [14] human rotavirus strain in an infant with diarrhoea in Ghana
S Damanka, B Lartey, C Agbemabiese, FE Dennis, T Adiku, K Nyarko, ...
2016 Virology Journal 13 (1), 183, 2016 Health Sciences 10
Identification of OP354-like human rotavirus strains with subtype P [8] b in Ghanaian children with diarrhoea
S Damanka, FE Dennis, C Agbemabiese, B Lartey, T Adiku, K Nyarko, ...
2016 Virology journal 13 (1), 69, 2016 Health Sciences 10
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), 862-865, 2023 Natural Sciences 6
Next-generation sequencing of a human-animal reassortant G6P [14] rotavirus A strain from a child hospitalized with diarrhoea
SA Damanka, FE Dennis, BL Lartey, KM Nyarko, CA Agbemabiese, ...
2020 Archives of Virology 165 (4), 1003-1005, 2020 Health Sciences 5
Distribution of rotavirus genotypes in the postvaccine introduction era in Ashaiman, Greater Accra Region, Ghana, 2014‐2016
V Letsa, S Damanka, F Dennis, B Lartey, GE Armah, N Betrapally, ...
2019 Journal of Medical Virology 91 (11), 2025-2028, 2019 Health Sciences 5