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Benjamin Abuaku

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

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CollegeCOLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES
School / InstituteNOGUCHI MEM. INST. FOR MED.RES
DepartmentDEPARTMENT OF EPIDEMIOLOGY
Field and clinical Epidemiology
Publications

114

Citations

2,435

H-index

32

i10-index

53

Publication activity
Publication statistics
Average citations
21.4
Most cited paper
176
First publication year
1851
Latest publication year
2026
Last updated
13 Sep 2026, 23:30
Publications

114 matching publications

PublicationYearJournalThematic areaCitations
Comparative efficacy of antimalarial drugs including ACTs in the treatment of uncomplicated malaria among children under 5 years in Ghana
KA Koram, B Abuaku, N Duah, N Quashie
2005 Acta tropica 95 (3), 194-203, 2005 Health Sciences 176
Flood hazard in Hunan province of China: an economic loss analysis
X Huang, H Tan, J Zhou, T Yang, A Benjamin, SW Wen, S Li, A Liu, X Li, ...
2008 Natural Hazards 47 (1), 65-73, 2008 Social Sciences 150
Social support and posttraumatic stress disorder among flood victims in Hunan, China
S Feng, H Tan, A Benjamin, S Wen, A Liu, J Zhou, S Li, T Yang, Y Zhang, ...
2007 Annals of Epidemiology 17 (10), 827-833, 2007 Social Sciences 131
Plasmodium falciparum sexual differentiation in malaria patients is associated with host factors and GDV1-dependent genes
M Usui, SK Prajapati, R Ayanful-Torgby, FK Acquah, E Cudjoe, ...
2019 Nature communications 10 (1), 2140, 2019 Health Sciences 106
Increased pfmdr1 gene copy number and the decline in pfcrt and pfmdr1 resistance alleles in Ghanaian Plasmodium falciparum isolates after the change of anti …
NO Duah, SA Matrevi, DK De Souza, DD Binnah, MM Tamakloe, ...
2013 Malaria journal 12 (1), 377, 2013 Health Sciences 98
Within-host competition and drug resistance in the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum
M Bushman, L Morton, N Duah, N Quashie, B Abuaku, KA Koram, ...
2016 Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 283 (1826), 20153038, 2016 Health Sciences 84
Probing the composition of Plasmodium species contained in malaria infections in the Eastern region of Ghana
LE Amoah, D Donu, B Abuaku, C Ahorlu, D Arhinful, E Afari, K Malm, ...
2019 BMC public health 19 (1), 1617, 2019 Health Sciences 78
Prevalence and risk factors associated with asymptomatic malaria among school children: repeated cross-sectional surveys of school children in two ecological zones in Ghana
BA Mensah, JL Myers-Hansen, E Obeng Amoako, M Opoku, BK Abuaku, ...
2021 BMC Public Health 21 (1), 1697, 2021 Health Sciences 72
Treatment default and death among tuberculosis patients in Hunan, China
B Abuaku, H Tan, X Li, M Chen, X Huang
2010 Scandinavian journal of infectious diseases 42 (4), 281-287, 2010 Health Sciences 54
Surveillance of molecular markers of Plasmodium falciparum resistance to sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine 5 years after the change of malaria treatment policy in Ghana
NO Duah, NB Quashie, BK Abuaku, PJ Sebeny, KC Kronmann, KA Koram
2012 The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 87 (6), 996, 2012 Health Sciences 52
Therapeutic efficacy of artemether-lumefantrine combination in the treatment of uncomplicated malaria among children under five years of age in three ecological zones in Ghana
B Abuaku, N Duah, L Quaye, N Quashie, K Koram
2012 Malaria journal 11 (1), 388, 2012 Health Sciences 52
Impact of MBL and MASP-2 gene polymorphism and its interaction on susceptibility to tuberculosis
M Chen, Y Liang, W Li, M Wang, L Hu, BK Abuaku, X Huang, H Tan, ...
2015 BMC Infectious Diseases 15 (1), 151, 2015 Health Sciences 51
Prevalence of Plasmodium falciparum delayed clearance associated polymorphisms in adaptor protein complex 2 mu subunit (pfap2mu) and ubiquitin specific protease 1 …
T Adams, NAA Ennuson, NB Quashie, G Futagbi, S Matrevi, OCK Hagan, ...
2018 Parasites & vectors 11 (1), 175, 2018 Health Sciences 49
A SYBR Green 1-based in vitro test of susceptibility of Ghanaian Plasmodium falciparum clinical isolates to a panel of anti-malarial drugs
NB Quashie, NO Duah, B Abuaku, L Quaye, R Ayanful-Torgby, ...
2013 Malaria Journal 12 (1), 450, 2013 Health Sciences 49
Mutations in Plasmodium falciparum Chloroquine Resistance Transporter and Multidrug Resistance Genes, and Treatment Outcomes in Ghanaian Children with …
NO Duah, MD Wilson, A Ghansah, B Abuaku, D Edoh, NB Quashie, ...
2007 Journal of tropical pediatrics 53 (1), 27-31, 2007 Health Sciences 49
Genetic diversity of Plasmodium falciparum isolates from uncomplicated malaria cases in Ghana over a decade
NO Duah, SA Matrevi, NB Quashie, B Abuaku, KA Koram
2016 Parasites & vectors 9 (1), 416, 2016 Health Sciences 46
Plasmodium falciparum kelch propeller polymorphisms in clinical isolates from Ghana from 2007 to 2016
SA Matrevi, P Opoku-Agyeman, NB Quashie, S Bruku, B Abuaku, ...
2019 Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 63 (11), 10.1128/aac. 00802-19, 2019 Health Sciences 45
Efficacy of amodiaquine/artesunate combination therapy for uncomplicated malaria in children under five years in Ghana
KA Koram, L Quaye, B Abuaku
2008 Ghana Medical Journal 42 (2), 55, 2008 Health Sciences 45
Antimalarial prescribing practices: a challenge to malaria control in Ghana
BK Abuaku, KA Koram, FN Binka
2005 Medical Principles and Practice 14 (5), 332-337, 2005 Health Sciences 45
The in-vitro susceptibilities of Ghanaian Plasmodium falciparum to antimalarial drugs
NB Quashie, NO Duah, B Abuaku, KA Koram
2007 Annals of Tropical Medicine & Parasitology 101 (5), 391-398, 2007 Health Sciences 44
The transcriptome of circulating sexually committed Plasmodium falciparum ring stage parasites forecasts malaria transmission potential
SK Prajapati, R Ayanful-Torgby, Z Pava, MC Barbeau, FK Acquah, ...
2020 Nature communications 11 (1), 6159, 2020 Health Sciences 43
Antimalarial drug resistance profiling of Plasmodium falciparum infections in Ghana using molecular inversion probes and next-generation sequencing
BA Mensah, O Aydemir, JL Myers-Hansen, M Opoku, NJ Hathaway, ...
2020 Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 64 (4), 10.1128/aac. 01423-19, 2020 Natural Sciences 41
Therapeutic efficacy of artesunate–amodiaquine and artemether–lumefantrine combinations for uncomplicated malaria in 10 sentinel sites across Ghana: 2015–2017
B Abuaku, NO Duah-Quashie, L Quaye, SA Matrevi, N Quashie, A Gyasi, ...
2019 Malaria Journal 18 (1), 206, 2019 Health Sciences 41
Impact of indoor residual spraying on malaria parasitaemia in the Bunkpurugu-Yunyoo District in northern Ghana
B Abuaku, C Ahorlu, P Psychas, P Ricks, S Oppong, S Mensah, W Sackey, ...
2018 Parasites & vectors 11 (1), 555, 2018 Health Sciences 41
Antimalarial drug use among caregivers in Ghana
BK Abuaku, KA Koram, FN Binka
2004 African Health Sciences 4 (3), 171-177, 2004 Health Sciences 40