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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
Improved adherence to test, treat, and track (T3) malaria strategy among Over-the-Counter Medicine Sellers (OTCMS) through interventions implemented in selected rural …
OT Soniran, BA Mensah, NI Cheng, B Abuaku, CS Ahorlu
2022 Malaria Journal 21 (1), 317, 2022 Health Sciences 12
Ex vivo Sensitivity Profile of Plasmodium falciparum Clinical Isolates to a Panel of Antimalarial Drugs in Ghana 13 Years After National Policy Change
MF Ofori, EE Kploanyi, BA Mensah, EK Dickson, E Kyei-Baafour, ...
2021 Infection and Drug Resistance, 267-276, 2021 Health Sciences 12
Plasmodium falciparum genetic factors rather than host factors are likely to drive resistance to ACT in Ghana
P Hodoameda, NO Duah-Quashie, CO Hagan, S Matrevi, B Abuaku, ...
2020 Malaria Journal 19 (1), 255, 2020 Health Sciences 12
Genetic deletions and high diversity of Plasmodium falciparum histidine-rich proteins 2 and 3 genes in parasite populations in Ghana
NO Duah-Quashie, P Opoku-Agyeman, S Bruku, T Adams, KZ Tandoh, ...
2022 Frontiers in Epidemiology 2, 1011938, 2022 Health Sciences 9
Nationwide surveillance of Pfhrp2 exon 2 diversity in Plasmodium falciparum circulating in symptomatic malaria patients living in Ghana
DG Bredu, GK Ahadzi, D Donu, NY Peprah, A Asamoah, GA Asumah, ...
2022 The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 106 (6), 1660, 2022 Health Sciences 9
Putative molecular markers of Plasmodium falciparum resistance to antimalarial drugs in malaria parasites from Ghana
SA Matrevi, T Adams, KZ Tandoh, P Opoku-Agyeman, S Bruku, ...
2024 Frontiers in epidemiology 4, 1279835, 2024 Health Sciences 8
The effect of mass testing, treatment and tracking on the prevalence of febrile illness in children under 15 in Ghana
CS Ahorlu, IC Ndong, D Okyere, BA Mensah, CE Chu, JY Enos, B Abuaku
2022 Pathogens 11 (10), 1118, 2022 Health Sciences 8
Evaluating interventions to improve test, treat, and track (T3) malaria strategy among over-the-counter medicine sellers (OTCMS) in some rural communities of Fanteakwa North …
OT Soniran, B Abuaku, CS Ahorlu
2020 Trials 21 (1), 623, 2020 Health Sciences 8
The relationship between chitotriosidase activity and tuberculosis
M Chen, J Deng, W Li, C Su, Y Xia, M Wang, X Li, BK Abuaku, H Tan, ...
2015 Epidemiology & Infection 143 (15), 3196-3202, 2015 Health Sciences 8
The epidemiology of Lassa fever in Ghana: a study on the 2023 Lassa fever outbreak in Ghana
KA Akowuah, MS Ofori, D Pratt, A Abankwa, EY Bonney, N Enimil, E Odei, ...
2025 Frontiers in Public Health 13, 1542842, 2025 Health Sciences 7
Predictors of loss to follow-up among people living with HIV on antiretroviral therapy in a rural health facility using paper-based records
M Abugah, AM Yabelang, JK Akorlie, H Mahama, B Abuaku
2025 Frontiers in Public Health 13, 1623805, 2025 Health Sciences 6
The transcriptome of circulating sexually committed Plasmodium falciparum ring stage parasites forecasts malaria transmission potential (vol 11, 6159, 2020)
SK Prajapati, R Ayanful-Torgby, Z Pava, MC Barbeau, FK Acquah, ...
2022 NATURE COMMUNICATIONS 13 (1), 2022 Health Sciences 6
Managing antimalarial drug resistance in Ghana: the importance of surveillance
B Abuaku, L Quaye, N Quashie, N Quashie, KA Koram
2014 Towards effective disease control in Ghana: research and policy implications …, 2014 Health Sciences 6
Evaluation of SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence and variant distribution during the delta–omicron transmission waves in Greater Accra, Ghana, 2021
ES Lomotey, J Akorli, M Opoku, DA Odumang, K Nketia, EF Gyekye, ...
2025 Viruses 17 (4), 487, 2025 Health Sciences 4
Factors impacting test-based management of suspected malaria among caregivers of febrile children and private medicine retailers within rural communities of Fanteakwa North …
OT Soniran, B Abuaku, A Anang, P Opoku-Afriyie, C Ahorlu
2021 BMC Public Health 21 (1), 1899, 2021 Health Sciences 4
Immediate pools of malaria infections at diagnosis combined with targeted deep sequencing accurately quantifies frequency of drug resistance mutations
O Aydemir, B Mensah, PW Marsh, B Abuaku, JL Myers-Hansen, JA Bailey, ...
2021 PeerJ 9, e11794, 2021 Health Sciences 4
Knowledge, perceptions, and management of symptoms of hormonal imbalance among adolescent girls in selected schools in Ghana: a qualitative exploratory study
S Zakariah-Akoto, B Abuaku, G Egbi, BEK Klu, E Kyei-Baafour, MF Ofori, ...
2024 Frontiers in Reproductive Health 6, 1502352, 2024 Social Sciences 3
Therapeutic efficacy of artemether-lumefantrine combination in the treatment of uncomplicated malaria among children under 5 years in 3 ecological zones in Ghana
B Abuaku, N Duah, L Quaye, N Quashie, K Koram
2012 Malaria Journal 11 (Suppl 1), P107, 2012 Health Sciences 3
Spatial and temporal description of antimalarial drug resistance markers in Ghana using targeted amplicon deep sequencing
KZ Tandoh, SA Bruku, P Opoku-Agyeman, P Ameyaw, E Baafi, ...
2026 Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy 70 (6), e01902-25, 2026 Health Sciences 2
Prevalence of Plasmodium falciparum parasites with pfhrp2 exon 2 gene deletion in symptomatic malaria patients across Ghana in 2021
DG Bredu, A Asamoah, GA Adu, BC Abban, S Anang, NY Peprah, PK Tey, ...
2025 Malaria Journal 24 (1), 170, 2025 Health Sciences 2
Seventh annual research meeting of the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research: malaria control and elimination.
B Abuaku, DK de Souza, E Kyei-Baafour, KA Kusi, M Ofori, ...
2024 Health Sciences 2
From research to health policy: The Noguchi story in the past, present and next 25 years
D Yeboah-Manu, JK Odoom, S Osei-Wusu, A Adoma-Boakye, ...
2023 Frontiers in Tropical Diseases 4, 1135354, 2023 Health Sciences 2
Increased pfmdr1 gene copy number and the decline in pfcrt and pfmdr1 resistance alleles in Ghanaian Plasmodium falciparum isolates after the change of anti-malarial drug …
DK de Souza, NB Quashie, VS Opoku, B Abuaku, S Matrevi, C Duplessis, ...
2013 Malaria Journal 12 (1), 377, 2013 Health Sciences 2
Safety, tolerability, and immunogenicity of INO-4500, a synthetic DNA-based vaccine against Lassa virus, in a phase 1b clinical trial in healthy Ghanaian adults
KA Koram, KA Walker, B Orizu, I Marrero, J Boyer, SP Yang, KE Broderick, ...
2025 Frontiers in Immunology 16, 1658549, 2025 Health Sciences 1
Copy number variation of plasmepsins 2 and 3 genes in Plasmodium falciparum isolates and implication for dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine resistance in Ghana
NO Duah-Quashie, MA Agyarkwah, P Hodaomeda, S Bruku, B Abuaku, ...
2022 Health Sciences Investigations Journal 3 (2), 387-392, 2022 Health Sciences 1