Assessing the Presence of Wuchereria bancrofti Infections in Vectors Using Xenomonitoring in Lymphatic Filariasis Endemic Districts in Ghana

Autor: Sellase Pi-Bansa, Joseph H. N. Osei, Worlasi D. Kartey-Attipoe, Elizabeth Elhassan, David Agyemang, Sampson Otoo, Samuel K. Dadzie, Maxwell A. Appawu, Michael D. Wilson, Benjamin G. Koudou, Dziedzom K. de Souza, Jürg Utzinger, Daniel A. Boakye

Publikováno v: Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, Vol 4, Iss 1, p 49 (2019)

Mass drug administration (MDA) is the current mainstay to interrupt the transmission of lymphatic filariasis. To monitor whether MDA is effective and transmission of lymphatic filariasis indeed has been interrupted, rigorous surveillance is required.

Externí odkaz: https://doaj.org/article/e9e4abd6f15a474fba3270092fe5e271

Species composition and risk of transmission of some Aedes-borne arboviruses in some sites in Northern Ghana

Autor: Rosemary Rochford, Mawuli Dzodzomenyo, Maxwell A. Appawu, Rebecca Pwalia, Godwin Kwame Amlalo, Faustus Akankperiwen Azerigyik, Kofi Bonney, Samuel Dadzie, Eudocia Esinam Agbosu, Joannitta Joannides, Shiroh Iwanaga, Deborah Pratt, Daniel A. Boakye, Andrea Buchwald, Joseph H N Osei, Hayashi Takashi, Kwadwo A. Koram

Publikováno v: PLoS ONE, Vol 16, Iss 6, p e0234675 (2021)
PLoS ONE

Aedes-borne viral diseases mainly Yellow Fever (YF), Dengue (DEN), Zika (ZIK) and Chikungunya (CHK) have contributed to many deaths’ in the world especially in Africa. There have been major outbreaks of these diseases in West Africa. Although, YF o

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https://doaj.org/article/79c2fa79db8d43c7b8acb4dd9180c1fa

Detection of a novel putative phlebovirus and first isolation of Dugbe virus from ticks in Accra, Ghana

Autor: Kyoko Sawabe, Millicent Opoku, Alfred Agbekudzi, Nobuo Ohta, Mitsuko Ohashi, Esinam Agbosu, Daisuke Kobayashi, Ryosuke Fujita, J.H. Kofi Bonney, Toshinori Sasaki, Joannitta Joannides, Haruhiko Isawa, Samuel Dadzie, Joseph H N Osei

Publikováno v: Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases. 8:640-645

Ticks are ectoparasites that transmit various types of human and animal pathogens. In particular, emerging and re-emerging diseases caused by tick-borne viruses are public health concerns around the world. However, in many countries of the sub-Sahara

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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ttbdis.2017.04.010

Assessing the presence of Wuchereria bancrofti infections in vectors using xenomonitoring in lymphatic filariasis endemic districts in Ghana

Autor: Sampson Otoo, David Agyemang, Sellase Pi-Bansa, Elizabeth Elhassan, Samuel K. Dadzie, Dziedzom K. de Souza, Maxwell A. Appawu, Joseph H N Osei, Michael D. Wilson, Benjamin G. Koudou, Daniel A. Boakye, Worlasi D Kartey-Attipoe, Jürg Utzinger

Publikováno v: Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, Vol 4, Iss 1, p 49 (2019)
Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease; Volume 4; Issue 1; Pages: 49

Mass drug administration (MDA) is the current mainstay to interrupt the transmission of lymphatic filariasis. To monitor whether MDA is effective and transmission of lymphatic filariasis indeed has been interrupted, rigorous surveillance is required.

Externí odkaz: https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::653c09720af8d278cefaa84b4bede0de
https://edoc.unibas.ch/69850/

Clonal types of Toxoplasma gondii among immune compromised and immune competent individuals in Accra, Ghana

Autor: Nobuo Ohta, Anita Ghansah, Kofi Dadzie Kwofie, Irene Ayi, Margaret Lartey, Kwadwo A. Koram, Roberta Koku, Takashi Suzuki, Joseph H N Osei, Emmanuel Awusah Blay, Kwadwo Kyeremeh Frempong, Daniel A. Boakye

Publikováno v: Parasitology International. 65:238-244

There are three major clonal lineages, types I, II, and III, of Toxoplasma gondii known to cause human toxoplasmosis worldwide. Toxoplasma gondii infections have, however, not been genotyped in Ghana. This study detected the clonal types infecting im

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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.parint.2016.01.004