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Microbial Load and Antibiotic Resistance of Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus Isolated from Ready-to-Eat (RTE) Khebab Sold on a University Campus and Its Environs in Ghana by Ayamah, Azumah, Sylverken, Augustina Angelina, Ofori, Linda Aurelia

“…The demand for ready-to-eat (RTE) foods is handy to busy urban dwellers. Handling, processing, and selling are known to contaminate these foods and cause…”
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Aetiological agents of pneumonia among HIV and non-HIV infected children in Ghana: A case-control study by Owusu, Michael, Adu, Eric, Kalu, Lotenna Elsie, Martey, Eugene, Acheampong, Godfred, Enimil, Anthony, Appiah, John Adabie, Badu-Peprah, Augustina, Sylverken, Justice, Sylverken, Augustina Angelina, Nguah, Samuel Blay, Westeel, Emilie, Pouzol, Stephane, Drosten, Christian, Adu-Sarkodie, Yaw

“…Pneumonia is the leading cause of death in children, however, the microbial aetiology of pneumonia is not well elucidated in low- and middle-income countries…”
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Clinical epidemiology, determinants, and outcomes of viral encephalitis in Ghana; a cross-sectional study by Yeboah, Richmond, Gorman, Richmond, Acheampong, Henry Kyeremateng, Nyarko-Afriyie, Emmanuella, Aryeetey, Sherihane, Tetteh, Henrietta Dede, Owusu, Michael, Yeboah, Eric Smart, Adade, Titus, Bonney, Joseph, Amoako, Yaw Ampem, El-Duah, Philip, Obiri-Danso, Kwasi, Drosten, Christian, Phillips, Richard Odame, Sylverken, Augustina Angelina

“…Viral encephalitis is a rare, yet severe neurological disorder. It poses a significant public health threat due to its high morbidity and mortality. Despite…”
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Solid waste motor tricycle operators in Kumasi, Ghana, harbour respiratory pathogens; a public health threat by Armoh, Stephen Yaw, Aryeetey, Sherihane, Kamasah, Japhet Senyo, Boahen, Kennedy Gyau, Owusu, Michael, Adjei-Boateng, Augustina, Agbenyega, Olivia, Kwarteng, Alexander, Hingley-Wilson, Suzanne, Obiri-Danso, Kwasi, Ansong, Daniel, Sylverken, Augustina Angelina

“…The use of motor tricycles in transporting municipal solid waste (MSW) within urban and peri-urban towns in Ghana is on the increase. This activity often leads…”
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SARS-COV-2 antibody responses to AZD1222 vaccination in West Africa by Abdullahi, Adam, Oladele, David, Owusu, Michael, Kemp, Steven A., Ayorinde, James, Salako, Abideen, Fink, Douglas, Ige, Fehintola, Ferreira, Isabella A. T. M., Meng, Bo, Sylverken, Augustina Angelina, Onwuamah, Chika, Boadu, Kwame Ofori, Osuolale, Kazeem, Frimpong, James Opoku, Abubakar, Rufai, Okuruawe, Azuka, Abdullahi, Haruna Wisso, Liboro, Gideon, Agyemang, Lawrence Duah, Ayisi-Boateng, Nana Kwame, Odubela, Oluwatosin, Ohihoin, Gregory, Ezechi, Oliver, Kamasah, Japhet Senyo, Ameyaw, Emmanuel, Arthur, Joshua, Kyei, Derrick Boakye, Owusu, Dorcas Ohui, Usman, Olagoke, Mogaji, Sunday, Dada, Adedamola, Agyei, George, Ebrahimi, Soraya, Gutierrez, Lourdes Ceron, Aliyu, Sani H., Doffinger, Rainer, Audu, Rosemary, Adegbola, Richard, Mlcochova, Petra, Phillips, Richard Odame, Solako, Babatunde Lawal, Gupta, Ravindra K.

“…Real-world data on vaccine-elicited neutralising antibody responses for two-dose AZD1222 in African populations are limited. We assessed baseline SARS-CoV-2…”
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Low risk of SARS-CoV-2 in blood transfusion by Owusu, Michael, Sylverken, Augustina Angelina, El-Duah, Philip, Ayisi-Boateng, Nana Kwame, Yeboah, Richmond, Adu, Eric, Asamoah, Jesse, Frimpong, Michael, Senyo, Japhet, Acheampong, Godfred, Mutocheluh, Mohamed, Amuasi, John, Owusu-Dabo, Ellis, Adu-Sarkodie, Yaw, Phillips, Richard Odame

“…The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2), continues to remain a global…”
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Epidemiological profile of SARS-CoV-2 among selected regions in Ghana: A cross-sectional retrospective study by Owusu, Michael, Sylverken, Augustina Angelina, Ankrah, Sampson Twumasi, El-Duah, Philip, Ayisi-Boateng, Nana Kwame, Yeboah, Richmond, Gorman, Richmond, Asamoah, Jesse, Binger, Tabea, Acheampong, Godfred, Bekoe, Franklin Asiedu, Ohene, Sally-Ann, Larsen-Reindorf, Rita, Awuah, Anthony Afum-Adjei, Amuasi, John, Owusu-Dabo, Ellis, Adu-Sarkodie, Yaw, Phillips, Richard Odame

“…Global cases of COVID-19 continue to rise, causing havoc to several economies. So far, Ghana has recorded 48,643 confirmed cases with 320 associated deaths…”
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Using drones to transport suspected COVID-19 samples; experiences from the second largest testing centre in Ghana, West Africa by Sylverken, Augustina Angelina, Owusu, Michael, Agbavor, Bernadette, Kwarteng, Alex, Ayisi-Boateng, Nana Kwame, Ofori, Patrick, El-Duah, Philip, Yeboah, Richmond, Aryeetey, Sherihane, Addo Asamoah, Jesse, Ekekpi, Rita Ziem, Oppong, Morrah, Gorman, Richmond, Brempong, Kofi Adjei, Nyarko-Afriyie, Emmanuella, Owusu Bonsu, Felix, Larsen-Reindorf, Rita, Rockson Adjei, Michael, Boateng, Gifty, Asiedu-Bekoe, Franklin, Sarkodie, Badu, Laryea, Dennis O, Tinkorang, Emmanuel, Kumah Aboagye, Patrick, Nsiah Asare, Anthony, Obiri-Danso, Kwasi, Owusu-Dabo, Ellis, Adu-Sarkodie, Yaw, Phillips, Richard Odame

“…The declaration of COVID-19 as a pandemic on March 11 2020, by the World Health Organisation prompted the need for a sustained and a rapid international…”
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The burden of drug resistance tuberculosis in Ghana; results of the First National Survey by Sylverken, Augustina Angelina, Kwarteng, Alexander, Twumasi-Ankrah, Sampson, Owusu, Michael, Arthur, Rejoice Agyeiwaa, Dumevi, Rexford Mawunyo, Adu-Amoah, Louis, Addofoh, Nicholas, Okyere, Portia Boakye, Dzata, Francisca, Bonsu, Frank, Adusi-Poku, Yaw, Kranzer, Katharina, Siroka, Andrew, Gemert, Wayne van, Dean, Anna, Owusu-Dabo, Ellis

“…Resistance to Tuberculosis drugs has become a major threat to the control of tuberculosis (TB) globally. We conducted the first nation-wide drug resistance…”
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Antimicrobial activities of Hibiscus sabdariffa and Aspilia africana against clinical isolates of Salmonella typhi by Balali, Gadafi Iddrisu, Yar, Denis Dekugmen, Sylverken, Augustina Angelina

“…Plants hold prospects for novel drugs discovery against Salmonella typhi and its swift antibiotics resistance. This study aimed to determine the antimicrobial…”
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Antimicrobial Resistance of Escherichia coli from Broilers, Pigs, and Cattle in the Greater Kumasi Metropolis, Ghana by Ohene Larbi, Rita, Ofori, Linda Aurelia, Sylverken, Augustina Angelina, Ayim-Akonor, Matilda, Obiri-Danso, Kwasi

“…Globally, resistance to antimicrobial drugs in food animals is on the rise. Escherichia coli of livestock, though commensal in nature, serves as reservoir for…”
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Genetic characterization of varicella-zoster and HIV-1 viruses from the cerebrospinal fluid of a co-infected encephalitic patient, Ghana by El-Duah, Philip, Sylverken, Augustina Angelina, Owusu, Michael, Amoako, Yaw Ampem, Yeboah, Richmond, Gorman, Richmond, Nyarko-Afriyie, Emmanuella, Schneider, Julia, Jones, Terry C, Bonney, Joseph, Adade, Titus, Yeboah, Eric Smart, Binger, Tabea, Corman, Victor Max, Drosten, Christian, Phillips, Richard Odame

“…Encephalitis is a serious disease of the brain characterized by prodromal and specific neurological symptoms. HIV infections offer opportunistic viruses, such…”
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No evidence for yaws infection in a small‐scale cross‐sectional serosurvey in Ghanaian monkeys by Adade, Eugene, Roos, Christian, Chuma, Idrissa Shomari, Sylverken, Augustina Angelina, Knauf, Sascha

“…Background Treponema pallidum (TP) is a spirochaete bacterium with subspecies that in humans cause syphilis (subsp. pallidum), bejel (subsp. endemicum) and…”
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A multiplex PCR assay for the differentiation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex reveals high rates of mixed-lineage tuberculosis infections among patients in Ghana by Owusu, Wellington, van Vliet, Arnoud H M, Riddell, Natalie E, Stewart, Graham, Akwani, Winifred C, Aryeetey, Sherihane, Arthur, Rejoice Agyeiwaa, Sylverken, Augustina Angelina, Hingley-Wilson, Suzanne M

“…In low-resource settings with high tuberculosis (TB) burdens, lack of rapid diagnostic methods for detection and differentiation of complex (MTBC) is a major…”
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Tuberculosis patients with diabetes co-morbidity experience reduced Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex clearance by Danso, Emelia Konadu, Asare, Prince, Osei-Wusu, Stephen, Tetteh, Phillip, Tetteh, Amanda Yaa, Boadu, Augustine Asare, Lamptey, Ivy Naa Koshie, Sylverken, Augustina Angelina, Obiri-Danso, Kwasi, Afriyie Mensah, Jane, Adjei, Abraham, Yeboah-Manu, Dorothy

“…This study aimed to investigate the impact of diabetes mellitus (DM) on tuberculosis (TB) treatment response using bacterial clearance as a surrogate marker…”
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Antimicrobial susceptibility profile of oral and rectal microbiota of non‐human primate species in Ghana: A threat to human health by Adade, Eugene, Tawiah, Patrick Ofori, Roos, Christian, Chuma, Idrissa Shomari, Lubinza, Clara Clavery, Mfinanga, Sayoki Godfrey Mrinde, Knauf, Sascha, Sylverken, Augustina Angelina

“…Background The potential for the transfer of zoonotic diseases, including bacteria between human and non‐human primates (NHPs), is expected to rise. It is…”
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Sero-epidemiology of human coronaviruses in three rural communities in Ghana by Owusu, Michael, Sylverken, Augustina Angelina, El-Duah, Philip, Acheampong, Godfred, Mutocheluh, Mohammed, Adu-Sarkodie, Yaw

“…acute respiratory tract infections (ARIs) are responsible for significant proportions of illnesses and deaths annually. Most of ARIs are of viral etiology,…”
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Microbial Organisms in the Lower Respiratory Tract Associated with SARS-CoV-2 Infection: A Cross-Sectional Study in Northern Ghana by Deberu, Oliver Nangkuu, Acheampong, Godfred, Nkrumah, Bernard, Ayisi-Boateng, Nana Kwame, Afriyie, Stephen Opoku, Agyapong, Francis Opoku, Owusu, Dorcas Ohui, Mutocheluh, Mohamed, Abdul-Karim, Abass, El-Duah, Philip, Sylverken, Augustina Angelina, Owusu, Michael

“…Colonization of SARS-CoV-2 with specific bacteria may either protect or increase the risk of disease severity. This study aimed to identify microbial organisms…”
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'This disease is not meant for the hospital, it is Asram': Implications of a traditionally-defined illness on healthcare seeking for children under-5 in rural Ashanti, Ghana by Acheampong, Princess Ruhama, Mohammed, Aliyu, Twumasi-Ankrah, Sampson, Sylverken, Augustina Angelina, Owusu, Michael, Acquah-Gyan, Emmanuel, Adjei, Timothy Kwabena, Otupiri, Easmon, Owusu-Dabo, Ellis

“…Every child has the right to survive, grow and develop. However, in spite of the considerable global gains that have been made in child survival, Sub-Saharan…”
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Implications of WHO COVID-19 interim guideline 2020.5 on the comprehensive care for infected persons in Africa Before, during and after clinical management of cases by Fagbamigbe, Adeniyi Francis, Tolba, Mai F., Amankwaa, Ebenezer F., Mante, Priscilla Kolibea, Sylverken, Augustina Angelina, Zahouli, Julien Z.B., Goonoo, Nowsheen, Mosi, Lydia, Oyebola, Kolapo, Matoke-Muhia, Damaris, de Souza, Dziedzom K., Badu, Kingsley, Dukhi, Natisha

“…The novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is one of the biggest public health crises globally. Although Africa did not display the worst-case scenario…”
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