Search Results - "Joseph Humphrey Kofi Bonney"
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Molecular detection of dengue virus in patients suspected of Ebola virus disease in Ghana
Published in PloS one (19-12-2018)“…Dengue fever is known to be one of the most common arthropod-borne viral infectious diseases of public health importance. The disease is now endemic in more…”
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Diagnosis of tuberculosis among COVID-19 suspected cases in Ghana
Published in PloS one (28-12-2021)“…Tuberculosis (TB) and COVID-19 pandemics are both diseases of public health threat globally. Both diseases are caused by pathogens that infect mainly the…”
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Hepatitis B Virus Infection: A Mini Review
Published in Viruses (03-05-2024)“…Hepatitis B and C viruses (HBV and HCV) are the leading causes of end-stage liver disease worldwide. Although there is a potent vaccine against HBV, many new…”
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Entomological risk assessment for transmission of arboviral diseases by Aedes mosquitoes in a domestic and forest site in Accra, Ghana
Published in PloS one (07-12-2023)“…Dengue, Zika and chikungunya are Aedes-borne viral diseases that have become great global health concerns in the past years. Several countries in Africa have…”
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Molecular Characterization of Circulating Yellow Fever Viruses from Outbreak in Ghana, 2021–2022
Published in Emerging infectious diseases (01-09-2023)“…Yellow fever virus, transmitted by infected Aedes spp. mosquitoes, causes an acute viral hemorrhagic disease. During October 2021–February 2022, a yellow fever…”
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World Hepatitis day 2021 -screening and vaccination against Hepatitis B virus in Accra, Ghana
Published in BMC public health (16-06-2023)“…In Ghana, Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection remains a major public health threat as in many parts of the world. Even with an effective vaccine, there are…”
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Molecular characterization of haemagglutinin genes of influenza B viruses circulating in Ghana during 2016 and 2017
Published in PloS one (23-09-2022)“…Recent reports of haemagglutinin antigen (HA) mismatch between vaccine composition strains and circulating strains, have led to renewed interest in influenza B…”
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Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection among patients with sickle cell disease at the Korle-Bu teaching hospital
Published in Virology journal (22-04-2022)“…Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is a blood borne infection that remains potentially transmissible through blood transfusions. Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a…”
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Serologic evidence of dengue and chikungunya among patients with acute febrile illness in Ghana, 2016 – 2018
Published in Journal of clinical virology plus (01-11-2024)“…•This was a hospital-based dengue and chikungunya sero-surveillance study.•Dengue seropositivity higher than chikungunya (Dengue: 62 %; Chikungunya: 40…”
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Serological evidence of Zika virus infection in febrile patients at Greater Accra Regional Hospital, Accra Ghana
Published in BMC research notes (10-06-2019)“…Increase in the evidence of global occurrence of Zika viral infection suggests that in Africa the circulation of the virus which causes 80% of asymptomatic…”
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Arbovirus circulation among febrile patients at the greater Accra Regional Hospital, Ghana
Published in BMC research notes (11-06-2019)“…Arboviruses, Dengue and Chikungunya have become major international public health concerns due to their epidemics and introduction in new areas. In Ghana,…”
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Molecular investigations of viral meningitis among HIV-infected adults in Accra, Ghana
Published in BMC research notes (28-08-2018)“…Meningitis is one of the leading causes of death among patients living with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in sub-Saharan Africa. Based on clinical…”
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Hospital-based surveillance for viral hemorrhagic fevers and hepatitides in Ghana
Published in PLoS neglected tropical diseases (01-09-2013)“…Viral hemorrhagic fevers (VHF) are acute diseases associated with bleeding, organ failure, and shock. VHF may hardly be distinguished clinically from other…”
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Hepatitis C virus
Published in Virology journal (22-04-2022)“…Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is a blood borne infection that remains potentially transmissible through blood transfusions. Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a…”
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Arbovirus researchers unite: expanding genomic surveillance for an urgent global need
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Entomological risk assessment for transmission of arboviral diseases by Aedes mosquitoes in a domestic and forest site in Accra, Ghana
Published in PloS one (01-01-2023)“…Dengue, Zika and chikungunya are Aedes-borne viral diseases that have become great global health concerns in the past years. Several countries in Africa have…”
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Biosecurity measures to reduce influenza infections in military barracks in Ghana
Published in BMC research notes (23-01-2015)“…Military barracks in Ghana have backyard poultry populations but the methods used here involve low biosecurity measures and high risk zoonosis such as avian…”
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Fatal hepatitis E viral infection in pregnant women in Ghana: a case series
Published in BMC research notes (03-09-2012)“…Viral infections during pregnancy can pose serious threats to mother and fetus from the time of conception to the time of delivery. These lead to congenital…”
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