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Towards large-scale identification of HLA-restricted T cell epitopes from four vaccine candidate antigens in a malaria endemic community in Ghana by Kusi, Kwadwo Asamoah, Ofori, Ebenezer Addo, Akyea-Mensah, Kwadwo, Kyei-Baafour, Eric, Frimpong, Augustina, Ennuson, Nana Aba, Belmonte, Maria, Ganeshan, Harini, Huang, Jun, Amoah, Linda Eva, Villasante, Eileen, Sedegah, Martha

“…•Plasmodium CSP and AMA1 exhibited more T cell epitopes compared to TRAP and CelTOS.•The most frequent T cell responses to the four antigens were to the CSP…”
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Prevalence of sickle cell disorders and malaria infection in children aged 1-12 years in the Volta Region, Ghana: a community-based study by Oppong, Mavis, Lamptey, Helena, Kyei-Baafour, Eric, Aculley, Belinda, Ofori, Ebenezer Addo, Tornyigah, Bernard, Kweku, Margaret, Ofori, Michael F

“…Alterations in the structure of haemoglobin (Hb) are usually brought about by point mutations affecting one or, in some cases, two codons encoding amino acids…”
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Immunodominant T cell peptides from four candidate malarial antigens as biomarkers of protective immunity against malaria by Belmonte, Maria, Ganeshan, Harini, Huang, Jun, Belmonte, Arnel, Inoue, Sandra, Velasco, Rachel, Acheampong, Neda, Ofori, Ebenezer Addo, Akyea-Mensah, Kwadwo, Frimpong, Augustina, Ennuson, Nana Aba, Frempong, Abena Fremaah, Kyei-Baafour, Eric, Amoah, Linda Eva, Edgel, Kimberly, Peters, Bjoern, Villasante, Eileen, Kusi, Kwadwo Asamoah, Sedegah, Martha

“…•135 T cell epitopes identified in four P. falciparum antigen, with 75 % being novel.•Thirty-two percent (32%) of the 135 epitopes show promiscuity in HLA…”
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Asymptomatic Malaria Infection Is Maintained by a Balanced Pro- and Anti-inflammatory Response by Frimpong, Augustina, Amponsah, Jones, Adjokatseh, Abigail Sena, Agyemang, Dorothy, Bentum-Ennin, Lutterodt, Ofori, Ebenezer Addo, Kyei-Baafour, Eric, Akyea-Mensah, Kwadwo, Adu, Bright, Mensah, Gloria Ivy, Amoah, Linda Eva, Kusi, Kwadwo Asamoah

“…Pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokines are important mediators of immunity and are associated with malaria disease outcomes. However, their role in the…”
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ProC6C, a novel multi-stage malaria vaccine, elicits functional antibodies against the minor and central repeats of the Circumsporozoite Protein in human adults by Plieskatt, Jordan, Ofori, Ebenezer Addo, Naghizadeh, Mohammad, Miura, Kazutoyo, Flores-Garcia, Yevel, Borbye-Lorenzen, Nis, Tiono, Alfred B., Skogstrand, Kristin, Sagara, Issaka, Zavala, Fidel, Theisen, Michael

“…ProC6C is a multi-stage malaria vaccine which includes Plasmodium falciparum Circumsporozoite Protein (PfCSP), Pfs48/45 and Pfs230 sequences, designed to…”
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Human blood neutrophils generate ROS through FcγR-signaling to mediate protection against febrile P. falciparum malaria by Ofori, Ebenezer Addo, Garcia-Senosiain, Asier, Naghizadeh, Mohammad, Kana, Ikhlaq Hussain, Dziegiel, Morten Hanefeld, Adu, Bright, Singh, Subhash, Theisen, Michael

“…Blood phagocytes, such as neutrophils and monocytes, generate reactive oxygen species (ROS) as a part of host defense response against infections. We…”
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Corrigendum: Asymptomatic Malaria Infection Is Maintained by a Balanced Pro- and Anti-inflammatory Response by Frimpong, Augustina, Amponsah, Jones, Adjokatseh, Abigail Sena, Agyemang, Dorothy, Bentum-Ennin, Lutterodt, Ofori, Ebenezer Addo, Kyei-Baafour, Eric, Akyea-Mensah, Kwadwo, Adu, Bright, Mensah, Gloria Ivy, Amoah, Linda Eva, Kusi, Kwadwo Asamoah

“…[This corrects the article DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.559255.]…”
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Macrophage susceptibility to infection by Ghanaian Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex lineages 4 and 5 varies with self-reported ethnicity by Osei-Wusu, Stephen, Tetteh, John K A, Musah, Abdul Basit, Ntiamoah, Desmond Opoku, Arthur, Nelly, Adjei, Abraham, Arbues, Ainhoa, Ofori, Ebenezer Addo, Mensah, Kwadwo Akyea, Galevo, Sutaya Elsie Afua, Frempong, Abena Frema, Asare, Prince, Asante-Poku, Adwoa, Otchere, Isaac Darko, Kusi, Kwadwo Asamoah, Lenz, Tobias L, Gagneux, Sebastien, Portevin, Damien, Yeboah-Manu, Dorothy

“…The epidemiology of complex (MTBC) lineage 5 (L5) infections in Ghana revealed a significantly increased prevalence in Ewes compared to other self-reported…”
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Production and Purification of Plasmodium Circumsporozoite Protein in Lactococcus lactis by Naghizadeh, Mohammad, Singh, Susheel K, Plieskatt, Jordan, Ofori, Ebenezer Addo, Theisen, Michael

“…Malaria is a vector-borne disease caused by Plasmodium parasites of which Plasmodium falciparum contributed to an estimated 247 million cases worldwide in 2021…”
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A randomized first-in-human phase I trial of differentially adjuvanted Pfs48/45 malaria vaccines in Burkinabé adults by Tiono, Alfred B, Plieskatt, Jordan L, Ouedraogo, Alphonse, Soulama, Ben Idriss, Miura, Kazutoyo, Bougouma, Edith C, Naghizadeh, Mohammad, Barry, Aissata, Yaro, Jean Baptist B, Ezinmegnon, Sem, Henry, Noelie, Ofori, Ebenezer Addo, Adu, Bright, Singh, Susheel K, Konkobo, Augustin, Bengtsson, Karin Lovgren, Diarra, Amidou, Carnrot, Cecilia, Reimer, Jenny M, Ouedraogo, Amidou, Tienta, Moussa, Long, Carole A, Ouedraogo, Issa N, Sagara, Issaka, Sirima, Sodiomon B, Theisen, Michael

“…BACKGROUND. Malaria transmission-blocking vaccines aim to interrupt the transmission of malaria from one person to another. METHODS. The candidates R0.6C and…”
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