2025 PUBLICATIONS

1. Lopez-Perez M, Seidu Z, Larsen MD, Wang W, Nouta J, Wuhrer M, Vidarsson G, Ofori MF, Hviid L. Acquisition of Fc-afucosylation of PfEMP1-specific IgG is age-dependent and associated with clinical protection against malaria. Nat Commun. 2025 Jan 2;16(1):237. doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-55543-w. PMID: 39747065; PMCID: PMC11696684.

2. Chirawurah JD, Ansah F, Blankson S, Adikah B, Yeboah SN, Amenga-Etego L, Awandare GA, Aniweh Y. Gossypol is a natural product with good antimalarial activity against Plasmodium falciparum clinical isolates. Sci Rep. 2025 Jan 9;15(1):1469. doi: 10.1038/s41598-025-85643-6. PMID: 39789096; PMCID: PMC11718166.

3. Sukati S, Kotepui KU, Masangkay FR, Tseng CP, Mahittikorn A, Anabire NG, Wilairatana P, Wangdi K, Majima HJ, Suwannatrai AT, Klangbud WK, Mala W, Rattanatham R, Kotepui M. Elevations in D-dimer levels in patients with Plasmodium infections: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Sci Rep. 2025 Jan 5;15(1):858. doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-84907-x. PMID: 39757238; PMCID: PMC11701129.

4. Atampugbire G, Adomako EEA, Quaye O. In Vitro Antiviral Assays: A Review of Laboratory Methods. Assay Drug Dev Technol. 2025 Jan 13. doi: 10.1089/adt.2024.075. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39804198.

5. Debrah I, Zhong D, Machani MG, Nattoh G, Ochwedo KO, Morang'a CM, Lee MC, Amoah LE, Githeko AK, Afrane YA, Yan G. Metabolic resistance to pyrethroids with possible involvement of non-coding ribonucleic acids in Anopheles funestus, the major malaria vector in western Kenya. BMC Genomics. 2025 Jan 23;26(1):64. doi: 10.1186/s12864-025-11260-2. PMID: 39849377; PMCID: PMC11755866.

6. Kpirikai AY, Ofosu BA, Okai JNA, Kornu V, Kassim AR, Donkor E, Malm F, Ahmed O, Sakyi ME, Saiid S, Kudakpo AY, Mensah C, Dzabeng F, Morang'a C, Awandare GA, Aniweh Y, Amenga-Etego LN. Spatiotemporal analysis of Plasmodium falciparum erythrocyte binding antigen-175 gene dimorphism in Ghana. Malar J. 2025 Jan 22;24(1):23. doi: 10.1186/s12936-025-05263-3. PMID: 39844183; PMCID: PMC11753046.

7. Morang'a CM, Drake RS, Miao VN, Nyakoe NK, Amuzu DSY, Appiah V, Aniweh Y, Bediako Y, Bah SY, Shalek AK, Awandare GA, Otto TD, Amenga-Etego L. scRNA-seq reveals elevated interferon responses and TNF-α signaling via NFkB in monocytes in children with uncomplicated malaria. Exp Biol Med (Maywood). 2025 Jan 3;249:10233. doi: 10.3389/ebm.2024.10233. PMID: 39830896; PMCID: PMC11738629.

8. Amekpor F, Sakariyau W, Kengo NE, Sandra NA, Agyapong J, Dauda Z, Kwarteng S, Adedokun DA, Darko G. Integrating Maternal and Child Health Into Climate Change: A Holistic Approach. Public Health Rev. 2025 Jan 3;45:1607553. doi: 10.3389/phrs.2024.1607553. PMID: 39829606; PMCID: PMC11738619.

9. Yazie TS, Shiferaw WS, Gebeyehu AA, Teshome AA, Addisu ZD, Belete AM. Chronic kidney disease among people living with HIV on TDF based regimen: A systematic review and meta-analysis. PLoS One. 2025 Feb 6;20(2):e0318068. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0318068. PMID: 39913460; PMCID: PMC11801554.

10. Effah K, Allotey J, Tekpor E, Wormenor CM, Amuah JE, Antwi-Boasiako E, Kotey EN, Kemawor S, Gedzah I, Frempong HMA, Danyo S, Sesenu E, Atuguba BH, Essel NOM, Akakpo PK. Nationwide cervical precancer screening in Ghana: concurrent HPV DNA testing and visual inspection under an expanded hub-and-spoke model. Sci Rep. 2025 Jan 11;15(1):1744. doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-81274-5. PMID: 39799219; PMCID: PMC11724916.

11. Adade NE, Ahator SD, García-Romero I, Algarañás M, Appiah V, Valvano MA, Duodu S. Stress adaptation under in vitro evolution influences survival and metabolic phenotypes of clinical and environmental strains of Vibrio cholerae El-Tor. Microbiol Spectr. 2025 Feb 11:e0121124. doi: 10.1128/spectrum.01211-24. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39932327.

12. Mohammed AM, Olwal CO, Fossati A, Nyakoe NK, Fabius JM, Gordon M, Polacco BJ, Swaney DL, Awandare GA, Krogan NJ, Bouhaddou M, Bediako Y. Malaria exposure remodels the plasma proteome of Ghanaian children. BMC Infect Dis. 2025 Feb 3;25(1):157. doi: 10.1186/s12879-025-10495-4. PMID: 39901099; PMCID: PMC11789395.

13. Alidou S, Kamassa HE, Lack F, Ataba E, Fleming FM, Sossou E, Hemou M, Yakpa K, Tchalim M, Gnossike P, Vounatsou P, Pullan R, Gass K, Dorkenoo AM. Risk factors associated with urogenital schistosomiasis: a multilevel assessment approach using an Oversampling Schistosomiasis Survey (SOS) community-based, Plateaux region, Togo 2022. BMJ Public Health. 2025 Feb 26;3(1):e001304. doi: 10.1136/bmjph-2024-001304. PMID: 40017977; PMCID: PMC11865785.

14. Nuhu AH, Dorleku WP, Blay B, Derban E, McArthur CO, Alobuia SE, Incoom A, Dontoh D, Ofosu IW, Oduro-Mensah D. Exposure to Aflatoxins and Ochratoxin A From the Consumption of Selected Staples and Fresh Cow Milk in the Wet and Dry Seasons in Ghana. Food Control. 2025 Feb;168:110968. doi: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2024.110968. Epub 2024 Oct 25. PMID: 39649521; PMCID: PMC11619758.

15. Soulama A, Sogore F, Ansah F, Diakite O, Chirawurah JD, Maiga FO, Maiga M, Danwonno HA, Campo B, Djimde AA, Awandare GA, Amenga-Etego LN, Dembele L, Aniweh Y. Differential ex vivo susceptibility of Plasmodium malariae and Plasmodium falciparum clinical isolates from Ghana and Mali to current and lead discovery candidate antimalarial drugs. Microbiol Spectr. 2025 Mar 10:e0217624. doi: 10.1128/spectrum.02176-24. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40062863.

16. Amegashie EA, Kwayisi-Darkwah CK, Adusei-Poku M, Sikeola RO, Ativi LAE, Ahene A, Atampugbire G, Tagoe EA, Paintsil E, Torpey K, Quaye O. Lipid Peroxidation and Glutathione Levels Among People Living With HIV Co-infected With Human Coronaviruses in Ghana. J Med Virol. 2025 Mar;97(3):e70301. doi: 10.1002/jmv.70301. PMID: 40110873.

17. Edward M, Ernest A, Christopher TY, Hakayuwa CM, Enairat ALE, Suliman ROM. Timely Diagnosis of PID: Leveraging Ultrasound for Effective Management. Health Sci Rep. 2025 Mar 18;8(3):e70584. doi: 10.1002/hsr2.70584. PMID: 40109695; PMCID: PMC11919782.

18. Boateng AT, Aboagye JO, Lamptey H, Abana CZ, Abaidoo-Myles A, Quansah DNK, Agyemang S, Awuku-Larbi Y, Ansa G, Oliver-Commey J, Ganu V, Kyei GB, Puplampu P, Bonney EY. Factors affecting viral suppression or rebound in people living with HIV and receiving antiretroviral therapy in Ghana. Front Public Health. 2025 Mar 19;13:1508793. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1508793. PMID: 40177087; PMCID: PMC11961867.

19. Oduselu GO, Ajani OO, Ogunnupebi TA, Elebiju OF, Bodun DS, Opebiyi OT, Adebiyi E. Synthesis, in silico and in vitro antimicrobial efficacy of some amidoxime-based benzimidazole and benzimidamide derivatives. RSC Med Chem. 2025 Mar 19. doi: 10.1039/d5md00114e. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40162201; PMCID: PMC11950986.

20. Appiedu-Addo SNA, Appeaning M, Magomere E, Ansa GA, Bonney EY, Quashie PK. The urgent need for newer drugs in routine HIV treatment in Africa: the case of Ghana. Front Epidemiol. 2025 Mar 14;5:1523109. doi: 10.3389/fepid.2025.1523109. PMID: 40161547; PMCID: PMC11949944.

21. Mensah BA, Mensah-Brown HE, Partey FD, Addo C, Buah G, Afudego GA, Okyere D, Tetteh M, Boateng E, Wilson M, Paintsil E. Identifying risk factors for loss to follow-up in adults living with HIV in a high-burden district in Ghana. BMC Public Health. 2025 Mar 18;25(1):1042. doi: 10.1186/s12889-025-22254-w. PMID: 40102895; PMCID: PMC11917097.

22. Agbozo WK, Solomon W, Lekpor CE, Erskine IJ, Oguljahan B, Bashi A, Harbuzariu A, Driss A, Adjei S, Paemka L, Ofori-Acquah SF, Stiles JK. Hydroxyurea Mitigates Heme-Induced Inflammation and Kidney Injury in Humanized Sickle Cell Mice. Int J Mol Sci. 2025 Mar 30;26(7):3214. doi: 10.3390/ijms26073214. PMID: 40244015; PMCID: PMC11989777.

23. Manu GP, Odabashian M, Krysov S. Perspective on Immunoglobulin N-Glycosylation Status in Follicular Lymphoma: Uncovering BCR-Dependent and Independent Mechanisms Driving Subclonal Evolution. Cancers (Basel). 2025 Apr 4;17(7):1219. doi: 10.3390/cancers17071219. PMID: 40227774; PMCID: PMC11987975.
24. Twumasi Aboagye E, Adadey SM, Alves de Souza Rios L, Esoh KK, Wonkam-Tingang E, Xhakaza L, De Kock C, Schrauwen I, Amenga-Etego L, Lang D, Awandare GA, Leal SM, Mowla S, Wonkam A. Bi-Allelic MARVELD2 Variant Identified with Exome Sequencing in a Consanguineous Multiplex Ghanaian Family Segregating Non-Syndromic Hearing Loss. Int J Mol Sci. 2025 Apr 3;26(7):3337. doi: 10.3390/ijms26073337. PMID: 40244166; PMCID: PMC11989440.
25. Ilani P, Nyarko PB, Camara A, Amenga-Etego LN, Aniweh Y. PfRH5 vaccine; from the bench to the vial. NPJ Vaccines. 2025 Apr 24;10(1):82. doi: 10.1038/s41541-025-01137-6. PMID: 40274841; PMCID: PMC12022022.
26. Kuraeiad S, Kotepui KU, Mahittikorn A, Anabire NG, Masangkay FR, Wilairatana P, Wangdi K, Kotepui M. A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of MIP-1α and MIP-1β Chemokines in Malaria in Relation to Disease Severity. Medicina (Kaunas). 2025 Apr 6;61(4):676. doi: 10.3390/medicina61040676. PMID: 40282967; PMCID: PMC12028554.
27. Tandoh KZ, Avalos-Padilla Y, Ameyaw P, Laryea-Akrong EK, Awandare GA, Wilson MD, Quashie NB, Fernàndez-Busquets X, Duah-Quashie NO. Extracellular Vesicle Abundance, but Not a High Aggregation-Prone Peptide Cargo, Is Associated with Dihydroartemisinin Exposure in Plasmodium falciparum. Int J Mol Sci. 2025 Apr 22;26(9):3962. doi: 10.3390/ijms26093962. PMID: 40362203; PMCID: PMC12072043.
28. Anyomi BK, Fosu K, Lamptey EL, Agegnehu SB, Quarshie JT, Kampo S, Wei J. Decreased Expression of Alzheimer's Disease-Related Genes in Cancer May Contribute to the Inverse-Relationship-a Computational Study. ACS Omega. 2025 Apr 24;10(17):17651-17660. doi: 10.1021/acsomega.4c11571. PMID: 40352571; PMCID: PMC12059893.
29. Adika E, Saiid S, Amoako EK, Sakyi ME, Osumanu A, Morang'a C, Dosoo D, Chirawurah JD, Awandare GA, Amambua-Ngwa A, Aniweh Y, Amenga-Etego LN. Plasmodium falciparum isolates: ex vivo drug response. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2025 May 9:dkaf129. doi: 10.1093/jac/dkaf129. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40343740.
30. Bharadwaj T, Acharya A, Manyisa NR, Aboagye ET, Peigou Wonkam R, Xhakaza L, Popel K, de Kock C, Schrauwen I, Wonkam A, Leal SM. The Diverse Genetic Landscape of Hearing Impairment in South African Families. Clin Genet. 2025 May 15. doi: 10.1111/cge.14765. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40371963.
31. Akazue PI, Quashie NB, Osei-Safo D, Vaughan S, de Koning HP, Gwira TM. Cytological profiling of trypanocidal principles from Aloe barbadensis and Taraxacum officinale. Phytomed Plus. 2025 May;5(2):None. doi: 10.1016/j.phyplu.2025.100793. PMID: 40352114; PMCID: PMC12064442.
32. Bredu DG, Asamoah A, Adu GA, Abban BC, Anang SF, Peprah NY, Tey PK, Kwapong SS, Chamai M, Amoako EO, Abuaku B, Amoah LE, Malm KL. Prevalence of Plasmodium falciparum parasites with pfhrp2 exon 2 gene deletion in symptomatic malaria patients across Ghana in 2021. Malar J. 2025 May 28;24(1):170. doi: 10.1186/s12936-025-05419-1. PMID: 40437585; PMCID: PMC12121147.
33. Kwesi-Maliepaard EM, Alhassan Y, Quaye EK, Kotey VM, Mohammed AM, Agyemang S, Sromani AK, Darko S, Buadii E, Tackie R, Akligoh H, Ibrahim B, Hutchful D, Paemka L, Amoako E, Ngoi JM, Manu A; HERITAGE study team; Greenwood D, Carr EJ, Wu MY, Bauer DLV, Wall EC; Crick Legacy Consortium; Dey D, Quao AR, Ayisi A, Amponsa-Achiano K, Bekoe FA, Awandare G, Quashie PK, Bediako Y. Adults in Ghana generate higher and more durable neutralising antibody titres following primary course COVID-19 vaccination than matched UK adults: The HERITAGE Study. BMC Med. 2025 May 28;23(1):312. doi: 10.1186/s12916-025-04157-0. PMID: 40437463; PMCID: PMC12121195.
34. Mubarik Y, Boyetey ST, Aikins AR, Mutocheluh M. Effect of Ochratoxin A (OTA) on the Immune System: A Systematic Review. Toxins (Basel). 2025 May 20;17(5):256. doi: 10.3390/toxins17050256. PMID: 40423338; PMCID: PMC12115609.
35. Yakass MB, Woodward BJ. Mpox in assisted conception: should we be worried about this monkey wrench? Hum Fertil (Camb). 2025 Dec;28(1):2441825. doi: 10.1080/14647273.2024.2441825. Epub 2024 Dec 16. PMID: 39679803.

2024 PUBLICATIONS

1. Kyei-Baffour ES, Owusu-Boateng K, Isawumi A, Mosi L. Pseudogenomic insights into the evolution of Mycobacterium ulcerans. BMC Genomics. 2024 Jan 22;25(1):87. doi: 10.1186/s12864-024-10001-1. PMID: 38253991; PMCID: PMC10802024.

2. Aninagyei E, Ayivor-Djanie R, Gyamfi J, Aboagye ME, Kpeli GS, Ampofo WK, Gyapong JO, Duedu KO. Pre-vaccination seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in the Volta Region, Ghana. IJID Reg. 2024 Jan 20;10:179-182. doi: 10.1016/j.ijregi.2024.01.007. PMID: 38328557; PMCID: PMC10847139.

3. Adumuah NN, Quarshie JT, Danwonno H, Aikins AR, Ametefe EN. Exploring Anti-Breast Cancer Effects of Live Pediococcus acidilacticiand Its Cell-Free Supernatant Isolated from Human Breast Milk. Int J Breast Cancer. 2024 Jan 27;2024:1841909. doi: 10.1155/2024/1841909. PMID: 38314029; PMCID: PMC10838206.

4. Alimohamed MZ, Mnika K, Adadey SM, Barbosa-Matos R, Avram E, Nevondwe P, Akurugu WA, Mupfururirwa W, de Miranda Cerqueira JX, Dore R, Săbău ID, Kalantari S, da Silva ARGF, Anzaku AA, Matimba A, Chauke PA, Johari M, Nembaware V, Mroczek M. Advancing intercontinental collaboration in human genetics: success story of the African and European Young Investigator Forum. Eur J Hum Genet. 2024 Jan;32(1):3-5. doi: 10.1038/s41431-023-01487-6. Epub 2023 Oct 26. PMID: 37880422; PMCID: PMC10772082.

5. Naa N. Adumuah, Jude T. Quarshie, Harry Danwonno, Anastasia R. Aikins, Elmer N. Ametefe, "Exploring Anti-Breast Cancer Effects of Live Pediococcus acidilacticiand Its Cell-Free Supernatant Isolated from Human Breast Milk", International Journal of Breast Cancer, vol. 2024, Article ID 1841909, 9 pages, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1155/2024/1841909

6. Tettevi, E. J., Kuevi, D. N. O., Sumabe, B. K., Simpong, D. L., Maina, M. B., Dongdem, J. T., Osei-Atweneboana, M. Y., & Ocloo, A. (2024). In Silico Identification of a Potential TNF-Alpha Binder Using a Structural Similarity: A Potential Drug Repurposing Approach to the Management of Alzheimer's Disease. BioMed research international, 2024, 9985719. https://doi.org/10.1155/2024/9985719

7. Alimohamed, M. Z., Mnika, K., Adadey, S. M., Barbosa-Matos, R., Avram, E., Nevondwe, P., Akurugu, W. A., Mupfururirwa, W., de Miranda Cerqueira, J. X., Dore, R., Săbău, I. D., Kalantari, S., da Silva, A. R. G. F., Anzaku, A. A., Matimba, A., Chauke, P. A., Johari, M., Nembaware, V., & Mroczek, M. (2024). Advancing intercontinental collaboration in human genetics: success story of the African and European Young Investigator Forum. European journal of human genetics : EJHG, 32(1), 3–5. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41431-023-01487-6

8. Kwao-Zigah, G., Bediako-Bowan, A., Boateng, P. A., Aryee, G. K., Abbang, S. M., Atampugbire, G., Quaye, O., & Tagoe, E. A. (2024). Microbiome Dysbiosis, Dietary Intake and Lifestyle-Associated Factors Involve in Epigenetic Modulations in Colorectal Cancer: A Narrative Review. Cancer control : journal of the Moffitt Cancer Center, 31, 10732748241263650. https://doi.org/10.1177/10732748241263650

9. Arthur, M. N., Bebla, K., Broni, E., Ashley, C., Velazquez, M., Hua, X., Radhakrishnan, R., Kwofie, S. K., & Miller, W. A., 3rd (2024). Design of Inhibitors That Target the Menin-Mixed-Lineage Leukemia Interaction. Computation (Basel, Switzerland), 12(1), 3. https://doi.org/10.3390/computation12010003

10. Rathore U, Haas P, Easwar Kumar V, Hiatt J, Haas KM, Bouhaddou M, Swaney DL, Stevenson E, Zuliani-Alvarez L, McGregor MJ, Turner-Groth A, Ochieng' Olwal C, Bediako Y, Braberg H, Soucheray M, Ott M, Eckhardt M, Hultquist JF, Marson A, Kaake RM, Krogan NJ. CRISPR-Cas9 screen of E3 ubiquitin ligases identifies TRAF2 and UHRF1 as regulators of HIV latency in primary human T cells. mBio. 2024 Apr 10;15(4):e0222223. doi: 10.1128/mbio.02222-23. Epub 2024 Feb 27. PMID: 38411080; PMCID: PMC11005436.

11. Prah DA, Laryea-Akrong E. Asymptomatic Low-Density Plasmodium falciparum Infections: Parasites Under the Host's Immune Radar? J Infect Dis. 2024 Feb 13:jiad581. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiad581. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38349649.

12. Mawuli MA, Amoah LE, Cui L, Quashie NB, Afrane YA. Effectiveness of artemether-lumefantrine for treating uncomplicated malaria in low- and high-transmission areas of Ghana. Malar J. 2024 Feb 5;23(1):40. doi: 10.1186/s12936-024-04850-0. PMID: 38317164; PMCID: PMC10845584.

13. Sandi JD, Levy JI, Tapela K, Zeller M, Yeboah JA, Saka DF, Grant DS, Awandare GA, Quashie PK, Andersen KG, Paemka L. Upper Airway Epithelial Tissue Transcriptome Analysis Reveals Immune Signatures Associated with COVID-19 Severity in Ghanaians. J Immunol Res. 2024 Feb 12;2024:6668017. doi: 10.1155/2024/6668017. PMID: 38375062; PMCID: PMC10876312.

14. Udoakang AJ, Nganyewo NN, Djomkam Zune AL, Olwal CO, Etim NA, Oboh MA, Tapela K, Dzabeng F, Adadey SM, Udoh A, Koné M, Mutungi JK, Quashie PK, Awandare GA, Paemka L. Knowledge, attitude and perception towards COVID-19 among representative educated sub-Saharan Africans: A cross-sectional study during the exponential phase of the pandemic. PLoS One. 2024 Feb 1;19(2):e0281342. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0281342. PMID: 38300957; PMCID: PMC10833576.

15. Partey, F. D., Dowuona, J. N. N., Pobee, A. N. A., Walker, M. R., Aculley, B., Prah, D. A., Ofori, M. F., & Barfod, L. K. (2024). Atypical memory B cell frequency correlates with antibody breadth and function in malaria immune adults. Scientific reports, 14(1), 4888. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-55206-2

16. Molecular epidemiology and current management of Infectious Spleen and Kidney Necrosis Virus (ISKNV) infection in Ghanaian cultured tilapia
    Ayiku A.N.A., Adelani A.A., Appenteng P., Nkansa M., Ngoi J.M., Morang'a C.M., Dzabeng F., (...), Duodu S. (2024) Aquaculture, 581 , art. no. 740330

17. Segbefia, S. P., Asandem, D. A., Amoah, L. E., & Kusi, K. A. (2024). Cytokine gene polymorphisms implicated in the pathogenesis of Plasmodium falciparum infection outcome. Frontiers in immunology, 15, 1285411. https://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2024.1285411

18. Aboagye, Frank T., Annison, Lawrence, Hackman, Henry Kwadwo, Acquah, Maame E., Ashong, Yvonne, Owusu-Frimpong, Isaac, Egyam, Bill C., Annison, Sharon, Osei-Adjei, George, Antwi-Baffour, Samuel, Molecular Epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 within Accra Metropolis Postlockdown, Advances in Virology, 2024, 2993144, 12 pages, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1155/2024/2993144
19. Aboagye, Frank T., Annison, Lawrence, Hackman, Henry Kwadwo, Acquah, Maame E., Ashong, Yvonne, Owusu-Frimpong, Isaac, Egyam, Bill C., Annison, Sharon, Osei-Adjei, George, Antwi-Baffour, Samuel, Molecular Epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 within Accra Metropolis Postlockdown, Advances in Virology, 2024, 2993144, 12 pages, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1155/2024/2993144
20. Aboagye, Frank T., Annison, Lawrence, Hackman, Henry Kwadwo, Acquah, Maame E., Ashong, Yvonne, Owusu-Frimpong, Isaac, Egyam, Bill C., Annison, Sharon, Osei-Adjei, George, Antwi-Baffour, Samuel, Molecular Epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 within Accra Metropolis Postlockdown, Advances in Virology, 2024, 2993144, 12 pages, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1155/2024/2993144
21. Aboagye, Frank T., Annison, Lawrence, Hackman, Henry Kwadwo, Acquah, Maame E., Ashong, Yvonne, Owusu-Frimpong, Isaac, Egyam, Bill C., Annison, Sharon, Osei-Adjei, George, Antwi-Baffour, Samuel, Molecular Epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 within Accra Metropolis Postlockdown, Advances in Virology, 2024, 2993144, 12 pages, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1155/2024/2993144

22. Sarpong KAN, Hee Kim S, McCartney CR, Wiencek JR, Bazydlo LAL. Spironolactone metabolite causes falsely increased progesterone in the Abbott Architect immunoassay. Clin Biochem. 2024 Apr;126:110747. doi: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2024.110747. Epub 2024 Mar 12. PMID: 38484829.

23. Kotepui M, Mahittikorn A, Anabire NG, Masangkay FR, Kotepui KU. Malaria Is Associated with Diminished Levels of Ascorbic Acid: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Antioxid Redox Signal. 2024 Mar;40(7-9):460-469. doi: 10.1089/ars.2023.0306. Epub 2023 Aug 1. PMID: 37337659.

24. Asare-Dompreh, K., Kwadwo Antwi, W., Abbiw, R., Danso Acheampong, O., Enyetornye, B., Botwe, B. O., Matey, E. T., Agbenyah, J., & Johnson, S. A. M. (2024). Ultrasonographic Assessment of Liver Size and its Association to Selected Morphometric Parameters of Domestic Dogs in Accra, Ghana . Small Animal Advances, 3(1), 1–7. https://doi.org/10.58803/saa.v3i1.21

25. Abban, M.K.; Mensa, M.; Gayi, B.; Addo, G.K.; Ofori, M.E.O.; Ayerakwa, E.A.; Isawumi, A. In Vitro Resensitization of Fluoroquinolones and Carbapenems Against Biofilm-Forming and Multidrug-Resistant Salmonella and Shigella spp. Using Riboflavin. Preprints 2024, 2024030934. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202403.0934.v1

26. Ofosu-Appiah, F., Acquah, E. E., Mohammed, J., Sakyi Addo, C., Agbodzi, B., Ofosu, D. A. S., Myers, C. J., Mohktar, Q., Ampomah, O.-W., Ablordey, A., & Amissah, N. A. (2024). Klebsiella pneumoniae ST147 harboring blaNDM-1, multidrug resistance and hypervirulence plasmids. Microbiology spectrum, 12(3), e0301723. https://doi.org/10.1128/spectrum.03017-23

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