John Kofi Odoom, Ishmael Adziati, Elijah Quansah, Keren Attiku, Nana Afia Asante Ntim, Jacob Arthur-Quarm, Miriam Eshun, Evangeline Obodai & Jacob Samson Barnor·Advances in Research·2018
Aim: Sabin-like polioviruses and non-polio enteroviruses (NPEVs) isolated from acute flaccid paralysis cases have continued to circulate in the country. However, no wild poliovirus has been detected in Ghana since the last case of poliomyelitis in 2008. This decline has been attr...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2018/44423
Aims: In 2014, a cholera outbreak occurred in Greater Accra region, affecting more than 1733 people, and 20 individuals died. We investigated to verify the diagnosis, identify risk factors and recommended control measures. Study Design: The study was both descriptive and un-match...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2016/21461
Joseph K. L. Opare, John Koku Awoonor-Williams, John Kofi Odoom, Edwin Afari, Abraham Oduro, Baba Awuni, Dorcas Kyeiwa Asante, Olivia Serwaa Opare & Patricia Akweongo·International Journal of TROPICAL DISEASE & Health·2015
Introduction: Meningitis is an acute inflammation of the protective membranes covering the brain and the spinal cord. It can cause severe brain damage and is fatal in 50% of cases if untreated. The Upper East Region (UER) of Ghana recorded 70 case-patients in 2014 with a case fat...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2015/19398
Aim: Ghana is not clearly demarcated in the endemic region for hepatitis E virus but serological studies have shown a high anti-HEV seroprevalence among pregnant women in Accra, Ghana. In this study, we investigated to assess the HEV seroprevalence in patients presenting with sy...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2016/22974
Objectives: Yaws, caused by the spiral-shaped bacterium (spirochete) Treponema pallidum subspecies pertenue is a contagious, non-venereal infection in humans that presents mainly in children below 15 years old and primarily affects the skin, bones and cartilage. Despite the imple...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2017/32425
Lawrence H. Ofosu-Appiah, Richard Kutame, Bright Ayensu, Joseph H. K. Bonney, Gifty Boateng, Rexford Bempong Adade, David Opare & John Kofi Odoom·Microbiology Research Journal International·2018
Background: Dengue fever remains a serious public health treat throughout the world. Ghana shares borders with countries that have reported dengue cases, yet no case has been reported in Ghana. Dengue infections with its broad range of clinical presentations make it potentially u...
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Research Article10.9734/MRJI/2018/41090