Dr. Anthony Afum-Adjei Awuah

Lecturer


Research Areas/Interests


Publications

    1. Malte Kohns Vasconcelos, Chantal Marazia, Markela Koniordou, Heiner Fangerau, Ingo Drexler, Anthony Afum-Adjei Awuah 2021. A conceptual approach to the rationale for SARS-CoV-2 vaccine allocation prioritisation, Pathogens and Global Health, accepted(14th May,2021).  

    https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/20477724.2021.1932136

    2. Oghenebrume Wariri, Esin Nkereuwem, Ngozi Erondu, Bassey Edem, Oluwatosin O Nkereuwem, Olubukola Idoko, Emmanuel Agogo, Joseph E Enegela, Tom Sesay, Iya Conde, Landry Kaucley, Anthony Afum-Adjei Awuah, Sule Abdullahi, Richard Ray Luce Jr, Richard Banda, Terna Nomwhange, Beate Kampmann 2020. A scorecard of progress towards measles elimination in the ECOWAS region: tracking vaccination coverage, geographic inequalities in coverage, incident cases, and outbreaks across 15 West African countries, 2001-2019, The Lancet Global Health, 9(3): e280–e290, doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(20)30481-2 

    3.  Michael Owusu, Augustina Angelina Sylverken, Sampson Twumasi Ankrah, Philip El-Duah, Nana Kwame Ayisi-Boateng Richmond Yeboah, Richmond Gorman, Jesse Asamoah, Tabea Binger, Godfred Acheampong, Franklin Asiedu Bekoe, Sally-Ann Ohene, Rita Larsen-Reindorf, Anthony Afum- Adjei Awuah, John Amuasi, Ellis Owusu-Dabo, Yaw Adu-Sarkodie,Richard Odame Phillips. 2020. “Epidemiological Profile of SARS-CoV-2 among Selected Regions in Ghana: A Cross-Sectional Retrospective Study.” Edited by Francesco Di Gennaro. PLOS ONE 15 (12): e0243711. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0243711. 

    4. Lundtoft, C., Awuah, A. A.-A., Güler, A., Harling, K., Schaal, H., Mayatepek, E., Phillips, R. O., Nausch, N., Owusu-Dabo, E. and Jacobsen, M. (2018) ‘An IL7RA exon 5 polymorphism is associated with impaired IL-7Rα splicing and protection against tuberculosis in Ghana.’, Genes and immunity. doi: 10.1038/s41435-018-0049-

    5. Mahassadi AK, Konang JN, Kissi HY, Afum-Adjei Awuah A, Bangoura AD, Doffou SA, et al. Systemic inflammatory response syndrome and model for end-stage liver disease score accurately predict the in-hospital mortality of black African patients with decompensated cirrhosis at initial hospitalization: a retrospective cohort study. Clin Exp Gastroenterol [Internet]. 2018 Apr [cited 2018 Apr 24];Volume 11:143–52. Available from: https://www.dovepress.com/systemic-inflammatory-response-syndrome-and-model-for-end-stage-liver--peer-reviewed-article-CEG. 

    6. Harling K, Adankwah E, Güler A, Afum-Adjei Awuah A, Adu-Amoah L, Mayatepek E, et al. Constitutive STAT3 phosphorylation and IL-6/IL-10 co-expression are associated with impaired T-cell function in tuberculosis patients. Cell Mol Immunol [Internet]. 2018 Mar 19 [cited 2018 Apr 24]; Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29553136. 

    7. Adjovi Amegashie, E., Angelina Annan, A., Afum-Adjei Awuah, A., Larbi, R., Addofoh, N., Kwame Feglo, P. and Owusu-Dabo, E. (2017) ‘Missed opportunities for the diagnosis of Brucella infection among slaughterhouse workers at the Kumasi Abattoir, Ghana’, Journal of Epidemiological Research, 3(2). doi: 10.5430/jer.v3n2p58. 

    8. Lundtoft C, Awuah AA-A, Nausch N, et al. Alternative Quantiferon cytokines for diagnosis of children with active tuberculosis and HIV co-infection in Ghana. Med Microbiol Immunol. 2017;206(3):259-265. doi:10.1007/s00430-017-0501-6. 

    9. Lundtoft C, Afum-Adjei Awuah A, Rimpler J, et al. Aberrant plasma IL-7 and soluble IL-7 receptor levels indicate impaired T-cell response to IL-7 in human tuberculosis. Lewinsohn DM, ed. PLOS Pathog. 2017;13(6):e1006425. doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1006425. 

    10. Esimebia Adjovi Amegashie, Ellis Owusu-Dabo, Samson Pandam Salifu, Anthony Afum-Adjei Awuah, Sandra Baffour-Awuah, Nicholas Addofoh, Augustina Annan, Christian Henrik Winter (2016). Sero-Prevalence of and Occupational Risk Factors for Brucella Infection among Slaughterhouse Workers and Butchers in Kumasi, Ghana, Journal of Epidemiology Research 3(1),1-9, DOI: 10.5430/jer.v3n1p1. 

    11. Kountele Gona Soro, Alassan Kouamé Mahassadi, Gnangoran Marcellin Koffi, Henriette Ya Kissi, Adama Coulibaly, Toussaint Assohoun, Manuela Adjoba Ehua, Sylvain Gagon Seu, Anthony Afum-Adjei Awuah and Francis Somian Ehua (2015). Post-operative morbidity and mortality of perforated peptic ulcer: retrospective cohort study of risk factors among black Africans in Côte d’Ivoire, Gastroenterology Research and Practice, Volume 2016, Article ID 2640730, http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/2640730. 

    12.  Darko, S., Yar, D., Owusu-Dabo, E., Awuah, A., Dapaah, W., Addofoh, N., Adomako-Boateng, F. (2015). Variations in levels of IL-6 and TNF-alpha in type 2 diabetes mellitus between rural and urban Ashanti Region of Ghana. BMC Endocrine Disorders, 15(1), 50. DOI: 10.1186/s12902-015-0047-9. 

    13. A. Afum-Adjei Awuah, B. Ueberberg E. Owusu-Dabo, M. Jacobson (2014). The role of candidate miRNAs in T Cell response during acute pulmonary tuberculosis in Kumasi, Ghana. International journal of Infectious Diseases, DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2014.03.1059. 

    14. Afum-Adjei Awuah, A., Ueberberg, B., Owusu-Dabo, E., Frempong, M. & Jacobsen, M. (2014). Dynamics of T-cell IFN-gamma and miR-29a expression during active pulmonary tuberculosis. Int Immunol, 26(10):579-82. doi: 10.1093/intimm/dxu068 

    15. Afum-Adjei Awuah, A. (2014) Micro RNAs, new players in the Immunopathogenesis of Tuberculosis. Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology. Available at: http://ir.knust.edu.gh/bitstream/123456789/6776/1/ANTHONY AFUM-ADJEI AWUAH.pdf. 


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