Dr. (Mrs.) Sandra Abankwa Kwarteng

Senior Lecturer

Dept: Theoretical and Applied Biology
Department of Theoretical and Applied Biology
Faculty of Biosciences
College of Science
KNUST
Kumasi
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  With a broad background in Entomology and expertise in vector biology, my research endeavours have spanned various areas of infectious disease...~more

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Publications

    1. Darko, Samuel Nkansah, Kennedy Gyau Boahen, Portia Boakye Okyere, Christopher Nii Kpakpo Addo, Janet Ameyaw Afuaa, Emmanuel Adjei, Hayford Manuella, Naomi Efua Anwhere, and Sandra Abankwa Kwarteng. "Covid-19 Vaccine Acceptance and Risk Perception in Ghana: Insights from A Study on Tertiary-Level Students and Surrounding Residents in Kumasi." Journal of Science and Technology (Ghana) 42, no. 2 (2024): 1-18.
    2. Obadiah, O.B., Sandra, A.K., Frema, A.O., Raphael, A., Kelvin, A.M., Mercy, B., Fred, Y.G., Victoria, S., Ebenezer, J.B., Abena, B. and Morgan, H.M., Repellent and larvicidal properties of selected indigenous plants in the control of Anopheles mosquitoes. Journal of Vector Borne Diseases, pp.10-4103.
    3. Addo SO, Bentil RE, Mosore MT, Behene E, Adinkrah J, Tagoe J, Yeboah C, Baako BO, Atibila D, Kwarteng SA, Poku-Asante K. Risk factors affecting the feeding site predilection of ticks on cattle in Ghana. Experimental and Applied Acarology. 2024 May;92(4):835-50.
    4. Asare, Sharon G., S. A. Kwarteng, B. S. Owusu, and P. K. Baidoo. "Effects of Harvest Time and Storage Form on Insect Population and Damage of Maize." Indonesian Journal of Agricultural Research 6, no. 1 (2023): 12-22.
    5. Asare, Sharon Gyekyewaa, Sandra Abankwa-Kwarteng, Bismark Sekyere Owusu, and Philip Kweku Baidoo. "Effects of Harvest Time on Quality of Stored Maize (Zea mays L.) in the Southern Part of Ghana." Peruvian Journal of Agronomy 7, no. 2 (2023): 144-155.
    6. Abankwa Kwarteng, S., (2021). Mosquitoes Small Bite Big Threat. Everyday Science for Schools Magazine. 8(2), p 43.
    7. Akuamoah-Boateng, Y., Brenyah, R. C., Abankwa Kwarteng, S., Obuam, P., Owusu-Frimpong, I., Agyapong, A. K., & Badu, K. (2021). Malaria Transmission, Vector Diversity, and Insecticide Resistance at a Peri-Urban Site in the Forest Zone of Ghana.  Trop. Dis. 2: 739771. doi: 10.3389
    8. Nkansah, D., Henry H., Twumasi-Ankrah, S., Baffour-Awuah, S., Adjei-Kusi, P., Yar, D., Owusu-Dabo, E. (2020). Three monthly doses of 60 mg/kg praziquantel for Schistosoma haematobium infection is a safe and effective treatment regimen. BMC Infectious Diseases 20(1). http://doi.org/1186/s12879-020-05053-z 
    9. Agyemang, AN, Badu K, Baffour-Awuah, S, Owusu-Dabo E, Biritwum, NK, Garms, R, Kruppa, TF. (2018). Evaluation of onchocerciasis control in the Upper Denkyira East Municipal in the forest area of Ghana: Responses of participants and distributors to the CDTI programme. Acta Tropica. 185, p 357-362. 
    10. Baffour-Awuah, S., Annan, A. A., Maiga-Ascofare, O., Dieudonné, S. D., Adjei-Kusi, P., Owusu-Dabo, E., & Obiri-Danso, K. (2016). Insecticide resistance in malaria vectors in Kumasi, Ghana. Parasites & Vectors, 9, 633. http://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-016-1923-5. 
    11. Amegashie, E.A., Owusu-Dabo, E., Salifu, S.P., Awuah, A.A.A., Baffour-Awuah, S., Addofoh, N., Annan, A. and Winter, C.H. (2016). Sero-prevalence and occupational risk factors for Brucella infection among slaughterhouse workers and butchers in Kumasi, Ghana. Journal of Epidemiological Research, 3(1), p.17. 
    12. Dogbe, J., Owusu-Dabo, E., Edusei, A., Plange-Rhule, G., Addofoh, N., Baffour-Awuah, S., Sarfo-Kantanka, O., Hammond, C. and Owusu, M. (2016). Assessment of prison life of persons with disability in Ghana. BMC international health and human rights, 16(1), p.20. 
    13. Garms, R., Badu, K., Owusu-Dabo, E., Baffour-Awuah, S., Adjei, O., Debrah, A.Y., Nagel, M., Biritwum, N.K., Gankpala, L., Post, R.J. and Kruppa, T.F. (2015). Assessments of the transmission of Onchocerca volvulus by Simulium sanctipauli in the Upper Denkyira District, Ghana, and the intermittent disappearance of the vector. Parasitology research, 114(3), pp.1129-1137. 
    14. Annan, A.A., Owusu-Dabo, E., Baffour-Awuah, S., Nartey, R., Nimako, S., Ayimbire, A.G., Salifu, P.S., Amoyaw, F., Segbaya, S. and Ohene, B.K. (2014). Insecticide resistance in malaria vector mosquitoes at 5 selected districts in Ghana, West Africa. East African Journal of Public Health, 11(4), pp.830-838. 
    15. Baffour-Awuah, S., Owusu-Dabo, E., Kruppa, T., Annan, A., Nartey, R., Dogbe, J., Pandam, S., Becker, N., Oppong, S. and Obiri-Danso, K. (2014). Lysinibacillus sphaericus biolarvicide, an efficacious tool in the control of Anopheles gambiae in Kumasi, Ghana. East African Journal of Public Health, 11(4), pp.903-913. 
    16. Nartey, R., Owusu-Dabo, E., Kruppa, T., Baffour-Awuah, S., Annan, A., Oppong, S., Becker, N. and Obiri-Danso, K. (2013). Use of Bacillus thuringiensis var israelensis as a viable option in an Integrated Malaria Vector Control Programme in the Kumasi Metropolis, Ghana. Parasites & vectors, 6(1), p.116.

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