Adankwah, E., Nausch, N., Minadzi, D., Abass, M.K., Franken, K.L.M.C., Ottenhoff, T.H.M., Mayatepek, E., Phillips, R.O., Jacobsen, M.Interleukin-6 and Mycobacterium tuberculosis dormancy antigens improve diagnosis of tuberculosis(2021) Journal of Infection, 82 (2), pp. 245-252. DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2020.11.032

Sylverken, A.A., El-Duah, P., Owusu, M., Schneider, J., Yeboah, R., Ayisi-Boateng, N.K., Gorman, R., Adu, E., Kwarteng, A., Frimpong, M., Binger, T., Aryeetey, S., Asamoah, J.A., Amoako, Y.A., Amuasi, J.H., Beheim-Schwarzbach, J., Owusu-Dabo, E., Adu-Sarkodie, Y., Obiri-Danso, K., Corman, V.M., Drosten, C., Phillips, R. Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in northern Ghana: insights from whole-genome sequencing(2021) Archives of Virology, . DOI: 10.1007/s00705-021-04986-3

Ayisi-Boateng, N.K., Owusu, M., Tawiah, P., Ampah, B.A., Sylverken, A.A., Wusu-Ansah, O.K., Sarfo, F.S., Phillips, R.O. Profile and outcomes of hospitalized patients with COVID-19 at a tertiary institution hospital in Ghana(2020) Ghana Medical Journal, 54 (4), pp. 39-45. DOI: 10.4314/GMJ.V54I4S.7

Frimpong, M., Amoako, Y.A., Anim, K.B., Ahor, H.S., Yeboah, R., Arthur, J., Dakorah, J.S., Gborgblovor, D., Akrofi, S., Sekyi-Djan, P., Owusu, M., Sylverken, A.A., Binger, T., Phillips, R.O.Diagnostics for COVID-19: A case for field-deployable, rapid molecular tests for community surveillance(2020) Ghana Medical Journal, 54 (4), pp. 71-76. DOI: 10.4314/GMJ.V54I4S.11

Amoako YA, Loglo AD, Frimpong M, Agbavor B, Abass MK, Amofa G, Ofori E,Ampadu E, Asiedu K, Stienstra Y, Wansbrough-Jones M, van der Werf T, PhillipsRO. Co-infection of HIV in patients with Buruli ulcer disease in Central Ghana.BMC Infect Dis. 2021 Apr 8;21(1):331. doi: 10.1186/s12879-021-06009-7. PMID:33832460.

Adankwah E, Arthur RA, Minadzi D, Owusu DO, Phillips RO, Jacobsen M. Immuneresponse against TB and non-tuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease. Int JTuberc Lung Dis. 2021 Mar 1;25(3):234-236. doi: 10.5588/ijtld.20.0678. PMID:33688814.

Simpson H, Tabah EN, Phillips RO, Frimpong M, Maman I, Ampadu E, Timothy J,Saunderson P, Pullan RL, Cano J. Mapping suitability for Buruli ulcer at finespatial scales across Africa: A modelling study. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2021 Mar3;15(3):e0009157. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0009157. PMID: 33657104; PMCID:PMC7959670.

Frimpong M, Kyei-Tuffuor L, Fondjo LA, Ahor HS, Adjei-Kusi P, Maiga-AscofareO, Phillips RO. Evaluation of a real-time recombinase polymerase amplificationassay for rapid detection of Schistosoma haematobium infection in resource-limited setting. Acta Trop. 2021 Apr;216:105847. doi:10.1016/j.actatropica.2021.105847. Epub 2021 Jan 23. PMID: 33497617.

Amoako YA, Phillips RO, Arthur J, Abugri MA, Akowuah E, Amoako KO, Marfo BA,Frimpong M, van der Werf T, Ravensbergen SJ, Stienstra Y. A scabies outbreak inthe North East Region of Ghana: The necessity for prompt intervention. PLoS NeglTrop Dis. 2020 Dec 22;14(12):e0008902. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0008902. PMID:33351803; PMCID: PMC7787682.

Owusu M, Sylverken AA, Ankrah ST, El-Duah P, Ayisi-Boateng NK, Yeboah R,Gorman R, Asamoah J, Binger T, Acheampong G, Bekoe FA, Ohene SA, Larsen-ReindorfR, Awuah AA, Amuasi J, Owusu-Dabo E, Adu-Sarkodie Y, Phillips RO.Epidemiological profile of SARS-CoV-2 among selected regions in Ghana: A cross-sectional retrospective study. PLoS One. 2020 Dec 10;15(12):e0243711. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0243711. PMID: 33301533; PMCID: PMC7728229.

Adankwah E, Nausch N, Minadzi D, Abass MK, Franken KLMC, Ottenhoff THM,Mayatepek E, Phillips RO, Jacobsen M. Interleukin-6 and Mycobacteriumtuberculosis dormancy antigens improve diagnosis of tuberculosis. J Infect. 2021Feb;82(2):245-252. doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2020.11.032. Epub 2020 Dec 2. PMID:33278400.

Mabey D, Agler E, Amuasi JH, Hernandez L, Hollingsworth TD, Hotez PJ, LammiePJ, Malecela MN, Matendechero SH, Ottesen E, Phillips RO, Reeder JC, SzwarcwaldCL, Shott JP, Solomon AW, Steer A, Swaminathan S. Towards a comprehensiveresearch and development plan to support the control, elimination anderadication of neglected tropical diseases. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2021 Jan28;115(2):196-199. doi: 10.1093/trstmh/traa114. PMID: 33179054; PMCID:PMC7842110.

Collinson S, Frimpong VNB, Agbavor B, Montgomery B, Oppong M, Frimpong M,Amoako YA, Marks M, Phillips RO. Barriers to Buruli ulcer treatment completion in the Ashanti and Central Regions, Ghana. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2020 May26;14(5):e0008369. doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0008369. PMID: 32453800; PMCID:PMC7274448.

Van Der Werf TS, Barogui YT, Converse PJ, Phillips RO, Stienstra Y. Pharmacologic management of Mycobacterium ulcerans infection. Expert Rev Clin Pharmacol. 2020 Apr;13(4):391-401. doi: 10.1080/17512433.2020.1752663. Epub2020 Apr 20. PMID: 32310683.

Di Cristanziano V, Weimer K, Böttcher S, Sarfo FS, Dompreh A, Cesar LG, Knops E, Heger E, Wirtz M, Kaiser R, Norman B, Phillips RO, Feldt T, Eberhardt KA.Molecular Characterization and Clinical Description of Non-Polio Enteroviruses Detected in Stool Samples from HIV-Positive and HIV-Negative Adults in Ghana.Viruses. 2020 Feb 16;12(2):221.

Neary M, Olagunju A, Sarfo F, Phillips R, Moss D, Owen A, Chadwick D. Do genetic variations in proximal tubule transporters influence tenofovir-induced renal dysfunction? An exploratory study in a Ghanaian population. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. 2020 Feb 14.

Villa G, Abdullahi A, Owusu D, Smith C, Azumah M, Sayeed L, Austin H, Awuah D, Beloukas A, Chadwick D, Phillips R. Determining virological suppression and resuppression by point-of-care viral load testing in a HIV care setting in sub-Saharan Africa. EClinicalMedicine. 2020 Jan 1;18:100231

Phillips RO, Robert J, Abass KM, Thompson W, Sarfo FS, Wilson T, Sarpong G, Gateau T, Chauty A, Omollo R, Ochieng Otieno M, Egondi TW, Ampadu EO, Agossadou D, Marion E, Ganlonon L, Wansbrough-Jones M, Grosset J, Macdonald JM, Treadwell T, Saunderson P, Paintsil A, Lehman L, Frimpong M, Sarpong NF, Saizonou R, Tiendrebeogo A, Ohene SA, Stienstra Y, Asiedu KB, van der Werf TS; study team. Rifampicin and clarithromycin (extended release) versus rifampicin and streptomycin for limited Buruli ulcer lesions: a randomised, open-label, non-inferiority phase 3 trial. Lancet (London, England). 2020;395(10232):1259-1267

Owusu, D.O., Phillips, R., Owusu, M., Sarfo, F.S., Frempong, M. Increased levels of circulating IL-10 in persons recovered from hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection compared with persons with active HCV infection BMC Research Notes, 2020, 13(1), 472

Adankwah E, Güler A, Mayatepek E, Phillips RO, Nausch N, Jacobsen M. CD27 expression of T-cells discriminates IGRA-negative TB patients from healthy contacts in Ghana. Microbes Infect. 2020 Jan-Feb;22(1):65-68Di Cristanziano V, Weimer K, Böttcher S, Sarfo FS, Dompreh A, Cesar LG, Knops E, Heger

Heinemann M, Phillips RO, Vinnemeier CD, Rolling CC, Tannich E, Rolling T. High prevalence of asymptomatic malaria infections in adults, Ashanti Region, Ghana, 2018. Malar J. 2020 Oct 12;19(1):366

Frimpong M, Simpson SV, Ahor HS, Agbanyo A, Gyabaah S, Agbavor B, Amanor IB, Addo KK, Böhlken-Fascher S, Kissenkötter J, Wahed AAE, Phillips RO. Multiplex Recombinase Polymerase Amplification Assay for Simultaneous Detection of Treponema pallidum and Haemophilus ducreyi in Yaws-Like Lesions. Trop Med Infect Dis. 2020 Oct 6;5(4):E157

Villa G, Abdullahi A, Owusu D, Smith C, Azumah M, Sayeed L, Austin H, Awuah D, Beloukas A, Chadwick D, Phillips R. Determining virological suppression and resuppression by point-of-care viral load testing in a HIV care setting in sub-Saharan Africa. EClinicalMedicine. 2020 Jan 1;18:100231

El-Duah P, Dei D, Binger T, Sylverken A, Wollny R, Tasiame W, Samuel Oppong7, Yaw Adu-Sarkodie, Benjamin Emikpe, Raphael Folitse, Jan Felix Drexler, Richard Phillips, Christian Drosten,  and Victor Max Corman. Detection and genomic characterization of hepatitis E virus genotype 3 from pigs in Ghana, Africa. One Health Outlook. 2020;2: 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1186/s42522-020-00018-3

Di Cristanziano V, Weimer K, Böttcher S, Sarfo FS, Dompreh A, Cesar LG, Knops E, Heger E, Wirtz M, Kaiser R, Norman B, Phillips RO, Feldt T, Eberhardt KA.Molecular Characterization and Clinical Description of Non-Polio Enteroviruses Detected in Stool Samples from HIV-Positive and HIV-Negative Adults in Ghana. Viruses. 2020 Feb 16;12(2). pii: E221. doi: 10.3390/v12020221. PubMed PMID:32079128.

Phillips, R.O. (2019, December 31). Mycobacterium ulcerans disease: Buruli Ulcer [Video file]. In The Biomedical & Life Sciences Collection, Henry Stewart Talks. Retrieved January 7, 2020, from https://hstalks.com/bs/3962/

Frimpong M, Ahor HS, Sakyi SA, Agbavor B, Akowuah E, Phillips RO. Rapid Extraction Method of Mycobacterium ulcerans DNA from Clinical Samples of Suspected Buruli Ulcer Patients. Diagnostics (Basel). 2019 Nov 26;9(4):204. doi: 10.3390/diagnostics9040204. PMID: 31779247; PMCID: PMC6963521.

Omansen TF, van der Werf TS, Phillips RO. Antimicrobial Treatment ofMycobacterium ulcerans Infection. 2019 Apr 30. In: Pluschke G, Röltgen K,editors. Buruli Ulcer: Mycobacterium Ulcerans Disease [Internet]. Cham (CH):Springer; 2019. Available from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK553822/PubMed PMID: 32091697.

Frimpong M, Agbavor B, Duah MS, Loglo A, Sarpong FN, Boakye-Appiah J, Abass KM, Dongyele M, Amofa G, Tuah W, Frempong M, Amoako YA, Wansbrough-Jones M, Phillips RO. Paradoxical reactions in Buruli ulcer after initiation of antibiotic therapy: Relationship to bacterial load. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 2019;13(8):e0007689

Omansen TF, van der Werf TS, Phillips RO. Antimicrobial Treatment ofMycobacterium ulcerans Infection. 2019 Apr 30. In: Pluschke G, Röltgen K,editors. Buruli Ulcer: Mycobacterium Ulcerans Disease [Internet]. Cham (CH):Springer; 2019. Available from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK553822/ PubMed PMID: 32091697.

Wadagni AC, Steinhorst J, Barogui YT, Catraye PM, Gnimavo R, Abass KM, Amofa G, Frimpong M, Sarpong FN, van der Werf TS, Phillips R. Buruli ulcer treatment: Rate of surgical intervention differs highly between treatment centers in West Africa. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 2019 Oct;13(10).

Stienstra Y, Beeres DT, Phillips R, Vonk M, Ravensbergen SJ. The public health control of scabies: priorities for research and action. Lancet (London, England). 2019 Dec 7;394(10214):2068.

Frimpong M, Ahor HS, Sakyi SA, Agbavor B, Akowuah E, Phillips RO. Rapid Extraction Method of Mycobacterium ulcerans DNA from Clinical Samples of Suspected Buruli Ulcer Patients. Diagnostics. 2019 Dec;9(4):204.

Seyfarth J, Sarfo?Kantanka O, Rosenbauer J, Phillps RO, Jacobsen M. Type?1 diabetes onset age and sex differences between Ghanaian and German urban populations. Journal of diabetes. 2019 Dec;11(12):1002-1004. doi: 10.1111/1753-0407.12978

Richard Odame Phillips Buruli ulcer (Mycobacterium ulcerans disease) Henry Stewart online lectures Edited by Professor Molyneux of the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, UK Available at   https://hstalks.com/playlist/1063/neglected-tropical-diseases/ (accessed 4th October 2019)

Di Cristanziano V, D Alfonso R, Berrilli F, Sarfo FS, Santoro M, Fabeni L, Knops E, Heger E, Kaiser R, Dompreh A, Phillips RO, Norman B, Feldt T, Eberhardt KA. Lower prevalence of Blastocystis sp. infections in HIV positive compared to HIV negative adults in Ghana. PLoS One. 2019 Sep 3;14(9):e0221968. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0221968. Erratum in: PLoS One. 2019 Oct 11;14(10):e0224000.

Frimpong M, Agbavor B, Duah MS, Loglo A, Sarpong FN, Boakye-Appiah J, Abass KM, Dongyele M, Amofa G, Tuah W, Frempong M, Amoako YA, Wansbrough-Jones M, Phillips RO.Paradoxical reactions in Buruli ulcer after initiation of antibiotic therapy: Relationship to bacterial load. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2019 Aug;13(8):e0007689.

Simpson H, Deribe K, Tabah EN, Peters A, Maman I, Frimpong M, Ampadu E, Phillips R, Saunderson P, Pullan RL, Cano J. Mapping the global distribution of Buruli ulcer: a systematic review with evidence consensus. Lancet Glob Health.2019 Jul;7(7):e912-e922.

Adankwah E, Güler A, Mayatepek E, Phillips RO, Nausch N, Jacobsen M. CD27 expression of T-cells discriminates IGRA-negative TB patients from healthy contacts in Ghana. Microbes Infect. 2019 Aug 12;. doi: 10.1016/j.micinf.2019.07.003

Amoako YA, Frimpong M, Awuah DO, Plange-Rhule G, Boakye-Yiadom E, Agbavor B, Sarpong F, Ahor H, Adu E, Danso KG, Abass MK, Asiedu K, Wansbrough-Jones M, Phillips RO. Providing insight into the incubation period of Mycobacterium ulcerans disease: two case reports. J Med Case Rep. 2019 Jul 18;13(1):218.

Adankwah E, Lundtoft C, Güler A, Franken KLMC, Ottenhoff THM, Mayatepek E, Owusu-Dabo E, Phillips RO, Nausch N, Jacobsen M. Two-Hit in vitro T-Cell Stimulation Detects Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection in QuantiFERON Negative Tuberculosis Patients and Healthy Contacts From Ghana. Front Immunol. 2019 Jul 3;10:1518. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2019.01518.

Batsa Debrah L, Phillips RO, Pfarr K, Klarmann-Schulz U, Opoku VS, Nausch N, Owusu W, Mubarik Y, Sander AL, Lämmer C, Ritter M, Layland LE, Jacobsen M, Debrah AY, Hoerauf A. The Efficacy of Doxycycline Treatment on Mansonella perstans Infection: An Open-Label, Randomized Trial in Ghana. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2019 Jul;101(1):84-92.

Awua-Boateng NY, Mohammed A, Aglanu LM, Acheampong G, Amuasi JH, Bonsu FA, Phillips RO, Owusu-Dabo E. Is pulmonary tuberculosis in pregnant women a problem in Ghana? Observations and lessons from the national tuberculosis prevalence project. Int J Mycobacteriol. 2019 Jul-Sep;8(3):267-272.

Beeres DT, Horstman J, van der Tak P, Phillips RO, Abass KM, van der Werf T, Johnson RC, Sopoh GE, de Zeeuw J, Dijkstra PU, Barogui YT, Stienstra Y. The paediatric participation scale measuring participation restrictions among former Buruli Ulcer patients under the age of 15 in Ghana and Benin: Development and first validation results. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2019 Mar;13(3):e0007273.

Frimpong M, Ahor HS, Wahed AAE, Agbavor B, Sarpong FN, Laing K, Wansbrough-Jones M, Phillips RO. Rapid detection of Mycobacterium ulcerans with isothermal recombinase polymerase amplification assay. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2019 Feb;13(2):e0007155.

Villa G, Phillips RO, Smith C, Stockdale AJ, Ruggiero A, Beloukas A, Appiah LT, Chadwick D, Sarfo FS, Geretti AM. Drug resistance outcomes of long-term ART with tenofovir disoproxil fumarate in the absence of virological monitoring. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2018 Nov 1;73(11):3148-3157.

Lundtoft C, Awuah AA, Güler A, Harling K, Schaal H, Mayatepek E, Phillips RO, Nausch N, Owusu-Dabo E, Jacobsen M. An IL7RA exon 5 polymorphism is associated with impaired IL-7Rα splicing and protection against tuberculosis in Ghana. Genes Immun. 2018 Oct 31

Phillips RO, Steinmetz A, Nichols J, Adomako E, Ofori E, Antonio E, Allihien SM, Peprah-Addae C, Adams W. Spectrum of disease in HIV-positive patients presenting to a tertiary care hospital: a retrospective, cross-sectional review in Kumasi, Ghana. BMC Infect Dis. 2018 Aug 23;18(1):419.

Loglo AD, Frimpong M, Sarpong Duah M, Sarfo F, Sarpong FN, Agbavor B, Boakye-Appiah JK, Abass KM, Dongyele M, Frempong M, Pidot S, Wansbrough-Jones M, Stinear TP, Roupie V, Huygen K, Phillips RO. IFN-γ and IL-5 whole blood response directed against mycolactone polyketide synthase domains in patients with Mycobacterium ulcerans infection. PeerJ. 2018 Jul 31;6:e5294. doi: 10.7717/peerj.5294

Marks, M., Mitjà, O., Bottomley, C., Kwakye, C., Houinei, W., Bauri, M., Adwere, P., Abdulai, A.A.,Dua, F., Boateng, L., Wangi, J., Ohene, S.-A., Wangnapi, R., Simpson, S.V., Miag, H., Addo, K.K.,Basing, L.A., Danavall, D., Chi, K.H., Pillay, A., Ballard, R., Solomon, A.W., Chen, C.Y., Bieb, S.V.,Adu-Sarkodie, Y., Mabey, D.C.W., Asiedu, K., Hounei, W., Agana, N., Ampadu, E.,Amponsah-Achiano, K., Bediako, A., Biredu, M., Faried, K., Iddrisu, A., Kotey, N.K., Yeboah, G.N.,El-Duah, P., Phillips, R., Binka, F., Nyonator, F., Zunuo, A., Ackumey, M.A., Amanor, I., Bnosu, C.,Frischmann, S., Lammie, P., Martin, D., Ye, T., Christophel, E., Tiendrebeogo, A., Vestergard, L.,Bassat, Q., Abdad, Y., Dima, H., Kotty, B., Mamore, K., Manup, W., Olowau, B., Agyei, E.O.,Agyemang, D., Ako, E.P., Antwi, P., Darko, J., Darko, O.O., Darko, P., Duodu, B., Jabasi, D., Karim,F.L., Koomson, O.K., Labri, B.A., Nartey, J., Tamatey, R., Yirenkyi, B., Arhin, M., Biney, F., Danso,J.O., Dei, M.A., Djan, M., Sasu, S., Solomon, B.A., Torvinya, V., Amankwaah, H., Baffoe, J., Keteku,L., Kondobala, K., Lomotey, R.D., Nartey, A.A., Oppong, P., Quainoo, M.A., Abotsi, T., Agebshie, D.,Ameamu, A., Angwaawie, P., Ayibor, R., Mwingmendeli, M., Nakodia, J.,Nambagyira, A., Nanga, D.,Tetteh, N., Wanaom, A. Comparative efficacy of low-dose versus standard-dose azithromycin for patients with yaws: a randomised non-inferiority trial in Ghana and Papua New Guinea. Lancet Glob Health. 2018 Apr;6(4):e401-e410.

Villa G, Phillips RO, Smith C, Stockdale AJ, Beloukas A, Appiah LT, Chadwick D, Ruggiero A, Sarfo FS, Post F, Geretti AM. Renal health after long-term exposure to tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF) in HIV/HBV positive adults in Ghana. J Infect. 2018 Jun;76(6):515-521

Yotsu RR, Suzuki K, Simmonds RE, Bedimo R, Ablordey A, Yeboah-Manu D, Phillips R, Asiedu K. Buruli Ulcer: a Review of the Current Knowledge. Curr Trop Med Rep. 2018;5(4):247-256. doi: 10.1007/s40475-018-0166-2. Epub 2018 Sep 28.

Geretti AM, King S, Adjei-Asante K, Appiah LT, Owusu DO, Sarfo FS, Chadwick D, Phillips RO, Beloukas A. Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) RNA screening and sequencing using dry plasma spots. J Clin Virol. 2017 Dec;97:18-21.

Stockdale AJ, Chaponda M, Beloukas A, Phillips RO, Matthews PC, Papadimitropoulos A, King S, Bonnett L, Geretti AM. Prevalence of hepatitis D virus infection in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Lancet Glob Health. 2017 Oct;5(10):e992-e1003..

Chan HLY, Chen CJ, Omede O, Al Qamish J, Al Naamani K, Bane A, Tan SS, Simonova M, Cardenas I, Derbala M, Akin O, Phillips RO, Abdelmageed MK, Abdulla M, Adda D, Al Baqali A, Al Dweik N, Al Ejji K, Al Ghazzawi I, Al Kaabi S, Al Sadadi M, Al Salman J, AlBadri M, Al-Busafi SA, Al-Romaihi HE, Ampofo W, Antonov K, Anyaike C, Arome F, Blach S, Borodo MM, Brandon SM, Bright B, Butt MT, Chen DS, Chen PJ, Chien RN, Chuang WL, Cuellar D, Elbardiny AA, Estes C, Farag E, Fung J, Gamkrelidze I, Garcia V, Genov J, Ghandour Z, Ghuloom M, Gomez B, Gunter J, Habeeb J, Hajelssedig O, Hamoudi W, Himatt SM, Hrstic I, Hu CC, Huang CF, Hui YT, Jahis R, Jelev D, John AK, Kaliaskarova KS, Kamel Y, Kao JH, Khamis J, Khattabi H, Khoudri I, Konysbekova A, Kotzev I, Lai MS, Lao WC, Layden J, Lee MH, Lesi O, Li M, Lo A, Loo CK, Lukši? B, Maaroufi A, Malu AO, Mateva L, Mitova R, Mohamed R, Morovi? M, Murphy K, Mustapha B, Nersesov A, Ngige E, Njouom R, Njoya O, Nonkovi? D, Obekpa S, Oguche S, Okolo EE, Omuemu C, Ondoa P, Opare-Sem O, Owusu-Ofori S, Prokopenko YN, Razavi H, Razavi-Shearer D, Razavi-Shearer K, Redae B, Reic T, Rinke de Wit T, Rios C, Robbins S, Roberts LR, Sanad SJ, Schmelzer JD, Sharma M, Su TH, Sultan K, Tchernev K, Tsang OTY, Tsang S, Tzeuton C, Ugoeze S, Uzochukwu B, Vi R, Vince A, Wani HU, Wong VWS, Workneh A, Yacoub R, Yesmembetov KI, Youbi M, Yuen MF, Nde H. The present and future disease burden of hepatitis C virus infections with today's treatment paradigm: Volume 4. J Viral Hepat. 2017 Oct;24 Suppl 2:25-43.

Maaroufi A, Vince A, Himatt SM, Mohamed R, Fung J, Opare-Sem O, Workneh A, Njouom R, Al Ghazzawi I, Abdulla M, Kaliaskarova KS, Owusu-Ofori S, Abdelmageed MK, Adda D, Akin O, Al Baqali A, Al Dweik N, Al Ejji K, Al Kaabi S, Al Naamani K, Al Qamish J, Al Sadadi M, Al Salman J, AlBadri M, Al-Busafi SA, Al-Romaihi HE, Ampofo W, Antonov K, Anyaike C, Arome F, Bane A, Blach S, Borodo MM, Brandon SM, Bright B, Butt MT, Cardenas I, Chan HLY, Chen CJ, Chen DS, Chen PJ, Chien RN, Chuang WL, Cuellar D, Derbala M, Elbardiny AA, Estes C, Farag E, Gamkrelidze I, Garcia V, Genov J, Ghandour Z, Ghuloom M, Gomez B, Gunter J, Habeeb J, Hajelssedig O, Hamoudi W, Hrstic I, Hu CC, Huang CF, Hui YT, Jahis R, Jelev D, John AK, Kamel Y, Kao JH, Khamis J, Khattabi H, Khoudri I, Konysbekova A, Kotzev I, Lai MS, Lao WC, Layden J, Lee MH, Lesi O, Li M, Lo A, Loo CK, Lukši? B, Malu AO, Mateva L, Mitova R, Morovi? M, Murphy K, Mustapha B, Nde H, Nersesov A, Ngige E, Njoya O, Nonkovi? D, Obekpa S, Oguche S, Okolo EE, Omede O, Omuemu C, Ondoa P, Phillips RO, Prokopenko YN, Razavi H, Razavi-Shearer D, Redae B, Reic T, Rinke de Wit T, Rios C, Robbins S, Roberts LR, Sanad SJ, Schmelzer JD, Sharma M, Simonova M, Su TH, Sultan K, Tan SS, Tchernev K, Tsang OTY, Tsang S, Tzeuton C, Ugoeze S, Uzochukwu B, Vi R, Wani HU, Wong VWS, Yacoub R, Yesmembetov KI, Youbi M, Yuen MF, Razavi-Shearer K. Historical epidemiology of hepatitis C virus in select countries-volume 4. J Viral Hepat. 2017 Oct;24 Suppl 2:8-24.

Chen DS, Hamoudi W, Mustapha B, Layden J, Nersesov A, Reic T, Garcia V, Rios C, Mateva L, Njoya O, Al-Busafi SA, Abdelmageed MK, Abdulla M, Adda D, Akin O, Al Baqali A, Al Dweik N, Al Ejji K, Al Ghazzawi I, Al Kaabi S, Al Naamani K, Al Qamish J, Al Sadadi M, Al Salman J, AlBadri M, Al-Romaihi HE, Ampofo W, Antonov K, Anyaike C, Arome F, Bane A, Blach S, Borodo MM, Brandon SM, Bright B, Butt MT, Cardenas I, Chan HLY, Chen CJ, Chen PJ, Chien RN, Chuang WL, Cuellar D, Derbala M, Elbardiny AA, Estes C, Farag E, Fung J, Gamkrelidze I, Genov J, Ghandour Z, Ghuloom M, Gomez B, Gunter J, Habeeb J, Hajelssedig O, Himatt SM, Hrstic I, Hu CC, Huang CF, Hui YT, Jahis R, Jelev D, John AK, Kaliaskarova KS, Kamel Y, Kao JH, Khamis J, Khattabi H, Khoudri I, Konysbekova A, Kotzev I, Lai MS, Lao WC, Lee MH, Lesi O, Li M, Lo A, Loo CK, Lukši? B, Maaroufi A, Malu AO, Mitova R, Mohamed R, Morovi? M, Murphy K, Nde H, Ngige E, Njouom R, Nonkovi? D, Obekpa S, Oguche S, Okolo EE, Omede O, Omuemu C, Ondoa P, Opare-Sem O, Owusu-Ofori S, Phillips RO, Prokopenko YN, Razavi H, Razavi-Shearer D, Razavi-Shearer K, Redae B, Rinke de Wit T, Robbins S, Roberts LR, Sanad SJ, Sharma M, Simonova M, Su TH, Sultan K, Tan SS, Tchernev K, Tsang OTY, Tsang S, Tzeuton C, Ugoeze S, Uzochukwu B, Vi R, Vince A, Wani HU, Wong VWS, Workneh A, Yacoub R, Yesmembetov KI, Youbi M, Yuen MF, Schmelzer JD. Strategies to manage hepatitis C virus infection disease burden-Volume 4. J Viral Hepat. 2017 Oct;24 Suppl 2:44-63.

Sarpong-Duah M, Frimpong M, Beissner M, Saar M, Laing K, Sarpong F, Loglo AD, Abass KM, Frempong M, Sarfo FS, Bretzel G, Wansbrough-Jones M, Phillips RO. Clearance of viable Mycobacterium ulcerans from Buruli ulcer lesions during antibiotic treatment as determined by combined 16S rRNA reverse transcriptase /IS 2404 qPCR assay. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2017 Jul;11(7):e0005695.

Global prevalence and genotype distribution of hepatitis C virus infection in 2015: a modelling study. Lancet Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2017 Mar;2(3):161-176.

Nausch N, Antwi-Berko D, Mubarik Y, Abass KM, Owusu W, Owusu-Dabo E, Debrah LB, Debrah AY, Jacobsen M, Phillips RO. Analysis of Mycobacterium ulcerans-specific T-cell cytokines for diagnosis of Buruli ulcer disease and as potential indicator for disease progression. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2017 Feb;11(2):e0005415.

Debrah LB, Nausch N, Opoku VS, Owusu W, Mubarik Y, Berko DA, Wanji S, Layland LE, Hoerauf A, Jacobsen M, Debrah AY, Phillips RO. Epidemiology of Mansonella perstans in the middle belt of Ghana. Parasit Vectors. 2017 Jan 7;10(1):15.

Richard Phillips, Fred Sarfo, Mabel Sarpong Duah, Mark Wansbrough Jones, Michael Frimpong: Buruli ulcer: wound care and rehabilitation. Chronic Wound Care Management and Research 2016; December Volume 3(Issue 1) pages 73-84 .

Velink A, Woolley RJ, Phillips RO, Abass KM, van der Werf TS, Agumah E, de Zeeuw J, Klis S, Stienstra Y. Former Buruli Ulcer Patients' Experiences and Wishes May Serve as a Guide to Further Improve Buruli Ulcer Management. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2016 Dec;10(12):e0005261.

Woolley RJ, Velink A, Phillips RO, Thompson WA, Abass KM, van der Werf TS, de Zeeuw J, Stienstra Y. Experiences of Pain and Expectations for Its Treatment Among Former Buruli Ulcer Patients. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2016 Nov 2;95(5):1011-1015.

Sarfo FS, Phillips R, Wansbrough-Jones M, Simmonds RE. Recent advances: role of mycolactone in the pathogenesis and monitoring of Mycobacterium ulcerans infection/Buruli ulcer disease. Cell Microbiol. 2016 Jan;18(1):17-29.

Barogui YT, Klis SA, Johnson RC, Phillips RO, van der Veer E, van Diemen C, van der Werf TS, Stienstra Y. Genetic Susceptibility and Predictors of Paradoxical Reactions in Buruli Ulcer. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2016 Apr;10(4):e0004594.

Stockdale AJ, Phillips RO, Geretti AM. The gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase to platelet ratio (GPR) shows poor correlation with transient elastography measurements of liver fibrosis in HIV-positive patients with chronic hepatitis B in West Africa. Response to: 'The gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase to platelet ratio (GPR) predicts significant liver fibrosis and cirrhosis in patients with chronic HBV infection in West Africa' by Lemoine et al. Gut. 2016 May;65(5):882-4. 

Ofori A, Steinmetz AR, Akaasi J, Asafu Adjaye Frimpong GA, Norman BR, Obeng-Baah J, Bedu-Addo G, Phillips RO. Pulmonary aspergilloma: An evasive disease. Int J Mycobacteriol. 2016 Jun;5(2):235-9.

Boakye-Appiah JK, Steinmetz AR, Pupulampu P, Ofori-Yirenkyi S, Tetteh I, Frimpong M, Oppong P, Opare-Sem O, Norman BR, Stienstra Y, van der Werf TS, Wansbrough-Jones M, Bonsu F, Obeng-Baah J, Phillips RO. High prevalence of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis among patients with rifampicin resistance using GeneXpert Mycobacterium tuberculosis/rifampicin in Ghana. Int J Mycobacteriol. 2016 Jun;5(2):226-30.

Stockdale AJ, Phillips RO, Beloukas A, Appiah LT, Chadwick D, Bhagani S, Bonnett L, Sarfo FS, Dusheiko G, Geretti AM. Liver Fibrosis by Transient Elastography and Virologic Outcomes After Introduction of Tenofovir in Lamivudine-Experienced Adults With HIV and Hepatitis B Virus Coinfection in Ghana. Clin Infect Dis. 2015 Sep 15;61(6):883-91.

de Zeeuw J, Alferink M, Barogui YT, Sopoh G, Phillips RO, van der Werf TS, Loth S, Molenbuur B, Plantinga M, Ranchor AV, Stienstra Y. Assessment and Treatment of Pain during Treatment of Buruli Ulcer. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2015;9(9):e0004076.

Beissner M, Phillips RO, Battke F, Bauer M, Badziklou K, Sarfo FS, Maman I, Rhomberg A, Piten E, Frimpong M, Huber KL, Symank D, Jansson M, Wiedemann FX, Banla Kere A, Herbinger KH, Löscher T, Bretzel G. Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification for Laboratory Confirmation of Buruli Ulcer Disease-Towards a Point-of-Care Test. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2015 Nov;9(11):e0004219.

Eberhardt KA, Sarfo FS, Dompreh A, Kuffour EO, Geldmacher C, Soltau M, Schachscheider M, Drexler JF, Eis-Hübinger AM, Häussinger D, Bedu-Addo G, Phillips RO, Norman B, Burchard GD, Feldt T. Helicobacter pylori Coinfection Is Associated With Decreased Markers of Immune Activation in ART-Naive HIV-Positive and in HIV-Negative Individuals in Ghana. Clin Infect Dis. 2015 Nov 15;61(10):1615-23.

Wadagni A, Frimpong M, Phanzu DM, Ablordey A, Kacou E, Gbedevi M, Marion E, Xing Y, Babu VS, Phillips RO, Wansbrough-Jones M, Kishi Y, Asiedu K. Simple, Rapid Mycobacterium ulcerans Disease Diagnosis from Clinical Samples by Fluorescence of Mycolactone on Thin Layer Chromatography. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2015 Nov;9(11):e0004247.

Sarfo FS, Eberhardt KA, Dompreh A, Kuffour EO, Soltau M, Schachscheider M, Drexler JF, Eis-Hübinger AM, Häussinger D, Oteng-Seifah EE, Bedu-Addo G, Phillips RO, Norman B, Burchard G, Feldt T. Helicobacter pylori Infection Is Associated with Higher CD4 T Cell Counts and Lower HIV-1 Viral Loads in ART-Naïve HIV-Positive Patients in Ghana. PLoS One. 2015;10(11):e0143388.

Chadwick DR, Sarfo FS, Kirk ES, Owusu D, Bedu-Addo G, Parris V, Owusu AL, Phillips R. Tenofovir is associated with increased tubular proteinuria and asymptomatic renal tubular dysfunction in Ghana. BMC Nephrol. 2015 Dec 1;16:195..

Niang F, Sarfo FS, Frimpong M, Guenin-Macé L, Wansbrough-Jones M, Stinear T, Phillips RO, Demangel C. Metabolomic profiles delineate mycolactone signature in Buruli ulcer disease. Sci Rep. 2015 Dec 4;5:17693.

Forbi JC, Layden JE, Phillips RO, Mora N, Xia GL, Campo DS, Purdy MA, Dimitrova ZE, Owusu DO, Punkova LT, Skums P, Owusu-Ofori S, Sarfo FS, Vaughan G, Roh H, Opare-Sem OK, Cooper RS, Khudyakov YE. Next-Generation Sequencing Reveals Frequent Opportunities for Exposure to Hepatitis C Virus in Ghana. PLoS One. 2015;10(12):e0145530.

Alferink M, de Zeeuw J, Sopoh G, Agossadou C, Abass KM, Phillips RO, Loth S, Jutten E, Barogui YT, Stewart RE, van der Werf TS, Stienstra Y, Ranchor AV. Pain Associated with Wound Care Treatment among Buruli Ulcer Patients from Ghana and Benin. PLoS One. 2015;10(6):e0119926.

Purdy MA, Forbi JC, Sue A, Layden JE, Switzer WM, Opare-Sem OK, Phillips RO, Khudyakov YE. A re-evaluation of the origin of hepatitis C virus genotype 2 in West Africa. J Gen Virol. 2015 Aug;96(8):2157-64.

King S, Adjei-Asante K, Appiah L, Adinku D, Beloukas A, Atkins M, Sarfo SF, Chadwick D, Phillips RO, Geretti AM. Antibody screening tests variably overestimate the prevalence of hepatitis C virus infection among HIV-infected adults in Ghana. J Viral Hepat. 2015 May;22(5):461-8.

Layden JE, Phillips RO, Owusu-Ofori S, Sarfo FS, Kliethermes S, Mora N, Owusu D, Nelson K, Opare-Sem O, Dugas L, Luke A, Shoham D, Forbi JC, Khudyakov YE, Cooper RS. High frequency of active HCV infection among seropositive cases in west Africa and evidence for multiple transmission pathways. Clin Infect Dis. 2015 Apr 1;60(7):1033-41.

Phillips RO, Phanzu DM, Beissner M, Badziklou K, Luzolo EK, Sarfo FS, Halatoko WA, Amoako Y, Frimpong M, Kabiru AM, Piten E, Maman I, Bidjada B, Koba A, Awoussi KS, Kobara B, Nitschke J, Wiedemann FX, Kere AB, Adjei O, Löscher T, Fleischer B, Bretzel G, Herbinger KH. Effectiveness of routine BCG vaccination on buruli ulcer disease: a case-control study in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana and Togo. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2015 Jan;9(1):e3457.

Abass KM, van der Werf TS, Phillips RO, Sarfo FS, Abotsi J, Mireku SO, Thompson WN, Asiedu K, Stienstra Y, Klis SA. Buruli ulcer control in a highly endemic district in Ghana: role of community-based surveillance volunteers. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2015 Jan;92(1):115-7.

Frimpong M, Sarpong-Duah M, Beissner M, Sarfo, FS,, Loglo AD, Tannor E, Awuah NY1, Frempong M, Adjei O, Wansbrough-JonesM, Bretzel G, Phillips RO Microscopy for Acid Fast Bacilli: A Useful but Neglected Tool in RoutineLaboratory Diagnosis of Buruli Ulcer. J Trop Dis 2015, 3: 158.

de Zeeuw J, Omansen TF, Douwstra M, Barogui YT, Agossadou C, Sopoh GE, Phillips RO, Johnson C, Abass KM, Saunderson P, Dijkstra PU, van der Werf TS, Stienstra Y. Persisting social participation restrictions among former Buruli ulcer patients in Ghana and Benin. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2014 Nov;8(11):e3303.

de Zeeuw J, Douwstra M, Omansen TF, Sopoh GE, Johnson C, Phillips RO, Alferink M, Saunderson P, Van der Werf TS, Dijkstra PU, Stienstra Y. Psychometric properties of the participation scale among former buruli ulcer patients in Ghana and Benin. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2014;8(11):e3254.

Sarfo FS, Kasim A, Phillips R, Geretti AM, Chadwick DR. Long-term responses to first-line antiretroviral therapy in HIV and hepatitis B co-infection in Ghana. J Infect. 2014 Nov;69(5):481-9.

Sarfo FS, Sarfo MA, Norman B, Phillips R, Bedu-Addo G, Chadwick D. Risk of deaths, AIDS-defining and non-AIDS defining events among Ghanaians on long-term combination antiretroviral therapy. PLoS One. 2014;9(10):e111400.

Phillips RO, Sarfo FS, Abass MK, Frimpong M, Ampadu E, Forson M, Amoako YA, Thompson W, Asiedu K, Wansbrough-Jones M. Reply to "compliance with antimicrobial therapy for buruli ulcer". Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2014 Oct;58(10):6341. doi: 10.1128/AAC.03874-14. PubMed PMID: 25225343; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4187934.

Layden JE, Phillips R, Opare-Sem O, Akere A, Salako BL, Nelson K, Dugas L, Luke A, Tayo BO, Cooper RS. Hepatitis C in sub-saharan Africa: urgent need for attention. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2014 Sep;1(2):ofu065

Geroult S, Phillips RO, Demangel C. Adhesion of the ulcerative pathogen Mycobacterium ulcerans to DACC-coated dressings. J Wound Care. 2014 Aug;23(8):417-8, 422-4.

Klis S, Ranchor A, Phillips RO, Abass KM, Tuah W, Loth S, Velding K, van der Werf TS, Stienstra Y. Good quality of life in former Buruli ulcer patients with small lesions: long-term follow-up of the BURULICO trial. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2014 Jul;8(7):e2964.

Sarfo FS, Thompson W, Phillips RO, Paintsil A, Abass MK, Frimpong M, Abotsi J, Asiedu K, Wansbrough-Jones MH. A severe case of Buruli ulcer disease with pleural effusions. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2014 Jun;8(6):e2868.

Phillips RO, Frimpong M, Sarfo FS, Kretschmer B, Beissner M, Debrah A, Ampem-Amoako Y, Abass KM, Thompson W, Duah MS, Abotsi J, Adjei O, Fleischer B, Bretzel G, Wansbrough-Jones M, Jacobsen M. Infection with Mansonella perstans Nematodes in Buruli Ulcer Patients, Ghana. Emerg Infect Dis. 2014 Jun;20(6):1000-3.

Sarfo FS, Phillips RO, Zhang J, Abass MK, Abotsi J, Amoako YA, Adu-Sarkodie Y, Robinson C, Wansbrough-Jones MH. Kinetics of mycolactone in human subcutaneous tissue during antibiotic therapy for Mycobacterium ulcerans disease. BMC Infect Dis. 2014 Apr 15;14:202.

Sarfo FS, Sarfo MA, Norman B, Phillips R, Chadwick D. Incidence and determinants of nevirapine and efavirenz-related skin rashes in West Africans: nevirapine's epitaph?. PLoS One. 2014;9(4):e94854.

Phillips RO, Sarfo FS, Landier J, Oldenburg R, Frimpong M, Wansbrough-Jones M, Abass K, Thompson W, Forson M, Fontanet A, Niang F, Demangel C. Combined inflammatory and metabolic defects reflected by reduced serum protein levels in patients with Buruli ulcer disease. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2014 Apr;8(4):e2786.

Jansson M, Beissner M, Phillips RO, Badziklou K, Piten E, Maman I, Sarfo FS, Huber KL, Rhomberg A, Symank D, Wagner M, Wiedemann F, Nitschke J, Banla Kere A, Herbinger KH, Adjei O, Löscher T, Bretzel G. Comparison of two assays for molecular determination of rifampin resistance in clinical samples from patients with Buruli ulcer disease. J Clin Microbiol. 2014 Apr;52(4):1246-9.

Klis S, van der Werf TS, Phillips RO, Sarfo FS, Wansbrough-Jones M, Stienstra Y. Oral treatment for patients with Buruli ulcer co-infected with HIV: think twice. AIDS. 2014 Mar 13;28(5):797-8.

Klis S, Stienstra Y, Phillips RO, Abass KM, Tuah W, van der Werf TS. Long term streptomycin toxicity in the treatment of Buruli Ulcer: follow-up of participants in the BURULICO drug trial. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2014 Mar;8(3):e2739.

Kollie K, Amoako YA, Ake J, Mulbah T, Zaizay F, Abass M, Lehman L, Paintsil A, Sarfo F, Lugala C, Tiendrebeogo A, Phillips R, Asiedu K. Buruli ulcer in Liberia, 2012. Emerg Infect Dis. 2014 Mar;20(3):494-6.

Williamson H, Phillips R, Sarfo S, Wansbrough-Jones M, Small P. Genetic diversity of PCR-positive, culture-negative and culture-positive Mycobacterium ulcerans isolated from Buruli ulcer patients in Ghana. PLoS One. 2014;9(2):e88007.

Sarfo FS, Zhang Y, Egan D, Tetteh LA, Phillips R, Bedu-Addo G, Sarfo MA, Khoo S, Owen A, Chadwick DR. Pharmacogenetic associations with plasma efavirenz concentrations and clinical correlates in a retrospective cohort of Ghanaian HIV-infected patients. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2014 Feb;69(2):491-9.

Vandelannoote K, Jordaens K, Bomans P, Leirs H, Durnez L, Affolabi D, Sopoh G, Aguiar J, Phanzu DM, Kibadi K, Eyangoh S, Manou LB, Phillips RO, Adjei O, Ablordey A, Rigouts L, Portaels F, Eddyani M, de Jong BC. Insertion sequence element single nucleotide polymorphism typing provides insights into the population structure and evolution of Mycobacterium ulcerans across Africa. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2014 Feb;80(3):1197-209.

Phillips RO, Sarfo FS, Abass MK, Abotsi J, Wilson T, Forson M, Amoako YA, Thompson W, Asiedu K, Wansbrough-Jones M. Clinical and bacteriological efficacy of rifampin-streptomycin combination for two weeks followed by rifampin and clarithromycin for six weeks for treatment of Mycobacterium ulcerans disease. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2014;58(2):1161-6.

Sarfo FS, Sarfo MA, Kasim A, Phillips R, Booth M, Chadwick D. Long-term effectiveness of first-line non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NNRTI)-based antiretroviral therapy in Ghana. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2014 Jan;69(1):254-61.

Feldt T, Sarfo FS, Zoufaly A, Phillips RO, Burchard G, van Lunzen J, Jochum J, Chadwick D, Awasom C, Claussen L, Drosten C, Drexler JF, Eis-Hübinger AM. Hepatitis E virus infections in HIV-infected patients in Ghana and Cameroon. J Clin Virol. 2013 Sep;58(1):18-23.

Sarfo FS, Keegan R, Appiah L, Shakoor S, Phillips R, Norman B, Hardy Y, Bedu-Addo G, Longstaff L, Chadwick DR. High prevalence of renal dysfunction and association with risk of death amongst HIV-infected Ghanaians. J Infect. 2013 Jul;67(1):43-50.

Chadwick D, Stanley A, Sarfo S, Appiah L, Ankcorn M, Foster G, Schwab U, Phillips R, Geretti AM. Response to antiretroviral therapy in occult hepatitis B and HIV co-infection in West Africa. AIDS. 2013 Jan 2;27(1):139-41..

Chadwick D, Ankcorn M, Sarfo F, Phillips R, Fox Z, Garcia A, Appiah L, Bedu-Addo G, Geretti AM. Outcomes of starting first-line antiretroviral therapy in hepatitis B virus/HIV-coinfected patients in Ghana. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2012 Dec;67(12):2939-42.

Mamoojee Y, Tan G, Gittins S, Sarfo S, Stephenson L, Carrington D, Bedu-Addo G, Phillips R, Appiah LT, Chadwick D. Diagnosis of treponemal co-infection in HIV-infected West Africans. Trop Med Int Health. 2012 Dec;17(12):1521-6.

Beissner M, Symank D, Phillips RO, Amoako YA, Awua-Boateng NY, Sarfo FS, Jansson M, Huber KL, Herbinger KH, Battke F, Löscher T, Adjei O, Bretzel G. Detection of viable Mycobacterium ulcerans in clinical samples by a novel combined 16S rRNA reverse transcriptase/IS2404 real-time qPCR assay. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2012;6(8):e1756.

Kariuki T, Phillips R, Njenga S, Olesen OF, Klatser PR, Porro R, Lock S,Cabral MH, Gliber M, Hanne D. Research and capacity building for control of neglected tropical diseases: the need for a different approach. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2011;5(5):e1020.

Bates I, Phillips R, Martin-Peprah R, Kibiki G, Gaye O, Phiri K, Tagbor H, Purnell S. Assessing and strengthening African universities' capacity for doctoral programmes. PLoS Med. 2011 Sep;8(9):e1001068.

Sarfo FS, Le Chevalier F, Aka N, Phillips RO, Amoako Y, Boneca IG, Lenormand P, Dosso M, Wansbrough-Jones M, Veyron-Churlet R, Guenin-Macé L, Demangel C. Mycolactone diffuses into the peripheral blood of Buruli ulcer patients--implications for diagnosis and disease monitoring. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2011 Jul;5(7):e1237

Sarfo FS, Lavender CJ, Fyfe JA, Johnson PD, Stinear TP, Phillips RO. Mycobacterium ulcerans DNA not detected in faecal samples from Buruli ulcer patients: results of a pilot study. PLoS One. 2011 May 4;6(5):e19611.

Mamoojee Y, Shakoor S, Gorton RL, Sarfo S, Appiah LT, Norman B, Balakrishnan I, Phillips R, Chadwick D. Short Communication: Low seroprevalence of cryptococcal antigenaemia in patients with advanced HIV infection enrolling in an antiretroviral programme in Ghana. Trop Med Int Health. 2011 Jan;16(1):53-6.

Sarfo FS, Phillips R, Asiedu K, Ampadu E, Bobi N, Adentwe E, Lartey A, Tetteh I, Wansbrough-Jones M. Clinical efficacy of combination of rifampin and streptomycin for treatment of Mycobacterium ulcerans disease. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2010 Sep;54(9):3678-85.

Geretti AM, Patel M, Sarfo FS, Chadwick D, Verheyen J, Fraune M, Garcia A, Phillips RO. Detection of highly prevalent hepatitis B virus coinfection among HIV-seropositive persons in Ghana. J Clin Microbiol. 2010 Sep;48(9):3223-30.

Sarfo FS, Phillips RO, Rangers B, Mahrous EA, Lee RE, Tarelli E, Asiedu KB, Small PL, Wansbrough-Jones MH. Detection of Mycolactone A/B in Mycobacterium ulcerans-Infected Human Tissue. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2010 Jan 5;4(1):e577.

Phillips R, Sarfo FS, Guenin-Macé L, Decalf J, Wansbrough-Jones M, Albert ML, Demangel C. Immunosuppressive signature of cutaneous Mycobacterium ulcerans infection in the peripheral blood of patients with buruli ulcer disease. J Infect Dis. 2009 Dec 1;200(11):1675-84.

Sarfo FS, Bibby DF, Schwab U, Appiah LT, Clark DA, Collini P, Phillips R, Green I, Dittmar MT, Chadwick DR. Inadvertent non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NNRTI)-based antiretroviral therapy in dual HIV-1/2 and HIV-2 seropositive West Africans: a retrospective study. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2009 Sep;64(3):667-9.

Huygen K, Adjei O, Affolabi D, Bretzel G, Demangel C, Fleischer B, Johnson RC, Pedrosa J, Phanzu DM, Phillips RO, Pluschke G, Siegmund V, Singh M, van der Werf TS, Wansbrough-Jones M, Portaels F. Buruli ulcer disease: prospects for a vaccine. Med Microbiol Immunol. 2009 May;198(2):69-77.

Phillips RO, Sarfo FS, Osei-Sarpong F, Boateng A, Tetteh I, Lartey A, Adentwe E, Opare W, Asiedu KB, Wansbrough-Jones M. Sensitivity of PCR targeting Mycobacterium ulcerans by use of fine-needle aspirates for diagnosis of Buruli ulcer. J Clin Microbiol. 2009 Apr;47(4):924-6.

Sarfo FS, Phillips RO, Ampadu E, Sarpong F, Adentwe E, Wansbrough-Jones M. Dynamics of the cytokine response to Mycobacterium ulcerans during antibiotic treatment for M. ulcerans disease (Buruli ulcer) in humans. Clin Vaccine Immunol. 2009 Jan;16(1):61-5.

Wansbrough-Jones Mark and Phillips Richard. Buruli ulcer: emerging out of obscurity  2006 The Lancet; 367: 1849-58.

Cosgrove Catherine, Castello-Branco L, Hussel T, Sexton A, Giemza R, Phillips Richard, Williams A, Griffin George, Dougan G, Lewis David.Boosting of Cellular immunity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis and modulation of skin cytokine responses in healthy human volunteers by Mycobacterium bovis BCG sub-strain Moreau Rio de Janeiro oral vaccine 2006 Infection and Immunity 74 (4): 2449-2452.

Phillips R, Horsfield C, Mangan J, Laing K, Etuaful S, Awuah P, Nyarko K, Osei-Sarpong F, Butcher P, Lucas S, Wansbrough-Jones M. Cytokine mRNA expression in Mycobacterium ulcerans-infected human skin and correlation with local inflammatory response. Infect Immun. 2006 May;74(5):2917-24.

Phillips R, Horsfield C, Kuijper S, Sarfo SF, Obeng-Baah J, Etuaful S, Nyamekye B, Awuah P, Nyarko KM, Osei-Sarpong F, Lucas S, Kolk AH, Wansbrough-Jones M. Cytokine response to antigen stimulation of whole blood from patients with Mycobacterium ulcerans disease compared to that from patients with tuberculosis. Clin Vaccine Immunol. 2006 Feb;13(2):253-7..

Etuaful Samuel, Carbonnelle B, Grosset Jacque, Lucas Sebastian, Horsfield Catherine, Phillips Richard, Evans Mark, Ofori-Adjei David, Klustse E, Owusu-Boateng J, Amedofu GK, Awuah Peter, Ampadu Edwin, Amofah George, Asiedu Kingsley, Wansbrough-Jones Mark.  Efficacy of the combination rifampin-streptomycin in preventing growth of Mycobacterium ulcerans in early lesions of Buruli ulcer in humans.  Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2005 Aug; 49(8): 3182-6.

Tjip S van der Werf, Ymkje Stienstra, R Christian Johnson, Richard Phillips, Ohene Adjei, Bernhard Fleischer, Mark H Wansbrough-Jones, Paul D R Johnson, Françoise Portaels, Winette T A van der Graaf, Kingsley Asiedu: Mycobacterium ulcerans disease. Bulletin of the World Health Organisation 11/2005; 83(10):785-91.

Wansbrough-Jones Mark, Phillips Richard. Buruli ulcer.  BMJ. 2005 Jun18; 330(7505): 1402-3.

Phillips R, Horsfield C, Kuijper S, Lartey A, Tetteh I, Etuaful S, Nyamekye B, Awuah P, Nyarko KM, Osei-Sarpong F, Lucas S, Kolk AH, Wansbrough-Jones M. Sensitivity of PCR targeting the IS2404 insertion sequence of Mycobacterium ulcerans in an Assay using punch biopsy specimens for diagnosis of Buruli ulcer. J Clin Microbiol. 2005 Aug;43(8):3650-6..

Kerry SM, Emmett L, Micah FB, Martin-Peprah R, Antwi S, Phillips RO, Plange-Rhule J, Eastwood JB, Cappuccio FP. Rural and semi-urban differences in salt intake, and its dietary sources, in Ashanti, West Africa. Ethn Dis. 2005 Winter;15(1):33-9. PubMed PMID: 15720047.

Kerry SM, Emmett L, Micah FB, Martin-Peprah R, Antwi S, Phillips RO, Plange-Rhule J, Eastwood JB, Cappuccio FP. For the patient. How much salt is used in Ashanti, West Africa?. Ethn Dis. 2005 Winter;15(1):150-1. PubMed PMID: 15720062.

Phillips R, Adjei O, Lucas S, Benjamin N, Wansbrough-Jones M. Pilot randomized double-blind trial of treatment of Mycobacterium ulcerans disease (Buruli ulcer) with topical nitrogen oxides. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2004 Aug;48(8):2866-70.

Phillips R, Kuijper S, Benjamin N, Wansbrough-Jones M, Wilks M, Kolk AH. In vitro killing of Mycobacterium ulcerans by acidified nitrite. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2004 Aug;48(8):3130-2.

Cappuccio FP, Micah FB, Emmett L, Kerry SM, Antwi S, Martin-Peprah R, Phillips RO, Plange-Rhule J, Eastwood JB. Prevalence, detection, management, and control of hypertension in Ashanti, West Africa. Hypertension. 2004 May;43(5):1017-22.

Thangaraj HS, Phillips RO, Evans MR, Wansbrough-Jones MH. Emerging aspects of Buruli ulcer. Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther. 2003 Aug;1(2):217-22.

Evans MR, Phillips R, Etuaful SN, Amofah G, Adomako J, Adjei O, Dennis-Antwi J, Lucas SB, Wansbrough-Jones MH. An outreach education and treatment project in Ghana for the early stage of Mycobacterium ulcerans disease. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2003 Mar-Apr;97(2):159-60.

Cappuccio FP, Plange-Rhule J, Phillips RO, Eastwood JB. Prevention of hypertension and stroke in Africa. Lancet. 2000 Aug 19;356(9230):677-8.

Plange-Rhule J, Phillips R, Acheampong JW, Saggar-Malik AK, Cappuccio FP, Eastwood JB. Hypertension and renal failure in Kumasi, Ghana. J Hum Hypertens. 1999 Jan;13(1):37-40. PubMed PMID: 9928750.

Books/Book Chapters

Omansen T.F., van der Werf T.S., Phillips R.O. (2019) Antimicrobial Treatment of Mycobacterium ulcerans Infection. In: Pluschke G., Röltgen K. (eds) Buruli Ulcer. Springer, Cham

Richard O.Phillips, Mark Wansbrough-Jones, Kingsley B. AsieduMycobacterium ulcerans Disease: Buruli Ulcer, International Encyclopedia of Public Health (Second Edition) 2017, Pages 193-200doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-803678-5.00513-0ISBN: 9780128037089

Wansbrough-Jones M, Phillips RO (2019)  Buruli ulcerIn: Edward T Ryan, David R Hill, Tom Solomon, Timothy P Endy and Naomi Aronson (eds) Hunter's Tropical Medicine and Emerging Infectious Disease, 10th Edition United Kingdom: Elsevier Health Sciences. ISBN: 978-0-323-55512-8

Portaels Francois, Eddyani Miriam, Lavender Caroline, Phillips Richard, Bretzel Gisela, Beissner Marcus, Affolabi Dissou Laboratory diagnosis of Buruli ulcer  A Manual for Health Care Providers 2014 WHO 2nd Ed: WHOhttp://www.who.int/buruli/information/publications/en/ (accessed th April 2017)

Mark Wansbrough-Jones, Richard O. Phillips   Buruli ulcer 2012 Hunter’s Tropical Medicine and Emerging Infectious disease 9th Ed: Elsevier Saunders ISBN978-1-4160-4390-4525-527

Richard Phillips Contributor in:Treatment of Mycobacterium ulcerans disease (Buruli ulcer) Guidance for Health Workers  2014 WHO 2nd Ed: WHO http://www.who.int/buruli/information/publications/en/ (accessed 7th April 2017)

Published Abstracts and Conferences Proceedings

Villa G, Abdullahi A, Owusu D, Smith C, Azumah M, Sayeed L, Austin H, Awuah D, Beloukas A, Chadwick D, Phillips R. Drug resistance profile according to HIV-1 viral load after long-term exposure to antiretroviral treatment in the absence of routine virological monitoring: results from a programmatic cohort in sub-Saharan Africa. InHIV MEDICINE 2019 Nov 1 (Vol. 20, pp. 172-173). 111 RIVER ST, HOBOKEN 07030-5774, NJ USA: WILEY.

Villa G, Phillips R, Smith C, Owusu D, Abdullahi A, Sayeed L, Austin H, Chadwick D, Bhagani S, Geretti A. LIVER HEALTH IN HIV MONOINFECTED AND HIV/HBV COINFECTED INDIVIDUALS IN GHANA: 037. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 2019 Sep;113.

G Villa, R Phillips, C Smith, D Owusu, A Abdullahi, H Austin, L Sayeed Geretti A. Liver steatosis in HIV-positive patients with and without HBV coinfection accessing care in a programmatic setting in Africa- JOURNAL OF HEPATOLOGY, 2019 70, E786-E786

Michael Frimpong, Hubert Ahor, Francisca Sarpong, Ken Laing, Mark Wansbrough-Jones, Richard Phillips Rapid detection of Mycobacterium ulcerans by recombinase polymerase amplification BMJ Global Health Volume 4, Issue Suppl 3 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2019-EDC.2

Akyar E, Mora N, Luke A, Layden J, Phillips R, Agyarko-Poku T, Owusu D, A-Siaw H, Nahass R. 2203. Risk Factors for Hepatitis C in Western Africa: An Observational Study in a STI Clinic. InOpen Forum Infectious Diseases 2018 Nov (Vol. 5, No. Suppl 1, p. S650). Oxford University Press.

Frimpong M, Ahor H, Naana-Sarpong F, Wansbrough-Jones M, Phillips R. Rapid detection of Mycobacterium ulcerans infection by recombinase polymerase amplification. InAmerican Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2018 Jan 1 (Vol. 99, No. 4, pp. 155-156). 8000 WESTPARK DR, STE 130, MCLEAN, VA 22101 USA: AMER SOC TROP MED & HYGIENE.

Nausch N, Antwi-Berko D, Mubarik Y, Abass KM, Owusu W, Owusu-Dabo E, Debrah LB, Debrah AY, Jacobsen M, Phillips RO. Biomarkers and immune modulation in Buruli ulcer disease. InAmerican Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2017 Jan 1 (Vol. 97, No. 5, pp. 235-236). 8000 WESTPARK DR, STE 130, MCLEAN, VA 22101 USA: AMER SOC TROP MED & HYGIENE.

Kliethermes S, Gantenberg J, Mora N, Phillips RO, Opare-Sem O, Owusu D, Layden JE. Age and Region specific Prevalence of Hepatitis C Virus in Ghana: A population-based Study. InHEPATOLOGY 2016 Oct 1 (Vol. 63, No. 1 SUPP, pp. 391A-392A). 111 RIVER ST, HOBOKEN 07030-5774, NJ USA: WILEY-BLACKWELL.

Alexander Stockdale, Richard O Phillips, Fred S Sarfo, Lambert T Appiah, Laura J Bonnett, David Chadwicks, Giovanni Villa, Sanjay Bhagani, Colette Smith, Anna Maria Geretti. Liver stiffness and virologic outcomes after introducing tenofovir as part of antiretroviral therapy in lamivudine-experienced adults with HIV and hepatitis B virus (HBV) co-infection in Ghana: four-year follow up of the prospective HEPIK cohortHEPATOLOGY, 2016, Volume 64, Pages 942A-942A

Geretti AM, Stockdale A, Appiah L, Beloukas A, Adinku D, Chadwick D, Bhagani S, Sarfo SF, Phillips RO. HIV and hepatitis B virus (HBV) outcomes after switching stavudine or zidovudine to tenofovir in subjects receiving first-line antiretroviral therapy (ART) in Ghana. InANTIVIRAL THERAPY 2014 Jan 1 (Vol. 19, pp. A37-A37). 2-4 IDOL LANE, LONDON EC3R 5DD, ENGLAND: INT MEDICAL PRESS LTD.

Feldt T, Sarfo F, Phillips R, Bedu-Addo G, Claussen L, Burchard GD, Chadwick D, Drexler J, Eis-Hübinger A. No evidence of persistent or chronic hepatitis E virus infection in HIV patients in Ghana: 1.2-045. Tropical Medicine & International Health. 2011 Oct 1;16.

Keegan R, Sarfo F, Longstaff L, Phillips R, Shakoor S, Appiah L, Chadwick D. Prevalence of chronic kidney disease in an HIV-infected cohort in central Ghana: P107. Hiv Medicine. 2011 Apr 1;12:50-1.

Phillips R, Horsfield C, Kuijper S, Lartey A, Tetteh I, Etuaful S, Nyamekye B, Awuah P, Nyarko KM, Osei-Sarpong F, Lucas S. Sensitivity of PCR for IS2404 insertion sequence of Mycobacterium ulcerans in diagnosis of Buruli ulcer from punch biopsies. InMEETING ON BURULI ULCER 2006 (p. 114).