Prof. Emmanuel Otopa Danquah Addo-Yobo

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Dept: Child Health
No. 46 Danyame P.O. Box KS 9150
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RESEARCH AREAS  Childhood asthma: Achieving Control of Asthma in African Children (ACACIA) – Ghana Study: NHIR funded research in col...~more

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    1. Agyei-Baffour P, Ansong D,  Adjei Osei  F,   Appiah  S C Y,  Owusu Kwarteng S,   Nyanor I ,   Bonney J,    Enimil A,  Laryea D O,   Dapaah JM,  Mensah N,    Osei-Peprah I,   Owusu A,  Addo-Yobo E,  Osei-Akoto A,  Owusu OA,  Ampiah V,  Saahene J O,  Amuzu EX,  Sylverken J.   Social constructs, late recognition and decision making for managing fast breathing in children. Children and Youth Services Review. 2020 Nov, Vol 118, 105416.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2020.105416 

    2. Mosler G, Oyenuga V, Addo-Yobo E, Adeyeye OO, Masekela R, Mujuru HA, Nantanda R, Rylance S, Ticklay I, Grigg J. Achieving Control of Asthma in Children in Africa (ACACIA): protocol of an observational study of children's lung health in six sub-Saharan African countries. BMJ Open. 2020 Mar 18;10(3):e035885. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-035885. 

    3. Sylverken J, Robison JA, Osei-Akoto A, Nguah SB, Addo-Yobo E, Balch A, Bolte R, Ansong D. Decreased Mortality After Establishing a Pediatric Emergency Unit at an Urban Referral Hospital in Ghana. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2019 Jul 1. doi: 10.1097/PEC.0000000000001865.
    4. Weinmayr G, Jaensch A, Ruelius AK, Forastiere F, Strachan DP; ISAAC Phase Two Study Group.
      Can environment or allergy explain international variation in prevalence of wheeze in childhood?
      Eur J Epidemiol. 2019 May;34(5):509-520. doi: 10.1007/s10654-018-0463-z. Epub 2018 Nov 11.
    5. Enweronu-Laryea CC, Armah G, Sagoe KW, Ansong D, Addo-Yobo E, Diamenu SK, Mwenda JM, Parashar UD, Tate JE. Sustained impact of rotavirus vaccine introduction on rotavirus gastroenteritis hospitalizations in children <5?years of age, Ghana, 2009-2016. 2018 May 8. pii: S0264-410X(18)30245-7. doi:  10.1016/j.vaccine.2018.02.058. 

    6. Lartey BL, Damanka S, Dennis FE, Enweronu-Laryea CC, Addo-Yobo E, Ansong D, Kwarteng-Owusu S, Sagoe KW, Mwenda JM, Diamenu SK, Narh C, Binka F, Parashar U, Lopman B, Armah GE. Rotavirus strain distribution in Ghana pre- and post- rotavirus vaccine introduction. 2018 Jan 20. pii: S0264-410X(18)30034-3. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2018.01.010.  

    7. Moschovis PP, Addo-Yobo EO, Banajeh S, Chisaka N, Christiani DC, Hayden D, Jeena P, MacLeod WB, Mino G, Patel A, Qazi S, Santosham M, Thea DM, Hibberd PL. Stunting is associated with poor outcomes in childhood pneumonia. Trop Med Int Health. Oct;20(10):1320-8. doi: 10.1111/tmi.12557. Epub 2015 Jul 15. 

    8. Hamer DH, Darmstadt GL, Carlin JB, Zaidi AK, Yeboah-Antwi K, Saha SK, Ray P, Narang A, Mazzi E, Kumar P, Kapil A, Jeena PM, Deorari A, Chowdury AK, Bartos A, Bhutta ZA, Adu-Sarkodie Y, Adhikari M, Addo-Yobo E, Weber MW;. Etiology of bacteremia in young infants in six countries.  Young Infants Clinical Signs Study Group.  Pediatr Infect Dis J. Jan;34(1) 2015:e1-8. doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000000549. 

    9. Weinmayr G, Forastiere F, Büchele G, Jaensch A, Strachan DP, Nagel G; ISAAC Phase Two Study Group. Overweight/obesity and respiratory and allergic disease in children: international study of asthma and allergies in childhood (ISAAC) phase two. PLoS One. 2014 Dec 4;9(12):e113996. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0113996. eCollection 2014. Erratum in: PLoS One. 2015;10(4):e0126678. 

    10. Weinmayr G, Gehring U, Genuneit J, Büchele G, Kleiner A, Siebers R, Wickens K, Crane J, Brunekreef B, Strachan DP; ISAAC Phase Two Study Group. Dampness and moulds in relation to respiratory and allergic symptoms in children: results from Phase Two of the International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC Phase Two). Clin Exp Allergy. 2013 Jul;43(7):762-74. doi: 10.1111/cea.12107. 
    11. Nagel G, Weinmayr G, Flohr C, Kleiner A, Strachan DP; ISAAC Phase Two Study Group. Association of pertussis and measles infections and immunizations with asthma and allergic sensitization in ISAAC Phase Two.    Pediatr Allergy Immunol. 2012 Dec;23(8):737-46. doi: 10.1111/pai.12007. Epub 2012 Sep 24. 
    12. Flohr C, Nagel G, Weinmayr G, Kleiner A, Williams HC, Aït-Khaled N, Strachan DP; ISAAC Phase Two Study Group. Tuberculosis, bacillus Calmette-Guérin vaccination, and allergic disease: findings from the International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood Phase Two.  Pediatr Allergy Immunol. 2012 Jun;23(4):324-31. doi: 10.1111/j.1399-3038.2011.01248.x. Epub 2011 Dec 23.

    13. Flohr C, Nagel G, Weinmayr G, Kleiner A, Strachan DP, Williams HC; ISAAC Phase Two Study Group. Lack of evidence for a protective effect of prolonged breastfeeding on childhood eczema: lessons from the International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC) Phase Two. Br J Dermatol. 2011 Dec;165(6):1280-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2011.10588.x. Epub 2011 Nov 2.
    14. Stevens W, Addo-Yobo E, Roper J, Woodcock A, James H, Platts-Mills T, Custovic A. Differences in both prevalence and titre of specific immunoglobulin E among children with asthma in affluent and poor communities within a large town in Ghana. Clin Exp Allergy. 2011 Aug 2. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.2011.03832.x.
    15. Addo-Yobo E, Anh DD, El-Sayed HF, Fox LM, Fox MP, Macleod W, Saha S, Tuan TA, Thea DM, Qazi S; for the Multicenter Amoxicillin Severe pneumonia Study (MASS) Group. Outpatient treatment of children with severe pneumonia with oral amoxicillin in four countries: the MASS study. Trop Med Int Health. 2011 May 4. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2011.02787.x.

    16. Gisela Büchele, Jon Genuneit, Gudrun Weinmayr, Bengt Björkstén, Ulrike Gehring, Erika von Mutius, Alfred Priftanji, Renato T. Stein, Emmanuel O. Addo-Yobo, Kostas N. Priftis, Jayant R. Shah, Francesco Forastiere, Vija Svabe, Julian Crane, Wenche Nystad, Luis García-Marcos, Y ld z Saraçlar, Nuha El-Sharif, David P. Strachan, the ISAAC Phase Two Study Group. International variations in bronchial responsiveness in children: Findings from ISAAC phase two.  http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/108562724/issue. Published Online: Jul 1 2010 10:54AM  DOI: 10.1002/ppul.21259

    17. Nagel G, Weinmayr G, Kleiner A, Garcia-Marcos L, Strachan DP; ISAAC Phase Two Study Group. Effect of diet on asthma and allergic sensitisation in the International Study on Allergies and Asthma in Childhood (ISAAC) Phase Two. 2010 Jun;65(6):516-22.

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