Publications
1. Bonsu F, Addo KK, Alebachew Z, Gyapong J, Badu-Peprah A, Gockah R, Hanson-Nortey NN, Law I, Tadolini M, Onozaki I, Sismanidis C, Owusu-Dabo E. National population-based tuberculosis prevalence survey in Ghana, 2013. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2020 Mar 1;24(3):321-328. doi: 10.5588/ijtld.19.0163.
2. Ofori-Acquah S, Hazra R, Orikogbo OO, Crosby D, Flage B, Ackah EB, Lenhart D, Tan RJ, Vitturi DA, Paintsil V, Owusu-Dabo E, Ghosh S. Hemopexin deficiency promotes acute kidney injury in sickle cell disease. Blood. 2020 Feb 10. pii: blood.2019002653. doi: 10.1182/blood.2019002653. [Epub ahead of print] PMID:32043112
3. Nicole S Struck, Marlow Zimmermann, Ralf Krumkamp, Eva Lorenz, Thomas Jacobs, Toni Rieger, Stephanie Wurr, Stephan Günther, Kennedy Gyau Boahen, Florian Marks, Nimako Sarpong, Ellis Owusu-Dabo, Jürgen May, Daniel Eibach, Cytokine Profile Distinguishes Children With Plasmodium falciparum Malaria From Those With Bacterial Blood Stream Infections, The Journal of Infectious Diseases, , jiz587, https://doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jiz587
4. Kaminski L-C, Riehn M, Abel A, Steeg C, Yar DD, Addai-Mensah O, Aminkiah F, Owusu Dabo E, Jacobs T and Mackroth MS (2019) Cytotoxic T Cell-Derived Granzyme B Is Increased in Severe Plasmodium Falciparum Malaria. Front. Immunol. 10:2917. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2019.02917
5. Frickmann H, Wiemer DF, Wassill L, Hinz R, Rojak S, Wille A, Loderstädt U, Schwarz NG, von Kalckreuth V, Im J, Jin Jeon H, Marks F, Owusu-Dabo E, Sarpong N, May J, Eibach D, Dekker D. Loop-mediated isothermal amplification-based detection of typhoid fever on an automated Genie II Mk2 system - A case-control-based approach. Acta Trop. 2019 Feb;190:293-295. doi: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2018.12.004. Epub 2018 Dec 5.
6. Harling K, Adankwah E, Güler A, Afum-Adjei Awuah A, Adu-Amoah L, Mayatepek E, Owusu-Dabo E, Nausch N, Jacobsen M. Constitutive STAT3 phosphorylation and IL-6/IL-10 co-expression are associated with impaired T-cell function in tuberculosis patients. Cell Mol Immunol. 2019 Mar;16(3):275-287. doi: 10.1038/cmi.2018.5. Epub 2018 Mar 19.
7. Falgenhauer L, Imirzalioglu C, Oppong K, Akenten CW, Hogan B, Krumkamp R, Poppert S, Levermann V, Schwengers O, Sarpong N, Owusu-Dabo E, May J, Eibach D. Detection and Characterization of ESBL-Producing Escherichia coli From Humans and Poultry in Ghana. Front Microbiol. 2019 Jan 15;9:3358. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.03358. eCollection 2018.
8. Chilunga FP, Henneman P, Meeks KAC, Beune E, Requena-Méndez A, Smeeth L, Addo J, Bahendeka S, Danquah I, Schulze MB, Spranger J, Owusu-Dabo E, Klipstein-Grobusch K, Mannens MMAM, Agyemang C. Prevalence and determinants of type 2 diabetes among lean African migrants and non-migrants: the RODAM study. J Glob Health. 2019 Dec; 9(2): 020426. Published online 2019 Oct 22. doi: 10.7189/jogh.09.020426
9. Dekker D, Eibach D, Boahen KG, Wiafe Akenten C, Pfeifer Y, Zautner AE, Mertens E, Krumkamp R, Jaeger A, Flieger A, Owusu-Dabo E, May J. Fluoroquinolone-Resistant Salmonella enterica, Campylobacter spp., and Arcobacter butzleri from Local and Imported Poultry Meat in Kumasi, Ghana. Foodborne Pathog Dis. 2019 May 1; 16(5): 352–358. Published online 2019 May 6. doi: 10.1089/fpd.2018.2562
10. van der Linden EL, Meeks K, Beune E, de-Graft Aikins A, Addo J, Owusu-Dabo E, Mockenhaupt FP, Bahendeka S, Danquah I, Schulze MB, Spranger J, Klipstein-Grobusch K, Lambert Tetteh Appiah, Smeeth L, Stronks K, Agyemang C. The prevalence of metabolic syndrome among Ghanaian migrants and their homeland counterparts: The Research on Obesity and type 2 Diabetes among African Migrants (RODAM) study. Eur J Public Health. 2019 Oct; 29(5): 906–913. Published online 2019 Apr 9. doi: 10.1093/eurpub/ckz051
11. Nyaaba GN, Stronks K, Meeks K, Beune E, Owusu-Dabo E, Addo J, de-Graft Aikins A, Mockenhaupt FP, Bahendeka S, Klipstein-Grobusch K, Smeeth L, Agyemang C. Is social support associated with hypertension control among Ghanaian migrants in Europe and non-migrants in Ghana? The RODAM study. Intern Emerg Med. 2019; 14(6): 957–966. Published online 2019 Mar 26. doi: 10.1007/s11739-019-02075-7
12. 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; 10: 1518. Published online 2019 Jul 3. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2019.01518
13. Acheampong G, Owusu M, Owusu-Ofori A, Osei I, Sarpong N, Sylverken A, Kung H-J, Cho S-T, Kuo C-H, Park SE, Marks F, Adu-Sarkodie Y, Owusu-Dabo E. Chromosomal and plasmid-mediated fluoroquinolone resistance in human Salmonella enterica infection in Ghana. BMC Infect Dis. 2019; 19: 898. Published online 2019 Oct 28. doi: 10.1186/s12879-019-4522-1
14. Owusu M, Acheampong G, Annan A, Marfo KS, Osei I, Amuasi J, Sarpong N, Im J, Mogeni OD, Chiang H-Y, Kuo C-H, Jeon HJ, Panzner U, Park SE, Marks F, Owusu-Dabo E, Adu-Sarkodie Y. Ralstonia mannitolilytica sepsis: a case report. J Med Case Rep. 2019; 13: 318. Published online 2019 Oct 26. doi: 10.1186/s13256-019-2235-0
15. Mohammed A, Princess Acheampong PR, Otupiri E, Osei FA, Larson-Reindorf R, Owusu-Dabo E. Mobile phone short message service (SMS) as a malaria control tool: a quasi-experimental study. BMC Public Health. 2019; 19: 1193. Published online 2019 Aug 29. doi: 10.1186/s12889-019-7336-6
16. Kwarteng A, Arthur YD, Yamba JK, Sylverken AA, Kini P, Ahuno ST, Owusu-Dabo E. Influence of seasonal variation on reported filarial attacks among people living with lymphedema in Ghana. BMC Infect Dis. 2019; 19: 442. Published online 2019 May 20. doi: 10.1186/s12879-019-4084-2
17. de-Graft Aikins A, Dodoo F, Awuah RB, Owusu-Dabo E, Addo J, Nicolaou M, Beune E, Mockenhaupt FP, Danquah I, Bahendeka S, Meeks K, Klipstein-Grobusch K, Afrifa-Anane E, Smeeth L, Stronks K, Agyemang C. Knowledge and perceptions of type 2 diabetes among Ghanaian migrants in three European countries and Ghanaians in rural and urban Ghana: The RODAM qualitative study. PLoS One. 2019; 14(4): e0214501. Published online 2019 Apr 2. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0214501
18. Nakua EK, Owusu-Dabo E, Newton S, Koranteng A, Otupiri E, Donkor P, Mock C. Injury rate and risk factors among small-scale gold miners in Ghana. BMC Public Health. 2019; 19: 1368. Published online 2019 Oct 24. doi: 10.1186/s12889-019-7560-0
19. Adjei DN, Stronks K, Adu D, Beune E, Meeks K, Smeeth L, Addo J, Owusu-Dabo E, Klipstein-Grobusch K, Mockenhaupt F, Schulze M, Danquah I, Spranger J, Bahendeka SK, Agyemang C. Cross-sectional study of association between psychosocial stressors with chronic kidney disease among migrant and non-migrant Ghanaians living in Europe and Ghana: the RODAM study. BMJ Open. 2019; 9(8): e027931. Published online 2019 Aug 1. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-027931
20. Adjei DN, Stronks K, Adu D, Beune E, Meeks K, Smeeth L, Addo J, Owusu-Dabo E, Klipstein-Grobusch K, Mockenhaupt F, Schulze M, Danquah I, Spranger J, Bahendeka SK, de-Graft Aikins A, Agyemang C. Cross-sectional study of association between socioeconomic indicators and chronic kidney disease in rural–urban Ghana: the RODAM study. BMJ Open. 2019; 9(5): e022610. Published online 2019 May 24. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-022610
21. Eibach D, Hogan B, Sarpong N, Winter D, Struck NS, Adu-Sarkodie Y, Owusu-Dabo E, Schmidt-Chanasit J, May J, Daniel Cadar D. Viral metagenomics revealed novel betatorquevirus species in pediatric inpatients with encephalitis/meningoencephalitis from Ghana. Sci Rep. 2019; 9: 2360. Published online 2019 Feb 20. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-38975-z
22. Lundtoft C, Afum-Adjei Awuah A, 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 & Immunity 2019, volume 20, pages514–519(2019).
23. Park SE, Toy T, Espinoza LMC, Panzner U, Mogeni OD, Im J, Poudyal N, Pak GD, Seo H, Chon Y, Schütt-Gerowitt H, Mogasale V, Ramani E, Dey A, Park JY, Kim J-H, Hye Jin Seo, Jeon HJ, Haselbeck A, Roy KC, MacWright W, Adu-Sarkodie Y, Owusu-Dabo E, Osei I, Owusu M, Rakotozandrindrainy R, Soura AB, Kabore LP, Teferi M, Okeke IN, Kehinde A, Popoola O, Jacobs J, Metila OL, Meyer CG, Crump JA, Elias S, Maclennan CA, Parry CM, Baker S, Mintz ED, Breiman RF, Clemens JD, Marks F. The Severe Typhoid Fever in Africa Program: Study Design and Methodology to Assess Disease Severity, Host Immunity, and Carriage Associated With Invasive Salmonellosis. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2019, 69, Issue Supplement_6, 15 November 2019, Pages S422–S434, https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciz715
24. Jeon HJ, Im J, Haselbeck A, Holm M, Rakotozandrindrainy R, Bassiahi AS, Ursula Panzner, Mogeni OD, Seo HJ, Lunguya O, Jacobs J, Okeke IN, Terferi M, Owusu-Dabo E, Dougan G, Carey M, Steele AD, Kim JH, Clemens JD, Andrews JR, Park SE, Baker S, Marks F. How Can the Typhoid Fever Surveillance in Africa and the Severe Typhoid Fever in Africa Programs Contribute to the Introduction of Typhoid Conjugate Vaccines? Clinical Infectious Diseases, Volume 69, Issue Supplement_6, 15 November 2019, Pages S417–S421, https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciz629
25. van der Linden E, Meeks K, Beune E, de-Graft Aikins A, Addo J, Owusu-Dabo E, Mockenhaupt FP, Bahendeka S, Danquah I, Schulze MB, Spranger J, Klipstein-Grobusch K, Appiah LT, Smeeth L, Agyemang C. Dyslipidaemia among Ghanaian migrants in three European countries and their compatriots in rural and urban Ghana: The RODAM study. Artheriosclerosis, 284, pages 83-91, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2019.02.030.
26. Ramani E, Park S, Toy T, Panzner U, Mogeni OD, Im J, Espinoza LMC, Jeon HJ, Pak GD, Seo H, Chon Y, Rakotozandrindrainy R, Owusu-Dabo E, Osei I, Soura AB, Teferi M, Marks F, Mogasale V. A Multicenter Cost-of-Illness and Long-term Socioeconomic Follow-up Study in the Severe Typhoid Fever in Africa Program: Study Protocol. Clinical Infectious Diseases, Volume 69, Issue Supplement_6, 15 November 2019, Pages S459–S465, https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciz608
27. Baratin C, Beune E, van Schalkwijk D, Meeks K, Smeeth L, Addo J, de-Graft Aikins A, Owusu-Dabo E, Bahendeka S, Mockenhaupt FP, Danquah I, Schulze MB, Spranger J, Boateng D, Klipstein-Grobusch K, Stronks K, Agyemang C. Differential associations between psychosocial stress and obesity among Ghanaians in Europe and in Ghana: findings from the RODAM study. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology 2019, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00127-019-01682-1
28. Osei-Kwasi HA, Boateng D, Danquah I, Holdsworth M, Mejean C, Terragni L, Powell K, Schulze MB, Owusu-Dabo E, Meeks K, Beune E, Agyemang C, Klipstein-Grobusch K, Stronks K, Galbete C, Nicolaou N. Acculturation and Food Intake Among Ghanaian Migrants in Europe: Findings From the RODAM Study. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior 2019, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jneb.2019.09.004.
29. 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;8:267-72
30. Bixby, H., Bentham, J., Zhou, B. et al. Rising rural body-mass index is the main driver of the global obesity epidemic in adults. Nature 569, 260–264 (2019) doi:10.1038/s41586-019-1171-x
31. Meeks KAC, Henneman P, Venema A, Addo J, Bahendeka S, Burr T, Danquah I, Galbete C, Mannens MMAM, Mockenhaupt FP, Owusu-Dabo E, Rotimi CN, Schulze MB, Smeeth L, Spranger J, Zafarmand MH, Adeyemo A, Agyemang C. Epigenome-wide association study in whole blood on type 2 diabetes among sub-Saharan African individuals: findings from the RODAM study. International Journal of Epidemiology, Volume 48, Issue 1, February 2019, Pages 58–70, https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyy171
32. Darko SN, Owiredu WKBA, Yar D, Agyemang C, Beune E, Addo J, de Graft Aikins A, Bahendeka S, Mockenhaupt FP, Spranger J, Agyei-Baffour P, Klipstein-Grobusch K, Smeeth L, Owusu-Dabo E. Markers of Oxidative Stress and Inflammation in only Diabetic and Obese Ghanaian Populations: The RODAM Study. The Open Diabetes Journal, DOI: 10.2174/1876524601909010008, 2019, 9, 8-15
33. Mohammed A, Acheampong PR, Easmon Otupiri, Ellis Owusu-Dabo. Symptom monitoring of childhood illnesses and referrals: A pilot study on the feasibility of a mobile phone-based system as a disease surveillance tool in a rural health district of Ghana. Health Informatics Journal 2019, https://doi.org/10.1177/1460458219879329
34. Debrah O, Agyemang-Yeboah F, Asmah RH, Timmy-Donkoh E, Seini MM, Fondjo LA, Sight N, Owusu-Dabo E. SERO-prevalence of herpes simplex virus type 1 and type 2 among women attending routine Cervicare clinics in Ghana. BMC Infect Dis. 2018 Aug 7;18(1):378. doi: 10.1186/s12879-018-3288-1.
35. Agyemang ANO, Badu K, Baffour-Awuah S, Owusu-Dabo E, Biritwum NK, Garms R, Kruppa TF. 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 Trop. 2018 Sep;185:357-362. doi: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2018.06.017. Epub 2018 Jun 19.
36. Mohammed A, Franke K, Boakye Okyere P, Brinkel J, Bona?i? Marinovic A, Kreuels B, Krumkamp R, Fobil J, May J, Owusu-Dabo E. Feasibility of Electronic Health Information and Surveillance System (eHISS) for disease symptom monitoring: A case of rural Ghana. PLoS One. 2018 May 24;13(5):e0197756. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0197756. eCollection 2018.
37. Jeon HJ, Pak GD, Im J, Owusu-Dabo E, Adu-Sarkodie Y, Gassama Sow A, Bassiahi Soura A, Gasmelseed N, Keddy KH, Bjerregaard-Andersen M, Konings F, Aseffa A, Crump JA, Chon Y, Breiman RF, Park SE, Cruz Espinoza LM, Seo HJ, May J, Meyer CG, Andrews JR, Panzner U, von Kalckreuth V, Wierzba TF, Rakotozandrindrainy R, Dougan G, Levine MM, Hombach J, Kim JH, Clemens JD, Baker S, Marks F. Determining the Best Immunization Strategy for Protecting African Children Against Invasive Salmonella Disease. Clin Infect Dis. 2018 Nov 28;67(12):1824-1830. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciy386.
38. Danquah I, Galbete C, Meeks K, Nicolaou M, Klipstein-Grobusch K, Addo J, Aikins AD, Amoah SK, Agyei-Baffour P, Boateng D, Bedu-Addo G, Spranger J, Smeeth L, Owusu-Dabo E, Agyemang C, Mockenhaupt FP, Beune E, Schulze MB. Food variety, dietary diversity, and type 2 diabetes in a multi-center cross-sectional study among Ghanaian migrants in Europe and their compatriots in Ghana: the RODAM study. Eur J Nutr. 2018 Dec;57(8):2723-2733. doi: 10.1007/s00394-017-1538-4. Epub 2017 Sep 25.
39. Jeon HJ, Pak GD, Im J, Owusu-Dabo E, Adu-Sarkodie Y, Gassama Sow A, Bassiahi AS, Gasmelseed N, Keddy KH, Bjerregaard-Andersen M, Konings F, Aseffa A, Crump JA, Chon Y, Breiman RF, Park SE, Cruz Espinoza LM, Seo HJ, May J, Meyer CG, Andrews JR, Panzner U, von Kalckreuth V, Wierzba TF, Rakotozandrindrainy R, Dougan G, Levine MM, Hombach J, Kim JH, Clemens JD, Baker S, Marks F. What is the best immunization strategy for protecting African children against invasive Salmonella disease? Clin Infect Dis. 2018 May 9. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciy386.
40. Rauch J, Sothmann P, Aldrich C, Hogan B, Owusu-Dabo E, May J, Eibach D, Tappe D. Serum cytokine responses in Rickettsia felis infected febrile children, Ghana. Med Microbiol Immunol. 2018 May 8. doi: 10.1007/s00430-018-0544-3.
41. Galbete C, Nicolaou M, Meeks K, Klipstein-Grobusch K, de-Graft Aikins A, Addo J, Amoah SK, Smeeth L, Owusu-Dabo E, Spranger J, Agyemang C, Mockenhaupt FP, Beune E, Stronks K, Schulze MB, Danquah I. Dietary patterns and type 2 diabetes among Ghanaian migrants in Europe and their compatriots in Ghana: the RODAM study. Nutr Diabetes. 2018 Apr 25;8(1):25. doi: 10.1038/s41387-018-0029-x.
42. Owusu M, Marfo KS, Acheampong G, Arthur A, Sarpong N, Im J, Mogeni OD, Annan A, Chiang HY, Kuo CH, Park SE, Marks F, Owusu-Dabo E, Adu-Sarkodie Y. Gonococcal sepsis in a 32-year-old female: a case report. BMC Res Notes. 2018 Apr 24;11(1):253. doi: 10.1186/s13104-018-3346-1.
43. van Nieuwenhuizen B, Zafarmand MH, Beune E, Meeks K, Aikins AD, Addo J, Owusu-Dabo E, Mockenhaupt FP, Bahendeka S, Schulze MB, Danquah I, Spranger J, Klipstein-Grobusch K, Appiah LT, Smeeth L, Stronks K, Agyemang C. Ideal cardiovascular health among Ghanaian populations in three European countries and rural and urban Ghana: the RODAM study. Intern Emerg Med. 2018 Apr 17. doi: 10.1007/s11739-018-1846-6.
44. Eibach D, Dekker D, Gyau Boahen K, Wiafe Akenten C, Sarpong N, Belmar Campos C, Berneking L, Aepfelbacher M, Krumkamp R, Owusu-Dabo E, May J. Extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae in local and imported poultry meat in Ghana. Vet Microbiol. 2018 Apr;217:7-12. doi: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2018.02.023. Epub 2018 Mar 22.
45. Franke KH, Krumkamp R, Mohammed A, Sarpong N, Owusu-Dabo E, Brinkel J, Fobil JN, Marinovic AB, Asihene P, Boots M, May J, Kreuels B. A mobile phone based tool to identify symptoms of common childhood diseases in Ghana: development and evaluation of the integrated clinical algorithm in a cross-sectional study. BMC Med Inform Decis Mak. 2018 Mar 27;18(1):23. doi: 10.1186/s12911-018-0600-3.
46. NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC) . Contributions of mean and shape of blood pressure distribution to worldwide trends and variations in raised blood pressure: a pooled analysis of 1018 population-based measurement studies with 88.6 million participants. Int J Epidemiol. 2018 Mar 19. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyy016. [Epub ahead of print]
47. Abel A, Steeg C, Aminkiah F, Addai-Mensah O, Addo M, Gagliani N, Casar C, Yar DD, Owusu-Dabo E, Jacobs T, Mackroth MS. Differential expression pattern of co-inhibitory molecules on CD4+ T cells in uncomplicated versus complicated malaria. Sci Rep. 2018 Mar 19;8(1):4789. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-22659-1.
48. Harling K, Adankwah E, Güler A, Afum-Adjei Awuah A, Adu-Amoah L, Mayatepek E, Owusu-Dabo E, Nausch N, Jacobsen M. Constitutive STAT3 phosphorylation and IL-6/IL-10 co-expression are associated with impaired T-cell function in tuberculosis patients. Cell Mol Immunol. 2018 Mar 19. doi: 10.1038/cmi.2018.5. [Epub ahead of print]
49. Bühl H, Eibach D, Nagel M, Greub G, Borel N, Sarpong N, Rettig T, Pesch T, Aeby S, Klöckner A, Brunke M, Krannich S, Kreuels B, Owusu-Dabo E, Hogan B, May J, Henrichfreise B. Chlamydiae in febrile children with respiratory tract symptoms and age-matched controls, Ghana. New Microbes New Infect. 2018 Jan 13;22:44-48. doi: 10.1016/j.nmni.2017.12.008. eCollection 2018 Mar.
50. Hogan B, Eibach D, Krumkamp R, Sarpong N, Dekker D, Kreuels B, Maiga-Ascofaré O, Gyau Boahen K, Wiafe Akenten C, Adu-Sarkodie Y, Owusu-Dabo E, May J; Fever Without Source (FWS) Study Group . Malaria Coinfections in Febrile Pediatric Inpatients: A Hospital-Based Study From Ghana. Clin Infect Dis. 2018 Feb 2. doi: 10.1093/cid/cix1120. [Epub ahead of print]
51. Boateng D, Agyemang C, Beune E, Meeks K, Smeeth L, Schulze MB, Addo J, de-Graft Aikins A, Galbete C, Bahendeka S, Danquah I, Agyei-Baffour P, Owusu-Dabo E, Mockenhaupt FP, Spranger J, Kengne AP, Grobbee DE, Klipstein-Grobusch K. Cardiovascular disease risk prediction in sub-Saharan African populations - Comparative analysis of risk algorithms in the RODAM study. Int J Cardiol. 2018 Mar 1; 254:310-315. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2017.11.082. Epub 2018 Jan 28.
52. Dekker D, Krumkamp R, Eibach D, Sarpong N, Boahen KG, Frimpong M, Fechtner E, Poppert S, Hagen RM, Schwarz NG, Adu-Sarkodie Y, Owusu-Dabo E, Im J, Marks F, Frickmann H, May J. Characterization of Salmonella enterica from invasive bloodstream infections and water sources in rural Ghana. BMC Infect Dis. 2018 Jan 19;18(1):47. doi: 10.1186/s12879-018-2957-4.
53. Bijlholt M, Meeks KAC, Beune E, Addo J, Smeeth L, Schulze MB, Danquah I, Galbete C, de-Graft Aikins A, Klipstein-Grobusch K, Owusu-Dabo E, Spranger J, Mockenhaupt FP, Amoah SK, Bahendeka S, Stronks K, Agyemang C. Type 2 diabetes mellitus management among Ghanaian migrants resident in three European countries and their compatriots in rural and urban Ghana - The RODAM study. Diabetes Res Clin Pract. 2018 Feb;136:32-38. doi: 10.1016/j.diabres.2017.11.032. Epub 2017 Dec 1.
54. Agyemang C, Nyaaba G, Beune E, Meeks K, Owusu-Dabo E, Addo J, Aikins AD, Mockenhaupt FP, Bahendeka S, Danquah I, Schulze MB, Galbete C, Spranger J, Agyei-Baffour P, Henneman P, Klipstein-Grobusch K, Adeyemo A, van Straalen J, Commodore-Mensah Y, Appiah LT, Smeeth L, Stronks K. Variations in hypertension awareness, treatment, and control among Ghanaian migrants living in Amsterdam, Berlin, London, and nonmigrant Ghanaians living in rural and urban Ghana - the RODAM study. J Hypertens. 2018 Jan;36(1):169-177. doi: 10.1097/HJH.0000000000001520.
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56. Pak GD, Haselbeck AH, Seo HW, Osei I, Amuasi J, Breiman RF, Cruz Espinosa LM, Holm M, Im J, Jang GH, Jeon HJ, Luby SP, Lunguya-Metila O, MacWright W, Mogeni OD, Okeke IN, Owusu-Dabo E, Park JK, Park SE, Popoola O, Seo HJ, Soura AB, Teferi M, Toy T, Chon Y, Rafindrakalia M, Rakotozandrindrainy R, Meyer CG, Marks F, Panzner U. The HPAfrica protocol: Assessment of health behaviour and population-based socioeconomic, hygiene behavioural factors - a standardised repeated cross-sectional study in multiple cohorts in sub-Saharan Africa. BMJ Open. 2018 Dec 19;8(12):e021438. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-021438.
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123. Yar DD, Salifu SP, Darko SN, Annan AA, Gyimah AA, Buabeng KO, Owusu-Dabo E. Genotypic characterization of human papillomavirus infections among persons living with HIV infection; a case-control study in Kumasi, Ghana. Trop Med Int Health. 2016; 21(2):275-82.
124. Darko SN, Yar DD, Owusu-Dabo E, Afum-Adjei Awuah A, Dapaah W, Addofoh N, Salifu SP, Awua-Boateng NY, Adomako-Boateng F. Variations in levels of IL-6 and TNF-α in type 2 diabetes mellitus between rural and urban Ashanti Region of Ghana. BMC Endocrine Disorders. 2015, 15:50.doi:10.1186/s12902-015-0047-9.
125. Ama De-Graft Aikins, Ellis Owusu-Dabo, Charles Agyemang. Diabetes and Obesity in Africa ad African Diaspora: Burden, cause, Challenges and Solutions (The RODAM Study Conference). Sept. 2015
126. Sondo P, Derra K, Diallo-Nakanabo S, Tarnagda Z, Zampa O, Kazienga A, Valea I, Sorgho H, Owusu-Dabo E, Ouedraogo JB, Guiguemde TR, Tinto H. Effectiveness and safety of artemether-lumefantrine versus artesunate-amodiaquine for unsupervised treatment of uncomplicated falciparum malaria in patients of all age groups in Nanoro, Burkina Faso: a randomized open label trial. Malar J. 2015, 14(1):325. doi: 10.1186/s12936-015-0843-8.
127. Nakua EK, Otupiri E, Dzomeku VM, Owusu-Dabo E, Agyei-Baffour P, Yawson AE, Folson G, Hewlett S.Gender disparities of chronic musculoskeletal disorder burden in the elderly Ghanaian population: study on global ageing and adult health (SAGE WAVE 1). BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2015, 16:204. doi: 10.1186/s12891-015-0666-3.
128. Ciaurriz CG, Schulze M, Nicholaou M, Klipstein-Grobusch K, Agyemang C, Owusu-Dabo E, Ama de-Graft Aikins AG, Smeeth L, Mockenhaupt FP, Danquah I. Dietary patterns in Ghanaians in Europe and in their compatriots in Ghana: The RODAM project: Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism. 2015, 67:155
129. Vinnemeier CD, Brust P, Owusu-Dabo E, Sarpong N, Sarfo EY, Bio Y, Rolling T, Dekker D, Adu-Sarkodie Y, Eberhardt KA, May J, Cramer JP. Group B Streptococci Serotype Distribution in Pregnant Women in Ghana: Assessment of Potential Coverage Through Future Vaccines. Trop Med Int Health. 2015. doi: 10.1111/tmi.12589.
130. Meyer CG, Intemann CD, Förster B, Owusu-Dabo E, Franke A, Horstmann RD, Thye T.No significant impact of IFN-γ pathway gene variants on tuberculosis susceptibility in a West African population. Eur J Hum Genet. 2015, doi: 10.1038/ejhg.2015.172.
131. Sarpong N, Owusu-Dabo E, Kreuels B, Fobil JN, Segbaya S, Amoyaw F, Hahn A, Kruppa T, May J. Prevalence of malaria parasitaemia in school children from two districts of Ghana earmarked for indoor residual spraying: a cross-sectional study. Malar J. 2015, 14:260. doi: 10.1186/s12936-015-0772-6
132. Badu K, Gyan B, Appawu M, Mensah D, Dodoo D, Yan G, Drakeley C, Zhou G, Owusu-Dabo E, Koram KA. Serological evidence of vector and parasite exposure in Southern Ghana: the dynamics of malaria transmission intensity. Parasit Vectors. 2015, 8:251. doi: 10.1186/s13071-015-0861-y.
133. Annan A, Owusu M, Marfo KS, Larbi R, Sarpong FN, Adu-Sarkodie Y, Amankwa J, Fiafemetsi S, Drosten C, Owusu-Dabo E, Eckerle I. High prevalence of common respiratory viruses and no evidence of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus in Hajj pilgrims returning to Ghana, 2013. Trop Med Int Health. 2015, 20(6): 807-812.
134. Agyemang C, Beune E, Meeks K, Owusu-Dabo E, Agyei-Baffour P, Aikins Ad, Dodoo F, Smeeth L, Addo J, Mockenhaupt FP, Amoah SK, Schulze MB, Danquah I, Spranger J, Nicolaou M, Klipstein-Grobusch K, Burr T, Henneman P, Mannens MM, van Straalen JP, Bahendeka S, Zwinderman AH, Kunst AE, Stronks K. Rationale and cross-sectional study design of the Research on Obesity and type 2 Diabetes among African Migrants: the RODAM study. BMJ Open. 2015, 4(3):e004877. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-004877.
135. Gyimah AA, Nakua EK, Owusu-Dabo E, Otupiri E Fertility Preferences of Women Living with HIV in the Kumasi Metropolis, Ghana. Afr J Reprod Health. 2015, 19 (2): 124-132.
136. Nakua E, Otupiri E, Owusu-Dabo E, Dzomeku V, Otu-Danquah K, Anderson M. Prevalence of refractive errors among junior high school students in the Ejisu Juaben municipality of Ghana. Journal of Science and Technology (Ghana). 2015, 35:52-62.
137. Owusu I, Aryee C, Owiredu W, Osei-Yeboah J, Owusu-Dabo E, Laing E. Analysis of atherogenic and anthropometric profiles of normotensive and hypertensive Ghanaians in the Kumasi metropolis. British Journal of Medicine and Medical Research. 2015, 7:378-397.
138. Garms R, Badu K, Owusu-Dabo E, Baffour-Awuah S, Adjei O, Debrah AY, Nagel M, Biritwum NK, Gankpala L, Post RJ, Kruppa TF. Assessments of the transmission of Onchocerca volvulus by Simulium sanctipauli in the Upper Denkyira District, Ghana, and the intermittent disappearance of the vector. Parasitol Res. 2015, 114: 1129-1137.
139. Sothmann P, Krumkamp R, Kreuels B, Sarpong N, Frank C, Ehlkes L, Fobil J, Gyau K, Jaeger A, Bosu B, Marks F, Owusu-Dabo E, Salzberger B, May J. Urbanicity and paediatric bactaraemia in Ghana- A case-control study within a rural-urban transition zone. PLos One. 2015,10(9). e0139433.doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0139433
140. Nakua EK, Sevugu JT, Dzomeku VM, Otupiri E, Lipkovich HR, Owusu-Dabo E. Home birth without skilled attendants despite millennium villages project intervention in Ghana: insight from a survey of women's perceptions of skilled obstetric care. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2015, 15:243. doi: 10.1186/s12884-015-0674-1.
141. Vinnemeier CD, Klupp EM, Krumkamp R, Rolling T, Fischer N, Owusu-Dabo E, Addo MM, Adu-Sarkodie Y, Käsmaier J, Aepfelbacher M, Cramer JP, May J, Tannich E. Tropheryma whipplei in children with diarrhoea in rural Ghana. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2016; 22(1):65.e1-3
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143. Japiong KB, Asiamah G, Owusu-Dabo E, Donkor P, Stewart B, Ebel BE, Mock CN. Availability of resources for emergency care at a scond-level hospital in Ghana: A mixed methods assessment. African Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2015. Doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.afjem.2015.06.006
144. Singh A, Owusu-Dabo E, Britton J, Munafò MR, Jones LL. "Pictures don't lie, seeing is believing": exploring attitudes to the introduction of pictorial warnings on cigarette packs in Ghana. Nicotine Tob Res. 2014,16(12): 1613-9.
145. Afum-Adjei Awuah A, Ueberberg B, Owusu-Dabo E, Frempong M, Jacobsen M. Dynamics of T-cell IFN-γ and miR-29a expression during active pulmonary tuberculosis. Int Immunol. 2014, 26(10):579-82.
146. Annan AA, Owusu-Dabo E, Bonsu F, Frimpong E, Larbi J, Anakwa L. Missed opportunities for the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis - polymerase chain reaction: A better tool. International Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2014, 21S:386
147. Doherty ML, Owusu-Dabo E, Kantanka OS, Brawer RO, Plumb JD.Type 2 diabetes in a rapidly urbanizing region of Ghana, West Africa: a qualitative study of dietary preferences, knowledge and practices. BMC Public Health. 2014, 14:1069. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-1069.
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153. Annan A, Owusu-Dabo E, Baffour-Awuah S, Nartey R, Nimako S, Ayimbire A, Salifu P, Amoyaw F, Segbaya S, Ohene B. Insecticide resistance in malaria vector mosquitoes at 5 selected districts in Ghana, West Africa. East African Journal of Public Health. 2014,11:830-838.
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