Prof. (Mrs.) Linda Aurelia Ofori

Associate Professor

Dept: Theoretical and Applied Biology
A016 Amissah Complex, KNUST
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Molecular characterization of bacteria causing infections in Food animals/ humans and their Antimicrobial susceptibility Molecular characterization...~more

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    •  Abigail Abena Anokyewaa Appau, Linda Aurelia Ofori, (2024). Antibiotic Resistance Profile of E. coli Isolates from Lettuce, Poultry Manure, Irrigation Water, and Soil in Kumasi, Ghana. International Journal of Microbiology, vol. 2024, Article ID 6681311, 10 pages, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1155/2024/668131

    • Paintsil, E.K., Boadi, E., Dwamena, A. Addo BH, Kumi A, Obiri-Danso K & Ofori LA  (2024) Demographic and socio-economic factors affecting bed net ownership, usage, and malaria transmission among adult patients seeking healthcare in two Ghanaian urban cities. BMC Public Health 24, 106 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-17590-8

    • Paintsil EK, Ofori LA, Akenten CW, Zautner AE, Mbwana J, Khan NA, Lusingu JPA, Kaseka J, Minja DTR, Gesase S, Jaeger A, Lamshöft M, May J, Obiri-Danso K, Krumkamp R, Dekker D.(2023) Antibiotic-Resistant Arcobacter spp. in commercial and smallholder farm animals in Asante Akim North Municipality, Ghana and Korogwe Town Council, Tanzania: a cross-sectional study. Gut Pathog. 2023 Dec 2;15(1):63. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13099-023-00588-3 PMID: 38042805.

    • Ofori, L.A., Fosu, D., Ofori, S. et al. (2023) Salmonella enterica in farm environments in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. BMC Microbiol 23, 370 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12866-023-03121-3
    • Awuah F, Addo MG, Ofori LA. (2023) Antimicrobial Resistance of Diarrheagenic coli in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. Applied Microbiology: Theory ? Technology [Internet]. 2023 Jul. 25 [cited 2023 Nov. 22];4(2):101-12. Available from: https://ojs.wiserpub.com/index.php/AMTT/article/view/3033

    •  Akenten CW, Khan NA, Mbwana J, Krumkamp R, Fosu D, Paintsil EK, Boahen KG, Osei-Mensa J, Maiga-Ascofare O, May J, Obiri-Danso K, Phillips RO, Ofori LA, Dekker D. (2023). Carriage of ESBL-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae and Escherichia coli among children in rural Ghana: a cross-sectional study. Antimicrob Resist Infect Control 12, 60 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13756-023-01263-7

    • Charity Wiafe Akenten, Linda Aurelia Ofori, Neyaz Ahmed Khan, Joyce Mbwana, Nimako Sarpong, Jürgen May, Thorsten Thye, Kwasi Obiri-Danso, Ellis Kobina Paintsil, Dennis Fosu, Richard Odame Philipps, Daniel Eibach, Ralf Krumkamp, and Denise Dekker. (2023) Prevalence, Characterization, and Antimicrobial Resistance of Extended-Spectrum Beta-Lactamase-Producing Escherichia coli from Domestic Free-Range Poultry in Agogo, Ghana. Foodborne Pathogens and Disease.Feb 2023.59-66. http://doi.org/10.1089/fpd.2022.0060
    • Akoto O, Yakubu S, Ofori LA, Bortey-Sam N, Boadi NO, Horgah J, Sackey LNA. (2023) Multivariate studies and heavy metal pollution in soil from gold mining area. Heliyon. Jan 6;9(1):e12661. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e12661
    • Paintsil EK, Ofori LA, Akenten CW, Zautner AE, Mbwana J, Jaeger A, Lamsho?ft M, May J, Obiri-Danso K, Philipps RO, Krumkamp R and Dekker D (2022) Antibiotic-resistant Campylobacter coli and Campylobacter jejuni in commercial and smallholder farm animals in the Asante Akim North Municipality of Ghana. Front. Microbiol. 13:983047. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2022.983047
    • Abdul-Aziz Adam, Lyndon N.A. Sackey, Linda Aurelia Ofori (2022). Risk assessment of heavy metals concentration in cereals and legumes sold in the Tamale Aboabo market, Ghana Heliyon, vol.8 (8) e10162https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e10162
    • Vivian Afriyie, Lyndon N. A. Sackey, Linda Aurelia Ofori (2022) "Determination of Heavy Metal Pollution in the Dankran River in the Bekwai Municipality of Ghana", Journal of Chemistry, vol. 2022, Article ID 7651573, 9 pages. https://doi.org/10.1155/2022/7651573
    • Adam AA, Sackey LNA, Ofori LA. (2022) Risk assessment of heavy metals concentration in cereals and legumes sold in the Tamale Aboabo market, Ghana. Heliyon. Aug 12;8(8): e10162. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e10162
    • Osei Duah Junior I, Tchiakpe MP, Borquaye LS, Amoah K, Amankwah FKD, Kumah DB, Ofori LA, Danso-Appiah A, Prempeh BO, Gbedema SY, Munyaneza J, Danquah CA, Akuffo KO (2022). Clinical characteristics of external bacterial ocular and periocular infections and their antimicrobial treatment patterns among a Ghanaian ophthalmic population. Sci Rep. Jun 17;12(1):102
    • Ayamah, A., Sylverken, A. A. & Andoh, L. A. (2021). Assessment of microbiological quality of khebab sold on the campus of tertiary education and its environs in Ghana. Journal of Microbiology and Antimicrobials, 13(2), 20-26. http://dx.doi.org/10.5897/JMA2021.0444
    • Ellis Kobina Paintsil; Linda Aurelia Ofori; Sarah Adobea; Charity Wiafe Akenten; Richard Odame Phillips; Oumou Maiga-Ascofare; Maike Lamshöft; Jürgen May; Kwasi Obiri Danso; Ralf Krumkamp; Denise Dekker (2022). "Prevalence and Antibiotic Resistance inCampylobacter  Isolated from Humans and Food-Producing Animals in West Africa: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis." Pathogens 11, no. 2: 140.https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens11020140  
    • Abilla, R., Adelani, A. L., Boahen, K. G., & Ofori, L. A. (2021). Prevalence and antimicrobial susceptibility profiles of Salmonella species in poultry farm environments in Ghana.Microbiology Research Journal International, 31(10), 14-23. https://doi.org/10.9734/mrji/2021/v31i1030347
    • Ahiatrogah, D. K., Annan, J. J., Ofori, L. A., Awudzi, B., Owusu-Ofori, A., Owusu, M. & Sylverken, A. A. (2021). Microbiological profile of asymptomatic bacteriuria in pregnant women in Volta Region, Ghana. Journal of Microbiology and Antimicrobials, 13(2), 27-36. https://doi.org/10.5897/JMA2021.0448
    • Azumah Ayamah, Augustina Angelina Sylverken, Linda Aurelia Ofori (2021). Microbial Load and Antibiotic Resistance of Escherichia coliand Staphylococcus aureus Isolated from Ready-to-Eat (RTE) Khebab Sold on a University Campus and Its Environs in Ghana. Journal of Food Quality. https://doi.org/10.1155/2021/8622903
    • Samuel Kobina Ekuban Acquah, Prince Asare, Stephen Osei-Wusu, Portia Morgan, Theophilus Afum, Diana Asema Asandem, Emelia Konadu Danso, Isaac Darko Otchere, Linda Aurelia Ofori, Kwasi Obiri-Danso, Richard Kock, Adwoa Asante-Poku, Dorothy Yeboah-Manu (2021). Molecular epidemiology and drug susceptibility profiles of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex isolates from Northern Ghana. International Journal of Infectious Diseases, (In Press)
    • Paintsil, E.K.;Ofori, L.A.;Akenten, C.W.; Fosu, D.; Ofori, S.; Lamshöft, M.; May, J.; Danso, K.O.; Krumkamp, R.; Dekker, D. (2021). Antimicrobial Usage in Commercial and Domestic Poultry Farming in Two Communities in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. Antibiotics10, 800. https://doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics10070800
    • Rita Ohene Larbi,Linda Aurelia Ofori, Augustina Angelina Sylverken, Matilda Ayim-Akonor, Kwasi Obiri-Danso(2021)"Antimicrobial Resistance of Escherichia coli from Broilers, Pigs, and Cattle in the Greater Kumasi Metropolis, Ghana," International Journal of microbiology, vol. 2021, ArticleID 5158185, 7 pages, 2021.https://doi.org/10.1155/2021/5158185
    • Motey, G.A., Owusu-Kwarteng, J., Obiri-Danso, K.,Ofori, L. A., Ellis, W. O., Jespersen, L. (2021) In vitro properties of potential probiotic lactic acid bacteria originating from Ghanaian indigenous fermented milk products. World J Microbiol Biotechnol37(3):https://doi.org/10.1007/s11274-021-03013-6 PMID: 33594545.
    • Paintsil, E. K., Akenten, C. W., &Ofori, L. A. (2020). The Relationship between Haemoglobin Levels and Platelet Counts of Malaria Infected and Non-Infected Children in Offinso, Ghana. Asian Journal of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, 6(3), 29-37.https://doi.org/10.9734/ajbgmb/2020/v6i330154 
    • A. Motey, P.G. Johansen, J. Owusu-Kwarteng, L.A. Ofori, K. Obiri-Danso, H. Siegumfeldt, ..., L. Jespersen. (2020) Probiotic potential of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Kluyveromyces marxianusisolated from West African spontaneously fermented cereal and milk products. Yeast, 37 (9–10) (2020), pp. 403-412, 10.1002/yea.3513
    • Agnes Oppong, David Azanu &Linda Aurelia Ofori(2018) Assessment of sugarcane grown in wetlands polluted with wastewater (Cogent Environmental Science, 4: 1455277.
    • Ayim-Akonor Matilda, Andoh Aurelia Linda, Arthur Cornelius, Kortei Nii Korley, Toah Akonor Paa (2018) Activity of Mycoplasma synoviae in Commercial Chickens in Ghana: Serological Evidence.Advances in life sciences and Technology, Vol 62
    • Kudirkiene, E.,Andoh, L. A.,Ahmed, S., Herrero-Fresno, A., Dalsgaard, A., Obiri-Danso, K., & Olsen, J. E. (2018). The use of a combined bioinformatics approach to locate antibiotic resistance genes on plasmids from whole-genome sequences of Salmonella enterica serovars from humans in Ghana. Frontiers in microbiology, 9: 1010
    • Andoh LA, Ahmed S., Obiri-Danso K, Newman MJ, Opintan JA, Barco L, Olsen JE, Dalsgaard A (2017) Prevalence and characterization of Salmonella among humans in Ghana.Tropical Medicine and Health, 45(3), pp. 3288–3299. Doi: 10.1186/s41182-017-0043 
    • L. A. Andoh, A. Dalsgaard, K. Obiri-Danso, M. J. Newman, L. Barco, J. E. Olsen (2016) Prevalence and antimicrobial resistance of Salmonella serovars isolated from poultry in Ghana. Journal of Epidemiology and Infection, 144, 3288-3299. available on CJO2016. DOI 10.1017/S0950268816001126
    • K. Firempong,L.A. Andoh, W.G. Akanwariwiak, P. Addo-Fordjour & P. Adjakofi (2016). Phytochemical screening and antifungal activities of crude ethanol extracts of Red-flowered silk cotton tree (Bombax buonopozense) and Calabash nutmeg (Monodora myristica) on Candida albicans. Journal of Microbiology and Antimicrobials, 11(4): 22-27
    • M. G. Addo, C.A. Woods,L. A. Andoh and K. Obiri-Danso (2016) Effect of Varying Storage Temperatures on the Microbiological Quality of Street Sold Water in the Kumasi Metropolis, Ghana. Research Journal of Microbiology, 11: 56-63 
    • M. G. Addo, A. Kusi,L. A. Andoh and K. Obiri-Danso (2016) Citric Acid Production by Aspergillus niger on a Corn Cob Solid Substrate using One-factor-at-a-time Optimisation Method. International Advanced Research Journal in Science, Engineering and Technology, 3 (1) 95-99.
    • M. G. Addo, L. A. Andoh and K. Obiri-Danso (2016) Profile of resident microbes causing spoilage in “olewonyo,” a locally produced non-alcoholic beverage in Kumasi, Ghana. International Advanced Research Journal in Science, Engineering and Technology, 3 (1) 89-94
    • Amponsah-Doku, F., Obiri-Danso, K., Abaidoo, R.C., Andoh, L.A., Drechsel, P., and Kondrasen, F. (2010) Bacterial contamination of lettuce and associated risk factors at production sites, markets, and street food restaurants in urban and peri-urban Kumasi, Ghana. Scientific Research and Essays, 5 (2), 217-223
    • L. A. Andoh, R. C. Abaidoo, K. Obiri-Danso, P. Drechsel, F. Kondrasen, and L. T. Klank (2009) Helminth Contamination of Lettuce and Associated Risk Factors at Production Sites, Markets and Street Food Vendor Points in Urban and Peri-Urban Kumasi, Ghana.Research Journal of Microbiology, 4(1): 13-22, 2009

      Published Conference/workshop/seminar Proceedings

    • Abigail Abena Anokyewaa Appau & Linda Aurelia Ofori (2022). Antibiotic Resistance profile of E. coli isolates from lettuce, poultry manure, irrigation water, and soil in Kumasi, Ghana. 11th GSA research seminar and poster presentation, KNUST, Kumasi. Book of Abstracts P- 01 pp 23
    • Ahiatrogah, D. K., Annan, J. J., Ofori, L. A., Awudzi, B., Owusu-Ofori, A., Owusu, M. & Sylverken, A. A. (2022). Microbiological profile of asymptomatic bacteriuria in pregnant women in Volta Region, Ghana. 11th GSA research seminar and poster presentation, KNUST, Kumasi. Book of Abstracts P-04 pp 31
    • Dennis Fosu, Linda Ofori & Dennis Dekker (2022) Salmonella Carriage and Antimicrobial Resistance in commercial poultry and household farms in two districts in Ashanti region, Ghana. 11th GSA research seminar and poster presentation, KNUST, Kumasi. Book of Abstracts P- 99 pp 126
    • Andoh LA, Ahmed S., Obiri-Danso K, Newman MJ, Opintan JA, Barco L, Olsen JE, Dalsgaard A (2017) Prevalence and characterization of Salmonella among humans in Ghana. BSU II Conference, Golden Bean Hotel, Kumasi, March 2017
    • Ofosu-Amoako G, Ofori L. A. & Obiri-Danso K (2017) Prevalence of Nasal carriage Staphylococcus aureus amongst inpatients at the KNUST hospital. BSU II Conference, Golden Bean Hotel, Kumasi, Ghana. March 2017
    • Obiri-Danso K., Ofori A. L., Ofosu- Amoako G. (2017). Antimicrobial sensitivity of fecal enterococci sp. recovered from livestock and poultry in Kumasi and its surroundings, Ashanti Region, Ghana. BSU II Conference, Golden Bean Hotel, Kumasi, Ghana. March 2017
    • L. A. Andoh, A. Dalsgaard, K. Obiri-Danso, M. J. Newman, L. Barco, J. E. Olsen F (2017). Prevalence and Antimicrobial resistance of Salmonella serovars from poultry in Ghana. BSU II Conference, Golden Bean Hotel, Kumasi, March 2017
    • Linda A. Andoh, Anders Dalsgaard, Kwasi Obiri-Danso, Mercy J. Newman, Japheth A. Opintan, Lisa Barco, John E. Olsen (2015) Antimicrobial resistance of Salmonella associated with humans and poultry in Ghana. Abstract 005, African conference on Antibiotic use and resistance, Accra, Ghana pp25-26
    • R. Ankomah, LA Ofori, GH Sam, and FC Mills-Robertson (2016) Susceptibility of Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv and Mycobacterium bovis to extracts from selected medicinal plants. Abstract/P-26, Ghana Science Association 5th One-day research seminar and poster presentations on science and technology: a key to our national development, Kumasi, Ghana, April. Pp 39-40
    • R. Ankomah, LA Ofori, GH Sam, and FC Mills-Robertson (2016). Formulations from Selected Medicinal Plants in the Management of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Mycobacterium bovis strains. Abstract/P-27, Ghana Science Association 5th One-day research seminar and poster presentations on science and technology: the key to our national development, Kumasi, Ghana, April. Pp 40-42
    • L. A. Andoh, S. Adinkra, E. Agbenowu, I. Owusu-Agyeman and B. Keraita, (2009) Assessment of microbial quality of groundwater and sanitation in some selected communities in Kumasi. Abstract 142, Ghana Science Association 26th biennial conference on Accelerating Ghana’s Development Agenda: effective collaboration between industry and the scientist, Cape Coast, Ghana, August. Pp 87-88 
    • Obiri-Danso, E. Amevor,L. A. Andoh and K. Jones (2004) Effect of sunlight and carrying receptacles on drinking water quality. Journal of Science and Technology (KNUST), Volume 24, no. 2. http://ajol.info/index.php/just/issue/view/4616

       

      Book chapter

      Chioma Blaise Chikere, Memory Tekere, Beatrice Olutoyin Opeolu, Gertie Arts, Linda Aurelia Ofori, Ngozi Nma Odu Chikere C.B., Tekere M., Opeolu B.O., Arts G., Ofori L.A., Odu N.N. (2022) Research Collaborations for Enhanced Performance and Visibility of Women Scientists. In: Nwaichi E.O. (eds) Science by Women. Women in Engineering and Science. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-83032-8_4

    1. Asati, D.A., Abdulai, P.M., Boateng, K.S., Appau A. A., Ofori L. A., & Agyekum P.T (2024). Food safety knowledge and practices among raw meat handlers and the microbial content of raw meat sold at Kumasi Abattoir Butchery Shops in Kumasi, Ghana. BMC Public Health24, 975. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-18514-w

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