Dr. Derrick Adu Mensah

Part Time Lecturer

Dept: Theoretical and Applied Biology
Department of Theoretical and Applied Biology,
Faculty of Biosciences
College of Science
KNUST
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Research Areas/Interests

Medical Parasitology and Tropical Medicine; Clinical Microbiology; Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) surveillance and control; Immunology and hu...~more

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Publications

    1. Adu Mensah D, Debrah LB, Boateng J, Ahiadorme M, Osei-Mensah J, Opoku VS, Obeng MA, Kuutiero EK, Opoku J, Rahamani AA, Amponsem S, Obeng P, Gyasi C, Donawugube KE, Debrah AY. Occurrence of Onchocerciasis infection after decades of mass drug administration in the Western North Region of Ghana. JUST [Internet. 2026Jan.22. Available from: https://journal.knust.edu.gh/index.php?journal=just&page=article&op=view&path[]=1963
    2. Adu Mensah D, Opoku VS, Boateng J, Opoku J, Osei-Mensah J, Gyasi C, et al. (2025) Changes in circulating filarial antigen status in previously positive individuals: Lessons for treatment monitoring and pre-transmission assessment surveys. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 19(2): e0012802. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012802
    3. Adu Mensah D, Debrah LB, Gyamfi PA, Rahamani AA, Opoku VS, Boateng J, et al. (2022). Occurrence of Lymphatic Filariasis infection after 15 years of mass drug administration in two hotspot districts in the Upper East Region of Ghana. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 16(8): e0010129. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010129
    4. Mensah DA, Bortie PN, Bonney RA, Ashong SK, Ayamba EA, Odonkor ST. Knowledge and Perception of COVID-19 and Its Psychosocial Impact on Pre-and Post-Natal Women in Tema Metropolis, Ghana, West Africa. Journal of Maternal and Child Health. 2023 Jul 16;8(4):390-406. https://doi.org/10.26911/thejmch.2023.08.04.02
    5. Adu Mensah, D., Debrah, L. B., Bonney, R. A., Bhavana, S., Bortie, P., Safo, R., Aryee, C. E., & Debrah, A. Y. (2023). Seroprevalence and the Associated Risk Factors of Toxoplasma Gondii Infection among Pregnant Women in The Middle Belt of Ghana. Journal of Maternal and Child Health, 8(5), 540–554. https://doi.org/10.26911/thejmch.2023.08.05.02
    6. Donawugube Kutu E, Adu Mensah D, Opoku Serwaa V, Boateng J, Opoku J, Debrah LB, Boateng J, Osei-Mensah J, Gyasi C, Obeng P, Rahamani Abu A, Ahiadorme M, Atisu Dennis P, Obeng Agyemang M, et al. (2026). High-Dose Rifampicin Plus Albendazole Rapidly clears Lymphatic Filariasis Circulating Filarial Antigen in a Randomised Clinical Trial: A Promising Step Toward Short-Course Macrofilaricidal Therapy. Pathogens 2026, 15(2), 174. https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens15020174
    7. Fogang BAN., Arndts K., Adjobiney T., Owusu M., Opoku VS., Adu Mensah D., Boateng J. et al. (2026). Helminth Antigens Modulate Virus-Induced Activation of CD154 (CD40L) Expression on T-cells in Onchocerca volvulus- Infected Individuals. Pathogens 2026, 15, 93. https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens15010093
    8. Fogang, BAN, Meyer J, Debrah LB, Owusu M, Agyei G, Adu Mensah D, Boateng J, Osei-Mensah J, Klarmann-Schulz U, Horn S, Kroidl I. (2025). Helminth Seropositivity Inversely Correlated with Th1 and Th17 Cytokines and Severe COVID-19. Vaccines 2025, 13, 252. https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines13030252
    9. Meyer, J; Nadal, J; Batsa Debrah, L; Debrah, AY; Osei-Mensah, J; Adu Mensah, D; Korir, PJ; Kuehlwein, JM; Klarmann-Schulz, U; Hoerauf, A; et al. Robust COVID-19 Vaccine Responses Despite Filarial Co-Infection: Insights from a Lymphatic Filariasis Cohort in Ghana. Vaccines 2025, 13, 312. https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines13030312
    10. Nembot Fogang, B.A.; Debrah, L.B.; Owusu, M.; Agyei, G.; Meyer, J.; Gmanyami, J.M.; Ritter, M.; Arndts, K.; Adu Mensah, D.; Adjobimey, T.; et al. Helminth Coinfections Modulate Disease Dynamics and Vaccination Success in the Era of Emerging Infectious Diseases. Vaccines 2025, 13, 436. https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines13050436
    11. Meyer J, Klarmann-Schulz, U, Nadal J, Parcina M, Debrah LB, Osei-Mensah J, Mensah DA, Ahiadorme M, Opoku VS, Obeng MA, Kuutiero EK, Opoku J, Debrah AY, Hoerauf A and Adjobiney T (2025). Humoral Immune response to COVID-19 vaccines in Onchocerciasis-infected individuals: a field study from Ghana. Immunol. 16:1633187. https://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2025.1633187
    12. Debrah LB, Gyasi C, Ahiadorme M, Rahamani AA, Opoku VS, Obeng P, Osei-Mensah J, Obeng MA, Mensah DA, Debrah AY. Association of haemato-biochemical indices and blood composite ratios with microfilaridermia in Onchocerciasis patients. BMC Infect Dis. 2024 Apr 8;24(1):384. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-024-09278-0
    13. Linda Batsa Debrah, Ute Klarmann-Schulz, Jubin Osei-Mensah, Janina M. Kuehlwein Yusif Mubarik, Jennifer Nadal, Nana Kwame Ayisi-Boateng, Arcangelo Ricchiuto, Vera Serwaa Opoku, Sarah M. Sullivan, Derrick Adu Mensah et al. Adherence to Hygiene Protocols and Doxycycline Therapy in Ameliorating Lymphatic Filariasis Morbidity in an Endemic Area Post-Interruption of Disease Transmission in Ghana. J. Trop. Med. Hyg., 111(Suppl 4), 2024, pp. 66–82. https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.24-0313
    14. Grover S, Opoku VS, Debrah LB, Maj C, Osei-Mensah J, Adu Mensah D, Hoerauf A, Debrah AY, Pfarr K, Schumacher J. First genome-wide association study for lymphatic filariasis in a West African population point to an HLA-mediated disease pathophysiology. Int J Infect Dis 2023 May 3; 133:1-4.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2023.04.408
    15. John Opoku, Linda Batsa-Debrah, Stefan Schlabe, Jubin Osei-Mensah, Vera Serwaa Opoku, Derrick Adu Mensah, Kenneth Pfarr, Patricia Korir Jebett, Caroline Wauschkuhn, Achim Hoerauf, Ute Klarmann-Schulz, Alexander Yaw Debrah. (2023). Dissecting the diagnostic performance of the Alere filariasis test strip for the detection of active Wuchereria bancrofti infection and treatment success. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2023-EDC.81
    16. Vera Serwaa Opoku, Sandeep Grover, Linda Batsa Debrah, Carlo Maj, Jubin Osei-Mensah, Derrick Adu Mensah, Achim Hoerauf, Alexander Yaw Debrah, Johannes Schumacher, Kenneth Pfarr. (2023). Genome-Wide Association Study in Ghanaian Lymphatic Filariasis-affected individuals. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2023-EDC.284

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