John Kofi Odoom
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Recent Articles
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Obodai E, Terstappen J, Mensah J, Versnel A, Antwi C, Bont L, et al.
BMJ Glob Health
. 2025 Mar;
10(3).
PMID: 40037906
Background: Global health clinical research is commonly led by high-income countries (HICs) as low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) face barriers to participate, including lack of financial and human capacity and...
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Marcet P, Short B, Deas A, Sun H, Harrington C, Shaukat S, et al.
Microbiol Spectr
. 2024 Dec;
13(2):e0227924.
PMID: 39665559
Importance: Surveillance of acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) and sensitive poliovirus detection are key components of the WHO Global Polio Eradication Strategy. This work summarizes the results of a multi-laboratory evaluation...
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Obodai E, Boakye J, Ntim N, Agbotse G, Antwi C, Duker E, et al.
Trop Med Infect Dis
. 2024 Nov;
9(11).
PMID: 39591277
The Global Polio Eradication Initiative was adopted by Ghana in 1996, and through robust AFP surveillance was able to interrupt the circulation of wild poliovirus in 2008. However, the country...
4.
Outbreak Response to Circulating Vaccine-Derived Poliovirus in Three Northern Regions of Ghana, 2019
Odoom J, Dzotse E, Nii-Trebi N, Opare D, Akyereko E, Attiku K, et al.
Biomed Res Int
. 2024 Oct;
2024:5515777.
PMID: 39399343
Circulating Vaccine-Derived Poliovirus Type 2 (cVDPV2) was isolated in sewage and later in stool samples from children with acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) in northern Ghana. A multidisciplinary and multisectoral team...
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Duker E, Obodai E, Addo S, Kwasah L, Mensah E, Gberbi E, et al.
Biomed Res Int
. 2024 Apr;
2024:9975781.
PMID: 38595329
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is shed in the stool of infected individuals and can be detected in sewage and wastewater contaminated with infected stool. This study is...
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Opoku M, Obeng-Aboagye E, Boamah G, Adu-Asamoah D, Ismail R, Akpo M, et al.
PLoS One
. 2023 Oct;
18(10):e0293001.
PMID: 37847712
Nose masks are widely worn for protection against respiratory pathogens, including SARS-CoV-2. They have been reported as possible substrates for viral sampling and testing for COVID-19 but, evaluations have so...
7.
Bonney J, Sanders T, Pratt D, Agbodzi B, Laryea D, Agyeman N, et al.
Emerg Infect Dis
. 2023 Aug;
29(9):1818-1826.
PMID: 37610174
Yellow fever virus, transmitted by infected Aedes spp. mosquitoes, causes an acute viral hemorrhagic disease. During October 2021-February 2022, a yellow fever outbreak in some communities in Ghana resulted in...
8.
Asante I, Hsu S, Boatemaa L, Kwasah L, Adusei-Poku M, Odoom J, et al.
Lancet Glob Health
. 2023 Jun;
11(7):e1075-e1085.
PMID: 37349034
Background: Genomic surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 is crucial for monitoring the spread of COVID-19 and guiding public health decisions, but the capacity for SARS-CoV-2 testing and sequencing in Africa is low....
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Ameme D, Yeboah Y, Odoom J, Djokoto S, Akyereko E, Mamudu A, et al.
Arch Public Health
. 2023 Jan;
81(1):1.
PMID: 36600260
Background: The global switch from trivalent oral poliovirus vaccine (OPV) to bivalent OPV in April 2016 without corresponding co-administration of inactivated poliovirus vaccine (IPV) until June 2018, created a cohort...
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Arjarquah A, Obodai E, Anie H, Osei M, Odoom J, Bonney J, et al.
PLoS One
. 2022 Jul;
17(7):e0271877.
PMID: 35881575
Background: Influenza co-infection with bacteria is a leading cause of influenza-related deaths and severe respiratory infections, especially among high-risk groups like cancer patients undergoing treatment. However, acute respiratory infection (ARI)-like...