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Yaw Awuku-Larbi

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Articles 7
Citations 14
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Public Health
General Medicine
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William Kwabena Ampofo
Mildred Adusei-Poku
Richard Asomadu Obeng
Lorreta Kwasah
Edward Owusu Nyarko
Linda Boatemaa
William Asiedu
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Recent Articles
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Molecular detection of dengue virus from febrile patients in Ghana
Bonney J, Pratt D, Ofori M, Hayashi T, Abankwa A, Awuku-Larbi Y, et al.
BMC Infect Dis . 2024 Dec; 24(1):1382. PMID: 39627698
Background: Viral hemorrhagic fevers (VHFs) belong to a group of viral infectious diseases that interfere with the blood's clotting mechanism. VHF has a wide host range, including bats, rodents, or...
2.
Corrigendum: Decreased influenza activity during the COVID-19 pandemic in Ghana, 2020
Asante I, Nyarko S, Awuku-Larbi Y, Obeng R, Sarpong G, Amenuvor E, et al.
Front Public Health . 2024 Mar; 12:1386351. PMID: 38500731
[This corrects the article DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1290553.].
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Decreased influenza activity during the COVID-19 pandemic in Ghana, 2020
Asante I, Nyarko S, Awuku-Larbi Y, Obeng R, Sarpong G, Amenuvor E, et al.
Front Public Health . 2024 Jan; 11:1290553. PMID: 38292380
Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic had a significant effect on influenza activity globally. In this study, we analyzed trends of influenza activity in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Ghana. Methods:...
4.
Repurposing an integrated national influenza platform for genomic surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 in Ghana: a molecular epidemiological analysis
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....
5.
Patient satisfaction with chronic disease care and its associated factors in primary health care facilities in Johannesburg, South Africa
Kagura J, Khamisa N, Matsena Zingoni Z, Dulaze N, Awuku-Larbi Y, Tshuma N
Front Health Serv . 2023 Jun; 3:967199. PMID: 37304754
Background: Patient satisfaction is a widely used indicator of assessing health care quality and has been used by policymakers to consider the needs of patients when developing suitable strategies for...
6.
Epidemiology of influenza in Ghana, 2011 to 2019
Asante I, Fox A, Behene E, Awuku-Larbi Y, Kotey E, Nyarko S, et al.
PLOS Glob Public Health . 2023 Mar; 2(12):e0001104. PMID: 36962878
Influenza virus is an important contributor to acute respiratory illnesses and is estimated to cause up to 650,000 respiratory deaths each year. Ghana recorded influenza viruses as far back as...
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Circulation of hepatitis delta virus and occult hepatitis B virus infection amongst HIV/HBV co-infected patients in Korle-Bu, Ghana
Attiku K, Bonney J, Agbosu E, Bonney E, Puplampu P, Ganu V, et al.
PLoS One . 2021 Jan; 16(1):e0244507. PMID: 33411715
Background: Within HIV/HBV infected patients, an increase in HDV infection has been observed; there is inadequate information on HDV prevalence as well as virologic profile in Ghana. This study sought...