The effect of Plasmodium falciparum exposure and maternal anti-circumsporozoite protein antibodies on responses to RTS,S/AS01E vaccination in infants and children: an ancillary observational immunological study to a phase 3, randomised clinical trial

Authors: Macià, Dídac ^{a, b, c}, Campo, Joseph J ^d, Jairoce, Chenjerai ^{b, e}, Mpina, Maximilian ^f, Sorgho, Hermann ^g, Dosoo, David ^h, Agnandji, Selidji Todagbe ^{i, j}, Kusi, Kwadwo Asamoah ^k, Molinos-Albert, Luis M ^{a, b}, Kariuki, Simon ^l, Daubenberger, Claudia ^{m, n}, Mordmüller, Benjamin ^{c, j, o}, Moncunill, Gemma ^{a, b, c, †}, Dobaño, Carlota ^{a, b, c, †, *}

Source: In The Lancet Infectious Diseases March 2025 25(3):335-345

Prevalence and factors associated with malaria among children aged 6 months to 10 years in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana: a community-based cross-sectional survey.

Authors: Dosoo, David Kwame¹ (AUTHOR) David.dosoo@kintampo-hrc.org, Adu, George Asumah² (AUTHOR), Kingsley, Kayan¹ (AUTHOR), Odei-Lartey, Eliezer¹ (AUTHOR), Adomako, Kofi² (AUTHOR), Atuguba, Frank³ (AUTHOR), Gyaase, Stephaney¹ (AUTHOR), Nuhu, Abdul Razak¹ (AUTHOR), Peprah, Nana Yaw² (AUTHOR), Ankrah, Love¹ (AUTHOR), Adu-Gyasi, Dennis¹ (AUTHOR), Atibilla, Dorcas¹ (AUTHOR), Williams, John³ (AUTHOR), Malm, Keziah L.² (AUTHOR), Asante, Kwaku Poku¹ (AUTHOR) Kwakupoku.asante@kintampo-hrc.org

Source: Malaria Journal. 9/27/2024, Vol. 23 Issue 1, p1-9. 9p.

Subject Terms: *RAPID diagnostic tests, *BLOOD parasites, *LOGISTIC regression analysis, *STATISTICAL sampling, *DIAGNOSTIC reagents & test kits

Geographic Terms: GHANA

Safety, reactogenicity, and immunogenicity of a chimpanzee adenovirus vectored Ebola vaccine in adults in Africa: a randomised, observer-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 2 trial

Authors: Amusu, Senate, Ayuk, Leo, Bilong, Catherine, Boahen, Owusu, Camara, Makhtar, Cheick Haidara, Fadima, Coly, Daouda, Dièye, Siry, Dosoo, David, Ekedi, Melanie, Eneida Almeida Dos Santos, Irma, Kaali, Seyram, Kokogho, Afoke, Levine, Myron, Opoku, Nick, Owusu-Agyei, Seth, Pitmang, Simon, Sall, Fatima, Seydi, Moussa, Sztein, Marcelo, Tejiokem, Mathurin, Traore, Awa, Vernet, Marie-Astrid, Yawson, Abena Kunadu, Tapia, Milagritos D ^*, Sow, Samba O, Ndiaye, Birahim P, Mbaye, Khardiata D, Thiongane, Aliou, Ndour, Cheikh T, Mboup, Souleymane, Ake, Julie A, Keshinro, Babajide, Akintunde, Gideon A, Kinge, Thompson N, Vernet, Guy, Bigna, Jean Joel, Oguche, Stephen, Koram, Kwadwo A, Asante, Kwaku P, Hogrefe, Wayne R, Günther, Stephan, Naficy, Abdi, De Ryck, Iris, Debois, Muriel, Bourguignon, Patricia, Jongert, Erik, Ballou, William R, Koutsoukos, Marguerite, Roman, François

Source: In The Lancet Infectious Diseases June 2020 20(6):707-718

Safety, reactogenicity, and immunogenicity of a chimpanzee adenovirus vectored Ebola vaccine in children in Africa: a randomised, observer-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 2 trial

Authors: Amusu, Senate, Ayuk, Leo, Bilong, Catherine, Boahen, Owusu, Camara, Makhtar, Cheick Haidara, Fadima, Coly, Daouda, Dièye, Siry, Dosoo, David, Ekedi, Melanie, Eneida Almeida Dos Santos, Irma, Kaali, Seyram, Kokogho, Afoke, Levine, Myron, Opoku, Nick, Owusu-Agyei, Seth, Pitmang, Simon, Sall, Fatima, Seydi, Moussa, Sztein, Marcelo, Tejiokem, Mathurin, Traore, Awa, Vernet, Marie-Astrid, Yawson, Abena Kunadu, Tapia, Milagritos D ^*, Sow, Samba O, Mbaye, Khardiata D, Thiongane, Aliou, Ndiaye, Birahim P, Ndour, Cheikh T, Mboup, Souleymane, Keshinro, Babajide, Kinge, Thompson N, Vernet, Guy, Bigna, Jean Joel, Oguche, Stephen, Koram, Kwadwo A, Asante, Kwaku P, Gobert, Patrice, Hogrefe, Wayne R, De Ryck, Iris, Debois, Muriel, Bourguignon, Patricia, Jongert, Erik, Ballou, William R, Koutsoukos, Marguerite, Roman, François

Source: In The Lancet Infectious Diseases June 2020 20(6):719-730

Epidemiology of soil transmitted Helminth infections in the middle-belt of Ghana, Africa

Authors: Adu-Gyasi, Dennis, Asante, Kwaku Poku, Frempong, Margaret T., Gyasi, Dennis Konadu, Iddrisu, Louisa Fatahiya, Ankrah, Love, Dosoo, David, Adeniji, Elisha, Agyei, Oscar, Gyaase, Stephaney, Amenga-Etego, Seeba, Gyan, Ben, Owusu-Agyei, Seth

Source: In Parasite Epidemiology and Control August 2018 3(3)

The prevalence of molecular markers of resistance to sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine among pregnant women at first antenatal clinic attendance and delivery in the forest-savannah area of Ghana.

Authors: Dosoo, David Kwame^1,2 (AUTHOR) david.dosoo@kintampo-hrc.org, Bailey, Jeffrey A.³ (AUTHOR), Asante, Kwaku Poku² (AUTHOR), Oppong, Felix Boakye² (AUTHOR), Niaré, Karamoko³ (AUTHOR), Opoku-Mensah, Jones² (AUTHOR), Owusu-Agyei, Seth^1,2,4 (AUTHOR), Greenwood, Brian¹ (AUTHOR), Chandramohan, Daniel¹ (AUTHOR)

Source: PLoS ONE. 8/8/2022, Vol. 17 Issue 8, p1-15. 15p.

Subject Terms: *PREGNANT women, *PREGNANCY outcomes, *TETRAHYDROFOLATE dehydrogenase, *SINGLE nucleotide polymorphisms, *MOLECULAR probes, *MALARIA, *CHROMOSOME inversions, *DELIVERY (Obstetrics)

Geographic Terms: GHANA

Placental Malaria and the Risk of Malaria in Infants in a High Malaria Transmission Area in Ghana: A Prospective Cohort Study

Authors: Asante, Kwaku Poku, Owusu-Agyei, Seth, Cairns, Matthew, Dodoo, Daniel, Boamah, Ellen Abrafi, Gyasi, Richard, Adjei, George, Gyan, Ben, Agyeman-Budu, Akua, Dodoo, Theophilus, Mahama, Emmanuel, Amoako, Nicholas, Dosoo, David Kwame, Koram, Kwadwo, Greenwood, Brian, Chandramohan, Daniel

Source: The Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2013 Nov 01. 208(9), 1504-1513.

Access URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jit366

Background malaria incidence and parasitemia during the three-dose RTS,S/AS01 vaccination series do not reduce magnitude of antibody response nor efficacy against the first case of malaria.

Authors: Bell, Griffin J, Gyaase, Stephaney, Goel, Varun, Adu, Bright, Mensah, Benedicta, Essone, Paulin, Dosoo, David, Osei, Musah, Niare, Karamoko, Wiru, Kenneth, Brandt, Katerina, Emch, Michael, Ghansah, Anita, Asante, Kwaku Poku, Mvalo, Tisungane, Agnandji, Selidji Todagbe, Juliano, Jonathan J, Bailey, Jeffrey A

Source: BMC Infectious Diseases; 10/23/2023, Vol. 23 Issue 1, p1-9, 9p

Subject Terms: ANTIBODY formation, VACCINE effectiveness, PARASITEMIA, CLINICAL trials, MALARIA

Geographic Terms: GHANA

Evaluation of the Safety and Immunogenicity of the RTS,S/AS01 E Malaria Candidate Vaccine When Integrated in the Expanded Program of Immunization

Authors: Agnandji, Selidji T., Asante, Kwaku Poku, Lyimo, John, Vekemans, Johan, Soulanoudjingar, Solange S., Owusu, Ruth, Shomari, Mwanajaa, Leach, Amanda, Fernandes, Jose, Dosoo, David, Chikawe, Maria, Issifou, Saadou, Osei-Kwakye, Kingsley, Lievens, Marc, Paricek, Maria, Apanga, Stephen, Mwangoka, Grace, Okissi, Blaise, Kwara, Evans, Minja, Rose, Lange, Jorn, Boahen, Owusu, Kayan, Kingsley, Adjei, George, Chandramohan, Daniel, Jongert, Erik, Demoitié, Marie-Ange, Dubois, Marie-Claude, Carter, Terrel, Vansadia, Preeti, Villafana, Tonya, Sillman, Marla, Savarese, Barbara, Lapierre, Didier, Ballou, William Ripley, Greenwood, Brian, Tanner, Marcel, Cohen, Joe, Kremsner, Peter G., Lell, Bertrand, Owusu-Agyei, Seth, Abdulla, Salim

Source: The Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2010 Oct 01. 202(7), 1076-1087.

Access URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/20780228

Prevalence of Hypertension in the Middle Belt of Ghana: A Community-Based Screening Study.

Authors: Dosoo, David Kwame¹, Nyame, Solomon¹, Enuameh, Yeetey², Ayetey, Harold^3,4, Danwonno, Harry¹, Twumasi, Mieks¹, Tabiri, Cephas¹, Gyaase, Stephaney¹, Lip, Gregory Y. H.^5,6, Owusu-Agyei, Seth^1,7, Asante, Kwaku Poku¹

Source: International Journal of Hypertension. 10/7/2019, p1-7. 7p.

Subject Terms: *HYPERTENSION risk factors, *HYPERTENSION epidemiology, *ANTHROPOMETRY, *BLOOD pressure, *CONFIDENCE intervals, *HYPERTENSION, *INTELLECT, *PUBLIC health surveillance, *DISEASE prevalence, *DESCRIPTIVE statistics, *DISEASE complications, *PREVENTION

Geographic Terms: GHANA

Company/Entity: WORLD Health Organization

Safety and efficacy of the RTS,S/AS01E candidate malaria vaccine given with expanded-programme-on-immunisation vaccines: 19 month follow-up of a randomised, open-label, phase 2 trial

Authors: Asante, Kwaku Poku, Abdulla, Salim, Agnandji, Selidji, Lyimo, John, Vekemans, Johan, Soulanoudjingar, Solange, Owusu, Ruth, Shomari, Mwanajaa, Leach, Amanda, Jongert, Erik, Salim, Nahya, Fernandes, Jose F, Dosoo, David, Chikawe, Maria, Issifou, Saadou, Osei-Kwakye, Kingsley, Lievens, Marc, Paricek, Maria, Möller, Tina, Apanga, Stephen, Mwangoka, Grace, Dubois, Marie-Claude, Madi, Tigani, Kwara, Evans, Minja, Rose, Hounkpatin, Aurore B, Boahen, Owusu, Kayan, Kingsley, Adjei, George, Chandramohan, Daniel, Carter, Terrell, Vansadia, Preeti, Sillman, Marla, Savarese, Barbara, Loucq, Christian, Lapierre, Didier, Greenwood, Brian, Cohen, Joe, Kremsner, Peter, Owusu-Agyei, Seth, Tanner, Marcel, Lell, Bertrand

Source: In The Lancet Infectious Diseases October 2011 11(10):741-749

Malaria Transmission Intensity Likely Modifies RTS, S/AS01 Efficacy Due to a Rebound Effect in Ghana, Malawi, and Gabon.

Authors: Bell, Griffin J, Goel, Varun, Essone, Paulin, Dosoo, David, Adu, Bright, Mensah, Benedicta Ayiedu, Gyaase, Stephaney, Wiru, Kenneth, Mougeni, Fabrice, Osei, Musah, Minsoko, Pamela, Sinai, Cyrus, Niaré, Karamoko, Juliano, Jonathan J, Hudgens, Michael, Ghansah, Anita, Kamthunzi, Portia, Mvalo, Tisungane, Agnandji, Selidji Todagbe, Bailey, Jeffrey A

Source: Journal of Infectious Diseases; Nov2022, Vol. 226 Issue 9, p1646-1656, 11p

Subject Terms: PROTOZOA, VACCINES, MALARIA, RESEARCH funding

Geographic Terms: MALAWI, GHANA, GABON

Assessing the relationship between gravidity and placental malaria among pregnant women in a high transmission area in Ghana.

Authors: Akinnawo, Ayodele, Seyram, Kaali, Kaali, Ellen Boamah, Harrison, Samuel, Dosoo, David, Cairns, Matthew, Asante, Kwaku Poku

Source: Malaria Journal; 8/20/2022, Vol. 21 Issue 1, p1-8, 8p

Subject Terms: PREGNANT women, MALARIA, PLACENTA, LOGISTIC regression analysis, YOUNG women

Geographic Terms: GHANA

Trends in multiplicity of Plasmodium falciparum infections among asymptomatic residents in the middle belt of Ghana

Authors: Agyeman-Budu Akua, Brown Charles, Adjei George, Adams Mohammed, Dosoo David, Dery Dominic, Wilson Michael, Asante Kwaku P, Greenwood Brian, Owusu-Agyei Seth

Source: Malaria Journal, Vol 12, Iss 1, p 22 (2013)

Subject Terms: Malaria, Multiplicity of infections, Plasmodium falciparum, Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine, RC955-962, Infectious and parasitic diseases, RC109-216

File Description: electronic resource

Relation: http://www.malariajournal.com/content/12/1/22; https://doaj.org/toc/1475-2875

Access URL: https://doaj.org/article/c26a4a91891547b2bfa64b4b5b4a6309

Malaria epidemiology in the Ahafo area of Ghana

Authors: Amenga-Etego Seeba, Dosoo David, Tchum Kofi, Adjuik Martin, Antwi-Dadzie Yaw, Adjei George, Brown Charles, Dery Dominic B, Zandoh Charles, Asante Kwaku P, Mensah Christine, Owusu-Sekyere Kwabena B, Anderson Chris, Krieger Gary, Owusu-Agyei Seth

Source: Malaria Journal, Vol 10, Iss 1, p 211 (2011)

Subject Terms: Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine, RC955-962, Infectious and parasitic diseases, RC109-216

File Description: electronic resource

Relation: http://www.malariajournal.com/content/10/1/211; https://doaj.org/toc/1475-2875

Access URL: https://doaj.org/article/e3a945bc9fb6487e950576a151dcf42e

Patterns and seasonality of malaria transmission in the forest-savannah transitional zones of Ghana

Authors: Wilson Mike, Amenga-Etego Seeba, Dosoo David, Adams Mohammed, Asante Kwaku, Brown Charles, Dery Dominic B, Chandramohan Daniel, Greenwood Brian, Owusu-Agyei Seth

Source: Malaria Journal, Vol 9, Iss 1, p 314 (2010)

Subject Terms: Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine, RC955-962, Infectious and parasitic diseases, RC109-216

File Description: electronic resource

Relation: http://www.malariajournal.com/content/9/1/314; https://doaj.org/toc/1475-2875

Access URL: https://doaj.org/article/b0e04b87634a4700a1886f5a9a3e1ada

Epidemiology of malaria in the forest-savanna transitional zone of Ghana

Authors: Newton Sam, Adams Mohammed, Awini Elizabeth, Adjei George, Adjuik Martin, Asante Kwaku, Owusu-Agyei Seth, Dosoo David, Dery Dominic, Agyeman-Budu Akua, Gyapong John, Greenwood Brian, Chandramohan Daniel

Source: Malaria Journal, Vol 8, Iss 1, p 220 (2009)

Subject Terms: Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine, RC955-962, Infectious and parasitic diseases, RC109-216

File Description: electronic resource

Relation: http://www.malariajournal.com/content/8/1/220; https://doaj.org/toc/1475-2875

Access URL: https://doaj.org/article/37746c62baea4532a8790fb6f562ecb5

Bacterial and Fungal Gut Community Dynamics Over the First 5 Years of Life in Predominantly Rural Communities in Ghana.

Authors: Amenyogbe, Nelly, Adu-Gyasi, Dennis, Enuameh, Yeetey, Asante, Kwaku Poku, Konadu, Dennis Gyasi, Kaali, Seyram, Dosoo, David, Panigrahi, Pinaki, Kollmann, Tobias R., Mohn, William W., Owusu-Agyei, Seth

Source: Frontiers in Microbiology; 7/6/2021, Vol. 12, p1-12, 12p

Subject Terms: FUNGAL communities, COMMENSALISM, BREAST milk, COUNTRY life, RURAL children, CHILDREN'S health, BIRTH intervals

Geographic Terms: GHANA

Pharmacokinetic profile of amodiaquine and its active metabolite desethylamodiaquine in Ghanaian patients with uncomplicated falciparum malaria.

Authors: Anyorigiya, Thomas A., Castel, Sandra, Mauff, Katya, Atuguba, Frank, Ogutu, Bernhards, Oduro, Abraham, Dosoo, David, Asante, Kwaku-Poku, Owusu-Agyei, Seth, Dodoo, Alexander, Hodgson, Abraham, Binka, Fred, Workman, Lesley J., Allen, Elizabeth N., Denti, Paolo, Wiesner, Lubbe, Barnes, Karen I.

Source: Malaria Journal; 1/6/2021, Vol. 20 Issue 1, p1-15, 15p

Subject Terms: BLOOD cell count, PHARMACOKINETICS, MALARIA, AGE groups, OLDER patients

Profiles of Plasmodium falciparum infections detected by microscopy through the first year of life in Kintampo a high transmission area of Ghana.

Authors: Botwe, Akua Kyerewaa, Owusu-Agyei, Seth, Asghar, Muhammad, Hammar, Ulf, Oppong, Felix Boakye, Gyaase, Stephaney, Dosoo, David, Jakpa, Gabriel, Boamah, Ellen, Twumasi, Mieks Frenken, Osier, Faith, Färnert, Anna, Asante, Kwaku Poku

Source: PLoS ONE; 10/19/2020, Vol. 15 Issue 10, p1-20, 20p

Subject Terms: PLASMODIUM falciparum, MALARIA, MICROSCOPY, VISITING the sick, INFECTION, CHILD mortality

Geographic Terms: GHANA