Dorothy Yeboah-Manu
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Dorothy Yeboah-Manu's Degrees
- Bachelors Microbiology University of Ghana
- Masters Medical Microbiology Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
- PhD Microbiology University of Cape Coast
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Dorothy Yeboah-Manu is a microbiologist and Professor at the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research at the University of Ghana. She studies host and pathogen interactions and epidemiology. She won the 2018 Royal Society Africa Prize.
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Published Works
- Out-of-Africa migration and Neolithic co-expansion of Mycobacterium tuberculosis with modern humans (2013) (866)
- Street foods in Accra, Ghana: how safe are they? (2002) (578)
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis Lineage 4 comprises globally distributed and geographically restricted sublineages (2016) (263)
- Host-directed therapies for infectious diseases: current status, recent progress, and future prospects (2016) (227)
- Lockdown measures in response to COVID-19 in nine sub-Saharan African countries (2020) (168)
- On the origin of Mycobacterium ulcerans, the causative agent of Buruli ulcer (2012) (138)
- Two New Rapid SNP-Typing Methods for Classifying Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex into the Main Phylogenetic Lineages (2012) (136)
- Emergence of new SARS-CoV-2 Variant of Concern Omicron (B.1.1.529) - highlights Africa's research capabilities, but exposes major knowledge gaps, inequities of vaccine distribution, inadequacies in global COVID-19 response and control efforts (2021) (110)
- Towards host-directed therapies for tuberculosis (2015) (104)
- Current perspectives in drug discovery against tuberculosis from natural products. (2015) (86)
- Single Nucleotide Polymorphism Typing of Mycobacterium ulcerans Reveals Focal Transmission of Buruli Ulcer in a Highly Endemic Region of Ghana (2010) (83)
- COVID-19—Zoonosis or Emerging Infectious Disease? (2020) (80)
- Medicinal plants used to treat TB in Ghana. (2015) (74)
- Genomic Diversity and Evolution of Mycobacterium ulcerans Revealed by Next-Generation Sequencing (2009) (74)
- The role of street food vendors in the transmission of enteric pathogens (1999) (71)
- Application of a Simple Multiplex PCR To Aid in Routine Work of the Mycobacterium Reference Laboratory (2001) (70)
- Epidemiological aspects of non‐human antibiotic usage and resistance: implications for the control of antibiotic resistance in Ghana (2012) (68)
- Phylogenomics of Mycobacterium africanum reveals a new lineage and a complex evolutionary history (2020) (67)
- Genotypic Diversity and Drug Susceptibility Patterns among M. tuberculosis Complex Isolates from South-Western Ghana (2011) (66)
- Use of the Immunodominant 18-Kilodalton Small Heat Shock Protein as a Serological Marker for Exposure to Mycobacterium ulcerans (2006) (63)
- Evaluation of Decontamination Methods and Growth Media for Primary Isolation of Mycobacterium ulcerans from Surgical Specimens (2004) (62)
- Antimycobacterial and cytotoxic activity of selected medicinal plant extracts (2016) (62)
- Seasonality and Locality Affect the Diversity of Anopheles gambiae and Anopheles coluzzii Midgut Microbiota from Ghana (2016) (61)
- Mycobacterium africanum Is Associated with Patient Ethnicity in Ghana (2015) (57)
- Systemic suppression of interferon‐γ responses in Buruli ulcer patients resolves after surgical excision of the lesions caused by the extracellular pathogen Mycobacterium ulcerans (2006) (57)
- Genetic Diversity in Mycobacterium ulcerans Isolates from Ghana Revealed by a Newly Identified Locus Containing a Variable Number of Tandem Repeats (2006) (53)
- Secondary Bacterial Infections of Buruli Ulcer Lesions Before and After Chemotherapy with Streptomycin and Rifampicin (2013) (52)
- Mycobacterial species causing pulmonary tuberculosis at the korle bu teaching hospital, accra, ghana. (2010) (49)
- Bacteriological quality of ready-to-eat foods sold on and around university of Ghana campus. (2010) (48)
- Buruli Ulcer: a Review of the Current Knowledge (2018) (47)
- The global dynamics of diabetes and tuberculosis: the impact of migration and policy implications. (2017) (46)
- Diagnosis of Mycobacterium ulcerans infection (Buruli ulcer) at a treatment centre in Ghana: a retrospective analysis of laboratory results of clinically diagnosed cases (2008) (44)
- Sero-Epidemiology as a Tool to Screen Populations for Exposure to Mycobacterium ulcerans (2012) (42)
- Reference set of Mycobacterium tuberculosis clinical strains: A tool for research and product development (2018) (40)
- Spatio-Temporal Distribution of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex Strains in Ghana (2016) (39)
- Rapid and Sensitive Detection of Mycobacterium ulcerans by Use of a Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification Test (2012) (36)
- Detection and characterization of drug-resistant conferring genes in Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex strains: A prospective study in two distant regions of Ghana (2016) (33)
- Late Onset of the Serological Response against the 18 kDa Small Heat Shock Protein of Mycobacterium ulcerans in Children (2014) (33)
- Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Infections - a neglected and emerging problem. (2020) (32)
- Microbiological quality of "khebab" consumed in the accra metropolis. (2006) (32)
- Combining PCR with microscopy to reduce costs of laboratory diagnosis of Buruli ulcer. (2011) (31)
- Molecular epidemiology of Mycobacterium africanum in Ghana (2016) (31)
- Enhancing Buruli ulcer control in Ghana through social interventions: a case study from the Obom sub-district (2013) (31)
- Comparative genomics of Mycobacterium africanum Lineage 5 and Lineage 6 from Ghana suggests distinct ecological niches (2017) (29)
- Latent TB Infection (LTBI) - Mycobacterium tuberculosis pathogenesis and the dynamics of the granuloma battleground. (2019) (26)
- Evaluation of Customised Lineage-Specific Sets of MIRU-VNTR Loci for Genotyping Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex Isolates in Ghana (2014) (26)
- Minimizing the impact of the triple burden of COVID-19, tuberculosis and HIV on health services in sub-Saharan Africa (2021) (26)
- Susceptibility to Mycobacterium ulcerans Disease (Buruli ulcer) Is Associated with IFNG and iNOS Gene Polymorphisms (2017) (25)
- Isolation of Nontuberculous Mycobacteria from the Environment of Ghanian Communities Where Buruli Ulcer Is Endemic (2016) (24)
- Evaluation of GenoType MTBDRplus for the rapid detection of drug-resistant tuberculosis in Ghana. (2015) (24)
- Possible healthcare-associated transmission as a cause of secondary infection and population structure of Staphylococcus aureus isolates from two wound treatment centres in Ghana (2016) (24)
- Improving treatment outcomes for MDR-TB - Novel host-directed therapies and personalised medicine of the future. (2019) (23)
- Reduced transmission of Mycobacterium africanum compared to Mycobacterium tuberculosis in urban West Africa (2018) (23)
- Clinical and Laboratory Diagnosis of Buruli Ulcer Disease: A Systematic Review (2016) (23)
- Isolation of Mycobacterium ulcerans from Swab and Fine-Needle-Aspiration Specimens (2011) (23)
- Genomic analysis of ST88 community-acquired methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Ghana (2017) (22)
- Seasonal Pattern of Mycobacterium ulcerans, the Causative Agent of Buruli Ulcer, in the Environment in Ghana (2017) (22)
- Isolation and characterization of nontuberculous mycobacteria from patients with pulmonary tuberculosis in Ghana (2017) (22)
- Tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS and Malaria Health Services in sub-Saharan Africa – A Situation Analysis of the Disruptions and Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic (2022) (21)
- Assessing and managing wounds of Buruli ulcer patients at the primary and secondary health care levels in Ghana (2017) (20)
- Diagnosis of tuberculosis in ghana: the role of laboratory training. (2011) (20)
- Improving the laboratory diagnosis of TB in Ghana: the impact of a quality assurance system. (2006) (20)
- Primary cultivation: factors affecting contamination and Mycobacterium ulcerans growth after long turnover time of clinical specimens (2014) (19)
- Molecular epidemiology and whole genome sequencing analysis of clinical Mycobacterium bovis from Ghana (2018) (19)
- Prevalence of bovine tuberculosis in a dairy cattle farm and a research farm in Ghana. (2014) (18)
- Spatial Distribution of Mycobacterium ulcerans in Buruli Ulcer Lesions: Implications for Laboratory Diagnosis (2016) (18)
- Burden and Historical Trend of Buruli Ulcer Prevalence in Selected Communities along the Offin River of Ghana (2016) (18)
- Lack of Insertional-Deletional Polymorphism in a Collection of Mycobacterium ulcerans Isolates from Ghanaian Buruli Ulcer Patients (2009) (17)
- Situation analysis of TB microscopy centres in Ghana. (2006) (17)
- Cultural Understanding of Wounds, Buruli Ulcers and Their Management at the Obom Sub-district of the Ga South Municipality of the Greater Accra Region of Ghana (2016) (17)
- Challenges Associated with Management of Buruli Ulcer/Human Immunodeficiency Virus Coinfection in a Treatment Center in Ghana: A Case Series Study. (2015) (16)
- Taking forward the World TB Day 2016 theme ‘Unite to End Tuberculosis’ for the WHO Africa Region (2016) (16)
- The Biology and Epidemiology of Mycobacterium africanum. (2017) (16)
- Laboratory confirmation of Buruli ulcer cases in Ghana, 2008-2016 (2018) (15)
- A Sero-epidemiological Approach to Explore Transmission of Mycobacterium ulcerans (2016) (15)
- Significant under expression of the DosR regulon in M. tuberculosis complex lineage 6 in sputum (2017) (13)
- RNA Aptamer That Specifically Binds to Mycolactone and Serves as a Diagnostic Tool for Diagnosis of Buruli Ulcer (2016) (13)
- Local adaptation in populations of Mycobacterium tuberculosis endemic to the Indian Ocean Rim (2020) (13)
- Environmental and Behavioral Drivers of Buruli Ulcer Disease in Selected Communities along the Densu River Basin of Ghana: A Case-Control Study (2017) (13)
- The Study Of Bacterial Contamination Of Drinking Water Sources: A Case Study Of Mpraeso, Ghana (2012) (13)
- In Vitro Activity of Selected West African Medicinal Plants against Mycobacterium ulcerans Disease (2016) (12)
- In vitro antimycobacterial and cytotoxic data on medicinal plants used to treat tuberculosis (2016) (12)
- World TB Day 2022: Revamping and Reshaping Global TB Control Programs by Advancing Lessons learnt from the COVID-19 pandemic (2022) (12)
- Limited Genetic Diversity of Hepatitis B Virus in the General Population of the Offin River Valley in Ghana (2016) (11)
- Whole Genome Sequencing and Spatial Analysis Identifies Recent Tuberculosis Transmission Hotspots in Ghana (2020) (11)
- Gut microbiota signature of pathogen-dependent dysbiosis in viral gastroenteritis (2021) (11)
- The First population structure and comparative genomics analysis of Mycobacterium africanum strains from Ghana reveals higher diversity of Lineage 5 (2016) (10)
- Lockdown measures in response to COVID-19 in Sub-Saharan Africa: A rapid study of nine countries (2020) (10)
- Zoonotic Tuberculosis – The Changing Landscape (2021) (10)
- Learning from epidemiological, clinical, and immunological studies on Mycobacterium africanum for improving current understanding of host-pathogen interactions, and for the development and evaluation of diagnostics, host-directed therapies, and vaccines for tuberculosis. (2017) (10)
- TB-diabetes co-morbidity in Ghana: The importance of Mycobacterium africanum infection (2019) (9)
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex lineage 5 exhibits high levels of within-lineage genomic diversity and differing gene content compared to the type strain H37Rv (2020) (8)
- Low sensitivity of the MPT64 identification test to detect lineage 5 of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (2018) (8)
- Spatiotemporal Co-existence of Two Mycobacterium ulcerans Clonal Complexes in the Offin River Valley of Ghana (2016) (8)
- Local adaptation in populations of Mycobacterium tuberculosis endemic to the Indian Ocean Rim. (2021) (7)
- Drug Susceptibility Pattern of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Isolates From Ghana; Correlation with Clinical Response (2013) (7)
- Challenges of bovine tuberculosis control and genetic distribution in Africa (2019) (7)
- Second-line anti-tuberculosis drug resistance testing in Ghana identifies the first extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis case (2018) (7)
- A molecular and epidemiological study of Vibrio cholerae isolates from cholera outbreaks in southern Ghana (2020) (7)
- Microbial quality of infant foods from peri-urban Ghana. (1995) (6)
- Development of a Temperature-Switch PCR-Based SNP Typing Method for Mycobacterium ulcerans (2012) (6)
- OMNIgene SPUTUM: A good transport and decontaminating reagent for tuberculosis testing (2018) (6)
- Commemorating World TB Day 2020: “IT’S TIME” — It’s time to End the Global TB Epidemic (2020) (5)
- Molecular Analysis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Isolated in the North Central Zone of Nigeria (2019) (5)
- Drug discovery research in Ghana, challenges, current efforts, and the way forward (2022) (5)
- Social and Economic Factors Influencing Buruli Ulcer Health Seeking Decision Making in the Ga West and South Municipalities (2013) (5)
- Outcome of Streptomycin-Rifampicin treatment of Buruli Ulcer in two Ghanaian districts (2016) (5)
- Challenges associated with the treatment of Buruli ulcer (2018) (5)
- Secondary Infection of Buruli Ulcer Lesions (2019) (5)
- RISK FACTORS FOR PERSISTENT DIARRHOEA IN ACCRA. GHANA (1998) (4)
- Molecular epidemiology of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex in the Volta Region of Ghana (2021) (4)
- Zoonotic tuberculosis-a call for an open One Health debate. (2020) (4)
- Control of Streptococcal Infections: Is a Common Vaccine Target Achievable Against Streptococcus agalactiae and Streptococcus pneumoniae (2021) (4)
- Molecular epidemiology and drug susceptibility profiles of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex isolates from Northern Ghana. (2021) (4)
- World Tuberculosis Day 2022: aligning COVID-19 and tuberculosis innovations to save lives and to end tuberculosis (2022) (4)
- Methods used in preclinical assessment of anti-Buruli ulcer agents: A global perspective. (2015) (4)
- Bacterial Load Comparison of the Three Main Lineages of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex in West Africa (2021) (3)
- Diagnosis of tuberculosis among COVID-19 suspected cases in Ghana (2021) (3)
- Genotypic and phenotypic diversity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex genotypes prevalent in West Africa (2021) (2)
- Genetic Analysis of TB Susceptibility Variants in Ghana Reveals Candidate Protective Loci in SORBS2 and SCL11A1 Genes (2022) (2)
- Genomic epidemiological analysis identifies high relapse among individuals with recurring tuberculosis and provides evidence of recent household-related transmission of tuberculosis in Ghana (2021) (2)
- Prevalence of non-tuberculous mycobacteria among previously treated TB patients in the Gulf of Guinea, Africa (2022) (2)
- Relevance of genomic diversity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex in Africa. (2022) (2)
- Antimycobacterial ingredients from plants used in traditional medicine to treat Buruli ulcer (2016) (2)
- Antimycobacterial potency and cytotoxicity study of three medicinal plants (2016) (2)
- On the origin of Mycobacterium ulcerans, the causative agent of Buruli ulcer (2012) (2)
- Low sensitivity of the MPT 64 identification test to detect lineage 5 of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (2018) (1)
- Cover Editorial- IJID World TB Day 2020 Theme Series. (2020) (1)
- Bovine Tuberculosis in Ghana (2019) (1)
- A pilot study on the genetic diversity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex strains from tuberculosis patients in the Littoral region of Cameroon (2020) (1)
- Blue Skies research is essential for ending the Tuberculosis pandemic and advancing a personalized medicine approach for holistic management of Respiratory Tract infections. (2022) (1)
- In vitro Anti-Mycobacterium ulcerans and cytotoxic activities of some selected medicinal plants and an indoloquinoline alkaloid (2021) (1)
- Diarrhea-Causing Bacteria and Their Antibiotic Resistance Patterns Among Diarrhea Patients From Ghana (2022) (1)
- The re-emergence of Marburg virus Disease in West Africa: how prepared is the sub-region for preventing recurrent zoonotic outbreaks? (2023) (1)
- Longitudinal assessment of the bacterial burden of buruli ulcer wounds during treatment (2017) (1)
- Synthesis and Initial Testing of Novel Antimalarial and Antitubercular Isonicotinohydrazides (2022) (1)
- Back-to-Africa introductions of Mycobacterium tuberculosis as the main cause of tuberculosis in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (2022) (0)
- Microbial Profile of Root Canals of Pulpally Infected Teeth In Ghanaians (2020) (0)
- SARS-CoV-2 Molecular Evolutionary Dynamics in the Greater Accra Region, Ghana (2023) (0)
- The Potential Role of Aquatic Plants (Algae) And Insects in the Transmission of Mycobacterium ulcerans. (2020) (0)
- Mapping Mycobacterium tuberculosis genetic diversity in the Gulf of Guinea – Africa. (2021) (0)
- Oligonucleotides used for Luminex MOL-PCR. (2012) (0)
- Challenges associatedwith the treatment of Buruli ulcer SammyYawAboagye 1 (2018) (0)
- From research to health policy: The Noguchi story in the past, present and next 25 years (2023) (0)
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis strain diversity and Non Tuberculous Mycobacteria isolates in the West and Central Africa. (2021) (0)
- Gut microbiome variation in pulmonary TB patients with diabetes or HIV comorbidities (2023) (0)
- SPECIAL ARTICLE DIAGNOSIS OF TUBERCULOSIS IN GHANA: THE ROLE OF LABORA- TORY TRAINING (2010) (0)
- A combined effort of 11 laboratories in the WHO African region to improve quality of Buruli ulcer PCR diagnosis: The “BU-LABNET” (2022) (0)
- Phylogenetic population structure and drug resistance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex in the Volta Region of Ghana (2020) (0)
- Molecular epidemiology of bovine tuberculosis in Northern Ghana identifies several uncharacterized bovine spoligotypes and suggests possible zoonotic transmission (2022) (0)
- Drug resistance and spoligotype patterns of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolated in Nigeria (2018) (0)
- The Relevance of Genomic Epidemiology for Control of Tuberculosis in West Africa (2021) (0)
- Surveillance for peri-elimination trachoma recrudescence: Exploratory studies in Ghana (2021) (0)
- Comparative genomics of Mycobacterium africanum Lineage 5 and Lineage 6 from Ghana suggests distinct ecological niches (2018) (0)
- End of the Bedaquiline patent - a crucial development for moving forward affordable drugs, diagnostics, and vaccines for infectious diseases in low- and middle-income countries. (2023) (0)
- Analysis of drug resistance among difficult-to-treat tuberculosis patients in Ghana identifies several pre-XDR TB cases (2023) (0)
- Molecular epidemiology and multidrug resistance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex from pulmonary tuberculosis patients in the Eastern region of Ghana (2021) (0)
- Primary Isolation of Mycobacterium ulcerans. (2022) (0)
- DRUG RESISTANCE AND GENETIC PROFILE OF BACTERIAL SPECIES ASSOCIATED WITH BURULI ULCER WOUND INFECTIONS IN TWO DISTRICTS OF GHANA (2017) (0)
- Seasonal Pattern of Mycobacterium ulcerans, the Causative Agent of Buruli Ulcer, in the Environment in Ghana (2017) (0)
- Bacteriological and immunological studies towards effective control of "Mycobacterium ulcerans" disease (Buruli ulcer) (2006) (0)
- Social and Economic Factors Influencing Buruli Ulcer Health Seeking Decision Making in the Ga West and (2013) (0)
- In vitro antimycobacterial activity and toxicity of eight medicinal plants against pathogenic and nonpathogenic mycobacterial strains. (2016) (0)
- Buruli-RifDACC: Evaluation of the efficacy and cost-effectiveness of high-dose versus standard-dose rifampicin on outcomes in Mycobacterium ulcerans disease, a protocol for a randomised controlled trial in Ghana [version 1; peer review: 2 approved] (2022) (0)
- Mapping Mycobacterium tuberculosis genetic diversity and associated drug resistance in the Gulf of Guinea – Africa (2021) (0)
- Human slc11a1 Gene Polymorphism Has the Propensity to Confer Susceptibility to M. Africanum TB Disease in Ghana (2020) (0)
- In vitro antimycobacterial activity and toxicity of eight medicinal plants against pathogenic and nonpathogenic mycobacterial strains (2016) (0)
- Abstracts of the Eighth EDCTP Forum, 6–9 November 2016 (2017) (0)
- Activity of selected West African medicinal plants against Mycobacterium ulcerans disease (2016) (0)
- Reduced transmission of Mycobacterium africanum compared to M. tuberculosis in urban West Africa (2017) (0)
- World tuberculosis day 2023 - Reflections on the spread of drug-resistant tuberculosis by travellers and reducing risk in forcibly displaced populations. (2023) (0)
- Risk factors for Risk factor for TB caused by Lineage 5 compared to M. tuberculosis sensu stricto. (2015) (0)
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