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Yaw Adu‐Sarkodie · Sankore

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Yaw Adu‐Sarkodie

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ORCID 0000-0003-2093-1534

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29

Citations

291

h-index

9

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9

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Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology42 works
Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine1 works

Publications

29 works in the graph, newest first.

Environmental surveillance of pathogens in Africa
2026Applied and Environmental MicrobiologyJournalOpen access2 citations10.1128/aem.01932-25
Statistical methods for predicting the presence of Salmonella Typhi in wastewater samples at Asante Akyem Agogo, Ghana
2026PLoS neglected tropical diseasesJournalOpen access1 citations10.1371/journal.pntd.0013973
Detection and complete genome characterisation of bat coronaviruses from Ghana
2026Archives of VirologyJournalOpen access0 citations10.1007/s00705-026-06628-y
Serological responses to SARS-CoV-2 in urban and rural Ghana: Antibody waning and implications for long-term population immunity
2026PLoS ONEJournalOpen access0 citations10.1371/journal.pone.0348281
Inspiring, shaping and sustaining an African research & development agenda

2026Nature MedicineJournalOpen access0 citations10.1038/s41591-026-04480-w

Phylogenomics and antimicrobial resistance genes of invasive non-typhoidal Salmonella in the Ashanti region of Ghana

2026BMC MicrobiologyJournalOpen accessSenior author0 citations10.1186/s12866-026-05564-w

Risk Factors for Typhoid Fever: Systematic Review

2025JMIR Public Health and SurveillanceJournalOpen access14 citations10.2196/67544

Evaluation of Moore and grab sampling method for Salmonella Typhi detection in environmental samples in Ghana

2025PLoS ONEJournalOpen access4 citations10.1371/journal.pone.0318840

Genetic association of ACE2 rs2285666 (C>T) and rs2106809 (A>G) and susceptibility to SARS-CoV-2 infection among the Ghanaian population

2025Frontiers in GeneticsJournalOpen access2 citations10.3389/fgene.2025.1555515

Population-based cross-sectional seroprevalence study of SARS-CoV-2 infection in urban residential areas in Ghana

2025BMJ Public HealthJournalOpen access2 citations10.1136/bmjph-2024-001994

Viral zoonotic disease outbreaks and response strategies in Sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review

2025One Health OutlookJournalOpen access2 citations10.1186/s42522-025-00186-0

Atypical causes of respiratory virus infections in Sub-Saharan Africa from 2013– 2023: a systematic review and meta-analysis

2025BMC Infectious DiseasesJournalOpen access2 citations10.1186/s12879-025-11028-9

Filling a critical gap: a qualitative study of HIV prevention needs and vulnerability among older sexual minority men in Ghana

2025Discover Social Science and HealthJournalOpen accessFirst author0 citations10.1007/s44155-025-00167-8

AmpliconTyper – a tool for analysing ONT multiplex PCR data from environmental and other complex samples

2025Microbial GenomicsJournalOpen access0 citations10.1099/mgen.0.001421

Strengthening community engagement capacity for vaccine trial readiness in West Africa: A platform approach anchored in Lassa fever preparedness

2025Journal of Interventional Epidemiology and Public HealthJournalOpen access0 citations10.37432/jieph-confpro5-00123

Incidence of typhoid fever in Burkina Faso, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Ghana, Madagascar, and Nigeria (the Severe Typhoid in Africa programme): a population-based study

2024The Lancet Global HealthJournalOpen access64 citations10.1016/s2214-109x(24)00007-x

Aetiological agents of pneumonia among HIV and non-HIV infected children in Ghana: A case-control study

2024PLoS ONEJournalOpen accessSenior author6 citations10.1371/journal.pone.0299222

Defining a research agenda for environmental wastewater surveillance of pathogens

2023Nature MedicineJournalOpen access21 citations10.1038/s41591-023-02457-7

Attitudes of health care professionals towards interprofessional teamwork in Ashanti Region, Ghana

2023BMC Medical EducationJournalOpen accessSenior author17 citations10.1186/s12909-023-04307-z

Characterization of Typhoid Intestinal Perforation in Africa: Results From the Severe Typhoid Fever Surveillance in Africa Program

2023Open Forum Infectious DiseasesJournalOpen access13 citations10.1093/ofid/ofad138

Typhoid Control in an Era of Antimicrobial Resistance: Challenges and Opportunities

2023Open Forum Infectious DiseasesJournalOpen access10 citations10.1093/ofid/ofad135

Fever in focus: Symptoms, diagnoses and treatment of febrile children in Ghana—A longitudinal hospital study

2023Tropical Medicine & International HealthJournalOpen access2 citations10.1111/tmi.13962

PA-261 Enhancing referral and participation in surveillance through facilitated participatory training in Asante Akim Agogo, Ghana: The TyVEGHA experience

2023PublicationOpen access1 citations10.1136/bmjgh-2023-edc.133

PA-259 Overcoming challenges in vaccination campaign during COVID-19: lessons learned from the TyVEGHA study

2023PublicationOpen access0 citations10.1136/bmjgh-2023-edc.132

Estimating typhoid incidence from community-based serosurveys: a multicohort study

2022The Lancet MicrobeJournalOpen access66 citations10.1016/s2666-5247(22)00114-8

Using drones to transport suspected COVID-19 samples; experiences from the second largest testing centre in Ghana, West Africa

2022PLoS ONEJournalOpen access27 citations10.1371/journal.pone.0277057

High seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 in Burkina-Faso, Ghana and Madagascar in 2021: a population-based study

2022BMC Public HealthJournalOpen access23 citations10.1186/s12889-022-13918-y

Detection of Salmonella Typhi nucleic acid by RT-PCR and anti-HlyE, -CdtB, -PilL, and -Vi IgM by ELISA at sites in Ghana, Madagascar and Ethiopia

2022BMC Infectious DiseasesJournalOpen access8 citations10.1186/s12879-022-07726-3

Surveillance and laboratory collaboration in response to an outbreak of Vibrio parahaemolyticus, Plesiomonas shigelloides, and Aeromonas hydrophila in Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana: a case series

2022Journal of Medical Case ReportsJournalOpen access4 citations10.1186/s13256-021-03243-0