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Alexander Yaw Debrah · Sankore

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Alexander Yaw Debrah

ORCID, self-asserted

ORCID 0000-0001-5721-0891

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Publications

48

Citations

220

h-index

7

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7

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Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology47 works
Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine38 works
Pan African Christian University College1 works

Publications

48 works in the graph, newest first.

Establishing a filarial clinical research platform in a resource-limited setting: Lessons and experiences from Tanzania
2026PLoS neglected tropical diseasesJournalOpen access1 citations10.1371/journal.pntd.0013983
High-Dose Rifampicin Plus Albendazole Rapidly Clears Lymphatic Filariasis Circulating Filarial Antigen in a Randomised Clinical Trial: A Promising Step Toward Short-Course Macrofilaricidal Therapy
2026PathogensJournalOpen accessSenior authorCorresponding1 citations10.3390/pathogens15020174
Prevalence of Schistosoma bovis and Schistosoma haematobium hybrids in endemic communities in Ghana
2026PLoS ONEJournalOpen access0 citations10.1371/journal.pone.0339722
Helminth Antigens Modulate Virus-Induced Activation of CD154 (CD40L) Expression on T Cells in Onchocerca volvulus-Infected Individuals
2026PathogensJournalOpen access0 citations10.3390/pathogens15010093

Persistence of Onchocerciasis infection after decades of mass drug administration in the Western North Region of Ghana

2026Journal of Science and Technology (Ghana)JournalOpen accessSenior author0 citations10.4314/just.v44i1.2

Assessing the efficacy of high-dose rifampicin plus albendazole against onchocerciasis

2026PLoS neglected tropical diseasesJournalOpen accessSenior authorCorresponding0 citations10.1371/journal.pntd.0014594

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

2026BMC MicrobiologyJournalOpen access0 citations10.1186/s12866-026-05564-w

Vector-borne helminthiases: a road map for current and future research to support control and elimination in sub-Saharan Africa

2025The Lancet Infectious DiseasesJournalOpen access11 citations10.1016/s1473-3099(25)00084-2

Helminth Coinfections Modulate Disease Dynamics and Vaccination Success in the Era of Emerging Infectious Diseases

2025VaccinesJournalOpen accessSenior authorCorresponding10 citations10.3390/vaccines13050436

Robust COVID-19 Vaccine Responses Despite Filarial Co-Infection: Insights from a Lymphatic Filariasis Cohort in Ghana

2025VaccinesJournalOpen access4 citations10.3390/vaccines13030312

Helminth Seropositivity Inversely Correlated with Th1 and Th17 Cytokines and Severe COVID-19

2025VaccinesJournalOpen access3 citations10.3390/vaccines13030252

Changes in circulating filarial antigen status in previously positive individuals: Lessons for treatment monitoring and pre-transmission assessment surveys

2025PLoS neglected tropical diseasesJournalOpen accessSenior authorCorresponding3 citations10.1371/journal.pntd.0012802

Haemato‐Urological Profile and Asymptomatic Urinary Tract Infection in Ghanaian Steady‐State Sickle Cell Disease Patients: A Case‐Control Study

2025Health Science ReportsJournalOpen access3 citations10.1002/hsr2.70643

Evidence of high genetic diversity among parasite populations in a schistosomiasis hotspot

2025Microbiology SpectrumJournalOpen access1 citations10.1128/spectrum.02272-24

Humoral immune response to COVID-19 vaccines in onchocerciasis-infected individuals: a field study from Ghana

2025Frontiers in ImmunologyJournalOpen access0 citations10.3389/fimmu.2025.1633187

Monocyte transcriptome signatures of inflammation and enhanced neutrophil recruitment characterize immunopathology in the blood of tuberculosis patients

2024Journal of InfectionJournalOpen access5 citations10.1016/j.jinf.2024.106359

Efficacy of Intensified Hygiene Measures with or without the Addition of Doxycycline in the Management of Filarial Lymphedema: A Randomized Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Clinical Trial in Tanzania

2024American Journal of Tropical Medicine and HygieneJournalOpen access6 citations10.4269/ajtmh.24-0049

Adherence to Hygiene Protocols and Doxycycline Therapy in Ameliorating Lymphatic Filariasis Morbidity in an Endemic Area Post-Interruption of Disease Transmission in Ghana

2024American Journal of Tropical Medicine and HygieneJournalOpen accessSenior author5 citations10.4269/ajtmh.24-0313

Diversity of Culicoides in the middle belt of Ghana with Implications on the transmission of Mansonella perstans; a molecular approach

2024Parasites & VectorsJournalOpen access4 citations10.1186/s13071-024-06179-8

Association of haemato-biochemical indices and blood composite ratios with microfilaridermia in Onchocerciasis patients

2024BMC Infectious DiseasesJournalOpen accessSenior authorCorresponding3 citations10.1186/s12879-024-09278-0

Differences in PPD- and mitogen-induced T-cell activation marker expression characterize immunopathology in acute tuberculosis patients

2024European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious DiseasesJournalOpen access2 citations10.1007/s10096-023-04741-3

Antibody response to malaria vaccine candidates in pregnant women with Plasmodium falciparum and Schistosoma haematobium infections

2024Parasite ImmunologyJournal2 citations10.1111/pim.13027

Concomitant parasite infections influence tuberculosis immunopathology and favor rapid sputum conversion of pulmonary tuberculosis patients

2024Annals of Clinical Microbiology and AntimicrobialsJournalOpen access0 citations10.1186/s12941-024-00756-6

Impaired T-cell response to phytohemagglutinin (PHA) in tuberculosis patients is associated with high IL-6 plasma levels and normalizes early during anti-mycobacterial treatment

2023InfectionJournalOpen access12 citations10.1007/s15010-023-01977-1

Reduced Type 2 Innate Lymphocyte Cell Frequencies in Patent Wuchereria bancrofti-Infected Individuals

2023PathogensJournalOpen access6 citations10.3390/pathogens12050665

Stage-Dependent Increase of Systemic Immune Activation and CCR5+CD4+ T Cells in Filarial Driven Lymphedema in Ghana and Tanzania

2023PathogensJournalOpen access6 citations10.3390/pathogens12060809

Monocyte pathology in human tuberculosis is due to plasma milieu changes and aberrant STAT signalling

2023ImmunologyJournalOpen access5 citations10.1111/imm.13659

Malaria, Urogenital Schistosomiasis, and Anaemia in Pregnant Ghanaian Women

2023Journal of Parasitology ResearchJournalOpen access5 citations10.1155/2023/7500676

Histopathological evaluation of Onchocerca volvulus nodules by microscopy and by digital image analysis for the study of macrofilaricidal drug efficacy

2023Frontiers in MedicineJournalOpen access3 citations10.3389/fmed.2023.1099926

Filariasis research – from basic research to drug development and novel diagnostics, over a decade of research at the Institute for Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology, Bonn, Germany

2023Frontiers in Tropical DiseasesJournalOpen access7 citations10.3389/fitd.2023.1126173

Diminished Interleukin-7 receptor expression on T-cell subsets in tuberculosis patients

2023Human ImmunologyJournal6 citations10.1016/j.humimm.2023.08.141

First genome-wide association study for lymphatic filariasis in a West African population points to a human leukocyte antigen-mediated disease pathophysiology

2023International Journal of Infectious DiseasesJournalOpen access5 citations10.1016/j.ijid.2023.04.408

Mhealth tools for community-based infectious disease surveillance in Africa: a scoping review

2023European Journal of Public HealthJournalOpen access1 citations10.1093/eurpub/ckad160.020

Increased HIV Incidence in Wuchereria bancrofti Microfilaria Positive Individuals in Tanzania

2023PathogensJournalOpen access4 citations10.3390/pathogens12030387

BCG-Vaccinated Children with Contact to Tuberculosis Patients Show Delayed Conversion of Mycobacterium tuberculosis-Specific IFN-γ Release

2023VaccinesJournalOpen access2 citations10.3390/vaccines11040855

Mhealth tools for community-based infectious disease surveillance in Africa: a scoping review protocol

2023BMJ OpenJournalOpen access2 citations10.1136/bmjopen-2023-074884

Plasma levels of fibrinolytic and coagulation biomarkers in HIV‐infected individuals on highly active antiretroviral therapy: A case‐control study in a Northern Ghanaian population

2023Health Science ReportsJournalOpen access2 citations10.1002/hsr2.1436

AccessSeroprevalence and the Associated Risk Factorsof Toxoplasma GondiiInfection among PregnantWomenin The Middle Belt of Ghana

2023Journal of Maternal and Child HealthJournalOpen accessSenior author0 citations10.26911/thejmch.2023.08.05.02

Plasma cytokine levels characterize disease pathogenesis and treatment response in tuberculosis patients

2022InfectionJournalOpen access28 citations10.1007/s15010-022-01870-3

Occurrence of Lymphatic Filariasis infection after 15 years of mass drug administration in two hotspot districts in the Upper East Region of Ghana

2022PLoS neglected tropical diseasesJournalOpen accessSenior authorCorresponding19 citations10.1371/journal.pntd.0010129

Filarial Lymphedema Patients Are Characterized by Exhausted CD4+ T Cells

2022Frontiers in Cellular and Infection MicrobiologyJournalOpen access14 citations10.3389/fcimb.2021.767306

Step towards elimination of Wuchereria bancrofti in Southwest Tanzania 10 years after mass drug administration with Albendazole and Ivermectin

2022PLoS neglected tropical diseasesJournalOpen access10 citations10.1371/journal.pntd.0010044

The viability of utilising phone-based text messages in data capture and reporting morbidities due to lymphatic Filariasis by community health workers: a qualitative study in Kilwa district, Tanzania

2022BMC Health Services ResearchJournalOpen access5 citations10.1186/s12913-022-08256-z

A qPCR to quantify Wolbachia from few Onchocerca volvulus microfilariae as a surrogate for adult worm histology in clinical trials of antiwolbachial drugs

2022Parasitology ResearchJournalOpen access3 citations10.1007/s00436-021-07411-5

Doxycycline Treatment of Mansonella perstans–Infected Individuals Affects Immune Cell Activation and Causes Long-term T-cell Polarization

2022Clinical Infectious DiseasesJournal3 citations10.1093/cid/ciac428

Whole blood transcriptome analysis in onchocerciasis

2022Current Research in Parasitology and Vector-Borne DiseasesJournalOpen access1 citations10.1016/j.crpvbd.2022.100100

Effect of pulmonary tuberculosis on natural anticoagulant activity in therapy-naïve Ghanaian adults; a case-control study

2022Journal of Immunoassay and ImmunochemistryJournalSenior author7 citations10.1080/15321819.2021.2001002

T-Cell Responses Against Mycobacterium ulcerans and Mycobacterium tuberculosis Protein Extracts Identify Children With Buruli Ulcer Disease

2022Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases SocietyJournal0 citations10.1093/jpids/piac092