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Yaw Ampem Amoako · Sankore

Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital

Yaw Ampem Amoako

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ORCID 0000-0002-4642-789X

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Publications

41

Citations

175

h-index

8

Computed over the works the graph holds, so it is a floor rather than a career figure.

i10-index

6

Works published 2022 onward have been swept for this country. Figures are complete within that window, to the extent the open indexes are.

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Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology47 works
Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine33 works
Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital15 works
University of Cape Town1 works
Kwame Nkrumah University1 works
Western Cape Department of Health1 works

Publications

41 works in the graph, newest first.

Evidence based targeting of districts for active surveillance of skin-related neglected tropical diseases in Ghana
2026PLOS Global Public HealthJournalOpen access0 citations10.1371/journal.pgph.0006074
Assessment of the role of Haemophilus ducreyi coinfection on outcomes of Yaws treatment in the southwestern part of Ghana
2026PLoS neglected tropical diseasesJournalOpen accessSenior authorCorresponding0 citations10.1371/journal.pntd.0014182
Assessing the acceptability of photographs and medical illustrations in Buruli ulcer health communication among health providers, community volunteers and community members in endemic districts of Ghana
2026PLoS neglected tropical diseasesJournalOpen accessCorresponding0 citations10.1371/journal.pntd.0014275
Field deployment of a mobile suitcase laboratory for Buruli ulcer diagnosis in Ghana
2026PLoS neglected tropical diseasesJournalOpen access0 citations10.1371/journal.pntd.0013683

Characterization of secondary bacterial infections in Buruli ulcer disease in Ghana: a focus on antimicrobial resistant Staphylococcus aureus

2026BMC Infectious DiseasesJournalOpen accessCorresponding0 citations10.1186/s12879-026-13986-0

2025Nature Reviews Disease PrimersJournal3 citations10.1038/s41572-025-00672-9

Improved protocols for isolation of Mycobacterium ulcerans from clinical samples

2025BMC MicrobiologyJournalOpen accessCorresponding3 citations10.1186/s12866-025-03835-6

Antimicrobial resistant bacteria isolated from Buruli ulcer lesions in Ghana

2025PLoS neglected tropical diseasesJournalOpen accessCorresponding2 citations10.1371/journal.pntd.0013140

Next-generation sequencing reveals viral aetiologies of encephalitis in Ghana: a prospective cross-sectional study

2025BMC Infectious DiseasesJournalOpen access1 citations10.1186/s12879-025-11436-x

Body Mapping as Risk Factors for Non-Communicable Diseases in Ghana: Evidence from Ghana’s 2023 Nationwide Steps Survey

2025ObesitiesJournalOpen access1 citations10.3390/obesities5040071

Clinical epidemiology of Buruli ulcer disease in Ghana, 2006–2024

2025Clinical and Experimental DermatologyJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding2 citations10.1093/ced/llaf326

Seroprevalence and geospatial epidemiology of yaws: Evidence from Ghana

2025PLoS neglected tropical diseasesJournalOpen accessCorresponding1 citations10.1371/journal.pntd.0013632

Ethnographic study of Buruli ulcer wound management practices in a traditional therapeutic setting in Ghana

2025International Journal for Equity in HealthJournalOpen access1 citations10.1186/s12939-025-02640-x

Dietary variability and micronutrient status of individuals with Yaws infection in Ghana: A case-control study

2025PLoS ONEJournalOpen accessSenior authorCorresponding0 citations10.1371/journal.pone.0334628

An Overlooked Cause of Generalized Edema: A Case of Strongyloides stercoralis Hyperinfection Syndrome

2025Clinical Case ReportsJournalOpen access0 citations10.1002/ccr3.71609

Evaluating the World Health Organization’s SkinNTDs App as a Training Tool for Skin Neglected Tropical Diseases in Ghana and Kenya: Cross-Sectional Study

2024Journal of Medical Internet ResearchJournalOpen access17 citations10.2196/51628

Stigma experiences, effects and coping among individuals affected by Buruli ulcer and yaws in Ghana

2024PLoS neglected tropical diseasesJournalOpen accessCorresponding12 citations10.1371/journal.pntd.0012093

Improving experiences of neglected tropical diseases of the skin: Mixed methods formative research for development of a complex intervention in Atwima Mponua District, Ghana

2024PLOS Global Public HealthJournalOpen access8 citations10.1371/journal.pgph.0002833

Clinical and microbiological predictors of healing in Buruli ulcer disease

2024Journal of Clinical Tuberculosis and Other Mycobacterial DiseasesJournalOpen accessCorresponding7 citations10.1016/j.jctube.2024.100415

Development of an integrated and decentralised skin health strategy to improve experiences of skin neglected tropical diseases and other skin conditions in Atwima Mponua District, Ghana

2024PLOS Global Public HealthJournalOpen access7 citations10.1371/journal.pgph.0002809

Prevalence and determinants of impetigo in Ghana: a cross-sectional study

2024BMC Infectious DiseasesJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding6 citations10.1186/s12879-024-09242-y

Implementation of an integrated control programme for neglected tropical diseases of the skin in Ghana: The essential role of the laboratory

2024Journal of Clinical Tuberculosis and Other Mycobacterial DiseasesJournalOpen accessCorresponding6 citations10.1016/j.jctube.2024.100442

Outcomes and Toxicities After Treatment for Men Diagnosed With Localized Prostate Cancer in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

2024Advances in Radiation OncologyJournalOpen access3 citations10.1016/j.adro.2024.101670

Burden of scabies in a Ghanaian penitentiary

2024PLoS ONEJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding3 citations10.1371/journal.pone.0312108

Clinical epidemiology, determinants, and outcomes of viral encephalitis in Ghana; a cross-sectional study

2024PLoS ONEJournalOpen access2 citations10.1371/journal.pone.0297277

Traditional healers' perception on scabies causation and management in Ghana

2024Tropical Medicine & International HealthJournalOpen accessSenior authorCorresponding2 citations10.1111/tmi.13989

Bacterial diversity in Buruli ulcer lesions in Ghana

2024Journal of Clinical Tuberculosis and Other Mycobacterial DiseasesJournalOpen accessCorresponding2 citations10.1016/j.jctube.2024.100468

Safety and efficacy of praziquantel in pregnant women infected with Schistosoma haematobium

2024International Journal of Infectious DiseasesJournalOpen access1 citations10.1016/j.ijid.2024.107327

Beliefs, attitudes and practices towards scabies in central Ghana

2023PLoS neglected tropical diseasesJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding16 citations10.1371/journal.pntd.0011175

Role and capacity needs of community based surveillance volunteers in the integrated management of skin neglected tropical diseases (skin NTDs): a qualitative study from central Ghana

2023BMC Public HealthJournalOpen accessCorresponding12 citations10.1186/s12889-023-16015-w

Endemic infectious cutaneous ulcers syndrome in the Oti Region of Ghana: Study of cutaneous leishmaniasis, yaws and Haemophilus ducreyi cutaneous ulcers

2023PLoS ONEJournalOpen access11 citations10.1371/journal.pone.0292034

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

2023NIHR Open ResearchJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding2 citations10.3310/nihropenres.13332.2

Memory B-cells are enriched in the blood of patients with acute Buruli ulcer disease: a prospective observational study

2023BMC Infectious DiseasesJournalOpen access0 citations10.1186/s12879-023-08370-1

PA-706 Clinical and microbiological predictors of healing in Buruli ulcer disease

2023PublicationOpen access0 citations10.1136/bmjgh-2023-edc.274

Assessing the Quality of the World Health Organization’s Skin NTDs App as a Training Tool in Ghana and Kenya: Protocol for a Cross-sectional Study

2022JMIR Research ProtocolsJournalOpen access13 citations10.2196/39393

Genetic characterization of varicella-zoster and HIV-1 viruses from the cerebrospinal fluid of a co-infected encephalitic patient, Ghana

2022Virology JournalJournalOpen access8 citations10.1186/s12985-022-01854-7

Fasting blood glucose in a Ghanaian adult is causally affected by malaria parasite load: a mechanistic case study using convergent cross mapping

2022Malaria JournalJournalOpen access9 citations10.1186/s12936-022-04076-y

Additional files for BuruliRifDACC

2022Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)JournalOpen accessFirst author6 citations10.5281/zenodo.7263509

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

2022NIHR Open ResearchJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding3 citations10.3310/nihropenres.13332.1

Mental distress and health-related quality of life in gambiense human African trypanosomiasis: a case–control study in the Democratic Republic of Congo

2022Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and HygieneJournal5 citations10.1093/trstmh/trac035

[123I]-metaiodobenzylguanidine imaging findings and outcome in patients with metastatic neuroblastoma

2022South African Journal of OncologyJournalOpen accessFirst author0 citations10.4102/sajo.v7i0.250