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Kesego Tapela · Sankore

University of Ghana

Kesego Tapela

ORCID, self-asserted

ORCID 0000-0002-2458-0957

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Publications

10

Citations

170

h-index

7

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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Every institution this scholar has appeared with on a work, by how many.

University of Ghana14 works
West African Centre for Cell Biology of Infectious Pathogens11 works

Publications

10 works in the graph, newest first.

JAK-STAT and IL-17 pathway dysregulation underlies persistent immune dysfunction in ART-experienced people living with HIV in Ghana
2026Frontiers in ImmunologyJournalOpen access1 citations10.3389/fimmu.2026.1753475
Cellular immune response to SARS-CoV-2 and clinical presentation in individuals exposed to endemic malaria
2024Cell ReportsJournalOpen accessFirst author16 citations10.1016/j.celrep.2024.114533
Upper Airway Epithelial Tissue Transcriptome Analysis Reveals Immune Signatures Associated with COVID‐19 Severity in Ghanaians
2024Journal of Immunology ResearchJournalOpen access6 citations10.1155/2024/6668017
Knowledge, attitude and perception towards COVID-19 among representative educated sub-Saharan Africans: A cross-sectional study during the exponential phase of the pandemic
2024PLoS ONEJournalOpen access3 citations10.1371/journal.pone.0281342

The COVID-19, tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS: Ménage à Trois

2023Frontiers in ImmunologyJournalOpen access38 citations10.3389/fimmu.2023.1104828

Development of an Affordable ELISA Targeting the SARS-CoV-2 Nucleocapsid and Its Application to Samples from the Ongoing COVID-19 Epidemic in Ghana

2023Molecular Diagnosis & TherapyJournalOpen accessFirst author9 citations10.1007/s40291-023-00655-0

Genetic diversity of SARS-CoV-2 infections in Ghana from 2020-2021

2022Nature CommunicationsJournalOpen access47 citations10.1038/s41467-022-30219-5

Knowledge, attitude and perception of West Africans towards COVID-19: a survey to inform public health intervention

2022BMC Public HealthJournalOpen access18 citations10.1186/s12889-022-12814-9

Probing SARS-CoV-2-positive plasma to identify potential factors correlating with mild COVID-19 in Ghana, West Africa

2022BMC MedicineJournalOpen accessFirst author18 citations10.1186/s12916-022-02571-2

Population-based sero-epidemiological investigation of the dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 infections in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana

2022Scientific ReportsJournalOpen access14 citations10.1038/s41598-022-25598-0