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Dziedzom K. de Souza · Sankore

University of Ghana

Dziedzom K. de Souza

ORCID, self-asserted

ORCID 0000-0001-5000-6177

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Publications

49

Citations

257

h-index

9

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9

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Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research64 works
University of Ghana49 works

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49 works in the graph, newest first.

Integrated action for skin NTDs: Deconstructing transmission, addressing knowledge gaps, and championing one health strategies
2026Nature CommunicationsJournalOpen access1 citations10.1038/s41467-026-69065-0
The WHO Institutional Repository for Information Sharing–African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control Collection: an electronic resource of the Onchocerciasis Control Programme and African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control experience and data to inform onchocerciasis elimination strategies
2026International HealthJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding1 citations10.1093/inthealth/ihaf090
Defining onchocerciasis transmission zones: integrating operational insights with genomic and ecological advances
2026International HealthJournalOpen access1 citations10.1093/inthealth/ihag017
Prevalence of Schistosoma bovis and Schistosoma haematobium hybrids in endemic communities in Ghana
2026PLoS ONEJournalOpen accessCorresponding

0 citations

10.1371/journal.pone.0339722

Malaria in onchocerciasis-endemic populations: patterns in two districts in the Oti and Volta regions of Ghana

2026BMC Infectious DiseasesJournalOpen access0 citations10.1186/s12879-026-12544-y

Adult blackfly ( Simulium damnosum s.l.) collection methods: overview and research needs

2026International HealthJournalOpen access0 citations10.1093/inthealth/ihag006

Pooling poo for Strongyloides PCR screening in communities in South-eastern Ghana

2026BMC Infectious DiseasesJournalOpen accessSenior authorCorresponding0 citations10.1186/s12879-026-14237-y

Current perspectives in the epidemiology and control of lymphatic filariasis

2025Clinical Microbiology ReviewsJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding12 citations10.1128/cmr.00126-23

The changing funding landscape for infectious disease research and control: implications for resource-limited countries

2025International Journal of Infectious DiseasesJournalOpen access12 citations10.1016/j.ijid.2025.107868

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

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

Lymphatic filariasis transmission 10 years after stopping mass drug administration in the Gomoa west district of Ghana

2025International Journal of Infectious DiseasesJournalOpen accessSenior authorCorresponding5 citations10.1016/j.ijid.2025.107790

Towards elimination of Neglected Tropical Diseases: Strengthening partnerships, fostering collaboration, and promoting country ownership

2025International Journal of Infectious DiseasesJournalOpen accessCorresponding5 citations10.1016/j.ijid.2025.107812

A Novel Biplex Onchocerca volvulus Rapid Diagnostic Test Evaluated Among 3- to 9-Year-Old Children in Maridi, South Sudan

2025DiagnosticsJournalOpen access5 citations10.3390/diagnostics15050563

Impact of seasonal changes on human onchocerciasis transmission and disease elimination

2025International HealthJournalOpen access2 citations10.1093/inthealth/ihaf089

Confirmatory mapping for lymphatic filariasis in districts previously considered nonendemic in Ghana

2025International Journal of Infectious DiseasesJournalOpen access4 citations10.1016/j.ijid.2025.107801

Microplanning for entomological surveys to sustain the onchocerciasis elimination effort in West Africa

2025International HealthJournalOpen access2 citations10.1093/inthealth/ihaf088

Progress towards interrupting onchocerciasis transmission in the Oulibangala focus, Chad

2025International HealthJournalOpen access1 citations10.1093/inthealth/ihaf141

Changes in cytoforms of Simulium damnosum sensu lato (Diptera: Simuliidae) and onchocerciasis transmission zones in northern Cameroon with possible implications for onchocerciasis transmission elimination

2025Journal of Medical EntomologyJournalOpen access1 citations10.1093/jme/tjaf049

Beyond business as usual for lymphatic filariasis mass drug administration in hotspot districts

2025International HealthJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding0 citations10.1093/inthealth/ihaf039

Cattle as reservoirs of zoonotic parasitic neglected tropical diseases: A One Health perspective on schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminths in an endemic district in Ghana

2025International Journal of One HealthJournalOpen accessSenior author0 citations10.14202/ijoh.2025.186-198

Transformative potential of artificial intelligence on health care and research in Africa

2024International Journal of Infectious DiseasesJournalOpen accessCorresponding10 citations10.1016/j.ijid.2024.107011

Onchocerciasis in the Cameroon–Chad border area after more than 20 years of annual mass ivermectin distribution

2024Parasites & VectorsJournalOpen access9 citations10.1186/s13071-024-06284-8

Towards Understanding the Microepidemiology of Lymphatic Filariasis at the Community Level in Ghana

2024Tropical Medicine and Infectious DiseaseJournalOpen accessSenior authorCorresponding4 citations10.3390/tropicalmed9050107

Identification and characterisation of Mansonella perstans in the Volta Region of Ghana

2024PLoS ONEJournalOpen accessSenior authorCorresponding4 citations10.1371/journal.pone.0295089

Modelling the cost of engage & treat and test & treat strategies towards the elimination of lymphatic filariasis in Ghana

2024PLoS neglected tropical diseasesJournalOpen accessCorresponding3 citations10.1371/journal.pntd.0012213

Using zero-inflated and hurdle regression models to analyze schistosomiasis data of school children in the southern areas of Ghana

2024PLoS ONEJournalOpen accessSenior authorCorresponding3 citations10.1371/journal.pone.0304681

Alternative Interventions Against Neglected Tropical Diseases in SSA: Vector Control

2024Neglected tropical diseasesBook ChapterOpen access3 citations10.1007/978-3-031-53901-5_19

Seventh Annual Research Meeting of the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research: Bacterial Infections and Antimicrobial Resistance

2024Ghana Medical JournalJournalOpen access1 citations10.4314/gmj.v58i2s.2

Pilot use of a mycolactone-specific lateral flow assay for Buruli ulcer: A case report from Japan

2024Journal of Clinical Tuberculosis and Other Mycobacterial DiseasesJournalOpen access3 citations10.1016/j.jctube.2024.100469

Seventh Annual Research Meeting of the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research: Malaria Control and Elimination

2024Ghana Medical JournalJournalOpen access2 citations10.4314/gmj.v58i2s.4

Soil-Transmitted Helminthiasis

2024Neglected tropical diseasesBook Chapter0 citations10.1007/978-3-031-53901-5_14

Seventh Annual Research Meeting of the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research: Neglected Tropical Diseases

2024Ghana Medical JournalJournalOpen accessFirst author0 citations10.4314/gmj.v58i2s.6

Seventh Annual Research Meeting of the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research: Non-Communicable Diseases

2024Ghana Medical JournalJournalOpen access0 citations10.4314/gmj.v58i2s.5

Seventh Annual Research Meeting of the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research: Health Systems Research

2024Ghana Medical JournalJournalOpen access0 citations10.4314/gmj.v58i2s.3

Seventh Annual Research Meeting of the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana

2024Ghana Medical JournalJournalOpen access0 citations10.4314/gmj.v58i2s.1

Seventh Annual Research Meeting of the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research: Viral Infections

2024Ghana Medical JournalJournalOpen access0 citations10.4314/gmj.v58i2s.7

Climate change and the rising incidence of vector-borne diseases globally

2023International Journal of Infectious DiseasesJournalOpen access59 citations10.1016/j.ijid.2023.12.004

Developing home cleaning intervention through community engagement to reduce infections and antimicrobial resistance in Ghanaian homes

2023Scientific ReportsJournalOpen access10 citations10.1038/s41598-023-37317-4

Improving access to lymphatic filariasis MMDP services through an enhanced evidence-based, cascaded training model for health worker capacity strengthening in Ghana: an evaluation study

2023Frontiers in Tropical DiseasesJournalOpen access5 citations10.3389/fitd.2023.1282218

Investigating potential sand fly vectors after the first reported outbreak of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Ghana

2023Parasites & VectorsJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding5 citations10.1186/s13071-023-05767-4

Detection of Leishmania DNA in Phlebotomine Sand Flies in Tsatee, a Community in the Volta Region, Ghana

2023BioMed Research InternationalJournalOpen access2 citations10.1155/2023/1963050

Moving from control to elimination of Visceral Leishmaniasis in East Africa

2022Frontiers in Tropical DiseasesJournalOpen accessSenior author21 citations10.3389/fitd.2022.965609

Gauging the skin resident Leishmania parasites through a loop mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) assay in post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis

2022Scientific ReportsJournalOpen access16 citations10.1038/s41598-022-21497-6

Finding and eliminating the reservoirs: Engage and treat, and test and treat strategies for lymphatic filariasis programs to overcome endgame challenges

2022Frontiers in Tropical DiseasesJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding12 citations10.3389/fitd.2022.953094

Strengthening Visceral Leishmaniasis Diagnosis Capacity to Improve Access to Care in Kenya: The Example of Marsabit County

2022Frontiers in Tropical DiseasesJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding9 citations10.3389/fitd.2021.809757

A Comparative Study of Lymphatic Filariasis-Related Perceptions among Treated and Non-Treated Individuals in the Ahanta West Municipality of Ghana

2022Tropical Medicine and Infectious DiseaseJournalOpen accessSenior author6 citations10.3390/tropicalmed7100273

COVID-19 related perception among some community members and frontline healthcare providers for NTD control in Ghana

2022BMC Infectious DiseasesJournalOpen accessSenior author4 citations10.1186/s12879-022-07084-0

‘Making the dust fly’: (A case study of) design research promoting health and sustainability in addressing household infections

2022Proceedings of DRSPublicationOpen access0 citations10.21606/drs.2022.317