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Dennis Odai Laryea · Sankore

Ghana Health Service

Dennis Odai Laryea

ORCID, self-asserted

ORCID 0000-0003-2212-084X

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Publications

36

Citations

272

h-index

10

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

i10-index

10

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.

Ghana Health Service38 works
Ministry of Health7 works
Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research2 works
Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital1 works
University of Ghana1 works
Northrise University1 works

Publications

36 works in the graph, newest first.

Integration of COVID-19 testing into existing ILI surveillance system in Ghana
2026PLOS Global Public HealthJournalOpen access0 citations10.1371/journal.pgph.0005788
Assessment of the role of Haemophilus ducreyi coinfection on outcomes of Yaws treatment in the southwestern part of Ghana
2026PLoS neglected tropical diseasesJournalOpen access0 citations10.1371/journal.pntd.0014182
Detection of SARS-CoV-2 among travellers entering Ghana through the Kotoka International Airport at the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic: 2021 to 2022
2026Health Sciences Investigations JournalJournalOpen access0 citations10.46829/hsijournal.2026.3.8.1.1384-1390
Sensitive near point-of-care detection of asymptomatic and submicroscopic Plasmodium falciparum infections in African endemic countries
2025Nature CommunicationsJournalOpen access4 citations10.1038/s41467-025-64027-4

Characterization of the first detected Avian Influenza A(H9N2) human case in Ghana

2025Emerging Microbes & InfectionsJournalOpen access3 citations10.1080/22221751.2025.2556717

Clinical Impact and Genetic Analysis of Enteric Viruses Associated With Acute Gastroenteritis in Greater Accra, Ghana: A Comprehensive Study of Five Viruses

2025Journal of Medical VirologyJournal3 citations10.1002/jmv.70216

Evaluation of the performance of the Influenza-like Illness (ILI) surveillance system in the Okai Koi North District, Greater Accra Region, 2022

2025PLoS ONEJournalOpen access1 citations10.1371/journal.pone.0332334

Seroprevalence and geospatial epidemiology of yaws: Evidence from Ghana

2025PLoS neglected tropical diseasesJournalOpen access1 citations10.1371/journal.pntd.0013632

Against the clock: Effect of late detection of a mumps outbreak in the Western North Region of Ghana, 2022

2025Journal of Interventional Epidemiology and Public HealthJournalOpen access2 citations10.37432/jieph-d-24-02036

Factors influencing the achievement of core acute flaccid paralysis indicators in the Western North Region, Ghana, 2022

2025Journal of Interventional Epidemiology and Public HealthJournalOpen access2 citations10.37432/jieph.2025.8.3.170

Polio eradication in Ghana: past, present, and future

2025Frontiers in Tropical DiseasesJournalOpen access0 citations10.3389/fitd.2025.1577945

Breast Cancer Incidence Rates in Ghanaian and US Black Women From 2013 Through 2015

2025JAMA Network OpenJournalOpen access0 citations10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.37160

Timeliness of surveillance during the Mpox outbreak in the Volta Region of Ghana: Analysis of Mpox surveillance data

2025Journal of Interventional Epidemiology and Public HealthJournalOpen access0 citations10.37432/jieph-d-25-00128

Outbreak of Dengue fever in Ghana: The emergence of DENV-1 serotype

2025Journal of Interventional Epidemiology and Public HealthJournalOpen access0 citations10.37432/jieph-confpro5-00105

Timeliness of yellow fever specimen collection and transport in Ghana, 2018–2022

2025PLOS Global Public HealthJournalOpen access0 citations10.1371/journal.pgph.0005703

Evaluation of the environmental polio surveillance system—Northern Region, Ghana, 2021

2024PLoS ONEJournalOpen accessSenior author6 citations10.1371/journal.pone.0294305

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

2024BMC Infectious DiseasesJournalOpen access6 citations10.1186/s12879-024-09242-y

Decreased influenza activity during the COVID-19 pandemic in Ghana, 2020

2024Frontiers in Public HealthJournalOpen access3 citations10.3389/fpubh.2023.1290553

Burden of scabies in a Ghanaian penitentiary

2024PLoS ONEJournalOpen access3 citations10.1371/journal.pone.0312108

Evaluation of the Intensive Acute Flaccid Paralysis Surveillance System in Ghana: Post the Switch from tOPV to bOPV

2024Tropical Medicine and Infectious DiseaseJournalOpen access2 citations10.3390/tropicalmed9110271

Serologic evidence of dengue and chikungunya among patients with acute febrile illness in Ghana, 2016 – 2018

2024Journal of Clinical Virology PlusJournalOpen access0 citations10.1016/j.jcvp.2024.100193

Beliefs, attitudes and practices towards scabies in central Ghana

2023PLoS neglected tropical diseasesJournalOpen access16 citations10.1371/journal.pntd.0011175

Marburg Virus Disease in Ghana

2023New England Journal of MedicineJournal14 citations10.1056/nejmc2300867

Facilitators and Barriers in the Implementation of a Digital Surveillance and Outbreak Response System in Ghana Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Qualitative Analysis of Stakeholder Interviews

2023JMIR Formative ResearchJournalOpen access14 citations10.2196/45715

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 access12 citations10.1186/s12889-023-16015-w

Molecular Characterization of Circulating Yellow Fever Viruses from Outbreak in Ghana, 2021–2022

2023Emerging infectious diseasesJournalOpen access9 citations10.3201/eid2909.221671

Repurposing an integrated national influenza platform for genomic surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 in Ghana: a molecular epidemiological analysis

2023The Lancet Global HealthJournalOpen access12 citations10.1016/s2214-109x(23)00189-4

Perspective: Food Environment Research Priorities for Africa—Lessons from the Africa Food Environment Research Network

2022Advances in NutritionJournalOpen access46 citations10.1093/advances/nmac019

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

Availability of healthy and unhealthy foods in modern retail outlets located in selected districts of Greater Accra Region, Ghana

2022Frontiers in Public HealthJournalOpen access25 citations10.3389/fpubh.2022.922447

Advertising of unhealthy foods and beverages around primary and junior high schools in Ghana's most urbanized and populous region

2022Frontiers in Public HealthJournalOpen access25 citations10.3389/fpubh.2022.917456

Association between mobility, non-pharmaceutical interventions, and COVID-19 transmission in Ghana: A modelling study using mobile phone data

2022PLOS Global Public HealthJournalOpen accessCorresponding14 citations10.1371/journal.pgph.0000502

Epidemiology of influenza in Ghana, 2011 to 2019

2022PLOS Global Public HealthJournalOpen access9 citations10.1371/journal.pgph.0001104

An evaluation of the diagnostic performance characteristics of the Yellow Fever IgM immunochromatographic rapid diagnostic test kit from SD Biosensor in Ghana

2022PLoS ONEJournalOpen access8 citations10.1371/journal.pone.0262312

The Africa Food Environment Research Network (FERN): from concept to practice

2022Global Health PromotionJournalOpen access4 citations10.1177/17579759221126155

Completeness of Health Declaration Reports during COVID-19 Pandemic in Ghana: Evidence from Travellers’ Surveillance Data, 2020

2022International Journal of TROPICAL DISEASE & HealthJournalOpen access1 citations10.9734/ijtdh/2022/v43i830608