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A re-evaluation of the origin of hepatitis C virus genotype 2 in West Africa

scientific article

A severe case of Buruli ulcer disease with pleural effusions

scientific article

Adhesion of the ulcerative pathogen Mycobacterium ulcerans to DACC-coated dressings.

scientific article published in August 2014

An outreach education and treatment project in Ghana for the early stage of Mycobacterium ulcerans disease

scientific article published in March 2003

Analysis of Mycobacterium ulcerans-specific T-cell cytokines for diagnosis of Buruli ulcer disease and as potential indicator for disease progression.

scientific article

Antibody screening tests variably overestimate the prevalence of hepatitis C virus infection among HIV-infected adults in Ghana.

scientific article published on 14 November 2014

Assessing and strengthening African universities' capacity for doctoral programmes.

scientific article

Assessment and Treatment of Pain during Treatment of Buruli Ulcer

scientific article published on 24 September 2015

Boosting of cellular immunity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis and modulation of skin cytokine responses in healthy human volunteers by Mycobacterium bovis BCG substrain Moreau Rio de Janeiro oral vaccine.

scientific article

Buruli Ulcer: a Review of the Current Knowledge

scientific article published on 28 September 2018

Buruli ulcer

scientific article published in the British Medical Journal

Buruli ulcer control in a highly endemic district in Ghana: role of community-based surveillance volunteers

scientific article

Buruli ulcer disease: prospects for a vaccine

scientific article published on 07 February 2009

Buruli ulcer in Liberia, 2012

scientific article published on March 2014

Buruli ulcer: emerging from obscurity.

scientific article

Clearance of viable Mycobacterium ulcerans from Buruli ulcer lesions during antibiotic treatment as determined by combined 16S rRNA reverse transcriptase /IS 2404 qPCR assay.

scientific article

Clinical and Bacteriological Efficacy of Rifampin-Streptomycin Combination for Two Weeks followed by Rifampin and Clarithromycin for Six Weeks for Treatment of Mycobacterium ulcerans Disease.

scientific article published in April 2014

Clinical and bacteriological efficacy of rifampin-streptomycin combination for two weeks followed by rifampin and clarithromycin for six weeks for treatment of Mycobacterium ulcerans disease.

scientific article published on 09 December 2013

Clinical efficacy of combination of rifampin and streptomycin for treatment of Mycobacterium ulcerans disease.

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Combined inflammatory and metabolic defects reflected by reduced serum protein levels in patients with Buruli ulcer disease

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Comparative efficacy of low-dose versus standard-dose azithromycin for patients with yaws: a randomised non-inferiority trial in Ghana and Papua New Guinea

scientific article

Comparison of two assays for molecular determination of rifampin resistance in clinical samples from patients with Buruli ulcer disease

scientific article published on 29 January 2014

Cytokine mRNA expression in Mycobacterium ulcerans-infected human skin and correlation with local inflammatory response.

scientific article

Cytokine response to antigen stimulation of whole blood from patients with Mycobacterium ulcerans disease compared to that from patients with tuberculosis

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Detection of Mycolactone A/B in Mycobacterium ulcerans-Infected Human Tissue

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Detection of highly prevalent hepatitis B virus coinfection among HIV-seropositive persons in Ghana

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Diagnosis of treponemal co-infection in HIV-infected West Africans.

scientific article published on 20 September 2012

Drug resistance outcomes of long-term ART with tenofovir disoproxil fumarate in the absence of virological monitoring

scientific article published on 01 November 2018

Dynamics of the cytokine response to Mycobacterium ulcerans during antibiotic treatment for M. ulcerans disease (Buruli ulcer) in humans

scientific article

Effectiveness of routine BCG vaccination on buruli ulcer disease: a case-control study in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana and Togo

scientific article

Efficacy of the combination rifampin-streptomycin in preventing growth of Mycobacterium ulcerans in early lesions of Buruli ulcer in humans

scientific article

Emerging aspects of Buruli ulcer.

scientific article published in August 2003

Epidemiological profile of SARS-CoV-2 among selected regions in Ghana: A cross-sectional retrospective study

scientific article published on 10 December 2020

Epidemiology of Mansonella perstans in the middle belt of Ghana

scientific article published on 07 January 2017

Experiences of Pain and Expectations for Its Treatment Among Former Buruli Ulcer Patients.

scientific article published on 12 September 2016

For the patient. How much salt is used in Ashanti, West Africa?

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Former Buruli Ulcer Patients' Experiences and Wishes May Serve as a Guide to Further Improve Buruli Ulcer Management

scientific article

Genetic Susceptibility and Predictors of Paradoxical Reactions in Buruli Ulcer

scientific article

Genetic diversity of PCR-positive, culture-negative and culture-positive Mycobacterium ulcerans isolated from Buruli ulcer patients in Ghana

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Good quality of life in former Buruli ulcer patients with small lesions: long-term follow-up of the BURULICO trial

scientific article (publication date: July 2014)

Helicobacter pylori Coinfection Is Associated With Decreased Markers of Immune Activation in ART-Naive HIV-Positive and in HIV-Negative Individuals in Ghana

scientific article

Helicobacter pylori Infection Is Associated with Higher CD4 T Cell Counts and Lower HIV-1 Viral Loads in ART-Naïve HIV-Positive Patients in Ghana

scientific article published on 24 November 2015

Hepatitis C in sub-saharan Africa: urgent need for attention

scientific article published on 17 September 2014

Hepatitis E virus infections in HIV-infected patients in Ghana and Cameroon

scientific article published on 4 June 2013

High frequency of active HCV infection among seropositive cases in west Africa and evidence for multiple transmission pathways

scientific article published on 4 December 2014

High prevalence of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis among patients with rifampicin resistance using GeneXpert Mycobacterium tuberculosis/rifampicin in Ghana

scientific article

High prevalence of renal dysfunction and association with risk of death amongst HIV-infected Ghanaians ⬇️

scientific article published on March 28, 2013

Historical epidemiology of hepatitis C virus in select countries—volume 4

scientific article published in October 2017

Hypertension and renal failure in Kumasi, Ghana

scientific article published in January 1999

IFN-γ and IL-5 whole blood response directed against mycolactone polyketide synthase domains in patients with infection

scientific article published on 31 July 2018

Immunosuppressive signature of cutaneous Mycobacterium ulcerans infection in the peripheral blood of patients with buruli ulcer disease

scientific article published in December 2009

In vitro killing of Mycobacterium ulcerans by acidified nitrite.

scientific article published on August 2004

Inadvertent non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NNRTI)-based antiretroviral therapy in dual HIV-1/2 and HIV-2 seropositive West Africans: a retrospective study

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Infection with Mansonella perstans Nematodes in Buruli Ulcer Patients, Ghana

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Insertion sequence element single nucleotide polymorphism typing provides insights into the population structure and evolution of Mycobacterium ulcerans across Africa

research work

Kinetics of mycolactone in human subcutaneous tissue during antibiotic therapy for Mycobacterium ulcerans disease

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Liver Fibrosis by Transient Elastography and Virologic Outcomes After Introduction of Tenofovir in Lamivudine-Experienced Adults With HIV and Hepatitis B Virus Coinfection in Ghana

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Long term streptomycin toxicity in the treatment of Buruli Ulcer: follow-up of participants in the BURULICO drug trial.

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Long-term effectiveness of first-line non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NNRTI)-based antiretroviral therapy in Ghana

scientific article published on 3 September 2013

Long-term responses to first-line antiretroviral therapy in HIV and hepatitis B co-infection in Ghana

scientific article published on 27 June 2014

Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification for Laboratory Confirmation of Buruli Ulcer Disease-Towards a Point-of-Care Test

scientific article published on 13 November 2015

Mapping the global distribution of Buruli ulcer: a systematic review with evidence consensus

scientific article published on 01 July 2019

Metabolomic profiles delineate mycolactone signature in Buruli ulcer disease.

scientific article

Molecular Characterization and Clinical Description of Non-Polio Enteroviruses Detected in Stool Samples from HIV-Positive and HIV-Negative Adults in Ghana

scientific article published on 16 February 2020

Mycobacterium ulcerans DNA not detected in faecal samples from Buruli ulcer patients: results of a pilot study

scientific article

Mycobacterium ulcerans Disease: Buruli Ulcer

Mycolactone diffuses into the peripheral blood of Buruli ulcer patients--implications for diagnosis and disease monitoring

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Oral treatment for patients with Buruli ulcer co-infected with HIV: think twice.

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Outcomes of starting first-line antiretroviral therapy in hepatitis B virus/HIV-coinfected patients in Ghana

scientific article published on 21 August 2012

Pain Associated with Wound Care Treatment among Buruli Ulcer Patients from Ghana and Benin

scientific article published on June 2015

Persisting social participation restrictions among former Buruli ulcer patients in Ghana and Benin.

scientific article published on 13 November 2014

Pharmacogenetic associations with plasma efavirenz concentrations and clinical correlates in a retrospective cohort of Ghanaian HIV-infected patients

scientific article published on 29 September 2013

Pilot randomized double-blind trial of treatment of Mycobacterium ulcerans disease (Buruli ulcer) with topical nitrogen oxides

scientific article published on August 2004

Prevalence of hepatitis D virus infection in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis

scientific article published on October 2017

Prevalence, detection, management, and control of hypertension in Ashanti, West Africa

scientific article published on 22 March 2004

Prevention of hypertension and stroke in Africa

scientific article published in The Lancet

Providing insight into the incubation period of Mycobacterium ulcerans disease: two case reports

scientific article published on 18 July 2019

Psychometric properties of the participation scale among former buruli ulcer patients in Ghana and Benin

scientific article published on 13 November 2014

Pulmonary aspergilloma: An evasive disease.

scientific article

RETRACTED: Gradual emergence followed by exponential spread of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant in Africa

retracted paper

Rapid Extraction Method of Mycobacterium ulcerans DNA from Clinical Samples of Suspected Buruli Ulcer Patients

scientific article published on 26 November 2019

Rapid detection of Mycobacterium ulcerans with isothermal recombinase polymerase amplification assay

scientific article published on 01 February 2019

Recent advances: role of mycolactone in the pathogenesis and monitoring of Mycobacterium ulcerans infection/Buruli ulcer disease.

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Renal health after long-term exposure to tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF) in HIV/HBV positive adults in Ghana.

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Reply to "compliance with antimicrobial therapy for buruli ulcer".

scientific article published on October 2014

Research and capacity building for control of neglected tropical diseases: the need for a different approach.

scientific article

Response to antiretroviral therapy in occult hepatitis B and HIV co-infection in West Africa

scientific article published in January 2013

Risk of deaths, AIDS-defining and non-AIDS defining events among Ghanaians on long-term combination antiretroviral therapy

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Rural and semi-urban differences in salt intake, and its dietary sources, in Ashanti, West Africa.

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Sensitivity of PCR targeting Mycobacterium ulcerans by use of fine-needle aspirates for diagnosis of Buruli ulcer ⬇️

scientific article published on 09 February 2009

Sensitivity of PCR targeting the IS2404 insertion sequence of Mycobacterium ulcerans in an Assay using punch biopsy specimens for diagnosis of Buruli ulcer.

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Short Communication: Low seroprevalence of cryptococcal antigenaemia in patients with advanced HIV infection enrolling in an antiretroviral programme in Ghana

scientific article published on 10 November 2010

Simple, Rapid Mycobacterium ulcerans Disease Diagnosis from Clinical Samples by Fluorescence of Mycolactone on Thin Layer Chromatography

scientific article published on 19 November 2015

Spectrum of disease in HIV-positive patients presenting to a tertiary care hospital: a retrospective, cross-sectional review in Kumasi, Ghana

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Strategies to manage hepatitis C virus infection disease burden—Volume 4

scientific article published in October 2017

Tenofovir is associated with increased tubular proteinuria and asymptomatic renal tubular dysfunction in Ghana

scientific article published in December 2015

The Efficacy of Doxycycline Treatment on Mansonella perstans Infection: An Open-Label, Randomized Trial in Ghana

scientific article published on 01 July 2019

The gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase to platelet ratio (GPR) shows poor correlation with transient elastography measurements of liver fibrosis in HIV-positive patients with chronic hepatitis B in West Africa. Response to: 'The gamma-glutamyl [...]

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The paediatric participation scale measuring participation restrictions among former Buruli Ulcer patients under the age of 15 in Ghana and Benin: Development and first validation results

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The present and future disease burden of hepatitis C virus infections with today's treatment paradigm: Volume 4

scientific article published in October 2017

Two-Hit in vitro T-Cell Stimulation Detects Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection in QuantiFERON Negative Tuberculosis Patients and Healthy Contacts From Ghana

scientific article published on 03 July 2019

Type-1 diabetes onset age and sex differences between Ghanaian and German urban populations

scientific article published on 29 September 2019

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