Correlates of HIV, HBV, HCV and syphilis infections among prison inmates and officers in Ghana: A national multicenter studyAndrew A Adjei
Department of Pathology, University of Ghana Medical School, College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana
BMC Infect Dis 8:33. 2008
..Prison officers are considered to have an intermittent exposure potential to bloodborne infectious diseases on the job, however there has been no studies on the prevalence of these infections in prison officers in Ghana...
Plasmodium yoelii 17XL infection up-regulates RANTES, CCR1, CCR3 and CCR5 expression, and induces ultrastructural changes in the cerebellumBismark Y Sarfo
Parasitology Unit, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana, P O Box LG581, Legon, Accra, Ghana
Malar J 4:63. 2005
..A murine malaria model was utilized to evaluate the role of this chemokine and its receptors in malaria...
- Cerebrospinal fluid and serum biomarkers of cerebral malaria mortality in Ghanaian children
Henry B Armah
Morehouse School of Medicine, Department of Microbiology, Biochemistry and Immunology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Malar J 6:147. 2007
..Identification of prognostic markers that can predict CM severity will enable development of better intervention...
Human T-lymphotropic type-1 virus specific antibody detected in sera of HIV/AIDS patients in GhanaAndrew Anthony Adjei
Department of Pathology, University of Ghana Medical School, Accra, Ghana
Jpn J Infect Dis 56:57-9. 2003
..Whether HTLV-1 is an underlying disease association or whether HTLV-1 plays some auxiliary role in the acquisition and progression of AIDS remains to be determined...
- Correlates of hepatitis C virus infection among incarcerated Ghanaians: a national multicentre study
Andrew A Adjei
Department of Pathology, University of Ghana Medical School, College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana, Korle Bu, Accra, Ghana
J Med Microbiol 56:391-7. 2007
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- Prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus, hepatitis B virus, hepatitis C virus and syphilis among prison inmates and officers at Nsawam and Accra, Ghana
Andrew A Adjei
Department of Pathology, University of Ghana Medical School, College of Health Sciences, Korle Bu, Accra, Ghana
J Med Microbiol 55:593-7. 2006
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- Cryptosporidium Spp., a frequent cause of diarrhea among children at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, Accra, Ghana
Andrew Anthony Adjei
Department of Pathology, University of Ghana Medical School, Accra, Ghana
Jpn J Infect Dis 57:216-9. 2004
..infection. Shigella, Salmonella, and yeast-like organisms were the most frequently identified enteropathogenic bacteria. In summary, this study demonstrates the prevalence of Cryptosporidium spp. among Ghanaian children...
- Prevalence of antibodies to syphilis among blood donors in Accra, Ghana
Andrew Anthony Adjei
Department of Pathology, University of Ghana Medical School, Accra, Ghana
Jpn J Infect Dis 56:165-7. 2003
..In conclusion, our results indicate that syphilis is prevalent among healthy blood donors in Ghana, and that there is a need to introduce the screening of donated blood for syphilis in Ghana...
- Evaluation of a rapid serological chromatographic immunoassay for the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis in Accra, Ghana
Andrew Anthony Adjei
Department of Pathology, University of Ghana Medical School, Accra, Ghana
Jpn J Infect Dis 56:161-4. 2003
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- Seroprevalence of HHV-8, CMV, and EBV among the general population in Ghana, West Africa
Andrew A Adjei
Department of Pathology, University of Ghana Medical School, College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana
BMC Infect Dis 8:111. 2008
..Although the high prevalence of HHV-8, CMV and EBV has been well documented in Africa, such data are sparse from Ghana...
- Unexpected elevated alanine aminotransferase, aspartate aminotransferase levels and hepatitis E virus infection among persons who work with pigs in accra, Ghana
Andrew A Adjei
Department of Pathology, University of Ghana Medical School, College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana
Virol J 7:336. 2010
..Thus, individuals with elevated ALT and AST may have ongoing subclinical infection of HEV. We estimated the prevalence of anti-HEV antibodies and serum ALT and AST levels among persons who work with pigs in Accra, Ghana...
- Hepatitis E virus infection is highly prevalent among pregnant women in Accra, Ghana
Andrew A Adjei
Department of Pathology, University of Ghana Medical School, Accra, Ghana
Virol J 6:108. 2009
..Therefore we evaluated the prevalence of anti-HEV IgG and anti-HEV IgM among pregnant women seen between the months of January and May, 2008 at the Obstetrics and Gynaecology Department, Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, Accra, Ghana...
- Bacterial contamination of blood and blood components in three major blood transfusion centers, Accra, Ghana
Andrew Anthony Adjei
Department of Pathology, University of Ghana Medical School, College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana
Jpn J Infect Dis 62:265-9. 2009
..enterocolitica), and cotrimoxazole. Our results suggest that bacterial contamination of blood and its products is prevalent in Ghana...
- Cytokines and adhesion molecules expression in the brain in human cerebral malaria
Henry Armah
Department of Pathology, University of Ghana Medical School, Accra, Ghana
Int J Environ Res Public Health 2:123-31. 2005
..Both cytokines and adhesion molecules were maximally upregulated in the cerebellar sections of the malaria cases...
