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  1. Co-infections of SARS-CoV-2 with respiratory syncytial virus and human influenza A in patients with symptoms of COVID-19 in Ghana: A retrospective study

    Article • New Microbes and New Infections, December 2024, Elsevier

    Prof. Kwabena Obeng Duedu

  2. Detection of PhoP-mediated colistin resistance in Gram-negative bacteria without mcr genes in human population in the Ho Municipality, Ghana

    Article • Heliyon, November 2024, Elsevier

    Prof. Kwabena Obeng Duedu

  3. The Bacterial Species Behind the Wound and Their Antibacterial Resistant Pattern: A Three‐Year Retrospective Study at St. Dominic Hospital, Akwatia, Ghana

    Article • Journal of Clinical Laboratory Analysis, October 2024, Wiley

    Prof. Kwabena Obeng Duedu

  4. Antibiotic susceptibility of uropathogens: a 3-year retrospective study at Ho Teaching Hospital of Ghana

    Article • Discover Medicine, October 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Kwabena Obeng Duedu

  5. Detection of PhoP-mediated Colistin Resistance in Gram-negative bacteria without mcr genes in Water in the Ho Municipality, Ghana

    Article • Egyptian Academic Journal of Biological Sciences G Microbiology, September 2024, Egypts Presidential Specialized Council for Education and Scientific Research

    Prof. Kwabena Obeng Duedu

  6. Physicochemical Properties of Water Samples in the Volta Region of Ghana: Implications for Public Health

    Article • Egyptian Academic Journal of Biological Sciences C Physiology and Molecular Biology, August 2024, Egypts Presidential Specialized Council for Education and Scientific Research

    Prof. Kwabena Obeng Duedu

  7. The use of the WHO criteria to detect severe malaria among patients clinically diagnosed with uncomplicated malaria

    Article • PLOS Global Public Health, August 2024, PLOS

    Prof. Kwabena Obeng Duedu

  8. Implementation of antimicrobial resistance surveillance in Ghana using the Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response strategy

    Article • African Journal of Laboratory Medicine, August 2024, AOSIS Open Journals

    Prof. Kwabena Obeng Duedu

  9. Knowledge and prevalence of common sexually transmitted infections among patients seeking care at selected health facilities in Southern Ghana

    Article • PLOS Global Public Health, July 2024, PLOS

    Prof. Kwabena Obeng Duedu

  10. Genetic landscape for majority and minority HIV-1 drug resistance mutations in antiretroviral therapy naive patients in Accra, Ghana

    Article • Heliyon, June 2024, Elsevier

    Prof. Kwabena Obeng Duedu

  11. Faecal shedding of SARS-CoV-2 from patients with asymptomatic and mild COVID-19 without gastrointestinal symptoms in Ghana

    Article • BMC Research Notes, May 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Kwabena Obeng Duedu

  12. Addressing pandemic-wide systematic errors in the SARS-CoV-2 phylogeny

    Article • April 2024, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Prof. Kwabena Obeng Duedu

  13. Association between Interleukin-6 Gene Polymorphism (rs1800795 and rs1800796) and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in a Ghanaian Population: A Case-Control Study in the Ho Municipality

    Article • BioMed Research International, April 2024, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Prof. Kwabena Obeng Duedu

  14. Point-of-care circulating cathodic antigen positivity and associated factors in school children one year after mass praziquantel administration in an endemic district in Ghana

    Article • Heliyon, April 2024, Elsevier

    Prof. Kwabena Obeng Duedu

  15. Pre-vaccination seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in the Volta Region, Ghana

    Article • IJID Regions, January 2024, Elsevier

    Prof. Kwabena Obeng Duedu

  16. Management of sexually transmitted infections: a qualitative assessment of community pharmacy practices in the Ho Municipality, Ghana

    Article • Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice, November 2023, Taylor & Francis

    Prof. Kwabena Obeng Duedu

  17. Performance of Body Adiposity Index and Relative Fat Mass in Predicting Bioelectric Impedance Analysis-Derived Body Fat Percentage: A Cross-Sectional Study among Patients with Type 2 Diabetes in the Ho Municipality, Ghana

    Article • BioMed Research International, April 2023, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Prof. Kwabena Obeng Duedu, Mr Sylvester Yao Lokpo

  18. Detection of cytological abnormalities in urothelial cells from individuals previously exposed or currently infected with Schistosoma haematobium

    Article • PLoS ONE, March 2023, PLOS

    Prof. Kwabena Obeng Duedu

  19. Phased Multi-Country Seroepidemiology Study of Over 20000 Individuals In West Africa Reveals the Dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 Exposure Driven by Delta, Omicron and Omicron Waves

    Article • January 2023, Elsevier

    Prof. Kwabena Obeng Duedu

  20. The evolving SARS-CoV-2 epidemic in Africa: Insights from rapidly expanding genomic surveillance

    Article • Science, October 2022, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Dr Gerald Mboowa, Prof. Kwabena Obeng Duedu, Dr Oluwapelumi Adeyemi O Adeyemi

  21. Global inequity of COVID-19 diagnostics: challenges and opportunities

    Article • Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, October 2022, BMJ

    Prof. Kwabena Obeng Duedu

  22. Intestinal Parasitic Infection and Associated Risk Factors among HIV-Infected Patients Seeking Healthcare in a Rural Hospital in Ghana

    Article • Journal of Pathogens, August 2022, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Prof. Kwabena Obeng Duedu

  23. Carbapenemase Production and Detection of Colistin-Resistant Genes in Clinical Isolates of Escherichia Coli from the Ho Teaching Hospital, Ghana

    Article • Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology, June 2022, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Prof. Kwabena Obeng Duedu

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

    Article • Nature Communications, May 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Kwabena Obeng Duedu

  25. The evolving SARS-CoV-2 epidemic in Africa: Insights from rapidly expanding genomic surveillance

    Article • April 2022, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Gerald Mboowa, Prof. Kwabena Obeng Duedu

  26. Phylogenicity and Virulence Profiles of Clinical Escherichia coli Isolates in the Ho Teaching Hospital of Ghana

    Article • BioMed Research International, March 2022, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Prof. Kwabena Obeng Duedu

  27. Factors Influencing HIV Status Disclosure to Partners Among Antiretroviral Therapy Clients in the Upper East Region, Ghana

    Article • AIDS and Behavior, February 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Kwabena Obeng Duedu

  28. Comparative Assessment of the Utility of Anthropometric and Bioelectrical Impedance Indices as Potential Predictors of Hypertension within a Ghanaian Adult Population: A Cross-Sectional Study

    Article • International Journal of Hypertension, January 2022, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Prof. Kwabena Obeng Duedu

  29. Burden of Fluoroquinolone Resistance in Clinical Isolates of Escherichia coli at the Ho Teaching Hospital, Ghana

    Article • Ethiopian Journal of Health Sciences, January 2022, African Journals Online (AJOL)

    Prof. Kwabena Obeng Duedu

  30. Occurrence and distribution of extended-spectrum β-lactamase in clinical Escherichia coli isolates at Ho Teaching Hospital in Ghana.

    Article • Ghana Medical Journal, December 2021, African Journals Online (AJOL)

    Prof. Kwabena Obeng Duedu

  31. Tracking genetic diversity of SARS-CoV-2 infections in Ghana after one year of surveillance

    Article • November 2021, Research Square

    Prof. Kwabena Obeng Duedu

  32. A year of genomic surveillance reveals how the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic unfolded in Africa

    Article • Science, October 2021, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Prof. Kwabena Obeng Duedu, Dr Oluwapelumi Adeyemi O Adeyemi

  33. Is malaria immunity a possible protection against severe symptoms and outcomes of COVID-19?

    Article • Ghana Medical Journal, September 2021, African Journals Online (AJOL)

    Prof. Kwabena Obeng Duedu

  34. Prevalence of Echinococcus granulosus sensu lato in Owned Dogs in Lagos State, Nigeria

    Article • Veterinary Sciences, June 2021, MDPI AG

    Prof. Kwabena Obeng Duedu

  35. A year of genomic surveillance reveals how the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic unfolded in Africa

    Article • May 2021, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Prof. Kwabena Obeng Duedu

  36. Plasmidome AMR screening (PAMRS) workflow: a rapid screening workflow for phenotypic characterization of antibiotic resistance in plasmidomes

    Article • AAS Open Research, April 2021, Faculty of 1000, Ltd.

    Prof. Kwabena Obeng Duedu

  37. Immunological, haematological, and clinical attributes of rural and urban malaria: a case–control study in Ghana

    Article • Journal of Parasitic Diseases, February 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Kwabena Obeng Duedu

  38. Community-based active tuberculosis case finding using a symptom-based screening tool in the Volta Region, Ghana

    Article • International Journal of Infectious Diseases, January 2021, Elsevier

    Prof. Kwabena Obeng Duedu

  39. Comparative assessment of anthropometric and bioimpedence methods for determining adiposity

    Article • Heliyon, December 2020, Elsevier

    Prof. Kwabena Obeng Duedu

  40. Characterization of putative drug resistant biomarkers in Plasmodium falciparum isolated from Ghanaian blood donors

    Article • BMC Infectious Diseases, July 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Kwabena Obeng Duedu

  41. African Vaccinology Network (AfVANET): an African network by African scientists

    Article • Pan African Medical Journal, January 2020, Pan African Medical Journal

    Prof. Kwabena Obeng Duedu, Dr David Dazhia Lazarus

  42. Comparative assessment of methods for determining adiposity and a model for obesity index

    Article • July 2019, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Prof. Kwabena Obeng Duedu

  43. Cover Image, Volume 11, Issue 5

    Article • Biofuels Bioproducts and Biorefining, September 2017, Wiley

    Prof. Kwabena Obeng Duedu

  44. Toward a sustainable bioeconomy in West Africa: A focus on biorefining

    Article • Biofuels Bioproducts and Biorefining, July 2017, Wiley

    Prof. Kwabena Obeng Duedu

  45. Data for discriminating dead/live bacteria in homogenous cell suspensions and the effect of insoluble substrates on turbidimetric measurements

    Article • Data in Brief, June 2017, Elsevier

    Prof. Kwabena Obeng Duedu

  46. Two-colour fluorescence fluorimetric analysis for direct quantification of bacteria and its application in monitoring bacterial growth in cellulose degradation systems

    Article • Journal of Microbiological Methods, April 2017, Elsevier

    Prof. Kwabena Obeng Duedu

  47. Chronic Noncommunicable Diseases in 6 Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Findings From Wave 1 of the World Health Organization's Study on Global Ageing and Adult Health (SAGE)

    Article • American Journal of Epidemiology, February 2017, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Prof. Kwabena Obeng Duedu

  48. Multidrug Resistant Enteric Bacterial Pathogens in a Psychiatric Hospital in Ghana: Implications for Control of Nosocomial Infections

    Article • International Journal of Microbiology, January 2017, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Prof. Kwabena Obeng Duedu, Eric Sampane-Donkor

  49. Citrobacter freundii as a test platform for recombinant cellulose degradation systems

    Article • Letters in Applied Microbiology, November 2016, Wiley

    Prof. Kwabena Obeng Duedu

  50. Characterization of a Cellulomonas fimi exoglucanase/xylanase-endoglucanase gene fusion which improves microbial degradation of cellulosic biomass

    Article • Enzyme and Microbial Technology, November 2016, Elsevier

    Prof. Kwabena Obeng Duedu

  51. Short-term treatment outcomes in human immunodeficiency virus type-1 and hepatitis B virus co-infections

    Article • Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials, June 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Kwabena Obeng Duedu

  52. Malaria, helminths and malnutrition: a cross-sectional survey of school children in the South-Tongu district of Ghana

    Article • BMC Research Notes, April 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Kwabena Obeng Duedu

  53. Decay of Soluble CD30 and HIV-1 Plasma Viral Load during Early Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy: A Short-Term Longitudinal Study

    Article • Journal of Microbial & Biochemical Technology, January 2016, OMICS Publishing Group

    Prof. Kwabena Obeng Duedu

  54. Prevalence of intestinal parasites among patients of a Ghanaian psychiatry hospital

    Article • BMC Research Notes, November 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Kwabena Obeng Duedu

  55. Prevalence of Intestinal Parasites and Association with Malnutrition at a Ghanaian Orphanage

    Article • Human Parasitic Diseases, January 2015, Portico

    Prof. Kwabena Obeng Duedu

  56. A comparative survey of the prevalence of human parasites found in fresh vegetables sold in supermarkets and open-aired markets in Accra, Ghana

    Article • BMC Research Notes, November 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Kwabena Obeng Duedu

  57. Beyond Genetic Engineering: Technical Capabilities in the Application Fields of Biocatalysis and Biosensors

    Article • September 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Kwabena Obeng Duedu

  58. A survey of pathogens associated with Cyperus esculentus L (tiger nuts) tubers sold in a Ghanaian city

    Article • BMC Research Notes, June 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Kwabena Obeng Duedu

  59. Microbial Carriage of Cockroaches at a Tertiary Care Hospital in Ghana

    Article • Environmental Health Insights, October 2013, Libertas Academica, Ltd.

    Prof. Kwabena Obeng Duedu

  60. The effects of co-infection with human parvovirus B19 and Plasmodium falciparum on type and degree of anaemia in Ghanaian children

    Article • Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine, February 2013, Medknow

    Prof. Kwabena Obeng Duedu

  61. Misclassification of recent HIV-1 seroconversion in sub-Saharan Africa using the sensitive/less sensitive technique

    Article • Virology Journal, April 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Kwabena Obeng Duedu