knust quality assurance bulletin volume 6 college of health sciences

KNUST QUALITY ASSURANCE BULLETIN VOLUME 6STAFF RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS (2007-2009)DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINECOLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCESACADEMIC STAFFProfessor:J.W. Acheampong (Sir)MB ChB, Dr Med. FA Med., FA Nephro D’Dor,FWACP, KCSSAssociate Professor:T.C. AnkrahMB ChB, DTCD, FWACP, FRCPSenior Lecturers:G. Bedu-Addo BSc. MB ChB, FWACP, FRCPK. Opare-Sem BSc. MB.ChB, Med Sci, FACP, FRCP (Head ofDepartment)Lecturer:B.C. NkumBSc, MB ChB, FWACPT. Feldt MD, DTM, Famed, FAID, Dr. Med.Senior Research Fellow:B. Eghan Jnr. BSc, MB ChB (Kumasi), MSc, DICResearch Fellow:R. Phillips BSc, MB ChB, PhD, MWACPKNUST QUALITY ASSURANCE BULLETIN, VOL. 6STAFF RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS (2007-2009) Page 1

ARTICLES PUBLISHED IN REFEREED JOURNALS1. Sarfo, R. S., Phillips, R. O., Ampadu, E., Sarpong, F., Adentwe, E. and Jones, M. W.(2009). Dynamics of the Cytokine Response of Mycobacterium ulcerans duringantibiotic treatment for M. ulcerans disease (Buruli ulcer) in humans. Clinical andVaccine Immunology, 16(1):61-65.2. Mockenharpt, F. P., Bedu-Addo, G., Eggette, T. A., Hommorich, L., Holmberg, V.,van Oertzen, C. and Bienzle U. (2008). Rapid increase in the prevalence sulfudoxinePyrimethamine resistance among plasmodium falciparum isolated from pregnantwomen in Ghana. Journal of Infectious Disease, 195.3. Agyei-Frempong, M. T., Nkansah, E., Bedu-Addo, G. and Opare-Sem, K. (2008).Incidence of paraproteinaemia hyperproteinaemic patients visiting the ChemicalPathology Unit of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital. Journal of MedicalSciences, 8(4): 378 – 383.4. Allain, J-P., Opare-Sem, O., Sarkodie, F., Rahman, R. and Owusu-Ofori, S. (2009).Deferred donor care in a regional hospital blood center in Ghana. Transfusion 45(4).5. Compston, L. I., Sarkodie, F., Li, C., Candotti, D., Opare-Sem, O. and Allain, J.-P.(2008). Multiplex real-time PCR for the detection and quantification of latentandpersistent viral genomes in cellular or plasma blood fractions. Journal ofVirological Methods, 151(1): 47 – 54.6. Odinsen, O. Owusu-Ofori, Dompreh, Sarkodie, F., Opare-Sem, O., Parker, D. andAllain, J.-P. (2008). Antibody detection and kinetics of antibody production duringearly stages of immunization with Hepatitis B virus vaccine. Clinical and Vaccineimmunology, 14(12): 1623 – 1628.KNUST QUALITY ASSURANCE BULLETIN, VOL. 6STAFF RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS (2007-2009) Page 2