Publications

2. A randomized comparative study of chloroquine, amodiaquine and sulphadoxinepyrimethamine for the treatment of uncomplicated malaria in Ghana
Abraham R. Oduro, Thomas Anyorigiya, Abraham Hodgson, Patrick Ansah, Francis Anto, Nana A. Ansah, Frank Atuguba, George Mumuni and Joseph Amankwa. Tropical Medicine & International Health, Volume 10 Issue 3 Page 279 - March 2005
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4. Experimental control of Biomphalaria pfeifferi, the intermediate host of Schistosoma mansoni, by the ampullariid snail Lanistes varicus.
Anto F, Bosompem K, Kpikpi J, Adjuik M, Edoh D.
Ann Trop Med Parasitol. 2005 Mar; 99(2): 203-9.
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5. The relative susceptibilities of juvenile and adult Bulinus globosus and Bulinus truncatus to the molluscicidal activities in the fruit of Ghanaian Blighia sapida, Blighia unijugata and Balanites aegyptiaca.
Anto F, Aryeetey ME, Anyorigiya T, Asoala V, Kpikpi
J. Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, Volume 99, Number 2, March 2005, pp. 211-217(7)
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6. How local community knowledge about malaria affects insecticide-treated net use in northern Ghana
Philip B. Adongo, Betty Kirkwood, Carl Kendall.
Tropical Medicine & International Health, Volume 10 Issue 4 Page 366 - April 2005.
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7. An outbreak of serotype 1 Streptococcus pneumoniae meningitis in northern Ghana with features that are characteristic of Neisseria meningitidis meningitis epidemics.
Leimkugel J, Adams Forgor A, Gagneux S, Pfluger V, Flierl C, Awine E, Naegeli M, Dangy JP, Smith T, Hodgson A, Pluschke G.
J Infect Dis. 2005 Jul 15; 192(2): 192-9. Epub 2005 Jun 10.
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8. How Many Years of Life Could Be Saved If Malaria Were Eliminated from a Hyperendemic Area of Northern Ghana?
Ayaga A. Bawah, Fred N. Binka.
Policy Research Division Working Paper 2005 no. 203.
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9. Emergence of W135 meningococcal meningitis in Ghana
Forgor AA, Leimkugel J, Hodgson A, Bugri A, Dangy JP, Gagneux S, Smith T, Pluschhe G.
Tropical Med Int Health. 2005 Dec; 10 (12): 1229-34
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10. Review of antenatal-linked voluntary counseling and HIV testing in sub-Saharan Africa: Lessons and options for Ghana.
Baiden, Frank, Rita Baiden, John Williams, Patricia Akweongo, Christine Clerk, Cornelius Debpuur, James F. Phillips, and Abraham Hodgson.
Ghana Medical Journal 2005 39(1): 8–13

11. Voluntary counseling and HIV testing for pregnant women in the Kassena-Nankana district of northern Ghana: is couple counseling the way forward?
Baiden F, Remes P, Baiden R, Williams J, Hodgson A, Boelaert M, Buve A.
AIDS Care. 2005 Jul; 17(5): 648-57.
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12. Cluster randomised trial of intermittent preventive treatment for malaria in infants in area of high, seasonal transmission in Ghana .
Daniel Chandramohan, Seth Owusu-Agyei, Ilona Carneiro, Timothy Awine, Kwame Amponsa-Achiano, Nathan Mensah, Shabbar Jaffar, Rita Baiden, Abraham Hodgson, Fred Binka, and Brian Greenwood.
BMJ 2005; 331:727-733, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7519.727
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13.Socio-economic Status and Child Mortality: An Illustration Using Housing and Household Characteristics from African Census Data
Ayaga A. Bawah and Tukufu Zuberi.
African Population Studies/Etude de la Population Africaine, Vol. 19, No. 2, Sup. B, 2004, pp. 9-29
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14. Efficacy and acceptability of oral artemether (ArtemosTM) for the treatment of acute uncomplicated malaria in Ghana
A. R. Oduro, S. Owusu-AgyeI, T. Anyorigiya, M. Adjuik and A. Hodgson.
In: Ghana Medical Journal, 2004; 38(2): 75 – 79.

15. A randomized, comparative study of two regimens of beta-artemether for the treatment of uncomplicated, Plasmodium falciparum malaria, in northern Ghana.
A.R. Oduro, T. Anyorigiya, M. Adjuik, T.M. Afful, F. Anto, F. Atuguba, S., Owusu-Agyei, A. Hodgson.
In Ann Trop Med Parasitol. 2004 Jul;98(5):433-40.;PMID: 15257791
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16. Malaria transmission dynamics at a site in northern Ghana proposed for testing malaria vaccines
Maxwell Appawu, Seth Owusu-Agyei, Samuel Dadzie, Victor Asoala, Francis Anto, Kwadwo Koram, William Rogers, Francis Nkrumah, Stephen L. Hoffman and David J. Fryauff
In: Tropical Medicine & International Health Volume 9 Issue 1 Page 164 - January 2004 ;PMID: 14728621
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17. A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, dose-ranging trial of tafenoquine for weekly prophylaxis against Plasmodium falciparum.
Hale BR, Owusu-Agyei S, Fryauff DJ, Koram KA, Adjuik M, Oduro AR, Prescott WR, Baird JK, Nkrumah F, Ritchie TL, Franke ED, Binka FN, Horton J, Hoffman SL.
In: Clin Infect Dis. 2003 Mar 1;36(5):541-9.Epub 2003 Feb 14. PMID: 12594633
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18. Changing patterns of rotavirus genotypes in ghana: emergence of human rotavirus G9 as a major cause of diarrhea in children.
Armah GE, Steele AD, Binka FN, Esona MD, Asmah RH, Anto F, Brown D, Green J, Cutts F, Hall A.
In: J Clin Microbiol. 2003 Jun;41(6):2317-2332. PMID: 12791843
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19. Seasonal profiles of malaria infection, anaemia, and bednet use among age groups and communities in northern Ghana.
Koram KA, Owusu-Agyei S, Fryauff DJ, Anto F, Atuguba F, Hodgson A, Hoffman SL, Nkrumah FK.
In: Trop Med Int Health. 2003 Sep;8(9):840-6. ; PMID: 12950665
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20. Incidence and risk factors of paediatric rotavirus diarrhoea in northern Ghana.
Binka FN, Anto FK, Oduro AR, Awini EA, Nazzar AK,Armah GE, Asmah RH
In: Trop Med Int Health. 2003 Sep;8(9):840-6. PMID: 12950670
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21. Inconsistent reporting of female genital cutting status in northern Ghana: explanatory factors and analytical consequences
Jackson EF, Akweongo P, Hodgson A, Asuru R,Phillips JF
In: Stud Fam Plann. 2003 Sep;34(3):200-10.; PMID: 14558322
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22. Gate-keeping and women's health seeking behaviour in Navrongo, northern Ghana.
Ngom P.Debpuur C, Akweongo P, Adongo P, Binka FN
In: Afr J Reprod Health. 2003 Apr;7(1):17-26; PMID: 12816310
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