Dedea Ewurama Ampadu Owusu (PhD)

Research Interests (Brief information of not more than 3 lines): Infectious diseases, emerging diseases and outbreaks and capacity building.

Selected Publications ( Not more than 6 copies of recent Publications):

1. Frimpong A, Owusu EDA, Amponsah JA, Obeng-Aboagye E, van der Puije W, Frempong AF, Kusi KA, Ofori MF. Cytokines as Potential Biomarkers for Differential Diagnosis of Sepsis and Other Non-Septic Disease Conditions. Front Cell Infect Microbiol. 2022 Jun 23;12:901433. doi: 10.3389/fcimb.2022.901433
2. Yerlikaya, S., Owusu, E. D. A., Frimpong, A., DeLisle, R. K., & Ding XC. (2022). A Dual, Systematic Approach to Malaria Diagnostic Biomarker Discovery. Clin Infect Dis,74(1):40-51. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciab251. PMID: 34718455; PMCID: PMC8752250.
3. Owusu, E. D. A., Campillo A., Daily, J., & Ding, X. C. (2021). Acceptance and perceived value of non-invasive malaria diagnostic tests in malaria-endemic countries. Malaria Journal, 24;20(1):379. doi: 10.1186/s12936-021-03911-y. PMID: 34560899; PMCID: PMC8461884
4. Frimpong A, Thiam LG, Arko-Boham B, Owusu EDA, Obeng Adjei G. Safety and effectiveness of antimalarial therapy in sickle cell disease: systematic review and network meta-analysis. BMC Infectious Diseases 2018;18(1):650-670. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-018-3556-0
5. Owusu EDA, Djonor SK, Brown CA, Grobusch MP, Mens PF. Plasmodium falciparum diagnostic tools in HIV-positive under-5-year-olds in two ART clinics in Ghana: are there missed infections? Malaria Journal 2018;17(1):92-99. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-018-2231-7
6. Owusu EDA, Visser BJ, Nagel IM, Mens PF, Grobusch MP (2014) The interaction between sickle cell disease and HIV infection: a systematic review. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2014;60 (4):612-626. https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciu832