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Benedicta Mensah

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Onyango L, Ouédraogo-Ametchie G, Stahlfeld A, Holden TM, Richter R, Runge M, Toh KB, Agorinya I, Mensah B, Gerardin J. (2026). Building contextually-relevant training programs for scientific development: process and lessons learned in implementing two iterations of a faculty enrichment program in applied malaria modeling. Malaria journal

Mensah BA, Mensah-Brown HE, Partey FD, Addo C, Buah G, Afudego GA, Okyere D, Tetteh M, Boateng E, Wilson M, Paintsil E. (2025). Identifying risk factors for loss to follow-up in adults living with HIV in a high-burden district in Ghana. BMC public health, 25(1)

Partey FD, Obiri D, Bonney EY, Pobee ANA, Damptey IK, Ennuson K, Akwetea-Foli J, Nuokpem FY, Courtin D, Kusi KA, Mensah BA. (2024). Efficient transplacental transfer of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies between naturally exposed mothers and infants in Accra, Ghana. Scientific reports, 14(1)

Amoah LE, Cheng NI, Acquah FK, Adu-Amankwah S, Bredu DG, Mensah BA, Anang SF, Abban BC, Busayomi A, Kwarpong SS, Tey PK, Cudjoe E, Asamoah A, Holden TM, Gerardin J, Nonvignon J, Ahorlu C. (2024). Diagnostic performance of an ultra-sensitive RDT and a conventional RDT in malaria mass testing, treatment and tracking interventions in southern Ghana. Parasites & vectors, 17(1)

Blankson SO, Rietmeyer L, Tettey P, Dikroh L, Tornyigah B, Adamou R, Moussiliou A, Padounou C, Amoussou A, Mensah BA, Alao MJ, Awandare G, Ndam NT, Roussilhon C, Tahar R. (2023). High Plasma Levels of Neopterin Are Associated with Increased Mortality among Children with Severe Malaria in Benin. Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland), 13(3)

Bell GJ, Gyaase S, Goel V, Adu B, Mensah B, Essone P, Dosoo D, Osei M, Niare K, Wiru K, Brandt K, Emch M, Ghansah A, Asante KP, Mvalo T, Agnandji ST, Juliano JJ, Bailey JA. (2023). Background malaria incidence and parasitemia during the three-dose RTS,S/AS01 vaccination series do not reduce magnitude of antibody response nor efficacy against the first case of malaria. BMC infectious diseases, 23(1)

Argyropoulos DC, Tan MH, Adobor C, Mensah B, Labbé F, Tiedje KE, Koram KA, Ghansah A, Day KP. (2023). Performance of SNP barcodes to determine genetic diversity and population structure of Plasmodium falciparum in Africa. Frontiers in genetics, (14)

Ahorlu CS, Ndong IC, Okyere D, Mensah BA, Chu CE, Enos JY, Abuaku B. (2022). The Effect of Mass Testing, Treatment and Tracking on the Prevalence of Febrile Illness in Children under 15 in Ghana. Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland), 11(10)

Bell GJ, Goel V, Essone P, Dosoo D, Adu B, Mensah BA, Gyaase S, Wiru K, Mougeni F, Osei M, Minsoko P, Sinai C, Niaré K, Juliano JJ, Hudgens M, Ghansah A, Kamthunzi P, Mvalo T, Agnandji ST, Bailey JA, Asante KP, Emch M. (2022). Malaria Transmission Intensity Likely Modifies RTS, S/AS01 Efficacy Due to a Rebound Effect in Ghana, Malawi, and Gabon. The Journal of infectious diseases, 226(9)

Mensah BA, Akyea-Bobi NE, Ghansah A. (2022). Genomic approaches for monitoring transmission dynamics of malaria: A case for malaria molecular surveillance in Sub-Saharan Africa. Frontiers in epidemiology, (2)

Boateng RA, Myers-Hansen JL, Dolling NNO, Mensah BA, Brodsky E, Mazumder M, Ghansah A. (2022). Global Analysis of Plasmodium falciparum Dihydropteroate Synthase Variants Associated with Sulfadoxine Resistance Reveals Variant Distribution and Mechanisms of Resistance: A Computational-Based Study. Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 28(1)

Blankson SO, Dikroh L, Tettey P, Tornyigah B, Adamou R, Moussiliou A, Alao MJ, Amoussou A, Padounou C, Milet J, Mensah BA, Aniweh Y, Ndam NT, Roussilhon C, Tahar R. (2023). Association of Endothelial Protein C Receptor (EPCR) rs867186 Gene Polymorphism With Increased Levels of Soluble EPCR and High Risk of Severe Malaria and Fatality in Beninese Children. The Journal of infectious diseases, 227(2)

Tornyigah B, Blankson SO, Adamou R, Moussiliou A, Rietmeyer L, Tettey P, Dikroh L, Addo B, Lamptey H, Alao MJ, Amoussou A, Padounou C, Roussilhon C, Pons S, Mensah BA, Ndam NT, Tahar R. (2022). Specific Combinations of Inflammatory, Angiogenesis and Vascular Integrity Biomarkers Are Associated with Clinical Severity, Coma and Mortality in Beninese Children with Plasmodium Falciparum Malaria. Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland), 12(2)

Mensah BA, Ndong IC, Quashie PK, Guichet E, Abuaku B, Effah-Baafi Y, Tapela K, Asiedu K, Appiedu-Addo SNA, Obbeng LB, Amponsah JA, Kusi KA, Ofori M, Ayouba A, Courtin D, Tahar R, Delaporte E, Awandare G, Ndam NT. (2022). Population-based sero-epidemiological investigation of the dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 infections in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. Scientific reports, 12(1)

Cheng NI, Tabong PT, Netongo PM, Mensah BA, Chu CE, Yaw EB, Enos JY, Malm K, Ahorlu CS. (2022). The impact of COVID-19 on implementation of mass testing, treatment and tracking of malaria in rural communities in Ghana: A qualitative study. PloS one, 17(10)

Soniran OT, Mensah BA, Cheng NI, Abuaku B, Ahorlu CS. (2022). Improved adherence to test, treat, and track (T3) malaria strategy among Over-the-Counter Medicine Sellers (OTCMS) through interventions implemented in selected rural communities of Fanteakwa North district, Ghana. Malaria journal, 21(1)

Dassah S, Adu B, Sirima SB, Mordmüller B, Ngoa UA, Atuguba F, Arthur FKN, Mensah BA, Kaddumukasa M, Bang P, Kremsner PG, Mategula D, Flach C, Milligan P, Theisen M. (2021). Extended follow-up of children in a phase2b trial of the GMZ2 malaria vaccine. Vaccine, 39(31)

Ofori MF, Kploanyi EE, Mensah BA, Dickson EK, Kyei-Baafour E, Gyabaa S, Tetteh M, Koram KA, Abuaku BK, Ghansah A. (2021). Ex vivo Sensitivity Profile of Plasmodium falciparum Clinical Isolates to a Panel of Antimalarial Drugs in Ghana 13 Years After National Policy Change. Infection and drug resistance, (14)

Aydemir O, Mensah B, Marsh PW, Abuaku B, Myers-Hansen JL, Bailey JA, Ghansah A. (2021). Immediate pools of malaria infections at diagnosis combined with targeted deep sequencing accurately quantifies frequency of drug resistance mutations. PeerJ, (9)

Hinne IA, Attah SK, Mensah BA, Forson AO, Afrane YA. (2021). Larval habitat diversity and Anopheles mosquito species distribution in different ecological zones in Ghana. Parasites & vectors, 14(1)

Ayanful-Torgby R, Sarpong E, Abagna HB, Donu D, Obboh E, Mensah BA, Adjah J, Williamson KC, Amoah LE. (2021). Persistent Plasmodium falciparum infections enhance transmission-reducing immunity development. Scientific reports, 11(1)

Verity R, Aydemir O, Brazeau NF, Watson OJ, Hathaway NJ, Mwandagalirwa MK, Marsh PW, Thwai K, Fulton T, Denton M, Morgan AP, Parr JB, Tumwebaze PK, Conrad M, Rosenthal PJ, Ishengoma DS, Ngondi J, Gutman J, Mulenga M, Norris DE, Moss WJ, Mensah BA, Myers-Hansen JL, Ghansah A, Tshefu AK, Ghani AC, Meshnick SR, Bailey JA, Juliano JJ. (2020). The impact of antimalarial resistance on the genetic structure of Plasmodium falciparum in the DRC. Nature communications, 11(1)

Mensah BA, Aydemir O, Myers-Hansen JL, Opoku M, Hathaway NJ, Marsh PW, Anto F, Bailey J, Abuaku B, Ghansah A. (2020). Antimalarial Drug Resistance Profiling of Plasmodium falciparum Infections in Ghana Using Molecular Inversion Probes and Next-Generation Sequencing. Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, 64(4)

Myers-Hansen JL, Abuaku B, Oyebola MK, Mensah BA, Ahorlu C, Wilson MD, Awandare G, Koram KA, Ngwa AA, Ghansah A. (2020). Assessment of antimalarial drug resistant markers in asymptomatic Plasmodium falciparum infections after 4 years of indoor residual spraying in Northern Ghana. PloS one, 15(12)

Ndong IC, Okyere D, Enos JY, Mensah BA, Nyarko A, Abuaku B, Amambua-Ngwa A, Merle CSC, Koram KA, Ahorlu CS. (2019). Prevalence of asymptomatic malaria parasitaemia following mass testing and treatment in Pakro sub-district of Ghana. BMC public health, 19(1)

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