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  1. Ethnographic study of Buruli ulcer wound management practices in a traditional therapeutic setting in Ghana

    Article • International Journal for Equity in Health, October 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Richard Akuffo

  2. Improving experiences of neglected tropical diseases of the skin: Mixed methods formative research for development of a complex intervention in Atwima Mponua District, Ghana

    Article • PLOS Global Public Health, June 2024, PLOS

    Daniel Okyere, Richard Akuffo

  3. Development of an integrated and decentralised skin health strategy to improve experiences of skin neglected tropical diseases and other skin conditions in Atwima Mponua District, Ghana

    Article • PLOS Global Public Health, January 2024, PLOS

    Dr Richard O Phillips, Richard Akuffo

  4. Endemic infectious cutaneous ulcers syndrome in the Oti Region of Ghana: Study of cutaneous leishmaniasis, yaws and Haemophilus ducreyi cutaneous ulcers

    Article • PLOS One, September 2023, PLOS

    Richard Akuffo

  5. SARS-CoV-2 Molecular Evolutionary Dynamics in the Greater Accra Region, Ghana

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, April 2023, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Richard Akuffo

  6. A Preliminary Study to Compare Recombinase Polymerase Amplification-Lateral Flow and Quantitative PCR in the Detection of Cutaneous Leishmania in Communities from the Volta Region of Ghana

    Article • Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases, February 2023, Mary Ann Liebert Inc

    Richard Akuffo

  7. SARS-CoV-2 infections among asymptomatic individuals contributed to COVID-19 cases: A cross-sectional study among prospective air travelers from Ghana

    Article • Frontiers in Public Health, December 2022, Frontiers

    Richard Akuffo

  8. Contribution of the Advanced Research Laboratories at the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (NMIMR) to SARS-CoV-2 Testing in Ghana

    Article • Health, January 2022, Scientific Research Publishing, Inc,

    Richard Akuffo

  9. Insecticide-treated net (ITN) use, factors associated with non-use of ITNs, and occurrence of sand flies in three communities with reported cases of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Ghana

    Article • PLOS One, December 2021, PLOS

    Richard Akuffo

  10. Prevalence of Leishmania infection in three communities of Oti Region, Ghana

    Article • PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, May 2021, PLOS

    Richard Akuffo

  11. Detection of cutaneous leishmaniasis in three communities of Oti Region, Ghana

    Article • PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, May 2021, PLOS

    Richard Akuffo

  12. Submicroscopic placental infection by non-falciparum Plasmodium spp.

    Article • PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, February 2018, PLOS

    Richard Akuffo

  13. Prevalence of enteric infections among hospitalized patients in two referral hospitals in Ghana

    Article • BMC Research Notes, July 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Richard Akuffo

  14. Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus in livestock ticks and animal handler seroprevalence at an abattoir in Ghana

    Article • BMC Infectious Diseases, July 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Richard Akuffo

  15. Sentinel surveillance for influenza among severe acute respiratory infection and acute febrile illness inpatients at three hospitals in Ghana

    Article • Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses, June 2016, Wiley

    Richard Akuffo