Publications

Peer-reviewed articles, policy briefs, and research outputs from our surveillance networks.

Front Med (Lausanne) December 2025

Determinants of pneumococcal carriage by age in Africa (2000-2021): a systematic analysis

Kwesi-Maliepaard EM, Opoku NKO, Egyir B, Dayie NT, Kusi KA, Frimpong A.

Front Public Health December 2025

SeqAfrica: empowering Africa's fight against antimicrobial resistance through genomics

Nilsson P, Gibson CT, Thornval NR, Lacy-Roberts N, Odgaard C, Owusu-Nyantakyi C, Amuasi GR, Boateng W, Mohktar Q, Bortey A, Odih EE, Sunmonu GT, Kumburu HH, Sonda T, Bhiman JN, Amoako DG, du Plessis M, Adu B, van Zwetselaar M, von Gottberg A, Mmbaga BT, Okeke IN, Smith AM, Egyir B, Hendriksen RS.

BMC Microbiol December 2025

Characterization of urinary Escherichia coli isolates in HIV-seropositive women with asymptomatic bacteriuria in Western Ghana

Amegbletor HK, Labi AK, Hukporti N, Osei MM, Cooper P, Owusu F, Amuasi GR, Mensah EK, Egyir B, Opintan JA

Microbiol Spectr December 2025

Global high-risk clones and multidrug-resistant serotype strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa from surgical site infections in low-resource settings

Egyir B, Tagoe R, Dayie NTKD, Bentum J, Owusu-Nyantakyi C, Baka DK, Kofi Adu Tabi B, Labi A-K, Obeng-Nkrumah N, Behene E, Ibrahim S, Owusu F, Adjei F, Agbodzi B, Kumordjie S, Adinkrah J, Annankra A, Yeboah I, Asiedu W, Adufutse M, Annor Nyinaku PA, Nyarko EO, Asumanu E, Manu H, Attram N, Hontz RD, Fox A, Quijada HM, Sanders T

Front Antibiot December 2025

Human-environmental overlap of resistant Enterobacterales: genomic evidence linking coastal waters and community carriage of antimicrobial resistance in a low- and middle-income setting

Labi AK, Obeng-Nkrumah N, Sarpong A, Adomako LAB, Owusu-Nyantakyi C, Akorful RAA, Osei MM, Egyir B, Opintan JA

Microbiol Resour Announc. September 2025

Draft genome and antibiotic resistance profile of a multidrug-resistant K. pneumoniae-ST152 strain KA017_S253 from a neonatal blood culture in Ghana

Tetteh FKM, Egyir B, Boateng W, Owusu-Nyantakyi C, Danso JK, Haq K, Sampane-Donkor E, Duedu KO

PLoS One June 2025

Genomic analysis of Salmonella enterica from cattle, beef and humans in the Greater Tamale Metropolis of Ghana.

Sunmonu GT, Saba CKS, Odih EE, Bright O, Osei EEY, Mensah A, Abdallah S, Alhassan AR, Kpordze SW, Akinlabi OC, Oaikhena AO, Egyir B, Okeke IN