Derrick Adu Mensah

Derrick Adu Mensah

10 Publications3 Research Themes10 Open Access
Research Overview & Focus

The researcher has conducted extensive studies focusing on three interconnected themes: parasitic diseases, toxoplasmos gondii infection, and COVID-19's impact on reproduction. Their work integrates insights into the spread and treatment of lymphatic filariasis and onchoceriasis, evaluates the role of hygiene protocols and antimalarial therapies, examines antigen status changes in filariasis patients, explores blood biomarkers associated with microfilariaria, assesses Onchocerciasis transmission dynamics post-drug administration, investigates seroprevalence of Toxoplasmos gondii in pregnant women, and delves into public perception of the COVID-19 pandemic among reproductive women. The research emphasizes the interplay between medical interventions, psychological impacts, and societal attitudes within these domains.

Key Research Themes (3)
Health Sciences

COVID-19 Impact on Reproduction

Health Sciences

Parasitic Diseases Research and Treatment

Life Sciences

Toxoplasma gondii Research Studies

Publications (10)

Humoral immune response to COVID-19 vaccines in onchocerciasis-infected individuals: a field study from Ghana

Open Access
2025Parasitic Diseases Research and TreatmentDOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2025.1633187

Changes in circulating filarial antigen status in previously positive individuals: Lessons for treatment monitoring and pre-transmission assessment surveys

Open Access
2025Parasitic Diseases Research and TreatmentDOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0012802

Adherence to Hygiene Protocols and Doxycycline Therapy in Ameliorating Lymphatic Filariasis Morbidity in an Endemic Area Post-Interruption of Disease Transmission in Ghana

Open Access
2024Parasitic Diseases Research and TreatmentDOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.24-0313

Association of haemato-biochemical indices and blood composite ratios with microfilaridermia in Onchocerciasis patients

Open Access
2024Parasitic Diseases Research and TreatmentDOI: 10.1186/s12879-024-09278-0

PA-737 Genome-wide association study in Ghanaian lymphatic filariasis-affected individuals

Open Access
2023Parasitic Diseases Research and TreatmentDOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2023-edc.284

AccessSeroprevalence and the Associated Risk Factorsof Toxoplasma GondiiInfection among PregnantWomenin The Middle Belt of Ghana

Open Access
2023Toxoplasma gondii Research StudiesDOI: 10.26911/thejmch.2023.08.05.02

Knowledge andPerception of COVID-19 and ItsPsychosocial Impact on Pre-and Post-Natal Womenin Tema Metropolis, Ghana, West Africa

Open Access
2023COVID-19 Impact on ReproductionDOI: 10.26911/thejmch.2023.08.04.02

Occurrence of Onchocerciasis infection after decades of mass drug administration in the Western North Region of Ghana: The case of Sefwi Akontombra district

Open Access
2022Parasitic Diseases Research and TreatmentDOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-1925871/v2

Occurrence of Onchocerciasis infection after decades of mass drug administration in the Western North Region of Ghana: The case of Sefwi Akontombra district

Open Access
2022Parasitic Diseases Research and TreatmentDOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-1925871/v1

Occurrence of Lymphatic Filariasis infection after 15 years of mass drug administration in two hotspot districts in the Upper East Region of Ghana

Open Access
2022Parasitic Diseases Research and TreatmentDOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0010129
Academic Metrics
DepartmentDepartment of Theoretical and Applied Biology
Total Publications10
Research Themes3
Open Access Papers10

Department of Theoretical and Applied Biology

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

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