- Boateng, R., M. Mutocheluh, A. Dompreh, D. Obiri-Yeboah, E. Odame Anto, M. Owusu and P. W. Narkwa (2019). “Sero-prevalence of Hepatitis B and C viral co-infections among HIV-1 infected ART-naïve individuals in Kumasi, Ghana.” PLOS ONE 14(4): e0215377. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0215377.
- K. Prah, S. Amoah, D. W. K Ocansey, R. Arthur, E. Walker1 and D. Obiri-Yeboah (2019). Evaluation of urinalysis parameters and antimicrobial susceptibility of uropathogens among out-patients at University of Cape Coast Hospital. Ghana Medical Journal 53(1): 44-51 http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/gmj.v53i1.7
- Adjetey, V., Obiri-Yeboah and B. Dornoo (2019). Differentiated service delivery: a qualitative study of people living with HIV and accessing care in a tertiary facility in Ghana. BMC Health Services Research 19(1): 95. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-019-3878-7
- P. Yooda, S. Sawadogo, S. T. Soubeiga, D. Obiri-Yeboah, K. Nebie, A. K. Ouattara, B. Diarra, A. Simpore, Y. D. Yonli, A-G Sawadogo, B. E. Drabo, S. Zalla, A. P. Siritié, R. S. Nana, H. Dahourou, J. Simpore. (2019). Residual risk of HIV, HCV, and HBV transmission by blood transfusion between 2015 and 2017 at the Regional Blood Transfusion Center of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. Journal of Blood Medicine, 10, 53–58. https://doi.org/10.2147/JBM.S189079
- Compaore, T. R., Soubeiga, S., Ouattara, A., Tchelougou, D., Bisseye, C., Bakouan, D., Compaore, I., Dembele, A., Yonli, A., Obiri-Yeboah, D., Djigma, W., & Simpore, J. (2018). APOBEC3G expression and HIV-1 infection in Burkina Faso.Journal of Public Health in Africa, 9(3). https://doi.org/10.4081/jphia.2018.907
- Yelemkoure, E., Yonli, A., Montesano, C., Ouattara, A., Diarra, B., Zohoncon, T., Nadembega, C., Ouedraogo, P., Sombié, C., Soubeiga, S., Tao, I., Gansane, A., Amicosante, M., Djigma, F., Obiri-Yeboah, D., Pietra, V., Simpore, J., & Colizzi, V. (2018). Prevention of mother-to-child transmission of hepatitis B virus in Burkina Faso: Screening, vaccination and evaluation of post-vaccination antibodies against hepatitis B surface antigen in newborns. Journal of Public Health in Africa, 9(3). https://doi.org/10.4081/jphia.2018.816
- Hayfron-Benjamin, A., Obiri-Yeboah, S. Ayisi-Addo, P. M. Siakwa and S. Mupepi (2018). “HIV diagnosis disclosure to infected children and adolescents; challenges of family caregivers in the Central Region of Ghana.” BMC Paediatrics 18(1): 365. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12887-018-1330-5
- Obiri-Yeboah, D., A. Awuku, W. Alofa, A. Charwudzi, E. Aniakwa-Bonsu, E. Obboh and P. Nsiah (2018). “Renal dysfunction among adult HIV/AIDS patients on antiretroviral therapy at a tertiary facility in Ghana.” BMC Nephrology 19(1): 333. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12882-018-1130-z
- Sorgho, A. P., Martinson, J. J., Djigma, F., Yonli, A. T., Nagalo, B. M., Compaore, R. T., Obiri-Yeboah, D., Birama, D., Sombie, H. K., Zongo, A. W., Ouattara, A. K., Soubeiga, S. T. R., Traore, L., Roberts, L. R., & Simpore, J. (2018). Insights into the interplay between KIR gene frequencies and chronic HBV infection in Burkina Faso.Mediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases, 10(1), e2018060. https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2018.060
- Hagan, O., Nsiah, P., Obiri-Yeboah, D., Yirdong, F., Annan, I., Eliason, S., & Nuvor, S. (2018). Impact of universal childhood vaccination against hepatitis B in Ghana: A pilot study. Journal of Public Health in Africa, 9(2). https://doi.org/10.4081/jphia.2018.721
- Yeboah K. Opoku, Johnson N. Boampong, Irene Ayi, Godwin Kwakye-Nuako, Dorcas Obiri-Yeboah, Harriet Koranteng, George Ghartey-Kwansah and Kwame K. Asare. (2018). Socio-Behavioral Risk Factors Associated with Cryptosporidiosis in HIV/AIDS Patients Visiting the HIV Referral Clinic at Cape Coast Teaching Hospital, Ghana. The Open AIDS Journal. DOI:10.2174/1874613601812018, 12, 03-00
- Diarra, B., A. T. Yonli, A. K. Ouattara, T. M. Zohoncon, L. Traore, C. Nadembega, Obiri-Yeboah, J. Yara, V. Pietra, P. Ouedraogo, A. Bougouma, R. Sanogo and J. Simpore (2018). “World hepatitis day in Burkina Faso, 2017: seroprevalence and vaccination against hepatitis B virus to achieve the 2030 elimination goal.” Virology Journal 15(1): 121.
- Soubeiga, S. T., Bazie, B. V., Compaore, T., Ouattara, A. K., Zohoncon, T., Obiri-Yeboah, D., Yonli, A., Zongo, A., Traore, L., Pietra, V., Akpona, S., Diagbouga, S., & Simpore, J. (2018). Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 drug resistance in a subset of mothers and their infants receiving antiretroviral treatment in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. Journal of Public Health in Africa, 9(1):767. https://doi.org/10.4081/jphia.2018.767
- Yooda, A. P., S. T. Soubeiga, K. Y. Nebie, B. Diarra, S. Sawadogo, A. K. Ouattara, Obiri-Yeboah, A. T. Yonli, I. Tao, P. A. Sorgho, H. Dahourou and J. Simpore (2018). “Impact of Multiplex PCR in Reducing the Risk of Residual Transfusion-Transmitted Human Immunodeficiency and Hepatitis B and C Viruses in Burkina Faso.” Mediterr J Hematol Infect Dis 10(1): e2018041.
- Obiri-Yeboah, D., Pappoe, I. Baidoo, F. Arthur, A. Hayfron-Benjamin, S. Essien-Baidoo, G. Kwakye-Nuako and S. A. Addo (2018). “Immunologic and virological response to ART among HIV infected individuals at a tertiary hospital in Ghana.” BMC Infectious Diseases 18(1): 230. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-018-3142-5
- James Prah, Anna Hayfron-Benjamin, Mohammed Abdulai, Obed Lasim, Yvonne Nartey, and Dorcas Obiri-Yeboah. Factors Affecting Adherence to Antiretroviral Therapy among HIV/AIDS Patients in Cape Coast Metropolis, Ghana. Journal of HIV and AIDS, 2018. 4(1): dx.doi.org/10.16966/2380-5536.149
- Obiri-Yeboah, D., Asante Awuku, Y., Adu, J., Pappoe, F., Obboh, E. Nsiah, P., Amoako-Sakyi, D., Simpore, J. Sero-prevalence and risk factors for hepatitis E virus infection among pregnant women in the Cape Coast Metropolis, Ghana. PLOS ONE, 2018. 13(1): p. e0191685.
- Diarra B., Yonli A.T., Sorgho P.A., Compaore T.R., Ouattara A. ., Zongo W. A., Tao I., Traore L., Soubeiga S.T., Djigma F.W., Obiri-Yeboah D., Nagalo B.M., Pietra V., Sanogo R., Simpore J. Occult hepatitis B virus infection and associated genotypes among HBsAg negative subjects in Burkina Faso. (2018) Mediterr J Hematol Infect Dis, 10 (1): e2018007, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4084/MJHID.2018.007
- Obiri-Yeboah, P. K. Akakpo, M. Mutocheluh, E.Adjei-Danso, G. Allornuvor, D. Amoako-Sakyi, Y.Adu-Sarkodie and P. Mayaud. (2017). Epidemiology of cervical human papillomavirus (HPV) infection and squamous intraepithelial lesions (SIL) a cohort of HIV-infected and uninfected Ghanaian women. BMC Cancer. 17(1): p. 688. DOI 10.1186/s12885-017-3682-x
- Obiri-Yeboah, D., Adu-Sarkodie, Y., Djigma, F., Hayfron-Benjamin, A., Abdul, L., Simpore, J., & Mayaud, P. (2017). Self-collected vaginal sampling for the detection of genital human papillomavirus (HPV) using careHPV among Ghanaian women. BMC Womens Health, 17(1), 86. doi:10.1186/s12905-017-0448-1
- Ouattara A. Karim, Yameogo P., Traore L., Diarra B., Assih M., Compaore T. R., Obiri-Yeboah D., Soubeiga S. T., Djigma F. , Simpore, Jacques (2017). “Prevalence, genetic variants and clinical implications of G-6-PD deficiency in Burkina Faso: a systematic review.” BMC Medical Genetics 18 (1): 139.
- Christelle NADEMBEGA, Abdoul Karim OUATTARA, Birama DIARRA, Dorcas OBIRI-YEBOAH, Théodora ZOHONCON, Virginio PIETRA and Jacques SIMPORE.( 2017). “Thyroid disorders among older people in Burkina Faso”. International Journal of Current Research. 9, (11), 61189-61194.
- Traore L., Nikiema O., Ouattara A.K., Compaore T.R., Soubeiga S.T., Diarra B., Obiri-Yeboah D., Sorgho P.A., Djigma F.W., Bisseye C., Yonli1 A.T., Simpore J. (2017). EBV and HHV-6 circulating subtypes in People Living with HIV in Burkina Faso, impact on CD4 T cell count and HIV viral load. Mediterr J Hematol Infect Dis, 9(1): e2017049, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4084/MJHID.2017.049
- Birama Diarra, Abdoul K. Ouattara, Florencia W. Djigma, Tegwinde R. Compaore, Dorcas Obiri-Yeboah, Lassina Traore, Serge T. Soubeiga, Prosper Bado, Justine Yara, Virginio Pietra, Paul Ouedraogo, Alain Bougouma, Rokia Sanogo, and Jacques Simpore. (2017). World Hepatitis Day in Burkina Faso, 2016: Awareness, Screening, Identification of HBV Markers, HBV/HCV Coinfection, and Vaccination. Hepatitis Monthly. doi: 10.5812/hepatmon.13789.
- Yameogo, B. V. J. Télesphore E. Bazie, A. K. Ouattara, P. Yameogo, R. T. Compaore, D. Obiri-Yeboah, F. W. Djigma, S. D. Karou And J.Simpore. (May 18, 2017) Major polymorphisms of genes involved in homocysteine metabolism in malaria patients in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. Malaria Research and Treatment. Volume 2017, Article ID 3468276, 6 pages. https://doi.org/10.1155/2017/3468276
- Faustina Pappoe, Weisheng Cheng, Lin Wang, Yuanling Li, Dorcas Obiri-Yeboah, Samuel Victor Nuvor, Henock Ambachew, Xiaodong Hu, Qingli Luo, Deyong Chu, Yuanhong Xu, Jilong Shen. Prevalence of Toxoplasma gondii infection in HIV infected patients and food animals and direct genotyping of T. gondii isolates, Southern Ghana. (April 22nd, 2017) Parasitology Research, p1-11. DOI: 1007/s00436-017-5442-x.
- Dorcas Obiri-Yeboah, Yaw Adu-Sarkodie, Florencia Djigma, Kafui Akakpo, Ebenezer Aniakwa-Bonsu, Daniel Amoako-Sakyi, Simpore Jacques, Philippe Mayaud. Options in human papillomavirus (HPV) detection for cervical cancer screening: comparison between full genotyping and a rapid qualitative HPV-DNA assay in Ghana. (March 23Rd, 2017). BMC Gynaecologic Oncology Research and Practice. 4(1): p. 5. DOI: 10.1186/s40661-017-0041-1.
- D. Ouermi, D, Soubeiga, W.M.C. Nadembèga, P.M. Sawadogo, T.M. Zohoncon, D. Obiri-Yeboah, F.W. Djigma, J. Nordgren and J. Simpore. (Jan. 19th, 2017). Molecular Epidemiology of Rotavirus in Children under Five in Africa (2006-2016): A Systematic Review. Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences, 20: 59-69. ISSN 1028-8880 DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2017.59.69
- A. Moumouni, S. Diagbouga, C. Nadembèga , A. M. Dabiré, F. Salah, D. Obiri-Yeboah, S.T. Soubéiga, A. K. Ouattara, T. Zohoncon, F. Djigma, C. Langendorf and J. Simporé. (Jan 21st,2017). Quinolone Resistance (qnr) genes in Fecal Carriage of Extended Spectrum beta-Lactamases producing Enterobacteria isolated from Children in Niger. Current Research in Microbiology and Biotechnology. Vol. 5, No. 1: 953-957
- Moutanou M. J. Zeye, Serge P. Diagbouga, Florencia W. Djigma, Mahamoudou Sanou, Dorcas Obiri-Yeboah, Serge Y. Ouedraogo, Abel P. Sorgho, Abdoul K. Ouattara, Arsène W. Zongo, Abdoulaye Tangara, Tegwindé R. Compaore, Siaka Ouattara, Jacques Simpore. (Jan 31st, 2017). Prevalence of hepatitis virus delta infection among HBVAgs positive blood donors at the Regional Blood Transfusion Center of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. International Journal of Microbiology and Immunology Research Vol. 5(1), pp. 001-006, ISSN 2327-7769.
- Emmanuel K. Abu, Samuel Abokyi, Dorcas Obiri-Yeboah, Richard K. D. Ephraim, Daniel Afedo, Lawrence D. Agyeman, and Samuel B. Boadi-Kusi. (Dec. 29th, 2016). Retinal Microvasculopathy is Common in HIV/AIDS Patients: A Cross-Sectional Study at the Cape Coast Teaching Hospital, Ghana. Journal of Ophthalmology. Article ID 8614095, 6 pages. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/8614095
- D. Obiri-Yeboah, D. Amoako-Sakyi, I. Baidoo, A. Adu-Oppong, T. Rheinländer. (Jan., 2016).The ‘fears’ of disclosing HIV status to sexual partners: a mixed methods study in a counseling setting in Ghana. AIDS & Behaviour. 20 (1):126-136. DOI:10.1007/s10461-015-1022-1
- F. Pappoe, L. Wang, D. Obiri-Yeboah, H. Chen, W. Cheng, X. Wang, F. Liu, Q. Luo, J. Shen. (2016). Genetic diversity of Toxoplasma gondii isolates from Africa by PCR-RFLP and microsatellite genotypying: a systemic review. Chinese Journal of Zoonoses. 32 (10), 903-910. DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1002-2694.2016.010.011
- Compaore TR, Soubeiga ST, Ouattara AK, Obiri-Yeboah D, Tchelougou D, Maiga M, et al. (Jan. 7th, 2016). APOBEC3G Variants and Protection against HIV-1 Infection in Burkina Faso. PLoS ONE 11(1): e0146386. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0146386.
- I. M. A. Traore, T. Zohoncon, A. Dembélé, F. W. Djigma, D. Obiri-Yeboah, G. Traoré, M. Bambara, C. Ouedraogo, Y. Traoré , J. Simpore. Molecular Characterization of High-Risk Human Papillomavirus in Women in Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso (June 23rd, 2016). BioMed Research International. Vol. 2016, Article ID 7092583,6 pages, http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/7092583
- D. Amoako-Sakyi, S. Adukpo, K. A. Kusi, D. Dodoo, M. F. Ofori, G. O. Adjei, D. E. Edoh, R. H. Asmah, C. Brown, D. Obiri-Yeboah, ….. B. A. Gyan. (May, 29th, 2016). A STAT6 intronic single nucleotide polymorphism is associated with clinical malaria in Ghanaian children. Genetics and Epigenetics. Vol. 8: 7-14. DOI: 10.4137/GEG.S38307.
- W. A. Zongo, S. Diagbouga, D. Ouermi, T. Compoaré, D. Obiri-Yeboah, A. K. Ouattara1, T. Kientega, S. T. Soubeiga, A. T. Yonli, F. W. Djigma, D. Ilboudo and Jacques Simporé. Real Time PCR Assay in differentiating Entamoeba histolytica and Entamoeba dispar infections in patients fecal samples attending St Camille hospital in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. Current Research in Microbiology and Biotechnology. Vol. 4, No. 6 (Nov. 8th, 2016): 938-943.
- T. R. Compaore, B. Diarra, M. Assih, D. Obiri-Yeboah, S. T. Soubeiga, A. K. Ouattara, D. Tchelougou, C. Bisseye, D. R. Bakouan, I. P. Compaore, A. Dembele, W. F. Djigma, J. Simpore. HBV/HIV co-infection and APOBEC3G polymorphisms in a population from Burkina Faso (July 22nd, 2016). BMC Infectious Diseases, 16, 1-7.
- Kwakye-Nuako, G, Boampong, J. N, Dong, M. K, Obiri-Yeboah, D, Opoku, Y. K, Amoako-Sakyi, D, Asare, K. K. (2016). Modulation of cyptosporidiosis by CD4 levels in chronic diarrhoea HIV/AIDS individuals visiting Tarkwa Municipal hospital, Ghana. Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Disease. Vol. 6 (10) 770-775. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2222-1808(16)61127-1
- Ouattara A.K., Yameogo P., Diarra B., Obiri-Yeboah D., Yonli A., Compaore T.R., Soubeiga S.T., Djigma F.W., Simpore J. Molecular heterogeneity of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency in Burkina Faso: G-6-PD Betica Selma and Santamaria in people with symptomatic malaria in Ouagadougou. Mediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases. 2016, 8(1): e2016029, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4084/MJHID.2016.029
- Ouédraogo, C. , Zohoncon, T. , Traoré, E. , Ouattara, S. , Bado, P. , Ouedraogo, C. , Djigma, F., Ouermi, D. , Obiri-Yeboah, D. , Lompo, O. , Akpona, S. and Simpore, J. (March, 2016). Distribution of High-Risk Human Papillomavirus Genotypes in Precancerous Cervical Lesions in Ouagadougou, Burkina. Open Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Vol. 6 (4) 196-204. http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/ojog.2016.64025
- M. Cherif, D. Amoako-Sakyi, A. Dolo, Jan-Olav, B. Gjan, D. Obiri-Yeboah, I. Nebie, S. B Sirima, D. Ogobara, M. Troye-Blomberg, M. Bakary. (Jan. 19th, 2016). Distribution of FcɣR gene polymorphisms among two sympatric populations in Mali: differing allele frequencies, associations with malariometric indices and implications for genetic susceptibility to malaria. Malaria Journal. 15: 29. DOI:10.1186/s12936-015-1082-8
- T. M. Zohoncon, P. Bado, D. Ouermi, E. M. A. Traoré, S. Ouattara, F.W. Djigma, I. M. A. Traore, A. T. Yonli , D. Obiri-Yeboah, C. Ouédraogo, S. A. Akpona, O. Lompo and J. Simpore. (Oct. 30th, 2016). Molecular characterization of high-risk human papillomavirus genotypes involved in invasive cervical cancer from formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissues in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. International Journal of Current Research. Vol. 8, Issue, 09, pp.39314-39318.
- Sermé A, Compaoré N, Compaoré R, Djigma F, Somda KS, Diarra B, Coulibaly A, Zohoncon T, Obiri-Yeboah D, Sombie AR, Bougouma A and Simporé J. (Dec, 2016) Helicobacter pylori and upper digestive diseases – diagnosis through real time PCR. Nigerian Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Vol. 8, No. 2, 71 -80
- Kafando F., Ouermi D., Gnoula C., Djigma W. F., Obiri-Yeboah D., .Compaore T. R., Zohoncon M. T., Belemgnigre M, Ouedraogo P. and Simpore Jacques. (2016). Hepatitis E in pregnant women at the Saint Camille Hospital of Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso: prevalence and infection risk factors. International Journal of Recent Advances in Multidisciplinary Research Vol. 03, Issue 10, pp.1885-1888.
- Z. T. Mahoukèdè, B. Luc, O. T. Clarisse, D. Forencia, O. Souléman, Y. Albert T., B. Valérie JTE, D. Ouermi, G. Moutawakilou, D. Obiri-Yeboah, O. Charlemagne, L. O. Mélanie, Akpona Simon , S. Jacques. (Jan. 15th, 2016). Molecular epidemiology of high-risk human papillomavirus in high-grade cervical intraepithelial neoplasia and in cervical cancer, in Parakou, Republic of Benin. Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences, 19 (2): 49-56. DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2016.49.56.
- Acquah S., Boampong J., Setorglo J., Obiri-Yeboah D. (2011) Lipid and lipoprotein levels in diabetics attending clinic at the Central Regional Hospital in the Cape Coast Metropolis of Ghana. International Journal of Health Research. 4(2): 69-74.
Books/book chapters
- Elucidating Sexually Transmitted Infections (Epidemiology, Aetiology, Diagnosis, Management, and Prevention). Obiri-Yeboah, D. (2018). Accra, Ghana, Icon Publishing Limited. ISBN: 9789988856700.
- Medical Microbiology Simplified (2nd Edition). Obiri-Yeboah, D. Brako E Emmanuel, Nuvor Victor, Amoako-Sakyi Daniel, Dankwa Kwabena, Pappoe Faustina. (2016). Accra, Ghana, Icon Publishing Limited. ISBN: 978-9988-8567-7-9 (New additional Chapters by me: 23-32).
- Medical Microbiology Simplified (Bacteriology and Mycology). Obiri-Yeboah, D. (2012). Accra, Ghana, Icon Publishing Limited. ISBN: 978-9988-1-4865-2
Others
I was involved in the development of the following guideline documents used by health workers in the Ghana Health Services:
- Differentiated Service Delivery; an Operational Manual for HIV in Ghana. (2017) Ghana Health Services (GHS)/National AIDS/STIs Control Program (NACP)
- Guidelines for Antiretroviral Therapy in Ghana, Fifth Edition. (2014). Ghana Health Services (GHS)/National AIDS/STIs Control Program (NACP)
- HIV & AIDS Care in Accident and Emergency Departments; Guidelines and Standard Operating Procedures. (July 2014). GHS/NACP/KNUST.