PROJECT #1 (2023): Serosurveillance for Marburg virus among livestock and dogs throughout Ghana

PUBLICATION: Serological Evidence of Potential Marburg Virus Circulation in Livestock and Dogs in Ghana. Odoom T, Johnson SAM, Tasiame W, Ziekah MY, Abuh JK, Anderson B, Danso F, Abbiw RK, Nuokpem FY, Allegye-Cudjoe E, Lewis C, Faburay B. Pathogens. 2024 Oct 22;13(11):917. doi: 10.3390/pathogens13110917. PMID: 39599470; PMCID: PMC11597086. https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens13110917

PUBLICATION: Johnson SAM, Odoom T, Tasiame W, Anderson B, Terkper C, Abbiw RK, Amoako K, Nyarko AK, Danso F, Abuh J, Ziekah M, Akunzule A, Ahmed GM. Livestock mobility in border towns and markets in Ghana: a retrospective analysis, 2017-2023. Trop Anim Health Prod. 2025 Nov 11;57(8):484. doi: 10.1007/s11250-025-04641-y. PMID: 41217546.

The findings underscore the importance of regular surveillance using the one health approach and future studies into the role of livestock and dogs as potential intermediaries in the circulation of MARV.

PROJECT #2 (2024): Identification of FMD exposure and serotypes, Ghana