Publications by authors named "Angelina Evelyn Dickson"
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- The Global Polio Eradication Initiative was launched in Ghana in 1996, successfully stopping the wild poliovirus by 2008, but faced vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 outbreaks in 2019 and 2022.
- A retrospective analysis of Acute Flaccid Paralysis (AFP) surveillance data from 2018 to 2022 revealed that most cases involved young children, with over 77% experiencing fever at the onset of paralysis.
- The surveillance system in Ghana exhibited effectiveness with high non-polio AFP rates and stool adequacy, but improvements are needed in data completeness and timely processing of stool samples.
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- * 17% of the samples tested positive for the virus, with a higher prevalence in wastewater (11%) compared to sewage (6%), particularly in the Greater Accra Region.
- * Despite finding viral RNA, attempts to isolate the virus were unsuccessful, indicating that while SARS-CoV-2 persists in the environment, it may not be infectious in these samples.
Cysticercosis caused by the larval stages of Taenia hydatigena has a significant global impact on livestock production, particularly of goats and sheep. Despite this, global data on prevalence and genetic variance of this parasite are still scarce. In Ghana, as in most African countries, numerous anecdotal observations agree that it is widespread and frequent.
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