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Postdoctoral Research Assistant
Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine (KCCR), Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Ghana
Email: jonathanadjei@gmail.com
VALIDATE Role:
Network Associate
Research Keywords:
Buruli ulcer, TB, Immunology, Clinical Trials
Biography:
Dr. Jonathan Kofi Adjei is a Postdoctoral Research Assistant at the Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine (KCCR), Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, Ghana. His research focuses on the identification of diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers for Buruli ulcer, intending to develop reliable immune-based screening and diagnostic assays for the disease.
Related Websites:
LinkedIn
Key Publications:
- Adjei, J. K., Aniagyei, W., Adankwah, E., Seyfarth, J., Mayatepek, E., Berko, D. A., Ackam, N., Annani-Akollor, M. E., Sakyi, S. A., Amoako, Y. A., Owusu, D., Jacobsen, M., & Phillips, R. O. (2023). Memory B-cells are enriched in the blood of patients with acute Buruli ulcer disease: a prospective observational study. BMC Infectious Diseases, 23(1), 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1186/S12879-023-08370-1/FIGURES/3
- Jacobsen, M., Adjei, J. K., Aniagyei, W., Adankwah, E., Seyfarth, J., Mayatepek, E., Antwi-Berko, D., Sakyi, S. A., Debrah, A. Y., Debrah, L. B., Owusu, D. O., & Phillips, R. O. (2022). T-Cell Responses Against Mycobacterium ulcerans and Mycobacterium tuberculosis Protein Extracts Identify Children With Buruli Ulcer Disease. Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society, 11(12), 575–577. https://doi.org/10.1093/JPIDS/PIAC092
- Aniagyei, W., Adjei, J. K., Adankwah, E., Seyfarth, J., Mayatepek, E., Berko, D. A., Sakyi, S. A., Debrah, L. B., Debrah, A. Y., Hoerauf, A., Owusu, D. O., Phillips, R. O., & Jacobsen, M. (2022). Doxycycline treatment of Mansonella perstans infected individuals affects immune cell activation and causes long-term T-cell polarization. Clinical Infectious Diseases : An Official Publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciac428
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