James Opoku Frimpong

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Research Assistant

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Ghana

Email: pokufrimpongjames90@gmail.com

                                                

 

 

 

VALIDATE Role: Affiliate

 

Research Keywords: One health, viruses, genome sequencing 

 

Biography

James Opoku Frimpong is a clinical microbiologist and served as a graduate assistant at the School of Medicine and Dentistry, KNUST, Ghana (KSMD). James is passionate to his work using the one health approach and has great interest in virology. His expertise transcends the various fields of microbiology with molecular diagnostics the main tool to his work. James always look out for greater opportunities to explore, put in use the skill acquired and seeks for more knowledge for global benefit.

 

Key Publications

  1. Adam Abdullahi, David Oladele, Micheal Owusu, Steven A. Kemp, James Ayorinde, Abideen Salako, Douglas Fink, Fehintola Ige, Isabella A. T. M. Ferreira, Bo Meng, Augustina Angelina Sylverken, Chika Onwuamah, Kwame Ofori Boadu, Kazeem Osuolale, James Opoku Frimpong, Rufai Abubakar, Azuka Okuruawe, Haruna Wisso Abdullahi, Gideon Liboro, Lawrence Duah Agyemang, Nana Kwame Ayisi-Boateng, Oluwatosin Odubela, Gregory Ohihoin, Oliver Ezechi, Japhet Senyo Kamasah, Emmanuel Ameyaw, Joshua Arthur, Derrick Boakye Kyei, Dorcas Ohui Owusu, Olagoke Usman, Sunday Mogaji, Adedamola Dada, George Agyei, Soraya Ebrahimi, Lourdes Ceron Gutierrez, Sani H. Aliyu, Rainer Doffinger, Rosemary Audu, Richard Adegbola, Petra Mlcochova, Richard Odame Phillips, Babatunde Lawal Solako and Ravindra K. Gupta, (2022). SARS-CoV-2 antibody responses to AZD1222 vaccination in West Africa. Nat Commun 13, 6131. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-33792-x
  2. Abdullahi A, Frimpong J, Cheng MTK, Aliyu SH, Smith C, Abimiku A, Phillips RO, Owusu M, Gupta RK. Performance of SARS COV-2 IgG Anti-N as an Independent Marker of Exposure to SARS COV-2 in an Unvaccinated West African Population. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2023 Aug 14;109(4):890-894. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.23-0179. PMID: 37580023; PMCID: PMC10551093.

 

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