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George Armah
Researcher at University of Ghana
Publications - 53
Citations - 3022
George Armah is an academic researcher from University of Ghana. The author has contributed to research in topics: Rotavirus & Rotavirus vaccine. The author has an hindex of 21, co-authored 49 publications receiving 2512 citations.
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Efficacy of pentavalent rotavirus vaccine against severe rotavirus gastroenteritis in infants in developing countries in Asia: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial
George Armah,Samba O. Sow,Robert F. Breiman,Robert F. Breiman,Michael J. Dallas,Milagritos D. Tapia,Daniel R. Feikin,Daniel R. Feikin,Fred Binka,A. Duncan Steele,Kayla F. Laserson,Kayla F. Laserson,Nana Akosua Ansah,Myron M. Levine,Kristen D.C. Lewis,Michele L. Coia,Margaret Attah-Poku,Joel Ojwando,Joel Ojwando,Stephen B. Rivers,John C. Victor,Geoffrey Nyambane,Geoffrey Nyambane,Abraham Hodgson,Florian Schödel,Max Ciarlet,Kathleen M. Neuzil +26 more
TL;DR: In infants in developing countries in Asia, pentavalentrotavirus vaccine is safe and efficacious against severe rotavirus gastroenteritis, and the results support expanded WHO recommendations to promote its global use.
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Rotavirus Vaccination and the Global Burden of Rotavirus Diarrhea Among Children Younger Than 5 Years.
Christopher Troeger,Ibrahim A Khalil,Puja C Rao,Shujin Cao,Brigette F. Blacker,Tahmeed Ahmed,George Armah,Julie E Bines,Julie E Bines,Thomas G Brewer,Danny V. Colombara,Gagandeep Kang,Beth D. Kirkpatrick,Carl D. Kirkwood,Jason M. Mwenda,Umesh D. Parashar,William A. Petri,Mark S Riddle,A. Duncan Steele,Robert L. Thompson,Judd L. Walson,John W. Sanders,Ali H. Mokdad,Christopher J L Murray,Simon I. Hay,Simon I. Hay,Robert Reiner +26 more
TL;DR: It is suggested that prioritizing vaccine introduction and interventions to reduce diarrhea-associated morbidity and mortality is necessary in the continued global reduction of rotavirus infection.
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Impact of permethrin impregnated bednets on child mortality in Kassena‐Nankana district, Ghana: a randomized controlled trial
Fred Binka,A. Kubaje,Martin Adjuik,L. A. Williams,C. Lengeler,G.H. Maude,George Armah,B. Kajihara,J. H. Adiamah,Pete Smith +9 more
TL;DR: The ready acceptance of bednets, the high level of compliance in their use and the subsequent impact on all‐cause mortality in this study has important implications for programmes to control malaria in sub‐Saharan Africa.
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Etiology of Severe Acute Watery Diarrhea in Children in the Global Rotavirus Surveillance Network Using Quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction
Darwin J. Operario,James A Platts-Mills,Sandrama Nadan,Nicola Page,Mapaseka L. Seheri,Jeffrey Mphahlele,Ira Praharaj,Gagandeep Kang,Irene Trigueiros Araújo,José Paulo Gagliardi Leite,Daniel Cowley,Sarah Thomas,Carl D. Kirkwood,Francis E. Dennis,George Armah,Jason M. Mwenda,Pushpa Ranjan Wijesinghe,Gloria Rey,Varja Grabovac,Chipo Berejena,Chibumbya J. Simwaka,Jeannine Uwimana,Jeevan B. Sherchand,Hlaing Myat Thu,Geethani Galagoda,Isidore Juste O. Bonkoungou,Sheriffo Jagne,Enyonam Tsolenyanu,Amadou Diop,Christabel Enweronu-Laryea,Sam Aliyah Borbor,Jie Liu,Timothy L. McMurry,Benjamin A. Lopman,Umesh D. Parashar,John Gentsch,A. Duncan Steele,Adam L. Cohen,Fatima Serhan,Eric R. Houpt +39 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors performed quantitative polymerase chain reaction for multiple enteropathogens on 878 acute watery diarrheal stools sampled from 14643 episodes captured by surveillance of children <5 years of age during 2013-2014 from 16 countries.
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Impact and Effectiveness of Monovalent Rotavirus Vaccine Against Severe Rotavirus Diarrhea in Ghana
George Armah,Kimberly Pringle,Christabel Enweronu-Laryea,Daniel Ansong,Jason M. Mwenda,Stanley K. Diamenu,Clement T. Narh,Belinda Lartey,Fred Binka,Scott Grytdal,Manish M. Patel,Umesh D. Parashar,Ben Lopman +12 more
TL;DR: Results from the first 3 years following RV1 introduction suggest substantial reductions of pediatric diarrheal disease as a result of vaccination, consistent with the observed rotavirus decrease and with efficacy estimates from elsewhere in sub-Saharan Africa.