Dr. Richmond Yeboah

• PhD. Microbiology (KNUST - Kumasi)
• MPhil. Clinical Microbiology (KNUST-Kumasi)
• BSc. Biological Sciences (KNUST-Kumasi)
• Certificate in Global Health (Stellenbosch University-South Africa)

American Association of Microbiology (ASM)

Infectious diseases, viral diagnostics, clinical virology and epidemiology.

• Microbiology (Virology)
• Molecular Diagnostics
• Genetics
• Laboratory Management and Administration
• Laboratory Instrumentation
• General Biology
• Quality Management Systems

• August 2 – September 15, 2019, Beneficiary, European Virus Archive goes global (EVAg) training in virology, Institute of Virology, Charité – Universitätsmedizin, Berlin-Germany
• October 29-30, 2020, Grant applications: Writing a competitive research proposal. Hosted by Global Health Network platform in collaboration with CANTAM and ALERRT)
• July 2020, Laboratory training for COVID-19 molecular testing (private). Organised by Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics and African Society for Laboratory Medicine
• December 3 – 7, 2019 FAO training on Good Emergency Management Practices (GEMP), Accra Ghana
• July 2-3, 2019, strengthening communication skills workshop, AREF-KNUST/KCCR

• Yeboah, Richmond, Augustina Angelina Sylverken, Michael Owusu, Philip El-Duah, Vitus Burimuah, Yaw Frimpong, Jones Lamptey et al. "Sero-molecular epidemiology of hepatitis E virus in pigs and human contacts in Ghana." One Health Outlook 3, no. 1 (2021): 1-11.
• El-Duah P, Sylverken AA, Owusu M, Amoako YA, Yeboah R, Gorman R, Nyarko-Afriyie E, Schneider J, Jones TC, Bonney J, Adade T. Genetic characterization of varicella-zoster and HIV-1 viruses from the cerebrospinal fluid of a co-infected encephalitic patient, Ghana. Virology Journal. 2022 Dec;19(1):1-6.
• Amoako, Y. A., P. El-Duah, A. A. Sylverken, M. Owusu, R. Yeboah, R. Gorman, T. Adade et al. "Rabies is still a fatal but neglected disease: a case report." Journal of Medical Case Reports 15, no. 1 (2021): 1-6.
• Lamptey J, Oyelami FO, Owusu M, Nkrumah B, Idowu PO, Adu-Gyamfi EA, Czika A, El-Duah P, Yeboah R, Sylverken A, Olasunkanmi OI. Genomic and epidemiological characteristics of SARS-CoV-2 in Africa. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 2021 Apr 26;15(4):e0009335.
• Owusu M, Sylverken AA, El-Duah P, Ayisi-Boateng NK, Yeboah R, Adu E, Asamoah J, Frimpong M, Senyo J, Acheampong G, Mutocheluh M. Low risk of SARS-CoV-2 in blood transfusion. Plos one. 2021 Apr 13;16(4):e0249069.

 

• Sylverken, A. A., El-Duah, P., Owusu, M., Schneider, J., Yeboah, R., Ayisi-Boateng, A.-B., Gorman, R., Adu, E., Kwarteng, A., & Frimpong, M. (2020). Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in Northern Ghana; Insights from Whole Genome Sequencing. Archives of Virology, 0123456789. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00705-021-04986-3

 

• Owusu, Michael, Augustina Angelina Sylverken, Sampson Twumasi Ankrah, Philip El-Duah, Nana Kwame Ayisi-Boateng, Richmond Yeboah, Richmond Gorman et al. "Epidemiological profile of SARS-CoV-2 among selected regions in Ghana: A cross-sectional retrospective study." PloS one 15, no. 12 (2020): e0243711.

 

• Burimuah, V., Sylverken, A., Owusu, M., El-Duah, P., Yeboah, R., Lamptey, J., Frimpong, Y. O., Agbenyega, O., Folitse, R., Emikpe, B., Tasiame, W., Owiredu, E.-W., Oppong, S., Antwi, C., Adu-Sarkodie, Y. & Drosten, C. (2020). Molecular-based cross-species evaluation of bovine coronavirus infection in cattle, sheep and goats in Ghana. BMC Veterinary Research, 16, 405.

 

• Burimuah, V., Sylverken, A., Owusu, M., El-Duah, P., Yeboah, R., Lamptey, J., ... & Emikpe, B. (2020). Sero-prevalence, cross-species infection and serological determinants of prevalence of Bovine Coronavirus in Cattle, Sheep and Goats in Ghana. Veterinary Microbiology, 241, 108544.

 

• Frimpong, M., Amoako, Y.A., Anim, K.B., Ahor, H.S., Yeboah, R., Arthur, J., Dakorah, J.S., Gborgblovor, D., Akrofi, S., Sekyi-Djan, P. and Owusu, M., 2020. Diagnostics for COVID-19: A case for field-deployable, rapid molecular tests for community surveillance. Ghana Med J, 54(4), pp.71-76.

 

• El-Duah, Philip, Augustina Sylverken, Michael Owusu, Richmond Yeboah, Jones Lamptey, Yaw Oppong Frimpong, Vitus Burimuah et al. "Potential Intermediate Hosts for Coronavirus Transmission: No Evidence of Clade 2c Coronaviruses in Domestic Livestock from Ghana." Tropical medicine and infectious disease 4, no. 1 (2019): 34.

 

• El-Duah, Philip, Benjamin Meyer, Augustina Sylverken, Michael Owusu, Lina Theresa Gottula, Richmond Yeboah, Jones Lamptey et al. "Development of a Whole-Virus ELISA for Serological Evaluation of Domestic Livestock as Possible Hosts of Human Coronavirus NL63." Viruses 11, no. 1 (2019): 43.

 

• Emikpe, B.O., Asamoah, K., Jarikre, T.A., Attoh, C., Asenso, T., Asare, D.A. and Yeboah, R., 2017. Pattern of pulmonary lesions in some wildlife rodents and duikers in Ghana. Bulletin of Animal Health and Production in Africa, 65(2), pp.333-338.

 

• Ampofo, H. J., Emikpe, B. O., Asenso, T. N., Asare, D. A., Yeboah, R., Jarikre, T. A., & Jagun-Jubril, A. (2017). Hunting practices and heavy metals concentrations in fresh and smoked wildmeats in Kumasi, Ghana. Journal of Research in Forestry, Wildlife and Environment, 9(3), 43-49.

 

• Kobia, J., Emikpe, B. O., Asare, D. A., Asenso, T. N., Yeboah, R., Jarikre, T. A., & JagunJubril, A. (2016). Effects of different cooking methods on heavy metals level in fresh and smoked game meat. Journal of Food Processing and Technology, 7(9). 

 

• Laryea, M. A., B. O. Emikpe, V. Attoh-Kotoku, O. O. Omotosho, D. A. Asare, N. T. Asenso, R. Yeboah, O. A. Adejumobi, M. Mensah, and D. B. Okai. "THE OCCURRENCE OF GASTRIC LESIONS IN SLAUGHTERED PIGS AT THE KUMASI ABATTOIR, GHANA." Bangladesh Journal of Veterinary Medicine 14, no. 1 (2016): 85-91.