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Toxoplasma gondii seropositivity among patients with sickle cell disease: Prevalence and association with blood transfusion history
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Verner N. Orish ,
Contributed equally to this work with: Verner N. Orish, Renosten E. Tetteh, David Adzah, Chinecherem A. Ndiokwelu, Emmanuel A. Allotey, Evans A. Yeboah, Sylvester Y. Lokpo, Kenneth Ablordey, Duneeh R. Vikpebah, Ekene K. Nwaefuna, Precious K. Kwadzokpui, Noble D. Dika, Elom Y. Dzefi, Kokou H. Amegan-Aho, Aninagyei Enoch, Senyo Tagboto
Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft
* E-mail: vorish@uhas.edu.gh
Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of Health and Allied Sciences, Ho, Volta Region, Ghana
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Renosten E. Tetteh ,
Contributed equally to this work with: Verner N. Orish, Renosten E. Tetteh, David Adzah, Chinecherem A. Ndiokwelu, Emmanuel A. Allotey, Evans A. Yeboah, Sylvester Y. Lokpo, Kenneth Ablordey, Duneeh R. Vikpebah, Ekene K. Nwaefuna, Precious K. Kwadzokpui, Noble D. Dika, Elom Y. Dzefi, Kokou H. Amegan-Aho, Aninagyei Enoch, Senyo Tagboto
Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft
Affiliation Department of Virology and Immunodiagnostics, Ho Teaching Hospital-Laboratory, Ho, Ghana
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David Adzah ,
Contributed equally to this work with: Verner N. Orish, Renosten E. Tetteh, David Adzah, Chinecherem A. Ndiokwelu, Emmanuel A. Allotey, Evans A. Yeboah, Sylvester Y. Lokpo, Kenneth Ablordey, Duneeh R. Vikpebah, Ekene K. Nwaefuna, Precious K. Kwadzokpui, Noble D. Dika, Elom Y. Dzefi, Kokou H. Amegan-Aho, Aninagyei Enoch, Senyo Tagboto
Roles Data curation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of Health and Allied Sciences, Ho, Volta Region, Ghana
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Chinecherem A. Ndiokwelu ,
Contributed equally to this work with: Verner N. Orish, Renosten E. Tetteh, David Adzah, Chinecherem A. Ndiokwelu, Emmanuel A. Allotey, Evans A. Yeboah, Sylvester Y. Lokpo, Kenneth Ablordey, Duneeh R. Vikpebah, Ekene K. Nwaefuna, Precious K. Kwadzokpui, Noble D. Dika, Elom Y. Dzefi, Kokou H. Amegan-Aho, Aninagyei Enoch, Senyo Tagboto
Roles Investigation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, School of Allied Health Sciences, University of Health and Allied Sciences, Ho, Ghana
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Emmanuel A. Allotey ,
Contributed equally to this work with: Verner N. Orish, Renosten E. Tetteh, David Adzah, Chinecherem A. Ndiokwelu, Emmanuel A. Allotey, Evans A. Yeboah, Sylvester Y. Lokpo, Kenneth Ablordey, Duneeh R. Vikpebah, Ekene K. Nwaefuna, Precious K. Kwadzokpui, Noble D. Dika, Elom Y. Dzefi, Kokou H. Amegan-Aho, Aninagyei Enoch, Senyo Tagboto
Roles Investigation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, School of Allied Health Sciences, University of Health and Allied Sciences, Ho, Ghana
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Evans A. Yeboah ,
Contributed equally to this work with: Verner N. Orish, Renosten E. Tetteh, David Adzah, Chinecherem A. Ndiokwelu, Emmanuel A. Allotey, Evans A. Yeboah, Sylvester Y. Lokpo, Kenneth Ablordey, Duneeh R. Vikpebah, Ekene K. Nwaefuna, Precious K. Kwadzokpui, Noble D. Dika, Elom Y. Dzefi, Kokou H. Amegan-Aho, Aninagyei Enoch, Senyo Tagboto
Roles Investigation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Department of Virology and Immunodiagnostics, Ho Teaching Hospital-Laboratory, Ho, Ghana
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Sylvester Y. Lokpo ,
Contributed equally to this work with: Verner N. Orish, Renosten E. Tetteh, David Adzah, Chinecherem A. Ndiokwelu, Emmanuel A. Allotey, Evans A. Yeboah, Sylvester Y. Lokpo, Kenneth Ablordey, Duneeh R. Vikpebah, Ekene K. Nwaefuna, Precious K. Kwadzokpui, Noble D. Dika, Elom Y. Dzefi, Kokou H. Amegan-Aho, Aninagyei Enoch, Senyo Tagboto
Roles Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, School of Allied Health Sciences, University of Health and Allied Sciences, Ho, Ghana
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Kenneth Ablordey ,
Contributed equally to this work with: Verner N. Orish, Renosten E. Tetteh, David Adzah, Chinecherem A. Ndiokwelu, Emmanuel A. Allotey, Evans A. Yeboah, Sylvester Y. Lokpo, Kenneth Ablordey, Duneeh R. Vikpebah, Ekene K. Nwaefuna, Precious K. Kwadzokpui, Noble D. Dika, Elom Y. Dzefi, Kokou H. Amegan-Aho, Aninagyei Enoch, Senyo Tagboto
Roles Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, School of Allied Health Sciences, University of Health and Allied Sciences, Ho, Ghana
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Duneeh R. Vikpebah ,
Contributed equally to this work with: Verner N. Orish, Renosten E. Tetteh, David Adzah, Chinecherem A. Ndiokwelu, Emmanuel A. Allotey, Evans A. Yeboah, Sylvester Y. Lokpo, Kenneth Ablordey, Duneeh R. Vikpebah, Ekene K. Nwaefuna, Precious K. Kwadzokpui, Noble D. Dika, Elom Y. Dzefi, Kokou H. Amegan-Aho, Aninagyei Enoch, Senyo Tagboto
Roles Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, School of Allied Health Sciences, University of Health and Allied Sciences, Ho, Ghana
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Ekene K. Nwaefuna ,
Contributed equally to this work with: Verner N. Orish, Renosten E. Tetteh, David Adzah, Chinecherem A. Ndiokwelu, Emmanuel A. Allotey, Evans A. Yeboah, Sylvester Y. Lokpo, Kenneth Ablordey, Duneeh R. Vikpebah, Ekene K. Nwaefuna, Precious K. Kwadzokpui, Noble D. Dika, Elom Y. Dzefi, Kokou H. Amegan-Aho, Aninagyei Enoch, Senyo Tagboto
Roles Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Radiation Entomology and Pest Management Center, Biotechnology and Nuclear Agriculture Research Institute, Ghana Atomic Energy Commission, Accra, Ghana
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Precious K. Kwadzokpui ,
Contributed equally to this work with: Verner N. Orish, Renosten E. Tetteh, David Adzah, Chinecherem A. Ndiokwelu, Emmanuel A. Allotey, Evans A. Yeboah, Sylvester Y. Lokpo, Kenneth Ablordey, Duneeh R. Vikpebah, Ekene K. Nwaefuna, Precious K. Kwadzokpui, Noble D. Dika, Elom Y. Dzefi, Kokou H. Amegan-Aho, Aninagyei Enoch, Senyo Tagboto
Roles Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Laboratory Department, Ho Teaching Hospital, Ho, Volta Region, Ghana
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Noble D. Dika ,
Contributed equally to this work with: Verner N. Orish, Renosten E. Tetteh, David Adzah, Chinecherem A. Ndiokwelu, Emmanuel A. Allotey, Evans A. Yeboah, Sylvester Y. Lokpo, Kenneth Ablordey, Duneeh R. Vikpebah, Ekene K. Nwaefuna, Precious K. Kwadzokpui, Noble D. Dika, Elom Y. Dzefi, Kokou H. Amegan-Aho, Aninagyei Enoch, Senyo Tagboto
Roles Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Department of Hematology, Ho Teaching Hospital-Laboratory, Ho, Ghana
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Elom Y. Dzefi ,
Contributed equally to this work with: Verner N. Orish, Renosten E. Tetteh, David Adzah, Chinecherem A. Ndiokwelu, Emmanuel A. Allotey, Evans A. Yeboah, Sylvester Y. Lokpo, Kenneth Ablordey, Duneeh R. Vikpebah, Ekene K. Nwaefuna, Precious K. Kwadzokpui, Noble D. Dika, Elom Y. Dzefi, Kokou H. Amegan-Aho, Aninagyei Enoch, Senyo Tagboto
Roles Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Department of Blood bank Services, Ho Teaching Hospital-Laboratory, Ho, Ghana
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Kokou H. Amegan-Aho ,
Contributed equally to this work with: Verner N. Orish, Renosten E. Tetteh, David Adzah, Chinecherem A. Ndiokwelu, Emmanuel A. Allotey, Evans A. Yeboah, Sylvester Y. Lokpo, Kenneth Ablordey, Duneeh R. Vikpebah, Ekene K. Nwaefuna, Precious K. Kwadzokpui, Noble D. Dika, Elom Y. Dzefi, Kokou H. Amegan-Aho, Aninagyei Enoch, Senyo Tagboto
Roles Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Department of Paediatrics, University of Health and Allied Sciences, Ho, Ghana
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Aninagyei Enoch ,
Contributed equally to this work with: Verner N. Orish, Renosten E. Tetteh, David Adzah, Chinecherem A. Ndiokwelu, Emmanuel A. Allotey, Evans A. Yeboah, Sylvester Y. Lokpo, Kenneth Ablordey, Duneeh R. Vikpebah, Ekene K. Nwaefuna, Precious K. Kwadzokpui, Noble D. Dika, Elom Y. Dzefi, Kokou H. Amegan-Aho, Aninagyei Enoch, Senyo Tagboto
Roles Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Department Biomedical Sciences, School of Basic and Biomedical Sciences, University of Health and Allied Sciences, Ho, Ghana
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Senyo Tagboto
Contributed equally to this work with: Verner N. Orish, Renosten E. Tetteh, David Adzah, Chinecherem A. Ndiokwelu, Emmanuel A. Allotey, Evans A. Yeboah, Sylvester Y. Lokpo, Kenneth Ablordey, Duneeh R. Vikpebah, Ekene K. Nwaefuna, Precious K. Kwadzokpui, Noble D. Dika, Elom Y. Dzefi, Kokou H. Amegan-Aho, Aninagyei Enoch, Senyo Tagboto
Roles Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, University of Health and Allied Sciences, Ho, Ghana
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Toxoplasma gondii seropositivity among patients with sickle cell disease: Prevalence and association with blood transfusion history
- Verner N. Orish,
- Renosten E. Tetteh,
- David Adzah,
- Chinecherem A. Ndiokwelu,
- Emmanuel A. Allotey,
- Evans A. Yeboah,
- Sylvester Y. Lokpo,
- Kenneth Ablordey,
- Duneeh R. Vikpebah,
- Ekene K. Nwaefuna
- Published: April 3, 2026
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0346155