Jacob Otu

1.1k total citations
22 papers, 615 citations indexed

About

Jacob Otu is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Jacob Otu has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 615 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Epidemiology, 21 papers in Infectious Diseases and 5 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Jacob Otu's work include Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology (21 papers), Mycobacterium research and diagnosis (18 papers) and Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections (5 papers). Jacob Otu is often cited by papers focused on Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology (21 papers), Mycobacterium research and diagnosis (18 papers) and Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections (5 papers). Jacob Otu collaborates with scholars based in Gambia, United Kingdom and United States. Jacob Otu's co-authors include Philip C. Hill, Simon Donkor, Richard A. Adegbola, Martín Antonio, Dolly Jackson-Sillah, Tumani Corrah, Bouke C. de Jong, Roger H. Brookes, Christian Lienhardt and Annette Fox and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Clinical Infectious Diseases and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Jacob Otu

22 papers receiving 603 citations

Peers

Jacob Otu
Laura Lenders South Africa
Bianca Sossen South Africa
Assunta Navarra Italy
Kimberly D. McCarthy United States
Widaad Zemanay South Africa
S. H. Warren Canada
Lucy Bell United Kingdom
Anand Kumar Maurya India
Weimin Li China
Jennifer Grinsdale United States
Laura Lenders South Africa
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All Works

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Otu, Jacob, Boatema Ofori-Anyinam, Bouke C. de Jong, et al.. (2024). The use of Kudoh method for culture of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Mycobacterium africanum in The Gambia. PLoS ONE. 19(3). e0300042–e0300042. 1 indexed citations
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Senghore, Madikay, Bassirou Diarra, Florian Gehre, et al.. (2020). Evolution of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex lineages and their role in an emerging threat of multidrug resistant tuberculosis in Bamako, Mali. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 327–327. 22 indexed citations
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Osei-Wusu, Stephen, Adwoa Asante-Poku, Isaac Darko Otchere, et al.. (2018). Second-line anti-tuberculosis drug resistance testing in Ghana identifies the first extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis case. Infection and Drug Resistance. Volume 11. 239–246. 9 indexed citations
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Forson, Audrey, Awewura Kwara, Jacob Otu, et al.. (2018). A cross-sectional study of tuberculosis drug resistance among previously treated patients in a tertiary hospital in Accra, Ghana: public health implications of standardized regimens. BMC Infectious Diseases. 18(1). 149–149. 9 indexed citations
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Senghore, Madikay, Jacob Otu, Adam A. Witney, et al.. (2017). Whole-genome sequencing illuminates the evolution and spread of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Southwest Nigeria. PLoS ONE. 12(9). e0184510–e0184510. 26 indexed citations
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Tientcheu, Leopold D., Andrew Bell, Jacob Otu, et al.. (2016). Association of slow recovery of Mycobacterium africanum-infected patients posttreatment with high content of Persister-Like bacilli in pretreatment sputum. International Journal of Mycobacteriology. 5. S99–S100. 6 indexed citations
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Otu, Jacob, et al.. (2016). Evaluation of the Kudoh method for mycobacterial culture: Gambia experience. International Journal of Mycobacteriology. 5. S166–S166. 2 indexed citations
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Tientcheu, Leopold D., Jacob Otu, Martín Antonio, et al.. (2015). Comparison of TB-LAMP, GeneXpert MTB/RIF and culture for diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis in The Gambia. Journal of Infection. 72(3). 332–337. 58 indexed citations
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Togun, Toyin, Uzochukwu Egere, Abdou K. Sillah, et al.. (2015). Contribution of Xpert<SUP>®</SUP> MTB/RIF to the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis among TB-exposed children in The Gambia. The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease. 19(9). 1091–1097. 24 indexed citations
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Williams, Caroline, Eddy Seong Guan Cheah, Joanne Malkin, et al.. (2014). Face Mask Sampling for the Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Expelled Aerosols. PLoS ONE. 9(8). e104921–e104921. 40 indexed citations
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Gehre, Florian, Jacob Otu, Kathryn DeRiemer, et al.. (2013). Correction: Deciphering the Growth Behaviour of Mycobacterium africanum. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 7(6). 7 indexed citations
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Gehre, Florian, Jacob Otu, Kathryn DeRiemer, et al.. (2013). Deciphering the Growth Behaviour of Mycobacterium africanum. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 7(5). e2220–e2220. 33 indexed citations
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Jong, Bouke C. de, Abdulrahman S. Hammond, Jacob Otu, et al.. (2010). Immunogenicity of antigens from the TbD1 region present in M. africanum and missing from "modern" M. tuberculosis: a cross- sectional study. BMC Infectious Diseases. 10(1). 11–11. 6 indexed citations
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Antonio, Martín, Jacob Otu, Yin Bun Cheung, et al.. (2008). Comparative evaluation of BACTEC MGIT 960 with BACTEC 9000 MB and LJ for isolation of mycobacteria in The Gambia. The Journal of Infection in Developing Countries. 2(3). 200–5. 18 indexed citations
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Hill, Philip C., Dolly Jackson-Sillah, Simon Donkor, et al.. (2006). Risk factors for pulmonary tuberculosis: a clinic-based case control study in The Gambia. BMC Public Health. 6(1). 156–156. 78 indexed citations
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Jong, Bouke C. de, Philip C. Hill, Roger H. Brookes, et al.. (2006). Mycobacterium africanumElicits an Attenuated T Cell Response to Early Secreted Antigenic Target, 6 kDa, in Patients with Tuberculosis and Their Household Contacts. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 193(9). 1279–1286. 68 indexed citations
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Hill, Philip C., Roger H. Brookes, Annette Fox, et al.. (2004). Large‐Scale Evaluation of Enzyme‐Linked Immunospot Assay and Skin Test for Diagnosis ofMycobacterium tuberculosisInfection against a Gradient of Exposure in The Gambia. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 38(7). 966–973. 137 indexed citations
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Hill, Peter A., Ignatius Baldeh, Jacob Otu, et al.. (2003). Surveillance of drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis in The Gambia.. PubMed. 7(4). 390–3. 29 indexed citations

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