Dr. (Mrs.) A. A. Sylverken

Dr. (Mrs.) A. A. Sylverken

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Augustina Angelina Sylverken (PhD) holds a PhD in Clinical Microbiology from the Department of Clinical Microbiology, KNUST-Kumasi. She did her post-doctoral research studies at the Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research into Tropical Medicine (KCCR) and the Institute of Virology, University of Bonn Medical Centre, Germany. During this time, she focused on using wildlife, human interaction and livestock to study the transmission interface of Coronaviruses. She has extensive experience and expertise in the molecular diagnosis of infectious diseases. Dr. Sylverken is interested in the characterization of novel viruses especially those of zoonotic origin. Her ongoing projects are focused in the areas of wildlife, livestock and human interactions, tuberculosis and meningitis. She is an affiliate of the African Academy of Sciences, 2016-2020.

 

Courses

ENVS 151  General Biology I
ENVS 152  General Biology II
BIOL 251  Basic Microbiology
BIOL 252  Microbial Ecology

Research Areas

1. Anti-Tuberculosis drug resistance survey
2. Sexually transmitted Infections in women
3. Molecular diagnosis of infectious diseases
4. Viral hemorrhagic fevers

Research Programme Summary

1. Corornaviruses as a paradigm for the transmission interface between wildlife, livestock and humans.
2. Implementing anti-tuberculosis national drug resistance survey (DRS) for Ghana.
3. Virus biology, host ecology and human behavior as determinants for coronaviral zoonoses.
4. Bat-borne Lyssavirusesas neglected causes of viral encephalitis in Africa and Brazil. 
5. AngloGold Ashanti Malaria Limited (AGAMal Ltd) under Global Fund Round 8 malaria grant on insecticide susceptibility test in 5 districts in Ghana.

Selected Publications

  1. Annan, Augustina, F Ebach, VM Corman, R Krumkamp, Y Adu-Sarkodie, AM Eis-Hübinger, T Kruppa, A Simon, J May and J Evans. "Similar Virus Spectra and Seasonality in Paediatric Patients with Acute Respiratory Disease, Ghana and Germany." Clinical Microbiology and Infection 22, no. 4 (2016): 340-346.
  2. Annan, Augustina, Thomas Florian Kruppa, Ohene Adjei and Rolf Garms. "Palp Ratio as a Field Identification Tool for Two Members of the Anopheles Gambiae Complex in Ghana (A. Melas and A. Gambiae)." Parasites and Vectors 8, no. 1 (2015): 295.
  3. Annan, Augustina, HJ Baldwin, VM Corman, SM Klose, M Owusu, EE Nkrumah, EK Badu, P Anti, O Agbenyega and B Meyer. "Human Betacoronavirus 2c Emc/2012–Related Viruses in Bats, Ghana and Europe." Emerg Infect Dis,  (2013).
  4. Annan, Augustina, Michael Owusu, Kwadwo Sarfo Marfo, Richard Larbi, Francisca Naana Sarpong, Yaw Adu‐Sarkodie, Joseph Amankwa, Samuel Fiafemetsi, Christian Drosten and Ellis Owusu‐Dabo. "High Prevalence of Common Respiratory Viruses and No Evidence of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus in Hajj Pilgrims Returning to Ghana, 2013." Tropical Medicine & International Health 20, no. 6 (2015): 807-812.
  5. Eckerle, Isabella, Augustina Annan and Christian Drosten. "Response to the Letter to the Editor: Barasheed Et Al.,‘No Evidence of Mers‐Cov in Ghanaian Hajj Pilgrims: Cautious Interpretation Is Needed’." Tropical Medicine & International Health 20, no. 8 (2015): 1123-1124.
  6. Binger, Tabea, Augustina Annan, Jan Felix Drexler, Marcel Alexander Müller, René Kallies, Ernest Adankwah, Robert Wollny, Anne Kopp, Hanna Heidemann, Dickson Dei, Festus Courage Agya-Yao, Sandra Junglen, Torsten Feldt, Andreas Kurth, Samuel Oppong, Yaw Adu-Sarkodie and Christian Drosten. "A Novel Rhabdovirus Isolated from the Straw-Colored Fruit Bat Eidolon Helvum, with Signs of Antibodies in Swine and Humans." Journal of Virology 89, no. 8 (2015): 4588-4597.
  7. Owusu-Dabo, E., Yar, D. D, Salifu, S. P., Darko, S. N., Augustina Annan., Gyimah, A. A., Buabeng, K. O. (2015). Genotypic characterization of HPV infections among persons living with HIV infection; a case control study in Kumasi, Ghana. Tropical Medicine & International Health, 21(2): 275–282
  8. Baffour-Awuah, S., Owusu-Dabo, E., Kruppa, T., Annan Augustina, Nartey, R., Dogbe, J., Pandam S., Becker, N., Oppong, S., and Obiri-Danso, K. (2014). Lysinibacillus sphaericus biolarvicide. An efficacious tool in the control of Anophels gambiae in Kumasi, Ghana. East African Journal of Public Health, 11(4): 851-861
  9. Annan Augustina, Owusu-Dabo, E., Baffour-Awuah, S., Nartey, R., Sarpong, N., Ayimbire, A.G., Salifu, P., Frank, A., Segbaya, S., Buabeng, K. O. (2014). Insecticide resistance in malaria vector mosquitoes at 5 selected districts I Ghana, West Africa. East African Journal of Public Health, 11(4): 830-842.
  10. Annan, Augustina, A Singh, JA Dogbe, D Asante and E Owusu-Dabo. "Health-Seeking Behaviour of Tuberculosis Patients and Related Factors in the Central Region of Ghana." Journal of Science and Technology (Ghana) 33, no. 3 (2013): 27-38.
  11. Anti, Priscilla, Michael Owusu, Olivia Agbenyega, Augustina Annan, Ebenezer Kofi Badu, Evans Ewald Nkrumah, Marco Tschapka, Samuel Oppong, Yaw Adu-Sarkodie and Christian Drosten. "Human–Bat Interactions in Rural West Africa." Emerging infectious diseases 21, no. 8 (2015): 1418-1421.
  12. Baffour-Awuah, S, E Owusu-Dabo, T Kruppa, Augustina Annan, R Nartey, J Dogbe, S Pandam, N Becker, S Oppong and K Obiri-Danso. "Lysinibacillus Sphaericus Biolarvicide, an Efficacious Tool in the Control of Anopheles Gambiae in Kumasi, Ghana." East African Journal of Public Health 11, no. 4 (2014): 903-913.
  13. Corman, V. M., A. Grundhoff, C. Baechlein, N. Fischer, A. Gmyl, R. Wollny, D. Dei, D. Ritz, T. Binger, E. Adankwah, K. S. Marfo, L. Annison, Augustina Annan, Y. Adu-Sarkodie, S. Oppong, P. Becher, C. Drosten and J. F. Drexler. "Highly Divergent Hepaciviruses from African Cattle." J Virol,  (2015).
  14. Corman, Victor Max, Heather J. Baldwin, Adriana Fumie Tateno, Rodrigo Melim Zerbinati, Augustina Annan, Michael Owusu, Evans Ewald Nkrumah, Gael Darren Maganga, Samuel Oppong, Yaw Adu-Sarkodie, Peter Vallo, Luiz Vicente Ribeiro Ferreira da Silva Filho, Eric M. Leroy, Volker Thiel, Lia van der Hoek, Leo L. M. Poon, Marco Tschapka, Christian Drosten and Jan Felix Drexler. "Evidence for an Ancestral Association of Human Coronavirus 229e with Bats." Journal of Virology,  (2015).
  15. Drexler, Jan Felix, Victor Max Corman, Florian Gloza-Rausch, Antje Seebens, Augustina Annan, Anne Ipsen, Thomas Kruppa, Marcel A Müller, Elisabeth KV Kalko and Yaw Adu-Sarkodie. "Henipavirus Rna in African Bats." PLoS One 4, no. 7 (2009): e6367.
  16. Drexler, Jan Felix, Victor Max Corman, Marcel Alexander Müller, Alexander N. Lukashev, Anatoly Gmyl, Bruno Coutard, Alexander Adam, Daniel Ritz, Lonneke M. Leijten, Debby van Riel, Rene Kallies, Stefan M. Klose, Florian Gloza-Rausch, Tabea Binger, Augustina Annan, Yaw Adu-Sarkodie, Samuel Oppong, Mathieu Bourgarel, Daniel Rupp, Bernd Hoffmann, Mathias Schlegel, Beate M. Kümmerer, Detlev H. Krüger, Jonas Schmidt-Chanasit, Alvaro Aguilar Setién, Veronika M. Cottontail, Thiravat Hemachudha, Supaporn Wacharapluesadee, Klaus Osterrieder, Ralf Bartenschlager, Sonja Matthee, Martin Beer, Thijs Kuiken, Chantal Reusken, Eric M. Leroy, Rainer G. Ulrich and Christian Drosten. "Evidence for Novel Hepaciviruses in Rodents." PLoS Pathog 9, no. 6 (2013): e1003438.
  17. Drexler, Jan Felix, Andreas Geipel, Alexander König, Victor M. Corman, Debby van Riel, Lonneke M. Leijten, Corinna M. Bremer, Andrea Rasche, Veronika M. Cottontail, Gael D. Maganga, Mathias Schlegel, Marcel A. Müller, Alexander Adam, Stefan M. Klose, Aroldo José Borges Carneiro, Andreas Stöcker, Carlos Roberto Franke, Florian Gloza-Rausch, Joachim Geyer, Augustina Annan, Yaw Adu-Sarkodie, Samuel Oppong, Tabea Binger, Peter Vallo, Marco Tschapka, Rainer G. Ulrich, Wolfram H. Gerlich, Eric Leroy, Thijs Kuiken, Dieter Glebe and Christian Drosten. "Bats Carry Pathogenic Hepadnaviruses Antigenically Related to Hepatitis B Virus and Capable of Infecting Human Hepatocytes." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences,  (2013).
  18. Drexler, Jan Felix, Bernd Kupfer, Nadine Petersen, Rejane Maria Tommasini Grotto, Silvia Maria Corvino Rodrigues, Klaus Grywna, Marcus Panning, Augustina Annan, Giovanni Faria Silva and Jill Douglas. "A Novel Diagnostic Target in the Hepatitis C Virus Genome." PLoS medicine 6, no. 2 (2009): e1000031.
  19. Drexler, Jan Felix, Ulrike Reber, Doreen Muth, Petra Herzog, Augustina Annan, Fabian Ebach, Nimarko Sarpong, Samuel Acquah, Julia Adlkofer and Yaw Adu-Sarkodie. "Human Parvovirus 4 in Nasal and Fecal Specimens from Children, Ghana." Emerg Infect Dis 18, no. 10 (2012): 1650.
  20. Eckerle, Isabella, Augustina Annan and Christian Drosten. "Response to the Letter to the Editor: Barasheed Et Al.,‘No Evidence of Mers‐Cov in Ghanaian Hajj Pilgrims: Cautious Interpretation Is Needed’." Tropical Medicine & International Health 20, no. 8 (2015): 1123-1124.
  21. Gloza-Rausch, F., A. Ipsen, A. Seebens, M. Gottsche, M. Panning, J. Felix Drexler, N. Petersen, Augustina Annan, K. Grywna, M. Muller, S. Pfefferle and C. Drosten. "Detection and Prevalence Patterns of Group I Coronaviruses in Bats, Northern Germany." Emerg Infect Dis 14, no. 4 (2008): 626-31.
  22. Gyasi-Sarpong, Christian Kofi, Edwin Mwintiereh Ta-ang Yenli, Ali Idriss, Addae Appiah Arhin, Ken Aboah, Roland Azorliade, Yaw Agyekum Boaitey and Augustina Annan. "Bacterial Urinary Tract Infections among Males with Lower Urinary Tract Obstruction at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana." sexually transmitted diseases 2,  (2012): 3.
  23. Junglen, Sandra, Marco Marklewitz, Florian Zirkel, Robert Wollny, Benjamin Meyer, Hanna Heidemann, Sonja Metzger, Augustina Annan, Dickson Dei and Fabian H Leendertz. "No Evidence of Gouléako and Herbert Virus Infections in Pigs, Côte D’ivoire and Ghana." Emerging infectious diseases 21, no. 12 (2015): 2190.
  24. Kwofie, Theophilus B, Yaw A Anane, Bernard Nkrumah, Augustina Annan, Samuel B Nguah and Michael Owusu. "Respiratory Viruses in Children Hospitalized for Acute Lower Respiratory Tract Infection in Ghana." Virol J 9,  (2012): 78.
  25. Owusu, Michael, Augustina Annan, Victor Max Corman, Richard Larbi, Priscilla Anti, Jan Felix Drexler, Olivia Agbenyega, Yaw Adu-Sarkodie and Christian Drosten. "Human Coronaviruses Associated with Upper Respiratory Tract Infections in Three Rural Areas of Ghana." PloS one 9, no. 7 (2014): e99782.
  26. Owusu-Dabo, E., Augustina  Annan, J. Larbi, E. A. Dodor, L. Anakwah, E. Frimpong and F. Bonsu. "Missed Opportunities for the Diagnosis of Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Ashanti and Western Regions of Ghana; Polymerase Chain Reaction, a Better Tool." Journal of Science and Technology 33, no. 1 (2013): 34-40.
  27. Panning, Marcus, Dominic Wichmann, Klaus Grywna, Augustina Annan, Sriyal Wijesinghe, S. A. Kularatne and Christian Drosten. "No Evidence of Chikungunya Virus and Antibodies Shortly before the Outbreak on Sri Lanka." Medical Microbiology and Immunology 198, no. 2 (2009): 103-6.

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