Dziedzom K. de Souza

University of Ghana

Also at Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Researchfrom their recent papers

Associate Professor/Head of Department, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana, since 2021per ORCID

Publishing since 2006, latest 2026

Infectious Diseases
Parasitology
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
Ecology
Epidemiology

In their own words

Neglected Tropical Diseases
Medical Entomology
Molecular Biology of Disease Vectors and Parasites
Lymphatic filariasis

Publications: 1442006–2026
Citations: 2,140to those papers
h-index: 25i10-index 54
Field-weighted impact: 1.951.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 24%28 of 115 scored papers
Open access: 88%101 of the 115 whose access is recorded

27 other works — preprints, datasets and the like — are listed but not counted.

Google Scholar shows 2,640 citations, h-index 28 and i10-index 63 (1,666 citations and h-index 21 since 2021), as of October 12, 2026. It also counts theses, books and web pages, so it runs higher.

By year

Papers, and the citations to them

Publications, left axisCitations to that year’s papers, right axis2026 still in progress

Career

As their ORCID record read on October 4, 2026

Positions

Associate Professor/Head of Department, Parasitology/Clinical PathologyNoguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghanasince 2021
Senior Scientific Officer, Neglected Tropical DiseasesFIND2020–2023
Senior Research Fellow, ParasitologyUniversity of Ghana Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research2015–2021
Research Fellow, ParasitologyNoguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana2013–2015

Education

WHO-TDR Clinical Research Development Fellowship

Publications

144 in all

Discovery of Point Mutations in the Voltage-Gated Sodium Channel from African Aedes aegypti Populations: Potential Phylogenetic Reasons for Gene Introgression
2016PLoS neglected tropical diseasesJournalOpen access161 citations10.1371/journal.pntd.0004780
Assessing Lymphatic Filariasis Data Quality in Endemic Communities in Ghana, Using the Neglected Tropical Diseases Data Quality Assessment Tool for Preventive Chemotherapy

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Citations received each year

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To all their work, old papers included. Google Scholar also counts citations from theses, books and web pages, so its line runs higher.

What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Infectious Diseases7351%
Parasitology5236%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health4028%
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis3122%
Ecology1813%
Epidemiology1510%
Insect Science118%
Molecular Biology75%
Physiology43%
Plant Science43%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences
Physical Sciences

Topics most written on

Parasitic Diseases Research and Treatment62
Parasites and Host Interactions52
Insects and Parasite Interactions27
Mosquito-borne diseases and control24
Parasite Biology and Host Interactions18
Malaria Research and Control15
Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences6
Mycobacterium research and diagnosis6
Research on Leishmaniasis Studies5
Insect Resistance and Genetics4
Trypanosoma species research and implications4
COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies3

Who they write with

Their most frequent co-authors, and the papers those co-authors share

Where their co-authors are

74% of their 115 papers with recorded affiliations have a co-author abroad

papers co-written457891416Home

Most frequent partner countries

United Kingdom40
United States34
Switzerland16
Nigeria15
Côte d’Ivoire14
Kenya10
Sierra Leone9
Netherlands9

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical ResearchGH113 papers
Liverpool School of Tropical MedicineGB22 papers
Ghana Health ServiceGH17 papers
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyGH11 papers
Swiss Centre for Scientific ResearchCI11 papers
University of LiverpoolGB10 papers
The Task Force for Global HealthUS9 papers
Osun State UniversityNG8 papers
Pennsylvania State UniversityUS7 papers
Swiss Tropical and Public Health InstituteCH7 papers

Where they publish

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE12
PLoS neglected tropical diseases11
International Health10
Parasites & Vectors10
PLoS ONE8
Ghana Medical Journal7

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being42
1No poverty7
15Life on land5
17Partnerships for the goals5
2Zero hunger3
11Sustainable cities and communities3
6Clean water and sanitation2
13

Most cited

Discovery of Point Mutations in the Voltage-Gated Sodium Channel from African Aedes aegypti Populations: Potential Phylogenetic Reasons for Gene Introgression
PLoS neglected tropical diseases3
2016161 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold
Diversity in breeding sites and distribution of Anopheles mosquitoes in selected urban areas of southern Ghana
Parasites & Vectors11
2017147 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold

PRD COLLEGE (Poverty related Diseases College) - International Programme on Biomedicine and DevelopmentUniversity of Yaounde I2009–2013

PhD Biological Sciences, Theoretical and Applied BiologyKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology2007–2011

BSc (Hons) Zoology, ZoologyUniversity of Ghana1999–2003

Honours, memberships and service

Ghana Lymphatic Filariasis National Technical Working Group, Neglected Topical DiseasesMinistry of Health of Ghanasince 2026
Member at Large, Steering Committee of the Global Alliance to Eliminate Lymphatic FilariasisThe Task Force for Global Healthsince 2026
Member, Liberia National Onchocerciasis and Lymphatic Filariasis Elimination CommitteeMinistry of Health and Social Welfaresince 2024
WHO Guideline Development Group for Alternative Regimens for the Treatment of Onchocerciasis, Neglected Topical DiseasesWorld Health Organizationsince 2024
Member, Ghana Working Group of Experts for Research into Neglected Tropical DiseasesMinistry of Environment Science Technology and Innovationsince 2023
Member/ReviewerAfrica Research Excellence Fund College of Expertssince 2022
Review EditorFrontiers Tropical Diseasessince 2020
Cochranesince 2018
MemberAfrican Research Network for Neglected Tropical Diseasessince 2017
Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygienesince 2013

PLoS neglected tropical diseases

Soil-Transmitted Helminthiasis

2016Neglected tropical diseasesBook chapter6 citations10.1007/978-3-319-25471-5_12

Evaluating Triethylamine in the Anaesthesia of Anopheles gambiae

2016African EntomologyJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding0 citations10.4001/003.024.0236

Challenges in the diagnosis of lymphatic filariasis in Conakry, Republic of Guinea

2015TROPICAL MEDICINE & INTERNATIONAL HEALTHConference0 citations

Disease control using GMVs: where do we stand in Africa after nearly half a century?

2015Biosafety for human health and the environment in the context of the potential use of genetically modified mosquitoes (GMMs) - A tool for biosafety training based on courses in Africa, Asia and Latin America, 2008–2011Book chapterFirst author0 citations

Ovipositional Behavior of Anopheles gambiae Mosquitoes

2014Tropical Medicine and HealthJournalOpen access7 citations10.2149/tmh.2014-13

Mitigating the Spread of Antimalarial Drug Resistance and Sustaining the Achievements in Malaria-Eliminating Countries

2014Malaria Chemotherapy Control and EliminationJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding1 citation10.4172/2090-2778.1000115

Towards unravelling the complexities of filarial diseases transmission and research for control in Ghana.

2014Towards Effective Disease Control in Ghana: Research and Policy Implications: Volume 2 Other Infectious Diseases and Health SystemsBook chapterFirst author0 citations