Christopher Zaab-Yen Abana

University of Ghana

Also at Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research and West African Centre for Cell Biology of Infectious Pathogensfrom their recent papers

Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Ghanaper ORCID

Publishing since 2012, latest 2026

Infectious Diseases
Virology
Molecular Biology
Epidemiology
Immunology
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Publications: 222012–2026
Citations: 253to those papers
h-index: 10i10-index 10
Field-weighted impact: 0.941.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 14%3 of 22 scored papers
Open access: 100%22 papers free to read

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

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

Postdoctoral Fellow, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical ResearchUniversity of Ghana

On their papers

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Publications

22 in all

HIV-2 infection as a comparative lens for functional HIV-1 remission
2026Frontiers in ImmunologyJournalOpen access0 citations10.3389/fimmu.2026.1825935
HIV dominates T-cell immune responses in HIV–HBV co-infection and is associated with increased HIV reservoir transcription
2026Scientific Reports

What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Infectious Diseases1882%
Virology1359%
Molecular Biology523%
Epidemiology314%
Immunology314%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health314%
Oncology29%
Agronomy and Crop Science15%
Emergency Medicine15%
Genetics15%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences

Topics most written on

HIV Research and Treatment13
HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions13
HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment10
Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research4
Gut microbiota and health4
Immune Cell Function and Interaction2
T-cell and B-cell Immunology2
Zoonotic diseases and public health2
Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology1
Biological Research and Disease Studies1
Cancer-related Molecular Pathways1
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

91% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written1368101215Home

Most frequent partner countries

United States17
Japan10
Kenya3
Egypt1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical ResearchGH22 papers
National Institute of Infectious DiseasesJP10 papers
The University of TokyoJP9 papers
Ghana Health ServiceGH9 papers
Kumamoto UniversityJP8 papers
Washington University in St. LouisUS8 papers
Chiba UniversityJP7 papers
University of California San DiegoUS7 papers
University of Ghana Medical CentreGH6 papers
West African Centre for Cell Biology of Infectious PathogensGH4 papers

Where they publish

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases3
BMC Public Health2
Frontiers in Microbiology2
Scientific Reports2
AIDS Research and Therapy1
Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences1

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being18
17Partnerships for the goals1

Most cited

Gut microbiota signature of pathogen-dependent dysbiosis in viral gastroenteritis
Scientific Reports3
202149 citationsOpen access · Gold
Dysbiotic Fecal Microbiome in HIV-1 Infected Individuals in Ghana
Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology3
202144 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold

How it can be read

100% free to read

Diamond 4 · 18%Free to read and to publish
Gold 16 · 73%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 1 · 5%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 1 · 5%Free to read, no open licence

Who funds it

19 of 22 papers name a funder

Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development9
Japan International Cooperation Agency9
Science and Technology Research Partnership for Sustainable Development9
European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership5
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science5
Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana5
European Commission4
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology4