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Francis Appiah-Twum

University of GhanaORCID 0009-0004-6832-7330Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Organism:human· 2 Approach:statistical model· 2 Research Focus:differential expression· 1 Research Focus:genome assembly· 1 Assay:metagenomics· 1 Organism:mouse· 1 Research Focus:variant calling· 1 Assay:whole-genome sequencing· 1

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Dickson Osabutey· 2 shared Michael D. WilsoniD· 2 shared Amanda N. L. Lamptey· 1 shared Anita GhansahiD· 1 shared Christina L. ParaggioiD· 1 shared Hilda Darko· 1 shared Irene Owusu DonkoriD· 1 shared Isaac QuayeiD· 1 shared

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2026-2026 · peak 2/yr

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Two Key Actinomycetota Taxa in the Human Gut Microbiota are Associated with Schistosoma mansoni Infection Burden

Francis Appiah-Twum, Lydia Okyere, Jeffrey Gabriel Sumboh, Dickson Osabutey, Rahmat bint Yusif Ismail, Hilda Darko, Yvonne Aryeetey Ashong, Michael D. Wilson, Jewelna Akorli

Parasitology Research · Jul 3, 2026Peer-reviewedGenomics

Hookworm genomic diversity and population structure from accessible sample types: A validated approach to generate genome-wide polymorphism datasets from individual third-stage larvae

Kaylee S. Herzog, Savanna S. Randi, Dickson Osabutey, Christina L. Paraggio, Richard D. Bungiro, Lisa Harrison, Irene Owusu Donkor, Francis Appiah-Twum, Amanda N. L. Lamptey, Isaac Quaye, Shaelynn Vaughan, Michael D. Wilson, Anita Ghansah, Michael Cappello, Joseph R. Fauver

The paper validates a method to generate genome-wide polymorphism datasets from individual hookworm larvae, showing that accurate variant calling is possible with sufficient DNA input and strict filtering.

bioRxiv · Feb 20, 2026 · PreprintGenomics