Dr. Mohamed Mutocheluh

Senior Lecturer
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana


Highest Degree
Ph.D. in Immunology and Infection from University of Birmingham, UK

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Area of Interest:

Molecular Sciences
Infectious Diseases
Immunology
Microbiology
Molecular Biology

Selected Publications

  1. Tiburu, E.K., M. Mutocheluh, P.K. Arthur, P.W. Narkwa and A.A. Salifu et al., 2017. Antifungal and anti-proliferative effects of zeolites A and X on yeast pathogenic and cancer cells in vitro. J. Biomater. Tissue Eng., 7: 544-555.
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  2. Narkwa, P.W., D.J. Blackbourn and M. Mutocheluh, 2017. Aflatoxin B1 inhibits the type 1 interferon response pathway via STAT1 suggesting another mechanism of hepatocellular carcinoma. Infect. Agents Cancer, Vol. 12. 10.1186/s13027-017-0127-8.
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  3. Ashie, G.K., M. Mutocheluh, M. Owusu, T.B. Kwofie and S. Akonor et al., 2017. Microbial pathogens associated with acute childhood diarrhoea in Kumasi, Ghana. BMC Res. Notes, Vol. 10. 10.1186/s13104-017-2578-9.
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  4. Ameyaw, B., M. Mutocheluh, M. Owusu, A.A. Khalifah, R.V. Duneeh and P.W. Narkwa, 2017. Performance of first response® and CareStart™ malaria rapid diagnostic tests for the detection of Plasmodium falciparum in a tertiary hospital in Ghana. Br. J. Med. Med. Res., 19: 1-7.
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  5. Narkwa, P.W., M. Mutocheluh, T.B. Kwofie, M. Owusu, A. Annan, I. Ali and J.K. Boamah, 2016. Dengue virus exposure among blood donors in Ghana. J. Med. Biomed. Sci., 5: 30-35.
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  6. Mutocheluh, M. and K. Kwarteng, 2015. Knowledge and occupational hazards of barbers in the transmission of hepatitis B and C was low in Kumasi, Ghana. Pan Afr. Med. J., Vol. 20. 10.11604/pamj.2015.20.260.4138.
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  7. Kwofie, T.B., M. Owusu, M. Mutocheluh, S.B. Nguah, J. Obeng-Baah, C. Hanson and A. Dompreh, 2015. Pattern and predictors of immunologic recovery in HIV infected patients. BMC Res. Notes, Vol. 8. 10.1186/s13104-015-1406-3.
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  8. Kwofie, T.B., F. Ayensu, M. Mutocheluh, P. Narkwa, S.B. Nguah, C.A. Turpin and M. Owusu, 2015. Seroprevalence of rubella virus, cytomegalovirus and herpes simplex virus-2 among pregnant women at the Komfo Anokye teaching hospital, Ghana. J. Public Health Dev. Countries, 1: 56-63.
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  9. Kwofie, T.B. and M. Mutocheluh, 2015. Behavioural practices associated with occurrence of HIV among university students in Ghana. Br. J. Med. Med. Res., 10: 1-11.
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  10. Rufai, T., M. Mutocheluh, K. Kwarteng and E. Dogbe, 2014. The prevalence of hepatitis B virus E antigen among Ghanaian blood donors. Pan Afr. Med. J., Vol. 17, No. 1. 10.11604/pamj.2014.17.53.3390.
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  11. Mutocheluh, M., M. Owusu, T.B. Kwofie, T. Akadigo, E. Appau and P.W. Narkwa, 2014. Risk factors associated with hepatitis B exposure and the reliability of five rapid kits commonly used for screening blood donors in Ghana. BMC Res. Notes, Vol. 7. 10.1186/1756-0500-7-873.
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  12. Der, E.M., R.K. Gyasi, M. Mutocheluh and J.T. Anim, 2012. HIV co-infection and mortality pattern of purulent meningitis: A 5 year retrospective autopsy study at the Korle-Bu teaching hospital. J. Med. Biomed. Sci., 1: 13-20.
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  13. Mutocheluh, M., L. Hindle, C. Areste, S.A. Chanas and L.M. Butler et al., 2011. Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus viral interferon regulatory factor-2 inhibits type 1 interferon signalling by targeting interferon-stimulated gene factor-3. J. Gen. Virol., 92: 2394-2398.
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  14. Areste, C., M. Mutocheluh and D.J. Blackbourn, 2009. Identification of caspase-mediated decay of interferon regulatory factor-3, exploited by a Kaposi sarcoma-associated herpesvirus immunoregulatory protein. J. Biol. Chem., 284: 23272-23285.
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