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Efficacy of artemether-lumefantrine in relation to drug exposure in children with and without severe acute malnutrition: an open comparative intervention study in Mali and Niger.

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Severe acute malnutrition (SAM) affects almost all organs and has been associated with reduced intestinal absorption of medicines.

Denoeud-Ndam L Dicko A Baudin E Guindo O Grandesso F Diawara H Sissoko S Sanogo K Traoré S Keita S Barry A de Smet M Lasry E Smit M Wiesner L Barnes KI Djimde AA Guerin PJ Grais RF Doumbo OK Etard JF
BMC medicine 2016 10 24; 14(1); 167. doi: 10.1186/s12916-016-0716-1. Epub 2016 10 24
Artemether-lumefantrine Mali Niger Pharmacokinetics Plasmodium falciparum malaria Severe acute malnutrition Treatment outcome

Changes in Health-Seeking Behavior Did Not Result in Increased All-Cause Mortality During the Ebola Outbreak in Western Area, Sierra Leone.

Abstract

Little is known about the residual effects of the west African Ebola virus disease (Ebola) epidemic on non-Ebola mortality and health-seeking behavior in Sierra Leone.

Vygen S Tiffany A Rull M Ventura A Wolz A Jambai A Porten K
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 2016 Oct 05; 95(4); 897-901. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.16-0295. Epub 2016 07 25

Performance and time to become negative after treatment of three malaria rapid diagnostic tests in low and high malaria transmission settings.

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BACKGROUND: The performance of different malaria rapid diagnostic tests (RDT) may be influenced by transmission intensity and by the length of time each test requires to become negative after treatment and patient's recovery.

Grandesso F Nabasumba C Nyehangane D Page AL Bastard M De Smet M Boum Y Etard JF
Malaria journal 2016 10 04; 15(1); 496. doi: 10.1186/s12936-016-1529-6. Epub 2016 10 04
Diagnostic Fever Malaria Negativity Performance Rapid diagnostic test Sensitivity Specificity

Case-Fatality Rates and Sequelae Resulting from Neisseria meningitidis Serogroup C Epidemic, Niger, 2015.

Abstract

We describe clinical symptoms, case-fatality rates, and prevalence of sequelae during an outbreak of Neisseria meningitidis serogroup C infection in a rural district of Niger.

Coldiron ME Salou H Sidikou F Goumbi K Djibo A Lechevalier P Compaoré I Grais RF
Emerging infectious diseases 2016 10 ; 22(10); 1827-9. doi: 10.3201/eid2210.160731. Epub 2018 02 02
Neisseria meningitidis Niger Serogroup C meningococcal meningitis bacteria complications epidemics gram-negative bacteria meningitis meningococcal

Community knowledge, attitudes and practices in relation to tuberculosis in Cameroon.

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SETTING: With 15 080 new cases in 2013, Cameroon is a country with high tuberculosis (TB) incidence and prevalence.

Kwedi Nolna S Kammogne ID Ndzinga R Afanda B Ntonè R Boum Y Nolna D
The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease 2016 09 ; 20(9); 1199-204. doi: 10.5588/ijtld.15.0897. Epub 2018 02 14

Xpert(®) MTB/RIF for detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from frozen string and induced sputum sediments.

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SETTING: Although it is now widely used for tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis, Xpert(®) MTB/RIF availability remains inadequate in low-resource settings.

Atwebembeire J Orikiriza P Bonnet M Atwine D Katawera V Nansumba M Nyehangane D Bazira J Mwanga-Amumpaire J Byarugaba F Boum Y
The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease 2016 08 ; 20(8); 1113-7. doi: 10.5588/ijtld.15.0691. Epub 2018 01 23

Mortality, Morbidity and Health-Seeking Behaviour during the Ebola Epidemic 2014-2015 in Monrovia Results from a Mobile Phone Survey.

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Between March 2014 and July 2015 at least 10,500 Ebola cases including more than 4,800 deaths occurred in Liberia, the majority in Monrovia. However, official numbers may have underestimated the size of the outbreak.

Kuehne A Lynch E Marshall E Tiffany A Alley I Bawo L Massaquoi M Lodesani C Le Vaillant P Porten K Gignoux E
PLoS neglected tropical diseases 2016 08 ; 10(8); e0004899. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0004899. Epub 2016 08 23

Asymptomatic Plasmodium Infections in Children in Low Malaria Transmission Setting, Southwestern Uganda(1).

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A survey of asymptomatic children in Uganda showed Plasmodium malariae and P. falciparum parasites in 45% and 55% of microscopy-positive samples, respectively.

Roh ME Oyet C Orikiriza P Wade M Kiwanuka GN Mwanga-Amumpaire J Parikh S Boum Y
Emerging infectious diseases 2016 08 ; 22(8); 1494-8. doi: 10.3201/eid2208.160619. Epub 2018 01 08
Africa PCR Plasmodium Uganda asymptomatic infections children malaria microscopy mosquito nets mosquitoes parasite parasitic diseases protozoan infections