Publications

A graphical method to assess distribution assumption in group-based trajectory models.

Abstract

Group-based trajectory models had a rapid development in the analysis of longitudinal data in clinical research. In these models, the assumption of homoscedasticity of the residuals is frequently made but this assumption is not always met.

Elsensohn MH Klich A Ecochard R Bastard M Genolini C Etard JF Gustin MP
Statistical methods in medical research 2016 04 ; 25(2); 968-82. doi: 10.1177/0962280213475643. Epub 2013 02 19
Checking assumptions grouped-based trajectory models homoscedasticity longitudinal data model adequacy

Global phylogeography and evolutionary history of Shigella dysenteriae type 1.

Abstract

Together with plague, smallpox and typhus, epidemics of dysentery have been a major scourge of human populations for centuries(1).

Njamkepo E Fawal N Tran-Dien A Hawkey J Strockbine N Jenkins C Talukder KA Bercion R Kuleshov K Kolínská R Russell JE Kaftyreva L Accou-Demartin M Karas A Vandenberg O Mather AE Mason CJ Page AJ Ramamurthy T Bizet C Gamian A Carle I Sow AG Bouchier C Wester AL Lejay-Collin M Fonkoua MC Le Hello S Blaser MJ Jernberg C Ruckly C Mérens A Page AL Aslett M Roggentin P Fruth A Denamur E Venkatesan M Bercovier H Bodhidatta L Chiou CS Clermont D Colonna B Egorova S Pazhani GP Ezernitchi AV Guigon G Harris SR Izumiya H Korzeniowska-Kowal A Lutyńska A Gouali M Grimont F Langendorf C Marejková M Peterson LA Perez-Perez G Ngandjio A Podkolzin A Souche E Makarova M Shipulin GA Ye C Žemličková H Herpay M Grimont PA Parkhill J Sansonetti P Holt KE Brisse S Thomson NR Weill FX
Nature microbiology 2016 03 21; 1 16027. doi: 10.1038/nmicrobiol.2016.27. Epub 2016 03 21

High-resolution spatial analysis of cholera patients reported in Artibonite department, Haiti in 2010-2011.

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Cholera is caused by Vibrio cholerae, and is transmitted through fecal-oral contact. Infection occurs after the ingestion of the bacteria and is usually asymptomatic.

Allan M Grandesso F Pierre R Magloire R Coldiron M Martinez-Pino I Goffeau T Gitenet R François G Olson D Porten K Luquero FJ
Epidemics 2016 Mar ; 14 1-10. doi: 10.1016/j.epidem.2015.08.001. Epub 2015 09 03
Cholera Haiti Kulldorf Relative risk Spatial analysis

Light-emitting diode fluorescence microscopy for tuberculosis diagnosis: a meta-analysis.

Abstract

Light-emitting diode fluorescence microscopy (LED-FM) is recommended by the World Health Organization to replace conventional Ziehl-Neelsen microscopy for pulmonary tuberculosis diagnosis. Uptake of LED-FM has been slow.

Chang EW Page AL Bonnet M
The European respiratory journal 2016 Mar ; 47(3); 929-37. doi: 10.1183/13993003.00978-2015. Epub 2015 12 02

Mortality Rates during Cholera Epidemic, Haiti, 2010-2011.

Abstract

The 2010 cholera epidemic in Haiti was one of the largest cholera epidemics ever recorded.

Luquero FJ Rondy M Boncy J Munger A Mekaoui H Rymshaw E Page AL Toure B Degail MA Nicolas S Grandesso F Ginsbourger M Polonsky J Alberti KP Terzian M Olson D Porten K Ciglenecki I
Emerging infectious diseases 2016 Mar ; 22(3); 410-6. doi: 10.3201/eid2203.141970. Epub 2016 11 02
Haiti bacteria burden cholera epidemic mortality outbreak

Routine Amoxicillin for Uncomplicated Severe Acute Malnutrition in Children.

Abstract

BACKGROUND: High-quality evidence supporting a community-based treatment protocol for children with severe acute malnutrition, including routine antibiotic use at admission to a nutritional treatment program, remains limited.

Isanaka S Langendorf C Berthé F Gnegne S Li N Ousmane N Harouna S Hassane H Schaefer M Adehossi E Grais RF
The New England journal of medicine 2016 Feb 04; 374(5); 444-53. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1507024. Epub 2016 02 12

Identification of patients who could benefit from bedaquiline or delamanid: a multisite MDR-TB cohort study.

Abstract

BACKGROUND: The World Health Organization recommends adding bedaquiline or delamanid to multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) regimens for which four effective drugs are not available, and delamanid for patients at high risk of poo

Bonnet M Bastard M du Cros P Khamraev A Kimenye K Khurkhumal S Hayrapetyan A Themba D Telnov A Sanchez-Padilla E Hewison C Varaine F
The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease 2016 Feb ; 20(2); 177-86. doi: 10.5588/ijtld.15.0962. Epub 2017 01 10

Effect of Artesunate-Amodiaquine on Mortality Related to Ebola Virus Disease.

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Malaria treatment is recommended for patients with suspected Ebola virus disease (EVD) in West Africa, whether systeomatically or based on confirmed malaria diagnosis.

Gignoux E Azman AS de Smet M Azuma P Massaquoi M Job D Tiffany A Petrucci R Sterk E Potet J Suzuki M Kurth A Cannas A Bocquin A Strecker T Logue C Pottage T Yue C Cabrol JC Serafini M Ciglenecki I
The New England journal of medicine 2016 Jan 07; 374(1); 23-32. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1504605. Epub 2016 01 19