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Screening for Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency Using Three Detection Methods: A Cross-Sectional Survey in Southwestern Uganda.

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Despite the potential benefit of primaquine in reducing Plasmodium falciparum transmission and radical cure of Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium ovale infections, concerns over risk of hemolytic toxicity in individuals with glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogen

Roh ME Oyet C Orikiriza P Wade M Mwanga-Amumpaire J Boum Y Kiwanuka GN Parikh S
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 2016 Nov 02; 95(5); 1094-1099. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.16-0552. Epub 2016 09 26

Factors associated with HIV status awareness and Linkage to Care following home based testing in rural Malawi.

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OBJECTIVE: HIV diagnosis and linkage to care are the main barriers in Africa to achieving the UNAIDS 90-90-90 targets.

Maman D Ben-Farhat J Chilima B Masiku C Salumu L Ford N Mendiharat P Szumilin E Masson S Etard JF
Tropical medicine & international health : TM & IH 2016 Nov ; 21(11); 1442-1451. doi: 10.1111/tmi.12772. Epub 2016 10 07
Afrique subsaharienne Epidemiología Vinculación con atención sanitaria cascada de tratamiento cascade de soins cascade of care connexion aux soins enquête de population epidemiology estudio de poblaciones linkage to care population survey sub-Saharan Africa África Subsahariana épidémiologie

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.

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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.

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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.

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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