The Lancet. Infectious diseases 2021 08 ; 21(8); 1064-1065. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(21)00388-1. Epub 2021 08 03
Publications
Immunogenicity of an oral rotavirus vaccine administered with prenatal nutritional support in Niger: A cluster randomized clinical trial.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Nutritional status may play a role in infant immune development.
PLoS medicine 2021 Aug ; 18(8); e1003720. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1003720. Epub 2021 08 10
How to improve outbreak response: a case study of integrated outbreak analytics from Ebola in Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Abstract
The emerging field of outbreak analytics calls attention to the need for data from multiple sources to inform evidence-based decision making in managing infectious diseases outbreaks.
BMJ global health 2021 Aug ; 6(8); . doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2021-006736. Epub 2021 08 20
epidemiology
health services research
other study design
public health
viral haemorrhagic fevers
Performance of six rapid diagnostic tests for SARS-CoV-2 antigen detection and implications for practical use.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Direct detection of SARS-CoV-2 viral proteins in nasopharyngeal swabs using lateral flow immunoassays is a simple, fast and cheap approach to diagnose the infection.
Journal of clinical virology : the official publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology 2021 Jul 25; 142 104930. doi: 10.1016/j.jcv.2021.104930. Epub 2021 07 25
Antigen assay
COVID-19
Diagnostic
Rapid diagnostic test
SARS-CoV-2
Screening
Serologic response to SARS-CoV-2 in an African population.
Abstract
Official case counts suggest Africa has not seen the expected burden of COVID-19 as predicted by international health agencies, and the proportion of asymptomatic patients, disease severity, and mortality burden differ significantly in Africa from what
Scientific African 2021 Jul ; 12 e00802. doi: 10.1016/j.sciaf.2021.e00802. Epub 2021 05 30
Africa
COVID-19
Immunoglobulin
Rapid diagnostic tests
Serology
Rotavirus vaccine efficacy up to 2 years of age and against diverse circulating rotavirus strains in Niger: Extended follow-up of a randomized controlled trial.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Rotavirus vaccination is recommended in all countries to reduce the burden of diarrhea-related morbidity and mortality in children.
PLoS medicine 2021 Jul ; 18(7); e1003655. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1003655. Epub 2021 07 02
Burden of Risk Factors for Cervical Cancer Among Women Living in East Africa: An Analysis of the Latest Demographic Health Surveys Conducted Between 2014 and 2017.
Abstract
PURPOSE: In East Africa, cervical cancer is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality among women diagnosed with cancer.
JCO global oncology 2021 Jul ; 7 1116-1128. doi: 10.1200/GO.21.00123. Epub 2021 07 15
Nature 2021 Jul ; 595(7865); 30. doi: 10.1038/d41586-021-01784-4. Epub 2021 06 30
Developing world
Government
Public health
An intensive model of care for hepatitis C virus screening and treatment with direct-acting antivirals in people who inject drugs in Nairobi, Kenya: A model-based cost-effectiveness analysis.
Abstract
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Hepatitis C virus (HCV) treatment is essential for eliminating HCV in people who inject drugs (PWID) but has limited coverage in resource-limited settings.
Addiction (Abingdon, England) 2021 Jun 29; . doi: 10.1111/add.15630. Epub 2021 06 29
HCV
cost-effectiveness
direct-acting antiviral treatment
low-income setting
people who inject drugs
Regional sequencing collaboration reveals persistence of the T12 O1 lineage in West Africa.
Abstract
Background: Despite recent insights into cholera transmission patterns in Africa, regional and local dynamics in West Africa-where cholera outbreaks occur every few years-are still poorly understood.
eLife 2021 Jun 18; 10 . doi: 10.7554/eLife.65159. Epub 2021 06 18
Vibrio cholerae
West Africa
antimicrobial resistance
epidemiology
genetics
genomics
global health
transmission