Publications

Malaria PCR detection in Cambodian low-transmission settings: dried blood spots versus venous blood samples.

Abstract

In the context of malaria elimination, novel strategies for detecting very low malaria parasite densities in asymptomatic individuals are needed.

Canier L Khim N Kim S Eam R Khean C Loch K Ken M Pannus P Bosman P Stassijns J Nackers F Alipon S Char MC Chea N Etienne W De Smet M Kindermans JM Ménard D
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 2015 Mar ; 92(3); 573-7. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.14-0614. Epub 2015 01 05

Evaluation of the benefits and risks of introducing Ebola community care centers, Sierra Leone.

Abstract

In some parts of western Africa, Ebola treatment centers (ETCs) have reached capacity. Unless capacity is rapidly scaled up, the chance to avoid a generalized Ebola epidemic will soon diminish.

Kucharski AJ Camacho A Checchi F Waldman R Grais RF Cabrol JC Briand S Baguelin M Flasche S Funk S Edmunds WJ
Emerging infectious diseases 2015 Mar ; 21(3); 393-9. doi: 10.3201/eid2103.141892. Epub 2015 10 09

Evolutionary history and global spread of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis Beijing lineage.

Abstract

Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains of the Beijing lineage are globally distributed and are associated with the massive spread of multidrug-resistant (MDR) tuberculosis in Eurasia.

Merker M Blin C Mona S Duforet-Frebourg N Lecher S Willery E Blum MG Rüsch-Gerdes S Mokrousov I Aleksic E Allix-Béguec C Antierens A Augustynowicz-Kopeć E Ballif M Barletta F Beck HP Barry CE Bonnet M Borroni E Campos-Herrero I Cirillo D Cox H Crowe S Crudu V Diel R Drobniewski F Fauville-Dufaux M Gagneux S Ghebremichael S Hanekom M Hoffner S Jiao WW Kalon S Kohl TA Kontsevaya I Lillebæk T Maeda S Nikolayevskyy V Rasmussen M Rastogi N Samper S Sanchez-Padilla E Savic B Shamputa IC Shen A Sng LH Stakenas P Toit K Varaine F Vukovic D Wahl C Warren R Supply P Niemann S Wirth T
Nature genetics 2015 Mar ; 47(3); 242-9. doi: 10.1038/ng.3195. Epub 2015 01 19

Temporal Changes in Ebola Transmission in Sierra Leone and Implications for Control Requirements: a Real-time Modelling Study.

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Between August and November 2014, the incidence of Ebola virus disease (EVD) rose dramatically in several districts of Sierra Leone.

Camacho A Kucharski A Aki-Sawyerr Y White MA Flasche S Baguelin M Pollington T Carney JR Glover R Smout E Tiffany A Edmunds WJ Funk S
PLoS currents 2015 Feb 10; 7 . doi: 10.1371/currents.outbreaks.406ae55e83ec0b5193e30856b9235ed2. Epub 2015 02 10
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