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Malnutrition and mortality patterns among internally displaced and non-displaced population living in a camp, a village or a town in Eastern Chad.

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BACKGROUND: Certain population groups have been rendered vulnerable in Chad because of displacement of more than 200,000 people over the last three years as a result of mass violence against civilians in the east of the country.

Guerrier G Zounoun M Delarosa O Defourny I Lacharite M Brown V Pedalino B
PloS one 2009 Nov 26; 4(11); e8077. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0008077. Epub 2009 11 26

Dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine and artemether-lumefantrine for treating uncomplicated malaria in African children: a randomised, non-inferiority trial.

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BACKGROUND: Artemisinin combination therapies (ACTs) are currently the preferred option for treating uncomplicated malaria.

Bassat Q Mulenga M Tinto H Piola P Borrmann S Menéndez C Nambozi M Valéa I Nabasumba C Sasi P Bacchieri A Corsi M Ubben D Talisuna A D'Alessandro U
PloS one 2009 Nov 17; 4(11); e7871. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0007871. Epub 2009 11 17

Prevalence and risk factors of Lassa seropositivity in inhabitants of the forest region of Guinea: a cross-sectional study.

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BACKGROUND: Lassa fever is a viral hemorrhagic fever endemic in West Africa. The reservoir host of the virus is a multimammate rat, Mastomys natalensis.

Kernéis S Koivogui L Magassouba N Koulemou K Lewis R Aplogan A Grais RF Guerin PJ Fichet-Calvet E
PLoS neglected tropical diseases 2009 Nov 17; 3(11); e548. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000548. Epub 2009 11 17

Evaluation of three parasite lactate dehydrogenase-based rapid diagnostic tests for the diagnosis of falciparum and vivax malaria.

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BACKGROUND: In areas where non-falciparum malaria is common rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) capable of distinguishing malaria species reliably are needed.

Ashley EA Touabi M Ahrer M Hutagalung R Htun K Luchavez J Dureza C Proux S Leimanis M Lwin MM Koscalova A Comte E Hamade P Page AL Nosten F Guerin PJ
Malaria journal 2009 Oct 27; 8 241. doi: 10.1186/1475-2875-8-241. Epub 2009 10 27

Learning lessons from field surveys in humanitarian contexts: a case study of field surveys conducted in North Kivu, DRC 2006-2008.

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Survey estimates of mortality and malnutrition are commonly used to guide humanitarian decision-making. Currently, different methods of conducting field surveys are the subject of debate among epidemiologists.

Grais RF Luquero FJ Grellety E Pham H Coghlan B Salignon P
Conflict and health 2009 Sep 10; 3 8. doi: 10.1186/1752-1505-3-8. Epub 2009 09 10

Evaluation of FASTPlaqueTB to diagnose smear-negative tuberculosis in a peripheral clinic in Kenya.

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OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the performance and feasibility of FASTPlaqueTB in smear-negative tuberculosis (TB) suspects in a peripheral clinic after laboratory upgrading.

Bonnet M Gagnidze L Varaine F Ramsay A Githui W Guerin PJ
The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease 2009 Sep ; 13(9); 1112-8. doi: . Epub 2009 12 03

Burden of disease and circulating serotypes of rotavirus infection in sub-Saharan Africa: systematic review and meta-analysis.

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Two new rotavirus vaccines have recently been licensed in many countries. However, their efficacy has only been shown against certain serotypes commonly circulating in Europe, North America, and Latin America, but thought to be globally important.

Sanchez-Padilla E Grais RF Guerin PJ Steele AD Burny ME Luquero FJ
The Lancet. Infectious diseases 2009 Sep ; 9(9); 567-76. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(09)70179-3. Epub 2009 09 07