The Lancet. Infectious diseases 2020 May ; 20(5); 542. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(20)30265-6. Epub 2020 03 31
Publications
Quantification of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase activity by spectrophotometry: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The radical cure of Plasmodium vivax and P. ovale requires treatment with primaquine or tafenoquine to clear dormant liver stages.
PLoS medicine 2020 May ; 17(5); e1003084. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1003084. Epub 2020 05 14
Adherence and Population Pharmacokinetic Properties of Amodiaquine When Used for Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention in African Children.
Abstract
Poor adherence to seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) might affect the protective effectiveness of SMC.
Clinical pharmacology and therapeutics 2020 May ; 107(5); 1179-1188. doi: 10.1002/cpt.1707. Epub 2019 12 31
Suspected paracetamol overdose in Monrovia, Liberia: a matched case-control study.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: A cluster of cases of unexplained multi-organ failure was reported in children at Bardnesville Junction Hospital (BJH), Monrovia, Liberia.
BMC pediatrics 2020 Mar 30; 20(1); 139. doi: 10.1186/s12887-020-2008-3. Epub 2020 03 30
Liberia
Liver insufficiency
Paediatrics
Paracetamol
The risk of tuberculosis in children after close exposure: a systematic review and individual-participant meta-analysis.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Tens of millions of children are exposed to Mycobacterium tuberculosis globally every year; however, there are no contemporary estimates of the risk of developing tuberculosis in exposed children.
Lancet (London, England) 2020 Mar 21; 395(10228); 973-984. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30166-5. Epub 2020 03 22
Field challenges to measles elimination in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: During a measles epidemic, the Ministry of Public Health (MOH) of the Democratic Republic of the Congo conducted supplementary immunization activities (2016-SIA) from August 28-September 3, 2016 throughout Maniema Province.
Vaccine 2020 Mar 17; 38(13); 2800-2807. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2020.02.029. Epub 2020 02 25
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Mass vaccination
Measles vaccination
Vaccination coverage
Vaccine effectiveness
Alternative observational designs to estimate the effectiveness of one dose of oral cholera vaccine in Lusaka, Zambia.
Abstract
We conducted a matched case-control (MCC), test-negative case-control (TNCC) and case-cohort study in 2016 in Lusaka, Zambia, following a mass vaccination campaign. Confirmed cholera cases served as cases in all three study designs.
Epidemiology and infection 2020 Mar 13; 148 e78. doi: 10.1017/S095026882000062X. Epub 2020 03 13
Cholera
infectious disease epidemiology
public health
vaccine policy development
Energy needs in the treatment of uncomplicated severe acute malnutrition: Secondary analysis to optimize delivery of ready-to-use therapeutic foods.
Abstract
Outpatient therapeutic feeding protocols for the treatment of uncomplicated severe acute malnutrition in children were initially based on weight gain data from inpatient settings and expert knowledge of the physiological requirements during recovery.
Maternal & child nutrition 2020 Mar 07; e12989. doi: 10.1111/mcn.12989. Epub 2020 03 07
Niger
community-based management of acute malnutrition
energy requirement
ready-to-use therapeutic food
severe acute malnutrition
weight gain