Publications
Changes in Health-Seeking Behavior Did Not Result in Increased All-Cause Mortality During the Ebola Outbreak in Western Area, Sierra Leone.
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.
Performance and time to become negative after treatment of three malaria rapid diagnostic tests in low and high malaria transmission settings.
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.
Case-Fatality Rates and Sequelae Resulting from Neisseria meningitidis Serogroup C Epidemic, Niger, 2015.
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.
Pediatric Access and Continuity of HIV Care Before the Start of Antiretroviral Therapy in Sub-Saharan Africa.
BACKGROUND: The number of HIV-infected children starting antiretroviral treatment (ART) has increased in resource-limited settings during the past decades.
Community knowledge, attitudes and practices in relation to tuberculosis in Cameroon.
SETTING: With 15 080 new cases in 2013, Cameroon is a country with high tuberculosis (TB) incidence and prevalence.
Xpert(®) MTB/RIF for detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from frozen string and induced sputum sediments.
SETTING: Although it is now widely used for tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis, Xpert(®) MTB/RIF availability remains inadequate in low-resource settings.
Mortality, Morbidity and Health-Seeking Behaviour during the Ebola Epidemic 2014-2015 in Monrovia Results from a Mobile Phone Survey.
Between March 2014 and July 2015 at least 10,500 Ebola cases including more than 4,800 deaths occurred in Liberia, the majority in Monrovia. However, official numbers may have underestimated the size of the outbreak.
Asymptomatic Plasmodium Infections in Children in Low Malaria Transmission Setting, Southwestern Uganda(1).
A survey of asymptomatic children in Uganda showed Plasmodium malariae and P. falciparum parasites in 45% and 55% of microscopy-positive samples, respectively.
Invasive Infection and Outcomes in a Humanitarian Surgical Burn Program in Haiti.
BACKGROUND: Compare to high-income settings, survival in burn units in low-income settings is lower with invasive infections one leading cause of death.