Publications

Assessment of three new parasite lactate dehydrogenase (pan-pLDH) tests for diagnosis of uncomplicated malaria.

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A study to assess the diagnostic capabilities of three parasite lactate dehydrogenase (pan-pLDH) tests, Vistapan), Carestart and Parabank), was conducted in Uganda.

Fogg C Twesigye R Batwala V Piola P Nabasumba C Kiguli J Mutebi F Hook C Guillerm M Moody A Guthmann JP
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2008 Jan ; 102(1); 25-31. doi: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2007.09.014. Epub 2007 11 26

Risk associated with asymptomatic parasitaemia occurring post-antimalarial treatment.

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OBJECTIVE: Parasites may recur asymptomatically after initial clearance by antimalarial treatment. Current guidelines recommend treatment only when patients develop symptoms or at the end of follow-up.

Olliaro P Pinoges L Checchi F Vaillant M Guthmann JP
Tropical medicine & international health : TM & IH 2008 Jan ; 13(1); 83-90. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2007.01977.x. Epub 2008 03 11

Nifurtimox-eflornithine combination therapy for second-stage Trypanosoma brucei gambiense sleeping sickness: a randomized clinical trial in Congo.

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Human African trypanosomiasis caused by Trypanosoma brucei gambiense is a fatal disease. Current treatment options for patients with second-stage disease are either highly toxic or impracticable in field conditions.

Priotto G Kasparian S Ngouama D Ghorashian S Arnold U Ghabri S Karunakara U
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2007 Dec 01; 45(11); 1435-42. doi: 10.1086/522982. Epub 2007 10 22

Positive outcomes of HAART at 24 months in HIV-infected patients in Cambodia.

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OBJECTIVES: African and Asian cohort studies have demonstrated the feasibility and efficacy of HAART in resource-poor settings.

Ferradini L Laureillard D Prak N Ngeth C Fernandez M Pinoges L Puertas G Taburet AM Ly N Rouzioux C Balkan S Quillet C Delfraissy JF
AIDS (London, England) 2007 Nov 12; 21(17); 2293-301. doi: 10.1097/QAD.0b013e32828cc8b7. Epub 2008 03 10

World Antimalarial Resistance Network I: clinical efficacy of antimalarial drugs.

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The proliferation of antimalarial drug trials in the last ten years provides the opportunity to launch a concerted global surveillance effort to monitor antimalarial drug efficacy.

Price RN Dorsey G Ashley EA Barnes KI Baird JK d'Alessandro U Guerin PJ Laufer MK Naidoo I Nosten F Olliaro P Plowe CV Ringwald P Sibley CH Stepniewska K White NJ
Malaria journal 2007 Sep 06; 6 119. doi: 10.1186/1475-2875-6-119. Epub 2007 09 06

Biological diagnosis of meningococcal meningitis in the African meningitis belt: current epidemic strategy and new perspectives.

Abstract

Laboratory diagnosis is an essential component in surveillance of meningococcal epidemics, as it can inform decision-makers of the Neisseria meningitidis serogroup(s) involved and the most appropriate vaccine to be selected for mass vaccination.

Chanteau S Rose AM Djibo S Nato F Boisier P
Vaccine 2007 Sep 03; 25 Suppl 1 A30-6. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2007.04.037. Epub 2007 05 07

Outbreak of beriberi in a prison in Côte d'Ivoire.

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BACKGROUND: A beriberi outbreak occurred in the Maison d'Arrêt et de Correction d'Abidjan (MACA), a detention center in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, between October 2002 and April 2003.

Ahoua L Etienne W Fermon F Godain G Brown V Kadjo K Bouaffou K Legros D Guerin PJ
Food and nutrition bulletin 2007 Sep ; 28(3); 283-90. doi: 10.1177/156482650702800304. Epub 2008 01 22

Efficacy and safety of dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine.

Abstract

Dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine, a fixed-dose combination antimalarial, is an inexpensive, safe and highly effective treatment for uncomplicated falciparum or vivax malaria.

Myint HY Ashley EA Day NP Nosten F White NJ
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2007 Sep ; 101(9); 858-66. doi: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2007.05.018. Epub 2007 07 19