Bulletin of the World Health Organization 1999 ; 77(11); 949-50. doi: . Epub 2000 01 14
Publications
Risk factors for death in hospitalized dysentery patients in Rwanda.
Abstract
To evaluate the management of severe dysentery cases in in-patient facilities during an epidemic of Shigella dysenteriae type 1 (Sd1), and to identify the factors associated with the risk of death, we conducted a prospective cohort study in 10 Rwandese
Tropical medicine & international health : TM & IH 1999 Jun ; 4(6); 428-32. doi: . Epub 1999 08 26
Mass vaccination with a two-dose oral cholera vaccine in a refugee camp.
Abstract
In refugee settings, the use of cholera vaccines is controversial since a mass vaccination campaign might disrupt other priority interventions.
Bulletin of the World Health Organization 1999 ; 77(10); 837-42. doi: . Epub 2000 01 03
Africa
Africa South Of The Sahara
Bacterial And Fungal Diseases
Cholera--prevention and control
Delivery Of Health Care
Demographic Factors
Developing Countries
Diseases
Eastern Africa
English Speaking Africa
Health
Health Services
Immunization
Infections
Migrants
Migration
Population
Population Dynamics
Primary Health Care
Refugees--women
Research Report
Uganda
Vaccination
Vaccines
Women
Measles vaccine effectiveness in standard and early immunization strategies, Niger, 1995.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: An Expanded Programme on Immunization was started in late 1987 in Niger, including vaccination against measles with one dose of standard titer Schwarz vaccine given to infants after 9 months of age.
The Pediatric infectious disease journal 1998 Nov ; 17(11); 1034-9. doi: . Epub 1999 02 02
Lancet (London, England) 1998 Oct 24; 352(9137); 1356-7. doi: . Epub 1998 11 17
Africa
Africa South Of The Sahara
Demographic Factors
Developing Countries
Diseases
Eastern Africa
English Speaking Africa
Epidemics
Kenya
Malaria
Mortality
Parasitic Diseases
Population
Population Dynamics
A multifocal outbreak of trichinellosis linked to horse meat imported from North America to France in 1993.
Abstract
An outbreak of 538 cases of trichinellosis occurred in France in December 1993. Seven cases developed neurotrichinosis and 23 had cardiologic complications. No deaths were recorded.
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 1998 Oct ; 59(4); 615-9. doi: . Epub 1998 11 05
Lancet (London, England) 1998 Sep 05; 352(9130); 823. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(05)60723-4. Epub 1998 09 17
[Ciprofloxacin in the treatment of dysentery caused by type 1 Shigella dysenteriae during an epidemic in Rwandan refugees in Goma in 1994].
Abstract
There was an outbreak of dysentery caused by type I Shigella dysenteriae among Rwandan refugees at Goma, in what was then Zaire, in 1994. The causal organism was resistant to all antibiotics available from the public health authorities.
Sante (Montrouge, France) ; 8(4); 303-5. doi: . Epub 1998 11 16
Key indicators for the monitoring and evaluation of control programmes of human African trypanosomiasis due to Trypanosoma brucei gambiense.
Abstract
Very little research has been devoted to the design of epidemiological tools for the monitoring and evaluation of National Human African Trypanosomiasis (HAT) Control Programmes and daily management decisions are made in the absence of accurate knowled
Tropical medicine & international health : TM & IH 1998 Jun ; 3(6); 474-81. doi: . Epub 1998 07 22
Antibiotic sensitivity of endemic Shigella in Mbarara, Uganda.
Abstract
We analysed the chimio-sensitivity to antibiotics of endemic strains of Shigella isolated in Mbarara district, southwest Uganda.
East African medical journal 1998 Mar ; 75(3); 160-1. doi: . Epub 1998 07 09