Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) 2003 Jul 01; 33(3); 411-2. doi: . Epub 2003 08 01
Publications
Intrathecal immune response pattern for improved diagnosis of central nervous system involvement in trypanosomiasis.
Abstract
Diagnosis of central nervous system (CNS) involvement in human African trypanosomiasis is crucial in determination of therapy.
The Journal of infectious diseases 2003 May 01; 187(9); 1475-83. doi: 10.1086/374645. Epub 2003 04 15
Artesunate and sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine combinations for the treatment of uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Uganda: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial.
Abstract
Drug-resistant malaria is spreading in Africa. The few available drugs might be safeguarded if combined with an artemisinin derivative.
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene ; 97(3); 325-30. doi: . Epub 2004 10 05
Efficacy of artesunate plus chloroquine for the treatment of uncomplicated malaria in children in Burkina Faso: a double-blind, randomized, controlled trial.
Abstract
Chloroquine (CQ)-resistant Plasmodium falciparum is compromising malaria control in Africa. Combining artesunate (AS) with standard antimalarial drugs increases cure rates and may delay drug resistance.
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene ; 97(3); 345-9. doi: . Epub 2004 10 05
A large cholera outbreak in Kano City, Nigeria: the importance of hand washing with soap and the danger of street-vended water.
Abstract
The aim of this study was to identify the risk factors for cholera during an outbreak in Nigeria. Cases were defined as recent onset of acute diarrhoea with dehydration in a patient hospitalised at the Infectious Diseases Hospital in Kano City.
Journal of water and health 2003 Mar ; 1(1); 45-52. doi: . Epub 2004 10 15
[Management of cholera epidemics in a refugee camp].
Abstract
Cholera epidemics in refugee camps represent a major public health emergency. In camps, precarious living conditions contribute to the transmission of the vibrio.
Bulletin de la Societe de pathologie exotique (1990) 2002 Dec ; 95(5); 351-4. doi: . Epub 2003 05 07
High Plasmodium falciparum resistance to chloroquine and sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine in Harper, Liberia: results in vivo and analysis of point mutations.
Abstract
In Liberia, little information is available on the efficacy of antimalarials against Plasmodium falciparum malaria.
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene ; 96(6); 664-9. doi: . Epub 2003 04 28
Highly active antiretroviral therapy enhances regression of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia in HIV-seropositive women.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: This study was undertaken to investigate the impact of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) on the regression of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) in HIV-infected women.
AIDS (London, England) 2002 Sep 06; 16(13); 1799-802. doi: . Epub 2002 11 14
Malaria: current status of control, diagnosis, treatment, and a proposed agenda for research and development.
Abstract
Rolling back malaria is possible. Tools are available but they are not used. Several countries deploy, as their national malaria control treatment policy, drugs that are no longer effective.
The Lancet. Infectious diseases 2002 Sep ; 2(9); 564-73. doi: . Epub 2002 09 19