Publications

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Use of Vibrio cholerae vaccine in an outbreak in Guinea.

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BACKGROUND: The use of vaccines to prevent and control cholera is currently under debate.

Luquero FJ Grout L Ciglenecki I Sakoba K Traore B Heile M Diallo AA Itama C Page AL Quilici ML Mengel MA Eiros JM Serafini M Legros D Grais RF
The New England journal of medicine 2014 May 29; 370(22); 2111-20. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1312680. Epub 2014 06 10

Is introducing rapid culture into the diagnostic algorithm of smear-negative tuberculosis cost-effective?

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SETTING: In 2007, the World Health Organization recommended introducing rapid Mycobacterium tuberculosis culture into the diagnostic algorithm of smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis (TB).

Yakhelef N Audibert M Varaine F Chakaya J Sitienei J Huerga H Bonnet M
The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease 2014 May ; 18(5); 541-6. doi: 10.5588/ijtld.13.0630. Epub 2015 01 26

Modeling the seasonality of Anopheles gambiae s.s. biting rates in a South Benin sanitary zone.

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BACKGROUND: Efficient malaria vector control requires knowledge of spatio-temporal vector dynamics. We have classified village groups according to the biting rate profiles of both Anopheles coluzzii and An.

Boussari O Subtil F Moiroux N Djènontin A Iwaz J Corbel V Fonton N Garcia A Etard JF Ecochard R
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2014 Apr ; 108(4); 237-43. doi: 10.1093/trstmh/tru027. Epub 2014 02 26
Anopheles gambiae s.s. Biting rate Classification Latent trajectory modeling Malaria vectors South Benin

Rotavirus surveillance in urban and rural areas of Niger, April 2010-March 2012.

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Knowledge of rotavirus epidemiology is necessary to make informed decisions about vaccine introduction and to evaluate vaccine impact.

Page AL Jusot V Mamaty AA Adamou L Kaplon J Pothier P Djibo A Manzo ML Toure B Langendorf C Collard JM Grais RF
Emerging infectious diseases 2014 Apr ; 20(4); 573-80. doi: 10.3201/eid2004.131328. Epub 2014 12 16
Africa Niger developing countries diarrheal diseases gastroenteritis genotyping malnutrition rotavirus rotavirus strain G12P[8] surveillance viruses

The polio eradication campaign: time to shift the goal.

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The social rejection of the polio eradication campaign in endemic countries challenges an assumption underlying the goal itself: the full compliance of an entire population to a public health programme.

Baron E Magone C
International health 2014 Mar ; 6(1); 3-4. doi: 10.1093/inthealth/ihu004. Epub 2014 01 31
Polio Polio eradication campaign Poliomyelitis

Mental disorders, disability and treatment gap in a protracted refugee setting.

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BACKGROUND: Studies have shown high levels of distress and mental disorder among people living in refugee camps, yet none has confirmed diagnosis through clinical reappraisal.

Llosa AE Ghantous Z Souza R Forgione F Bastin P Jones A Antierens A Slavuckij A Grais RF
The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science 2014 Mar ; 204(3); 208-13. doi: 10.1192/bjp.bp.112.120535. Epub 2013 09 12

Quality assessment of X-rays interpreted via teleradiology for Médecins Sans Frontières.

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Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is a humanitarian organisation which provides emergency medical aid in challenging settings; field staff often diagnose and treat patients using limited resources and without the expertise of specialists.

Spijker S Andronikou S Kosack C Wootton R Bonnet M Lemmens N
Journal of telemedicine and telecare 2014 Mar ; 20(2); 82-8. doi: 10.1177/1357633X14524153. Epub 2014 02 11